A proud moment for the Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna, as SinhalaLM by HelaAI – Sinhala Language Model receives the Gold Award in the Best Sinhala/Tamil AI & Localisation Innovation category at the National AI Awards 2026. The National AI Awards 2026, held as part of Sri Lanka AI Week, recognise significant achievements…
The Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna, is proud to announce that the project “iHeart: Multi-modal Cardiac Monitor for Emerging AI Health Applications” secured 2nd Place at the National AI Awards 2026 under the Innovation & Future Focus Category – University AI Innovation Award. The National AI Awards 2026, organized by SLT-MOBITEL in collaboration with…
Two undergraduates from the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna, G.D.P. Jayawardhana and W.M.I. Weerasooriya, successfully completed an Erasmus+ exchange programme at the University of Agder (UiA), Norway, during the spring 2026 semester. Based at UiA’s Grimstad campus, the students had the opportunity to experience a high-quality international academic…
Dr. W. N. B. A. Geeth Priyankara, attached to the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna, has been honored with the President’s Award for Scientific Research. This award is considered one of the most prestigious honors for the scientific community in Sri Lanka. Dr. Geeth received this Certificate…
The Faculty of Engineering is proud to present REXTRO 2025, an inspiring exhibition that brings together creativity, technology, and engineering excellence. With only two days remaining, we warmly invite students, parents, industry professionals, school groups, and the general public to visit and experience this extraordinary event. Held on 13th, 14th, and 16th December, the exhibition…
Teams from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna, showcased exceptional innovation and technical skill at the Innovate with Ballerina 2025 competition organized by the IEEE Student Branch of University of Moratuwa and WSO2, with the grand finale held on October 6, 2025, at WSO2. Out of more than 500 teams from universities across Sri…
Team Cyclone X proudly achieved the 2nd Runners-up position at Coderally 6.0 – the inter-university hackathon organized by the IEEE Computer Society of Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT). The competition attracted more than 260 teams representing leading state and private universities and institutes across Sri Lanka. After successfully completing a one-month long series of selection…
Scorpion X – A team of third-year Computer Engineering undergraduates from Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna has won the 1st place at CodeX, a prestigious all-island coding competition organized by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa which was held in 3rd of May 2025. Held in celebration of the CSE…
Team Scorpion X proudly achieved the 2nd Runners-up position at {Algothon} – the inter-university Algorithms and Coding Competition of Codefest 2025, organized by the Faculty of Computing in Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) on 25.08.2025. The team earned its place among the Top 30 finalists after competing against more than 90…
Heartfelt congratulations to Dilshara Herath from Team Aero-Sense from the University of Ruhuna for their outstanding achievement in securing 3rd place at the Undergraduate Thesis Project Competition 2024 organized by, IEEE Signal Processing Society Chapter Sri Lanka Collaboration with SLTC Centre of Telecommunication Research (CTR). This event brought together Sri Lanka’s brightest minds in Signal…
Heartfelt congratulations to Team Aero-Sense from the University of Ruhuna for their outstanding achievement in securing 1st place at the INSL Idea Stage Competition 2024, organized by IEEE Innovation Nation Sri Lanka (INSL). This prestigious competition was held over multiple stages, beginning with provincial rounds and culminating in a national final where the top teams…
We are thrilled to share that the University of Ruhuna has achieved incredible success in the IEEEXtreme competition, climbing both national and global leaderboards with exceptional performances! In 2024 (IEEEXtreme 18.0), our teams delivered outstanding results: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th places in Sri Lanka Three teams ranked within the Top 100 globally!…
The University of Ruhuna is proud to announce that one of its distinguished alumni, Eng. Ajmal Abdul Azees, has been recognised as a finalist at the prestigious 2024 Victorian International Education Awards in Australia. Ajmal, a graduate of the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, has earned this honour for…
The team CypherX of University of Ruhuna emerged Champions in CyberZee, Inter-University Cybersecurity quiz competition in 2024, organized by ISACA Student Chapter of University of Kelaniya. Congratulations to the team CypherX on this outstanding achievement. In a fierce competition involving over 40 teams in the University category, Team CypherX from the Computer Engineering Program…
