Prateek Shrestha

Prateek Shrestha is originally from Kathmandu, Nepal. After getting a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Tribhuvan University - Institute of Engineering (one of the two engineering schools in Nepal that offers a degree in mechanical engineering), he got into the PhD program in mechanical engineering at CU Boulder in the fall of 2012. He is currently working in the research group of Prof. Shelly Miller focusing in indoor air quality. Between his college and grad school, he worked as part-time teaching faculty in the mechanical department at my college and also worked in four different research projects: in a fuel cell prototype development, small wind turbine blade manufacturing, turpentine oil distillation and GIS data representation for atmospheric emissions. Prateek is also the advisor of the Nepalese Students' Association at CU Boulder.