2025-26 AT A GLANCE (AS OF OCTOBER)

 In September and October, the Longhorn Energy Club organized ten events varying in size and scope. From our smaller Meet & Greets and Longhorn Energy Briefings, to our medium General Meetings, and to our large (premier) EnergizeUT: Fireside Chat, Green Futures Forum, and Texas Energy Innovation Night, we have successfully engaged over 100 students and professionals from over 20 companies, government agencies, and universities.

LONGHORN ENERGY BRIEFING

GENERAL MEETING: Launch Party!

TEXAS-TO-X STUDENT SPEAKER SERIES:
ENERGY AND EMPIRES
by Samuel Mercer, PhD in Chemical Engineering

ENERGIZE UT: FIRESIDE CHAT

RYAN KUDVA, PhD, Unconventional Technologies Lead at ExxonMobil

ENERGIZE UT: STUDENT CLUB MASH UP

Featuring Texas Energy Trading, Switch Energy Club, TEX-E, Texas Energy Consulting, NET Project, and American Nuclear Society

GENERAL MEETING on Engineering Services and Consulting

  • DARSHAN SACHDE, PhD, Senior Process Engineer at Trimeric Corporation

  • ZEKE PICKERING, Chemical Process Engineer and Consultant at Trimeric Corporation

GREEN FUTURES FORUM

  • ROGER BORGELT, Principal at Borgelt Law

  • JOHN MCFARLAND, Attorney at Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody

  • BARRY SMITHERMAN, Chairman and Co-Founder of Texas Geothermal Energy Alliance (Former Chairman of Texas Railroad Commission)

  • MELINDA TAYLOR, Professor at University of Texas Law School (Former Director of the Ecosystem Restoration Program of Environmental Defense)

  • ZACH BAUMER, Director at City of Austin, Office of Climate Action and Resilience

  • ADRIAN SHELLEY, Director at Texas Office of Public Citizen

  • JIM WALKER, Director of Sustainability at University of Texas at Austin

  • CALVIN CLARY, Middle School Teacher at Austin ISD

  • DARIEN CLARY, Director of Sustainability at Austin ISD

Texas-to-X Student Speaker Series: Lithium Deposits Around the World and the Viability of Their Extraction by Indigo Keener, BA in Geoscience, Minor in Energy Management

LONGHORN ENERGY BRIEFING

TEXAS ENERGY INNOVATION NIGHT

GENERAL MEETING on Utilities

Texas-to-X Student Speaker Series: Imperfect Paths to Carbon Neutrality by Yeondoo Jeong, MBA and MA in Energy and Earth Resources

  • STAVROS PENAGOS, Business Development Manager at Banpu Power