Dr. (Eng.) K.M.S.Y. Konara attached to the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna was awarded the President’s Awards for Scientific Research which is one of the most prestigious scientific research awards in Sri Lanka. Dr. Konara has been honored with President’s Award for one of his research articles published…
The third year students recently completed their software project modules in which they developed complete software systems for identified problems/applications. Out of 19 projects, the following three projects scored the highest marks and selected as the best software projects in the year 2022/2023. Top – Ranked Groups RIDEPING – Carpooling Application OverviewTeam Carpooling is a…
The students of the 22nd batch of the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna, embarked on an industry exploration journey, visiting leading technology companies such as PickMe, Creative Software, WSO2, and 99X. Under the banner of the 28th of November, bright minds embarked on a transformative…
Eminence 4.0, the fourth iteration of the inter-university competition, Eminence, was a landmark event held on the 6th of April 2024. The competition was held at the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna. Organized by the Women in Engineering (WIE) Affinity Group, IEEE Student Branch, University of Ruhuna. The…
In the world of digital security, Red Cypher 1.0 emerged as an exciting and innovative capture the flag competition. Its debut at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna, on 20th of April 2024, marked a significant milestone as the very first of its kind within a government university in Sri Lanka. Undergraduates eagerly embraced…
Vidura Bandara Wijekoon, a final year undergraduate student in the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, won the IET Young Professionals’ Technical Conference 2023. His paper, “Critical Assessment of Machine Learning-Based Approaches for Predicting System Inertia in Power Systems” earned him the Best Technical Paper award. This paper evaluates different machine learning strategies used for…
The third year students recently completed their software project modules in which they developed complete software systems for identified problems/applications. Out of 19 projects, the following three projects scored the highest marks and selected as the best software projects in the year 2021/2022. TickBid Event Ticketing and Bidding Web ApplicationOverviewTeamOverview Attracting a larger audience…
HaXtreme 1.0v is an inter-university coding competition initiated with the aim of powering up the coding skills of undergraduates leading upto the IEEEXtreme global competition. Prior to the competition, a series of workshops and practice sessions were organized providing the students with adequate knowledge and hands on experience. The program was co-organized by the Computer…
Students from the 5th semester (21st batch), who are taking the EE5206 Software Project, visited Creative Software on 20th January 2023. It was a full day program and during the visit, the students were able to understand the software development lifecycle followed at Creative Software. The visit also included a non-technical session on CV writing…
Full-Time Ph.D. Scholarship under Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) – University of Ruhuna (UOR) Split Ph.D. Program Title: Construction Safety Management Using Digital Twins Brief Description: Research project is based on the real time visualization of environmental parameters of a construction site, by means of a suitable information system. Globally, the Construction industry is…
Dr. Rajitha Udawalpola has been appointed as the new Head of the Deparment (HoD) once again with effect from 15th August 2022.
Enactor, a UK headquartered software solutions provider conducted an Introductory Session on 7th July, 2022.
The 8th AGM of AAREIE (Alumni Association of Ruhuna Electrical and Information Engineering) for year 2022/2023 was held on 25th June 2022 from 10.00 am onwards at the Faculty of Engineering (FoE) premises as a hybrid event.
Eminence is one of the competitions organized by the Women in Engineering (WIE) affinity group of IEEE Student Branch in University of Ruhuna. Mainly it involves software. electronics, telecommunication and electric fields related tasks during the competition.
Dialog – UoR 5G Innovation Centre invites applications for the position of Research Assistant (RA) in Cybersecurity and Data Science domains. A successful candidate will be assigned to a project on botnet attack detection in IoT networks. The project aims to detect and identify different stages of botnet attacks on IoT devices using data mining and machine learning techniques.
Two more workshops of the workshop series conducted by Duke University, North Carolina, USA were held on 23rd February and 27th April, 2022. The purpose of these workshops to train the academic staff in the department regarding Engineering Design Methodology.
