Automation and Robotics

Biography

Prof. Rohan Munasinghe is presently the Head of Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering of the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. He earned the MEng degree in 1999 and the PhD degree in 2003 both in Advanced Systems Control from Saga National University, Japan. From 2003 to 2004 he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) engaged in the Stanford University-KAIST research collaboration on developing robot systems based on human skill primitives. He has won research grants from National Science Foundation (Sri Lanka), Department of Wild Life Conservation(DWC-Sri Lanka), Senate Research Committee(SRC-University of Moratuwa), and National Research Council (NRC-Sri Lanka), United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and has made many refereed publications. He has been awarded the outstanding researcher award of the University of Moratuwa for many years. He has published one text book titled "Classical Control Systems: Design and Implementation", and three book chapters. He is one of the pioneers of the International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS), and chaired the same conference in 2006. His main areas of teaching and research are Robotics, Control Systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, and Autonomous Intelligent Systems. He has served as Director of the Engineering Research Unit of the Faculty of Engineering, Board of Studies, Faculty Academic Committee, and Senate Research Committee of the University of Moratuwa.

Prof. Munasinghe provides his consultation to a number of government institutions including the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Modern Technologies (ACCIMT), National Science Foundation (NSF), National Engineering Research and Development Centre (NERDC), and Sri Lanka Planetarium. Prof. Munasinghe has delivered keynote speeches at SLIIT(Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology) Research Symposium, SAITM (South Asian Institute of Technology and Management) Research Conference, IET Annual Conference, Annual Symposium of Sri Lanka Institute of Artificial Intelligence, and International Conference of ToC H institute in Kerala India.

Prof. Munasinghe is a chatreed engineer, Senior Member of IEEE, member of Robotics and Automation Society of IEEE, and a member of IE(Sri Lanka). He is an amateur astronomer, a wild-life enthusiast, and a nature-photographer. He loves star gazing, and engages in wild-life adventures and bird photography.

Research Interest

Robotics, Mechatronics, Control systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Underwater robotics, Autonomous systems, Intelligent Systems, Adaptive Fuzzy and Neural Systems