About
A student chapter, run by students, about how energy works.
Association of Energy Engineers Student Chapter at Arizona State University® is a registered student organization at Arizona State University and the ASU student chapter of the Association of Energy Engineers.
01 / The organization
What AEE is
The Association of Energy Engineers is a professional body founded in 1977, with members in more than 100 countries. It’s best known for its certifications — it has certified over 33,000 professionals since 1981, the Certified Energy Manager and Certified Energy Auditor among them — and for local chapters that bring working energy professionals together.
Its members are electrical, mechanical, chemical, industrial and nuclear engineers, plus economists and analysts. IEEE is the professional home for electrical engineering; AEE is roughly that for energy.
Arizona has its own professional AEE chapter, which is worth knowing about while you’re still a student.
02 / The chapter
What we are building at ASU
We’re here to build an energy community at ASU that actually connects students to the industry — through technical sessions, career help, competitions, hackathons and workshops.
The first semester was a big one: a hackathon, a speaker series and a set of industry relationships. We’re now widening the scope beyond efficiency alone, to power and grid, renewables and storage, buildings, data centers, materials and manufacturing, markets and policy. A first-year undergrad and a fourth-year PhD student should both be able to find something here worth their evening.
We’re not trying to be the biggest club on campus, just the place where the energy conversation at ASU actually happens.
03/Programming
What we run
Technical workshops
Hands-on sessions on what energy work actually involves: auditing, measurement, modeling, tooling.
Speakers and panels
Engineers, founders and researchers talking about what they're working on now, with time for actual questions.
Site and lab visits
Going to see the systems and the labs instead of just reading about them.
Competitions and projects
Hackathons and student projects with industry challenge statements and judges from the field.
Careers
Company sessions, resume and interview help, and introductions to people who hire in energy.
Research pathways
Help finding labs, faculty and funded programs at ASU. See Research & Resources.
04 / Membership
Who can take part
Open to any enrolled ASU student, undergrad or grad, in any major. No dues. You don’t need to have taken an energy course — plenty of the most useful people in the room come from computing, business, policy and the sciences.
ASU alumni, faculty, staff and industry people can take part as non-voting associate members — speaking, mentoring, judging and advising.
05/Leadership
Who runs the chapter
01
Hithesh Rai Purushothama
Graduate student, Artificial Intelligence Engineering (Materials Science and Engineering)
President
02
Akash Jay Makhija
Graduate student, Electrical Engineering
Vice President
03
Rudra Patel
Graduate student, Electrical Engineering
Treasurer
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Nick Rolston
Assistant Professor, School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
Faculty Advisor
Officer positions turn over every year. If you want one, show up, take on something small and do it well. That’s how everyone listed above got here.
Join
You don’t need an energy background. Just be interested.
Undergrad, master’s, PhD, any major — engineering, sustainability, business, computing, science, policy. Show up to one thing and see if it’s for you.