Research and Innovation

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The staff of the department is engaged in research and development activities in a wide range of areas related to mechanical engineering. Wave energy harvesting, robotics and mechatronics, machining technology, alternative fuels and image processing are the key areas of research in the department at the moment. In addition, the department promotes and facilitates the innovative product development activities mostly initiated as undergraduate projects.

Current Research and Development Activities

Wave Energy

Wind & Solar Energy

Alternative Fuels

Robotics & Mechatronics

Machining Technology

Product Development

Collaborations

Local Industry Partnerships

International Partnerships

Code-Gen Lanka

  • Advanced flight control research
  • Underwater robotics

Maritime and Ocean University, Korea

  • renewable energy based refrigeration technologies to improve the production and quality of small scale milk production.

ART Logistics

  • Development of Driver assistance system for reversing a two trailer truck

Queens University Belfast

  • Marine renewable energy

Sustainable Energy Authority

  • Sri Lankan wave energy resource assessment and characterisation

Transylvania University of Brosov

  • Research in the area of Manufacturing Engineering

Dankotuwa Porcelain Pvt Ltd.

Forbes Marshall India

Research Groups

Renewable energy
  • Marine renewable energy
  • Wind energy
  • Bio-ethanol blends for IC engines

Robotics and Mechatronics
  • Stability of Quad-copters
  • Autonomous flight of quad-copters
  • Stability of segways
  • Navigation of Underwater Robots

Machining and Manufacturing
  • STEP-NC Technology
  • Self-adaptive CNC control