{"id":16,"date":"2018-09-05T02:37:36","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T08:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/mahesh-edirisinghe\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2021-03-12T18:56:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T00:26:23","slug":"awards-and-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/physics\/mahesh-edirisinghe\/awards-and-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards and Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Awards<\/h2>\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\">National Research Council Merit Award for Scientific Publication<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Received the \u201cNational Research Council Merit Award for Scientific Publication\u201d for the recognition of Scientific Research published in the year 2016 in International Scientific Journals cited in the Science Citation Index (January 2019).\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\">2018<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">International Invention Awards <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <strong>International Awards<\/strong> received for the medical device, <em>&#8216;Nasal Airflow Detection and Flow Rate Measuring System<\/em>\u2019 invented by Dr. Mahesh Edirisinghe and Mr. Thimira Thilakarathna:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>GOLD MEDAL<\/strong> at the Silicon Valley International Invention Festival (SVIIF) in California, USA (July 2018).<\/li>\n<li><strong>GRAND AWARD with Korean Won 100,000 cash AWARD<\/strong> awarded by the <strong>World <\/strong>Inventors<strong> Association <\/strong>at the World Invention Innovation Contest (WiC2018) in Seoul, Korea (June 2018).<\/li>\n<li><strong>GOLD MEDAL<\/strong> at the World Invention Innovation Contest (WiC2018) in Seoul, Korea (June 2018).<\/li>\n<li><strong>GOLD MEDAL<\/strong> at the 46<sup>th<\/sup> International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva in Geneva, Switzerland (April 2018).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\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\">2018<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">International Special Awards <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Received a \u201c<strong>SPECIAL AWARD in recognition of the services done for the promotion and upliftment of innovative culture in Sri Lanka towards the international competitive level<\/strong>&#8221; awarded by the World Women Inventors &amp; Entrepreneurs Association at the Silicon Valley International Invention Festival (SVIIF) in California, USA (July 2018)\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\">2016<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">International Contribution Awards <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Received a \u201cCONTRIBUTION AWARD in recognition of The Outstanding Leadership`` awarded by the World Invention Intellectual Property Associations (WIIPA) at the Kaohsiung International Invention and Design EXPO (KIDE-2016) in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (December 09\u201311, 2016)\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\">2014<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">President\u2019s Award for Scientific Publication<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Received the <strong>\u201c<em>President\u2019s Award for Scientific Publication<\/em>\u201d<\/strong> from His Excellency the President of Sri Lanka for the recognition of Scientific Research published in the year 2007 in International Scientific Journals cited in the Science Citation Index (January 2014).\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\">2004<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Certificate of Appreciation for the services done for the Development of Physical Sciences in Sri Lanka<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Awarded a \u201c<strong>Certificate of Appreciation<\/strong>\u201d for the <strong>services done for the Development of Physical Sciences in Sri Lanka<\/strong> at 60<sup>th<\/sup> annual sessions of\u00a0 Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (December 2004).\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\">1995<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Arthur Lambert Rupasinghe Scholarship for Physics<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Awarded the <strong>\u201c<em>Arthur Lambert Rupasinghe Scholarship<\/em>\u201d<\/strong> from the University of Colombo for the best results in Physics in 1993, on the results of the first and second year of undergraduate studies.\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h2 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Grants\/Fellowhips<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2005<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Postgraduate Research Fellowship<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Awarded the <strong>Postgraduate Research Fellowship<\/strong> to <strong>Division for Electricity and Lightning Research, Department of Engineering Sciences,<\/strong><strong> Uppsala University, Sweden<\/strong> from International Science Program, Sweden (September 2005 \u2013 June 2006).\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\">2003<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Postgraduate Research Fellowship<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        Awarded the <strong>Postgraduate Research Fellowship<\/strong> to <strong>Division for Electricity and Lightning Research,<\/strong><strong> Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden<\/strong> from International Science Program, Sweden (February \u2013 November 2003).\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 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