IESL WA Chapter
OUR STORY...
Western Australia Chapter of the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL WA) was established in May 2014. Its primary objective is to cater for the needs of the current IESL members residing in the state of Western Australia (WA), as well as to facilitate its growth by way of promoting and catering to potential members in WA.
Western Australia, being the largest state in Australia and the second largest country subdivision in the world, with numerous natural energy resources & minerals, has given rise to a place rich in Engineering infrastructure & Engineering culture. As such, Engineers in all disciplines with Sri Lankan heritage working here have a good opportunity to benefit from the IESL WA chapter. Further, the potential benefits for both countries, Sri Lanka, and Australia, are noteworthy too.
IESL WA Chapter endeavours to provide its members a forum to foster the Engineering ideals and ethics in a friendly environment. The chapter is working closely with the parent body to help Sri Lanka & WA, by disseminating the wealth of knowledge and experience of all our members.
What we are/were up to :
Sri Lankan Engineers' Night in Western Australia:
26th of August 2023: More information is here...
In-person seminar #2
In-person Professional Development Seminars on the following topcis were held on the 23rd July 2023 at the Wilson community centre.
Last Sunday we were able to successfully host the 2nd in-person workshop of the season. The workshop comprised two sessions on,
👉Autonomous Train Control [System Architecture and communication subsystem] by Engineer Priyal Kulawansa, a Telecommunications and Security Engineer Hitachi Rail STS.
👉Electrical Earthing Systems by Engineer Don Tissa Wijayasinghe, a Sessional Lecturer, Curtin University.
Kudos to all who helped to make this a success!
IESL-WA Related Updates and Past Events :
In-person seminar #1
In-person Professional Development Seminars on the following topcis were held on the 25th June 2023 at the Wilson community centre.
MV X-Press Pearl Disaster
Vulcan Pit Designer
Speakers:
Sarath Wijeratne
Rajeewa Silva
webinar #5
Topic: MINE TAILINGS STORAGE FACILITIES (TSF): PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
By Ajitha Wanninayake BScEng (Hons). MEng. CPEng. MIEAust
Brief Bio of the speaker:
Ajitha Wanninayake is a Technical Director at GHD and a Chartered Professional Engineer with 20 years of experience. He graduated from the University of Peradeniya and completed his Master’s degree in Geotechnical Engineering at Saitama University, Japan. Ajitha has worked on numerous major mining, civil and transport infrastructure development projects as a principal/lead geotechnical engineer and project manager. He specialises in design, construction, operation, and closure of mine tailings and water storage facilities. Ajitha has also served as an instructor at the Association of State Dam Safety Officials, USA. He has authored and presented many technical papers at several international conferences.
Career guidAnce seminar
The IESL-WA jointly with MORAWA presented a career guidance seminar for all engineering professionals, students and interested persons to support their career progression on the 28th May 2023..
This seminar focused on the following:
Writing a winning resume
Facing job interviews
Australian job opportunities
Professional and social assimilation in Australia
Tips for networking
webinar #4 :
The fourth Free Webinar of this year, was successfully held on the 11th May 2023 :
Topic: FLOATING PRODUCTION STORAGE AND OFFLOADING (FPSO) VESSELS AND THEIR CHALLENGES IN FABRICATION
Resource persons:
Ravin Wijeyaratna MSc. (Cranfield, UK), IWE, MIEAust
Sukamal Naskar MSc. (Cranfield, UK), IWE /EWE. Director Asia Pacific for Welding Alloys Group, UK.
webinar #3 :
The third Free Webinar was successfully held on the 23rd of March 2023 :
Topic: Autonomous Driving
Resource person: Shaminda Subasinghe, PhD
- webinar #2 :
The Second Free Webinar was successfully held on the 9th of February 2023 :
Topic: Challenges in Grid Connected Solar Farms Energization
Resource person: Dr. Aroshanie Lamabadu, PhD
IESL WA 3rd committee meeting for the year 2022/23 was successfully held at its president Dr. Senaka Welideniya's lovely residence on the 15th of January 2023. It was followed by a BBQ and a scrumptious supper. The major focus item was the planning of up-coming events.
webinar #1 of the 2022/23 series :
The first committee meeting of the IESL WA Chapter for year 2022/23 was held on the 27th of November 2022 at Nagi's Kitchen with good Lankan cuisine.
The 9th AGM of the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka, WA Chapter was held on Saturday 29th October 2022 at 4:00 pm at Centenary Park, Wilson.
The newly elected Executive Committee:
President - Senaka Welideniya
Vice President - Mathanga Perera
Secretary - Mahesh Kariyawasam
Treasurer - Tilak Jayantha
Ex-Officio - Bandula Samarasinghe
Editor and Web Master - Tharindu Weerasinghe
Committee members:
Pradeep Dulan
Tharanga Thotagamuwage
Raveendra Salgado
Iresh Manjula
Ravin Wijeyaratna
Yenuli Ranaweera
Harshani Jayasinghe
Parakrama Sumanarathne
Manjula Abayawickrama