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
MEET & GREET
ADAM GROSSER, Chairman and Managing Partner at Up.Partners
ENERGIZE UT: FIRESIDE CHAT
RYAN KUDVA, PhD, Unconventional Technologies Lead at ExxonMobil
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
MEET & GREET
DR. WIL BURNS, Co-Director, Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal (IRCR) at American University; Associate Director, Environmental Policy & Culture Program at Northwestern University
GREEN FUTURES FORUM
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
MEET & GREET
SANTIAGO GRIJALVA, PhD, Georgia Power Distinguished Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology
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