"The Organization of Chemical Engineering Graduate Students (OChEGS) at the University of Houston is a place where graduate students can come together to network, share ideas, discuss their research, and most of all, find a bit of fun to add to their graduate student life cycle."

— OChEGS

Student Leaders 6

Koseku Buzugbe

Koseku Buzugbe

Director of Operations

2026 – Present

Medha Tumkur

Medha Tumkur

Social and Media Chair

2026 – Present

Edgar Turizo Pinilla

Edgar Turizo Pinilla

Industry Partnerships and Sponsorship Chair

2026 – Present

Faculty & Administration

Dr. Lawrence Dooling

Dr. Lawrence Dooling

Faculty Advisor

Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

S222 Cullen College of Engineering Bldg 1

(713) 743-4300

ljdoolin@cougarnet.uh.edu

Faculty Advisor for the Organization of Chemical Engineering Graduate Students (OChEGS) at the University of Houston.

Dr. Triantafillos J. (Lakis) Mountziaris

Dr. Triantafillos J. (Lakis) Mountziaris

William A. Brookshire Department Chair

Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

S225, Engineering Building 01

(713) 743-8460

tjmountz@central.uh.edu

Professor and William A. Brookshire Department Chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Houston.

Previous Officers 82

Rebecca Shick

Rebecca Shick

Vice President (2025)

2025 – 2025

Sam Hubbard

Sam Hubbard

Social Chair (2025)

2025 – 2025

Prashant Menon

Prashant Menon

President (2024)

2024 – 2024

Syed Ahsan Imam

Syed Ahsan Imam

Vice President (2024)

2024 – 2024

Iva Wagner

Iva Wagner

Social Chair (2024)

2024 – 2024

Albert Halbing

Albert Halbing

Social Chair (2024)

2024 – 2024

Abrar Zadeed Ahmed

Abrar Zadeed Ahmed

Treasurer (2024)

2024 – 2024

Alejandro Veliz

Alejandro Veliz

Alumni Outreach (2024)

2024 – 2024

Rauf Shiraliyev

Rauf Shiraliyev

Alumni Outreach (2024)

2024 – 2024

M. Osman Khalid

M. Osman Khalid

First-year Representative (2024)

2024 – 2024

Karim Malekzadeh

Karim Malekzadeh

First-year Representative (2024)

2024 – 2024

Prashant Menon (2023 VP)

Prashant Menon (2023 VP)

Vice President (2023)

2023 – 2023

Kosar Rahimi Nasrabadi

Kosar Rahimi Nasrabadi

First-year Representative (2023)

2023 – 2023

Vraj Chauhan

Vraj Chauhan

President (2022)

2020 – 2026

Kwabena Darko

Treasurer/Webmaster (2022)

2022 – 2022

Hanny Ngo

Social Chair (2022)

2022 – 2022

Shreeyansh Rastogi

President (2021)

2021 – 2021

Vraj Chauhan (2021 VP)

Vice President (2021)

2021 – 2021

Hadi Bourji

Treasurer/Webmaster (2021)

2021 – 2021

Shayne Sensenbach

Social Chair (2021)

2021 – 2021

Surya Pratap Singh Solanki

President (2020)

2020 – 2020

Shreeyansh Rastogi (2020 VP)

Vice President (2020)

2020 – 2020

Melisa Montalvo

Treasurer/Webmaster (2020)

2020 – 2020

Stephanie Sontegrath

Social Chair/Secretary (2020)

2020 – 2020

Ali Slim

President (2019)

2019 – 2019

Surya Pratap Singh Solanki (2019 VP)

Vice President (2019)

2019 – 2019

Pak Wing Chen

Treasurer/Webmaster (2019)

2019 – 2019

Diego Soetrisno

Social Chair/Secretary (2019)

2019 – 2019

Quan Do

President (2018)

2018 – 2018

Ali Slim (2018 VP)

Vice President (2018)

2018 – 2018

Abhay Gupta

Treasurer (2018)

2018 – 2018

Deependra Parmar

Social Chair (2018)

2018 – 2018

Ricardo Sosa

President (2017)

2017 – 2017

Kyle Karinshak

President (2016)

2016 – 2016

Sravan Kumar

Vice President (2016)

2016 – 2016

Aseem Chawla

Treasurer (2016)

2016 – 2016

Yunwen Zhou

Social Chair (2016)

2016 – 2016

Anh Vu

President & Webmaster (2014)

2014 – 2014

Mohammad Safari

Vice President (2014)

2014 – 2014

Wendy Lang

Treasurer (2014)

2014 – 2014

Ryan Poling-Skutvik

Social Chair (2014)

2014 – 2014

Aaditya Khanal

President (2013)

2013 – 2013

Mike Byington

Vice President (2013)

2013 – 2013

Vivek Yadav

Treasurer (2013)

2013 – 2013

Melanie Hazlett

Webmaster (2013)

2013 – 2013

Ryan Poling-Skutvik (2013 Social Chair)

Social Chair (2013)

2013 – 2013

Brian Rohde

President (2012)

2012 – 2012

Manjesh Kumar

Vice President (2012)

2012 – 2012

Shyam Sridhar

Treasurer (2012)

2012 – 2012

Sahar Farmanesh

Social Chair (2012)

2012 – 2012

Christopher Frei

External Advisor / Returning Officer (2012)

2012 – 2012

Balakrishnan Raja

President (2010)

2010 – 2010

Bijesh Shakya

Vice President (2010)

2010 – 2010

Alexandra Lupulescu

Treasurer (2010)

2010 – 2010

Srimoyee Bhattacharya

President (2009)

2009 – 2009

Yogendra N. Pandey

Vice President (2009)

2009 – 2009

Pranit S. Metkar

Secretary (2009)

2009 – 2009

David

President (2008)

2008 – 2008

Anupam Prakash

President (2007)

2007 – 2007

Robin Gupta

President (2006)

2006 – 2006