{"id":10,"date":"2018-09-05T02:28:26","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T07:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/mahesh-edirisinghe\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2024-07-31T00:32:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T06:02:29","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/mahesh-edirisinghe\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;246&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow_border&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;]<h3 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#000000\">Prof. C Mahesh Edirisinghe<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1535953473354{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1536030595843{border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Professor, Department of Physics, University of Colombo, Colombo 00300, Sri Lanka<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Office:<\/strong> Department of Physics \u2013 Room No. 307<br \/>\n<strong>Work Phone:<\/strong> +94-11-2584777<br \/>\n<strong>Work Fax:<\/strong> +94-11-2584777<\/p>\n<div><b><i>Web:<\/i><\/b><i>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/mahesh-edirisinghe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/mahesh-edirisinghe<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<div><i><b>E-mail:<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mahesh@phys.cmb.ac.lk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mahesh@phys.cmb.ac.lk<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><b>&amp;<\/b>\u00a0<i><a href=\"mailto:cmedirisinghe@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cmedirisinghe@gmail.com<\/a><\/i><\/div>\n<div><i><b>Google Scholar Profile:<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=OTY3vWgAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;authuser=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=OTY3vWgAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;authuser=1<\/a><\/i><\/div>\n<div><i><b>Researchgate Profile:<\/b>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/researchgate.net\/profile\/C_Mahesh_Edirisinghe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/researchgate.net\/profile\/<\/a><\/i><span style=\"color: #0000ee; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i><u>C_Mahesh_Edirisinghe<\/u><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div><i><b>ORCID iD Profile:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0177-3251\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0177-3251<\/a><\/i><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"fac-title text-left\">Academic &amp; Professional Qualifications<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1535953473354{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-card \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"degree\">PhD<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">May 01, 2007<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"what\">Ph.D. Degree in Instrumentation Physics<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"where\">University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (The research work for this degree was carried out at the Division for Electricity and Lightning Research, Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden and the Department of Physics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.) Thesis Title: Behavior of Low Voltage Surge Protective Devices in Fast Transient and Repetitive Current Impulse Environment<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"degree\">MBA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">June 02, 2016<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"what\">Master of Business Administration (MBA) with Merit Pass<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"where\">London Metropolitan University <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-card \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"degree\">BSc<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">December 01, 1997<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"what\">B.Sc. (Hons.) Special Degree in Physics<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"where\">University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<ul class=\"ul-card \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"degree\">CTHE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">September 2006<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"what\">Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (CTHE).<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"where\">Staff Development Centre, University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"degree\">ILTR<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">January 2007<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"what\">International Level Teaching Recognition<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"where\">Received Accreditation for Teaching in International Higher Educational Institutions by the Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA) of UK under the Professional Development Named Award Learning, Teaching and Assessing.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-card \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"degree\">EMC<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2003<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"what\">Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"where\">Theory and Practice, Division for Electricity and Lightning Research, Uppsala University, Sweden<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\"><div class=\"dy\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"degree\">EMC<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2003<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"what\">Solving EMC\/Power Quality problems due to Lightning <\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"where\">Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1535953408795{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"fac-title text-left\">Teaching<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\">\n<li>Electronic instrumentation &amp; Instrumentation Physics<\/li>\n<li>Lightning Physics, Lightning &amp; Surge protection<\/li>\n<li>Weather and Climate Science<\/li>\n<li>Gifted Science Education and popularization of science and technology<\/li>\n<li>Leadership and Management<\/li>\n<li>Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;246&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow_border&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1535953473354{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1536030595843{border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;] Professor, Department of Physics, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-pagebuilder.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/mahesh-edirisinghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/mahesh-edirisinghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/mahesh-edirisinghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/mahesh-edirisinghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/mahesh-edirisinghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":62,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/mahesh-edirisinghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/mahesh-edirisinghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/mahesh-edirisinghe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}