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| President's Corner |
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Welcome to the President’s Corner for the 2016/2017 sessions under my presidency. As my opening message through this column I would like to convey that, as I had mentioned in my presidential address at the inauguration of the 110th Annual Sessions of the institution, I would be forging ahead towards achieving ever higher levels of the objectives which are core to the rapid progress of the institution towards its stated vision.
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| Editorial |
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Our Society is becoming increasingly complex. The demand for more food, water, energy, and the need for mobility and connectivity for ever growing population has become a Global challenge. As Engineers we play a key role in meeting and addressing these challenges. The need of this hour is to provide smart solutions for these demands and service the mankind while minimizing the damage to our environment and ensuring the public safety.
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| Change in SLEN Editorship |
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Eng. (Dr.) Udeni Nawagamuwa, who served as EditorSLEN since Oct. 2012, has handed over the reins of Editorship of the SLEN to Eng. Indika Walpitage with effect from Oct 2016. Dr. Nawagamuwa’s tenure had an auspicious start coinciding with the 30th anniversary of publication of the IESL newsletter, firstly as “IESL News “and subsequently under its current name of “Sri Lanka Engineering News”.
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| IESL MESC Lecture Series on Energy (Video) |
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The Mechanical Engineering Sectional Committee ( MESC ) has been holding a public lectures series on ENERGY with very valuable information to all engineers that you may have never seen / heard before. This initiative is lead by Eng. Parakrama Jayasinghe under MESC "TIE" ( transport - innovation - energy) theme to bring public awareness on all the three areas and to move on to actions find/provide national solutions in all those strategically imperative areas.
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| A Simple Paddy Dryer – Innovation in Practice by Eng. Parakrama Jayasinghe |
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Accordingly after much discussion on the target groups and possible activities that would have the greatest impact and could be considered as a much touted Corporate Social Responsibility activity, the decision was made that the rural paddy farmers could do with some help. It is well recognized that, the paddy farmers who feed the nation are facing many difficulties but are forever kept at subsistence level by successive governments.
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| The Single Standard for Plugs and Socket Outlets in Sri Lanka: Approved |
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At the Cabinet meeting held on 16th August 2016, the Government approved the implementation of a single standard for plugs and socket outlets. This standard will be the Type G socket and plug, already widely used in the country. Type G socket is rated at 13 A, and it is widely known among electricians as the “square pin” socket. The pins are actually rectangular
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| Green Sri Lanka through energy conservation: commercial building as a case study by Dr. Muzathik A.M. |
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The current energy system leads to the possibility of ending up an energy disaster. It is suggested by many researchers that societies have to change from the current paten to new pattern which depends on two primary principles, efficiency and other the renewable energy resource in order to avoid energy disaster.
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| Eng. B D Rampala Remembered |
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IESL Mechanical Engineering Sectional Committee (MESC) organized its annual Eng. B.D. Rampala memorial oration under a timely topic, “Modernized Railway- Answer to Sri Lanka’s Transit Needs”.
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| Deshabandu Dr. A.N.S. Kulasinghe’s 97th Birth Anniversary Commemoration draws capacity crowd |
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The 97th birth anniversary commemoration of Deshabandu Eng. (Dr.) A.N.S. Kulasinghe by the IESL was held on Wednesday, 26th October, 2016 at the Wimalsurendra Auditorium of the IESL. Eng. Aravinda Perera, Chairman, Siyapatha Finance Ltd., Former Managing Director Sampath Bank delivered this year’s memorial lecture which was on “Technology and Innovation In Banking Industry”.
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| මා විසින් මුහුණ පෑ සත්ය සිදුවීමකි! නදීර විජේසිංහ විසිනි. |
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....මෙම පර්යේෂණය සඳහා ගමේ නිවාස 80 ක දත්ත රැස් කලෙමි… තවමත් එම ගමේ ගෙවල් වලින් 90% භාවිත කරන්නේ ගල් 3 ලිපයි . මෙය 8% ක කාර්යක්ෂමකතාවකින් යුක්තය… මෙහි සිදුවන අර්ධ දහනයෙන් නිකුත් වන වායු නිසා විවිධ රෝග වලට ලක්වන්නේ ප්රධාන වශයෙන්ම කාන්තාවන්ය…
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| Techno.....Reflections - by Eng.B.R.O.Fernando, Past President IESL and Past Chairman Techno |
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Speech delivered as the Guest of Honour on the 28th October 2016 at The IESL Techno Awards Ceremony held at Hotel Galadari.
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| Improving Health and Safety in Construction Sites of Sri Lanka - by Eng. W.D.Darshana |
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Construction is one of the most dangerous industries in the world. The ramifications of construction accidents are growing with a trend toward more complex projects .Especially in developing countries, like Sri Lanka. With the construction industry booms and its gross product constantly increases, the number of construction accidents and the deaths have remained stubbornly high.
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| 110th Annual Sessions of the IESL |
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The 110th Annual Sessions of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka was ceremonially inaugurated on Friday, 14th October 2016, at the Main Hall, BMICH in the presence of a large gathering of over a thousand participants.
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| Techno Sri Lanka Exhibition 2016 |
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Techno Sri Lanka 2016, the National Engineering and Technology Exhibition organized by the apex body for the engineering profession the country, the IESL, for the 31st consecutive year, concluded on Sunday, 9th October, 2016 after three days of exposition of innovative and cutting edge engineering products and services.
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| IESL INDUCTION & GRADUATION CEREMONY 2016 - Record 400 Attain Chartered Engineers Status |
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The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka held its annual Induction and Graduation Ceremony for the year, 2016 on Wednesday, 14thOctober, 2016 at the Main Hall of the BMICH from 3.00 pm onwards. Vidyajyothi (Prof.) Rezvi Sheriff, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo and Former Director of the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine graced the occasion as the Chief Guest.
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