- Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Senior Lecturer Grade II
Contact information
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Properties of Materials -Undergraduate -2015
Principles of Materials Science & Eng I -Undergraduate -2014
Principles of Materials Science & Eng II -Undergraduate -2013
Electrical & Magnetic Properties of Materials -Undergraduate -2013
Characterization of Materials -Undergraduate -2013
Research Project -Undergraduate -2012
Nanomaterials -Undergraduate -2012
Research Activities
• Design and fabrication of nano-systems and nanostructured materials that have industrial applications.
• Refractive index pattering & photonics
• Development of sensors and quality control equipment’s for industrial use.
• Materials Characterization by
EXAFS
XANES
X-ray microprobe
SEM
EDX
X-ray Diffraction
Mossbauer Spectroscopy
EPR Spectroscopy
SQUID
VSM
Raman & FTIR Spectroscopy
Thermal Analysis and Optical (Photoluminescence & UV-Vis) Spectroscopy
Light Scattering
• Structural changes and kinetics of solid-state materials.
• Magnetic materials and their applications.
M.Phil.- Mr.T.S.E.F Karunarathne- Near Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition for Surface Modification of Selected Materials. University of Kelaniya (Department of Physics-2014)
PhD- Dr. M.A.S.R Senevirathna - Physical & Photo Properties of 4,4’- Methylenebis (phenylisocyanate) and Polyteterahydrofuran based polyurethanes. -University of Sri Jayawardenepura (Department of Chemistry-2016
MSc. (by Research) - Ms. S.M.N.S Egodage - Investigation of Plasticizer Evaporation of Local Electrical Cable Insolations. - University of Moratuwa (Department of Materials Science & Engineering)
M.Phil.- Mr. Roshan. Dodampola - Theoretical study of kinetics of solid state thermal reactions. - University of Moratuwa, Department of Materials Science & Engineering.
Education and Professional Affiliations
PhD, CUNY (USA) ,2009 Physical Chemistry (Materials)
MPhil, CUNY (USA) ,2007 Physical Chemistry
Career
Factory Manager
Hands International Group of Companies
Graduate Teaching Fellow
Department of Chemistry
Adjunct Lecturer in Physics
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Senior Scientist
Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellow
Honours and Awards
Best paper award- Engineering Research Conference, 2018 Moratuwa. IEEE. (Materials Science & Engineering Track)-Investigation of 3D Refractive Index Contrast Variations in PVG Based Photo Printed Passive Optical Integrated Circuit Components. (Received 2018)
Support Scheme for Supervision of Research Degrees (NSF) Awards -2017 (Received 2018)
Best paper award- Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture 30th Annual Congress- Extraction and Characterization of Bio Based Polymeric Materials from Traditional Rice Verities in Sri Lanka. (Received 2018)
Best paper award- Proceedings of International Forestry and Environment Symposium 23. Colombo- Extraction and Characterization of Cellulose Materials from Sri Lankan Agricultural Waste. (Received 2019)
Best paper award- Engineering Research Conference, 2019 Moratuwa. IEEE. (Materials Science & Engineering Track)- (Received 2019)
Best paper award- Engineering Research Conference, 2017 Moratuwa. IEEE. (Materials Science & Engineering Track)- Synthesis and characterization of cellulose from locally available rice straw. (Received 2017)
Publications*
SMK Maduranga, JASR Silva, AMP B Samarasekara, D A S Amarasinghe, L Karunanayake, VSC Weragoda,"."Investigation of Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Micro Crystalline Cellulose Based Composites,.",2020 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), 2020,,University of Moratuwa,2020,170-175
D. Sunil,".Synchrotron X-ray based study of Arsenic absorption by Brassica oleracea plants..",3rd International Conference on Electrical, Electronic ,Engineering Trends, Communication, Optimization and Science.,India.,2016,
A.M.P.B Samarasekara, D.P Egodage and H.T.S Jayalath,".“Fabrication of Antimicrobial Material For Food Packaging Applications.",21st International Forestry and Environment Symposium 2016, University of Sri Jayewardenepura,, Heritance Kandalama, Dambulla, Sri Lanka,2016,
A.M.P.B Samarasekara, D.P Egodage and H.T.S Jayalath,".Novel Radiographic Testing to Analyze the Porosity and Water Absorption of Bricks.",19th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing, 13 – 17 June 2016 in Munich, Germany, Munich, Germany,2016,
Kapilraj Natkunarajah, Koneswaran Masilamani, Sithambaresan Maheswaran, Barbara Lothenbach, DAS Amarasinghe, Dinesh Attygalle,".Analysis of the trend of pH changes of concrete pore solution during the hydration by various analytical methods.",Cement and Concrete Research,156,2022
RoshanDodampolaShanthaAmarasinghaDineshAttygalleSampathWeragoda,".Improved method to extract kinetic parameters from thermograms.", Materials Today: Proceedings,23,2020
WSM Rathnayake, L Karunanayake, AMPB Samarasekara, D A S Amarasinghe,".Sunflower oil-based MCC surface modification to achieve improved thermomechanical properties of a polypropylene composite.",Cellulose,27,2020
,".The effect of change of ionomer/polyol molar ratio on dispersion stability and crystalline structure of films produced from hydrophilic polyurethanes,.", J. Appl.Polym.Sci.2017, 134. DOI:10.1002/app44475 ,2016
Dehipalawage Sunil, Harry D. Gafney ,".Effect of CO Pressure Gradients on the Photochemistry and Thermal Chemistry of Fe(CO)5Physisorbed into Porous Vycor Glass .", The Journal of Physical Chemistry C,2011 115 (43), 20824- 20831,2011
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