Last Updated :  July 1st , 2008  
  Curriculum Vitae - Pubudu Goonetilleke       
 

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8 Clarkson Avenue
Box 5822,
Potsdam, New York  - 13699

Tele (Home) : 315-265-2756
 Tele (Office) : 315-268-7621
Fax (Office) : 315-268-6610

  
 

 

 

  
 

Objective

 Challenging career in materials characterization and processing where I can apply my technical skills  
       
  Education
       
  08/03 – to date Ph.D. in Physics (December 2008, expected) – Clarkson University, NY  
    Genral research area : Materials Characterization  
  08/03 – 05/05

M.S. in Physics – Clarkson University, NY

  
  09/97 – 01/02 B.Sc. in Physics (Honors) – (Physics major, Mathematics minor), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.  
 
       
   
       
       
 

Research Experience
       
  Graduate    
       
 

Thesis title : Electrochemical Investigations of Advanced Materials for Energy Storage and
                     Microelectronic Devices
Advisor : Dr. Dipankar Roy, Professor - Department of Physics and Center for Advanced Materials Processing, Clarkson University, NY

  
       
  Thesis work includes  
       
 
  • Electrochemical mechanical planerization and chemical mechanical planerization of electronic materials
    • Investigation of chemicals on planarization efficiency and polish rate of Cu
    • Electrochemical removal of Copper with pulsed anodic polarization
    • Effect of inhibitors in CMP and ECMP
  • Characterization of anode and cathode materials for Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors
    • Investigation and comparison of standard and ionic liquid based electrolytes for batteries
    • Investigation of lithium ion cathode materials and diffusivity in cathode materials
  • Characterization of ionic liquids with carbon nanotubes for supercapacitor applications
    • Characterization of interfacial interactions in solid electrodes and liquid ILs
  • Preparation of chemicals and materials
    • Preparation of aqueous and non aqueous solutions under controlled environmental conditions
  • Utilization of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, potentiostatic and galvanostatic techniques
  • Thin film electrode preparation for Li-ion and supercapacitor battery applications
  
       
  Undergraduate    
       
 

Thesis title : Development of a low cost PC based data acquisition system and a protective device for
                     telephone equipment from induced high voltages
Advisor : Dr. D.U.J Sonnadara, Department of Physics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

  
   
 
  Technical skills    
       
 
  • Design and construction of CMP and ECMP tools
  • Sound knowledge in digital electronics with data acquisition and PC interfacing with micro processors
  • Embedded system design with micro processors
  • Design and built electrochemical cells and accessories for various applications
  • Design and construction of electronic interfaces for automating experiments with remote control functions
  • LabView and its applications with National Instrument’s data acquisition boards and other equipment
  • Basic machine shop operations
  
       
  Computer skills    
       
 
  • Proficient in LabView, MultiSim, Borland Delphi, CorrWare, ZPlot, ZSimWin and V3 electrochemical software
  • Good knowledge in Visual Basic-C#-Visual C++ in Visual studio, MATLAB and MS Office
  • Knowledgeable in Computer networking and trouble shooting
  • Micro controller programming with PICC compiler
  • Maintained computer hardware and software for physics department teaching laboratories and in my research laboratory
  
       
  Work experience    
       
 
  • 01/02 – 11/02 - Lab instructor and Research assistant, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
    • Grading of Laboratory Reports for Physics major students
    • Worked with two research groups building instruments for research
    • Designed and upgraded undergraduate laboratory experiments for Physics Major students
    • Physics Computer lab administrator
  • 08/02 – 12/02 - Visiting lecturer for Physics, Institute for Technological Studies, Sri Lanka
  • 02/03 – 07/03 - Computer software engineer for InterBlocks (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka
    • Designed applications in visual C++ with Open GL tools
  • 08/03 – 05/06 - Teaching assistant, Clarkson University, New York
    • 08/06 – date    - Research assistant, Clarkson University, New York.Research work and instrumentation for research work
    • Maintained and organized all purchase and records of all laboratory supplies and equipment in the research group
  
