Team spirit

Manufacturing Engineering Association-Students' President 

Organized programs under my president-ship

Mechatronic & IOT workshop series for new comers

The IoT based workshop series was held on 18th, 25th and 28th, June 2019. The main targeted crowd of the workshop was the new comers to the department and the main intention of the workshop series was to familiarize the new comers with the concept of industry 4.0. Empowering with the technical knowledge which is essential for their future carrier was another intended outcome of this program.

Students were familiarized with Arduino programming language, Arduino boards and node mcu. The resource person was Mr. Hashan (Instrustor, Department Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering). The workshop was followed by the IoT application competition.

IoT application competition

On 29^th, June 2019 the IoT based competition was held targeting the newcomers. Integration of pneumatic systems with the IoT based environment was the basic task offered to the competitors. Groups of three members took part in the competition. At the initial stage they were guided to activate a pneumatic rejecting system based on Arduino and ultra-sonic sensor inputs. In the second stage they were tasked to develop the IoT platform to identify and record the defect products of a virtual production line. The teams were guided through the initial stages by the senior students and the resource person. But the second stage was planned to recognize the creativity and the Arduino coding ability of the competitors.  The winners were awarded under the criteria of fastest and most creative codes.

Pirith ceremony and almsgiving programme

The pirith ceremony and the almsgiving programme were held on 27^th and 28^th, July 2019 at the department premises. The entire event was organized and coordinated by the MEA. The event was organized in memorial of late prof. Ranathunga.  

Welcome ceremony for newcomers

The welcome for the newcomers was held after the MEA cricket match on 30th, June 2019. Newcomers got the opportunity to interact with the senior students and especially with the academic staff. Two representatives from the alumni of the department were present at the occasion to share their experience with younger brothers and sisters following their footsteps. One representative was a former MEA junior president and was currently employed in MAS. The other was from Noritake Lanka Porcelein located at Matale. 

MEA cricket match

The annual soft cricket encounter was held on 30th, June 2019 at the university track and field grounds. The teams representing all the batches as well the academic staff joined the cricket tournament. The intension of the cricket tournament was to develop the friendly the relation among the students as well as between students and staff.

Fund raising programe

Around 3000 pens with the name tag of MEA was printed and sold successfully.  The funds were mainly utilized for workshop expenses and to strengthen the MEA fund. The expected profit from the project was around 34,500 LKR.