Amila Madiligama

Dynamic Associate Teaching Professor of Physics at Penn State DuBois, leveraging expertise in crystallography and analytical skills to enhance student engagement and learning outcomes. Proven track record in research, utilizing advanced techniques like X-ray diffraction and neutron diffraction to drive innovative projects. Committed to fostering a collaborative academic environment.

Crystallography, X-ray and Synchrotron diffraction, Constant wavelength and time of flight (TOF) neutron diffraction, Ion beam analysis, Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry, The General Structure Analysis System (GSAS), GSAS EXPGUI, POWDER Cell, CMPR, SARAh, Synchrotron X-ray diffraction (Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory), Constant wavelength neutron diffraction (Ork-Ridge National Laboratory), Time of Flight (TOF) neutron diffraction (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Shape memory and magnetic shape memory alloys, Giant magnetocaloric effect, Electro pulsing and related annealing techniques for PM, Magnetic devices from PM ferromagnetic materials, Python, LabVIEW, mikroC, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher, OriginLab

• Beamtime on the HIPPO neutron diffraction facility, Spring 2022, Proposal: The effect of processing on the crystalline structure, phase transformations, and texture in Ni-Mn-Ga alloys
• 3rd place in a poster presentation, Advanced Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage Symposium, Spring 2021
• George and Jean Bradley graduate physics scholarship, Department of Physics, WMU, Fall 2016
• Doctoral Graduate Assistantship, Department of Physics, WMU, Fall 2010 - Fall 2016
• 13th Joint Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference graduate student travel grant, Fall 2015
• Western Michigan University graduate student research grant, Fall 2015
• Western Michigan University graduate student travel grant, Fall 2014

• Chair of the Faculty Congress, Penn State DuBois, AY 2023-2024, AY 2024-2025
• Co-Chair of the IDREAM team, Penn State DuBois, 2023 - Present

(814) 375 4740

Madiligama, A., Ari-Gur, P., Shavrov, V., Koledov, V., Ren, Y., Calder, S., Kayani, A., Effects of Cobalt on the Crystalline Structures of the Ni-Mn-In Giant Magnetocaloric Heusler Alloys, Oral A. Y., 2nd International Congress on Energy Efficiency and Energy-Related Materials-2014, 507-514, Springer Proceedings in Energy, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-16901-9_62, Ari-Gur, P., Madiligama, A., Bhale, P., Ren, Y., Noebe, R. D., Vogel, S. C., Koledov, V. V., Shavrov, V. G., The use of diffraction techniques for understanding structure-property relationships in Heusler alloys, J. Magn. Magn. Mater., 596, 2024, 171809, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2024.171809, Bhale, P., Ari-Gur, P., Noebe, R. D., Ren, Y., Madiligama, A., Devaraj, R., Cook, M., Effect of Melt-Spinning Parameters on the Structure and Properties Ni55.5Mn18.8Ga24Si1.7 Heusler Alloy Ribbons, Materials, 16, 19, 2023, 6590, https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16196590, Madiligama, A., Vandervort, Z., Khan, A., Consecutive Rate Model for Covid Infections and Deaths and Prediction of Level-Off Time, ACS Omega, 7, 2022, 48059-48066, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c06006, Ari-Gur, P., Madiligama, A., Felner, I., Tsindlekht, M. I., Ren, Y., Brown, D. W., Shavrov, V., Koledov, V., Mashirov, A., Kayani, A., The Nature of the metamagnetic transition in Heusler alloy Ni44.9Mn43In12.1 studied for magnetic refrigeration application, Mater. Sci. Eng. B., 283, 2022, 115796, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2022.115796, Madiligama, A., Ari-Gur, P., Ren, Y., Shavrov, V. G., Ge, Y., George, J., Musabirov, I., Koledov, V. V., Martensitic and inter-martensitic transformations in magnetocaloric Ni2.15Mn0.85Ga Heusler alloy, IEEE Trans. Magn., 58, 2021, 2502006, https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2021.3102948, Madiligama, A., Ari-Gur, P., Ren, Y., Koledov, V. V., Dilmieva, E. T., Kamantsev, A. P., Mashirov, A. V., Shavrov, V. G., Gonzalez-Legarreta, L., Grande, B. H., Thermal and magnetic hysteresis associated with martensitic and magnetic phase transformations in Ni52Mn25In16Co7 Heusler Alloy, J. Magn. Magn. Mater., 442, 2017, 25-35, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2017.06.080, Madiligama, A., Ari-Gur, P., Shavrov, V. G., Koledov, V. V., Calder, S., Mashirov, A. V., Kamantsev, A. P., Dilmieva, E. T., Gonzalez-Legarreta, L., Grande, B. H., Vega, V. V., Kayani, A., Crystalline structure and magnetic behavior of the Ni41Mn39In12Co8 alloy demonstrating the giant magnetocaloric effect, Smart. Mater. Struct., 25, 2016, 085013, https://doi.org/10.1088/0964-1726/25/8/085013, Ari-Gur, P., Madiligama, A., Watza, S. G., Shelyakov, A. V., Kuchin, D., Koledov, V. V., Gao, W., X-Ray studies of nanostructured Ti2NiCu shape memory alloy, J. Alloys Compd., S 469-S471, 2014, 586, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2012.12.109, Irzhak, A., Zakharov, D., Lebedev, D., Tabachkova, N., Koledov, K., Mashirov, A., Afonina, V., Kalashnikov, V., Shavrov, V., Zikharev, A., Shelyakov, A., Sitnikov, N., Madiligama, A., Ari-Gur, P., SMA-based nanotweezers controlled by semiconductor laser beam, Advanced laser applications conference (ALAC) 2013, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 08/21/13

