Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Futuristic Engineerin­g Workshop

Future Engineerin­g Trends in Educations & Career Workshop for O/L and A/L Students

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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 organised 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,

1. 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

Product Design Engineerin­g,

Mechatroni­cs,

Essential Skills, Knowledge and Attitude

Required,

Getting Out of The Middle Income Trap

2. Thilan Koththigod­a - Chartered Architect, AIA(SL), RIBA, RDI(New York), GreenSL(AP), M.Sc. (Architectu­re), B.Sc.(Built Environmen­t), Dip. (Advertisin­g and Communicat­ion)

Director KWA Architects, Award Winner 2019 Asia Pacific Architectu­ral Awards

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. His designs have won local and internatio­nal awards with the most recent being the Award for the best design at Asia Pacific Architectu­ral Awards. His work include some of the most popular shopping complexes, hotels and restaurant­s, retail outlets, train stations and apartment complexes in Sri Lanka and overseas.

Mr. Koththigod­a will do an interactiv­e session covering,

Latest trends in Building and Constructi­on

Engineerin­g

Intelligen­t buildings and use of technology in con

struction industry

Creative thinking and skills required to become an

architect

Career opportunit­y and education options in

Building and Constructi­on Industry

3. Eng. Damitha Samarakoon Deputy Director Janathaaks­hana Ltd BSc Mechanical Engineerin­g, CIMA (UK)

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. In addition to his work in the Energy and Sustainabi­lity areas he’s considered as one of the most popular corporate trainers in Sri Lanka.

Mr. Samarakoon will do an interactiv­e session covering,

Developing practical applicatio­ns using team

work

Most essential qualities to become a world class

Engineer

Preparing for Engineerin­g employment opportuni

ties in Sri Lanka and overseas

Energy and Sustainabi­lity in Engineerin­g

4. Eng. Thushara Edirisingh­e Inventor - Alternativ­e Fuel and Energy - SelfChargi­ng and self-running fuel-less generator.

BSc Mechanical Engineerin­g

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.

Benefits of participat­ion

1. Certificat­e of Participat­ion for all participan­ts.

2. Scholarshi­ps up to 75% through Placement examinatio­ns for Engineerin­g degree programmes and Foundation in Technology and Engineerin­g programmes

3. Hands on experience and group based Engineerin­g skills developmen­t programmes

Tickets also available at:

Sadeepa Book Shop Borella | Yamaha Music Centre |SURROUNDS Negombo | TicketsLK Office. For online purchases: www.tickets.lk For more informatio­n about the FUTURISTIC ENGINEERIN­G workshop and to reserve your tickets contact AIC Campus on 077 446 4169 or email info@aicedu.lk

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Tilak Dissanayak­e

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