Dr. Sanjay Tewari

Biography

Dr. Sanjay Tewari actively engages in pedagogical and scholarly activities as an Associate Teaching Professor at the Cooperative Engineering Program. Dr. Tewari's teaching and research efforts are focused on environmental engineering, water resources engineering, and other foundational areas of civil engineering. Specifically, his focus is on drinking water quality, challenges related to wastewater treatment, and issues that are at the intersection of sustainability and resiliency of infrastructure. His recently funded projects have been in the area of pollution prevention and resiliency of infrastructure.

In addition, Dr. Tewari has an interest in K-12 STEM education. He has a strong interest in engineering education-related activities and societies. He enjoys teaching various core classes and mentoring students and engineering societies such as the MSU Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Details

Education

• PhD, Environmental Engineering, 2011, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
• MTech, Chemical Engineering, 2002, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India
• BEng, Civil Engineering, 2000, S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat, India

Teaching

• CE 2401 Fundamentals of Surveying
• CE 2601 Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering and Science
• CE 3330 Engineering Fluid Mechanics
• CE 3334 Water Resources Engineering
• CE 3615 Water and Wastewater Engineering
• CE 4097 Senior Design Project
• CE 5360 Water Resources and Wastewater Engineering

Professional experience

Professional Affiliations

• American Chemical Society (ACS), Division of Environmental Chemistry, Chair of Undergraduate Student Awards Subcommittee
• American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE), Committee Member: Desalination & Water Reuse, Water Pollution, Student Members
• Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP), Student Services Committee, Education Committee
• Missouri Society of Professional Engineers (MSPE) - Ozark Chapter Director
• Missouri Waste Control Coalition (MWCC) - Advisory Board Member

Selected Publications

• Singh, D., Singh, S., Singh, D., Kushwaha, J., Mishra, V., Patel, S. K., Tewari, S., and Giri, B. S., “Sustainable pathways for solar desalination using nanofluids: A critical review”, Environmental Research, 117654, ISSN 0013-9351, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.117654
• Ahmed*, M. A., and Tewari, S., “Performance evaluation of asymmetric capacitive deionization with carbon aerogel based fiber-paper electrodes: Effect of gold deposition vs acid treatment”, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Vol. 835, 30-39, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2019.01.006
• Ahmed*, M. A., and Tewari, S., “Capacitive deionization: Concepts, processes, materials, and state of the technology”, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Vol. 813, 178-192, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2018.02.024
• Tummala*, C. M., and Tewari, S., “Electro-kinetic remediation processes - A brief overview and selected applications”, MOJ Civil Engineering, Vol. 4, No. 2, 00097, 2018. https://doi.org/10.15406/mojce.2018.04.00097
• Ahmed*, M.A., Saiek, Z., Tamanna, M., Chowdhury, O.R., and Tewari, S., “Sustainable wastewater management for underdeveloped communities - A hands-on method for qualitative and quantitative analysis of greywater”, Int. J. Environment and Sustainable Development, Vol. 17, No. 1, 93-109, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJESD.2018.10010115

Awards and honors