Dissertation: Mitigation Strategies of Antimicrobial Resistance and Nutrients at Critical Control Points in Livestock Manure Management Systems

Instructed and mentored ~60 junior and senior level (civil and biosystems) engineering undergraduate students taking the Introduction to environmental engineering laboratory coursePrepared materials for weekly lab sessions on surface water and wastewater quality monitoring and life cycle assessment, both hybrid and in-person labsCoordinated students' visits to the wastewater treatment facilityGraded lab reports and examsRecognized for excellent teaching by the college of Engineering as Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant 2021

Examined the feasibility of coconut husks in the construction of a permeable adsorptive barrier for groundwater remediation : A case study of lead contamination in Owino Uhuru, Mombasa, Kenya.Conducted sorption experiments, pilot scale studies and eventually built a prototype in the laboratory to simulate real time groundwater system.Designed a contaminated aquifer using MODFLOW and analyzed the effectiveness of the permeable adsorptive barrier over timePresented obtained results as a senior thesis defense.

Peer tutor:- Tutored students in college algebra, calculus, introduction to programming in engineering (MATLAB), Head teaching assistant:- Created weekly work schedule and assigned duties to fellow undergraduate teaching assistants teach

Worked in the Benedict College Freeda Moore laboratory in projects that encompasses the use of advanced materials derived from waste biomass for wastewater and groundwater remediation.Performed hands-on experiments, collected and analyzed data and presented project results in conferences.Simulated experimental conditions using different computational software such as MODFLOW.Operated and ensured the maintenance of scientific instrumentations such as the fourier transform infrared, the ultra-violet spectrophotometer, atomic absorption spectrophotometer and x-ray diffractometer.Utilized different software such as MATLAB and Microsoft excel for data analysis.

Analyzed the effect of photo-irradiation on the interaction between copper, a trace metal, and particulate organic matter in order to understand the transformation and fate of this trace metal.Conducted sorption experiments, collected and analysed data and presented obtained results in a poster presentation.Utilized the atomic absorption spectrophotometer for experimental analysis.Prepared abstract and presented research findings to diverse audience