| 2024 April |
I completed my internship at Ansys Canada Ltd. for Spring 2024. Completed work on the Silicon Photonic flow sensor design v2.
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| 2024 January |
I did my first research poster presentation at the ECE Research Day on A New On-Chip Silicon Photonic Microfluidic Thermal Flow-rate Sensors (SiP-MTFS).
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| 2024 January |
I joined Ansys Canada Ltd. as a Research Intern in the Optics R&D team for Spring 2024. Further, our Biosensor groups paper titled "On-chip hybrid integration of swept frequency distributed-feedback laser with silicon photonic circuits using photonic wire bonding" was accepted for publication in Optics Express.
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| 2023 Sep - Dec |
Completed work on the Silicon Photonic flow sensor design v1, designed a Lock-in Amplifier PCB and did my second SiEPICfab UBC thinZEP tapeout on 25-11-2023. I also finished mentoring the Co-op project on the Inkjet Printer.
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| 2023 August |
Finished mentoring the 4th Year Capstone team (TL50) on the Low-cost Microfluidic Thermal Flow-rate Sensor Module.
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| 2023 May - Jul |
Completed work on the Microfluidics Control System Design and did my first SiEPICfab UBC thinZEP tapeout on 31-07-2023. I started mentoring a Co-op project on building a Inkjet Printer for Multiplexed Functionalization of Silicon Photonic Biosensors.
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| 2023 April |
Finished mentoring the 4th Year Capstone team (CG49) on the Inexpensive Digital Pressure Regulator Project.
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| 2023 March |
Placed 2nd in the UBC-V ECE 3MT Heats for my talk titled “Best get ready before it's too late: Silicon Photonic sensors for safeguarding ourselves!”.
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| 2023 February |
Took part in the "Quantum Machine Learning with Gate-Based Quantum Computing Using IBM Quantum 2023" Workshop, where our team emerged 2nd Runner-up in the Final Presentation.
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| 2023 January |
I started mentoring a second 4th Year Capstone team (TL50) from ECE, and did two workshops with ENTC.
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| 2022 December |
Finished the 18/18 credit requirement for my MASc in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
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| 2022 November |
I received my AMF chips and started conducting measurements using the AMF chips.
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| 2022 October |
Our groups paper titled "An Optimization Framework for Silicon Photonic Evanescent-Field Biosensors Using Sub-Wavelength Gratings" was accepted for publication in Biosensors.
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| 2022 September |
I started the second year of my Masters at ECE UBC, and began working on Microfluidics Control systems with a Co-Op student and started mentoring a 4th Year Capstone team (CG49) from ECE.
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| 2022 August |
I worked with the Biosensors Group on a journal paper based on the ANT (Troubleshooting) tapeout and our group moved to the new SoC lab in the McLeod Building. I also submitted my Annual Progress Report for the first year of my Masters.
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| 2022 July |
I completed two workshops; Virtual Workshop: Build Your Own Superconducting Quantum Device 2022 and COMSOL Multiphysics Intensive Training Course 2022,
hosted by CMC Microsystems with other experts from the field.
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| 2022 June |
I completed my second ANT (Troubleshooting) tapeout using scripted layout technique using the SiEPIC tools python library and completed the workshops SiEPICfab Actives Silicon Photonics Training Course 2022.
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| 2022 May |
I secured the votes to join the ECE Graduate Student Association (ECEGSA) as the Secretary for the term 2022/23.
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| 2022 April |
I completed my second semester at ECE UBC with 15/18 credits.
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| 2022 March |
I taped out my second photonic IC (PIC) using KLayout and SiEPIC tools with Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF) on 03-14-2022.
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| 2022 February |
Started working on a course project for Analog IC Design Optimization using Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm with plans of investigating this topic further.
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| 2022 January |
I taped out my first photonic IC (PIC) using KLayout and SiEPIC tools with Applied Nano Tools (ANT) on 01-26-2022.
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| 2021 December |
I completed my first semester at ECE UBC with 6/18 credits.
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| 2021 November |
I completed two workshops; SiEPICfab Passive Silicon Photonics Training Course 2021 and SiEPICfab-ePIXfab Joint Workshop on Laser Integration in Silicon Photonics 2021,
hosted by Prof. Lukas Chrostowski and other experts from the field.
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| 2021 October |
Started working at the UBC LSI (Life Sciences Institute) contributing to Silicon Photonic (SiP) BioSensors Research.
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| 2021 September |
Joined the UBC Vancouver Campus as a Masters Student and a Graduate Research Assistant at the SoC Lab under Prof. Sudip Shekhar and Prof. Lukas Chrostowski.
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| 2021 August |
Completed my contract as Lecturer at the Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering (ENTC).
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| 2021 July |
Presented in the MerCon 2021 Workshop on Affordable Motion Capturing for Gait Analysis, Clinical Rehabilitation and Sports
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| 2021 July |
Initiated the ENTC Short Course for Microcontroller based System Design under the guidance of Dr. Ranga Rodrigo, Dr. Jayathu Samarawickrama and Dr. Subodha Charles.
