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Research & Innovation
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
Wave energy is one of the promising renewable energy resources that has not been tapped adequately due to various engineering and economical challenges..
Wind and Solar Energy
Improvement of quality and capacity of milk production of small cattle framers in rural Sri Lanka through introduction and integration of appropriate renewable energy...
Alternative Fuels
Production of ethanol from overripe fruits using a low cost biological method as a fuel for IC engines The use of ethanol with petrol and diesel can yield significant reduction of emissions...
Robotics and Mechatronics
Exploration of the oceans and shallow waters is attracting the interest of many companies and institutions all around the world...
Machining Technology
The G code programming language has been used as the programming platform for CNC machines over 50 years. In 1982, G code programming...
Innovative Product Development
Monitoring each patient closely is essential for the proper management of the disease. Each COVID-19 patient needs to be monitored on average 3 times per day...
Collaborations
Local Industry Partnerships
Sustainable Energy Authority
- Sri Lankan wave energy resource assessment and characterisation
International Partnerships
Maritime and Ocean University, Korea
- Renewable energy based refrigeration technologies to improve the production and quality of small scale milk production.
Transylvania University of Brosov
- Transylvania University of Brosov
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