



Vision
To represent all graduate students and researchers in field of energy and provide them with a platform to develop and improve training; encourage and strengthen research and provide opportunities for social interaction.
Mission
The Energy Research Society, serving as the graduate student body of Texas A&M Energy Institute, exists to work for graduate students and researchers in area of energy to ensure that their needs are understood, advocated, and promoted through education, research, and learning.
The Structure of the Society
ERS has more than 450 members from 26 departments at Texas A&M. The main leadership group is composed of more than 20 volunteers that meet regularly for the establishment of the society and the planned future events.
2018-2019 Officers
President | Akhil Arora | CHEN – Ph.D. student |
Executive Vice President/Treasurer | Spyridon (Spyros) Tsolas | CHEN – Ph.D. student |
Internal Outreach Chair | Iosif Pappas | CHEN – Ph.D. student |
External Outreach Chair | Akhilesh Gandhi | CHEN – Ph.D. student |
Technical Program Chair | Kasturi Sarang | CHEN – Ph.D. student |
Webmaster & Social Media Chair | Julia Urdiales | CVEN – Undergraduate student |
Webmaster & Social Media Officer | Catherine Rosas | GEOS – Undergraduate student |
Events Coordinator | Srinikhita Vankadari | CHEN – MS student |
Internal Outreach Officer | Niranjan Sitapure | CHEN – Ph.D. student |
External Outreach Officer 1 | Matthew Lawrence | MEEN – Undergraduate student |
External Outreach Officer 2 | Ashwini Ravindran | CHEN – MS student |
Technical Program Officer 1 | Debopamaa Debnath | CHEN – Ph.D. student |
Technical Program Officer 2 | Naveen Kumar Mishra | CHEN – Ph.D. student |
Technical Program Officer 3 | Paraskevi Flouda | MSEN – Ph.D. student |
President | Doga Demirhan | CHEN – Ph.D. student |
Executive Vice President/Treasurer | Shachit Shankaran Iyer | CHEN – Ph.D. student |
Internal Outreach Chair | Spyros Tsolas | CHEN – Ph.D. student |
External Outreach Chair | Akhil Arora | CHEN – Ph.D. student |
Technical Program Chair | Abhinav Narasingam | CHEN – Ph.D. student |
Media and Design Chair | Anne Le | CHEN – Undergraduate student |
Internal Outreach General Officer 1 | Anmol Shah | ELEN – Ph.D. student |
Technical Program General Officer 1 | Kasturi Sarang | CHEN – Ph.D. student |
Technical Program General Officer 2 | Prashanth Siddhamshetty | CHEN – Ph.D. student |
President: Burcu Beykal
Vice-President: Ishan Bajaj
Technical Lead: Cosar Doga Demirhan
External Outreach Lead: Yang-Denis Su-Feher
Internal Outreach Lead: Melis Onel
Logistics Lead: Shachit Iyer
Conference Directors:
Baris Burnak
Salih Emre Demirel
Pankaj Goel
Justin Katz
Kevin Topolski
Bingyu Wang
President: Onur Onel (4th year Ph.D. student in Chemical Engineering)
Vice-President: Prerna Jain (3rd year Ph.D. student in Chemical Engineering)
Technical Directors:
- Payman Dehghanian (5th year Ph.D. student in Electrical & Computer Engineering)
- Alexander M. Niziolek (4th year Ph.D. student in Chemical Engineering)
- Daniel Tofan (Postdoctoral fellow in Chemistry)
- Kevin Topolski (1st year Ph.D. student in Chemical Engineering)
Seminar Coordinators:
- Fani Boukouvala (Postdoctoral fellow in Chemical Engineering)
- Daniel Browne (4th year Ph.D. student in Biochemistry and Biophysics)
The organization is structured by the leadership group and is subject to grow as the society expands its activities. If you want to become a member of the society and be involved in the leadership group or become a departmental representative please fill out the Texas A&M Energy Research Society Membership Form.
Faculty Advisors

Professor Stratos Pistikopoulos
2016 – Present

Professor Christodoulos A. Floudas
2015 – 2016
Contact
To become a member of the society, learn about society leadership opportunities, or any other questions please send an e-mail to tamuers@gmail.com.
Please follow us on the ERS Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/TAMUERS