Mahendran, Mayurika
Expected Year of Graduation: 2029
Major area of focus: Organic
Minor area of focus: Medicinal Chemistry
Education: BSc (Hon) Chemistry University Of Jaffna SriLanka
Why I like chemistry
Because my goal is to work as a professional Chemist and am capable of making a meaningful contribution to the community.
Why I chose the program at UWM
Because of the sheer excellence of your program, its brilliant reputation, the opportunities and mentorship it can provide. In addition, the Faculty researchers are committed to excellence and students success.
Favorite things to do in Milwaukee
Spending the leisure time in Bradford Beach and also I wish to go to the summer festivals, fairs & markets. Visiting Milwaukee Country Zoo, Art Museum and Discovery World .
Research goals
My Undergraduate Research is Removal of Nitrate from Drinking Water using Citric acid - activated Carbon produced from Palmyrah nut shells.
During my RA period I did Water Quality Monitoring Project in the Northern Part of Sri Lanka and I did another research while I was RA Removal of Methylene Blue Dye from Palmyrah and Coconut Nutshell.
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.
Awards
I was awarded for the Best Performance in Chemistry during my First year of my academic Program.
I won the Gold Medal for the best Performance in Physical Chemistry at the Honors Degree Examination in Chemistry.
I was awarded the Dean's List Award-2019 for the achievement in the Final Year Examination In Science-2019 with the GPA of above 3.70