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
