Dhwani Bhatt Email & Phone Number

Boston, MA, US

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

SiTration produces a novel membrane filtration and electroextraction technology which offers a combination of durability and performance, enabling significant energy, water, and cost savings in industrial sized mining wastewater filtration processes.

• Managing 3 global engineering projects in Guatemala, Panama and Uganda through the Northeastern University chapter with 40+ student members.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Leading a team of ≈25 through planning, designing and implementation of a water distribution system project in Nakyenyi, Uganda to supply over 4000 rural residents with access to clean water

Western Region, Uganda

• Travelled to Uganda in Summer 2023 to implement Phase 2 of the water distribution project in Uganda by installing solar powered water pumps, fixing a borehole and performing water quality tests.
• Oversaw planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning data from community members through house and business surveys to incorporate non technical aspects of engineering into our system redesign.

Kampala, Uganda

• Assisting the development of Uganda District Evaluation Manual (DIMs) in partnership with the Ministry of Water and Environment to support and guide sector stakeholders in the implementation of water and sanitation.
• Drafting grant applications from the US Embassy Ambassadors SSH program to fund the development of a water sanitation project for Kamuli School

Fort Portal, Western Region, Uganda

• Managing the implementation of a Biogas system at Sadhguru School in partnership with Biogas Solutions Uganda Limited to combat the lack of access to clean energy technologies in rural areas
• Provided training to staff and students at the school to understand the science of biogas production and necessary steps for operations and maintenance
• Independently raised $6000 to fund the upcoming implementation of this system in Summer 2024
• Drafted a memo for Biogas solutions Uganda with data from PEAK Ascent Lab research on the BMP of Sadhguru School's waste to inform and optimize the design and size of an appropriate biogas dome model

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Assisted a graduate student in assembling and operating PEM electrochemical cells to research HCl electrolysis with Fe-N-C catalyst
• Performing Rotating Disk Electrode (RDE) and Cyclic voltammetry (CV) to record catalytic performance
• Synthesizing and fabricating Fe-N-C catalyst batches and utilizing airbrush coating to apply catalyst onto carbon cloth gas diffusion layer cathode

• Predicted plant growth from soil microbe data by developing AI models with Python to identify viable plots of land using data on bacterial soil composition
• Successfully created a model with 90% accuracy which was evaluated using decision analytics.

Virtual

• Collaborated with green entrepreneurs to analyze sustainable waste management methods like windrow farming and biogas.
• Researched organic waste management strategies for an international wildlife conservation centre in Laos (LCTW) and submitted a research proposal with relevant cost benefit analyses and strategy proposals.

Uganda, Kampala

• Planned and lead the first student-lead annual Uganda Model United Conference
• Overlooked media and logistics team, finances and budgeting team and general management team.
• Lead training session of 100+ students on public speaking and MUN procedures
• Chaired Environmental committee of over 60 students

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Chemical Engineering, 3.92 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi Honors Society| Engineers Without Borders| ChemE Car| Honors Program|

Study Abroad, 4.0 Gpa

International Baccalaureate Diploma (Ibdp), High School/Secondary Diploma Programs

Activities and Societies: Student Council Executive||ISSEA STEM||ISSEA Track and Field||Model United Nations Higher Level.