International Future Energy Challenge competition USA
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Peradeniya students represent Sri Lanka
Tharindu WEERASINGHE
Members of the team (L-R): S M K B Samarakoon, H S Jayakody, P S Perera
and R R S De Bulathge and the Faculty advisor is Dr S Abeyratne
of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
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A team of four final year Electrical and Electronic Engineering
undergraduates, S M K B Samarakoon, H S Jayakody, P S N Perera and R R S
De Bulathge, has been selected for the final round of the International
Future Energy Challenge (IFEC).
It is a major international competition concerning power electronics,
held every two years, sponsored by the Power Electronics Society of the
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and open for
universities around the globe.
The proposal by the team ‘Low Cost Lithium-Ion Battery Charger for
Automotive and Renewable Energy Applications’ was selected for the first
round. All four team members attended the workshop held parallel to
Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) in Texas, USA on March 6,
2011.
After evaluating the progress of the project, the organizing
committee has finally selected seven teams to compete in the final
competition which was due to be held on July 22 and 23, 2011 in
Michigan, USA.
The team from the University of Peradeniya is also among the seven
selected teams.
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