Biography:

Prof. A. Atputharajah received BSc Eng Degree with first class honours from University of Peradeniya in 1997 and PhD from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in 2003. From 24^th June 2015 to 23^rd June 2021, he served as the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Jaffna. From November 2013 till June 2015, he served the University of Jaffna at the capacity of Acting Dean of the Faculty of Engineering. In November 2013, he was permanently released from the University of Peradeniya to serve the University of Jaffna on establishing the Faculty of Engineering. From October 2010 till October 2013, he served as the Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at University of Peradeniya. In his academic carrier: from November 2013 he was promoted as Professor in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, from 2010 he was promoted as Senior Lecturer Grade I, from 2004 he was promoted as Senior Lecturer grade II, from 1999 he was attached as lecturer. Before this: from 1998 he was selected to serve at the capacity of temporary lecturer to the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Peradeniya. He also served in several capacities such as postgraduate program coordinator, research committees, senior student counsellor, chairman technical evaluation committees, president PHES Club, chairman IEEE PES SL Chapter, Treasurer IEEE SL Section, etc.

Address:Sri Lanka

Biography:

Dr. K. Pirapaharan has joined department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Jaffna as Senior Lecturer moving from College of Engineering, IESL. He is appointed as the Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Jaffna from 23^rd June 2021. Prior to that he was a Professor of Electrical and Communications Engineering at the University of Technology, Papua New Guinea. He was also a Senior Lecturer at Taylor’s University in Malaysia (2012-2013). His doctoral research was in microwave and millimetre waves from Kindai University, Japan. From 2001 to 2003, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Centre for Computational Electromagnetics, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA. From 2004 to 2011, he was a Senior Lecturer in the Electrical and Information Engineering Department at University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka where he was the head of the department from 2005 to 2008. Dr. Pirapaharan’s research interests include wave propagation in inhomogeneous media, adaptive antenna techniques and computational electromagnetics.