Dr. Wijesinghe joined the Department of Electronics, Faculty of Applied Science, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka in 2001. He has been contributing teaching, research, and many other administrative activities in the University. He has obtained B.Sc (Special) Degree in Physics with a First Class Honors from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in 2000, and M.Phill Degree from the University of Colombo in 2007. He obtained his PhD. from the Wesleyan University, Connecticut, USA in 2012.

• ELTN 1112 Fundamentals of Electricity & Magnetism
• ELTN 4143 Programmable Logic Devices
• ELTN 4151 Programmable Logic Devices (Lab)
• ELTN 4213 Digital Signal Processing
• ELTN 4272 Embedded Systems

• Embedded systems Design
• FPGA Hardware Design
• Control Systems
• Fuzzy Logic
• Artificial Neural Networks

• Chairman of the Senate Research & Higher Degrees Committee (SRHDC) of WUSL from September 2019 to present.
• Chairman Curriculum and Academic Development Committee, Faculty of Applied Sciences, September 2017 – present.
• Head / Department of Electronics from April 2017 – April 2020.
• Director / Information Communication & Technology Center (ICTC) Kuliyapitiya, September 2012 – August 2015.

Present Postgraduates

• Hasitha Bandara, (M.Phil), Research Title: Development of high-speed and low-cost product monitoring system.

Past Postgraduates

• HMAJ Herath, (M.Phil) Research Title: Development of a collision prevention mechanism for automobiles

