Mr.S.Senthuran
Senior Lecturer Gr-II
B.Sc. Hons in Physics (Jaffna)
MSc. (Belfast,UK)
M.Phil. in Physics (Peradeniya)
ssenthur@univ.jfn.ac.lk
Academic Profile
Admin Roles
Teaching
Research Grants
Patents, Book chapters and Research Papers
Conference Papers, Presentations and Abstracts
Awards, Scholarships & Fellowship
Conferences/ workshop / study visit
Professional Memberships
Academic Profile
- M.Phil. in Physics, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2021
- MSc in Plasma Physics (with Distinction), Queen’s University of Belfast, United Kingdom, 2009
- BSc Honours degree in Physics (with First Class), University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 2005
Admin Roles
Teaching
Academic Year 2019/2020
- PHY202G2 : Solid State Physics
- PHY204G2 : Electromagnetism
- PHY306M2 : Instrumentation and Material Characterization Techniques
- PHY403M3 : Advanced Solid State Physics
- PHY401XS3 : Introduction to Physics of Industrial Materials
- PHY423XS3 : Semiconductor Processing Technology
Past Academic Years
- PHY105G3 : Electricity, Electromagnetic Fields & Electronics
- PHY201G2 : Practical Physics II
- PHY202G2 : Solid State Physics
- PHY204G2 : Electromagnetism
- PHY402M3 : Advanced Electromagnetism
- PHY403M3 : Advanced Solid State Physics
- PHY421ME3 : Instrumentation and Characterization Techniques
- PHY422ME3 : Nanotechnology and Nanoscience
- PHY401XS3 : Introduction to Physics of Industrial Materials
- PHY423XS3 : Semiconductor Processing Technology
Research Grants
- Co-investigator, Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD), Development Oriented Research (DOR) Grant, ‘’Development of Novel Electrolyte and Electrode Materials for Secondary Sodium-ion and Magnesium-ion Batteries’’, (2017-2020).
- Co-investigator, NSF-PSF Research grant, ‘’Novel Materials for Secondary Sodium-Ion Batteries and Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells’’, (2017-2020).
- Co-investigator, National Research Council (NRC) grant, ‘’Gel-Polymer Electrolytes for Sodium Batteries’’, (2015-2018).
- Principal Investigator, University Research Grant (URG), 2016 & 2014
Patents, Book chapters and Research Papers
- Dissanayake, M.A.K.L., Senthuran, S. & Senadeera, G.K.R. Efficiency enhancement in dye-sensitized solar cells using hierarchical TiO2 submicron size spheres as a light scattering layer. Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry (2020)
- Senthuran Sivasubramaniam and Maan M. Alkaisi, ‘‘Inverted nanopyramid texturing for silicon solar cells using interference lithography’’, Journal of Microelectronics Engineering,119 C, pp. 146-150, (2014)
- Senthuran Sivasubramaniam, Angelique Faramus, Richard D. Tilley and Maan M. Alkaisi, ‘‘Performance enhancement in silicon solar cell by inverted nanopyramid texturing and silicon quantum dots coating’’, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 6, 1, (2014).
Conference Papers, Presentations and Abstracts
- Senthuran Sivasubramaniam and Maan M. Alkaisi, ‘‘Optical simulation of sub-wavelength nanostructures for silicon solar cells’’, 3rd International Conference on Nanoscience & Nanotechnology (ICNST-2016),15-16th December 2016, Colombo, Sri Lanka (Best Oral Presentation Award).
- Senthuran Sivasubramaniam, Dhiraj Kumar, Vladimir Golovko and Maan M. Alkaisi, ‘‘Current density enhancement in inverted nanopyramid textured crystalline silicon solar cell using gold nanoparticles’’, Proc. SPIE, Vol 8923, Micro/Nano Materials, Devices and Systems, Melbourne, Australia 2013 (Oral Presentation).
- Senthuran Sivasubramaniam, Angelique Faramus, Richard D. Tilley and Maan M. Alkaisi, “Performance Enhancement of Inverted Nanopyramid Silicon Solar cell with Silicon Quantum Dots” 1st NextGenNano PV Conference, Corsica, France, 1-5th April 2013 (Invited Oral presentation).
- Senthuran Sivasubramaniam and Maan M. Alkaisi, ”Inverted Nanopyramid Texturing for Silicon Solar Cells Using Interference lithography”, 39th International Conference on Micro and Nano Engineering (MNE), London, United Kingdom, 16–19th September 2013 (Poster presentation).
- Senthuran Sivasubramaniam, C.W. Holzwarth, R.J. Blaikie and Maan M. Alkaisi,‘‘Fabrication of Sub-wavelength anti-reflective light trapping strutures by maskless interference lithography’’ 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Seattle, WA, USA 19-24th June 2011(Poster presentation).
Awards, Scholarships & Fellowship
- Ramalingam Veerasingam Memorial Prize for the Best Performance in theoretical physics courses in honours degree examination in science for the year 2005.
- DEL Postgraduate Scholarship, Queen’s University Belfast, U.K, (2008-2009).
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Postgraduate scholarship, Sri Lanka (2018-2020)
Conferences/ workshop / study visit
Professional Memberships
- Member of the Institute of Physics, Sri Lanka