{"id":1620,"date":"2023-03-11T05:33:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T05:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/?p=1620"},"modified":"2023-03-11T05:33:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T05:33:03","slug":"ms-manesha-fernando-wins-best-poster-presentation-award-at-the-78th-annual-sessions-of-slaas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/ms-manesha-fernando-wins-best-poster-presentation-award-at-the-78th-annual-sessions-of-slaas\/","title":{"rendered":"Ms. Manesha Fernando Wins \u2018Best Poster Presentation\u2019 Award at the 78th Annual Sessions of SLAAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/03\/SLAAS-Award-Photo_Manesha-Fdo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1621\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/03\/SLAAS-Award-Photo_Manesha-Fdo-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"slaas-award-photo_manesha-fdo\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/03\/SLAAS-Award-Photo_Manesha-Fdo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/03\/SLAAS-Award-Photo_Manesha-Fdo-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/03\/SLAAS-Award-Photo_Manesha-Fdo-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/03\/SLAAS-Award-Photo_Manesha-Fdo-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2023\/03\/SLAAS-Award-Photo_Manesha-Fdo.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Chemistry is proud to announce that one of its recent graduates, Ms. Manesha Fernando, was able to win the \u2018Best Poster Award\u2019 at the 78<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for Advancement (SLAAS) held from 12<sup>th<\/sup> to 15<sup>th<\/sup> December, 2022 at the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Colombo 03. SLAAS, being the premier scientific body in Sri Lanka, was founded in 1944 and has a membership that spans over ten thousand catering to all disciplines of science and their upliftment in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Fernando presented her undergraduate research work under Section E2- Chemical Sciences. Her work was on the \u2018\u2018Preparation and Characterization of NPK Nutrient Loaded Electrospun Cellulose Acetate Nanofiber Mat to be used as a Slow-release Fertilizer\u2019. Her research was supervised by Dr. Imalka Munaweera and co-supervised by Prof. Nilwala Kottegoda. Ms. Fernando expresses her deepest gratitude to her supervisor, Dr. Imalka Munaweera, who has guided her towards this great achievement.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Chemistry extends its warmest wishes to Ms. Fernando while also extending a deep sense of appreciation to all the supervisors and co-supervisors who were instrumental in this remarkable achievement. Great achievements by our chemistry graduates are in fact a testimony that the Department of Chemistry continues to cater to providing the best in both research and education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Chemistry is proud to announce that one of its recent graduates, Ms. Manesha Fernando, was able to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/ms-manesha-fernando-wins-best-poster-presentation-award-at-the-78th-annual-sessions-of-slaas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ms. Manesha Fernando Wins \u2018Best Poster Presentation\u2019 Award at the 78th Annual Sessions of SLAAS<\/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\/1620"}],"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=1620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}