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 more than 20,000 members across over 100 countries. It is best known for its certifications — the Certified Energy Manager and Certified Energy Auditor among them — and for chapters that bring working energy professionals together locally.
Its members are electrical, mechanical, chemical, industrial and nuclear engineers, along with economists and analysts. If IEEE is the professional home for electrical engineering, AEE is the equivalent for energy.
Arizona has its own professional AEE chapter, which is a useful thing to know about while you are still a student.
02 / The chapter
What we are building at ASU
The chapter’s purpose is to build a student-facing energy community at ASU that connects students with energy industry professionals, technical learning, career opportunities, competitions, hackathons, workshops and professional development.
It started with a large first year — a flagship hackathon, a speaker series and a set of industry relationships — and is now being rebuilt around a broader definition of energy than efficiency alone. Power and grid, renewables and storage, buildings, data centers, materials and manufacturing, markets and policy: the chapter should be a place where a first-year undergraduate and a fourth-year PhD student can both find something worth their evening.
We are not trying to be the largest club on campus. We are trying to be the one where the energy conversation at ASU actually happens.
03/Programming
What we run
Technical workshops
Hands-on sessions on the things energy work actually requires — auditing, measurement, modelling, tooling.
Speakers and panels
Engineers, founders and researchers talking about work they are doing now, with time for real questions.
Site and lab visits
Going to see the systems and the labs rather than only 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
Helping students find labs, faculty and funded programs at ASU — see Research & Resources.
04 / Membership
Who can take part
Membership is open to any enrolled ASU student, undergraduate or graduate, in any major. There are no dues. You do not need prior energy coursework — a lot of the most useful people in the room come from computing, business, policy and the sciences.
ASU alumni, faculty, staff and industry professionals can take part as non-voting associate members: speaking, mentoring, judging and advising.
05/Leadership
Who runs the chapter
01
Hithesh Rai Purushothama
President
02
Akash Jay Makhija
Vice President
03
Rudra Patel
Treasurer
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Prof. Nicholas Rolston
Faculty Advisor
Officer positions turn over each year. If you want one, the way in is to show up, take on something small and do it well — that is how everyone currently listed got here.
Join
You do not need an energy background. You need to be interested.
Undergraduates, graduate students and PhD students from any major are welcome — engineering, sustainability, business, computing, science, policy. Show up to one thing and see whether it is for you.