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The Newspaper of The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka Vol. 47, No 09, September / October 2012

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ENGINEERING NEWSSRI LANKA

Established 1906

Inauguration of the 106th Annual Sessions of theInstitution of Engineers, Sri Lanka

The 106th Annual Sessions of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL) was ceremonially inaugurated by Hon. Palitha Fernando, PC, AttorneyGeneral of Sri Lanka at the BMICH on 19TH Oct 2012, Friday at 9.00 am in the presence of a large gathering of distinguished invitees, Past Presidentsand members of the IESL.

The IESL is the premier bodyfor the engineeringprofession in the country. Ithas a membership of about12,000 belonging to alldisciplines of engineering.The IESL Council headed byits President and electedfrom among its members fora one year period, guidesthe activities of theinstitution. They areassisted by variouscommittees appointed forachievement of objectiveskeeping in-line with thevision and the mission of theinstitution for the relevantsession.

The inaugural sessions inOctober of each yearsymbolizes the beginning ofa new one-year-period undera new Council and Presidentof the IESL and thesimultaneous concluding ofbusiness of the previousCouncil and presidency. Thisyear Eng. Tilak De Silva tookover the mantle of Presidencyof the IESL for the 2012/2013sessions from Eng. (Dr.)Ananda Ranasinghe, theincumbent President for the2011/2012 sessions. Aspecial write-up on the newPresident is included in theboxed area within this article.The Chief Guest being received by Eng. (Dr.) Ananda

Ranasinghe, the incumbent President of IESL

The Chief Guest addressing the audience

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Find information, Forms, Pay membership fees, etc.http://www.iesl.lk

Provide direct feedback to the Presidenthttp://ieslpresident.blogspot.com/

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Eng.Tilak De Silva,President of the Institution

of Engineers, Sri Lanka(IESL) for the 2012/2013

Sessions

The inauguration of the106th Annual Sessionsof the Institution of

Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL),held on19thOctober, 2012 atthe BMICH was also theoccasion when Eng. Tilak DeSilva, an Electronics andTe l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n sEngineer took over thePresidency of the IESL, asits 107th President, for the2012/2013 Sessions.

Eng. Tilak De Silva, currentlythe Chief Executive Officer ofSri Lanka Telecom - HongKong and Advisor to the CEO,Sri Lanka Telecom onTechnology Strategies hailsfrom Panadura and hashumble beginnings in thevillage of Pinwatta. His fatherwas a government servant.He attended Sri SumangalaCollege, Panadura andobtained his graduate degreein Electronics &Te l e c o m m u n i c a t i o nEngineering from theUniversity of Moratuwa in1983 and his MSc in DataCommunications from theBrunel University, UK in 2002.Eng. Tilak De Silva joined theIESL in 1992 and became aFellow in 1999 and hasserved in the IESL Councilfor almost 15 yrs in variouscapacities including 3consecutive years as VicePresident before beingelected as President Electfor the 2011/2012 Sessions.

He is a Fellow of theInstitution of Engineering andTechnology, UK, CharteredEngineer of the EngineeringCouncil, UK, Fellow andChartered IT Professional ofthe British Computer Societyand Member of the Institutionof Electrical and ElectronicsEngineers, USA.

In his inaugural speech thenew President whileexpressing his gratitude to

the IESL membership forproviding him the opportunityto lead the institution alsopledged to serve theinstitution as best as hecould. He declared“ ….. IESL is our house andkeeping it in good shape isour responsibility.” He saidthat his vision is to serve thecountry better through themembership of the institutionand to use Information andCommunication Technology(ICT) to bring the institutioncloser to its members. Hementioned as his objectivesthe making of the institutionmore accessible to itsmembers, to be anenthusiastic stakeholder inthe framing of sound andsustainable infrastructure,industrial and technologypolicy for Sri Lanka, providingleadership

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National Engineering andTechnology Exhibition..............3

Installation ceremony of IESLToastmasters’ Club..................4

Editorial.....................................4

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Farewell Note toOutgoing Editor –

SLEN, Eng.Lakshitha

WeerasingheEng. Lakshitha Weerasinghe, who served as Editor

SLEN since Oct. 2004, has handed over the reins of

editorship to Eng. (Dr.) U.P. Nawagamuwa with effect

from Oct 2012. The IESL Council couldn’t dissuade

him, this time, from his decision to devote more time

and energy to his other interests. His tenure was

marked by rare challenges and tenacity he

demonstrated in handling them. Barely a month into

its editorship, unprecedented devastations to

infrastructure in the coastal areas of the country by a

Tsunami demanded due attention of the SLEN, which

Eng. Lakshitha Weerasinghe provided

comprehensively. He brought in interesting features

such as the Puzzle Corner, Picture of the Month and

Humor Column which added spice to break the

monotony of the mainly engineering contents of the

SLEN. He also introduced a regular full color front page

to SLEN to enhance the appearance. While wishing

him well in his future endeavors the Editorial Board

and staff of the IESL Secretariat will miss his guidance

and overall influence in the entire process of publishing

the SLEN. So will undoubtedly the readership.

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NATIONAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGYNATIONAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGYNATIONAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGYNATIONAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGYNATIONAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGYEXHIBITION - 2012EXHIBITION - 2012EXHIBITION - 2012EXHIBITION - 2012EXHIBITION - 2012

Techno 2012, theNational Engineeringand Technology

Exhibition organized by theIESL was held during the 12th,13th and 14th October 2012. Itwas declared open on12th Friday, October 2012 atthe Sirimavo BandaranaikeMemorial Exhibition Centre(BMICH) by Hon. BasilRajapakse, Minister ofEconomic Development andHon. Wimal Weerawansa,Minister of Construction,Engineering Services,Housing & CommonAmenities. This was the27th consecutive year thatthis exhibition was held withwide participation from theindustry and state sectororganizations displaying thelatest technologies theycould offer. It is the largestengineering and technologyexhibition with a display ofengineering products,technologies, innovationsand best practices fromaround the world under oneroof.

Over 200 stall holders fromvarious sectors in theindustry, educationalinstitutions, GovernmentDepartments, etc. used thisyear’s exhibition as aplatform variously for gaininga foot hold in the vendorchains of lucrativedevelopment projects, toestablish Business toBusiness contacts, toexplore investmentopportunities, to get to knowcutting edge knowledge, etc.during the three days it washeld with record publicparticipation.

The exhibition featuredamong other things, future& present ongoing projectsin Sri Lanka, Junior InventorExhibits, the IESLEngineering Pavilion,theEngineering Clinic,displaying of cutting edgetechnologies, Workshops &Seminars, Customer presentations, Technicalpresentations, etc.

As was the tradition theTechno Exhibition wasfollowed by the TechnoAwards Ceremony held on2nd Nov. 2012 at the GrandBall Room, Hotel Galadari.Stalls judged as having thebest display, best display oflocal products, bestdemonstration, best displayof engineering services, mostinnovative, with the highesttechnological impact anddisplaying the best localproduct at the Techno 2012exhibition were awardedtrophies and certificates.

Eng. Tilak De Silva – President IESL, Session 2012/2013 and Chairman Techno -2012, welcoming the

Guest of Honour - Hon. Wimal Weerawansa,Minister of Construction, Engineering Services,

Housing & Common Amenities

VVIPs and IESL Officials at the Inaugural Ceremony.

Past Presidents – IESL, Council Members – IESL andInvitees at the Inaugural Ceremony

Guest of Honour - Hon. Wimal Weerawansa, Ministerof Construction, Engineering Services, Housing &

Common Amenities addressing the gathering

Chief Guest, Hon. Basil Rajapakse - Minister ofEconomic Development, opening the National

Engineering & Technology Exhibition- 2012

Eng. Tilak De Silva - Chairman Techno -2012 andPresident Elect - IESL, presenting an IESL

Publication to Chief Guest - Hon . Basil Rajapakse,Minister of Economic Development at the IESL Stall.

