{"id":4090,"date":"2023-12-16T13:06:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T13:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/?p=4090"},"modified":"2024-01-05T17:31:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T17:31:50","slug":"three-students-from-the-department-of-physics-won-the-slaas-physical-science-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/three-students-from-the-department-of-physics-won-the-slaas-physical-science-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Three students from the Department of Physics won the SLAAS Physical Science Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS) held its 79th Annual Session on the 10th of December at the Bandaranayake Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) in Colombo. The theme of the session was \u201cScience Diplomacy as a Powerful Force for National Unity and Friendship among Nations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chief Guest of the event was Deshamanya Professor Mohan Munasinghe, a Nobel laureate and a leading expert on sustainable development. The session also featured the presentation of the Physical Science Awards, which recognize the outstanding research achievements of undergraduate students or recent graduates in the fields of Physics, Mathematics or Statistics. The awards were given to the top three candidates in each field of study, based on their research projects that were completed as a partial requirement for a B.Sc. Degree in a Sri Lankan University. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the award winners were three former students from the Department of Physics of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size:17px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Ms. P.C.H. Peiris, currently a demonstrator, was awarded 1st Place in the 3-minute video competition 2023 for the submission of a video titled \u2018Photon Therapy\u2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Ms. E.M.U.S. De Seram, also a demonstrator, was awarded 2nd Place in the same competition for the submission of a video titled \u2018Leptons\u2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px;font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Mr. B.H.L.M. Fernando, currently an assistant lecturer, was awarded the 3rd Place of Physical Science Award (Physics) for the submission of a thesis titled \u2018Development of Atom-Centered Positron Basis Sets for Qualitative Study of e+ &#8211; Molecule Interactions\u2019 under the supervision of Dr. W.K.I.L. Wanniarachchi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-16-at-22.41.27_6ea1bf77-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-16-at-22.41.27_6ea1bf77-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-16-at-22.41.27_6ea1bf77-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-16-at-22.41.27_6ea1bf77-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-16-at-22.41.27_6ea1bf77-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-16-at-22.41.27_e173dccb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-16-at-22.41.27_e173dccb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4104\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5;width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-16-at-22.41.27_e173dccb.jpg 900w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-16-at-22.41.27_e173dccb-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-16-at-22.41.27_e173dccb-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-16-at-22.41.26_9d9d4439.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"4105\" src=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-16-at-22.41.26_9d9d4439.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-16-at-22.41.26_9d9d4439.jpg 900w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-16-at-22.41.26_9d9d4439-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-16-at-22.41.26_9d9d4439-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS) held its 79th Annual Session on the 10th of December at the Bandaranayake Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) in Colombo. The theme of the session was \u201cScience Diplomacy as a Powerful Force for National Unity and Friendship among Nations.\u201d The Chief Guest of the event &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/three-students-from-the-department-of-physics-won-the-slaas-physical-science-awards\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Three students from the Department of Physics won the SLAAS Physical Science Awards<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4090"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4090"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4305,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4090\/revisions\/4305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/phy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}