Present Around The World 2011

The Young Professionals of the IET Sri Lanka  is a organization which conducts various events for the young Engineers  & the undergraduates  in Sri Lanka to enhance their careers. It also provides a forum for  its members  to update their knowledge in areas of rapidly changing technologies through  seminars, guest lectures, field visits and technical conferences & etc.  The Flagship  event of  IET YP Sri  Lanka, The Annual Technical Conference "Present Around The World" was held  for the 10th Successful year in University of Moratuwa on December  17th  2011  with the participation from the  three Universities Moratuwa, Peradeniya &  Ruhuna as well as  representatives  from the Industry. The main objective of this Conference was to give an  opportunity for  the  researchers in the Engineering  disciplines to present their research outcomes and share knowledge between academic and industrial professionals.

There were 40 papers published during the conference,  where 25 of them  were presented in front of a jury consist of academia from the 3 universities. The papers were mainly showcasing the Final Year Projects & Researches done  in the fields of Electronic, Electrical &  Computer Engineering. Event was graced by present IET Sri Lanka  Network  Chairman  Eng (Mr.) Rohan Senavirathne as the chief guest.

Winners: 

1st place was from university of Peradeniya 
title:  “Designing of a Sensor System for Non Invasive Cross Sectional Imaging Using Electric capacitance Tomography”,
presented by:
M.G.C.P. Mediwaththe,
S. E. Wijethilake,
K. E. Wijethilake,
 D. B.W. Abeywardana
supervised by Dr. J. V. Wijayakulasooriya & Dr. D.Uduwawala

2nd place was from University of Moratuwa
 tilte: “Low Cost Eye Tracking System”,
presented by :
D.P.Nagasinghe,
A.P.A Perera,
 K.A.M.N. Pathiratne,
C.D.Pathirawasam,
 W.G. Pawithra
supervised by:
Dr.Asanka Rodrigo.

3rd place was also from university of Moratuwa 
titled: “Location Demystifier for Tourists”
presented :by E.Waruni Lanka Udayangi
 supervised by:  Eng (Mr). D.K Withanage.

Winning team represented  Sri Lanka in this years  IET PATW South Asian Finals  in India,  and they won the 1st place.Winners  will represent IET PATW World Finals held in UK .At the end of the event
there was a general discussion where the event was highly appreciated by the participants.

Reference: Event Report by Thilina Rajapaksha,Senior Editor,IET YP Moratuwa Chapter