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West Virginia University

The Ohio State University

NMIMS University, India

Graduate Research Assistant

• Mentored three civil and environmental engineering undergraduate students and one professional exchange student (Fall 2025).
• Mentored two environmental engineering undergraduate students (Spring 2026), including Caroline Damron, the sole undergraduate civil engineering presenter at the Statler College Research Week Poster Competition (Spring 2026).

Graduate Teaching Assistant

• Lab instructor, ENVE 347L (Spring 2025, Fall 2026); redesigned lab materials and course assessments aligned with ABET student outcomes, and designed the Scaffolded Learning Workshop format replacing presentation-based final lab presentations (Fall 2026).
• Module designer and co-instructor, AI/ML module, ENVE 347 (Fall 2025–present).
• Guest lecturer for ENVE 347 lectures, including environmental risk assessment (Fall 2025).
• Details on my teaching page

Graduate Research Associate

• Techno-economic assessment of underground hydrogen storage in saline aquifers for seasonal energy storage.
• Integrating Marginal Abatement Cost projections for the mid-western US in the DRFEWS project, a regional Food-Energy-Water Systems model.

NSF EmPOWERment Fellow

• Scoping study for integrating Carbon Capture and Storage in Global Change Analysis Model, an Integrated Assessment Model.

Jr. Research Assistant

• Research
  • Supported the Technical Support Unit (TSU) of the third Working Group (WGIII) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
  • Led a funded research project proposal on the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) potential in Gujarat, India, submitted to the Government of Gujarat.
  • Served as energy modeling team lead on a GFRP-funded project on assessing urban transport emissions.
  • Contributed to a project on assessing the urban climate actions of 110 smart cities in India.
  • Working paper on assessing decarbonization pathways for India using The Greenhouse Gas Abatement Cost Model (GACMO).
  • Surat’s potential decarbonization pathways as a part of the Opportunities for Climate Mitigation and Sustainable Development (OPTIMISM) project.
• Outreach
  • Cohost for “Climactic Conversations” a climate change podcast with Stepwell Radio at Ahmedabad University.
  • Organized COVID-19, Climate Change, and Cities_Learnings from the Pandemic, a regional workshop.
  • Led the sole Indian partnership for Global Climate Dialogs 2021_Solve Climate by 2030, an outreach program hosted at Bard College.

Industrial Assessment Participant

• Participating in energy and productivity assessments of manufacturing facilities through WVU's U.S. Department of Energy–funded ITAC program.

Gary & Lisa Christopher Fellowship

• Statler College of Engineering, West Virginia University

Wadsworth Fellowship

• Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, West Virginia University

Doctoral Travel Grant (2025, 2026)

• West Virginia University

Honorable Mention - WVU AI Symposium Poster Competition

• West Virginia University

International Student Grant

• The Ohio State University

EmPOWERment NSF Research Traineeship Program Fellow

• Summer trainee and PhD fellow at Ohio State University.

Techno-economic decision frameworks to assess the service expansion potential of local water utility infrastructure (Platform)

• 27th Triennial Borchardt Conference

Oh NaN! The saga of dealing with suppressed data in public datasets (Platform)

• Challenges and Opportunities in Operationalizing Coupled Human and Natural Systems Research in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Chesapeake Bay Program STAC Workshop

Environmental and Social Implications of AI-Driven Water Demand in Rural Appalachia (Online)

• American Chemical Society Spring 2026 Meeting

Water Systems at the Rural-Agricultural Interface: An Integrated Assessment Framework for Infrastructure Planning (Platform)

• American Water Works Association at West Virginia University

Enhancing Circularity and Resource Recovery through Data-Driven Nutrient Management Planning in Rural West Virginia (Platform)

• QUAD-AI ENGAGE Workshop 2025 on AI and Digital Agriculture

Pathways to Resilience: Optimizing Water Utility Investment Strategies for Large-User Expansion Requests

• Statler College Research Week Poster Competition (Spring 2026), West Virginia University

A Specialized Systematic Review Protocol for Engineering and Technical Literature Synthesis

• Co-authored with undergraduate research mentee Caroline Damron, who presented in person at the Statler College Research Week Poster Competition (Spring 2026), West Virginia University

Undergraduate Research Mentorship Pathways to Promote Collaborative Environmental-AI models

• Mountain State Cyber Summit 2025
• Student Teaching and Research Poster Presentation

Machine Learning–Driven Hydrological Risk Assessment for Poultry Nutrient Management in Data‑Scarce Appalachian Watersheds

• American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists Summit 2025

Undergraduate Research Mentorship Pathways to Promote Collaborative Environmental-AI models

• WVU Statler All Voices As One 2025
• Student Teaching and Research Poster Presentation

Adaptive AI-Driven Approaches for Advancing Poultry Waste Nutrient Management in West Virginia

• WVU AI Symposium AI in Action: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities Across Domains

Techno-Economic Assessment of Underground Hydrogen Storage in Saline Aquifers

• Signature Earth Day hosted by Environmental Professionals Network, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University

The Challenges of Solar Grazing Development in Ohio Floodplains

• Signature Earth Day hosted by Environmental Professionals Network, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University