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PhD Student Waruni Wijewickrama Wins Second Place at iCMA 2025 for Innovative Nanostructure Research
We are delighted to share the outstanding achievement of our PhD student Ms W.A.Wijewickrama (Waruni), who won the Second place in poster presentation competition at the 11th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches 2025, organized by the Faculty of Graduate Studies, USJ held on 3rd April 2025.
She was awarded this for the research carried out on Growth and structural analysis of a heterostructure of CVD grown carbon nanotubes on Cuprous oxide which is grown by a boiling Cu plate in copper sulphate in the Engineering, Physical Sciences and Technological Innovation category.
This research presented a novel work in hybrid nanostructures. It is mainly focused on fabricating Carbon nanotubes using chemical vapor deposition method (CVD) and combine with cuprous oxide to build a heterostructure to use as an electrode, especially in fields like energy storage and electronic devices.
This award reflects both the strong scientific foundation of her and the team and the engaging way in which she presented their findings
We extend our heartfelt congratulations and look forward to further successes in her research journey.
We are proud to celebrate the outstanding achievement of Ms. D.A.D.D. Dissanayake (Dinithi), a final-year student in our Physics Honours Degree Programme, whose research presentation made a remarkable impact at the 11th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches 2025, organized by the Faculty of Graduate Studies, USJ.
Dinithi was awarded First Place for her Oral Presentation in the Engineering, Physical Sciences and Technological Innovation category. This award recognizes both the scientific merit of Dinithi and her team’s work and the clarity and confidence with which she communicated their findings.
Their project, titled “Development of an Experiment for Studying Radiation Effects on Groundnut Growth Under Microgravity”, explored the frontier of space biology and radiation physics. With growing interest in sustainable life-support systems for long-term space missions, the team’s research represents a timely and innovative contribution to interdisciplinary science.
We congratulate Dinithi and the team on this well-deserved recognition and look forward to the exciting future she is paving in research at the intersection of physics, biology, and space science.