   
 
  Instrument experience  
       
 
  • Solatron 1287A potentiostat and 1255 frequency response analyzer instruments with CorrWare and ZPlot software
  • DigiBridge LCR 1517 Conductivity meter / automated with LabView
  • Princeton Applied Research VERSATAT 3 with V3 software
  • JOEL Scanning Electron microscope  - Energy Dispersive X-ray microscopy
  • TestEquity 105A Environmental chamber / automated with LabView
  • Consort 864 Conductivity meter
  • Electronic test equipment
  • Fourier Transformed Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
  • Denton Desk IV cold sputter coater
  • TC-100 Desktop spin coater
  • Pine instrument rotating disk electrode system
  • Struers LaboPol -5 polisher
  • RS-35 four point probe
  
       
  Professional qualifications  
       
 
  • Diploma in Computer System Design, National Institute of Business Management, Sri Lanka
  • Graduate member of British Computer Society
  
       
  Teamwork and management experience  
     
 
  • Team work with other graduate and undergraduate group members
  • Maintained and organized inventory and purchase records for all laboratory supplies and equipment for research lab
  
     
  Honors and activities
       
 
  • Graduate Research Assistantship (05/06 – to date), Nano Dynamics
  • Teaching Assistantship (08/03 – 05/06), Clarkson University
  • Outstanding Teacher Award (2006) – Institute of Physics Teachers, USA
  • Awarded 1st place for the Most Attractive Poster at CAMP Technical Meeting, Canandaigua, NY, May 15-17, 2008 (Poster presentation – [5])
  • Awarded 2nd  place for the Most Creative Poster  at CAMP Technical Meeting, Canandaigua, NY, May 15-17, 2008 (Poster presentation – [4])
  
       
  Patents
       
 
  • Dual color graphic LED display board (Patent filed in 2008, Sri Lanka) –  Design is in production
  
       
   
 
 
 
  Refereed publications (Direct journal links may work only if u have subscription)  
     
  Graduate  
     
 

1.  C.M. Sulyma+, P.C. Goonetilleke and D. Roy*, “Analysis of current transients for voltage pulse-      modulated surface processing: Application to anodic electro-dissolution of copper for      electrochemical mechanical planarization” ,  Journal of Materials Processing Technology, In press
     (2008)

2.  P. C. Goonetilleke+ and D. Roy*, “Relative roles of acetic acid, dodecyl sulfate and benzotriazole      in chemical mechanical and electrochemical mechanical planarization of copper”, Applied Surface
     Science 254 (2008) 2696-2707

3.  P.C. Goonetilleke+ and D. Roy*, “Voltage pulse-modulated electrochemical removal of copper      surface layers using citric acid as a complexing agent” Materials Letters 61, (2007) 380-383

4. C.M. Pettit+, P.C. Goonetilleke+, C.M. Sulyma+ and D. Roy*, “Combining impedance      spectroscopy with cyclic voltammetry: Measurement and analysis of kinetic parameters for faradaic      and nonfaradaic reactions on thin-film gold”, Analytical Chemistry 78 (2006) 3723-3729

5. C.M. Pettit+, P. C. Goonetilleke+ and D. Roy*, "Measurement of differential capacitance for      faradaic systems under potentiodynamic conditions: Considerations of Fourier transform and phase-
     selective techniques" Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 589 (2006) 219-231

6.  P. C. Goonetilleke+ and D. Roy*, “Electrochemical  Mechanical Planarization of Copper : Effects      of Chemical Additives on Voltage Controlled Removal of Surface Layers in Electrolytes”, Materials      Chemistry and Physics 94 (2005) 388-400

7. P. C. Goonetilleke+, S. V. Babu, and D. Roy*, “Voltage-Induced Material Removal for      Electrochemical Mechanical Planarization of Copper in Electrolytes Containing NO3-, Glycine, and      H2O2 ”, Electrochemistry & Solid-State Letters 8 (2005) G190-193

 
     
 

 
  Undergraduate  
     
 

1.  Development of microcontroller based high capacity standalone data acquisition systems. B.W.S.P.      Fernando, P.C.C.P.W. Goonetilleke, I.M.K. Fernando and D.U.J. Sonnadara. SLAAS, Proc.      58th Annual Session, Sri Lanka, 2002.

