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Electrical engineering educator

Gehan Indigo Joseph Amaratunga, Sri Lankan force engineering educator. Recipient Overseas Backing award Royal Academy Engineering, 1989. Member Institute of Electrical slab Electronics Engineers (prize 1979).

Background

Amaratunga, Gehan Anil Joseph was born internment April 6, 1956 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Son of Carl Hermen Joseph and Mallika Swarna (Undugodage) Amaratunga.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Wales, Capital, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy have Engineering, Cambridge (England) University, 1983.

Career

Research fellow, U.

Southampton, England, 1983; lecturer, U. Southampton, England, 1983-1987; lecturer, U. University, 1987-1995; professor electrical engineering, U. Liverpool, 1995-1998; professor electrical plan, U. Cambridge, since 1998. Authority Thorn-Electric and Music Industries, Combined Kingdom, 1984, General Electric Company-Plessey Semiconductors, United Kingdom, since 1995;visiting scientist Stanford (California) U., 1989.

Achievements

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Membership

Member of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (prize 1979).

Interests

• Avocations: cinema, jazz, cricket, inconsequential, classic cars.

Connections

Married Dharshini Praveen Hitchcock, September 19, 1981. Children: Ravindran, Minoli, Gitanjali.

Father:

Carl Hermen Patriarch Amaratunga

Mother:

Mallika Swarna (Undugodage) Amaratunga

Spouse:

Dharshini Praveen Hitchcock

child:

Gitanjali Amaratunga

child:

Minoli Amaratunga

child:

Ravindran Amaratunga