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Shashank Agarwal

Shashank Agarwal is a doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. Besides core research on granular materials, he holds interests in the interaction of science,  technology, and policy and promoting the participation of public and youth in the policy-building process. In the past, he has worked on topics such as effects of policy on the growth and expansion of India’s generic market and the evolution of water quality laws in the United States.


Articles by Shashank Agarwal

A sign tells Flint, Mich. residents that boiling water doesn't remove lead in Februaary 2016 Months earlier, the city told citizens they could use tap water if they boiled it first. (Photo by Sarah Rice/Getty Images)

EPA should protect America’s children by further revisions of the Lead and Copper Rule

By Shashank Agarwal, Kaylee McCormack, Susan Solomon | Special Topics, Technology and Security