The Chief Guest and the Guest of Honour at theMobitel stall along with Mr. Lalith de Silva – CEO,

Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd

Visitors at the National Engineering & TechnologyExhibition - 2012


Sri LankaEngineering News

Installation ceremonyInstallation ceremonyInstallation ceremonyInstallation ceremonyInstallation ceremonyofofofofof IESL IESL IESL IESL IESL TTTTToastmasteroastmasteroastmasteroastmasteroastmasters’s’s’s’s’

ClubClubClubClubClub2012/ 20132012/ 20132012/ 20132012/ 20132012/ 2013

A part of Club Officers of IESL Toastmasters Club with Guests

L to R; Lalith Pallegame (Sergeant at Arms), Rasika Gunathilake CC (Treasurer), Susil

Hewawasam CC (VP Public Relations), Mahesh Amarasiri ACB (President), Eng. (Dr.) (Brig.)

Ananda Ranasinghe (President of The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka 2011/ 2012 session)

Eng. (Prof.) Ananda Jayawardane (Vice Chancellor, University of Moratuwa ), Manjula

Samarasinghe CC (VP Membership), Raniska Wimalasena (VP Education), Seeli Gunasekara

CC (Secretary).

The Toastmasters'' Clubof Institution ofEngineers, Sri Lanka

(IESL) held its 9th Installationand Induction Ceremony atthe WimalasurendraAuditorium of IESL on 08th

September, 2012. ChiefGuest was Dr. AnandaRanasinghe, (President ofIESL 2011/2012), and Guestof Honour was Mr. W.K.H.Wegapitiya, (GroupChairman of LaugfsHoldings). Prof. AnandaJayawardane (ViceChancellor of University ofMoratuwa), Maj. DouglasWijesinghe (Mentor, IESLToastmasters Club), M ZSaleem DTM, LalithKahatapitiya DTM, andmany other distinguishedguests and eminentToastmasters from otherclubs graced the occasion.

Immediate past president ofIESL Toastmasters Club A.U. N. Niyaz CC, CL,welcomed the Chief GuestDr. Ananda Ranasinghe, tothe occasion; while, Guest ofHonour Mr. W.K.H.Wegapitiya, was welcomedby President Elect to IESLToastmasters Club, MaheshAmarasiri, ACB

Since 2004, the IESLToastmasters Club providesmutually supportive andpositive learning environmentfor its members in publicspeaking and leadershipdevelopment, that isessential to take up presentday challenges. The club isaffiliated to the ToastmastersInternational (TMI) based inCalifornia, USA with over13,500 clubs in 116 countries

around the world havingmore than 280,000members. TMI, which is inoperation since 1924, is anon-profit educationalorganisation. Maintaining ofa friendly and helpfulenvironment is a salientfeature of all educationalsessions conducted by allclubs under TMI. IESLToastmasters Club is the5th club established in SriLanka out of 70, and thisbrings various disciplinestogether, and the club ismade up of close to 40members who meet once in

fortnight for about two hours.Each meeting provides anopportunity to practice inpublic speaking by givingimpromptu speeches,presenting preparedspeeches, and offeringconstructive evaluations.

From experiencedprofessionals to beginners incareer can gain immensebenefits from our practical,face-to-face learningprograms which are rangingfrom high level businessmeetings to day-to-daycommon public speaking.

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Editor’s Message

With this Sept-OctSLEN, I willundertake with

pleasure and gratitude theeditorship of SLEN, and I relishthe challenges andopportunities it offers. I lookforward to continuing andbuilding on the outstandingwork of my predecessor, Eng.

Lakshitha Weerasinghe, and the many other visionary andskilful people involved in creating this SLEN and guidingits development since its inception.

The President in his inaugural speech said that he willuse ICT (information and communications technology) asthe means to take the Institution to its Members. At atime when there is a huge out cry for better services andvalue creation through IESL, appropriate use of enablingICT could be what the doctor prescribed. Today we havemore than 11,000 members worldwide. We still fill paperforms, we use snail mail to communicate, we have acumbersome process of getting through the professionalreview process, we continue to mail news letters spendingmoney including to overseas members who get thatinformation three months later, we force our provincialmembers to come to Colombo to listen to lectures whentraveling is costly and time consuming, we mail our ballotpapers to overseas members knowing very well they willnever get them on time (almost like keeping them awayexcept for collecting their dues), etc. The list can be a lotlonger and shameful for an organization that calls itselfthe apex body for Engineers in Sri Lanka. Well, we cancall it that, but no one believes it and will not until webegin to take the Institution to the members where everthey are using appropriate ICT so they don’t feel left out.

On the other hand, attempts to harness technologies suchas Internet, Cloud Computing, integrated managementinformation systems, video conferring, multi media portals,etc. bring plenty of governance challenges that must bedeal with through professionals in the field.

To address both of those aspects - using ICT as anenabling force and governance of it — we have alreadytaken many initiatives in the past few months that areseparately discussed and elaborated in an article titled''Connecting IESL with its members - Beginnings of aDigital journey'' by Eng. Arjuna Manamperi in the pageeleven (11) . The most important strategic initiative takenup by the newly elected council has been been the settingup of the first ever ICT Committee to guide the Presidentand the Council on ICT strategy and governance. Allmatters related to ICT will be channeled through this newCommittee whose Chair reports directly to the Presidentand the Council. It is a very determined step towards thefuture.

However, without the required organizational processchanges and attitude changes on the part of the Council,the staff, and the members, ICT investments will becomemere white elephants as it has been in the past. So, takinga lesson from the business world, we must re-engineerwhere applicable and market the “benefits” of ICT and notthe technology or the features. It is this element that thePresident and the Council is held accountable for. The ICTCommittee is the professional group which will guidethem. In unison, the President and the Council must bethe change agent of IESL. They must walk the talk. Theyshould be the first to use on-line membership paymentfacility, or any other ICT initiative.

I would always welcome your suggestions to improve thequality of the SLEN and please do send your articles andsuggestions to [email protected].

Thank you.Udeni P. [email protected]


Eng.(Dr.)Ananda Ranasinghe in his welcome address traced the history of the IESL from its inception in 1906, as the then Engineering Association ofCeylon, in the North Central Province to its current status of being the premier professional body for the engineering profession in the country with a

membership of almost 12,000with IESL Centres in everyprovince, Student Chapters in theuniversities ofMoratuwa,Peradeniya, Ruhunaand the Open University of SriLanka and the first OverseasChapter in New South Wales,Australia.He described theachievements of the lastsessions as essentiallyconsolidating and building on thepolicies of the previous sessionsand briefed on the progressesmade towards establishing theEngineering Council Act forregulating the engineeringprofession, interactions withPolicy Makers as regards policymatters that impact theprofession, the establishment ofan independent IESL College ofEngineering for provision ofengineering education,Continues ProfessionalDevelopment programmes ,Provision of accreditationservices, infrastructuredevelopments of the institution,membership services,encouragement for innovation andcreativity among youngengineers and school children,etc.The Chief Guest, Hon. PalithaFernando, PC, Attoney Generalof Sri Lanka, in his addressdescribed the role of theEngineers in the country’sdevelopment as immeasurable.Referring to a point made by theEng. (Dr.) Ananda Ranasinghe inhis speech that the EngineeringCouncil Act which is important forregulating the profession stilllying with the Legal Draftsman ,Hon. Palitha Fernando assuredthat he will do whatever isnecessary for the required rulesto be expeditiously brought in.

