Anika Azme

Academic Degrees

· Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL, USA, 2022

· Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Major: Environmental Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh, 2020

Employment History

· University of Nebraska-Lincoln, GRA, January 2023- Present

· Southern Illinois University Carbondale, GRA, August 2021- December 2022

· Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, RA, April 2021- July 2021

Area of Research and Professional Interest

· Synthesis and environmental application of two-dimensional nanomaterials

· Water remediation

· Fate and transport of emerging contaminants

Research Experience

· Synthesis and application of 2D nanomaterials for PFAS degradation, National Science Foundation, January 2023- Present

· Co- transport Behavior Between Microplastics and Heavy Metal in Aquatic Environment, August 2021- December 2022

· Investigating Travel Speed Reliability using GPS data from an arterial Road in Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 2021- July 2021

· Performance of Rice Husk and Sawdust in Removing Chromium from Water Using Adsorption Process, April 2018- April 2019

Publications and Presentations

· Anika Azme, Interaction of Microscale and Nano scale Plastics with Silica Surface in the Presence of Heavy Metals Using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance, SETAC North America 43rd Annual Meeting, Pennsylvania, USA, 11/17/2022

· Anika Azme, Co- transport Behavior Between Microplastics and Heavy Metal in Aquatic Environment, ACS Fall 2022, Chicago, USA, 08/22/2022

· Anika Azme, Performance of Rice Husk and Sawdust in Removing Chromium from Water Using Adsorption Process, 8th International Conference on Water and Flood Management, Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 2021

Honors and Awards

· 1st place in Poster Presentation, North South University Civil Fest, 2016, Poster Title:  "Biocrete: from Crop to Concrete"