Teaching          As Resource Person          Newspaper Articles          Textbooks            Course Participation

Teaching

Links to Online Notes

Undergraduate

• Electrical Engineering (EE1013). Part of First Year course for 800 engineering undergraduates
• Engineering Design (EE1950) - First Year courses for 100 electrical undergraduates
• Engineering Skill Development (EE1960) - First Year courses for 100 electrical undergraduates
• Theory of Electricity (EE2092) - Second Year course for 350 bio-metical, computer, electrical and  electronic & telecom undergraduates
• Communication Skills (EE2950) & Presentation Skills (EE2960) - Part of second year course for 70 electrical undergraduates
• Insulation Co-ordination (EE4020) - Fourth Year course for 70 electrical undergraduates
• High voltage breakdown & Testing (EE4270) - Fourth Year course for 70 electrical undergraduates
• Theory of Electricity (UEE201) - Second Year course for 200 computer, electrical, electronics & telecom and mechanical undergraduates
• Power Systems (UEE302) - Part of Third Year course for 50 electrical undergraduates
• Electrical Installations (EE323) - Part of Third Year course for 50 electrical undergraduates
• High Voltage Engineering (EE403) - Fourth Year course for 50 electrical undergraduates
• Electrical Properties of Materials (EE33) - Part of Third Year course for 64 electrical and electronics & telecom undergraduates.
• Electrical Measurements (EE35) - Part of Third Year course for 64 electrical and electronics & telecom undergraduates.
• Fortran Programming - Non examinable course for 32 fourth year students.

Postgraduate

• "Protective Measures in Electrical Installations" (EE5111) - Course for MSc/PGDip in Electrical Installations
• "Safety and Earthing Design" (5115) - Course for MSc/PGDip in Electrical Installations
• "Lightning Protection" (EE5116) - Course for MSc/PGDip in Electrical Installations
• "Lightning Protection and Safety" (EE5123) - Course for MSc/PGDip in Electrical Installations, and for MSc/PGDip in Electrical Engineering  
• "Electrical Components and Integration" (EE5504) - Course for MSc/PGDip in Building Services Engineering

As Resource Person

• "History of Electricity Supply in Sri Lanka - From Amber and Lodestone to Coal and beyond", Keynote speech at the Engineering Award Presentation, 7th IESL NSW Chapter Engineering Convention, Australia, 3 June 2017.

• "Lightning Phenomena, Effects and Protection", Educational Seminar, IEEE PES, University of Wollongong, Australia, 6 June 2017

• "Design of Electrical Installation - Overcurrent Protection" (February 2017), Annual 8-day Course,  Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (from ~2005)

• "Student Assessment" (22 April 2019), half-day course, Staff Development Centre, Sir John Kothalawala Defence Univeristy, Kandawala, Ratmalana (annually from 2014)

• "Necessity for adopting International Standards" (15 August 2014), Keynote speech, OBO Bettermann Seminar on Fire Barriers & Sealing Systems - August 2014

• "The Strategic Plan of the Department of Electrical Engineering" (21-22 June 2013), Workshop for Strategic Plan Development, University of Moratuwa.

• "Necessity of Standards for Lightning Protection" (9 November 2012), Familiarization Seminar on  IEC 62305  - Lightning Protection Systems organised Sri Lanka Standards Institution, Colombo

• "What you should know about instrument specifications" (22 August 2012) - Keynote Speech, Fluke Technical Seminar & Demonstration for Testing & Measuring Instruments, Colombo

• "Review of Lightning Phenomena" (23 February 2012), Seminar on Lightning Protection, ICTAD Auditorium, Colombo

• "Surge Protection Devices" (November 2009), 2-day Course on LV and MV Protection, IET Sri Lanka Network, Hotel Galadari, Colombo

• "Role of Earthing for Lightning Protection" (November 2009), 2-day Course on LV and MV Protection, IET Sri Lanka Network, Hotel Galadari, Colombo

• "Lightning Protection, Evaluation & Management of Risk" (July - August 2008), 6-day Course on Lightning Protection and Electrical Safety organised by IET Sri Lanka Network at SLFI, Colombo
  

• "Role of Earthing in electrical safety" (30 March 2006), 1-day National Symposium on Electrical Safety, organised by IEE Sri Lanka, sponsored by Orange Electric

• "Core Colour changes" (26 June 2006), Institution of Engineering and Technology Seminar on New Core Colour Identification For Electric Cables at Hotel Galadari

• "New Core Colour Identification for Electric Cables" (14 February 2006), Seminar on the core colour changes of fixed installations, organised by Cables and Conductors Sectoral Committee of the Sri Lanka Standards Institution

• "The Path to become a Chartered Engineer" (10 August 2005), at Galadari Hotel by the International Membership Advisor for the IEE, Professor J R Lucas

• "UNESCO Regional Worshop on Lighning Physics" (29 April - 7 May 2003), sponsored by UNESCO, organised by the Department of Physics, University of Colombo
• "Web Publishing for Education and Research" (31 July, 2000), One day ERU Workshop, University of Moratuwa.
• "AC/small power DC hybrid transmission for improving power system stability," (26 April, 1998), The University of Aukland, New Zealand.
• "Performane Charateristics of some practical copat fluorescent lamps," (26 Sepember, 1997), University of Canterbry, New Zealand.
• "Computer Applications in Engineering " (7 May, 1988), One day Seminar, CINTEC - Numerical Tehniques and Transforms - J R Lucas.
• "University - Industry Colloboration with special emphasis to Engineering " (15 November, 1986), One day Seminar, Sri Lanka Association for the Adancement of Science.
• "Seminar on Distance Education" (16 November, 1985), Half day Seminar, The Open University of Sri Lanka - Preparation of Self Instructional Materials - J R Lucas.
• "Course on Modern Eletric Drives and Power Eletronics" (June, 1979), University of Moratuwa Sri Lanka - Computer Tecniques in Engineering - J R Lucas.
• "Course in Continuing Education of Engineers- The Power Transformer and its design " (11-21 September, 1978), University of Moratuwa Sri Lanka - Oeroltages in Transformers - J R Lucas.

