Biography :

• I obtained my secondary Education from Trinity College, Kandy, Sri Lanka. I entered the Faculty of Engineering University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in 1991 and obtained B.Sc. (Hons) in Electrical & Electronics Engineering. I obtained the M.Phil degree in 2010 in Control Engineering under supervision of Prof. K. S. Walgama from Department of Engineering Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
  
  I worked for Shin Nippon Air Conditioning technology and Ceylon Electricity Board as an Electrical Engineer in 1996 & 1998 respectively. I joined the Department of Engineering Mathematics in 1998 as an Engineering Teaching Assistant.
  
  Presently I am working as a Senior lecturer at the Department of Engineering Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
  
  I am married to a Medical officer (Nirmala) in 1999 and has a daughter (Shavindhya) and a son (Isuru).

Educational Qualifications :

• M.Phil. (2010): University of Peradeniya
• B.Sc. (Hons) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering (1995) - University of Peradeniya

Professional Qualifications :

• Associate Member, Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka

• Member of the Industry Day committee of University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2009).
• Member of the Faculty of E learning committee of University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2009).
• Faculty Representative of PEFAA Committee (2008 - 2009).
• Member of the Industry Day committee of University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2008).
• Committee member of the Trinity College Kandy, Sri Lanka old Boy’s Association (Kandy Branch) (2006 – 2008).
• Member of the Industry Day committee of University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2004).
• Electrical Engineer of Ceylon Electricity Board (May 1998 – Sep 1998).
• Electrical Engineer of Shin Nippon Air Conditioning technology Ltd. (Feb 1996 – Jun 1996).     

• Undergraduate Studies:
  • Ceylon Electricity Board studentship.
  • R. H. Paul studentship.
• Secondary Education:
  • 35 student prizes.
  • C. J. Oorloff scholarship awarded for the best student in Grade 8.
  • P. R. Dassanayake memorial scholarship awarded for the best student in Grade 11.

• Automatic tuning of PID controllers.
• Graph Theory.
• Blind Source separation.

• Issues in the Implementation of Autotuning PID Cntrollers - M.Phil thesis (2010).
• Jayatilake N. L., and Walgama, K. S. (2006). “A frequency domain design technique to auto-tune PID controllers for second order integrator process.” Proceedings of the Peradeniya University Research Sessions –2006.