The inaugural session also keptto its tradition of presentingawards for best performances invarious spheres of engineering inorder to encourage pursuit ofexcellence in the profession.Thus the E.O.E Pereira Award forthe best technical paperpresented at the AnnualSessions 2011, the IESL Awardfor the best technical paper by aCorporate Member that appearedin the ‘Engineer’ Journal, the besttechnical paper on ‘Water’ as atheme,the Migara RanatungaTrust Award for the bestUndergraduate Industrial TrainingProjects, the best inventions inthe Junior Inventor of the Yearcompetition, etc. were some ofthose awards.A special feature at this year’sInaugural Sessions was thepresentation of EngineeringExcellence Awards forOrganization engaged in the fieldof engineering. Some of theleading organizations in the fieldin Sri Lanka received awards intheir particular sectors.

Inauguration of the 106th Annual Sessions....Contd. from page 1...

Eng. (Dr.) Ananda Ranasinghe, incumbent President, IESLdelivering the welcome and Presidential address

Eng. (Prof.) Amal Kumarage making the Keynote Speech

Master K. P.D.A.C. Kapuge of Mihintale Maha Vidyalayareceiving the Junior Inventor of the Year (JIY) 2012 Title

Award

A section of the audience at the inauguration

Eng. Tilak De Silva, President, IESL for the 2012/2013session making his inaugural Presidential Address

Those at the headtable at the inauguration

Prof. A. K. W. Jayawardane, Immediate Past President, IESLbeing presented a medallion by the Chief Guest in apprecia-

tion of his service during the 2010/2011 sessions

The E. O. E. Pereira Award for the best technical paperpresented at the Annual Sessions 2011 being awarded

Eng. Tilak De Silva being inducted as President, IESL for the2012 / 2013 sessions by the incumbent President, IESL Eng.

(Dr.) Ananda Ranasinghe

Engineering Excellence Award, 2012 for Organisations beingpresented by the Chief Guest


Techno Awards Ceremony-2012

Stall displaying the Most Innovative Local Products – Gold Awardbeing presented to E-Gravity Solutions (Pvt) Limited by Eng.

(Prof.) (Mrs.) N Rathnayake – Vice President IESL , accompaniedby Eng. (Dr.) U P Nawagamuwa – Council Member IESL.

Sway Dance Troupe entertaining the invitees at theTechno Award Ceremony-2012

Stall displaying the Product with the Highest Social Impact –Gold Award being presented to Samson Engineers (Pvt) Ltd byEng. J. Meegoda – Vice President – IESL, accompanied by Eng.

M G Hemachandra – Council Member – IESL

Stall with the Best Display of Imported Products – Gold Awardbeing presented to Siemens Ltd by Eng. Tilak De Silva -

President – IESL Session 2012/ 2013 & Chairman Techno 2012,accompanied by Eng. Mangala Silva – Council Member - IESL

Eng. (Dr.) Ananda Ranasinghe - Chief Guest and the PresidentIESL – Session 2011/ 2012 - addressing the gathering

Eng. Tilak De Silva – President IESL – Session 2012/ 2013 andChairman Techno -2012 addressing the gathering

Council Members and invitees at the Awards Ceremony

Stall with the Best Display of Imported Products – Silver Awardbeing presented to Richardson Projects (Pvt) Ltd by Eng. Tilak

De Silva – President – IESL Session 2012/ 2013 and TechnoChairman accompanied by Eng. Mangala Silva – Council

Member – IESL


Eng. D J WimalasurendraMemorial Lecture

The 138th birth anniversary of Late Eng. D JWimalasurendra was commemorated at the IESLon 17th September 2012 with a memorial lecture

on “Sri Lanka Power Sector – Achievements & Challenges”delivered by Eng. Ranjith Gunawardena, AdditionalSecretary, Ministry of Power & Energy, Past President,IESL. Pictorials of the ceremony follows :

President, IESL 2011/2012 Sessions Eng. (Dr.) AnandaRanasinghe garlanding the portrait of Late Eng. D. J.

Wimalasurendra

President, IESL 2011/ 2012 Session welcoming the audience

Memorial Lecture being delivered by Eng. RanjithGunawardena, Past President, IESL

Eng. Ranjith Gunawardena being presented a Token ofAppreciation

Section of the audience including family members of LateEng. D. J. Wimalasurendra

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Management, Application,Relationship, andTechnology) players by2020. This is a challengethat encourages CSPs tograb emerging businessopportunities in evolution ofproduct and servicesbased on broadband &newtechnology. Further theseresearches highlightedthat most CSP’s havinglarger workforce, operatesfixed-line service would befacing major enterprise riskon its human resourcemanagement if they delayto visualize futurestrategies. Becoming aSMART player is not thateasy a task. Achieving thetask of delivering end-to-end quality serviceexperienced and valued byconsumers is important.Therefore placingappropriate strategies,leadership and allocatingresources to address thefacts would succeed.

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ndThe 2 International Conference on “Sustainable Built Environment 2012” will be held at Earl’s Regency Hotel,

Kandy, Sri Lanka, following on the very successful conferences in 2010 & 2011. The Conference will run over three days

and feature presentations by authors of all accepted papers, as well as keynote lecturers. General and plenary

session will be accompanied by workshops and technical sessions. Accepted papers will be published in a special

volume of the conference proceeding with an International Standard Book Number (ISBN).th

Programme on 14 December

thProgramme on 15 , December

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Prof. Makarand Hastak

Purdue University

USA

Prof. S.W. Garrity

University of Leeds

England

Prof. Hiroki Yamaguchi

Saitama University

Japan

Dr. Naveed Anwar

CEO/ AIT Consulting

Thailand

Prof. Mohan Kumaraswamy

University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Prof. Ranjith Dissanayake University of Peradeniya

Prof. Nimal Rajapaksa

Simon Fraser University

Canada

Prof. C.M. Madduma Bandara

University of Peradeniya

Sri Lanka

Prof. Buddhima Indraratna

University of Wollongong

Australia

Mr. Martijn Schildkamp

Director, Smart Shelter Consultancy

Netherland

Eng. Shiromal Fernando Green Building Council of Sri Lanka

Prof. Priyan MendisUniversity of Melbourne

Prof. Thishan JayasingheUniversity of Moratuwa

Prof. Janaka RuwanpuraUniversity of Calgary

Schulich School of EngineeringUniversity of Calgary

Canada

Society of Structural EngineersSri Lanka

Sir John Kotelawala DefenceUniversity Sri Lanka

Faculty of EngineeringUniversity of Ruhuna

Sri Lanka

Green Building Council of Sri Lanka

Faculty of Engineering University of Melbourne

Australia

Faculty of Engineering University of Moratuwa

Sri Lanka

Faculty of Engineering


Sri Lanka

Message from Co-Chairs

Keynote Speakers

Contacts for Registration Registration fees

Eng. Shyanaka Dananjaya

Conference Secretary

Tel: 71 8071759,

+94 77 1094139

E-mail: [email protected]

Fax: 081-4476797

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Conference Manager

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Tel: +94 714436367

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Opening Ceremony

Lighting of the Traditional Oil Lamp

Welcome Address

Address by the Chief Guest

Technical Session

Keynote Lectures

Presentation by the sponsor

Keynote Lectures

Closing Remarks

Dinner

4.30pm

4.40pm

4.45pm

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Science and Technology

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Local Participants Rs.15,000

New Development needs a new wave of innovation to drive dramatic reductions in

environmental impacts while sustaining economic growth and improving social nd

outcomes. The 2 International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment

(ICSBE-2012) – sate of the art, brings together academics, students, other

researchers and practitioners from Sri Lanka and overseas to exchange ideas and

experience on their recent research in all areas of sustainable built infrastructure. As

awareness of climate change, natural disasters, diminishing natural resources and

energy costs increases, the demand for sustainable design and construction is

increasing at an unprecedented rate. Participants will attend high quality

presentations related to those areas by scientist representing both industry and

academia.

