{"id":1535,"date":"2023-02-10T04:59:48","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T04:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/?p=1535"},"modified":"2023-02-10T04:59:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T04:59:48","slug":"graduates-of-the-department-of-chemistry-win-best-presenter-award-at-the-27-th-international-forestry-and-environment-symposium-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/graduates-of-the-department-of-chemistry-win-best-presenter-award-at-the-27-th-international-forestry-and-environment-symposium-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduates of the Department of Chemistry Win \u2018Best Presenter Award\u2019 at the 27 th International Forestry and Environment Symposium 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Chemistry is proud to announce that two of its recent graduates were able to<br \/>\nwin the \u2018Best Presenter Award\u2019 at the 27 th International Forestry and Environment Symposium<br \/>\n2023 held on the 27 th and 28 th of January 2023. The International Symposium is organized<br \/>\nannually by the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, USJ to provide an<br \/>\ninternational platform to budding young researchers to present and publish their research<br \/>\nfindings.<br \/>\nThe two winners were Mr. Sandeep Hemachandra and Ms. Manesha Fernando.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/Photo_Sandeep.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1533\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/Photo_Sandeep-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"photo_sandeep\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/Photo_Sandeep-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/Photo_Sandeep-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/Photo_Sandeep-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/Photo_Sandeep-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/Photo_Sandeep-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/Photo_Sandeep-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/Photo_Manesha.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1534\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/Photo_Manesha-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"photo_manesha\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/Photo_Manesha-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/Photo_Manesha-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/Photo_Manesha-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/Photo_Manesha-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/02\/Photo_Manesha.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMr. Sandeep Hemachandra presented his undergraduate research; \u2018Impacts of Organic and Non-<br \/>\nOrganic Cultivation Practices on Soil Fertility Parameters of Selected Paddy Lands Based on the<br \/>\nDuration of Cultivation in Wet and Intermediate Climate Zones of Sri Lanka\u2019, under the session<br \/>\nof Geology, Soil and Water Resource Management &#8211; Part 1. His research was supervised by Prof.<br \/>\nPahan Godakumbura and co-supervised by Prof. M. A. B. Prashantha and Dr. Asitha Cooray.<br \/>\nThe other award was secured under the session of Environmental Engineering and Green<br \/>\nTechnology-Part 1 by Ms. Manesha Fernando. Her undergraduate research focused on the<br \/>\nresearch area of \u2018Preparation and Characterization of NPK Nutrient Loaded Electrospun<br \/>\nCellulose Acetate Nanofiber Mat to be used as a Slow-release Fertilizer\u2019. Her research was<br \/>\nsupervised by Dr. Imalka Munaweera and co-supervised by Prof. Nilwala Kottegoda.<br \/>\nWhile the Department of Chemistry extends its warmest wishes to the two winners, it also<br \/>\nextends a deep sense of appreciation to all the supervisors and co-supervisors who were<br \/>\ninstrumental in this remarkable achievement. It is in fact a testimony to the fact that the<br \/>\nDepartment of Chemistry continues to provide its undergraduates with the best research<br \/>\nexperience it has to offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Chemistry is proud to announce that two of its recent graduates were able to win the \u2018Best &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/graduates-of-the-department-of-chemistry-win-best-presenter-award-at-the-27-th-international-forestry-and-environment-symposium-2023\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Graduates of the Department of Chemistry Win \u2018Best Presenter Award\u2019 at the 27 th International Forestry and Environment Symposium 2023<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}