25 October, 2024

Congratulations to Professor Vijitha Herath on your appointment as the Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Peradeniya.

DEEE, UOP

22 October, 2024

Congratulations to Professor Lilantha Samaranayake on your appointment as the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya.

Faculty of Engineering, UOP

11 October, 2024

One of the teams from the University of Peradeniya has secured the top spot among the Sri Lankan contestants in the global coding challenge IEEEXtreme 17.0 while securing the 69th position globally.

ACES Coders V11.0

18 September, 2024

The Eng. D J Wimalasurendra Memorial Oration 2024 took place on September 18th at 5:15 pm at the IESL Wimalasurendra Auditorium. The speech was delivered by Prof. J.B. Ekanayake from DEEE, and the topic was "Reimagining Energy Infrastructure: The Next Generation of Transmission, Distribution, and Generation."

IESL

05 September, 2024

Undergraduates from the E20 Batch, passionate about Electrical and Electronic Engineering, seized the opportunity to visit the Zone24x7 for comprehensive industrial exposure.

ZONE24x7

31 August, 2024

The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering proudly announces that two research teams have won Best Paper awards in different tracks at MERCon 2024.

MERCon2024, University of Moratuwa

30 August, 2024

The "Frontiers in AI and Sharing Experiences" session at the Peradeniya University International Research Symposium and Exposition (iPURSE) 2024 on August 30, 2024, was a great success. It provided a comprehensive exploration of artificial intelligence to 500 students from Kandy schools.

iPURSE 2024

30 August, 2024

We are excited to announce that Praveen Sumanasekara (E19), an undergraduate from DEEE, is one of this year's awardees for the Seeds for the Future program by Huawei.

Seeds for the Future 2024

27 August, 2024

An extension of the MoU between the University of Peradeniya and the Centre of Defense Research and Development (CDRD), Ministry of Defense was signed on the 27th of August 2024.

CDRD - Ministry of Defense

21 August, 2024

We are thrilled to announce that the IEEE Sri Lanka Section Chips Challenge Examination-2024 winner is from our Department: Dinith Mayadunna.

IEEE Challenge Sphere 2024

23 July, 2024

A final year undergraduate project from the DEEE, titled "Design of an Interferometric Bio-Medical Radar for the Contactless Detection of Breathing and Heart Rate," has been awarded the Eng. E.W. Karunarathne Award for the Best Undergraduate Project in Electrical Engineering for 2022/2023.

IESL Induction and Graduation Ceremony

28 June, 2024

The Career Fair 2024 took place on June 28th at Bay 7, TRACE Expert City, Colombo 10 from 8:00 am onwards. The fair was organized by the DEEE, EEES, and IEEE Student Branch of UOP in collaboration with several top companies in Sri Lanka.

Career Fair 2024

24 June, 2024

Dr. Chandana J. Gajanayake, Head of Power Electronics, Rolls-Roys, Singapore has been awarded the Prestigious and Unique Rolls-Royce Gold Excellence Award!

Rolls-Royce, Singapore

15 May, 2024

A discussion about the historical development of feedback control over the last century, focusing on stabilizing dynamical systems using mathematics, especially Algebra and Complex Variables by Prof. B. Ghosh from Texas Tech University, USA.

Texas Tech University

26 April, 2024

A group of DEEE undergraduates from E18 Batch, who are passionate about Communication and Information Engineering, seized the opportunity to visit the Dialog Data Center and Dialog Media Hub for comprehensive industrial exposure.

Dialog Data Center/Media Hub

20 March, 2024

A discussion about the foundations of machine learning and Artificial Intelligence with Prof. Mahesan Niranjan.

IEEE-SL-CRSS and EEES

05 February, 2024

Prof. Lilantha Samaranayake represented the University of Peradeniya in the delegation to IIT Madras, India. The delegation aimed to establish an IIT branch campus in Sri Lanka, which would be a significant step towards providing world-class education opportunities to the local students.

IIT Madras, India

02 February, 2024

The 11th batch of the Kelani Saviya Program successfully completed and the certificate award ceremony was held on February 2, 2024, at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya.

Kelani Saviya Program

18 December, 2023

Prof. Lilantha Samaranayake represented the University of Peradeniya in the US Tech Transfer Tour organized by the United States Department of Commerce together with the AHEAD project and sponsored by the US Department of State.

United States Tech Transfer

28 November, 2023

DEEE welcomed the new cohort of undergraduates, from E20 Batch, pursuing a specialization in Electrical and Electronic Engineering to the DEEE Family.

ELECTROLIZER - DEEE

27 November, 2023

We are excited to announce that two of Our Students have won the FIRST place in the Inter-University Drone Competition named "SKY of ICARUS 2023".

IEEE Young Members Section

13 November, 2023

We are excited to announce that the project titled "A 2-bit RIS Design with Vision-Based Localization for Wireless Communications" ranked among "The Best 16 Projects Worldwide" in the 2023 IEEE ComSoc Student Competition.

IEEE Communications Soceity

12 November, 2023

We are thrilled to announce that the paper, titled "Enhancing Automatic Modulation Classification through Federated Learning: Addressing Data Heterogeneity and Low SNR Accuracy," has been honored with the Best Paper Award at the MERCon 2023 Conference.

