{"id":74,"date":"2019-01-30T03:05:48","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T03:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faculty.ait.ac.th\/abeykoon\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2019-01-31T02:22:58","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T02:22:58","slug":"professional","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.ait.ac.th\/abeykoon\/professional\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"timeline\"><!-- Single event --><\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-event te-primary\">\n<table class=\"row\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" col\">Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" col\">Engineers Australia \u2013 skills assessed \u2013 Professional Engineer (Electrical)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES \u2013 INTERNATIONAL<\/span> <\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"timeline\"><!-- Single event --><\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-event te-primary\" style=\"padding-left: 0px\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">General chair \u2013 ICIAfs conference (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iciafs.org\/\">www.iciafs.org<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Organizing chair IEEE-ICIAfS conference<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Organizing chair IEEE-ICIAfS conference<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Reviewer &#8211; IEEE-IES Mechatronics transactions<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Reviewer \u2013the International Journal of medical Robotics and Computer Assisted surgery<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Project counterpart IAEA SRL\/2008 project<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2012 &#8211; 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Executive committee member of the IEEE Sri Lanka section<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2010 &#8211; 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Assistant treasurer of the IEEE Sri Lanka section<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2011 &#8211; 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Secretary of the IEEE Sri Lanka Section<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2013 &#8211; 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Initiator and the University counterpart in University of Moratuwa- Sri Lanka \u2013<br \/>\nKeio University Japan &#8211; MOU for Academic linkage and collaboration<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2010 &#8211; 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">IEEE Region 10 member of the Professional Activities Committee (PAC)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2015 &#8211; 2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>TRAINING PROGRAMS UNDERGONE<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"timeline\">\n<div class=\"timeline-event te-primary\" style=\"padding-left: 0px\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Teaching methods for Senior Lecturers \u2013 certificate course, Open University of Sri Lanka<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Workshop on Outreach and Rasing Awareness for Planning Nuclear Program Using the Milestones Approach, Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2013 Oct<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">RCARO\/KAERI Regional Training Workshop on Research Reactor Utilization and Radiation Application Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES \u2013 SRI LANKA<\/span> <\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"timeline\"><!-- Single event --><\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-event te-primary\" style=\"padding-left: 0px\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Examination moderator of Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Education<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Resource person for short course on Energy saving through efficient systems<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Resource person\/coordinator for short course on Microcontrollers and embedded systems<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Resource person &#8211; Training program on Equipment upgrading and facility renovations<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Resource person &#8211; Training program on Building Partnerships with Employers for Training<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Resource person &#8211; Training program on Training needs assessment in Industries and communities<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Resource person \u2013 Curriculum validation workshop \u2013 University of Vocational Technology Sri Lanka<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Resource person &#8211; PV workshop \u2013 conducted by the IEEE &#8211; Sri Lanka section<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Proctor for teams from University of Moratuwa \u2013 IEEE-XTREME Programming Competition<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Examiner of Institution of Engineers of Sri Lanka (IESL) control systems examination<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Committee member \u2013 Robotics, Advanced Design and Manufacturing of National Science foundation of Sri Lanka<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Panel member of ROBOFEST-2011 by Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Member of the judge panel &#8211; Future minds Innovator competition<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Steering committee member of Diversification\/Conservation of Transport Energy of Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy authority<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Member of the intellectual Property advisory committee \u2013 University of Moratuwa<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2010 &#8211; 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Member of the University Exhibitions committee \u2013 University of Moratuwa<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2010 &#8211; 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Liaison Officer \u2013 Multidisciplinary Product Incubator committee \u2013 Faculty of Engineering &#8211; University of Moratuwa<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Member \u2013 Higher Degrees committee \u2013 Faculty of Engineering University of Moratuwa<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Member \u2013 Industry consultative board &#8211; South Asian Institute of Medicine (SAITM)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Reviewer \u2013 Technology Grant Applications \u2013 National science foundation of Sri Lanka<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Project committee member (Ministry of Higher Education) for \u201cRehabilitation of Advanced Technological Institute \u2013 Kandy\u201d<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">PUBLIC SPEECHES \/ PRESENTATIONS<\/span> <\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"timeline\"><!-- Single event --><\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-event te-primary\">\n<table class=\"row\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" col\">Keynote speaker of the Research symposium of UvaWellassa University of Sri Lanka on \u201cDevelopment of<br \/>\nRobot Assisted Surgery\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" col\">Invited speech: Robot Assisted Surgery, Mahidhol University, Salaya Campus, Thailand, February 2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" col\">Invited speech: Robotics in Health Care, Bangkok Patana School,Thailand, October 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\" col\">Invited Speech: AIT Winter Camp for visiting Indian Students: \u201cRobotics in Healthcare\u201d, Thailand, February 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">MAJOR INDUSTRY CONSULTANCIES<\/span> <\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"timeline\"><!-- Single event --><\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-event te-primary\" style=\"padding-left: 0px\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">A&amp;E(Pvt.) Ltd. \u2013 Brandix group \u2013 Sri Lanka<br \/>\nThread length measurement device of the current TN-10 yarn winders were defective and provided a successful solution<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Silueta (Pvt.) Ltd. \u2013 MAS holdings \u2013 Sri Lanka<br \/>\nElectricity bill was soaring and I was consulted. Provided the solution by redesigning the mould, HVAC system and the moulding Machine<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Post installation study of the E-power energy saving device<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 590px;padding-left: 15px\">Latex Green (Pvt. Ltd) Factory \u2013 Avissawella \u2013 Sri Lanka<br \/>\nEngineering visiting consultant<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;width: 101px\">From 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE) Engineers Australia \u2013 skills assessed \u2013 Professional Engineer (Electrical) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES \u2013 INTERNATIONAL General chair \u2013 ICIAfs conference (www.iciafs.org) 2014 Organizing chair IEEE-ICIAfS conference 2010 Organizing chair IEEE-ICIAfS conference 2010 Reviewer &#8211; IEEE-IES Mechatronics transactions Reviewer \u2013the International Journal of medical Robotics [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.ait.ac.th\/abeykoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.ait.ac.th\/abeykoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.ait.ac.th\/abeykoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.ait.ac.th\/abeykoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.ait.ac.th\/abeykoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.ait.ac.th\/abeykoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.ait.ac.th\/abeykoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74\/revisions\/202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.ait.ac.th\/abeykoon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}