Achievement

Dr. Sharma was awarded a post-doctoral at the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation. She served as a co-instructor for the Spring 2011 Capstone Design Course. The course provided her with the opportunity to expand her teaching experience, and mentoring from Dr. Schaefer. Dr. Sharma served as a faculty advisor to two undergraduate students exploring the net zero energy potential of schools. She also served as co-advisor to the six undergraduate fellows, part of the NSF International Research Experience for Students. In 2012, Dr. Sharma is co-advising six undergraduate IRES fellows. Dr. Sharma has also developed and organized content for the educational modules focused on K-12 programs. Dr. Sharma has continued to conduct research and published two journal papers, in addition to two conference papers. The position has also provided her with the opportunity to broaden her Ph.D. studies to new fields of research and develop and submit NSF proposals in collaboration with MCSI faculty.