{"id":4318,"date":"2024-06-02T12:57:31","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T12:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/?p=4318"},"modified":"2024-06-02T12:58:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T12:58:19","slug":"undergraduates-of-the-department-of-chemistry-win-the-slaas-inter-university-undergraduate-poster-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/undergraduates-of-the-department-of-chemistry-win-the-slaas-inter-university-undergraduate-poster-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduates of the Department of Chemistry Win the SLAAS Inter-University Undergraduate Poster Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/06\/SLAAS_Poster_2024.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"598\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/06\/SLAAS_Poster_2024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/06\/SLAAS_Poster_2024.jpg 598w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/06\/SLAAS_Poster_2024-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Undergraduates from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura won the<br>SLAAS Inter-University Undergraduate Poster Competition under Theme 1 and the Best Green Chemistry<br>Poster Award.<br>In a proud achievement for the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, a team of talented undergraduates<br>from the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences achieved a remarkable feat by securing<br>1st place in the SLAAS Inter-University Undergraduate Poster Competition 2024 under the theme<br>\u201cChemical approaches for sustainable urban waste management\u201d and the \u201cBest Green Chemistry\u201d<br>Poster Award 2024, which was awarded by the Sri Lanka Association of Advancement of Science: Section E2, in Collaboration with the SLAAS Environment Committee, held on the 01 st of June 2024.<br>The winning team comprised the following dedicated undergraduates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>R.R. Hewawasam<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>D.S. Elvitigala<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A.W.W.M. Gunawardena<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>S.M.R.I. Opatha<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>N.H.A.D. Dilshan<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>With the expert guidance of Dr. Chandima Narangoda, the Lecturer-in-charge, and Dr. Asitha Cooray&#8217;s<br>immense assistance, the team skillfully tackled the complexities and broad nature of the theme,<br>ultimately gaining recognition for their exceptional performance. The team expressed gratitude for the<br>support from the Head of the Department of Chemistry, Prof. Champa Jayaweera, and the other<br>lecturers in the department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undergraduates from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura won theSLAAS Inter-University Undergraduate Poster Competition under Theme &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/undergraduates-of-the-department-of-chemistry-win-the-slaas-inter-university-undergraduate-poster-competition\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Undergraduates of the Department of Chemistry Win the SLAAS Inter-University Undergraduate Poster Competition<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":4320,"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\/4318"}],"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=4318"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4322,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4318\/revisions\/4322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}