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| 2021 June |
I did my first peer review as I got the opportunity to contribute as a Reviewer for IEEE SMC2021.
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| 2021 May |
Organized and Presented at the IEEE SL Inspire Workshop on Embedded Systems for Beginners
organized by ENTC - University of Moratuwa and IEEE Sri Lanka Section, which witnessed more than 1800 registrations, and live participation of around 1000
people over the course of 4 weeks.
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| 2021 April |
I was offered admission to MASc in Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. This is my dream University!
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| 2021 March |
Organized and Presented at the IEEE - Sri Lanka Robotics Workshop on Introduction to Robot Operating System (ROS)
organized by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) Sri Lanka Section Chapter in Partnership with IEEE Sri Lanka Section, which witnessed more than 570 registrations, and live participation of 150 people.
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| 2021 February |
Presented at the IEEE IES Industry Session on Future of Wearable Healthcare Technology and Smart Textiles with twinery Innovations by MAS.
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| 2021 February |
Researchers of theBRIC conducted a workshop for "Healthcare Research: from sketchbook to real-world implementation
during a global pandemic", which witnessed a registration of more than 300 people from 10 countries all over the world, and live participation of 100 people.
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| 2021 January |
Paper titled "A Novel Transfer Learning-Based Approach for Screening Pre-Existing Heart Diseases Using Synchronized ECG Signals and Heart Sounds"
was accepted to the 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Daegu, Korea.
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| 2021 January |
The BRIC BraiNeoCare research group took part in the CASS 2020-2021 Student Design Competition
and successfully completed the first phase (country-level) of the competition and got selected to the second phase (regional-level).
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| 2020 December |
Received Group Category Merit Award at the Manamperi Award (Engineering) 2020
from SLAAS for Most Outstanding Undergraduate Final Year Research Project.
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| 2020 December |
Graduated from ScholarX 2020 mentorship program under Dr. Ruwandi Fernando, University of Toronto,
organized by the Sustainable Education Foundation.
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| 2020 November |
Conducted a webinar on “Learn to Publish" with over 600 registrations and 300+ live participation as part of the events of the
first ever IEEE Student Conference (ISC) in Sri Lanka.
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| 2020 October |
The BRIC BraiNeoCare research group took part in the BR41N.IO Brain Computer Interface Virtual Hackathon held alongside the
IEEE SMC 2020 Conference in Toronto, Canada, where we were able to become the IEEE SMC Winners and the Intheon Winners.
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| 2020 October |
Virtually attended the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC),
Toronto, Canada.
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| 2020 October |
Virtually attended the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS),
Seville, Spain.
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| 2020 September |
Conducted a video series on "GitHub for everyone" with IQ Labs Youtube Channel.
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| 2020 September |
The BRIC Intelliscope research group won the First Runner-up Award in the 2020 CASS COVID-19 Special Student Design
Competition organized as an event of 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS).
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| 2020 September |
Volunteered for the Sustainable Education Foundation as an Assistant Program Manager to
assist the Program Manager with ScholarX 2021.
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| 2020 September |
Joined the Junior Faculty of the Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering
(ENTC) as Lecturer.
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| 2020 August |
Attended the 41st General Convocation of University of Moratuwa with my parents.
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| 2020 August |
Paper titled "Low-cost Active Dry-Contact Surface EMG Sensor for Bionic Arms"
was accepted to the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Toronto, Canada.
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| 2020 July |
Shortlisted for Faculty and University Valedictorian Honor for the General Convocation of 2020.
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| 2020 June |
Nominated for Migara Rathnathunga Trust Awards in the field of Biomedical Engineering for
high marks in BM3990 - Industrial Training.
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| 2020 May |
Started a 6-month Mentorship with Dr. Ruwandi Fernando of University of Toronto,
through the ScholarX 2020 Program organized by the Sustainable Education Foundation.
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| 2020 April |
Started to organize the Nipayumaani 2020 National Innovation Promotion Programme
of Sasnaka Sansada.
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| 2020 April |
Co-founded the Biomedical Research and Innovation Collective (theBRIC) at the
Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering (ENTC).
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| 2020 March |
Joined as an Advisor for CircuitBreakers Robotics, with the goal of
promoting free robotics education in Sri Lanka.
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| 2020 March |
Joined the Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering
(ENTC) as a Research Student and Teaching Assistant.
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| 2020 February |
Completed the final year research viva at ENTC, University of Moratuwa.
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| 2020 January |
I graduated from University of Moratuwa, with a first class
honors degree, specializing in Biomedical Engineering.
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| 2020 January |
Paper titled "Real-Time Hand Gesture Recognition Using Temporal Muscle Activation Maps of Multi-Channel sEMG Signals"
was accepted to the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Barcelona, Spain.
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| 2019 November |
Received "Honorary Mentions" (ranked among top 15 in the world) at the IEEE
Communication Society Student Competition 2019.
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| 2019 August |
Our Sri Lankan undergraduate team took part in ABU Robocon 2019 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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