Thisara Samarasekara
Thisara Samarasekara

Design · Manufacture · Maintenance

Mechanical
Engineering

I turn design challeges into precision-engineered mechanical systems - from concept to fabrication

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Experience

Colombo Port Services (Pvt) Ltd — CICT Terminal experience

Colombo Port Services (Pvt) Ltd — CICT Terminal

Shift Engineer

Oct 2022 — Apr 2023

  • Maintained a fleet of 110 inter-terminal prime movers at South Asia’s most efficient deep-water terminal, supporting a facility handling more than 3 million TEUs annually.
  • Designed and ran a preventive-maintenance programme: scheduled inspections, tracked defect patterns, and coordinated repairs to reduce unplanned breakdowns.
  • Restructured engineering stores by auditing stock and mapping spare-part demand, reducing maintenance delays through better inventory management.
  • Built a mobile maintenance-management app to digitise job cards, replace manual logbooks, and provide real-time fleet visibility.
Unilever Sri Lanka (Pvt) Ltd experience

Unilever Sri Lanka (Pvt) Ltd

Supply Chain Training Engineer

Oct 2020 — Jun 2021

  • Managed the relocation of Vim powder and Vim soap manufacturing lines, producing layout plans, coordinating contractors, and maintaining SHE compliance.
  • Designed and built a dust-extraction system end-to-end, from airflow calculations and component specification through fabrication and installation.
  • Modelled and fabricated hoppers for an auto-dosing system and perfume-filling tank, and oversaw Loss-in-Weight system installation.
  • Built a mobile work-order app to replace paper-based maintenance reporting, reducing administration time and improving fault traceability.

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Featured projects

CAMSO Loadstar · Final-year project

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Induction Heating Oven

An induction heating oven designed to achieve uniform heat distribution in an industrial tyre-mould preheating process.

  • Developed the system from analysis through engineering design.
  • Published at IEEE MERCon 2022.
Induction heatingThermal designEngineering analysis
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1st place · IMechE global competition

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Wearable Cooling System

A thermoelectric cooling vest designed to bond with a hazmat suit and protect frontline workers in extreme environments.

  • Integrated thermal, wearable, and safety requirements.
  • Awarded first place globally in the international engineering competition.
ThermoelectricsProduct designPrototyping

Unilever Sri Lanka

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Industrial Time Study

A detailed time-and-motion study of a handwash pouch production line.

  • Simulated human posture and movement through the production sequence.
  • Identified ergonomic risks and process bottlenecks.
Tecnomatix JackErgonomicsProcess improvement

Embedded systems

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Arduino Smart Blind Stick

An assistive device combining ultrasonic object detection, GPS tracking, emergency alerts, and device finding.

  • Covered sensor selection, firmware, circuit design, and enclosure fabrication.
  • Delivered the complete hardware-software lifecycle.
ArduinoIoTEmbedded hardware

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Tools & capabilities

Design

  • SolidWorks
  • AutoCAD
  • Siemens NX
  • Revit
  • Mechanical fabrication

Analysis

  • Ansys Maxwell
  • Ansys Mechanical
  • Tecnomatix Jack
  • Thermal systems

Automation

  • Siemens PLC
  • Allen-Bradley PLC
  • Yokogawa
  • Embedded systems

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