Prof. K. P. Vidanapathirana and Prof. (Mrs) Kumudu Perera were awarded with National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Award -2018. This award was given to the NSF research grant titled “Conducting Polymer Based Energy Storage Devices”. Prof. K.P. Vidanapathirana was the Principal Investigator and Prof. (Mrs) Kumudu Perera was the co-investigator.