A workshop on “Fire Detection and Protection Design” by industry expertise, Mr. Kamal Deshapriya, Assistant General Manager at LAUGFS Terminals Limited and Mr. Amidh Perera, Electrical Engineer, In-charge at LPG Cylinder Filling Plant, Hambantota and Assistant Manager at LAUGFS Terminals Limited, was held on 27th of April, 2022.
The first increased student intake (532 students) was physically admitted to the Faculty of Engineering from 28th March, 2022. A short inauguration ceremony was arranged again although they were officially inaugurated to the faculty last year through ZOOM.
A tech session was conducted on 29th March, 2022 by Synopsys Lanka (Pvt) Ltd to make students of the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering aware on Electronic Design Automation (EDA).
In collaboration with the University Grants Commission (UGC), Dialog Axiata PLC has established ‘5G Innovation Centres’ at the engineering faculties of leading universities to create and incubate interest-driven learning, innovation and entrepreneurship for future leaders.
On the request of Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Prof. Madhusanka Liyanage, an Assistant Professor and also the Director of Graduate Research at School of Computer Science, University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland, has been appointed as an Adjunct Assistant Professor from 1st of January, 2022 for two (02) years.
A group of students from the 22nd Batch, Faculty of Engineering has won the championship of islandwide “Evolution AI”, an Artificial Intelligence Ideathon organized by AIESEC in the University of Kelaniya.
Mr. Matt de Caussin, a Digital Nomad Ambassador for Sri Lanka from ICTA and two of Ruhunu startup hub officials, Mr. Sahan Bodaragama and Mr. Hiran Edirisinghe visited the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering on 23rd February, 2022.
Dr. N. W. Prins presented the oration at the Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists Annual Congress (ASNAC) on 18th February 2022 held at the Shangri-La, Colombo.
The inauguration ceremony of the 23rd intake of students to the Faculty of Engineering was held on 28th February 2022 via ZOOM.
HackDoze 1.0, a Python Workshop series and subsequently a Hackathon organized by Electrical and Information Society (EIES), Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna, was successfully completed on 19th February, 2022 via ZOOM.
RA and/or MPhil – Engineering (Faculty of Engineering), Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI) Positions available for research on a clinical trial at Teaching Hospital Karapitiya for a neural engineering and rehabilitation related research project. Candidates should be highly self-motivated and able to work in multi-disciplinary teams. Project Summary: Evaluate the effectiveness of BCI in stroke…
An inspirational webinar (in Sinhala) organized by Women in Engineering (WIE) affinity group of the IEEE student branch of UoR for A/L Maths stream students will be held on 18th December, 2021 at 6:00 pm, via ZOOM. Registration link for invited schools උසස් පෙළ ගණිත විෂය ධාරාවේ සිසුන් සඳහා රුහුණ විශ්ව විද්යාලයෙහි IEEE ශිෂ්ය ශාඛාවට…
An inspirational webinar organized by Women in Engineering (WIE) affinity group of the IEEE student branch of UoR for A/L Maths stream students will be held on 11th December, 2021 at 2.00 pm, via ZOOM.
The Annual General Meetings (AGMs) of three department societies; IEEE Student Branch in University of Ruhuna, Electrical and Information Engineering Society (EIES) and IET on Campus, University of Ruhuna, were held via ZOOM on 21st, 23rd and 27th September, 2021 respectively.
One of the Senior Academics in the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Dr. Nisabha Dharmasiri Jayasundere retired from 30th of September, 2021 after being serving for a period of fourteen (14) years.
For celebrating the World IEEE Day, that is the first Tuesday in the month of October, a Charity Event “SIPMANSALA” was held at the SOS Children’s Village, Kalegana, Galle on 5th of October, 2021, hosted by IEEE Student Branch in University of Ruhuna.
A 132 kV Single Phase Demonstration Bay has now assembled, outside of the department, next to High Voltage Engineering Laboratory.
