Shardula Gawankar, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Mattawan, Michigan, United States

Developing and validating methods to quantify chemical entities according to applicable Standard Operating Procedures and GxP regulations using LC-MS.

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

• Led laboratory sessions for EGR100 – Introduction to Engineering Design course.
• Assisted students in their projects that included phone application development, AutoCAD drawing and 3D printing of phone case, designing battlebots and solar cars, water filtration design, and creating LED Gemma.
• Instructed students on report writing and graded laboratory reports.

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

• Assisted in instruction of ENE480 – Environmental Measurements Laboratory course.
• Conducted laboratory sessions ranging in different topics, e.g., alkalinity and hardness, nitrate and phosphate measurements, CO2 measurements, chlorine decay, etc.
• Assisted in grading laboratory reports, assignments, and final project reports.

• Developed a screening technique using methylene blue dye to predict the formation of radicals and understand the reaction kinetics through batch processes during advanced oxidation treatment.
• Validated the above screening method using microcystin-LR.
• Incorporated the screening technique in catalytic membrane filtration activated by persulfate to predict behaviour of contaminants for removal from water.
• Developed a rapid testing method for measurement of nitrates in freshwater samples using Hanna Instrument nitrate checker and validated the results using an Ion Chromatograph.
• Collaborated with Hach on collecting microcystin data from environmental samples using Hach LightDeck analyzer for white paper on the technology.
• Performed solid-phase extraction using weak cation exchange technology followed by detection using Hydrophilic Interaction Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (HILIC/MS) on Waters Xevo QToF UPLC/MS/MS and Thermo.

Instructed the laboratory section of the Introduction to Fluid Mechanics course. Developed syllabus, schedule, pre-lab assignments, quizzes.

Lansing, Michigan, United States

Sampled water from homes using well water to create a dataset of water quality in the wells in Watertown Township, Michigan. Prepared report and presented to the Watertown Township

Studied the effect of incorporating a fluorescence compound into asphalt on the aging process for application into a remote sensing device for identification of aging term of asphalt.

Served as an academic assistant at the Diversity Programs Office in College of Engineering at MSU to support underrepresented undergraduate students majoring in STEM fields.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Environmental Engineering, 3.68

Master'S Degree, Civil And Environmental Engineering, 3.77

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Civil Engineering, First Class

Activities and Societies: Volunteer for Rays 2012, 2013. Volunteer for Rizvi Youth Carnival 2012. Attended the International Conference.

Physical Sciences

Activities and Societies: Represented college in DSO swimming competitions as well as State Level. Also did a crash course in rifle.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Represented school in swimming competitions; part of dramatics team.