MERCon2023, University of Moratuwa

09 November, 2023

DEEE at the University of Peradeniya successfully organized the 6th edition of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Research and Project Symposium (EEERaPS23), fostering a collaborative environment for researchers and engineers to share their knowledge and insights toward advancing the field.

EEERaPS with EEES

05 November, 2023

Final-year undergraduates from the DEEE secured both the First and Second places in the "Undergrad Thesis Project Competition 2023" organized by IEEE SPS Sri Lanka.

IEEE Signal Processing Society-SL Chapter

31 October, 2023

One of the teams from the University of Peradeniya has secured the top spot among the Sri Lankan contestants in the global coding challenge IEEEXtreme 17.0 while securing the 69th position globally.

IEEEXtreme Programming Competition

25 October, 2023

The stall of DEEE at TECHNO2023 proudly showcased groundbreaking innovations and breakthroughs created by the brilliant minds of DEEE. With attractive presentations of innovative projects, it drew many visitors and became the center of attention among industry stalls.

TECHNO 2023

22 October, 2023

Congratulations to Prof. Vijitha Herath for his Senior Membership at Optica, formerly OSA.

OPTICA (Formerly OSA)

25 August, 2023

IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS) was hosted for the 17th time from 25th to 26th August, 2023 at Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya.

IEEE-International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems

15 August, 2023

Talented swimmer, Ishara Abeyratne from DEEE participated in the 31st World University Games, 2021 in Chengdu, China.

World University Games-2023

10 August, 2023

Congratulations to Prof. Janaka Ekanayake for his Fellowship at the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association.

Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA)

20 July, 2023

An educational seminar on Introduction to medical device development process in the USA and Europe which account for approximately 65% of the global market was successfully completed at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya.

BME Group at DEEE and CE

01 July, 2023

The University of Peradeniya was opened for public on July 01, 2023, to mark the 80th anniversary of the university. Thus DEEE together with EEES showcased the department facilities, research and also conducted interactive sessions for the public.

University of Peradeniya

23 June, 2023

Congratulations to Prof. Manjula Fernando for his new appointment as the Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL).

Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka

22 June, 2023

Dr. Dhammika Elkaduwe, a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya has been awarded the Prestigious ACM Software System Award for 2022.

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

20 June, 2023

A team of undergraduates from the department came as the 1st Runners Up of the 4th Edition of the Brainstorm Competition.

IEEE EMBS Student Branch University of Moratuwa

07 June, 2023

The first edition of the "Dharawa", an Evening of Aesthetic Celebration, organized by the EEES was succesfully completed at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya.

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Society

29 May, 2023

An impactful Electrical Safety Program was conducted by the IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) Student Branch Affinity Group, in collaboration with the IEEE Student Branch of the University of Peradeniya.

IEEE WIE Student Branch Affinity Group

23 May, 2023

The first workshop of the IdeaPro workshop series organized by the EEES in collaboration with Dialog Axiata was succesfully completed at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya.

IdeaMart by Dialog Axiata

10 May, 2023

An introductory session for the Tech Talk Series by Synopsys in collaboration with the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Society (EEES) and Association of Computer Engineering Students (ACES)- University of Peradeniya was held at the EOE Pereira Theatre.

Tech Talk Series by SYNOPSYS

01 May, 2023

Prof. Vijitha Herath visited the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology as a visiting professor as he was awarded the Lady Davis visiting professor fellowship by the Lady Davis foundation of Canada.

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

07 February, 2023

A team of final year undergraduates from the Department won the first place of the competition.

IEEE Sri Lanka Section

20 November, 2022

This award is to recognize those individuals who have exhibited exemplary and substantive leadership of an extraordinary nature in implementing activities that support the goals of Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) at the local, regional, national, and/or international level. The MGA Leadership Award is presented annually.

IEEE Sri Lanka Section

14 October, 2022

The Cooperative Agreement between the University of Peradeniya and Kelani Cables PLC was signed on the 14th of October 2022 at the Senate Room, University of Peradeniya. Prof. MD Lamawansa, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya and Mr Mahinda Saranapala, Director/CEO of Kelani Cables PLC signed extending the collaborations by another five years. Ms M. Dharmasiri, Acting Registrar of the University of Peradeniya and Dr Anil Munasinghe, General Manager (Marketing), were the witnesses in the agreement.

University of Peradeniya

10 October, 2022

Prof. J.B. Ekanayake and Dr. H.A.S.A. Suraweera from DEEE are among the top 2 % researchers in the world in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Scientists in different fileds have been recognized under (1) career long citation impact and (2) the citation impact in the year 2021 by the Stanford University, USA.

Elsevier BV

08 October, 2022

IEEE Regional Exemplary Student Branch Award 2022 was presented to the IEEE Student Branch of the University of Peradeniya. The purpose of this award is to provide public recognition of exemplary IEEE Student Branch operations.

IEEE Sri Lanka Section

08 October, 2022

The team "Green Knights" from the department was able to secure the second place in GENESIZ-2022 organized by General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University and received a cash prize of Rs.60,000 as prize money.

Kotelawala Defence University

22 September, 2022

Lakshan Madhushanka Bandara, IEEE Student Branch of University of Peradeniya, currently working as a temporary instructor in the department (a DEEE member) has won the "IEEE Sri Lanka Section Outstanding Volunteer Award (Student Category)".

IEEE Sri Lanka Section