The department looks forward to working with another batch of students in the Computer Engineering field of specialization from the group of A/L students who selected for University Admission 2020/ 2021. The Inauguration Ceremony of the previous batch (2019/2020 Intake) was held on 24th March, 2021 via Zoom, and progressing with their Development Program online.…
The undergraduate project “UWB Radio Sensing Platform for Non-Contact Vital Signs Monitoring” supervised by Dr. Chatura Seneviratne, Dr. Amaranath Karunanayake, and Dr. Jagath Gamage won the award “Best Innovative Product – University Category – Southern Province” at the SLASSCOM National Ingenuity Awards 2021. The award ceremony was held on the 30th of March 2021 at…
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Alumni Association of Ruhuna Electrical and Information Engineering (AAREIE) was held on 23rd April 2021 at Hotel Ramada, Colombo. The attendees of the gathering were Dean, Faculty of Engineering, several staff members of the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering along with alumni from the department. The following committee…
The Land Acquisition of the proposed 7-storey building for Computer Engineering was completed and it was officially handed over to Assistant Registrar, Faculty of Engineering by Divisional Secretary, Bope-Poddala Divisional Secretariat on 8th April, 2021. This land is located next to existing Department of Electrical and Information Engineering (DEIE) building. Once the new building is…
The Department of Electrical and Information Engineering (DEIE) extended its academic assistance for Springer International Conference on Smart Technologies for Energy, Environment & Sustainable Development (ICSTEESD-2020) on request. The conference was held at G H Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur, India on 4th and 5th December 2020. Dr. P.D.C. Perera, Senior Lecturer, Department of Electrical…
MEDICUS+: Robot for Remote Patient Monitoring and Real Time Communication: Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at University of Ruhuna has developed a medical robot which will allow for doctors to remotely diagnose patients using temperature, heart rate, blood oxygen and ECG, with two way audio-video communication. This was unveiled to the Teaching Hospital…
Dear Student, As you are already aware the entire country is locked down due to COVID 19 infection. More or less this is the situation in the entire world. I regret the disruption of your educational programs in different stages at short notice while enjoying a very smooth educational environment for more than six months.…
Eranda Jayatunga was appointed as the new Head of the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering with effect from 12th March, 2020.
Seminar on Engineering Management & Organizational Behaviour by Eng. Ruchira Karunarathne was held on 09th February 2020 at Engineering faculty seminar room, which was conducted by Alumni Association of Ruhuna Electrical and Information Engineering (AAREIE) in collaboration with Electrical and Information Engineering Society (EIES), Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna
The transition from an Engineering Undergraduate to a Professional – A technical session with mock interviews by Eng. Ruchira Karunarathne, Eng. Hasaranga Vidanapathirana, Eng. B.N. Chamara and Eng. Mohamad Fazlan was held on 04th February 2020 at the Engineering faculty seminar room, which was conducted by the Alumni Association of Ruhuna Electrical and Information Engineering…
Grand Finale of IET Young Woman Engineer of the year 2019 was successfully held on 17th of January 2020 at Hotel Galadari. Department alumna Eng. Ms. Zahara Farook was selected as IET Young Women Engineer 2019.
Special General Meeting of IEEE was held on 07th January of 2020 at ELR at the department to establish Power Energy Society and IEEE Robotics & Automation Society.
6th National Robotics Challenge organized by Electrical and Information Engineering Society (EIES) of Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna was held on 20th December 2019.
EMINENCE 1.0 -2019 Organized by IEEE Student Branch – Women In Engineering, University of Ruhuna concluded successfully on the 8th of December 2019 at Faculty Premises.
The IEEE DAY – SOS Charity Event was held on 27th November 2019 at Engineering Faculty, which was organized by IEEE Student Branch Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna.
“Techno” exhibition is the most celebrated and important annual event organized by The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka. Commencing only as an Electro-Mechanical Exhibition in 1985, today “techno” has expanded to all disciplines of engineering, providing an opportunity for not only engineers but also the general public to take a glimpse at the latest technological…
SHIELD OF CODE V 1.0 IDEA PITCHING HAKOTHON 2019 was held on 17th August 2019 at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna. The event was organized by IEEE Student Branch of UOR in Collaboration with Creative Software.