2. Microcontroller embedded web server with flash support. P.C.C.P.W. Goonetilleke, B.W.S.P.      Fernando, I.M.K. Fernando and D.U.J. Sonnadara. SLAAS, Proc. 58th Annual Session, Sri      Lanka, 2002.

3. Performance of parallel port based remote data acquisition systems in real-time data processing.      P.C.C.P.W. Goonetilleke and D.U.J. Sonnadara. IPSL, Proc. 18th Technical Sessions, Sri      Lanka, 2002.

4. Development of low cost network based virtual instruments, P.C.C.P.W Goonetilleke and D.U.J      Sonnadara, 57 Annual Sessions, SLAAS, E1:1223; (2001)-page 224.

5. A low cost device protector for telephone interfaced equipment, P.C.C.P.W Goonetilleke and      D.U.J Sonnadara, 57 Annual Sessions, SLAAS, C:135; (2001)-page 136.

6. A low cost telephone-Interfaced equipment protector and a PC based low cost data acquisition      system for Physics applications, Department of Physics, University of Colombo, Dec. 2001.      [Undergraduate Thesis].

7.  A low cost DAQ system for Physics experiments, P.C.C.P.W Goonetilleke, 17 Technical Sessions,      IPSL (2001)-page 17.

 
 
 
   Conferences , Posters and Seminars  
 

 

  1. Surya Sekhar Moganty, Pubudu Goonetilleke, Ruth Baltus and Dipankar Roy, “Electrochemical Characteristics of Ionic Liquid at the Porous Surface of a Paper Electrode of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes”, Conference paper accepted to be presented at American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, 2008

  2. Surya Sekhar Moganty, Joshua Close, Pubudu Goonetilleke, Sitaraman Krishnan, Ruth Baltus and Dipankar Roy, “Electrochemical Supercapacitors Based on Polymerizable Ionic Liquids”,Conference paper accepted to be presented at American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, 2008

  3. P.C. Goonetilleke, “Electrochemical characterization of Li Ion Battery Materials”, Talk presented at MetaMateria Partners, Columbus, OH, May 18, 2008

  4. P.C. Goonetilleke, S. Sengupta,b T. Pyles, R. R. Revur, A. Tiruvannamalaib and D. Roy, “Electrochemical studies of Nanomaterials for Advanced Lithium-Ion Batteries”, Poster presented at the CAMP Technical Meeting, Canandaigua, NY, May 15-17, 2008.  – Awarded 2nd in place for the most creative poster

  5. P.C. Gonnetilleke, S. S. Moganty, R. E. Baltus and D. Roy, “Electrochemical Characteristics of Hmim-Tf2N Ionic Liquid at the Porous Surface of a Paper Electrode of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes”, Poster presented at the CAMP Technical Meeting, Canandaigua, NY, May 15-17, 2008.  – Awarded 1st in place for the most attractive poster

  6. S. S. Moganty, P.C. Gonnetilleke, R. E. Baltus and D. Roy, “Electrochemical Supercapacitors Based on Ionic Liquids”, Poster presented at the CAMP Technical Meeting, Canandaigua, NY, May 15-17, 2008

  7. S.S. Moganty, R. E. Baltus, P.C. Goonetilleke and D. Roy, “Physicochemical Characterization   of Ionic Liquids”, Conference paper presented at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 4-9, 2007

