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  • Design and implementation of high-power- factor dimmable fluorescent lamp ballast circuit 
    Ratnayake, KMUS; Priyankara, WDS; Premachandra, WAD; Rajapakshe, RPRH; Wickramarachchi, N [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Lighting is an essential element of home and work environment that affects lives of people in many different ways. In Sri Lanka, people spend significant amount of their electric hills on lighting. As one of the widely ...
  • Developmenl of an antibacterial non woven filter 
    Abeyweera, SM [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Medical Textiles is a major area of advancement among the wide scope of textiles which utilized best of textile engineering Nonwoven technology is heavily utilized for medical textiles though the local technology of nonwoven ...
  • Development of a GIS tool to capture changing land allotment parameters for urban runoff computation 
    Pradeep, RMM; Wijesekera, NTS [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Urban flush flood is a result of storm water increasing. This increasing is a direct result of the urban land allotments changes done in the view of developments. The work is to isolate individual data layers that affected ...
  • Development of an antibacterial non woven filter 
    Abeyweera, SM [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Medical Textiles is a major area of advancement among the wide scope of textiles which utilized best of textile engineering. Nonwoven technology is heavily utilized for medical textiles though the local technology of non ...
  • Development of an automated guided vehicle for use in industrial applications 
    Dassanayaka, VPC; Ukwatta, AK; Kulasekera, AL; Surendra, NW; Madusanka, HWRS [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    This paper presents a navigation system for an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) based on existing IEEE 802.11 wireless infrastructure in place for localization and navigation, through the use of multiple wireless access ...
  • Development of an autopilot system for fishing boats 
    De Silva, NP; Gamage, MDD; Sudarshana, WS [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Autopilot system is a navigation methodology that can he introduced to local fishing industry in order to improve the productivity. This project was carried out with the purpose of supplying a tow cost autopilot system ...
  • Development of low cost continuous positive airway pressure device 
    Weerasinghe, K [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    When an infant is born, he quickly begins to breathe on its own. Unfortunately, premature infants are susceptible to a variety of lung-type ailments, which may progress into respiratory distress syndrome. Different factors ...
  • Development of photodegradable low density polyethylene blends for industrial applications 
    Wickramaarachchi, WADD; Pathiraja, PMDJ; Samarasekare, AMPB [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Photo activators were used to develop photodegradable Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) blends. The photo activators such as TiO2 Coumarin (1.2-Benzopyrone), Camphor (2-Bornanone) were added to Low Density Polyethylene ...
  • Device authentication in wireless Ad-Hoc networks by shaking 
    Gunawardhana, HU; Seneviratne, MVP; Wickramasinghe, IS; Wickramasinghe, WADVD; Dias, SAD [Conference-Full-text]
    We propose and demonstrate a method to establish a secure communication session between two devices in an ad-hoc wireless network by means of shaking the devices together. This is a task which is easy to perform hut difficult ...
  • Effectiveness of performance management systems in information technology industry in Sri Lanka 
    Guhanathan, P; Wickramasinghe, VM [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    This empirical study is based on the perceived effectiveness of the performance management system in information technology (IT) organizations in Sri Lanka and the sample consists of 88 employees working in the capacity ...
  • Effects of ultra fines in quarry dust on properties of mortar 
    Mathanraj, T; Senthil., B; Gogulan, S; Nanayakkara, SMA [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    The Quarry dust (QD) is being extensively used as fine aggregates for both mortar and concrete applications as an alternative to river sand. Because of the limited availability of river sand it is necessary to search for ...
  • Energy monitoring system 
    Pasindu, C [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Energy management (EM) is a continuous process which includes energy monitoring, communicating and processing obtained energy data for an effective EM, energy consumption standards should be introduced first. I his product ...
  • Experimental study of the relationship between upper-limb motions and EMG levels of related muscles 
    Gopura, RC; Kiguchi, K; Horikawa, E; Agalawatta, NT [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Human upper-limb muscle activities during daily upper-limb motions have been studied to identify the relationship between upper-limb motions and electromyography (EMG) activity levels oj related muscles Sixteen muscles ...
  • Experimental study on confinement of axially loaded square columns with CFRP 
    Pathirana, NS; Lewangamage, CS; Jayasinghe, MTR [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Use of fiber reinforced polymer composite as an externally strengthening method of concrete structures has been growing rapidly in all over the world in recent years. But still in Sri Lanka the conventional methods are used ...
  • Experimental study on use of FRP for enhancement of shear capacity of reinforced concrete beams 
    Lewangamage, CS; Jayasinghe, MTR; Jayanath, BCR [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Most of the structures are made of reinforced concrete because its load carrying capacity and durability. But the strength of reinforced concrete can be reduced due to several reasons such as corrosion of the steel, accidental ...
  • Extraction and usage of pectin to enhance biodegradability of LDPE blends 
    Sitinamaluwa, HS; Somasiri, GWD; Samarasekara, AMPB [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Blends of pectin and low density polyethylene (LDPE) were prepared and the effect of pectin on biodegradability was analyzed Pectin was extracted front passion fruit peels hy hot acid extraction with a yield of 20 wt.%. ...
  • Factors affecting effective lean implementation: a case study of a tyre manufacturing company in Sri Lanka 
    Perera, HSC; Perera, PST; Raveendra, LM [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    The lean manufacturing system is an integrated set of principles, practices, tools, and techniques which addresses the root causes of the operational problems. It ensures that the customer receives the product with required ...
  • Fate of a pesticide in an agricultural environment 
    Tharanga, MA; Chaturangani, LBJ; Gunasekera, MY [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    The main purpose of this work was to develop a multimedia distribution model to use as a tool to predict the fate and transport of a pesticide in an agro-ecosystem. This mode was developed to suit the Sri Lankan ...
  • Finite element modelling of short span soil-steel bridge structures used in Southern highway in Sri Lanka 
    Induprabha, SAD; Rajapaksha, RPGKS; Siriwardana, KDYE; Jayasinghe, MTR; Lewangamage, CS [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    The corrugated soil Steel Structures, consisting of a combination of shells of corrugated steel plates and surrounded with well compacted backfill soil have been used in Sri Lanka for the first time in Southern Transportation ...
  • Forecasting critical dry spell lengths in anamaduwa 
    Mathugama, SC; Peiris, S [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Series of critical dry spell lengths in 56 years in Anamaduwa are analysed to predict the length of critical dry spells Both linear and nonlinear lime series approaches are tried to identify the best Jilted model By comparing ...