Outreach and Service

Reviewer and Conference Activities

  • Regularly review manuscripts for the journals including Energy & Fuels, Fuel, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Chemical Engineering Science, Chemical Engineering Journal, Environmental Science & Technology, Minerals, Desalination, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of CO2 Utilization
  • Associate Editor, Frontiers in Energy Research – Carbon Capture, Storage, and Utilization (2017)
  • Panel Lead for CO2 Utilization for Enhanced Hydrocarbon Recovery, Mission Innovation – Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (September 25 – 29, 2017)
  • Invited participant for the National Academies Workshop on Subsurface Geological Capture and Storage of CO2 (November 2017)
  • Topic Editor of the Special Issue, “Accelerated Carbonation for Environmental and Material Engineering” in Frontiers in Energy – Carbon Capture, Storage, and Utilization (2015)
  • Review proposals for The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in UK, the American Chemical Society – Petroleum Research Fund (ACS-PRF), U. S. Department of Energy.
  • Program Committee Member, The 6th International Conference on CO2 Emission Control and Utilization (Hangzhou, China; June 15-18, 2018)
  • Chair of the ACS Energy and Fuels Session, “Innovative materials and integrated pathways for sustainable energy and resource production” (Boston, MA; August 19-23, 2018)
  • Chair of the Carbon Management Technology Conference session, “Storage Integrity and Monitoring” and co-chair of the sessions, “Enhanced Oil Recovery II” and “Enhanced Oil Recovery III” (Houston, TX; July 17-20, 2017)
  • Co-chair of AIChE session, “Fundamental and Applied Catalysis for CO2 Conversion into Fuels and Chemicals” (Salt Lake City, UT; November 2015)
  • Co-chair of AIChE session, “Fluidization and Fluid-Particle Systems for Energy and Environmental Applications II” (Salt Lake City, UT; November 2015)
  • Chair of The 12th International Conference on Gas-Liquid and Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactor Engineering (GLS12) session, “Novel Gas-Liquid and Gas-Liquid-Solid Reaction Pathways for Sustainable Energy and Environment” (New York, NY; June 2015)
  • Chair of The Fifth International Conference on Accelerated Carbonation for Environmental and Material Engineering (ACEME 2015) session, “Utilization of the Carbonated Materials I” (New York, NY; June 2015)
  • Chair of ACS session, “Enhanced Extraction & Utilization of Unconventional Energy Sources: Hydrofracking, EOR and Novel Approaches” (Denver, CO; March 2015)
  • Co-chair of AIChE session, “Circulating Fluidized Beds and Measurement Techniques in Fluid-Particle Systems” (Atlanta, GA; November 2014)
  • Judge for Sigma Xi Student Research Showcase (March 18-23, 2013 and March 17-23, 2014)

Women in Engineering and Diversity-Focused Presentations and Activities

  • CEE faculty representative in Java Sessions organized by the College of Engineering. The event is for first year female undergraduate students in engineering to learn about engineering careers (October 6, 2017).
  • Session organizer for the Expanding Your Horizons program (November 4, 2017). Gadikota designed the hands-on science module, “CO2 conversion to chalk” for 6th – 8th grade girls in the Water Science and Engineering Laboratory.
  • Participant at the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) residential program seminar (November 21, 2017)
  • Science lectures at the Birch Wathen Lenox School (3rd and 4th grade students), New York, NY (January 24, 2014 and September 9, 2014).
  • Volunteer at the Womensphere Emerging Leaders Global Summit 2014: The Next Generation of Women Leaders Transforming the World, New York, NY (January 16, 2014).