- Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Professor
Contact information
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
成人头条
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Control Systems and Instrumentation -Undergraduate -2021
Industrial Automation -Undergraduate -2021
Sensors/Actuators and smart systems -Undergraduate -2021
Control Systems -Undergraduate -2021
Intelligent Systems -Undergraduate -2021
Research Activities
Intelligent Systems
Optimization
mobile robot navigation
artificial intelligence
Robotics
Education and Professional Affiliations
Bachelors, 成人头条 ,1991
PhD, Saga University ,2000
Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL)(2010 To date)
Career
Worked as a Lecturer at Department of Mechanical Engineering 成人头条 since 1991
Worked as a Senior Lecturer (grade II) from 29th Sept 2000 to 28th Sept 2006 at Department of Mechanical Engineering, 成人头条
Worked as a Senior Lecturer (grade I) from 29th Sept 2006 to 31st January 2011 at Department of Mechanical Engineering, 成人头条
Worked as Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering from 1st February 2011 to 31st January 2014, 成人头条
Worked as Senior Lecturer (grade I) from 1st February 2014 to 6th July 2921 at Department of Mechanical Engineering, 成人头条
Worked as Professor from 7th July 2021 to date at Department of Mechanical Engineering, 成人头条
Worked as Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering during 2015 at SLIIT (on Sabbatical leave
Worked as a consulting Engineer at NJS (Pvt) Ltd, Green Tech solutions (Pvt) Ltd to design water treatment plants for instrumentation, controlling and
monitoring part time or full time on leave
Honours and Awards
Presidential Award for Scientific Publication in 2015 for the contributions made in year (Received 2013)
Award of Excellence in recognition of the Outstanding Research Performance with Distinction for the 3 years ending 31st December (Received 2013)
Award of Excellence in recognition of the Outstanding Research Performance with Distinction for the 3 years ending 31st December (Received 2014)
Award of Excellence in recognition of the Outstanding Research Performance with Distinction for the 3 years ending 31st December (Received 2015)
Publications*
Kavindu Gamage, Lakshan Jeewantha, Sunil Siriwardhana, Asitha L. Kulasekera ,".Systems Engineering-Based approach for the Development of a Strawberry Harvesting Robot.",9th International Conference on Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference 2023 (MERCon 2023),,成人头条,2023,586 芒鈧�� 591
Pramith Senanayaka, Lakeesha Hashanjana, Ishara Madushan, Asitha L. Kulasekera, Hewa Dewa Sasheeka Himaruwan ,".Design and Development of a Soft Gripper System for Difficult to Handle Foods.",9th International Conference on Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference 2023 (MERCon 2023),,成人头条,2023,678 - 683
Kasun E. B. Tennakoon, Geenath S Subasingha, Jami A.S. Vidana Gamage, Asitha L. Kulasekera ,".Experimental Performance Characterization of an Underwater Growing Robo.",9th International Conference on Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference 2023 (MERCon 2023),,成人头条,2023,620 芒鈧�� 625
1. V P C Dassanayake and L D J F Nanayakkara, 鈥淣eed for Custom-Made Integrated Management Operations Planning Systems,鈥� Proc. of the Symposium on Industry Related Research, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, 10 March 1995, pp. 58-68.
2. P Dassanayake, K Watanabe, and K Izumi, 鈥淔uzzy Behavior-Based Control for a Task of Three-Link Manipulator with Obstacle Avoidance,鈥� J. of Robotics and Mechatronics, vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 502-509, 1999.
3. P Dassanayake, K Watanabe and K Izumi, 鈥淥bstacle Avoidance of Multi-Link Manipulators Using Fuzzy Behavior-Based Control,鈥� Report of the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Saga University, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 21-39, 1999.
4. V P C Dassanayake, K Watanabe, and K Izumi, 鈥淔uzzy Behavior-Based Control for a Task of Three-Link Manipulator,鈥� Proc. of 1999 IEEE int. Conf. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Tokyo, Japan, vol. II, 12-15 October, 1999, pp. 776-781.
5. P Dassanayake, K Watanabe, and K Izumi, 鈥淔uzzy Behavior-Based Control for the Obstacle Avoidance of Multi-Link Manipulators,鈥� Proc. of 7th International Workshop on Rough Sets, Data Mining, and Granular-Soft Computing (RSFDGrC鈥�99), Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan, 9-11, November, 1999, pp. 257-265.
6. P Dassanayake, K Watanabe, K Kiguchi and K Izumi, 鈥淎pplication of Fuzzy Behavior-Based Control for a PUMA Robot,鈥� Proc. of the Fifth Int. Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics (AROB 5th鈥�00), Oita, Japan, vol. 2, 26-28, January, 2000, pp. 773-776.
7. P Dassanayake, K Watanabe, K Kiguchi and K Izumi, 鈥淔uzzy Behavior-Based Approach for a Task of Six-Link Manipulator,鈥� Proc. of Asian Fuzzy Systems Symposium 2000 (AFSS2000): International Symposium on Theory and Applications of Soft Computing, Tsukuba, Japan, 31 May 鈥� 3 June, 2000, pp. 658-662.
8. P Dassanayake, K Watanabe, K Kiguchi, and K Izumi, 鈥淔uzzy Behavior-Based Motion Planning for the PUMA Robot,鈥� Proc. of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2000), Takamatsu, Japan, vol.3, 30 October 鈥� 5 November, 2000, pp.1912-1917.
