{"id":21,"date":"2021-08-07T10:51:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T10:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/janith.org\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2025-05-19T18:17:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:17:31","slug":"outreach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/janith.org\/?page_id=21","title":{"rendered":"Outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Invited Lectures\/ Panel discussions\/ Interviews<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2025 April 29: Space environment and how to simulate it for materials studies &#8211; UNSW Canberra space education seminar series, Australia. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2025 Feb 08: Turning your degree into global opportunities &#8211; Mathematics and statistical society, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2024 Oct 12: Thrust talk &#8211; Rocket engines and their powering of the future of space exploration &#8211; Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS), Sri Lanka<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2024 Aug 12: Welcome note, 46th Batch of students for faculty of science, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2024 Jul 19: Role of plasmas in astrophysics &#8211; Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS), The Open University of Sri Lanka<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2024 Apr 07: Electric Propulsion systems &#8211; All Island Astronomers Association, Sri Lanka<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2023 Oct 18: Mentored SpaceHack 2023 &#8211; Canberra Innovation Network, Australia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2023 Aug 01: Eco Astronomy Astro Week International Lecture, Eco Astronomy Inc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2023 Jul 06: Simulation rocketry &#8211; ANU National Indigenous Engineering Winter School, Australia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2023 Apr 03: Plasma Applications for Space Technology &#8211; Pushpadana college, Kandy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2023 Feb 26: Sunday morning show, 4EB Brisbane Sinhala Service<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2022 Oct 22: How to manage stress and anxiety? Tips and tricks for undergraduates and academics &#8211; Institute of Physics, Sri Lanka<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2022 Apr 27: Cold Plasma Technology and its Applications &#8211; 40th Anniversary Commemoration Webinar series, National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021 Dec 19: Plasma, Astronomy and Space Technology &#8211; Kingswood college, Kandy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021 Aug 24: Room temperature Cold plasmas for Carbon Quantum Dots (CQD) synthesis &#8211; Australian National University, Canberra<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021 Jun 20: Plasma Physics and Space &#8211; Kingswood college, Kandy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021 May 29: A General Introduction to Astronomy &#8211; Horizon Campus, Kandy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2016 Aug 20: Sri Lanka! Science! Space! panel discussion &#8211; Lanka Comic Con, Colombo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015 Dec 14: Rocketry simulations &#8211; Rajarata University of Sri Lanka<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015 Nov 13: Multiverse Theory &#8211; Ranabima Royal college, Kandy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2014 Nov 11: Optical spectroscopy &#8211; Girls Highschool, Kandy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2014 Jul 22: Basic Astronomy &#8211; Dunumadalava school, Anuradapura<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2014 Jun 6: Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS) on Space applications, Vidyartha college, Kandy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2013 Oct 17: Astrobiology &#8211; Trinity college, Kandy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2013 Jun 14: Scientific approach to extraterrestrial life &#8211; St Anthony&#8217;s college, Kandy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2013 Jan 29: Scientific approach to extraterrestrial life &#8211; Peradeniya central college, Kandy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2012 Sep 28: The theory of relativity &#8211; Girls High school, Kandy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Workshops<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2025 Mar 08: Chemistry of Florescence &#8211; Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Questacon, Australia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019 &#8211; 2022: Widening Participation ambassador &#8211; Queensland University of Technology, Australia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2017 Sep 17: Astronomy for Navigation &#8211; 11th Kanboree, Sri Lanka Scouts Association, Kandy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2017 May 20: Night sky observation camp &#8211; Holbrook Sinhala school, Agarapathana<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2016 Mar 16: Jupiter, Lunar and Orion Nebula observation &#8211; Vijaya College, Matale<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2016 Feb 13: Uva province astronomical workshop &#8211; Bambaragama Maha Vidyalaya, Badulla<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015 Nov 30: Nothern province astronomical workshop &#8211; Vidyananda College, Mullativ<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015 Nov: Rocketery Simulations &#8211; Kingswood College, Kandy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015 Oct 26: Central province astronomical workshop &#8211; Pallebowala secondary school, Poramadulla<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015 Sep 27: Astronomy camp and leadership training program &#8211; Sri Chandananda Buddhist college, Kandy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015 Sep 23: Southern province astronomical workshop &#8211;  Kirama Dhammananda School, Hambanthota<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015 Jun 15: Water rockets workshop &#8211; Maliyadeva college, Kurunagala<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015 Jan 29: Sky observation program &#8211; Girls Highschool, Kandy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2014 Nov 15: World science week public awareness program, National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2014 Oct 12: Thermoelectricity generation &#8211; Kingswood college, Kandy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2014 Jun 27: Sky observation program &#8211; Maliyadeva college, Kurunagala<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2014 Oct 6: Public solar observation program &#8211; Kandy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2012 Jun 14: Colors of the astronomy images &#8211; Girls Highschool, Kandy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Invited Lectures\/ Panel discussions\/ Interviews Workshops<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/janith.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/janith.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/janith.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janith.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janith.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/janith.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1081,"href":"https:\/\/janith.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions\/1081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/janith.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}