Rate My Professor Migara Liyanage

Migara Liyanage serves as an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering at the Sri Lankan Institute of Information Technology. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy from Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, Master of Engineering from the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, and Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Throughout his career, he has held positions as a visiting lecturer at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, and the Faculty of Engineering, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Liyanage is a registered member of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada. His academic journey is marked by several prestigious awards, including the Award for the Most Outstanding Teaching Assistant and the Fellow of the School of Graduate Studies for Academic Excellence at Memorial University in 2014, the School of Graduate Studies Fellowship from 2007 to 2011, and the Yoshiro Takasaki Prize for the Most Outstanding Performance in Energy Economics & Planning at the Asian Institute of Technology in 2003.

Professor Liyanage's research focuses on mechatronics, integrated and automated design, control sensors and actuators, embedded systems, and energy-environmental modelling. He specializes in developing high-speed industrial automation systems for product inspection and defect removal, utilizing high-speed robotic manipulators, novel sensors, and embedded systems based on Field Programmable Gate Array technology. His scholarly output includes the book "Climate Policy and Energy Development in Thailand - An Assessment" co-authored with Shrestha Ram M. and Malla Sunil (2014), and peer-reviewed journal articles such as "An Embedded System for a High-Speed Manipulator With Single Time Scale Visual Servoing" (ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 2017), "Factors Affecting CO2 Emissions from the Power Sector in Selected Countries of Asia & the Pacific" (Energy Policy, 2009), "Effects of Carbon Tax on Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Thailand" (Climate Policy, 2008), and "Scenario-based Analyses of Energy Systems Development & its Environmental Implications in Thailand" (Energy Policy, 2007). Additionally, he has presented numerous papers at international conferences, including IEEE ICRA and IROS, on high-speed SCARA robotic arms and energy systems. Current interests include power signal disaggregation using AI, real-time energy monitoring and optimization, large-scale renewable energy integration, and zero-carbon futures.