An informative lecture on ‘Introduction to Neural Engineering’ was delivered by Dr. Noeline Prins at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on 26th May 2016 for undergraduates, postgraduates, instructors and lecturers of the department.

Dr. Noeline Prins earned her bachelors from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Moratuwa Sri Lanka. She earned her doctorate from University of Miami, USA. At present, she is a postdoctoral researcher at University of Geneva, Switzerland, working on connectivity for understanding Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease, OCD and Tourette’s Syndrome.

A group consisting of 3 final year mechanical engineering undergraduates from University of Moratuwa has been able to win the 1^st place in “IMechE Asia Pacific Design Competition for People with Hearing Disorder” for their product the “i-belt” in the final heats which was held at Auckland, New Zealand on 30^th of April 2016.