May 20, 2024
At the A. James Clark School of Engineering commencement ceremony. Hooded by my advisor Professor Nikhil Chopra.
November 6, 2023
Successfully defended the Ph.D. dissertation on DYNAMIC CONTROL OF DEXTEROUS SOFT ROBOTIC SYSTEMS at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. The dissertation committee members were Professor Nikhil Chopra (Chair/Advisor), Professor Balakumar Balachandran, Professor Miao Yu, Professor Yancy Diaz-Mercado and Professor Pratap Tokekar (Dean's Rep).
July 25, 2023
A virtual seminar on "Soft robotics to tackle engineering problems" for the talk series "Mech-In-Talks" organized by the Mechanical Engineering Society (MES) of University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
April 27, 2023
Department of Mechanical Engineering, UMD recognizing my recent award for ASME DSCD Rising Star 2022. This Rising Star award was awarded by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Dynamic Systems and Control Division (DSCD).
December 06 , 2022
Presenting the paper "Passivity-base Task Space Control of Hybrid Rogod-Soft (HyRiSo) Robots with Parametric Uncertainty" at the 61st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control in Cancun, Mexico.
November 29 , 2022
Doctoral candidacy celebration event organized by the UMD Graduate School for the students who successfully advanced to doctoral candidacy.
May 10, 2022
Volunteering at the Maryland Robotics display for the E.A. Fernandez IDEA Factory opening showcasing the soft robots and the autonomous navigation of the racecar mobile robot to the distinguished guests.
April 30, 2022
Volunteering at the Maryland Robotics Center exhibition booth at the Maryland Day 2022 showcasing the soft robots and their applications to the general public of the Maryland State.
April 28, 2022
Maryland Robotics Center Graduate Research Assistantship (MRC-GRA) award at the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Award Ceremony 2022.
October 03 , 2019
Poster presentation of the paper "Teleoperation of Soft Robots" at the Do Good Robotics Symposium at University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
October 03 , 2019
At the University of Peradeniya general convocation receiving the garland from the vice-chancellor Prof. Upul B Dissanayake.