ERU - 2010: Recent submissions

  • Extraction and usage of pectin to enhance biodegradability of LDPE blends 
    Sitinamaluwa, HS; Somasiri, GWD; Samarasekara, AMPB [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Blends of pectin and low density polyethylene (LDPE) were prepared and the effect of pectin on biodegradability was analyzed Pectin was extracted front passion fruit peels hy hot acid extraction with a yield of 20 wt.%. ...
  • Experimental study of the relationship between upper-limb motions and EMG levels of related muscles 
    Gopura, RC; Kiguchi, K; Horikawa, E; Agalawatta, NT [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Human upper-limb muscle activities during daily upper-limb motions have been studied to identify the relationship between upper-limb motions and electromyography (EMG) activity levels oj related muscles Sixteen muscles ...
  • Forecasting critical dry spell lengths in anamaduwa 
    Mathugama, SC; Peiris, S [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Series of critical dry spell lengths in 56 years in Anamaduwa are analysed to predict the length of critical dry spells Both linear and nonlinear lime series approaches are tried to identify the best Jilted model By comparing ...
  • Development of photodegradable low density polyethylene blends for industrial applications 
    Wickramaarachchi, WADD; Pathiraja, PMDJ; Samarasekare, AMPB [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Photo activators were used to develop photodegradable Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) blends. The photo activators such as TiO2 Coumarin (1.2-Benzopyrone), Camphor (2-Bornanone) were added to Low Density Polyethylene ...
  • Analysis and design of a low cost peak flow meter for asthma patients 
    Jayanath, SA; Imesha, E; Sudasingha, AN [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Asthma cannot be completely cured and only the control can be achieved by proper medication. Peak Flow Meter (PFM) is an essential device which is used for initial diagnose and continuous monitoring of asthma. Affordable ...
  • LCR meter 
    Loganathan, N [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    A LCR meter (Inductance (L), Capacitance (C), and Resistance (R)) is a piece of electronic test equipment used to measure, among other things, the impedance (inductance, capacitance, resistance) of a component. Currently ...
  • Magnetic induction assisted levitation of metallized particles in sintered dela Iron ore pellets 
    Gobikrishna, S; Raguratnam, E; Guluwita, SP; Munasinghe, RGN De S; Fernando, WLW [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Degree of metallization is on important characteristic of reduced iron ore pellets when determining its applicability in the iron and steel making industry. If the degree of metallization is about 95 -97% induction furnace ...
  • Semi-automatic methodology for unconstrained structured handwriting recognition in hospital bed head ticket automation 
    Senaratne, GC [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    This paper first provides an introduction to die semi-automatic methodology for unconstrained structured handwritten scripts recognition in hospital bed head ticket recognition. Then based on extensive studies of the ...
  • The effect of carbon and firing temperature sequence on CHICO mill-scale and Its applications in metallurgy 
    Paranavithana, RM; Shyamali, MAS; Guluwita, SP; Fernando, WLW [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Mill scale is a surface layer of iron oxide form on steel billets during hot rolling. Currently this is a waste material and constitutes nearly two percent of the yearly output from CHICO. The current research shows that ...
  • Reduction of iron ore pellets using coke bed technique 
    Abewardhana, DMUC; Gunasekara, PP; Guluwita, SP; Munasinghe, RGN De S; Fernando, WLW [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    This research project was carried out with the intension of producing high quality iron are pellets for iron making using processed Data (Rathnapura) iron ore and Aruwakalu lime is coke bed. Different pellet compositions ...
  • Challenge response access control system 
    Dantanarayana, LIN; De Silva, KAST; Dharmasuriya, JSR; Dissanayake, HMAMB; Samarasinghe, ATLK [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Security becomes o crucial port with the enhancements of Science and Technology. Physical Access Control plays a major role in leading security systems all around the world. Our target is to build a very secure Physical ...
  • Sonar navigation aid for the visually impaired 
    Sivakumaran, P; Jeyarajah, K; Kanaganayagam, I; Gopalasingham, C; Kulasekere, EC [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    A navigational aid has been designed and developed, with die aim of increasing the mobility of the visually impaired. The system operates based on the principle of echolocalion and alerts the user of obstacles in the ...
  • Device authentication in wireless Ad-Hoc networks by shaking 
    Gunawardhana, HU; Seneviratne, MVP; Wickramasinghe, IS; Wickramasinghe, WADVD; Dias, SAD [Conference-Full-text]
    We propose and demonstrate a method to establish a secure communication session between two devices in an ad-hoc wireless network by means of shaking the devices together. This is a task which is easy to perform hut difficult ...
  • Co-channel interference mitigation in LTE systems 
    Kudavithana, DU; Nishad, IDDT; Rupasinghe, RANP; Ruwanthilake, MAD; Wavegedara, KCB [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    In emerging Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems, it is expected to reuse the same set of frequency subchannels in each and every cell as much as possible. This will result in high co-channel interference (CI), which degrades ...
  • Online status monitoring system for patients in intensive care unit 
    Hennayaka, HMSK; Hemachandra, MGNB; Jayasinghe, JMUUK; Hemachandra, MGND; Nanayakkara, ND [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Continuous monitoring of patient's vital signs presides by the sophistical monitoring equipments in modern ICUs. Various health parameters provided by the continuous monitoring of these quipments has to be observed ...
  • FPGA implementation of sound signal localization 
    Shazni, MNM; Perera, DYC; Maduranga, DAK; Dhileeban, R; Pasqual, AA [Conference-Abstract]
    This paper proposes an algorithm, which can he used to compute Direction of Arrival of a sound source in real time Comparing to existing algorithms this algorithm takes lesser time for implementation and therefore is much ...
  • Transmit beamforming for space-frequency coded MIMO-OFDM cystems operating in a correlated ricean fading channel 
    Suraweera, ND; Wavegedara, KCB [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    In highly spatially-correlated channels the diversity gain obtained by diversity coding schemes (such as Space-frequency (SF) coding or Space-Time (ST) coding) is considerably low. Combining beamforming with SF/ST coding ...
  • High performance software application acceleration using field programmable gate arrays 
    Lakshan, HMRD; Liyanage, CM; Perera, TTD; Wijesundera, DSS; Pasqual, AA [Conference-Full-text]
    From the early Fanes of foreign trade which consisted of direct exchange of commodities, financial exchanges have evolved to process transactions using high end computer systems. In highly competitive financial markets low ...
  • Computationally efficient implementation of video rectification in FPGA fo stereo vision applications 
    Maldeniya, BS; Navvarathna, UDU; Wijayasekara., KU; Wijegoonasekara, WTUS; Rodrigo, R [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    In order to obtain depth perception in computer vision, one needs to process pairs of stereo images. This process is computationally challenging to be carried out in real-time, because it requires the search for matches ...
  • Harmonic current compensator 
    Attanayaka, TL; Bandara, PM; Bambarawana, IS; Banukobhan, N; Karunadasa, JP [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    This paper presents the design and implementation of a Harmonic Current Compensator. Sources of harmonics, harmonic distortion, detrimental effects of harmonics and harmonic elimination methods are considered. Paper ...