  8. P.C. Goonetilleke, C. Sulyma, G. Zenger, S. Sengupta, T. Pyles, R. R. Revur, and D. Roy , “Electrochemical Characterization of Advanced Nanomaterials for Next Generation Lithium-Ion Batteries”, Poster presented at CAMP Technical Meeting, October 15-17, 2007, Potsdam, NY

  9. P.C. Goonetilleke and D. Roy, “Dodecyl Sulfate as a Corrosion Inhibitor and Acetic Acid as a Complexing Agent for Electrochemical Mechanical Planarization of Copper”, Poster presented at the CAMP Technical Meeting, Canandaigua, NY, May 16-18, 2007

  10. P.C. Goonetilleke, D. Roy, “Material Removal Efficiency of an Alkaline Electrolyte for ECMP of Ruthenium”, Poster presented at the CAMP Technical Meeting, Canandaigua, NY, May 16-18, 2007

  11. C. M. Sulyma, P.C. Goonetilleke and D. Roy, “Analysis of Current Transients for Voltage Modulated ECMP of Copper”, Poster presented at the CAMP Technical Meeting, Canandaigua, NY, May 16-18, 2007

  13. P.C. Goonetilleke and D. Roy, “Material Removal for ECMP of Ruthenium”, Poster presented at CAMP Technical Meeting, Potsdam, NY, October 18-20, 2006

  14. C.M. Sulyma, P.C. Goonetilleke and D. Roy, “Analysis of Current Transients for Pulse-Modulated ECMP of Copper”, Poster presented at CAMP Technical Meeting, Potsdam, NY, October 18-20, 2006

  15. C.M. Sulyma, P.C. Goonetilleke and D. Roy, “Analysis of Current Transients for Voltage Pulse-Modulated Electrochemical Mechanical Planarization (ECMP) of Copper”, Poster presented at the 11th International Symposium on Chemical Mechanical Planarization, Lake Placid, NY, August 13-16, 2006

  16. P.C. Goonetilleke and D. Roy, “Material Removal Efficiency of an Alkaline Electrolyte for Electrochemical-Mechanical Planarization (ECMP) of Ruthenium”, Poster presented at the 11th International Symposium on Chemical Mechanical Planarization, Lake Placid, NY, August 13-16, 2006

  17. P.C. Goonetilleke, “Electrochemical and optical characterization of material interfaces for applications in planarization and sensor technologies”, Thesis proposal at Department of Physics, Clarkson University, NY, May 2, 2006

  18. P.C. Goonetilleke, “The Faradaic Efficiency of Material Removal in Voltage Pulse Modulated Electrochemical Mechanical Planarization of Copper”, Colloquium at Department of Physics, Clarkson University, NY, January 13, 2006

  19. P.C. Goonetilleke and D. Roy, “Examination of Dodecyl Sulphate as a Corrosion Inhibitor and Acetic Acid as a Complexing Agent for Electrochemical-Mechanical Planarization of Copper”, Poster presented at the 11th International Symposium on Chemical Mechanical Planarization, Lake Placid, NY, August 14-17, 2005

  20. P.C. Goonetilleke and D. Roy, “Faradaic Efficiency of Glycine-Hydrogen Peroxide Solutions in Electrochemical-Mechanical Planarization (ECMP) of Cu”, Poster presented at the 10th International Symposium on Chemical Mechanical Planarization, Lake Placid, NY, August 14-17, 2005

  21. S.V. Babu, S. Pandija, Y. Hong, P.C. Goonetilleke, D. Roy, “Complexing Agents and Surfactants in CMP and ECMP of Copper”, Talk presented at the 10th International Symposium on Chemical Mechanical Planarization, Lake Placid, NY, August 14-17, 2005

  22. P.C. Goonetilleke, “ECMP of Copper for Microchip Fabrication”, Colloquium at Department of Physics, Clarkson University, NY, February 4, 2005
  
 
 
 
 
 
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