This conference represents a unique opportunity for meeting colleagues and

friends, exchanging ideas, and those about research development work. The

support of Institution of Engineers Sri lanka (IESL) is deeply appreciated. We must

also express our sincere thanks to all who contributed their time and great effort to

make the conference possible. Our special thanks to the organizing committee. We

would also like to thank all the reviewers of papers, whose reviews have been very

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The Conference will deliver an awesome volume of information on sustainability

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University of British Colombia,

USA

Engineers Without Borders

Sri LankaInternational Institute

for InfrastructureRenewal and Reconstruction

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Conference Coordinator

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There will be a special session which will be carry out as parallel session on the International Conference on

Sustainable Built Environments. It will provide a special forum for researchers in the area of Water and Waste

Management to share their knowledge and research findings.

Prof. Janaka Ruwanpura

Convener

IIIRR

(University of Calgary, Canada)

Special Session Chair

Themes of the Special Session

Solid Waste Management

Waste and waste water management

Urban Water and Wastewater Management

Global warming, climatic change, rising sea levels, etc.

Sustainable Landfill Technology

Geo environmental sustainability

Geo- informatics for environmental modeling and analysis

Special Session Chairs

Engineers Without Borders (Sri Lanka)

Theme of the special session Special session Chairs

Dr. Gemunu Herath University of Peradeniya

Sri Lanka

There will be a special session on Engineers Without Borders which will be carried out as parallel session on the

International Conference on Sustainable Built Environments –The state of the art.

Engineers without Borders Sri Lanka works with disadvantaged communities in Sri lanka to uplift their living

standards, through education and implementation of sustainable engineering projects.

Engineered community projects. Prof. Ranjith Dissanayake

University of Peradeniya Sri Lanka

Dr. Shameen Jinadhasa

University of Peradeniya Sri Lanka



Prof. Norio Tanaka Saitama University

Japan

Hazard mitigation, emergency response and recovery planing

Social-economic strategies for disaster risk reduction

Social vulnerability

Database and data models development

Transportation systems

Critical infrastructure

Information systems

Natural and technological (Natech) disaster

14th, 15th, 16th December 201214th, 15th, 16th December 2012


M1—The Pioneering Brush-BagnallLocomotive

& its Impact on Sri Lanka andBeyond

by Eng. D U L Peeligama

MIE(Sri Lanka)

(Photo- Richard Gennis, 2007. Sourced-http://

www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=220968&nseq=25)

Much has been saidand written aboutthe M1

Locomotive, Sri Lanka’spioneering main line diesel.It is not the intent here toregurgitate oft-repeatedfacts; much information onthe M1 has been statedand discussed at length bymore informed writers overthe years. This articleattempts to trace theimpact of the M1, not juston the advent of diesels onSri Lanka’s railways, but onthe main line diesel sceneof Britain’s railways aswell. Nevertheless, it isinevitable for someinformation to bereiterated.

Way back in 1950, at thetime when Crown Agentsplaced orders for main linediesel locomotives forCeylon (as Sri Lanka wasthen known), the firm ofBrush had neverconstructed main linediesel locomotives before.True enough, they hadexperience of dieselshunting locomotives, ofwhich a number had beenbuilt, both for domestic usein the UK and for export.Brush had teamed up withW G Bagnall& Co, amanufacturer of steamlocomotives, in the mid-1940s. The partnership ofBrush-Bagnall was only afew years old when theCeylon order camethrough, and it is said thatthey proceeded to set upworkshop facilities from theadvance paid by theCeylon Government. Therest of course is history.The locomotives, totalling

Deshabandu VidyaJyothi Eng. (Dr.) A N SKulasinghe Memorial

Lecture

The 93rd birth anniversary of the Late Deshabandu VidyaJyothi Eng. (Dr.) A. N. S. Kulasinghe was commemoratedby the IESL on 25th October 2012 with a memorial lecture

on “Monetization of Reserves – The Path to a PetroleumEconomy” delivered by Mr. Saliya Wickramasuriya, DirectorGeneral – Petroleum Resources Development Secretariat. Thevideo recording of the full lecture could be accessed throughthe Multimedia Portal of the IESL website www.iesl.lk. Pictorialsfollow:

25 in number and classified asthe M1s under the CeylonGovernment Railwayclassification, were deliveredbetween the years 1952 to1954.

The locomotives were of ahandsome design, with shortnoses at either end and porthole windows set in the bodysides and were somewhatreminiscent of ElectroMotive’s legendary E Units;the first truly main line diesellocomotives anywhere,released in the US more thana decade and a half earlier. Anattractive dark maroon liveryhad been applied after arrivalin Ceylon and the locomotivespresented an impressiveexterior.

At the time when Brush-Bagnall were constructing theM1s, Britain’s railways had nomajor experience of main linediesel operation. British Railhad just been formed in 1948,after nationalisation of the bigfour groups of private railways.It is to be stated that the LMS(London Midland & ScottishRailway) in association withEnglish Electric, had venturedout with the two main linediesels, Numbers 10,000 &10,001, which arrived just afternationalisation. But thesewere more or lessexperimental units, andcannot in any way beconsidered as truly successfuloperational main line diesels.English Electric themselveshad circa 1949, built a fewmain line diesel electriclocomotives for the railways ofIndia and Brazil. Apart fromthese limited ventures, noBritish manufacturer had anymain line diesel experience.

Unfortunately though,shortly after completion ofthe Ceylon order, thepartnership between Brushand Bagnall ended anddiesel locomotiveproduction continued underthe Brush name only.

The railways of Ceylonpresented arduousoperating conditions for anylocomotive, with 1 in 44gradients, altitudes of over6,000 feet, and short radiusreverse curveson a broadgauge of 5ft 6ins. This wasamidst Ceylon’s hot andhumid tropical weather, andsalt laden air in the coastalareas. Additionally,locomotive designerswould be taxed to the limitof their ability having toaccommodate machineryto cope with theseconditions within theconfines of rolling stockmeasuring no more thanthose on the Indian metregauge. Before the advent ofthe M1s, Ceylon did havesome experience of dieseltraction with theexperimental ArmstrongWhitworth twin diesels of1933, the English Electricrailcars of 1938 & 1947, andthe North British shuntersof 1952.

Brush-Bagnall hadequipped the M1s withMirrlees JVS12T engines,originally designed formarine use butsubsequently, adapted forrail traction. Their marineheritage was evident in thelarge con-rod big endswhich precluded pistonassembly retrieval via thecylinder bores and the cambox design which hadprovision for twin cam setsas generally required inmarine propulsion for directengine reversal. Theengines had been de-ratedfrom 1,250 bhp to 1,000bhp for operating under theconditions of Ceylon.

That the M1s initiallysuffered from a host ofdefects is no surpriseconsidering they were apioneering and groundbreaking venture. Much ofthese have beendocumented in detail


President, IESL, 2011/ 2012 Session Eng. (Dr.) AnandaRanasinghe making the welcome address

Mr. Saliya Wickramasuriya delivering the Memorial Lecture

Mr. Saliya Wickramasuriya being presented a Token ofAppreciation by President, IESL2011/ 2012 Session

A Section of the audience at the Memorial Lecture


Annual General Meeting

The Inaugural speech of the new President beingdelivered

Those at the headtable of the AGM

The Outgoing President's Speech being delivered byEng. (Dr.) Ananda Ranasinghe

Connecting IESL with it's members -Beginnings of a digital journey

Over the recent years,there is a memberout cry, even at the

recently concluded AGM, noone could ignore it. "What arethe benefits of becoming amember? What is going onat the institution? How doesthe Council make decisionsand what are they workingon? Why don't membersreceive better / timelyservices through theSecretariat? How can youngmembers contribute, join theCouncil? Why is theinstitution not making use ofthe vast body of knowledgeand experience among itsdiaspora members? Why domembers have to come toColombo for everything?"etc. The issue washighlighted at the AGM whenthe members came to knowabout the massive drop intheir numbers over the pastfew years - close to 20%!

