Futuristic Engineering Workshop
View(s):Engineering is an evolving field with multiple career opportunities for students in both Sri Lanka and Overseas.
Engineers work in a variety of fields to understand their customer’s needs, and then to design, develop, test and certify solutions using only commercially available components and materials.
This can range improving and maintaining current systems, to creating brand new systems.
For the first time in Sri Lanka AIC Campus has organized an Engineering Education and Career Workshop for the future Engineers that are looking at various career fields.
The workshop is conducted by a panel of experienced Engineering professionals and innovators with years of industry exposure with leading Companies in the World.
- Date: Saturday, 30th November, 2019
- Time: 10.00AM onwards
- Venue: BMICH Colombo, Orchid Hall
There are traditional engineering disciplines like Mechanical, Civil and computer engineering still popular among students; new engineering fields such as Mechatronics,which includes Robotics, and Aeronautics have become popular among students. Understanding various engineering fields, what those engineers do, how they impact on day to day life, different education pathways available for students, and where the jobs will be in future will be important for students.
The Seminar Workshop will be featuring the following Resource panel in their respective fields,
Tilak Dissanayake Product Design Engineer Robotic Air Cargo Network Volunteer with CAA, Vega Electric Supercar Mr. Dissanayake is the founder of Ants Global (Pvt) Ltd with nearly four decades of industry experience as a Product Design Engineer. He has work experience in Fortune 500 companies such as Boeing (12 years), Xerox (7 years), and various startups (6 years) during the Internet boom years in Silicon Valley. After 30 years in the United States, he returned to Sri Lanka in 2001 and is engaged in a variety of ventures including designing a fully robotic air cargo network. He is passionate about unleashing the potential of Sri Lankan youth, and volunteers his time for various efforts including the Vega Electric Supercar Project, and the Civil Aviation Authority’s District Aviation Awareness Programme and the Next Generation Aviation Professional Programme. Mr. Dissanayake will do an interactive session covering, 4th Industrial Revolution n Product Design Engineering, n Mechatronics, n Essential Skills, Knowledge and Attitude Required, n Getting Out of The Middle Income Trap | |
Thilan Koththigoda Mr. Koththigoda worked in the UK and the Middle East prior to forming KWA and has won numerous academic awards including Professor K.R.S. Peiris Design award for the best designer in M.Sc. Architecture. Sri Lanka Institute of Architects award for the best part III results, Sri Lanka Institute of Architects award for the best results in M.Sc. Architecture and from the University of Moratuwa, the awards for best results in M.Sc. Architecture and B.Sc. Built Environment degrees. He is widely considered as one of the best modern architects in Sri Lanka. | |
Eng. Damitha Samarakoon Mr.Samarakoon is a leading Environmental Engineers and is pioneering the concept of sustainability and sustainable growth in Sri Lanka, He closely works with various State, Private Sector and Overseas companies in developing Energy Efficient and Environmentally Friendly systems. | |
Eng. Thushara Edirisinghe Skilled and driven Mechatronics Engineer with 15 years of career in providing cost effective solutions to wide range of power and energy problems. Mr.Edrisinghe is widely considered as an expert in Electricity and Power generation.
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