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info@sliit.lkCAREER SUMMARY
- Head of Department/Senior Lecturer (2017 – date)
Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), Sri Lanka.
- Research Associate (2005 – 2017)
Department of Materials, Loughborough University, UK.
- Research Fellow (2001-2004)
School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton, UK.
- PhD candidate (1996-2001)
Department of Materials and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, UK
- Lecturer (1994-1996)
Department of Materials, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- PhD in Materials Science and Metallurgy
University of Cambridge (2001)
- BSc Eng (First Class Honours) in Materials Engineering
University of Moratuwa (1994)
HONOURS AND AWARDS
- Poster Prize winner Materials Research Day
Loughborough University, UK (2015). - Poster Prize winner
Loughborough University High-Performance Computing (HPC) facility launch (2012). - Fellow
Cambridge Commonwealth Trust (1996-1999) - Scholarship
Corpus Christi College Studentship (1996-1999) - Scholarship
Overseas Research Studentship (ORS) Award (1996-1999) - Student award
University of Moratuwa Materials Engineering Best student award Years 1992, 1993 & 1994. - Manamperi Award
Award for the best undergraduate project presented by the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (1995).
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP
Research Interests
- High temperature materials
- Nickel base superalloys
- 9Cr steels, Materials modelling
- High performance computing in materials science
- Thermodynamics
- Coupled thermodynamics/kinetic modelling
- Diffusion in multicomponent systems
- Diffusion in semiconductor materials, Si and SiGe.
Memberships
- Affiliate Member
Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3)
- Committee Member
Materials Chemistry Committee, IOM3
ONGOING RESEARCH
- Energy Materials
- Materials Modelling
PUBLICATIONS
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Effect of Point Defect Injection on B diffusion in C containing Si and SiGe
Mudith S. A. Karunaratne, Janet M. Bonar, Jing Zhang and Arthur F. W. Willoughby, (Semiconductor )
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MCrAlY creep behaviour modelling by means of finite-element unit cells and self-consistent constitutive equations
M. D. Banea, L. F. M. da Silva, G. J. Collie, I. Black, L. Fratini, U. Hermosilla, M. S. A. Karunaratne, I. A. Jones, T. H. Hyde and R. C. Thomson, “Journal of materials: Design and Applications” , pp. 41
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MCrAlY creep behaviour modelling by means of finite-element unit cells and self-consistent constitutive equations
U. Hermosilla, M. S. A. Karunaratne, I. A. Jones, T. H. Hyde and R. C. Thomson, “Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications” , pp. 41-51
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Modeling of microstructural evolution in an MCrAlY overlay coating on different superalloy substrates
M. S. A. Karunaratne, I. Di Martino, Sarah L. Ogden, David L. Oates and Rachel C. Thomson, “Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A” , pp. 774-788
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Topologically close packed phases in an experimental rhenium-containing single crystal superalloy
C. M. F. Rae, M. S. A. Karunaratne, C. J. Small, R. W. Broomfield, C. N. Jones and R. C. Reed, (Superalloys 2000)
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Modelling of the microsegregation in CMSX-4 superalloy and its homogenisation during heat treatment
M. S. A. Karunaratne, D. C. Cox, P. Carter and R. C. Reed, (Superalloys 2000)
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Diffusion in SiGe: defect injection studies on Sb, As and B
J. M. Bonar, S. Uppal, M. S. A. Karunaratne, A. F. Willoughby, “Electrochemical Society Proceedings” , pp. 903-914
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Effect of fluorine implantation dose on boron thermal diffusion in silicon
H. A. W. El Mubarek, J. M. Bonar, G. D. Dilliway, P. Ashburn, M. Karunaratne, A. F. Willoughby, Y. Wang, P. L. F. Hemment, R. Price, J. Zhang and P. Ward, “Journal of applied physics” , pp. 4114-4121
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Interdiffusion of the platinum-group metals in nickel at elevated temperatures
