Dr. Buddhika Amila

Senior Lecturer
Materials and Mechanical Technology
Specialization: Mechatronics

Contact

Academic Building (B3)-Room 140
Department of Material and Mechanical Technology
Faculty of Technology
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Mahenwatte, Pitipana North
Homagama 10200
Sri Lanka

Email: buddhika@sjp.ac.lk

Education

2020 – 2023

Ph.D.

Nagaoka University of Technology

Japan

2012 – 2014

M.Sc.

University of Colombo

Sri Lanka

2006 – 2010

B.Sc. Physics Special (First Class)

University of Sri Jayewardenepura

 

Sri Lanka

Personal Profile

Research Keywords: Instrumentation, Sensor Investigation, Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting, Embedded System Designing, Green Innovation

Positions Held

    Awards, Distinctions, and Memberships

    2024

    Sakura Science Program Administrated by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Japan

    2022

    Presentation Award – STACY 1st International Symposium, Japan

    2021

    Member of the Ceramic Society in Japan

    2016

    Member of Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS)

    2015

    Member of the Institute of Physics Sri Lanka (IPSL)

    Research Interests

    Publications

    Research Articles

    1. Buddhika Amila Kumara Sodige, Hideto Furuno, Nguyen Chi Trung Ngo, Hironari Sugiyama, Masaaki Baba, Koichi Niihara, and Tadachika Nakayama, Enhancement of a pyroelectric body energy harvesting scheme employing pulsed electric fields, Review of Scientific Instruments, 2023, 94 (7), 075005
    2. Buddhika Amila Kumara Sodige, Hideto Furuno, Nguyen Chi Trung Ngo, Hironari Sugiyama, Masaaki Baba, Koichi Niihara, and Tadachika Nakayama, Improvement of Power Recovery by Applying a MultiPulse Electric Field in the Thermoelectric Cycle Power Generation Process with Pyroelectric Materials, Energies, 2023, 16 (12), 4728
    3. Nguyen Chi Trung Ngo, Hironari Sugiyama, Buddhika Amila Kumara Sodige, Juan Paulo Wiff, Hideto Furuno, Satoru Yamanaka, Yoonho Kim, Tsuneo Suzuki, Masaaki Baba, Masatoshi Takeda, Noboru Yamada, Koichi Niihara, Tadachika Nakayama, Enhancing low-grade waste heat recovery by lead-free ferroelectric Ba (Zr0. 1Ti0. 9) O3 with Sr and Ca isovalent dopants, Ceramics International, 2023, 49 (10), 16290-16296
    4. Nguyen Chi Trung Ngo, Hironari Sugiyama, Buddhika Amila Kumara Sodige, Juan Paulo Wiff, Satoru Yamanaka, Yoonho Kim, Tsuneo Suzuki, Masaaki Baba, Masatoshi Takeda, Noboru Yamada, Koichi Niihara, Tadachika Nakayama, Enhancing low‐temperature energy harvesting by lead‐free ferroelectric Ba(Zr0.1Ti0.9)O3, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2023, 106 (1), 201-212
    5. Nguyen Chi Trung Ngo, Hironari Sugiyama, Buddhika Amila Kumara Sodige, Juan Paulo Wiff, Satoru Yamanaka, Yoonho Kim, Tsuneo Suzuki, Masaaki Baba, Masatoshi Takeda, Noboru Yamada, Koichi Niihara, Tadachika Nakayama, Sensitivity and effectivity of Kim’s novel electro-thermodynamic cycle over Olsen cycle on waste heat recovering with high fluctuating temperature source using lead-free pyroelectric Ba(Zr0.1Ti0.9)O3, AIP Advances, 2021, 11 (12)
    6. Buddhika Amila Kumara Sodige, Robot Navigation with Anisotropic Magneto-Resistive (AMR) Sensors, International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research, 2019, 8 (10), 161-167
    7. Buddhika Amila Kumara Sodige, Investigation of Infrared Sensors for Robot Navigation, IOSR Journal of Engineering (IOSRJEN), 2019, 9 (09), 11-17

     

    PATENT

    1. Title of the Invention: A process to develop electrically conductive Carbon nano tube-Latex base composites by the application of an electric field, Inventors: Amanda Ekanayake, Theja Abeysinghe, Jeewantha Fernando, Sathkumara Sirimuthu, Bandara Etampawala, Laleen Ekanayake, Rajamanthrilage Kumarasinghe, Buddhika Amila Kumara Sodige, Publication date: 2021/1/22, Patent number: H 01B 1/24, C 08J 3/215 Sri Lanka, Application number: 20859

     

     

    Teaching

    ETE/ETM/ETT 2042

    Applied Electronics

    ETB/ETE/ETG/ETM/ETT 2022

    Measurements and Instrumentation

    ETM 2082

    Embedded Systems and Applications

    ETM 4266

    Research/Design Project

    BTC 1071/ETC 1081

    Technology Projects

     

    Telecommunication (Visiting)

     

    Advanced Electronics (Visiting)