Previous Officers
2022 Officers
President
klkusima@cougarnet.uh.edu
Vraj obtained his Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from Maharaja Sayajirao University, India in 2017 and Masters in Technology in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2019. He worked as a Junior Research Fellow in the Advanced Technology Development Center at IIT Kharagpur, India for a year and joined PhD in Chemical Engineering at University of Houston in Fall 2020. His doctoral research is in the field of Crystal Engineering and Biomaterials, focused on Pathological crystallization in kidney stone crystals, particularly Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate and Struvite crystals.
Vice President
klkusima@cougarnet.uh.edu
Kenneth Lucas Kusima obtained his B.S in Engineering Science with a Minor in Mathematics from Trinity University, located in San Antonio, Texas in 2019. He then received a Masters of Chemical Engineering from Rice University, located in Houston, Texas in 2020. His current research focuses on generating Machine-Learned Kinetic Models for the ammoxidation reaction in the production of acrylonitrile.
Social Chair
kareich2@cougarnet.uh.edu
Hanny got her Bachelor of Science, majoring, in Chemical Engineering at UH. She joined the Ph.D. program at UH in Fall 2020, and her research is on characterizing bacterial persister’s metabolism through CRP/cAMP pathway.
Kwabena Darko
Treasurer
jnarzary@cougarnet.uh.edu
Kwabena earned his bachelor of science in chemical engineering degree at K.N.U.S.T in Ghana. After serving for a year in the same university as a Teaching Assistant, he moved on to Imperial College London for his MSc in advanced chemical engineering specializing in process systems engineering. Kwabena is currently a first year PhD student in UH studying physics-based molecular simulations.
Dr. Megan Robertson
Faculty Advisor
morman@Central.uh.edu
Dr. Lakis Mountziaris
Department Chair
tjmountz@Central.uh.edu
2021 Officers
- President:Â Shreeyansh Rastogi
- Vice President:Â Vraj Chauhan
- Treasurer/Webmaster:Â Hadi Bourji
- Social Chair:Â Shayne Sensenbach
- Faculty Advisor:Â Dr. Megan Robertson
2020 Officers
- President:Â Surya Pratap Singh Solanki
- Vice President:Â Shreeyansh Rastogi
- Treasurer/Webmaster:Â Melisa Montalvo
- Social Chair/Secretary:Â Stephanie Sontegrath
- Faculty Advisor:Â Dr. Megan Robertson
2019 Officers
- President:Â Ali Slim
- Vice President:Â Surya Pratap Singh Solanki
- Treasurer/Webmaster:Â Pak Wing Chen
- Social Chair/Secretary:Â Diego Soetrisno
- Faculty Advisor:Â Dr. Megan Robertson
2018 Officers
- President:Â Quan Do
- Vice President:Â Ali Slim
- Treasurer:Â Abhay Gupta
- Social Chair:Â Deependra Parmar
- Faculty Advisor:Â Dr. Megan Robertson
2017 Officers
- President: Ricardo Sosa
2016 Officers
- President:Â Kyle Karinshak
- Vice President:Â Sravan Kumar
- Treasurer:Â Aseem Chawla
- Social Chair:Â Yunwen Zhou
2014 Officers
- President:Â Anh Vu
- Vice President: Mohammad Safari
- Treasurer:Â Wendy Lang
- Webmaster: Anh Vu
- Social Chair:Â Ryan Poling-Skutvik
2013 Officers
- President:Â Aaditya Khanal
- Vice President: Mike Byington
- Treasurer:Â Vivek Yadav
- Webmaster: Melanie Hazlett
- Social Chair:Â Ryan Poling-Skutvik
2012 Officers
- President:Â Brian Rohde
- Vice President:Â Manjesh Kumar
- Treasurer:Â Shyam Sridhar
- Social Chair:Â Sahar Farmanesh
- External Advisor (Returning Officer): Christopher Frei
- Faculty Advisor:Â Dr. Jeffrey Rimer
2010 Officers
- President:Â Balakrishnan Raja
- Vice President:Â Bijesh Shakya
- Treasurer:Â Alexandra Lupulescu
2009 Officers
- President:Â Srimoyee Bhattacharya
- Vice President:Â Yogendra N. Pandey
- Secretary:Â Pranit S. Metkar
2008 Officers
- President: David
2007 Officers
- President:Â Anupam Prakash
2006 Officers
- President:Â Robin Gupta