Being a veteran at theCouncil, the newlyinaugurated President, Eng.Tilak De Silva was keying onthis need for transparencyand service excellence atIESL.. During his inauguralspeech, he said that duringthe year 2012-2013 he woulduse information andc o m m u n i c a t i o ntechnology (ICT) to bring theinstitution to its members!

Why not! Today engineersyoung and old are equippedwith one or more computers,Internet connectivity, mobilephones capable of rapidcommunication (and evencapable of replacingcomputers to a great extent),note pads, etc. So why notuse this digital highway whichis now literally availableanywhere in the country andthe world to connect all of us;the institute, it's members,and the society andstakeholders that we serve.Why don't we set anexample!

The work has already begun!During the Council meetingsheld in November 2012, thefirst ever ICT Committeewas established. This is aspecial committee that isoperational in nature and it'sterms of references (TOR) donot require the need for its

by Eng. Arjuna ManamperiChairman, ICT [email protected]

members to be electedmembers. It is filled with ICTprofessionals who are notjust technically savvy butalso practicing leaders in thefield who have strongexperiences in organizationalchange management aswell. It has an appointedChair who reports to thePresident and the Counciland four members selectedby the Chair and ratified bythe Council. Additionalmembers will be recruited aswork content increases. Aninteresting feature of thecommittee is that its Chairhas the right to recruit twoexperts, at any given time,from the field who may notbe members of the institutionbut are well regarded leadersin the ICT community. Thisis essentially to tap into theburgeoning technical knowhow in the market and to reapthe benefits for the IESL andit's members. In a nut shellthe ICT Committee has twooverarching goals:

(1) Governance of all ICTrelated matters at IESL aswe make ICT the mainmedium that bridges theSecretariat, the Council,and the Members in thelong run. This includescreation of an ICT Vision,establishment of long andshort term objectives,creation of annual budget,establishment of securitypolicies, recommendationson ICT investments to theCouncil, hiring of ICT staff,overall supervision of ICTprojects and serviceproviders, etc.

(2) Implement variety ofICT solutions that wouldconnect, provide, andservice the members 365days x 24 hrs irrespectiveof their geographiclocations. This includes theimplementation of a fullyintegrated managementinformation system, use ofmultimedia and broadbandcommunications technologyto provide rich content tomembers, reduction andeventual elimination of all thepaper work to create hundredpercent digital onlineservices to members,creation of secure onlinedigital documentdepositories and forums toprovide maximumtransparency, etc.

In the past three months orso, even prior to the creationof the ICT Committee, muchwork has been done for the

benefit of the members andthe Secretariat. Following aresome key ICT enabledservices that are already inplace.

(A) IESL Website: http://www.iesl.lkFor all purposes, membersshould make it a practice tocome to this website at leastonce a day. The website hasbeen completely overhauledto make it user friendly. It hassix major areas:

1. Main Menu Bar: Right atthe top is the menu givinglinks to all the Contacts(phone numbers, emails) atthe IESL, About IESL(history, by laws, how itoperates, etc) and the ImageGallery. However, moreimportantly a link to the newlycreated President's Blog isin place where you canprovide direct input to thePresident and the Council.We urge you to make thebest use of it to provide yourfeedback from anywhere inthe world. Now you are only aclick away from making yourvoice heard.

2. Banner Adds below themain menu bar, scrollingacross, highlighting specialevents such as publiclectures, newly launchedservices, majorannouncements, etc. Onceyou take a look at the overalladds in few seconds, you canclick the link provided in aspecific add to find moredetails.

3. Today's Events & Tidbitswhich is below the banneradds and to the left of themiddle portion showcase, ina vertically scrolling billboard, any events (lectures,meetings, etc.) scheduled forthe day and links tointeresting places within thewebsite (tidbits)

4. Four Service Portals;M e m b e r s , S o c i e t y ,Education, and Multi Mediaare prominently displayed inthe center. If you want to findany information related toMembership (forms, fees,examinations, provincialcenter information, etc) it isinside that portal. With thisfeature, one does not have towaste time to come to thehead office or call multipleparties in the Secretariat as.information is only a clickaway. Society portal hasinformation about publicevents like Techno and


The new President, IESL being adorned the 'Chain ofOffice' by the outgoing President

NEWS FROM THE PROVINCES

Await in the next issue SLEN

The IESL provides island wide coverage of its services to

its membership through IESL Provincial Centers in all

the provinces. Many of these Provincial Centres have al-

ready held their Annual General Meetings and the ap-

pointment of fresh Executive Committees under new Chair-

men for their new Sessions while others are expected to

follow suit. The SLEN will give prominence to these events

and the new office bearers starting with its next issue.


Annual Sessions Seminar on“Dispute Resolution in the Construction Industry in Sri Lanka”

Mr. Shavindra Fernando, Deputy Solicitor Generaldelivering the Keynote Address

Eng. (Dr.) Ananda Ranasinghe, incumbent President,IESL making the Welcome Address

A token of appreciation being presented to the Eng. (Dr.) Mervyn Gunasekera by Eng. (Dr.) Ananda

Ranasinghe, incumbent President, IESL

A section of the audience at the seminar

Dr. Harsha Cabraal, President's Counsel speaking on'Dispute Resolution Vis-a-Vis Mitigation

Eng. B. V. D. N. Chandrasiri being presented a Token ofAppreciation by immediate Past President, IESL

Capt. M. G. Kularatne, Chairman and ManagingDirector, Maga Engineering (Pvt) Ltd. being presented

a Token of Appreciation by Eng. (Dr.) AnandaRanasinghe incumbent President, IESL

Mr. Arjuna Obeysekera, Actg. Deputy SolicitorGeneral presenting Selected Case Studies on

Arbitration in Sri Lanka


SRI LANKAN ROBOTICS CHALLENGEReported by Ms. S Sandamali Devadithya,

‘Project Secretary’.

Student Member - 140093.

With flavors of MechanicalChallenges and SwarmIntelligence, SLRC 2012 willfocus on two major events:Transformers under theUniversity Category andTyrobots under the SchoolCategory.

This grand event will be heldon the 13th of December2012, at the Department ofElectronic andTe l e c o m m u n i c a t i o nEngineering, University ofMoratuwa.

University of Moratuwa, beingthe country’s leading highereducation institute forengineering, has beenmonumental in introducingcutting-edge technologicalevents to the localcommunity throughout theyears. Alongside Departmentof Electronic andTe l e c o m m u n i c a t i o nEngineering, it has been akey partner in organizing theSri Lankan leg of Techfest,previously held under the title“iNexus”, a very familiar eventto our robot lovers islandwide.

University Category-

Transformers

This exciting and thrillingevent will be open tocandidates from alluniversities island wide andwinners will get theopportunity to participate in‘Techfest - In ternat ionalRobotics Challenge- 2013’,which will be held in Mumbai,India.

In the 15 years since itsinception, Techfest hasstayed true to its motto ofspreading the best of science

and technology among themasses. The “InternationalRobotics Challenge” is aTechfest initiative with thevision of providing a commonplatform to budding talentsaround the world to matchtheir wits in an Internationalarena. The qualifying roundsfor IRC will be heldconcurrently in allparticipating countries -Bangladesh, Egypt,Indonesia, Pakistan, SriLanka, Thailand, UAE, andthe host country India.Winners of each of thesecountry legs will get directentry into InternationalRobotics Challenge GrandFinale which will be heldduring Techfest at IITBombay. Any Internationalteam, who missed theopportunity to participate inthe national levels of IRC canalso participate in theInternational RoboticsChallenge through the IRCOpen (International) whichwill also be held at Techfest2013, India. The GrandFinale of IRC will be an eventwhere the best in eachcountry will meet head on toprove their technologicalsupremacy.

