People

Prabath Binduhewa obtained B.Sc. Engineering degree specializing Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2005 from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He obtained PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from The University of Manchester, UK in 2010. He joined the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Peradeniya upon the completion of PhD and currently working as Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor). His research interests include power electronics and power electronic applications in Power Systems, Renewable energy and Transportation. Prabath is currently on sabbatical with Western Michigan University, USA as a Research Associate. 

Ramitha Dissanayake (Graduate Student Member, IEEE) earned his B.Sc. (First Class Hons.) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in 2021. He joined the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya as a Research Associate in 2021. His research interests include electrical machines and controls, smart grids and their controls, and power electronics.

Ujala Anuradhi (Graduate Student Member, IEEE) received her B.Sc. Engineering degree from Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka with a major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2021. After graduating, she joined the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in the same faculty as a research engineer. In 2023, she started working as a temporary instructor in the same department. Her research interests mainly focused on electrical machines and controls, power electronics, power systems, micro grids and renewable energy systems. 

Sachith Wijesooriya (Graduate Student Member, IEEE) received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, in 2023. He then joined the Smart Grid Laboratory at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, as a Research Engineer, in collaboration with LTL Transformers (PVT) LTD. His current research interests include electrical machines and controls, soft-switching modeling of converters and their controls, power systems, and power electronics.

Gayan Dissanayake received his B.Sc. Engineering degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, in 2020. Following his graduation, he joined the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the same university as a Temporary Instructor. In 2021, he transitioned to Colombo Dockyard PLC as an Electrical Design Engineer. Then he joined Lanka Electricity Company (PVT) Ltd as a Research, Design and Development Engineer in 2022. His research interests primarily focus on electrical machines and controls, power electronics, power systems, microgrids, and renewable energy systems. 

Tessa Biondo received her B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Western Michigan University in 2024. During that time, she began the accelerated master’s program that the university offers. Her current research interests focus on electrical machines and controls and power electronics. 

Thilina Dissanayake a graduate student with a B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, earned in 2023. Following graduation, he served as a Temporary Lecturer and Research Assistant in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the same institution through 2024. His research interests span high-frequency magnetic component design, fabrication, and testing for high-density power electronics, finite element method (FEM)-based modeling, electro-thermal analysis of power components, and the electrification of transportation systems.