ABOUT AEES

Organization Description

Current Officers

PhD and M.S. Student Awards


Organization Description

AEES is the Environmental Engineering student organization at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Our organization's main goal is to improve the overall educational experience of the students in our department. We do this by sponsoring a variety of different events each year such as:

* a panel discussion on an important environmental topic each fall
* a symposium each spring with representatives from both private and public sector organizations
* periodic installments of a distinguished lecturer series
* an outstanding Master's and outstanding Ph.D. candidate award each spring
* numerous social events throughout the year including intramural sports teams and many informal social gatherings

We provide professional development services to our students, act as a communication channel between students and faculty, provide assistance to students attending conferences, and work to maintain a high quality of student life. We also provide a link between our students and their potential employers.

The breadth of our services continues to grow as our organization ages and brings in new members. If you are a student, alumnus, or environmental professional and are interested in being involved in our student-professional organization, e-mail us.

Our parent organizations are the Georgia Association of Water Professionals (GAWP), the Water Environment Federation (WEF) and the American Water Works Association (AWWA). We are also an official student chapter of AWWA. Our members are undergraduate and graduate students studying and researching topics within environmental engineering including air quality, bioremediation, subsurface contaminant transport, and physicochemical processes associated with water and wastewater treatment.

Current Officers

President: Radhika Dhingra

Vice President: Varun Gandhi

Secretaries: Diana Pachecoro, Emily Lantrip

Treasurer: Zorhe Kurt (Zuzi)

Senators: Gretchen Goldman and Punita Anand

Past-Presidents: Amisha Shah, Gayle Hagler, Kelly Fletcher, Gretchen Goldman

And our new committee chairs:

Dialogue for Academic Excellence: Nadia Szeinbaum

Social: Collin Boswell

Symposium: Melissa Spitzmiller

Awards: Johana Husserl

Panel Discussion: Varun Gandhi & Jorge Pachon

Distinguished Lecturer: Audrey Thorpe

Rechartering Committee: Gretchen Goldman

Webmaster: Maureen Chaplin

Student Awards

AEES established the Outstanding Master's student and Outstanding Doctoral candidate awards in 2000.

These awards are intended to recognize well-rounded students within the department and are based on contribution to scientific research, academic performance, professional and service activities, and overall student conduct. The recipients of these awards receive a one-year subscription to the professional journal of their choice and five hundred dollars.

Recipients:

  • 2007 Outstanding Doctoral candidate Dave Himmelheber
  • 2007 Outstanding Master's student: Abhisheck Srivastava
  • 2005 Outstanding Doctoral candidate: Ben Amos
  • 2005 Outstanding Master's student: Stephanie Konopa (formerly Lucero)
  • 2004 Outstanding Doctoral candidate: Eric Suchomel
  • 2004 Outstanding Master's student: Eddie McCallum
  • 2003 Outstanding Doctoral candidate: Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown
  • 2003 Outstanding Master's student: William Epolito
  • 2002 Outstanding Doctoral candidate: Jacqueline Tront
  • 2002 Outstanding Master's student: Anup Shah
  • 2001 Outstanding Doctoral candidate: Andrew Ramsburg
  • 2001 Outstanding Master's student: Kristen Smeby
  • 2000 Outstanding Doctoral candidate: Duane Nakahata
  • 2000 Outstanding Master's student: Jonathan Bundy
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