Mr. Sachin Ravinath De Silva

Mr. Sachin Ravinath De Silva is a Research Assistant in the Department of Applied Electronics, Faculty of Technology, at Sri Lanka Technology Campus (SLTC). He holds a BSc (Hons) in Engineering in Electronics and Power Systems from SLTC. His research interests include power electronics, energy harvesting, embedded systems, and biomedical sensing. His work involves circuit design, simulation, prototype development, and technical documentation for energy and sensing applications. He completed industrial training at the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation’s Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery, gaining practical experience in electrical maintenance, power distribution, and industrial control systems. His research experience includes a high-current multiphase buck converter for electrolysis-based chlorine production. He represented Sri Lanka as a finalist at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2019.

• BSc (Hons) in Engineering in Electronics and Power Systems, Sri Lanka Technology Campus, 2025.
• Industrial Training in Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery,            June–December 2024.

Power electronics and high-efficiency DC–DC converters; energy harvesting and self-powered sensing systems; embedded systems and microcontroller-based instrumentation; biomedical sensing for animal health monitoring; industrial electrical reliability and safety; power factor correction and energy efficiency.

“A 92% Efficient Multiphase Buck Converter for High Current Driven Electrolysis-based Chlorine Production.” 2025 IEEE 19th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS). IEEE, 2026. DOI: 10.1109/ICIIS69028.2026.11450877.

• Design of a 100 A high-efficiency multiphase buck converter for salt electrolysis-based chlorine production — final-year project, 2024–2025.
• Design of a self-powered ingestible biomedical sensor for real-time detection of metabolic biomarkers of animal diseases.
• Automatic greenhouse monitoring and control system using a PIC16F877A microcontroller.
• Investigation of electrical reliability and instrument safety against lightning.
• Design of a capacitor bank-based power factor correction system for the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery.
• Design of a low-cost LED driver circuit.
• Contribution to radio telescope development under SEDS SLTC’s ALBEIO project as a member of the power design team, 2021–2022.

• National Winner, Sri Lanka Science and Engineering Fair, 2019, for research on the effect of acidity on seed germination of selected paddy varieties.
• Finalist representing Sri Lanka, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 2019.
• Winner, Science Research Project Competition, 2018.
• Recognition as President of a school Science Society awarded Five-Star Performance for 2018, presented at World Science Day 2019.