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| 26 September 2011 |
Prof. J R P Jayakody has been appointed as the Head of the Department with effect from 01 September 2011. |
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| 16 August 2011 |
Following staff members of the Department of Physics have been elected to the Council of the
Institute of Physics (Sri Lanka) (IPSL) with effect from 26 March 2011.
Prof. S R D Kalingamudali (President), Dr L B D R P Wijesundera (Vice President), Prof. J R P Jayakody (Treaurer), Mr N W K Jayatissa (Joint Secretary), Prof. K D Jayasuriya (Editor in Chief). |
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| 06 January 2011 |
Digital Dreams 2011 competition: Application form |
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| 20 October 2010 |
Professor S R D Kalingamudali has been awarded the grade of Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP), United Kingdom with effect from 15 October 2010. |
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| 23 August |
 Digital Dreams 2010 competition was held at University of Kelaniya on 23 August by Department of Physics, University of Kelaniya, to demonstrate the talents of young undergraduate students who are following courses in the Electronic stream. The main objective of this project was to provide an opportunity for our students to apply their theoretical knowledge for real world practical experience in mechanics, engineering and electronics that involves a display of remote control devices. View media coverage: Sirasa, ITN
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| 14 June 2010 |
Dr J R P Jayakody has been promoted to the post of Professor in the Department of Physics with effect from 18 December 2008. |
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| 19 April 2010 |
Professor S R D Kalingamudali has been admitted to the Fellowship of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET), United Kingdom with effect from 12 April 2010. |
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| 3 April 2010 |
Dr P A A Perera has been appointed as the Head of the Department with effect from 3 April 2010. |
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| 3 April 2010 |
Professor S R D Kalingamudali has completed his second 3 year term as the Head of the Department on 2 April 2010. |
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| 1 January 2010 |
Dr J R P Jayakody has been awarded a Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of the dedicated services rendered to the University over a period of 25 years. |
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| 14 September 2009 |
Dr (Mrs) W J M Samaranayaka has been awarded the IOP-PPCF Prize for Best Poster for experimental and numerical work on the investigation of ozone production in a plasma discharge for environmental and medical applications by a young researcher in connection with the 2009 Summer College on Plasma Physics held at the ICTP from 10 to 28 August 2009. |
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| 4 June 2009 |
The Elementary Physics Laboratory of the Department has been named as "Professor C Dahanayake Laboratory", and a portrait of Professor C Dahanayake was unveiled inside the Laboratory on 25 May 2009, who was the founder Professor of Physics and founder Head of Department of Physics, University of Kelaniya. View the Photo Gallery of the event. |
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| 16 February 2009 |
Professor Emeritus C Dahanayake (Founder Dean of the Faculty of Science, and Founder Head and Professor of Physics of the Department of Physics) has passed away on 14 February 2009 (appreciation in English and Sinhala). |
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| 15 January 2009 |
Mr P S Hewageegana has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy on 15 December 2008 from Georgia State University, USA. |
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| 2 January 2009 |
Vidya Nidhi Professor W P Siripala has been awarded a Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of the dedicated services rendered to the University over a period of 35 years.
Professor K D Jayasuriya has been awarded a Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of the dedicated services rendered to the University over a period of 30 years. |
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| 19 December 2008 |
Professor C Dahanayake gold medal, awarded by the Department of Physics to the BSc (General) degree student with the best performance in the subject Physics, was awarded to Mr W D D P Sumathipala (academic year 2006/2007) at the General Convocation held at BMICH on 15 December 2008. |
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| 3 December 2008 |
SLAAS awarded the Physical Sciences Award 2008 (PHYSICS) to Miss R A C R Rupasinghe at the 64th Annual Sessions of SLAAS held on 1 December 2008 at the BMICH for her final year research project submitted to the BSc (Special) Degree in Mathematical Physics - 2006/2007 of the University of Kelaniya. |
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| 11 November 2008 |
Dr L B D R P Wijesundera has been promoted to the post of Senior Lecturer Grade II in the Department of Physics with effect from 1 December 2005. |
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| 5 November 2008 |
Dr (Mrs) W J M Samaranayake has been promoted to the post of Senior Lecturer Grade I in the Department of Physics with effect from 2 April 2007. |
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| 1 July 2008 |
Mr K M D C Jayathilaka and Mr A L A K Ranaweera have been appointed as Lecturer (Probationary) with effect from 1 July 2008. |
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| 5 June 2008 |
Dr S R D Kalingamudali has been promoted to the post of Professor in the Department of Physics with effect from 10 September 2007. |
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| 26 March 2008 |
Mr L B D R P Wijesundera has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Science on 25 March 2008 from Kyushu University, Japan. |
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| 13 December 2007 |
Professor C Dahanayake gold medal, awarded by the Department of Physics to the BSc (General) degree student with the best performance in the subject Physics, was awarded to Miss H N C Gunawardana (academic year 2005/2006) at the General Convocation held at BMICH on 13 December 2007. |
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| 3 December 2007 |
SLAAS awarded the Physical Sciences Award 2007 (PHYSICS) to Ms K W P B Senevirathne at the 63rd Annual Sessions of SLAAS held on 3 December 2007 at the BMICH for her final year research project submitted to the BSc (Special) Degree in Mathematical Physics - 2005/2006 of the University of Kelaniya. |
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| 5 October 2007 |
Vidya Nidhi Professor W P Siripala has been promoted to the post of Senior Professor of Physics with effect from 4 May 2006. |
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| 6 August 2007 |
Quality Assurance & Accreditation Council of the University Grants Commission, Sri Lanka conducted a Subject Review of the Department from 1-3 August 2007. |
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| 5 May 2007 |
Prize awarding ceremony for the Science Fiction Competition, organized by the Physics Students’ Society of the University of Kelaniya, in collaboration with the Department of Physics and the Ministry of Education, to commemorate the World Year of Physics, 2005 was held on 3 May 2007. Hon. Minister of Education Mr. Susil Premajayantha attended the occasion as the chief guest. |
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| 19 January 2007 |
Vidya Nidhi Professor W P Siripala delivered a special lecture titled "NANOTECHNOLOGY: THE KEY TECHNOLOGY OF THE 21ST CENTURY" on 18 January 2007. This lecture was organized by the Physics Students' Society of the University of Kelaniya. |
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| 16 December 2006 |
Professor C Dahanayake gold medal, awarded by the Department of Physics to the BSc (General) degree student with the best performance in the subject Physics, was awarded to Mr KAGK Gunaratne (academic year 2004/2005) at the General Convocation held at BMICH on 14 December 2006. View the Photograph |
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| 11 November 2006 |
The winners of the of the Science Fiction Competition, organized by the Physics Students’ Society of the University of Kelaniya, in collaboration with the Department of Physics and the Ministry of Education, to commemorate the World Year of Physics, 2005 have been selected. You can save in PDF or view the list of winners. |
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| 30 March 2006 |
A portrait of Professor Emeritus C. Dahanayake, who was the founder Dean of the Faculty of Science, founder Professor of Physics and founder Head of Department of Physics, University of Kelaniya was unveiled at the Department of Physics on 28 March 2006. View the Photo Gallery of the event |
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| 10 January 2006 |
Professor W P Siripala has been honoured nationally with the title "Vidya Nidhi", in November 2005, by Her Excellency the President of Sri Lanka in recognition of the excellence in his research works in Solid State Physics. |
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