This grand event, held for the16th consecutive time will bewitnessed by thousands oftechnological enthusiastsfrom 3rd to 5th January 2013,at IIT Bombay and all thewinners will be entitled toprizes worth INR 450,000 intotal.

School Category-

Tyrobots

Tyrobots will be launched forthe 1st time to provide school

children an opportunity towork alongside the nation’sbest. Among the nextgeneration, there truly existyoung intellectuals eager tofeel the atmosphere of anational level robotcompetition in order to beinspired to get their handswet with new and emergingtechnologies. They need tobe properly guided,motivated and inspired sothey will harness the skillsnecessary to becomechampions one day. Whatelse would provide the idealplatform than the Sri LankanRobotics Challenge toachieve such great heights?

This form of a national levelcompetition had been lackingin the Sri Lankan field oftechnology until now. Theinitiative by the E-club of theDepartment of Electronic andTe l e c o m m u n i c a t i o nEngineering at University ofMoratuwa speaks out to allthe young tech-minds to facechallenges in their muchinterested field of robotics.We invite all of you to cometake part and witness thisgrand and spectacular event.For SLRC details andregistration pleasevisit: www.mrt.ac.lk/competitions/slrcFor further information onIRC pleasevisit: www.techfest.org/home/event/IRCFacebookpage: www.facebook.com/UoM.SLRC

For any queries email usat: [email protected] Or call us, Tharindu:0718019923

Prof. E O E PereiraMemorial Lecture

The IESL commemorated the 105th birth anniversary ofLate Prof. E O E Pereira, Father of EngineeringEducation in Sri Lanka, on 13th September 2012 with a

memorial lecture on ‘Challenges Facing Public Universitiesin Sri Lanka” delivered by Eng. (Dr.) Nihal Somaratna, SeniorLecturer – Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Peradeniya.The video recording of the full lecture could be accessesedthrough the Multimedia Portal of the IESL website:www.iesl.lk. Pictorials of the ceremony follows :

President, IESL Eng. (Dr.) Ananda Ranasinghe, PresidentElect, IESL, Eng. Tilak De Silva and Eng. (Dr.) Nihal Somaratna

of the head table.

President Elect, IESL delivering the welcome address

Eng. (Dr.) Nihal Somaratna delivering the Memorial Lecture

Eng. Wasalabandara, Chairman Civil Engineering SectionalCommittee of IESL proposing the Vote of Thanks.

Section of the audience

The E-club of University of Moratuwa proudly presents, “SriLankan Robotics Challenge” in collaboration with ‘Techfest- International Robotics Challenge 2013’. This will not be

just another robot competition, but provide the platform to thetech savvy youth of the country to demonstrate their skills in aninternational standard robotics competition. This trailblazinginitiative would rightfully be one of the highlights in the technologycalendar of Sri Lanka not just this year but for the years tocome.


When the sun is about to sink in the deep blue sea, thescenery is undoubtedly magnificent, at the Galle Face.On my way back from Colombo port, an undefined feeling

drove me to the Galle Face beach. The bench is comfortableenough to rest myself, and let my mind float on the waves ofimagination. I hear kids breaking into laughter, seeing their

sandcastles survive from the waves. They may not have theslightest feeling that they are the future owners of this land.

Looking to the right, I see the Colombo South Harbor, the expansion project to increasethe operating capacity of the Colombo port. Port industry has been accelerating itsdemarcations during the recent years, and is showing static growth. It is a well knownfact that cargo handling at the ports creates a star in making profits. But it is alsoworth trying to be green as much as possible.

A lump sum from our annual expenses as a country is for fuel oil imports. Though weconsume electricity, it is also a product generated using fuel oil, given the significanceof contribution by thermal power in our electricity system. Expansions in our industriespersuade more energy consumption, resulting in more emissions of greenhouse gases,and deteriorating the green future. But still, there are many technologies that couldbe adopted to minimize energy consumption.

Use of “regenerative power” is a concept widely discussed in the industry, to reduceenergy consumption. The technology could be adopted in most of the cases where aload is hoisted and lowered, or accelerated and decelerated using electrical motors.

The theory behind the technology could be simply understood by analogy. Imagineyou pull a bucket of water from a well, using a rope driven over a pulley. You have toput some effort to rotate the pulley and bring the bucket up. But once the bucketreaches the pulley and if the rope is released, the pulley rotates in the reverse directionand the bucket runs down without any effort, due to gravitational force.

Pulling the bucket up by putting an effort is similar to the motor action, where a loadis hoisted using a motor, consuming electrical energy. This increases the gravitationalpotential energy of the load. That energy is released when the load is lowered. Thisis similar to what happens when the bucket goes down. During the lowering action,the motor is rotated by the effect of the gravitational force over the load. This makesthe same motor to act as a generator, delivering electrical energy.

In the port industry, hoisting and lowering containers are the most important activities.When the containers are moved down using cranes, motors generate electrical power.In some instances, this power is fed back to the electricity system. But there arecranes, which are not connected to the electricity supply, and use an on-board fueloil generator to generate power by their own. The Rubber-Tyred Gantry (RTG) Cranesused in many ports belong to this category.

An analysis carried out using RTGs has shown that a significant portion of the hoistingpower is regenerated at the lowering of the container. If that power could be storedsomewhere, such power could be used for the next hoist action. Storing of hugeamount of electrical energy is a challenge. But there are some new technologies thathave been invented.

Super-capacitors are used to store energy. They are almost similar to ordinarycapacitors, but have the capability of storing higher amounts of energy. Anothertechnology used is the flywheel. A flywheel is rotated at the lowering action, whichcontinues its rotation over some time. The subsequent rotation is used to generatepower for the hoisting action. Both the technologies are under experiment in manyports in many countries across the globe.

Not only for cranes, these technologies are applicable to many industries, which useintermittent motor actions. Implementing these technologies inherit a cost, whichreduce the profits of the entity. But, isn’t it more important to save every possibledrop of fuel from burning?

The hot red sun has sunk in the blue sea. Kids are still playing around, youth enjoyingthe evening with their companions and people walking along the beach with numerousgossips. I turn my head again and again, and enjoy the enthusiasm of smiling faceseverywhere. The nature is still kind on us and thus we are gifted with such fabulousdestinations to relax ourselves. Why don’t we put every possible effort to protectthem for the owners of tomorrow?

The mesh of darkness growing around has remembered the birds of their sweethomes. Time to go.

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Connecting IESL

competitions. Education portal covers CPD activities, thenewly created IESL College of Engineering, etc. Multimediaportal has pre recorded digital versions of public lectures,memorial lectures, other world class lectures, IESL mediaevents etc. This is a great service to members who are unableto attend in person or those who are residing in far awaylocations. Typically a lecture is posted to the Multimediaportal two to three work days after an event.

5. Quick Links is available to the left of the home page rightunder Today's Events & Tidbits. This is your place when youare in a hurry. You want to pay membership fees online andsave time, find out who are the council members you want tocontact, IESL holidays, IESL standing meetings, other criticalinformation as they become available, are listed here. Don'tforget to look at the Membership Amnesty in place!!

6. SLEN and Journal: The monthly news letter and thequarterly journal are placed at the bottom of the home page.Why kill a tree. Read them at your leisure. Please requestthe secretariat not to send your paper copy anymore. Actlike a responsible, informed, environmentally consciousengineer!

That's not all.......

(B) Live Overseas Lectures: We have already begundelivering world class LIVE public lectures through ourdiaspora members and their colleagues using web basedvideo conferencing technologies such as Skype. The veryfirst one was done on the 9th of November, 2012 and wasdelivered from Sydney, Australia. We record these digitallyin the Multimedia portal for future viewing.

