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Sri Lankan Undergraduates excel at AIT

rd23 May 2013 will be marked as a historical day at the Asian Institute of

Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand. On that day 40 Sri Lankan students

graduated, amongst many others from different nationalities, as the first

group of honors graduates in Bachelor of Engineering (BSc. Eng Hons.) at ththe 119 graduation held at AIT conference center. Moreover, Sri Lankan

students secured 13 First Class Honors, 8 Second Class Upper Division

Honors and two Sri Lankan students, Ms. Thamali Gunaratne and Mr.

Imthishan Mohammed Thasleem bagging the most outstanding Civil

Engineering student and most outstanding Mechatronics Engineering

student awards respectively. Out of the 40 Sri Lankan students 24 graduated

as Civil & Infrastructure Engineers, 13 as Mechatronics Engineers and 3 as

Electronics Engineers.

The excellent performance of Sri Lankan students is a tribute to the immense

efforts taken by SAITM faculty of Engineering and AIT to maintain the

academic quality and standards along with the infrastructure made available,

in par with the best in the world thus help producing high quality engineers

who will be world class professionals.

thOf those who graduated from AIT at the 119 graduation in 2013, 13

students secured 100% scholarships, 8 students 75% scholarships and 10

students 50% scholarships to pursue Masters degree in the chosen fields of

study at AIT which is a record for any university in Sri Lanka.

for more details, visit --> http://saitm.edu.lk/News/news_37.htm

SAITM Faculty of Engineering and SERD, AITIntroducing MBA in Energy Business and Professional Masters in Energy Business Management (PM-EBM)

Jaune 2013 Volume 03 - Issue : 02

stThe 1 Batch of SAITM Engineering Students who Graduated from AIT

Faculty of EngineeringAsian Institute of Technology

Thailand

With the increasing demand for a new breed of highly trained specialized

professionals who are capable of managing energy companies efficiently in

an increasingly globalized business environment as well as to best manage

the energy utilization in the industry the School of Environment and

Resources and Development (SERD) at AIT has designed two new degree

programs namely MBA in Energy Business and Professional Masters in

Energy Business Management (PM-EBM) which aim to create such a

human capital. This opportunity is open for both government and private

sector professionals and available with an option of completing the degree

in both Sri Lanka and at AIT for predefined time durations.

for more details, visit --> http://www.serd.ait.ac.th/pages/home.php

Your Opportunity to Join the

BSc Engineering Degree Programon Offer from

MOST SUCCESSFUL

SAITM AITSAITM, AIT Partnership Move into Postgraduate Level

SAITM Engineering Students are on Industrial Training Phase I

The students of Batch three of the Faculty of Engineering who have

completed the fourth semester, commenced the first phase of the rdindustrial training program on 3 of June 2013 for a period of three

months. Number of organizations which are the pioneers in the industry

in Sri Lanka were selected for the training placements.

The selected list of construction organizations is as follows.

Civil & Infrastructure Engineering

4ACCESS Engineering Central Engineering Services

4CML - MTD Construction Ltd 4International Construction Consortium

4LINK Engineering 4MAGA Engineering 4RN Constructions

4SANKEN Construction 4Sierra Civil Engineering 4Sri Lanka Ports Authority

4SUN Constructions 4Taisei Corporation 4Walkers (Pvt) Ltd

Mechatronics Engineering

4Lanka Bell Limited 4Prestige Automobile (Pvt) Ltd 4Micro cars

4Dialog Axiata PLC 4Mobitel 4Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC

4Mahaweli Authority 4Hayleys Industrial Solutions (Pvt) Ltd

4Flintec Transducers (Pvt) Ltd 4ETA Melco 4Sri Lankan Airline

4Orange Electricals 4Piramal Glass 4Fentons Limited 4Mas Holdings

4Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC 4Lion Brewery 4Hyundai Lanka

4Nikini Automation Systems 4Precision Tech Services 4Etisalat

4Colombo Dockyard PLC 4Ceylon Cold Store 4Lanka Harness Company (Pvt) Ltd

4Airport Aviation 4Fonterra Brands Lanka

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SAITM E-Fac News BulletinJune 2013 Volume 03 - Issue : 02

Graduation Highlights

RSEA 2013 Highlights

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Volume 03 - Issue : 01June 2013

rd3 Annual SAITM Research Symposium on Engineering Advancements - 2013 [RSEA 2013]

SAITM Robotics Challenge 2013 concluded in a Great Success

Faculty of Engineering has successfully organized third annual research thsymposium on engineering advancements on 27 April 2013.

In fact RSEA is the pioneering and the only research symposium organized

by a non-state sector higher education institute in Sri Lanka. It will no doubt

enhance the research competencies of the SAITM engineering students

making them stand out in the engineering profession when they graduate.

The most distinguish feature of the event was the note session conducted

by three experts in the field of Engineering. Key note speeches are to be

made by Prof. M.P. Ranaweera (Emertus Professor, University of

Peradeniya), Prof. J. B. Ekanayake (of Peradeniya) and Prof. Abdul Salam

(Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand). Chairman of SAITM Dr. Neville

Fernando and Dean Faculty of Engineering Dr. Sisuru Sendanayake were

present at the event.

The event is participated by over 300 from the academia, professional and

student communities representing state universities, industries and

statuary bodies with over 50 research papers to be presented at the

sessions.

SAITM Robotic Challenge, 2013 (SRC’13) an inter university robotics

competition, organized by the Robotics Association of the Mechatronics

Engineering Department, of the Faculty of Engineering SAITM was held on

31st of May at SAITM premises and concluded in a great success.

The SRC2013 was the first of its kind to be organized by the Faculty of

Engineering, SAITM. It brought together Engineering undergraduates from

ten state as well as non-state sector universities of Sri Lanka, and they

competed for the “Dr. Neville Fernando Challenge Trophy” in a robotics

challenge designed for undergraduates, highlighting the challenges and

developments in the field of Robotics and Automation. In organizing

SRC2013, SAITM Faculty of Engineering strive to promote engineering

design at university level and encourage Sri Lankan youth to come forward

with innovative solutions to real life applications.

Undergraduates from Engineering, Science and technology disciplines from

seven state sector Universities including University of Moratuwa, University

of Peradeniya and University of Colombo participated for the event. In addition

there were participants from four non-state universities as well. A team

entered from University of Uwa Wellassa won the challenge trophy, while the

1st and 2nd runner ups were teams entered from University of Ruhuna, and

SAITM respectively.

Many academics and professionals from state universities and industries

contributed for evaluating the event with Prof. Nimal Ekanayake, (Dept. of

Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Peradeniya) and Prof.

Janaka Ekanayake (Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University

of Peradeniya) holding the Chair of the panel of Judges for two sessions. Mr.

Dushyantha Rupasinghe from ABB Sri Lanka and Mr Vajira Tennakoon

representing SINGER PLC also attended the event as guests of honour.

The main sponsors of this event were SINGER PLC and ABB Sri Lanka and

official media partners for the event are Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and

Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd.

The only research symposium organized by non state sector higher education institute

First Ever SAITM Robotics ChallengeOrganized by the Faculty of Engineering

SRC 2013 Highlights