University of Jaffna was established in 1974 and currently houses 11 faculties, of which Faculty of Technology being the youngest and Faculty of Engineering being the second youngest. Faculty of Engineering was established in 2014 with the first batch of students getting enrolled in 2014. Faculty of Engineering has four departments, Department of Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering and Interdisciplinary Studies, offers four bachelors programmes. Faulty of Engineering while offering postgraduate research degrees (MPhil and PhD), it still has not developed a taught programme. All course offered at Faulty of Engineering, University of Jaffna are recognized by University Grants Commission and Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka. Faculty of Engineering of University of Jaffna is considered to be a rapidly developing young Faculty, specifically catering to the technological expertise required by the North of Sri Lanka. The growth of the University is as such that the first two batches from the Faculty of Engineering have graduated in less than four years and the graduation of the second batch is scheduled for the 22nd of January 2019 (enrolled in December/2014). The Faculty enrols 150 students in a batch now, which is scheduled to increase by 25 students every intake. The total number of this 5 year old Faculty is currently 400 with an academic staff of 40.
Contribution Team From University of Jaffna
D N Subramaniam
Prospective coordinator for MSc. Programme, Subramaniam has developed the curriculum for 9 modules in the undergraduate curriculum of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and now in the process of developing a curriculum for MSc in Civil and Environmental Engineering for the Department of Civil Engineering. His expertise lies in environmental engineering, specifically on water engineering and solid waste management.
Ketheesan
Ketheesan is a senior lecturer attached to Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Jaffna. He obtained his B.Sc (Eng) degree from the University of Peradeniya in Year 2007. Then, he received his Master’s degree (Environmental Engineering) and PhD (Civil engineering) from New Mexico state university, United States in Year 2009 and 2012, respectively. He worked as a Research fellow at Nanyang Environment and Water research institute (NEWRI), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore from Jan 2013 to September 2016 prior to his appointment at University of Jaffna. He has over eight years of research experience in the field of environmental/water engineering with particular emphasis on waste/biomass to bioenergy technologies, integrated anaerobic digestion and membrane technology, microalgae to bio-diesel production and mathematical modeling of environmental bioprocesses.
V.Mugilgeethan
Lecturer in Mechanical & Process Engineering,
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Faculty of Engineering. His main research area is Design (Fracture mechanics), Energy Engineering (Renewable), 3D Printing and Automotive Engineering.
Anuraj
Holding B.Sc. Eng. (Hons) degree with the specialization in Mechanical Engineering (SEUSL). Currently serving as a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, attached to Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of the faculty of Engineering. His research interest includes application of deep learning in multidisciplinary domains, Solid Waste Management, Mechatronics applications and Image processing and Machine vision.
Balasubramaniam Nilakshan
He graduated from University of Jaffna in 2017 with B.Sc.Eng (Hons) degree in the specialization of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He received his M.Sc. degree in Water Engineering in 2019, from University of Sheffield, UK. He has worked as a temporary instructor in Faculty of Engineering, UOJ and as a temporary assistant lecturer in Faculty of Technology, UOJ. Currently, he is working as a Lecturer (Probationary) attached to Department of Civil Engineering. He is an associate member of IESL and a graduate member of