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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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Modelling the coefficient of thermal expansion in Ni-based superalloys and bond coatings
M. S. A. Karunaratne, S. Kyaw, A. Jones, R. Morrell, R. C. Thomson, “Journal of Materials Science” , pp. 4213-4226
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Modelling Carburisation in 9Cr-1Mo Ferritic Steel Tube Substrates in Experimental CO2 Atmospheres
M. S. A. Karunaratne, S. Yan, R. C. Thomson, L. Coghlan, R. L. Higginson , “Corrosion Science” , pp. 108248
