Biography
Shegufta hails from Dhaka, Bangladesh. She completed her Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering with Honors from the University of Houston in Texas, USA. In August 2020, she started her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, where she joined Dr. Micah Green’s lab. A year later, she moved to Madrid, Spain to continue her Ph.D. research in Dr. Juan José Vilatela’s group at IMDEA Materials Institute. Her research focuses on the development of CNT fiber/inorganic hybrid materials as well as non-conventional heating methods for rapid, targeted, and non-contact processing of materials.
Academic Career
- 2021 – Present: Ph.D. student in the Multifunctional Nanocomposites group at IMDEA Materials Institute, Spain
- 2020 – Present: Ph.D. student in the Green group at Texas A&M University, USA
- 2016 – 2020: B.S. in Chemical Engineering at University of Houston, USA
- 2015 – 2016: General Engineering student at Baylor University, USA
Publications
- Shegufta Upama , Luis Arevalo, Afshin Pendashteh, Anastasiia Mikhalchan, Micah J. Green, and Juan Jose Vilatela – Joule Heating in Controlled Atmospheres to Process Nanocarbon/Transition Metal Oxide Composites and Electrodes. Acs Applied Nano Materials, 7, 12, 14557-14565, 2024. DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.4c02081
- Shegufta Upama, Anastasiia Mikhalchan, Luis Arévalo, Moumita Rana, Afshin Pendashteh, Micah J. Green, Juan J. Vilatela – Processing of Composite Electrodes of Carbon Nanotube Fabrics and Inorganic Matrices via Rapid Joule Heating. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces , 2023. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c17901
- Anubhav Sarmah, Madeline A. Morales, Ashutosh Srivastava, Shegufta Upama, Ankush Nandi, Todd C. Henry, Micah J. Green, Aniruddh Vashisth – Interfacial carbon fiber–matrix interactions in thermosetting composites volumetrically cured by electromagnetic fields. Composites Part A 164, 107276, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesa.2022.107276
- Anubhav Sarmah, Sevketcan Sarikaya, Jonathan Thiem, Shegufta T. Upama, Aida N. Khalfaoui, Smita Shivraj Dasari, Kailash Arole, Dr. Spencer A. Hawkins, Prof. Mohammad Naraghi, Dr. Aniruddh Vashisth, Prof. Micah J. Green – Recycle and Reuse of Continuous Carbon Fibers from Thermoset Composites Using Joule Heating. ChemSusChem 15, e202200989, 2022. DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202200989
- Aniruddh Vashisth, Shegufta T. Upama, Muhammad Anas, Ju-Hyun Oh, Nutan Patil, Micah J. Green – Radio frequency heating and material processing using carbon susceptors. Nanoscale Adv. 3, 5255-5264, 2021. DOI: 10.1039/D1NA00217A
