Mayurika Mahendran
- Teaching Assistant, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Education
BSc (Hon) Chemistry University Of Jaffna SriLanka
Teaching Schedule
| Course Num | Title | Meets |
|---|---|---|
| CHEM 344-805 | Organic Chemistry Laboratory | MW 12:30pm-3:20pm |
| CHEM 344-809 | Organic Chemistry Laboratory | TR 2:30pm-5:20pm |
Research Interests
Her Undergraduate Research is Removal of Nitrate from Drinking Water using Citric acid - activated Carbon produced from Palmyrah nut shells.
During my RA period she did Water Quality Monitoring Project in the Northern Part of Sri Lanka and she did another research while I was RA Removal of Methylene Blue Dye from Palmyrah and Coconut Nutshell.
Related Activities
Publications
- An abstract titled " Investigation of Palmyrah Nut Shell Derived Activated Carbon for Removal of Nitrate Contamination from Ground Water" was published in the Annual Research Congress-2022 of the Postgraduate Institution of Science, University of Peradeniya Sri Lanka.
- Published an article for publication in the journal of Discover Civil Engineering titled as Removal of Nitrate ion from aqueous solution using palmyrah nutshell activated carbon: factorial optimization and equilibrium studies.
Poster Presentations
- Awarded Third Place in the 3MT Research Poster Session organized by the AHEAD-ELTA-ELSE Project-2021 for the final year students, Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
- Certificate of Participation in University Poster Competition organized by the English Speakers Club under the AHEAD-ELTA-ELSE Project on 2021.