Experience

Medaille University

• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Aug 2021 - Present



University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma

• Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States

• Adjunct Professor

  • Aug 2019 - May 2021



University at Buffalo

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • 2011 - 2017

  Materials synthesis• Chalcogenide perovskites using chemical vapor deposition (CVD)• CIGS thin films using e-beam evaporation (PVD)• Methylammonium lead halide perovskites using spin coating and chemical bath deposition (CBD)• TiO₂ nanotube arrays using potentiostatic anodization• ZnO nanowires using hydrothermal growth• Cu₂O using electrochemical depositionDevice fabrication and characterization• Perovskite, dye-sensitized and CIGS solar cells• Solar Light 300W 16S-300 solar simulator • I-V characterization of PV devices including PCE, FF, Isc, VocMaterials characterization• Structural and morphological (XRD, SEM)• Elemental analysis (EDX)• Absorption spectroscopy (UV-Vis)• Photoluminescence and Raman spectroscopyProgramming languages and packages• LabVIEW instrument control • Minitab statistical software• MATLAB, Python and C++ programming including microcontrollersOther skills and techniques• Microcontrollers and electronic communication protocols such as UART, I2C and SPI• DAC and ADC data acquisition systems• Oscilloscopes, DVMs and function generators• Basic electronic circuit and PCB design Show less

• Assistant to undergraduate laboratory director

  • 2010 - 2013

  Assisted the laboratory director with various tasks in the laboratory including• helping teaching assistants with equipment issues during lab sessions• modifying and troubleshooting laboratory equipment• setting up equipment for lab sessions• proctoring and grading lab exams

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • 2007 - 2010

  Taught 100 and 200-level undergraduate Physics courses• PHY 151 College Physics I Lab - mechanics, kinematics, forces, vectors and heat• PHY 152 College Physics II Lab - electricity, magnetism and optics• PHY 158 General Physics II Lab - mechanics, kinematics, forces, vectors, electricity and magnetism• PHY 257 General Physics III Lab - waves, geometrical and physical optics, and modern physicsProctored and graded exams



Sri Lanka Air Force

• Research Project Assistant

  • 2006 - 2007

  Designed and built a long range two way encrypted communication device

• Research Project Assistant

  • 2006 - 2007

  Designed and built a long range two way encrypted communication device



University of Colombo

• Sri Lanka
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Lecturer

  • 2005 - 2006

  Taught undergraduate courses being in charge of 3rd and 4th year Physics undergraduates Taught undergraduate courses being in charge of 3rd and 4th year Physics undergraduates