M. S. A. Karunaratne and R. C. Reed, “Acta Materialia” , pp. 2905-2919
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On the diffusion of aluminium and titanium in the Ni-rich Ni-Al-Ti system between 900 and 1200°C
M. S. A Karunaratne, P. Carter and R. C. Reed, “Acta Materialia” , pp. 861-875
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On the Microstructural Instability of an Experimental Nickel-Based Single-Crystal Superalloy
M. S. A Karunaratne, C. M. F. Rae and R. C. Reed, “Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A” , pp. 2409-2421
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Interdiffusion in the face-centred cubic phase of the Ni-Re, Ni-Ta and Ni-W systems between 900 and 1300°C
M. S. A Karunaratne, P. Carter and R. C. Reed, “Materials Science and Engineering” , pp. 229-233
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A coupled thermodynamic/kinetic model for diffusional processes in superalloys
N. Matan, H. M. A. Winand, P. Carter, M. Karunaratne, P. D. Bogdanoff and R. C. Reed, “Acta Materialia” , pp. 4587-4600
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Effect of Carbon on Diffusion of Boron in SiGe between 940-1050°C
Mudith S. A. Karunaratne, Janet M. Bonar, Jing Zhang and Arthur F. W. Willoughby, “MRS Proceedings” , pp. B.10.2
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Interdiffusion of Niobium and Molybdenum in Nickel between 900-1300°C
M. S. A. Karunaratne and R. C. Reed, “Defect and Diffusion forum” , pp. 420-425
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Diffusion of Boron in Silicon and Silicon-Germanium in the presence of Carbon
Mudith SA Karunaratne, Janet M Bonar, Jing Zhang, Peter Ashburn, Arthur FW Willoughby, “Defect and Diffusion Forum” , pp. 998-1003
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Effect of fluorine implantation dose on boron transient enhanced diffusion and boron thermal diffusion in Si(1-x)/Ge(x)
H. A. W. El Mubarek, M. Karunaratne, J. M. Bonar, G. D. Dilliway, Y. Wang, P. L. F. Hemment, A. F. Willoughby, and P. Ashburn, “IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices” , pp. 518-526
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Effect of point defect injection on diffusion of boron in silicon and silicon-germanium in the presence of carbon
M. S. A. Karunaratne, A. F. W. Willoughby, J. M. Bonar, J. Zhang and P. Ashburn, “Journal of applied physics” , pp. 113531
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Suppression of boron diffusion due to carbon during rapid thermal annealing of SiGe based device materials-some comments
M. S. A. Karunaratne, J. M. Bonar, P. Ashburn and A. F. W Willoughby, “Journal of materials science” , pp. 113-1016
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Diffusion and activation of dopants in silicon and advanced silicon-based materials
Peter Pichler, Christophe J Ortiz, Benjamin Colombeau, Nicholas EB Cowern, Evelyne Lampin, Suresh Uppal, MSA Karunaratne, Janet M Bonar, Arthur FW Willoughby, Alain Claverie, Filadelfo Cristiano, Wilfried Lerch, Silke Paul, “Physica Scripta” , pp. 89
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Uphill diffusion in ternary Ni-Re-Ru alloys at 1000 and 1100°C
R. A. Hobbs, M. S. A. Karunaratne, S. Tin, R. C. Reed and C. M. F. Rae, “Materials Science and Engineering” , pp. 587-594
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Finite element modelling of the development of stresses in thermal barrier coatings
Unai Hermosilla, I. Arthur Jones, Tom H. Hyde, Rachel C. Thomson and Mudith S. A. Karunaratne, (2009 International Conference on Sustainable Power Generation and Supply)
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Finite element modelling of development of stresses in thermal barrier coatings
U Hermosilla, I. A. Jones, T. H. Hyde, R. C. Thomson, M. S. A. Karunaratne, “Energy Materials” , pp. 133-140
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Microstructural evolution in coated superalloy systems
R. C. Thomson, S. Newman, G. D. West and M. Karunaratne, “Energy Materials ” , pp. 11-16
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Modelling the high temperature behaviour of TBCs using sequentially coupled microstructural-mechanical FE analyses
U Hermosilla, M. S. A. Karunaratne, I. A. Jones, T. H. Hyde and R. C. Thomson, “Materials Science and Engineering A” , pp. 302-310
