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CAREER 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)
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
PUBLICATIONS
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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