9. P Dassanayake, K Watanabe, K Kiguchi and K Izumi, 鈥淩obot Manipulator Task Control with Obstacle Avoidance Using Fuzzy Behavior Based Strategy,鈥� J. of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, 2002
10. D N W Pathirana and V P C Dassanayake, 鈥淣eo: Autonomous navigation by means of infrared sensors鈥�, Proc. of the Symposium on Industry Related Research (ERU), Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, 23 August 2002.
11. W A J D Perera and V P C Dassanayake, 鈥淭he Automation of Intelligent Scheduling for Tournaments鈥�, Proc. of the Symposium on Industry Related Research (ERU), Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, 23 August 2002.
12. A Pallegedara, D D A S Jayasiri , L Udawatta and P Dassanayaka 鈥�Intelligent Behaviors and Sensor fusion for Mobile Robot based on Fuzzy Realization鈥�. Proc. of the Symposium on Industry Related Research (ERU), Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, September 2005.
13. L P Hettiarachchi and V P C Dassanayake 鈥淎lum and Lime dosing controller for water treatment plant鈥� Proc. of the 14th Symposium on Industry Related Research (ERU), Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, Oct 2008.
14. M A D A Sudeera, V P C Dassanayake, J Mangala, A Goonathileka 鈥淧erformance Comparison of Locally Available Single Dose Dry Powder Inhalers using Computational Fluid Modeling and Cascade Impactor Testing鈥� Proc. of the 14th Symposium on Industry Related Research (ERU), Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, Oct 2008
15. M A D A Sudeera, V P C Dassanayake, J Mangala, A Goonathileka 鈥淓ffect of Size of the Inlet for the Air Flow through the New Multi Dose Dry Powder Inhaler鈥� Proc. of the 14th Symposium on Industry Related Research (ERU), Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, Oct 2008
16. M A D A Sudeera, V P C Dassanayake, A Gunathileke and J Mangala 鈥淕eometry Modeling of a Dry Powder Multi-Dose Inhaler鈥� J. 鈥淓ngineer鈥�, Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL) , July, 2009
17. V P C Dassanayake, K P S Dalpatadu, B M O de Siva, A N E Gamage, 鈥淩esearch on Motion capture Technologies to Develop Bionic Leg鈥� ERU Proceeding of the 15th Annual symposium, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, November 2009
18. V P C Dassanayake, D S De Z Abeysiriwardena, S W H M T D Lalitharatne, K A A P Wimalaratne, Control Platform for a Mobile Robot Team to Move in a Formation in an Indoor Environment, ERU Proceeding of the 15th Annual symposium, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, November, 2009
19. R A M P Ranaweera, J R Gamage, U P Kahangamage, V P C Dassanayake, 鈥淓nhancement of students' learning experience through introduction of innovative methods of conducting and assessing laboratory classes: a case study鈥� ERU Proceeding of the 15th Annual symposium, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, November 2009
20. C S D A Weerasiriwardhane, K A K T Siriwardhane, V P C Dassanayake 鈥淒eveloping A Mobile Robot Simulator Platform To Test Control Applications鈥� ERU Proceeding of the 17th Annual symposium, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, November 2011
21. A T D. Perera, M P G Sirimanna, R A Attalage, K K C K Perera, and V P C Dassanayake , 鈥� Multi objective optimization and multi criterion decision making in expanding existing standalone energy systems combining renewable energy sources 鈥� IASTED International Conference on Engineering and Applied Science (EAS 2012) 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
22. A T D Perera, R A Attalage, K Perera, V P C Dassanayake 鈥淎 hybrid tool to combine multi-objective optimization and multi-criterion decision making in designing standalone hybrid energy systems鈥�, Applied Energy, vol. 107, pp 412-425, 2013
23. A T D. Perera, R A Attalage, K Perera, V P C Dassanayake 鈥淒esigning standalone hybrid energy systems minimizing initial investment, life cycle cost and pollutant emission鈥�, Energy, vol. 54, pp 220-230, 2013
24. A T D Perera, R A Attalage, K Perera, V P C Dassanayake 鈥淐onverting existing Internal Combustion Generator (ICG) systems into HESs in standalone applications鈥�, Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 74, pp 237-248, 2013
25. Sajith Wijesuriya, Hiran Perera, Uditha Gayan, Rahula Attalage, and Palitha Dassanayake 鈥淚ntelligent Lighting Controller for Domestic and Office Environments鈥� Proc. of the international conference of American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy ACEEE, July 2013
26. W D I G Dasanayake, R A R C Gopura, V P C Dassanayake and G K I Mann, "Surface EMG Signals based elbow joint Torque Prediction,", International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, pp. 110-115,2013
27. B G Sampath, K C R Perera, W A S I Wijesuriya, V P C Dassanayake 鈥淔uzzy Based Stabilizer Control System for Quad-Rotor International Journal of Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial and Mechatronics Engineering Vol:8 No:2, 2014
28. K C R Perera. B G Sampath, V P C Dassanayake, B M Hapuwatte. 鈥淗arvesting of Kinetic Energy of the Raindrops鈥� International Journal of Mathematical, Computational, Physical and Quantum Engineering Vol:8 No:2, 2014
29. W D I G Dasanayake, R A R C Gopura, V P C Dassanayake, and G K I Mann, "Estimation of Prosthetic Arm Motions using Stump Arm Kinematics,", International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability, Sri Lanka (2014)
30. Palitha Dassanayake, 鈥淓ffect of Mutation and Effective Use of Mutation in Genetic Algorithm鈥滻TRU Research Symposium, 2015: Faculty of Information Technology, 成人头条, Sri Lanka