Graduate Student

M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Texas Tech University in 2025
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2018
Research focus: Adsorbent-based lithium extraction, Catalyst development for ammonia synthesis under mild operating conditions, and Integrated reaction–absorption processes for efficient and sustainable ammonia production
Email: mdshahra@ttu.edu
Office: MERC 005

M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Texas Tech University in 2025
B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2018
Research focus: Gas absorption in thermally conductive solid media, Thermochemical energy storage, and Reaction engineering
Email: sbinhuma@ttu.edu
Office: MERC 005

M.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2026
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), 2019
Research Focus: Electrochemical Separation, REE CMs Recovery, Produced-water and Water Treatment Technologies
Email: s.shahreyar@ttu.edu
Office: MERC 005

M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, 2024
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Technology – Paraná, 2022
Research Focus: Membrane-Based Electrochemical; Resource Recovery; Ion Exchange membranes; Produced Water Treatment; Desalination
Email: Larissa.Rocha@ttu.edu
Office: MERC 005

M.Sc in Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), 2016
B.Sc in Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), 2014
Research Focus: Produced Water Analysis, Treatment and Resource Recovery, Environmental Pollution Assessment, Drilling Fluid Rheology
Email: a.numanbakth@ttu.edu  numan-pme@sust.edu
Office: MERC 005

B.Sc. In Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology(BUET), 2017
Research Focus: Produced Water Treatment, Desalination, and Resource Recovery
Email: sanik@ttu.edu
Office: MERC 005

B.Sc in Chemistry, Lubbock Christian University (LCU), 2026
B.Sc in Mathematics, Lubbock Christian University (LCU), 2026
Research Focus: Ammonia reactor design utilizing microwave catalysis and sequential catalysis-absorbent beds to surpass traditional limitations and deep dehydration of water/toluene mixture using moelecular seiving and adsorption
Email: joswhiti@ttu.edu
Office: MERC 005

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Guadalajara, 2022 
Research Focus: Development and optimization of electrospun nanofiber membranes for selective mineral recovery from produced water
Email: aaron.lozano@ttu.edu
Office: MERC 005