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Pankaja Balasooriya

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Tools I work with

Languages
  • Python
  • C++
  • C
  • MATLAB
Embedded
  • STM32Cube
  • PlatformIO
  • FreeRTOS
  • ESP-IDF
Hardware & CAD
  • Altium Designer
  • SolidWorks
  • LTSpice
  • Proteus
Robotics & simulation
  • ROS 2 Humble
  • Gazebo
  • Webots
  • RViz
  • ArduPilot
  • Simulink
AI & machine learning
  • TensorFlow
  • PyTorch
  • OpenCV
  • YOLO
  • scikit-learn
  • Edge Impulse
Web & apps
  • React
  • Flask
  • Node-RED
  • REST APIs
  • MQTT
  • WebSockets
Platforms & shells
  • Linux (Ubuntu)
  • WSL
  • Bash

Work experience

  1. Monash University

    Human–Computer Interaction Research Intern

    Exertion Games Lab · Clayton, VIC, Australia

    Dec 2025 — Present

    10 mos

    • Designed embedded systems around STM32 and custom PCBs, and developed the firmware and full-stack software around them.
    • Conducted user studies and co-authored papers for ACM UIST and ACM DIS 2026.
  2. University of Moratuwa

    Undergraduate Teaching Assistant — EN2533 Robot Design and Competition

    Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

    Aug 2025 — Nov 2025

    4 mos

    • Designed competition tasks and mentored student teams.
    • Ran lab sessions and graded coursework.
  3. Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Limited

    Software Development Intern

    Colombo, Sri Lanka

    Aug 2022 — Oct 2022

    3 mos

    • Enterprise web development and database management.
    • Software testing across internal systems.

Education

Higher education

  1. University of Moratuwa

    BSc Eng (Hons) in Electronic & Telecommunication Engineering

    Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

    Feb 2023 — Present

    3 yrs 8 mos

    • CGPA: 3.73 / 4.00
    • Key courses: Robotics, Computer Vision, Electronic Control Systems Design, Circuits and Systems Design, Linear Algebra, Signals and Systems
  2. ESOFT Metro Campus

    Pearson Assured Diplomas in Software Engineering and Information Technology

    Gampaha, Sri Lanka

    Dec 2018 — Oct 2019

    11 mos

    • Diploma in Software Engineering (Dec 2018 – Oct 2019): OOP, databases, software engineering principles
    • Diploma in Information Technology (Dec 2018 – Aug 2019): batch top grade honours

School

  1. Bandaranayake College

    G.C.E. Advanced & Ordinary Level

    Gampaha, Sri Lanka

    May 2014 — Sep 2022

    8 yrs 5 mos

    • Advanced Level, Physical Sciences (May 2019 – Sep 2022): Z-score 2.5230 — Combined Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry
    • Ordinary Level (May 2014 – Dec 2018): 9 A grades — Mathematics, Science, English Literature, Business Studies, ICT

Certificates and courses

  • MIT 16.485 — Visual Navigation for Autonomous Vehicles

    2025

    MIT OpenCourseWare

    SLAM, visual odometry, and perception pipelines for autonomous navigation · ROS 2

  • Advanced Kalman Filtering and Sensor Fusion

    2025

    Udemy

    State estimation, extended Kalman filter, IMU and GPS fusion

  • Embedded Machine Learning for Edge Computing

    2025

    University of Moratuwa

    On-device ML model development and optimisation for microcontrollers

  • Microcontroller Embedded C Programming

    2025

    Udemy

    Low-level programming for ARM Cortex-M and peripheral interfacing

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Get in touch

Email is the best way to reach me. I am also on the networks below.

pankajabalasooriya566@gmail.com