(C) Live Web-streaming of public lectures: Very soon wewill begin live web streaming of all public lectures via web. Ifyou have a broadband connection that gives a constant download speed of 5Mbps or more, you will be able to view thesewith a good user experience. We will advertise on the weband email links to such live events via email, SMS etc.

(D) Twitter: IESL's breaking news is now transmitted throughthe world famous macro blogging service that allows us tosend a message of 140 characters to millions. Please go towww.twitter.com and create your twitter account. Then followIESL breaking news by becoming a follower of @iesllankawhich is the official Twitter account of IESL.

(E) Online Services: The very first service that went live isgiving you the ability to pay membership fees using a creditcard. In order to do this, first one must register online andobtain a username and a password. Within two work daysyou will receive them via email. After that, in few minutes youcan pay membership fees securely from anywhere at yourconvenience. At the time of transaction, you will receive adigital receipt for the payment. However, the head office willcheck for payment details and inform you via email and inwriting in two work weeks. If you are in a hurry, you canemail the Membership Department (see Contacts forinformation) by referring to your membership number andpayment reference. Unlike in the past, now everyone at thesecretariat use a set of digital reports to monitor the process.Thus the answer should be prompt. In the near future weplan to provide Council meeting minutes, membershipapplication service, etc, through the online service portal.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITY: Register yourself to receive suchcommunications and more importantly to use online services.If you have not done that yet, please do so by using the linkon Quick Links or on the right hand top corner of the homepage.

The journey has begun. We are all partners of this effort tocreate a transparent, service focused, efficient, modern IESLthat will become the talk of the town before the end of thissession. Its not the technology, it is the process and thedesire to change that will make us better. Let's put up bothhands to constructively engage to build a digital IESL to serveits members, profession, and the society.

From a trainee’s diaryby: Pasan Pethiyagode,Student Member of IESL

Department of Electrical Engineering,University of Moratuwa.


elsewhere, but amongst the major defects were high inlet air temperatures and piston seizuresdue to badly positioned air intakes, main and big end bearing failures from incorrect choiceof bearing material, cracking of the fabricated crank cases, and bogie frames.

Now no mention of the M1s can ever be made, nor indeed of the Ceylon or Sri LankanRailways, without mentioning the name of B D Rampala; undoubtedly the greatest engineerever produced by Sri Lanka. It was through his initiatives when he was the Chief MechanicalEngineer, that the main line dieselisation program was implemented. During the design anddevelopment of the M1s, Rampala had much discussion and input with Brush-Bagnall.Thanks to the ingenuity of Mr Rampala and the skills of the Ceylon railway workshops alliedwith Brush’s unstinted cooperation, many of the M1s initial problems were all overcome andthe locomotives settled down to give yeoman service on the island’s rail tracks. The efforts ofthe local workshops were stupendous; complete engine overhauls were carried out includingcasting of the entire casings for the Brown-Boveri turbochargers and rewinding of tractionmotors and generators. Rampala continued to maintain a close liaison with Brush. Rampala’ssubsequent paper to the Institution of Locomotive Engineers delivered in 1956 on DieselElectric Traction in Ceylon was hailed as a masterpiece by international audiences in therailway industry.

The haulage feats of the M1s with their 34,000 lbs starting and 25,000 lbs continuous tractiveefforts were legendary. The Kandy express, leaving Colombo Fort at 4.00pm, day in day outthroughout the 1950s and early 60s, arrived in Kandy sharp on time at 7.50pm with an M1 atits head. The 1 in 44 Kadugannawa incline was tackled unassisted, with the JVS12T engineemitting a deep purr under notch 8 on the regulator with a thin emission from the exhauststack, and an occasional flicker of flame, possibly from unburnt fuel from a dripping injector.The down Trincomalee night mail, usually M1 hauled and with 14 carriages grossing around450 tons, used to surmount the considerable incline leading up to Maho station, with noperceptible loss of speed and where many a lesser locomotive would have been broughtdown to a crawl, if not a complete standstill.

The class accumulated some 30 million miles before being withdrawn from service in theearly 1980s, around 30 years after introduction. Regrettably, age, obsolescence, and lack ofspares had contributed to their demise. Brush did supply locomotives to Sri Lanka again; the800 hp M7s in the mid-1980s, with their EMD engines. Unfortunately though, Sri Lanka hasbeen at the vagaries of international donors and creditors and has not had much of a freechoice in its search for suitable locomotives latterly.

On the strength of the Ceylon order for the M1s, Brush won the supply of 20 Type 2 diesellocomotives for British Rail, when Britain herself set in place its own dieselisation plan in theearly to mid-1950s.The Brush Type 2, although externally looking nothing like the M1, wasbasically the M1 inside, albeit, with the Mirrlees JVS12T engine, in its normal rating of 1,250bhp and of course, on standard gauge of 4ft 8.5ins. Due to the relative success of this Brushlocomotive, British Rail chose it as the standard Type 2 diesel. Ultimately,263 locomotiveswere built, although with a number of subsequent modifications and improvements. Brushwent on from strength to strength and by the early 1990s was unquestionably Britain’sNumber 1 locomotive builder. During this period they had constructed some of Britain’s mostsuccessful diesels such as the Classes 47, 56 and 60; and straight electrics such as theClass 92 and the Channel Tunnel Shuttle locomotives, most of which are operational to date.It would be no exaggeration to state that Brush should be indebted for much of this successto the pioneering M1 and to the visionary thinking and counsel of B D Rampala. Furthermore,it also cannot be overlooked that the M1 has in no small measure contributed towardsfurthering Brush’s fortunes in the locomotive industry and to the British rail diesel scene ingeneral.

Sadly, after withdrawal, as far as this writer is aware, most of the M1s were abandoned inderelict condition at the Ratmalana yards. Although attempts had been made to restore oneof the M1s, Number 560, it is understood that this project is floundering for want of funding.Locomotive restoration is expensive business requiring much financial resourcing and hundredsof hours of dedication and labour, mostly on a voluntary basis such as the case in Westerncountries; a luxury which Sri Lanka can ill afford amidst its other more pressing priorities.But the M1 is a national engineering treasure, an item of immense international heritagesignificance. No attempts should be spared in the efforts for getting 560 restored. PerhapsBrush could be contacted for assistance. They are still in existence, although on a muchreduced scale (currently, the British locomotive industry, as with other industries has depletedover time) and would no doubt have interest in restoring this pioneering locomotive.

What better tribute there would be, to both the M1 and Mr Rampala, than to restore 560 tofull working order and to name it after the great man himself, “Bamunuarachchige Don Rampala”!The writer wishes to acknowledge the following works, for some of the informationcontained in this article:Rampala, B D 1956, ‘Diesel Electric Traction in Ceylon’, in De Silva, L S &Mendis, D L O1991, A History of the Sri Lanka Government Railway, The Institution of Engineers, SriLanka, Colombo.Toms, G 2008,Brush, Diesel & Electric Locomotives 1940-2008, Venture Publications Ltd,Glossop, Derbyshire.Tufnell, R M 1979, The Diesel Impact on British Rail,Mechanical Engineering PublicationsLtd, London.

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Contd. from page 1...in framing an engineering and training policy in Sri Lanka that will make its engineers readyto become leaders in shaping a robust future for the country and enhance awareness of therole of the institution both within Sri Lanka and overseas. The outcomes, he said, would beevaluated in terms of Membership Metrics, Participation Metrics, Policy Metrics, Metricsrelated to Networking and interaction with other stake holders such as other professionalbodies, educators, Government and Visibility Metrics.Laying out a realistic roadmap to hisvision he listed out the challenges based on hitches and glitches he had observed in thefunctions and services of the institution. As strategies he said that he will focus onimprovements to processes, methodologies and policies to achieve objectives and hencedesired outcomes steering the institution to his vision of doing much more for the countrythrough its services to the members of the institution. Visit IESL web site www.iesl.lk for thevideo recording of the President's inaugural speech at the Annual Sessions.

