{"id":17,"date":"2022-03-29T07:49:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T07:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/dilanga-siriwardane\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-02-28T17:43:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T12:13:29","slug":"awards-and-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/dilanga-siriwardane\/awards-and-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards and Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<h1 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Awards<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2024<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Faculty Awards for Research Excellence in 2024<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Recognizing and appreciating the research contribution of academics of the Faculty of Science at the University of Colombo.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2024<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Senate Commendation for Research 2024 Award<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        The Senate Awards from the University of Colombo for Research to recognize and appreciate the contribution of academic staff.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2023<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Faculty Awards for Research Excellence in 2023<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Recognizing and appreciating the research contribution of academics of the Faculty of Science at the University of Colombo.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2023<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Senate Award for Research 2023 - Early Career Category<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        The Senate Awards from the University of Colombo for Research to recognize and appreciate the contribution of<br \/>\nacademic staff.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2022<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Faculty Awards for Research Excellence in 2022<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Recognizing and appreciating the research contribution of academics of the Faculty of Science at the University of Colombo.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2022<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Senate Commendation for Research 2022 Award<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        The Senate Awards from the University of Colombo for Research to recognize and appreciate the contribution of academic staff.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2015<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Lifetime membership - Sigma Pi Sigma, the National Physics Honor Society<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        A lifetime membership of Sigma Pi Sigma, the National Physics Honor Society awarded by Central Michigan University.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"\" style=\"padding:;margin:;background-color:#f5f5f5;\"><h1 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Grants<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2019<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Accepted User proposal<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \u201cThe Stable MAB and MBenes for spintronics and battery applications\u201d \u2013 750,000 computing hours awarded by Argonne Leadership Computing Facility at Argonne National Laboratory.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><\/div><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2019<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Accepted User proposal<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \u201cTunable magnetism and transport properties of MXenes\u201d \u2013 546,000 computing hours awarded by The Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne National Laboratory.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"\" style=\"padding:;margin:;background-color:#f5f5f5;\"><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2011<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\"> Doctoral Dissertation Assistantship (DDA)<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        A grant awarded by North Dakota Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (ND EPSCoR).<br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><\/div><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2018<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Accepted User proposal<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        \u201cCavalently linked two-dimensional materials for ion-battery applications\u201d \u2013 546,000 computing hours awarded by The Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne National Laboratory.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/dilanga-siriwardane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/dilanga-siriwardane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/dilanga-siriwardane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/dilanga-siriwardane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/dilanga-siriwardane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/dilanga-siriwardane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/dilanga-siriwardane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/dilanga-siriwardane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}