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Achievements

  • Best Ph.D. Thesis Award 2022 by the IEEE Sensors Council NSW Chapter
  • Ph.D. Scholarship Awards - University of Technology Sydney
    • UTS International Research Scholarship (IRS) - tuition fee support
    • UTS Centre for Autonomous System (CAS) Scholarship - living stipend support
  • IESL NSW Chapter - Engineering Excellence 2022 - Best paper published runner-up award
  • Microsoft Imagine Cup 2013 International winner 1st prize - Samsung Digital Native Award. (Computer vision based spectacles prototype for visually impaired people)
  • Won Merit award from “National Best Quality Software Awards” (NBQSA) competition 2013. (Image processing mobile app for 3D modeling)
  • Bachelor Final year research project won the 1st place (Academy Excellence Award) at “IIT Cutting Edge Exhibition” for the best final year project (individual project) among over 100 projects.
  • Bachelor Research project published in Sunday Times, one of the popular newspapers in LK.
  • WSO2 Customer delight award, in recognition of the outstanding work done towards WSO2 overseas customers.
  • WSO2 Sustained Outstanding Performance Award for continuously receiving exceptional performance rating throughout the year 2016.
  • Obtained an award at the IIT Cutting Edge 2010 exhibition for designing a mobile controlled car.

Skills / Strengths

  • Skilled in Robotics, Hardware Programming, and Machine Learning (ROS, Matlab, Spark, Prolog, R, PCL, TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, and sensor automation).
  • Experience in image processing frameworks (OpenCV, EmguCV, Augmented Reality)
  • Automation with Embedded Control System design and development (Electronic circuit design, Arduino, Nodemcu, Raspberry Pi, PIC programming).
  • Software Engineering using Java, C, C++, C#, Python, VB, and Assembly.
    • Object-Oriented Design and Development (UML tools, Coding best practices)
  • Experience in big data analysis with Hadoop (MapReduce), Hive, and Spark.
  • Fluent in both English and Sinhala languages.
  • 3D modelling for mechanical design simulations (SolidWorks, Fusion360, Tinkercad).
  • Experience at Teleview, as a 3D Graphics and Computer Animator.
  • Website development using Node.js, React.js, Angular.js, PHP, Javascript, MySQL, Oracle, AJAX, Java Applet, Spring, EJB, Struts, JPA.
  • Skilled in Graphics & 3D Animation using 3D Max, Maya, Combustion, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Poser, ZBrush.

Work experience

Robotics Research Fellow

2022 Aug.Present
University of Technology Sydney

Research and development of robotic solutions.

  • Robots maintaining Sydney Water underground water pipelines.
  • Quadruped robot guide dog for visually impaired people.

Robotics Research Engineer

2022 April2022 Aug.
University of Technology Sydney

Research and development of robotic solutions for maintaining Sydney Water underground water pipelines.

Academic Lecturer/Tutor

2019 Jun.Present
University of Technology Sydney - Robotics Institute

Mechatronics Lecturer/Tutor for undergraduate and post-graduate students.

Senior Software Engineer - IoT Team

2013 Aug.2018 March
WSO2 (Pvt) Ltd.

Experience obtained  from  WSO2, Open Source middle-ware solutions company - “WSO2, one of the leading software companies in LK with offices in US and UK. WSO2 open source products are used by clients such as eBay, Lockheed Martin, US Army, Volvo, Transport For London, etc. Refer more details through: http://wso2.com/aboutResponsibilities:

Associate Software Engineer

20112012
Zone24x7 (Pvt) Ltd.

Experience obtained  from  Zone24x7, The Technology Solution Company – Java, Spring, Maven, Apache Ant, Redis, ActiveMQ, J2EE, Spring AOP, JMX, JSP Servlets, CSS, AJAX, JQuery, JSON, HTML, JavaScript, Zxing framework, Apache Commons framework, Web Application Resource Management, QR Codes, i18n

    • DBMS – MySQL, Oracle, OJDBC
    • Continues integration tool – Jenkins
    • Application servers – Jetty Hightide, Apache Tomcat, Websphere, JBoss
    • Testing frameworks – TestNG, Maven SureFire, JUnit, Apache JMeter
    • IDE – Intellij Idea, Eclipse, Netbeans, Unity3D.

Academic / Professional Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Robotics Research, University of Technology Sydney. (From 2018 to 2022)
  • Bachelor of Engineering 1st class (Honours) in Software Engineering by University of Westminster, UK. (From 2009 to 2013)
  • Distinction in Electrical and Electronics Engineering diploma obtained from "Arthur C. Clark Institute for Modern Technologies", in Sri Lanka (2007).
  • Distinction in 3D Graphics and Computer Animation at Teleview Technology Academy.
  • Distinction in English Literacy at Royal Institute (2008).
  • IELTS 2021.
  • Distinction in Computer Literacy at Technical Engineering College Sri Lanka (2003).
  • Diploma in Professional Certificate in Java Technology at Institute of Java & Technological Studies..
  • Passed G.C.E - Advanced Level (Maths) in 2008 with one  “B”, two “C”s and one “S”.
  • Passed G.C.E - Ordinary Level in 2005 with seven “A”s, one “B” and one “C”.

Extra Curricular Activities

  • Professional Development Director of Rotaract Club of IIT (2010).
  • Student Union president at Informatics Institute of Technology (2011).
    • Organized many events such as talent show named “Stage Craft”, Christmas Carols, Sports Meet, Grad ball of IIT and received high appreciation from various people.
  • Announcer at I-FM radio station on IIT cutting edge 2010 and 2011.
  • Represented the IIT Choir and Drama Group.
  • Member of Shihan Siriwardana’s Kyokshin Karate club.
  • Member of St. Peter’s College Swimming Club.
  • Obtained volleyball championship award at IIT sports meets 2011.
  • Participated in IIT sports meet events in Carom, Chess, Table Tennis and Cricket.
  • Member of Mahanama College Chess Club.

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