Biography and education
PhD -Mechanical and Energy Engineering
MS-Sustainable Energy Systems
MS-Sustainable Energy Systems
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured grants
- Mandal, Sujata (Principal), Sen, Keya (Co-Principal). AquaSipWater-Buda Pitch Competition, Economic Development Corporation -BUDA, State, $2500. (Funded: November 7, 2024). Grant.
- Mandal, Sujata (Principal). FIAP-A unique global solution for sustainable agriculture, FIAP Texas State University, Texas State University, $11000. (Funded: 2024 - August 2025). Grant.
- Mandal, Sujata (Principal), Sen, Keya (Co-Principal), Minifie, Jana Roberta (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %0.01. I-Corps: Translation potential of an economically friendly water purifier using biobased nanocomposites, National Science Foundation, Federal, $50000. (Submitted: May 30, 2024, Funded: December 1, 2024 - November 30, 2025). Grant.
- Dong, Wenquan (Principal), Novoa Ramirez, Clara M (Co-Principal), Mandal, Sujata (Co-Principal). Assisting Food Waste Monitoring and Management in Central Texas Rural Communities, Department of Agriculture, Federal, $163000. (Submitted: January 1, 2024, Funded: October 1, 2024 - September 30, 2025). Grant.
- Hwang, Sangchul Scott (Principal), Song, In-Hyouk (Co-Principal), Ji, Chang (Co-Principal), Mandal, Sujata (Co-Principal). Climate impact on resiliency and safety of in-situ remediation for recalcitrant contaminants, Department of Energy, Federal, $350000. (Funded: January 2024 - April 2025). Grant.

Featured scholarly/creative works
- Mandal, S. (n.d.). Drop-In Fuel Production: Transforming Biomass into Next-Generation Fuels -Book Chapter. San Marcos, United States: Taylor & Francis. Retrieved from 601 University Drive
- Gurav, R., Mandal, S., Smith, L., Shi, S., & Hwang, S. S. (2023). The potential of self-activated carbon for adsorptive removal of toxic phenoxyacetic acid herbicide from water. Chemosphere, 339, 139715. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139715
- Mandal, S. (2022). A Comprehensive Review of Hybrid Supercapacitor from Transition Metal and Industrial Crop Based Activated Carbon for Energy Storage Applications. Materials Today Communications. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.105207
- Mandal, S. (2022). Lignocellulosic-Based Activated Carbon-Loaded Silver Nanoparticles and Chitosan for Efficient Removal of Cadmium and Optimization Using Response Surface Methodology. Materials MDPI. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15248901
- Mandal, S. (2022). Impact of gas concentrations on the self-activation of southern yellow pine during the pyrolysis process. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-03337-9
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Student Oral Research Presentation Award-Second Position, Society of Wood Science and Technology -International Convention. August 2021 - Present
- Award / Honor Recipient: Student Poster Competition -Second Position, Society of Wood Science & Technology. July 2020 - Present
- Award / Honor Recipient: 3 Minute Thesis Competition -Second, University of North Texas. 2019 - Present
- Award / Honor Recipient: Certificate of Appreciation, National Science Olympiad Foundation. 2014 - Present
- Award / Honor Recipient: Certificate of Appreciation, Cyber Olympiad Foundation India. 2007 - Present

Featured service activities
- Member
Translational Health Research Center -THRC (TXST)
- Editor
Gels -MDPI
- Reviewer / Referee
Water Conservation Science and Engineering
- Reviewer / Referee
Scientific Reports
- Reviewer / Referee
Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials
- Member
Program Development -Doctoral
