Joining a student organization or club can help you make friends, develop leadership skills, find others with similar values and passions, and get involved in meaningful projects. Our clubs and organizations, teams, associations, and society student chapters, range from discipline-specific to cross-college groups.
Organization Objectives/Description
(AADE) brings professional experiences within the energy industry to students. We successfully achieve this through three main avenues. First, we have weekday technical discussions in which an employee of an energy company comes to give a short lecture on new technology within the field or on the specific processes of their company. Next, we have a weekend-long technical elective courses, during which a professional comes to teach a skill that is necessary for students to have in the energy industry. Finally we attend facility tours and conferences in order to give our members direct exposure to work sites and hundreds of professionals that they are able to ask questions and learn from.
In addition to these main functions of the organization, we also have several subset organizations within AADE that help students gain additional professional or community development. Freshman Petroleum Learning Program started two years ago, in which upperclassmen of the petroleum and natural gas engineering major teach freshmen the basic conceptual knowledge of the energy industry, making it easier for them to connect their engineering courses with real-world problems. Drillbowl is a five-person team that we send yearly to a trivia-based competition with other colleges across the country, where we are the 3rd place reigning champions. The AADE Honorary Academic Society was created to award the most devoted members with a way to showcase their membership to AADE as above the average AADE member. AADE Outreach partners with Centre County Paws to promote our members' ability to benefit the community by volunteering, donating, and becoming a foster home to kittens to help this local humane society. AADE Drillbotics is a Society of Petroleum Engineer competition to see which college can build the best drilling rig simulation using new technology that we attend. The last subset organization that we are a part of is the Intercollegiate Engineering Conference Council, which is a new development in which engineering-based student organizations are coming together to host a conference that can bring companies and the student organizations of the College of Engineering and College of Earth and Mineral Sciences together.
Fall 2025–Spring 2026 Officers
- President: Emad Alsowayigh – eaa5819@psu.edu
- Vice President: Yousef Alotaibi
- Secretary: Bader Almugaiteeb
- Treasurer: Azzam Al Mukhaini
- Graduate Representative: Rosemary Tosanwumi
- Communications Chair: Abdullah Al-Abri
- Event Planner: Zain Alabbad
- Event Support Lead: Hala Alshayeb
- Outreach Coordinator: Mariam Salama
Faculty Advisor
Amin Mehrabian, amin.mehrabian@psu.edu
Associated Links
Organization Objectives/Description
AEE is a professional development club that aims to provide opportunities for our members beyond the classroom. We strive to educate our members about the energy industry and their options beyond their undergraduate years. By bringing in speakers and taking tours of energy systems around campus we prepare young engineers for their future careers.
Fall 2023–Spring 2024 Officers
President: Liz Baierlein, ekb5541@psu.edu
Vice President, Event Planner: Ryan Manning, rtm5349@psu.edu
Secretary: Olivia DiPrinzio, opd5018@psu.edu
Public Relations Chair: Sami Al Azri, sma6501@psu.edu
Treasurer: Ramakrishna Santrupth, sgv5047@psu.edu
Faculty Advisor
Eugune Morgan, eum19@psu.edu
Organization Objectives/Description
Our goal is to promote the knowledge, safety, and controlled use of explosives.
Fall 2024–Spring 2025 Officers:
- President: Ian Penrod, imp5170@psu.edu (fall only)
- Vice-President: Samson
- Secretary: Caleb O'Cain, cko5143@psu.edu
- Treasurer: Hunter Thomas, agc5338@psu.edu
Faculty Advisor
Mohammad Rezaee, mzr288@psu.edu
Associated Links
Organization Objectives/Description
The Mining Society is the Penn State chapter of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, a national society of students and professionals in the mining industry. The mining society holds educational meetings in which notable members of the mining industry come and present on a topic of their choice. The mining society is also a source of scholarship and internship opportunities, as companies are often invited to come present opportunities they have to the students.
Fall 2024–Spring 2025 Officers
- President: Chase Gleason, cmg6529@psu.edu
- Vice- President: Emily Ream,
- Secretary, Cherif Diallo
- Treasurer: Tsunami Sharmba, tbs5454@psu.edu
Faculty Advisor
Mohammad Rezaee, mzr288@psu.edu
Sekhar Bhattacharyya, sxb1029@psu.edu
Associated Links
On Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/pennstatemining/.
Organization Objectives/Description
The Society for Energy Business and Finance offers students access to student-led workshops, special events with global companies, and 1-on-1 virtual professional development meetings. We also help students connect with alumni, recruiters, energy professionals, and other members so that you can get internships/ jobs that align with your career path and explore the diverse career paths offered to EBF students.
Fall 2025–Spring 2026 Officers
- President: Alex King, afk5813@psu.edu
- Vice President: Jiawen Zhang, jiawenzhang@psu.edu
- Treasurer: Reese Laurienti, rbl5438@psu.edu
- Energy Analyst: Nigel Toorie, njt5487@psu.edu
- Media Manager/ Recruitment Officer: Ava Alperstein, ana5802@psu.edu
Faculty Advisor
- Zhen Lei, zxl26@psu.edu
Associated Links
Organization Objectives/Description
The objective of the club is to engage with the younger student body, and especially underclassmen ENVSE students. The club has a business-led approach, where we try to show students what potential ENVSE jobs entail. This happens through guest speakers who describe what the daily life of an environmental engineer is like. The purpose of SESE is also to introduce students to the faculty of EMS so that everyone has more connections and more opportunities. The main goal is publicizing Environmental Systems Engineering to industry, corporations, and the Penn State Community.
Fall 2025–Spring 2026 Officers
- President: Raya Pauling, rayapauling@psu.edu
- Vice President: Anushka Pillay, ajp7201@psu.edu
- Secretary: Josh Hasenau,
- Treasurer: Vajra Narasimhan, vzn5104@psu.edu
- Public Relations: Veronica Sciulli, vks5373@psu.edu
Faculty Advisor
Associated Links
Organization Objectives/Description
The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) is a professional organization whose purpose is to encourage future petroleum and natural gas industry members. We strive to bring students, faculty, professional alumni, and distinguished members of the industry together to network. Members attend conferences all over the world. SPE is a space where the younger students can learn from the more experienced students through mentoring and tutoring.
Fall 2025–Spring 2026 Officers
- President: Gabby Miller, gmm6099@psu.edu
- Vice President: Said Al Balushi, ssa5555@psu.edu
- Treasurer: Morgan Overman, mjo5631@psu.edu
- Membership Chairperson: Abdulelah Al Ahmed, axa6360@psu.edu
- Secretary: Abdullah Al-Abri, aaa7831@psu.edu
- Social Activities Chairperson: Layan Alayedh, lha5075@psu.edu
- Communications and Outreach Chairperson: Sabrina Knox, sgk5260@psu.edu