Newspaper Articles & Booklets

• "අකුණු අනතුරු අවම කරමු"  අකුණු ආරක්ෂණය පිලිබඳ විමර්ශන කොමිටුව,  - Let's minimize Lightning Accidents,  Booklet published by Committee to Investigate Safety against Lightning Hazard (JR Lucas - member) - ආපදා කළමනාකරණ අමාතියංශය Ministry of Disaster Management, 2012.
• "Lightning & Surge Protection - Basics of Protection against Lightning" by Eng. (Prof) Rohan Lucas, Technical Trade Supplement - Distributed with Sri Lanka Engineering News, July 2005Technical Trade Supplement - Distributed with Sri Lanka Engineering News, July 2005.
• "කිසිදු බලශක්ති ප්‍රභවයක් ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කළ නොහැක" No energy source should be rejected, Interview report of Ajantha Dharmasiri with Prof Rohan Lucas published in the Vidusara Science Magazine (විදුසර විද්‍යා සඟරාව). 11 November 1991.
• "මයිකල් ෆැරඩෙ - අත්හදා බැලීමට තැන දුන් දර්ශනවාදියා" Michael Faraday -  The philosopher who gave place to experiment by Prof Rohan Lucas, Vidunena Science Magazine (විදුනැණ) 7 October 1991
• "චරිත: මයිකල් ෆැරඩෙ - හම්ප්‍රි ඩේවිගේ වැදගත්ම සොයා ගැනීම" Michael Faraday - The most important discovery of Humphrey Davy, by Prof Rohan Lucas, Vidusara Science Magazine (විදුසර විද්‍යා සඟරාව) 7 October 1991.

Textbooks & Booklets

• "High Voltage Engineering", 1995, Published by University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka 217 pages, (sole author) - course text for UEE403
• "Design of Electrical Installations", 1991, Published by Open University of Sri Lanka, 175 pages (co-authors: Sriyananda et Al) - course text for ECD 2223
• "Building Engineering Theory and Design - Block 3", 1988, Published by Open University of Sri Lanka, (co-authors: Herath et Al)
• "Protection of Power Systems", 1986/88, Published by Open University of Sri Lanka, 384 pages (co-authors: Sriyananda et Al) - course text for TED2302
• "Power System Studies", 1986, Published by Open University of Sri Lanka, 168 pages (co-authors: Sriyananda et Al) - course text for TED2304
• "Generation, Transmission & Distribution", 1984/85, Published by Open University of Sri Lanka, 410 pages (co-authors: Sriyananda et Al) - course text for TEC233
• "Introduction to Electrical Machines", 1984/85, Published by Open University of Sri Lanka, 378 pages (co-authors: Sriyananda et Al) - course text for TEC232
• "Electrical Measurements", 1984/85, Published by Open University of Sri Lanka, 409 pages (co-authors: Sriyananda et Al) - course text for TEC231
• "Principles of Electrical Engineering 2", 1985, Published by Open University of Sri Lanka, 360 pages (co-authors: Sriyananda et Al) - course text for TEC132
• "Principles of Electrical Engineering 1", 1983/84, Published by Open University of Sri Lanka, 318 pages (co-authors: Sriyananda et Al) - course text for TEC131

Course Participation 

• "Power Systems Dynamics" (14-17 May 2007), Intensive 4-day Course, conducted by Dr Prabha Kundur at the University of Manitoba, Canada
• "Introduction to PSCAD V4" (19-21 February 2007), Introductory course and workship held at Manitoba HVDC Centre, Manitoba, Canada
• "Implementation of the Semester System in the Faculty of Engineering" (30 March 2006), half-day workshop organised by the Undergraduate Studies Division and the Staff Development Committee, University of Moratuwa
• "Course Unit System" (24 March 2001), One-day seminar, Staff Development Committee, University of Moratuwa
• "MCQ Tests" (10 April 2001), half-day seminar, Staff Development Committee, University of Moratuwa
• "MicroVAX3600 System Mainenance & UNIX Operation" (17-28 April 1989), Course of Instruction,  Nihon Digital Equipment Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
• "Algorithms Design and Analysis" (8-18 December 1987), Second Asian School on Computer Science, AIT, Bangkok, Thaland
• "Course Planning" (2-6 April 1979), Workshop conducted by the Open University of the United Kindom, sponsored by SLIDE and British Council, Colombo
• "Writing of self-instructional lesson material" (19-30 March 1979), Workshop conducted by the Open University of the United Kindom, sponsored by SLIDE and British Council, Colombo
• "Curriculum Design and Staff Development" (16-27 February 1976), Country Course in Technician Education, conducted by Colombo Plan Staff College Singapore and the Ministry of Education Sri Lanka at Sri Lanka Technical College, Colombo
• "UNESCO Regional Workshop of Lightning Physics" (29 April -7 May 2003), Resource Person, University of Colombo.
• "Curriculum Planning and Design in Engineering Educationt" (21 February 1975), The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, Irrigation Department Auditorium