Contact

Phone: 470-578-4210

Email: kranasin@kennesaw.edu

Office Location: H 260H

Office Hours:
email to kranasin@kennesaw.edu for a one-on-one meeting

Dissemination

Selected Recent Presentations With KSU Student

Deastiny

 Our student Destiny Paige won several awards including Birla Carbon Top Award. She is with KSU president, Dr. Pamela Whitten, CSM Dean, Dr. Don McGareywith Birla Carbon Chief Operating Officer,John Loudermilk and his team.
  1. “UV Spectroscopy Analysis Multivalent CeO2(Ce+4) and Ce2O3(Ce+3) nanoparticles in a Soluble Borate Glass”, Anderson, Rebecca, Ranasinghe, K. S., Singh, R, International Conference on Glass and Optical Materials, American Ceramic Society. (accepted to be presented in New Orleans May 2020)
  2.   “X-Ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure (XANES) Analysis of a Soluble Borate Glass Containing Multivalent Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles”. Foster, I., Ranasinghe, K. S., Singh, R International Conference on Glass and Optical Materials, American Ceramic Society. (accepted to be presented in New Orleans May 2020)
  3. “X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy measurement on multivalence nanoceria in borate glass”, K. S. Ranasinghe, D. E. Day, R. Singh, The International Congress on Glass, Boston MA (June 2019) -international (plenary session)
  4. “Creating Ceria Nanoparticles in Glass”, D. E. Day, K. S. Ranasinghe, R. Singh, The International Congress on Glass, Boston MA (June 2019) -international (plenary session)
  5.  "Structural Analysis of a Borate Glass Containing Nanoceria", Ranasinghe, K. (Presenter & Author), Singh, R., GA academy of Science, Gainesville. (April 2019). -state (plenary session)
  6.   “Coexistence of Ce+3 And Ce+4 Nanoceria In A Borate Glass”, Mohamed Odeh (Presenter-KSU student), Peyton Butler (KSU student), Andrew Duenas (KSU student), Diane Patterson (KSU student), Ki Dae Kim (KSU student), Rajnish Singh, Kisa Ranasinghe, National Council of Undergraduate Research, KSU. (April 2019). -national (poster)
  7.  "Raman Spectroscopy Study of Borate Glass Doped with Cerium Oxide Oxidization of Cerium 3+ to Cerium 4+," Quinn, L. A. (Presenter -KSU student), Ranasinghe, K. S. (Author Only), Singh, R., Day, D. International Glass and Optical Materials Division Annual Meeting, American Ceramic Society, San Antonio, Texas. (May 21, 2018). -international (poster)
  8.  " Borosilicate Glass as a Carrier for Nanoceria." Ranasinghe, K. S. (Presenter & Author), Singh, R. Ard, J. Day, D. E., Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology, Waikoloa, Hawaii (May 2017). -international (plenary session)
  9.  "Heterogeneous Nucleation Measurements by Differential Thermal Analysis.", Ranasinghe, K. S. (Presenter & Author), Day, D. E., Ray, C. S., Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology, Waikoloa, Hawaii (May 2017). -international (plenary session)
  10. "Thermal Study of Borosilicate Glass That Contains Cerium Oxide Nano Particles." Ranasinghe, K. S. (Author), Singh, R. Ard, J. (Presenter-KSU student), Day, D. E., Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology, Waikoloa, Hawaii (May 2017). -international (poster)

Publications 

  1.  "Evidence of The Coexistence of Multivalence Cerium Oxide Nano-Particles in a Sodium Borate Glass."Kisa S. Ranasinghe,Rajnish Singh, Delbert E. Day,Klaus Attenkofer, Eli Stavitski, Lon A. Quinn (KSU student), Diane Patterson (KSU student), Andrew Duenas,A(KSU student), Journal of Non Crystalline Solids Volume 515, 1 (2019), Pages 75-81 (DOI)
  2. "Heterogeneous nucleation on platinum doped Li2O center dot 2SiO(2) glass by differential thermal analysis", K.S. Ranasinghe, C.S. Ray, D.E. Day, G.Humbel (KSU student), Journal of Non-Crystaline Solids, Volume 473, 1 October 2017, Pages 141-146 (DOI)
  3. “Search for the Rigidity Transition in Lithium Oxide Silicate Glass Systems Using Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimetery (MDSC), Jennifer Black (SPSU student), Kisa Ranasinghe, & Wayne Bresser, Journal of Undergraduate Research 2011.
  4. “Containerless Processing of Lithium Disilicate Glass”, K.S. Ranasinghe, C.S. Ray, D.E. Day, J.R. Rogers, R.W. Hyers, and T.Rathz. Journal of Material Science. Volume 42, Number 12 (2007) 4291-4297. (DOI)
  5.  “Verification of an Analytical Method for Measuring Crystal Nucleation Rates in Glasses from DTA Data”, K.S. Ranasinghe, P.E.Wei, K.F. Kelton, C.S. Ray, D.E. Day, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 337 (2004) 261-267 (DOI)
  6. “Generalized Method of Determining Crystal Nucleation and Growth Rates in Glasses Using Differential Thermal Analysis”, K.S. Ranasinghe, C.S. Ray, and D.E. Day, Journal of Materials Science, 37 (2002) 547 (DOI)
  7. “Determining Crystal Growth Rate-Type of Curves in Glasses by Differential Thermal Analysis”, C.S. Ray, K.S. Ranasinghe, and D.E. Day. Journal of Solid State Science 3 (2001) 727-732 (DOI)
  8. “Novel Method of Determining Crystal Nucleation and Growth Rates in Glasses Using Differential Thermal Analysis”, K.S. Ranasinghe, C.S. Ray, and D.E. Day, Proceedings, Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols, P418 534 (2000)
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