Sharmila Samaroo Email & Phone Number

East Lansing, MI, US

Holland, Michigan, United States

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

• Collaborated to establish a leadership development curriculum for 20-person cohort, that promotes diverse leadership styles, wellbeing strategies, and project management.
• Mentored 5 leadership fellows through individual ideation, stakeholder assessment, proposals for funding, and milestone execution for change-oriented projects.

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

• Identified electrolyte property trends and molecular design strategies to improve performance, costs, and scalability of flow batteries. Conducted organic synthesis, solubility measurements, cyclic voltammetry, UV-Vis.
• Designed electrochemical wastewater recycling system combining three emerging technologies to assess environmental impact and economic feasibility using life cycle assessment (LCA) and technoeconomic analysis (TEA).
• Trained two students in lab safety, procedures, and analysis. Resulted in co-authorship for both students on submitted manuscript and led to an independent master’s project.

Holland, Michigan, United States

• Conducted electrochemical stability and charge-discharge testing on redox-active molecules to generate lifespan and efficiency data that demonstrates progress in electrolyte development for all-organic grid-scale.
• Conducted cyclic voltammetry and bulk electrolysis for shelf stability studies of charged redox-active electrolyte solutions to identify sources of degradation
• Performed assembly and charge-discharge cycling of H-cells and Scriber redox flow cells to evaluate performance efficiencies at variable concentrations, current rates, and solution preparation conditions and determined.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Sized a new booster pump for 2020 Renewable Diesel project while addressing collective needs of operations, planning, and projects departments. Installed and operating in 2021.
• Determined bore sizing for all replacement orifice plates required in the 2019 Hydrocracker Turnaround, ensuring technical compatibility for operations, instrumentation, and mechanical integrity concerns

Bartlesville, OK

• Synthesized materials and evaluated electrochemical properties for energy storage applications
• Designed charge-discharge apparatuses and conducted electrochemical stability testing
• Completed trainings: Introduction to Petroleum Refining, Lock-Out-Tag-Out Foundations

Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Designed, synthesized, and analyzed metal coordination complexes to improve yield, solubility, electrochemical properties, and energy density
• Conducted electrochemical test design to refine charge-discharge stability assessment of organic molecules
• Co-authored paper: C. S. Sevov, S. K. Samaroo, M. S. Sanford, Adv. Energy Mater. 2017, 7, 1602027.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Organized company documents, contacted customers and monitored financial data

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Graduate Student Association President, Leadership Fellowship Co-coordinator, BEST program trainee

Bachelor’S Degree, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Omega Chi Epsilon Chemical Engineering Honors Society, Rotaract Club, MSTEM

Study Abroad, Chemical Engineering