Sahil Shah
PhD student
Home-use desalination team
Village-scale desalination team
Research Interests
After completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Alberta, and working briefly as a CFD consultant in Houston, Sahil decided to return to graduate school to pursue his love for designing and prototyping. He is currently trying to develop a more efficient alternative to RO systems for domestic desalination in Indian cities.
Education
MSc Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017
BSc Mechanical Engineering - University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB, 2013)
Honors and Awards
J-WAFS Rasikbhai L. Meswani Fellow for Water Solutions (2019-2020)
NSERC Postgraduate Fellowship - Doctoral (2018-2020)
2nd Prize in de Florez Competition for Graduate Design (2016)
Tata Center for Technology and Design Fellowship (2015-2017)
Precimax Award in Design for Advanced Manufacturing (2013)
Louise McKinney Scholarship (2010, 2011)
Talisman Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship (2009)