Mexcellence Day 2018

”Mexcellence 2018” is an event organized by the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Students’ Society in collaboration with the IMechE Ruhuna Engineering Student Chapter and the Marvel Crew Innovation and Entrepreneurship Club at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna. The event was held on the 9th of December 2018 at the Faculty premises, Faculty of…

XbotiX-Robotics Challenge 2018

‘XbotiX-Robotics Challenge 2018′, annual robotics competition was held at the Faculty on 07/11/2018. It was organized by the Electrical and Information Engineering Society (EIES) and the Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Students’ Society (MMESS) in collaboration with the IEEE Student Branch and the IET Ruhuna Chapter. More than 50 groups representing the state and private universities…

Guest Talk: Aero Engine Design

Dr. Keerthi Devendra, former Chief of Sub Systems – Trent 900 Power Transmission and Structures at Rolls-Royce (UK), Engineering Program Manager at Rolls-Royce (UK) and, Director of KD Engineering Consultancy visited the Department and delivered a guest talk on “Aero Engine Design, Development and Manufacturing” on 01/11/2018.

Corporate Needs and Engineers

Eng. Buddhika Jagath Jayasekara, Technical Account Manager for Sri Lanka, Tetra Pak South Asia and East Asia and Oceania delivered a guest lecture on “Corporate Needs and Engineers” on 30/10/2018. The session was jointly organized by MMESS and IMechE, Ruhuna Student Chapter in collaboration with Ruhuna Alumni Association of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.

Guest Lecture: Smart Composite Materials

A PhD Scholar at University of Southern Queensland, Australia Mr. Madhubasitha Herath visited the Department and delivered a guest lecture on “Smart Composite Materials” on 18th Thursday 2018. The session was jointly organized by the IMechE Student Chapter of University of Ruhuna in collaboration with the Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering Students’ Society (MMESS).

CAD EAGER 2018

CAD EAGER 2018 Organized by the Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, University of Ruhuna in collaboration with the IESL-YMS , Ruhuna Engineering Students Chapter of the IESL was held on 14th October at TECHNO 2018 Exhibition, BMICH. Five Teams of DMME competed and the ‘team Wizard’ won the second place.

Migara Ratnatunga Trust Award

Mr. Randitha Abeywickrama (RU/EG/2013/2125), an immediate graduate of the Department won the ‘Migara Ratnatunga Trust Award’ of Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka for the best industrial trainee mechanical engineer under the discipline of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. It was awarded on 24th August 2018 at the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka. DMME, won the same…

Guest Lecture from a Fulbright Fellow

Mr. Andrew Koehler, a Fullbright fellow in Sri Lanka conducted a guest lecture on “Engineering from the Atomic Scale: Applying Chemistry to Materials and Environmental Engineering” on 23/07/2018 at the MLR, DMME. The session was jointly organized by the Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering Students’ Society (MMESS) in collaboration with the IMechE Student Chapter of University…

Seminar: Fire Safety Management

A seminar on “Fire Safety Management” was conducted by Mr. Nalaka Liyanapeli, the Secretary of the Institution of Fire Engineers – Sri Lanka (IFESL) on 14th July 2018. This valuable course was offered by the IFESL, mainly focusing on Mechanical and Civil Engineers. The key objectives of conducting this program was to deliver basic understand…