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A team of top management of the Lanka Electricity Company and Asian Development Bank led by Chairman and General Manager of LECO and Dr.

Dr. Buddhika Jayasekara and Ravindu Bandara, a postgraduate research student presented two research papers at 2018 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC2018) held from 7-10^th October in Miyazaki, Japan.

A research paper titled ‘Proxemics and Approach Evaluation by Service Robot Based on User Behavior in Domestic Environment’’ was presented at the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) held from Oct 01 - 05 in Madrid, Spain by S. M. Bhagya P. Samarakoon, a postgraduate research student and Dr. M. A. Viraj J. Muthugala ��in the Department of Electrical Engineering .

MathWorks Mini Drone Competition IROS 2018 was held 3^rd and 4^th October 2018 in Madrid, Spain as a part of IEEE/RSJ IROS 2018 conference. The competition consisted with tow rounds. More than 30 teams were registered for the round 1 of the competition.�� In round 1, the teams had to develop a simulation model for navigating a Parrot Mamba minidrone using Matlab/Simulink.

A safety workshop was held on the 24th of July at the seminar room of Department of Electrical Engineering for their technical officers and laboratory support staff, discussing the safety guidelines, precautions and first aid requirements. The workshop was conducted by Eng. Anura Wijayapala and Dr. Asanka Rodrigo.

Design project Competition for 2^nd��year Undergraduates of Department of Electrical Engineering organized by EESoc in collaboration with IEEE PES SBC of UoM was successfully held on 17^th��July 2018 at the Department of Electrical Engineering. The project carried out by the team W. A. V. U. Wickramasinghe, G. N. Wikramathunga and W. A. T.

Bhagya Samarakoon, a research student in the Intelligent Service Robotics Group, Department of Electrical Engineering was awarded the Nanjing City prize for the research paper entitled "Replicating Natural Approaching behavior of Humans for Improving Robot's Approach toward Two persons During a Conversation" published in 27th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) held from Aug 27-31.

Four members of the Intelligent Service Robotics Group of the Department of Electrical Engineering have presented research papers at 27th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) held from Aug 27-31, Nanjing and Tai'an, China. They are working on development of MIRob (Moratuwa Intelligent Robot), an Intelligent service robot for domestic environments under the Supervision of Dr. Buddhika Jayasekara.

Dr Upuli Jayatunga visited Australian Power Quality and Reliability Centre (APQRC), University of Wollongong (UOW), Australia in early December 2017 in relation to the ongoing power quality research collaboration work. At present, two joint PhDs are progressing successfully between UoM and UoW under her supervision. During her visit, she had meetings with APQRC staff members to find further research opportunities of mutual interest. Further, she paid a visit to Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC) facility as well.

The Council of the ����ͷ�� appointed Prof. Sisil Kumarawadu to succeed Prof. Nalin Wickramarachchi as the Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering with effect from 7^th��of December 2017. The Department congratulates him on the new appointment and wish him a very successful career in the Department.