Five innovative teams of students at SLIIT participated at INSYS 2017 – a one day symposium that gave them the opportunity to showcase their skills and clinched Merit Awards at the event.
INSYS 2017 brought together academics and researchers from local and overseas universities as well as local industrial experts to a common forum to publicize their latest research findings and exchange views and ideas under the theme of innovations for sustainable future. The symposium was organized by the Office of Research and Innovation Services (ORIS), Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC), Padukka.
Among the topics discussed was the readiness of Sri Lankan industry in adapting these technologies. 
Two technical sessions at the symposium focused on Communication Engineering, Dynamics Systems, Modelling and Controls and Robotics. A workshop was held on emerging Technologies in Mobile Communications for local engineers with an exhibition of innovative product de velopment by schoolstudents and engineering undergraduates at which the SLIIT students scored with their innovations.
A team from SLIIT submitted a design for an automatic pet feeder to provide both food and water to pets even when the pet owner is not available at home to do it. This pet feeder is an IOT device controlled by an app which the owner can use to dictate the time and amount of meals that their pets will consume.The participating students were Nisal Sugathapala, Deelaka Pitagampolage, Piyumal Heiyanthuduwa, Tharindu De Alwis and Kavin Wanigaratne.
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| Coin based mobile charging device designed by SLIIT. |
Another SLIIT team submitted a coin based mobile charging device to charge mobile phones and tablets in public places. The participating students were Niran Gunasekera, Charith Wijayawardane, Madushan Athapaththu, Sandal Ruhunuge and Vinushi Bulastinghala.
The third SLIIT team that won a Merit award submitted a Power Saving Iron that had the ability to prevent power loss when the iron is idle while plugged to a power outlet. Team members at SLIIT, D.M.S.V.O.S. Dissanayake,V.K.K. de Mel, G.A.N Jayaratne, W.M.P.R Weerakoon and D Dewapura were guided by Madhawa Herath.
The pen was an apt solution for students who had difficulty in maintaining concentration and staying awake during exhausting lecture hours, meetings, conferences, night time personal study hours and working hours. Students who contributed to the project were V.P.S. Bandara, W.T.K.C. Perera, M.W.A.D.J.P. Wijesooriya, W.A. Thamasha Rasangi and R.H. Kumarage.
One Merit award winning SLIIT team considered the rising number of dengue patients and devised a system to improve their fluid management which is the main treatment done in hospitals to treat the illness.