SHATILA SARWAR

Self-motivated and passionate expert with 9 years of research experience, focusing on developing high energy density batteries, exploring nanocomposites for energy storage systems, and optimizing cell design and testing. Expertise in electrochemistry, material synthesis and characterization, electrode optimization, etc. Eligible to work full-time in the United States (U.S. permanent resident).

Nanocomposite materials and methods for producing and using nanocomposite materials, X. Zhang, A. Adamczyk, S. Sarwar, A. Ali, US Patent App. 17/388,991, 2022

• Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Z. Wei, ..., S. Sarwar, et al., 678, 2024, 210-226
• Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, S. Sarwar, et al., 6, 1, 2023, 49
• Nano Energy, M. Li, ..., S. Sarwar, et al., 103, 2022, 107726
• Nano Energy, S. Sarwar, et al., 2021, 90, 106599

• Microwave-synthesized MoTe2/graphene as Hybrid-capacitor, 3rd Annual CPAC Graduate Seminar, 2020
• Microwave-initiated Synthesis of Metal Chalcogenides on Graphene for Energy Applications, AIChE Annual Meeting, 2019
• Microwave Initiated Nanomanufacturing towards Energy Applications, AIChE Annual Meeting, 2017

• Reviewer for Scientific Journals (Scientific Reports, Ceramics International, Colloids and Surfaces A, Energy Storage Materials, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Applied Surface Science, etc.)
• Volunteer of Cupola Engineering Ambassadors; conducted lab tours to prospective graduate students.

• Recognized as Outstanding Graduate Researcher in Chemical Engineering in 2020 and 2021.
• People’s Choice Award for CPAC GSSS lightning talk in 2019 and 2020 (chosen over 25 participants).
• University Merit Scholarships for academic excellence in 5th-7th semesters at BUET.

Equipment and Techniques: Electrode preparation, Cell fabrication, Testing (Neware, BioLogic etc.), CH Potentiostat, Arbin Instruments, Electroanalytical techniques (CV, EIS, DPV, Chronoamperometry, GCD, etc.), Material synthesis (solid-state; hydrothermal, wet scalable process, etc.), Microwave chemistry, Analytical characterizations (SEM/EDX, XRD, Raman spectroscopy, TGA, Particle Size Analyzer, XPS, BET, DSC, TEM, FT-IR and UV Spectrometer, etc.)

Engineering/Computer Proficiencies: Tableau, Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), OriginLab, ChemDraw, EC-Lab, CasaXPS, Mendeley, EndNote, Avantage System, CasaXPS, OMNIC, Aspen HYSYS 3.2, FORTRAN, MATLAB, POLYMATH