1. N. N. Senavirathna, W. A. S. Wijesinghe and C. Premachandra, “Smart Home Energy Management System to Reduce Monthly Electricity Bill,” 2019 IEEE 8th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE), Osaka, Japan, 2019, pp. 243-245, doi: 10.1109/GCCE46687.2019.9015221.
2. W. Y. C. Karunarthhna, W. A. S. Wijesinghe and H. Kawanaka, “Development of a Home Automation Systems for Sri Lanka Using ARM Cortex M4,” 2019 IEEE 8th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE), Osaka, Japan, 2019, pp. 587-589.
3. A. Manawadu, M. W. Y. C. Karunarathna, H. D. C. N. Gunawardana, C. Premachandra, P. R. S. De Silva and W. A. S. Wijesinghe, “A Study of automated image capturing HDI environment using NAVIO 2,” 2018 IEEE 7th Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE), Nara, 2018, pp. 308-311.
4. HMAJ Herath, WAS Wijesinghe, and MJ Walpola. A Mechanism for Predicting Lane Change Actions of Automobiles to Avoid Collision, International Journal of Advanced Scientific Research and Management (IJASRM, ISSN 2455-6378), Vol 2 Issue 12,2017
5. HMAJ Herath, WAS Wijesinghe, and MJ Walpola. A Collision Prediction Mechanism for Auto Mobiles, Proceedings of the Wayamba University Research Congress (WURC 2017), 24^thMarch 2017 at Wayamba University of Sri Lanka.
6. HMAJ Herath, WAS Wijesinghe, and MJ Walpola. A Logical Model of Driver Decisions on Straight Road Segments and Bends for Vehicular Safety Applications, Proceedings of the 5^th Research Symposium YSF, 22^ndJanuary 2016 at the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL), Sri Lanka.
7. HMAJ Herath, WAS Wijesinghe, and MJ Walpola. An Effective Message Passing Approach to Predict Vehicle Collisions in a Single Lane Straight Road Segment, Proceedings of the 3^thInternational Research Symposium (IRSyRUSL), 26^thand 27^th of January 2016 at Rajarata University of Sri Lanka.
8. HMAJ Herath, WAS Wijesinghe, and MJ Walpola. A low cost vehicular network test bed for safety applications, Proceedings of the 2^ndWayamba International Conference (WinC 2016), 19^th and 20^th of August 2016 at Wayamba University of Sri Lanka.
9. HMAJ Herath, WAS Wijesinghe, and MJ Walpola. An Algorithm to Ensure Safe Overtaking in Curved Single Lane Road Segments, Proceedings of the 2^ndWayamba International Conference (WinC 2016), 19^th and 20^th of August 2016 at Wayamba University of Sri Lanka.
10. U.K Ekanayake, W.A.S Wijesinghe, Radio Frequency Energy Harvesting System, Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Research & Industrial Training, Department of Electronics, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 2015.
11. G.G.K Gamage, W.A.S Wijesinghe, Endurance Tester for Detection of Faulty Point in Switches and Sockets, Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Research & Industrial Training, Department of Electronics, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 2015.
12. D.S.S Weerasekara , W.A.S Wijesinghe, Microwave Link Optimization, Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Research & Industrial Training, Department of Electronics, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 2015.
13. V.T Mahushani, W.A.S Wijesinghe, Temperature and Moisture Sensitive Inverter Module for Energy Efficient Refrigerator, Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Research & Industrial Training, Department of Electronics, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 2015.
14. MS.L.B Ekanayake, W.A.S Wijesinghe, Hardware Implementation of VGA Controller on FPGA, Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Research & Industrial Training, Department of Electronics, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 2015.
15. A.S.A Thilakarathne, W.A.S Wijesinghe, FPGA-based Camera Interface for Real-time Video Processing, Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Research & Industrial Training, Department of Electronics, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 2015.
16. M.N.S.K Basnayake, W.A.S Wijesinghe, Design of an MP3 Player with Time Scheduling, Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Research & Industrial Training, Department of Electronics, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 2015.
17. P.L Wijesinghe, W.A.S Wijesinghe, Low-cost Pump to Regulate Delivery of Drug Infusion, Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Research & Industrial Training, Department of Electronics, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 2015.
18. Y.V Hemantha, W.A.S Wijesinghe, Hardware implementation of modulus operation, Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Research & Industrial Training, Department of Electronics, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 2014.
19. S.N Madugalla, W.A.S Wijesinghe, Automated AC and shutter controller system, Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Research & Industrial Training, Department of Electronics, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 2014.
20. D Yapa, W.A.S Wijesinghe, Power distribution control system for network planning division, Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Research & Industrial Training, Department of Electronics, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 2014.
21. P.A.U.K Samrakoon, W.A.S Wijesinghe, Relay based backup system for the voice communication control system, Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Research & Industrial Training, Department of Electronics, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 2014.
22. H.A Madushan, W.A.S Wijesinghe, Automating video feed monitoring system for TV broadcasting, Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Research & Industrial Training, Department of Electronics, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 2014.
23. G Jayakody, W.A.S Wijesinghe, Study of image processing algorithms for hardware implementation, Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Research & Industrial Training, Department of Electronics, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 2014.
24. D Yapa, W.A.S Wijesinghe, Power distribution control system for network planning division, Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Research & Industrial Training, Department of Electronics, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 2014.
25. P.A.U.K Samrakoon, W.A.S Wijesinghe, Relay based backup system for the voice communication control system, Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Research & Industrial Training, Department of Electronics, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 2014.
26. H.A Madushan, W.A.S Wijesinghe, Automating video feed monitoring system for TV broadcasting, Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Research & Industrial Training, Department of Electronics, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 2014.
27. G Jayakody, W.A.S Wijesinghe, Study of image processing alogirthms for hardware implementation, Proceedings of Annual Symposium on Research & Industrial Training, Department of Electronics, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 2014.
28. Wijesinghe, M. Jayananda, and D. Sonnadara, Performance evaluation of multipliers in reconfigurable hardware, Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka, vol. 36, pp. 235-237, Sept. 2008.
29. Voth and WAS Wijesinghe, Measurement of Anisotropy in Turbulance using SO(3) decomposition, American Physical Society- Division of Fluid Mechanics, Abstract ID:M23.006, 2012.
30. Nicholas, G. Voth, WAS Wijesinghe, Two point correlations between velocity sums and differences in turbulence, American Physical Society, APS March Meeting, Abstract ID: J41.001, 2012.
31. WAS Wijesinghe, G. Voth, Measuring anisotropy as a function of scale in turbulence using 3D particle tracking, American Physical Society, APS March Meeting, Abstract ID: J41.003, 2012.
32. WAS Wijesinghe, M.K Jayananda, DUJ Sonnadara, A simple reconfigurable microcontroller in a 36 macrocell CPLD, Journal of National Science Foundation, 39 (3), 261-266, 2011.
33. WAS Wijesinghe, M.K Jayananda, DUJ Sonnadara, Simulatin of Diffusion Limited Aggregation in Field Programmable Gate Arrays, Journal of National Science Foundation, 38 (4), 213-218, 2010.
34. WAS Wijesinghe, M.K Jayananda, DUJ Sonnadara, Performance evaluation of multipliers in reconfigurable hardware, Journal of National Science Foundation, 36 (3), 249-251, 2008.