• Dr. Pnina Ari-Gur, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Western Michigan University, 1903 W Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI, 49008, USA, (269) 276-3212, pnina.ari-gur@wmich.edu
• Dr. Daudi Waryoba, Assistant Professor, Engineering Coordinator, Engineering Faculty Advisor, Penn State DuBois, 1 College Place, DuBois, PA, 15801, USA, (814) 375 4835, drw29@psu.edu
• Dr. Yang Ren, Professor, Structural Science, X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Ave, Building 433-D008, IL, USA, (630) 252-0363, ren@aps.anl.gov

Vice-captain, Sri Lanka University hockey team, 1st South Asian University hockey championship, Amritsar, Punjab, India, 2008, Captain, Sri Lanka National University hockey team, National Hockey Championship, 2008, Captain, Kandy District hockey team, National Hockey Championships, 2006, 2009, Captain, University of Peradeniya hockey team, 2007, Captain, St. Sylvester's college hockey team, 2001, 2002

• Consecutive Rate Model: Prediction of Covid infection level off time, American Chemical Society Spring Meeting 2024, 03/17/24 - 03/21/24, New Orleans, USA
• Understanding Heusler Alloys for Magnetocaloric Applications Using Diffraction Techniques, Samarkand International Symposium on Magnetism SISM-2023, 07/02/23 - 07/06/23, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
• Consecutive rate model for covid infection and level of time, American Chemical Society Fall Meeting 2022, 08/21/22 - 08/25/22, Virtual Poster Presentation
• Martensitic and inter-martensitic transformations in magnetocaloric Ni2.15Mn0.85Ga Heusler alloy, INTERMAG 2021, 04/26/21 - 04/30/21, Virtual Conference
• Temperature-induced successive martensitic and inter-martensitic phase transformations of Ni2.15Mn0.85Ga Heusler alloy, TMS2021, 03/15/21 - 03/18/21, Virtual Conference
• Behavior of the thermal hysteresis associated with crystalline and magnetic phase transformations of the Ni52Mn25In16Co7 Heusler alloy with the applied field, International Conference on Martensitic Transformations (ICOMAT 2017), 07/09/17 - 07/14/17, Chicago, IL, USA
• Effects of applied magnetic fields on the magnetic and structural phase transformations of magnetocaloric Ni52Mn25In16Co7 Heusler alloy, 13th Joint Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference, 01/11/16 - 01/15/16, San Diego, CA, USA
• Crystallography and Phase Transformations in Ni-Mn Based Heusler Alloys, 2nd International Congress on Energy Efficiency and Energy-Related Materials (ENEFM), 10/16/14 - 10/19/14, Oludeniz, Turkey
• Neutron diffraction study of Ni-Mn-Ga magnetic shape memory alloy, 9th European Symposium on Martensitic Transformations (ESOMAT), 09/09/12 - 09/16/12, St. Petersburg, Russia

• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships Program (GRFP), 2022, 2023
• IEEE Transactions of Magnetics, 2022
• Applied Physics A, 2016