Eng.Tilak De Silva, ....

The other option is for CSPs to fall back on anotherrole of becoming LEAN ( Low-cost Enablers of AgnosticNetworks) operators who provide underlying broadbandconnectivity that OTT players rely on and incorporateinto their offerings. In that respect CSPs will largelyoperate as broadband capacity wholesalers rather thanretail providers. As such CSP’s position in the marketwill depend on their ability to provide faster broadbandconnections in the most efficient way possible, whileenabling quality of service, prioritization and othercapabilities to OTT and OTT’s customers. In thisscenario CSP will gradually lose direct relation with itsvery old customers. Therefore understanding themarket environment and capabilities, CSPs need toselect the best path they want to pursue and thereforewhich strategies, skills to be established alsovisualizing and managing larger workforce issues.

In summary even with the current global economicuncertainty telecommunications sector is performingrelatively well due to well-developed CAPEXmanagement and strong defensive strategies ontransforming its network resources to Next GenerationNetworks and to new business models. Also it is a factthat new entrants in the sector are eagerly competingfor the market share of emerging services based onbroadband technology, customer behavior andexpectation. Therefore the traditional major playershave to wake-up and put forward proactive strategiesto grow in the future.

Reference:1.http://ovum.com/straighttalk/ “Telecoms 2020 OVUMperspectives”2.http://www.ey.com/Publication/vwLUAssets Top_10_risks_in_telecommunications_2012/$FILE/ 2012_TelecomsBusinessReport_13Feb2012_low%20res.pdf3. http://www.ieee-iscc.org/2010/keynoteSlides/Franco%20Prampolini.pdf4.http://www.rolandberger.com/media/publications/2012-03-06-rbsc-pub- How_telcos_transform_for_smartphone_society.html

Guest of Honour, Mr. Wegapitiya shared the experiencehe faced as he grows as a leading entrepreneur in SriLanka. During his motivational speech, he highlightedhow one has to bear the hardships that may hinder theprogress to sucsess.

For the year 2012/2013, following officers wereinstalled by Distinguished Toastmaster M. Z. Saleem,the Immediate Past District Governor of District 82 ofToastmaster International. President- MaheshAmarasiri ACB, Vice President Education- RanishkaWimalasena, Vice President Membership- ManjulaSamarasinghe CC, Vice President Public Relations-Susil Hewawasam CC, Treasurer- Rasika GunathilakeCC, Secretary- Seeli Gunasekara CC, Sergeant atArms- Lalith Pallegama, Immediate Past President- A.U. N. Niyaz CC, CL.

Following members, Thushara de Silva, KelumWeerawardane, Thushara Gunasekara, NishanthaJayasooriya, Premalal Liyanage, LolithaWickramaarachchi, Mohomad Raeez, and SahanPiyasiri, were inducted by Division J Governor K.Vasanthan.

The club holds its educational meetings on the 2ndand 4th Thursdays at the Members Lounge of IESL,120/15, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 7 at 5.30 pm.

Mahesh +94 72 2480996, Ranishka +94 77 7699096,or Manjula +94 71 4135894 can be contacted for furtherinformation on the club activities and membership.

Susil Hewawasam, VP Public Relations, IESL TM Club,+94 77 3868134

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Meanwhile, world’s powerdistribution industry hasgone miles ahead and nowthey are in smart positionswith many modernapplications including smartmetering and smart grid.One can raise a question“Could Sri LankanDistribution sector bedeveloped to that level andat what cost it could be?”. Afairly good answer was givenby CEB Kandy Branchrecently, by commissioningits SCADA System andusing it for distributionsystem operation activities.

Need of SCADAapplication fordistribution systems

Supervisory Control andData Acquisition (SCADA)System is used mainly toget the visibility of the powernetwork. In addition to thatfollowing applications can beeasily handled via a SCADAsystem.01. Distribution Systemreal time monitoring (Statusand Performance)02. Distribution Systemreal time operations(Centralized and automated)03. Distribution Systemhistorical analysis and futurepredictions04. Fully automatedalgorithm developments05. SMART griddevelopments and smartmeter applications

Importance of Kandy CitySCADA SystemImplementation

SCADA System and itsapplications can bedeveloped by deployingSCADA servers, RTUs(Remote Terminal Units) andother associated equipmentwith a suitablecommunication networkwhich will definitely requirea higher investment. Furtherconsultancy charges orexpertise knowledge will bemuch expensive.

Thus the experience ofKandy SCADA systemimplementation is veryimportant due to followingreasons.

(a) Cost effectivemethods of hardwaredevelopments(b) Local engineeringparticipation for softwaredevelopments(c) Communicat ioninfrastructure developments

C o n s t r u c t i o narrangements of KandyCity SCADA SystemThis SCADA systemcomprising of few remoteSCADA servers connected toa main SCADA server atControl Centre, Sub StationsPLCs, substation RTUs andcommunication facilities inbetween each RTU withcontrol centre. Through this

arrangement Central Serverconnects with each and everynetwork component, deviceor switch and gets thesystem parameter as inputs.Output signals are deliveredwhen a remote operation isrequired. The SCADAsystem currently deals withmore than 500 inputs andmore than 50 outputcommands.

2) Centrally Operating Facility

Remote distribution network switches can be operated centrally through this SCADA system.These real time operations take only few seconds (communication time) and safety operationsare guaranteed through password protection and other safety precautions.

Every Grid Substation and Primary Substation is monitored through out the day while keepinghistorical data backups available through an adequate duration.(one month) This historicalperformance analysis is helpful for deciding suitable network operations, network componentupgrades and maintenance scheduling requirements.

In addition, all these performance indicators can be used to power system analysis andother enterprise requirements such as losses minimization, voltage profile maintainabilityand DG connections suitability etc.

Major Applications ofKandy City SCADA System1)Centrally monitoringfacility

The existing powerdistribution network (bothunderground & overhead) canbe monitored in real timecentrally through thisSCADA system. It consistsof both status and

ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION SCADA SYSTEMKANDY EXPERIENCE

by S.Alagoda – (CE-Kandy City)and Hashini Abeyratna (EE-Maintenance)

Though Sri Lankan Electricity Distribution sector is spread all over the country to serve nearly 90% of consumer requirements,it has not been modernized enough to compare or challenge the worlds distribution technologies. It can be said that over thelast few decades nothing was introduced as a new technological approach to improve the existing distribution

system performance other than some capacity developments and few other equipment developments.

performance monitoringfacilities of each and everynetwork component such assubstation, gantry, l inesections etc.

Creativeness of SCADASystem implementation

The most interesting partof the SCADA systeminstallation is the creativityshown throughout theprocess by the Engineers.Without any pastexperience, the localEngineers havesuccessfully completedthe whole exercise withminimum facilit ies andlimited time availability.This kind of power networkmodernization activities indeveloping countries aremostly carried out bymultinational companies onproject basis by investinga large capital. Therefore,for a developing countrylike Sri Lanka, this kind ofeconomical processesgives more benefits like:

a) P r o f e s s i o n a ldevelopment of localEngineers

b) Local technicalworkmanship development

c) Foreign currencyexchange saving

d) Cost effectivemaintainability of the SCADAsystem

e) Cost effectivecommunication facilitiesdevelopment

Besides, the entireprocess gives a greatconfidence to localengineers about theircapability of developingsuch a product to aninternational standard andalso it leads all other CEBbranches to apply sameprinciples in future.

(If you are interested aboutKandy SCADA System, writeto email – [email protected])

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SRI LANKA ENGINEERING NEWS - Wild Apricot · 2013-03-19 · Honour Mr. W.K.H. Wegapitiya, was welcomed by President Elect to IESL Toastmasters Club, Mahesh Amarasiri, ACB Since 2004,