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  1. A minimum of 10 SPE Student Members are needed. Student membership is free. Please have students join here.
  2. An SPE Chapter needs to sponsor the Student Chapter. Sponsorship does not imply or require financial assistance. Rather an expression of interest and an offer of general assistance. The sponsor chapter of this Student Chapter needs to fill out the following form: Student Chapter Sponsor Form.
  3. A member of the sponsoring SPE Chapter is to be appointed to act as liaison to the Student Chapter.
  4. The Faculty Advisor for the Student Chapter must be a member of SPE in good standing. If not already a SPE member, please have them join here.  
  5. The Student Faculty Advisor needs to fill out the following forms: Student Chapter Petition Form and Student Chapter Information Form.

If you need additional information about SPE Student Chapters, please review the Student Chapter Development Manual.

For questions, please contact Kim Wakuluk at kawakuluk@4spe.org.

Baylor University
Waco, TX
Sponsoring Chapter: South Texas
Faculty Advisor: David Jack; david_jack@baylor.edu

California State University - Chico
Chico, CA
Sponsoring Chapter: Golden Gate
Faculty Advisor: Dylan Sanders; dsanders11@csuchico.edu

Case Western University
Cleveland, OH
Sponsoring Chapter: Cleveland Section
Faculty Advisor: Joao Maia; jmm272@case.edu

Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology
CIPET AHMEDABAD
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Sponsoring Chapter: India
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kingshuk Dutta; k.dutta@cipet.gov.in

Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology
CIPET CHENNAI
Tamil Nadu, India
Sponsoring Chapter: India
Faculty Advisor: Mr. Y. Hidayathullah; yhidayathullah@cipet.gov.in

École de Technologie Supérieure
Montreal, Québec
Sponsoring Chapter: Quebec
Faculty Advisor: Nicole Demarquette; NicoleR.Demarquette@etsmtl.ca

Ferris State University
Big Rapids, MI
Sponsoring Chapter: Detroit
Faculty Advisor: Tom Van Pernis; tomvanpernis@ferris.edu

Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
Sponsoring Chapter: Southern
Faculty Advisor: Donggang Yao; yao@gatech.edu

Hennepin Technical College
Brooklyn Park, MN
Sponsoring Chapter: Upper Midwest
Faculty Advisor: Eric Bakke; eric.bakke@hennepintech.edu

Kettering University
Flint, MI
Sponsoring Chapter: Detroit
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Asanga Manamperi; amanamperi@kettering.edu

King Khalid University
Abha, Aseer, Saudi Arabia
Sponsoring Chapter: Middle East
Faculty Advisor: Dr Ali Rajhi; arajhi@kku.edu.sa

King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Sponsoring Chapter: Middle East
Dr. Othman Y. Alothman; othman@ksu.edu.sa

Lamar University
Beaumont, TX
Sponsoring Chapter: South Texas
Faculty Advisor: Paul Bernazzani; pbernazzan@lamar.edu

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Sponsoring Chapter: Detroit
Faculty Advisor: Mahmoodul Haq; haqmahmo@egr.msu.edu

MIT World Peace University
Pune, India
Sponsoring Chapter: India
Faculty Advisor: Deepti Marathe; deepti.marathe@mitwpu.edu.in

National Textile University
Faisalabad, Pakistan
Sponsoring Chapter: Middle East
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Yasir Nawab; ynawab@ntu.edu.pk

North Carolina A&T State University
Greensboro, NC
Sponsoring Chapter: Carolinas
Faculty Advisor: Geoff Foster; gefoster@ncat.edu

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
Sponsoring Chapter: Carolinas
Faculty Advisor: Rich Spontak; rich_spontak@ncsu.edu

North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
Sponsoring Chapter: Upper Midwest
Faculty Advisor: TBD

Penn State University-Erie
The Behrend College
Erie, PA
Sponsoring Chapter: Northwestern Pennsylvania
Faculty Advisor: Gamini Mendis; gpm5322@psu.edu;

Pennsylvania College of Technology
Williamsport, PA
Sponsoring Chapter: Susquehanna
Faculty Advisor: Joshua Rice; jjr21@pct.edu

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
Sponsoring Chapter: Rochester and Upstate NY
Faculty Advisor: Ronald C. Hedden; hedder@rpi.edu

Rice University
Houston, TX
Sponsoring Chapter: South Texas
Faculty Advisor: Rafael Verduzco;  rafaelv@rice.edu, AJ Hartzook Professor

Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York
Sponsoring Chapter: Rochester and Upstate NY
Faculty Advisor: Christopher Lewis;  cllmet@rit.edu

San Jose State University
Sponsoring Chapter: Golden Gate
Faculty Advisor: Ozgur Keles; ozgur.keles@sjsu.edu

Shawnee State University
Portsmouth, OH
Sponsoring Chapter: Ohio Valley
Faculty Advisor: Adam Miller; amiller2@shawnee.edu

Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
Sponsoring Chapter: South Texas
Faculty Advisor: Jodie Lutkenhaus; jodie.lutkenhaus@che.tamu.edu

Texas A&M University—Kingsville
Kingsville, TX
Sponsoring Chapter: South Texas
Faculty Advisor: Mohammad Motaher Hossain; mohammad.hossain@tamuk.edu

Texas State University-San Marcos
San Marcos, TX
Sponsoring Chapter: South Texas
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tania Betancourt; tania.betancourt@txstate.edu

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
Sponsoring Chapter: South Texas
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Wei Li; wei.li@ttu.edu

University of Akron
Akron, OH
Sponsoring Chapter: Akron
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mark Soucek;  msoucek@uakron.edu

University of Alabama-Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Sponsoring Chapter: Southern
Faculty Advisor: Vinoy Thomas; PhD; vthomas@uab.edu

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR
Sponsoring Chapter: Bioplastics and Renewable Technologies Division
Faculty Advisor: Keisha Walters, Ph.D.; keisha.walters@uark.edu

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Sponsoring Chapter: Connecticut Section
Faculty Advisor: Luyi Sun; luyi.sun@uconn.edu

University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
Lahore, Punjab. Pakistan
Sponsoring Chapter: SPE Headquarters
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Asif Ali Qaiser; asifaliqaiser@uet.edu.pk

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Sponsoring Chapter: Bioplastics and Renewable Technologies
Faculty Advisor: Guilhem De Hoe; guilhem.dehoe@ufl.edu

University of Houston
Houston, TX
Sponsoring Chapter: South Texas
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Megan Robertson; mlrobertson@uh.edu

University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Lowell, MA
Sponsoring Chapter: Eastern New England
Faculty Advisor: Prof. David Kazmer; david_kazmer@uml.edu

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Sponsoring Chapter: Detroit
Faculty Advisor: Ashwin Shahani; shahani@umich.edu

University of North Texas
Denton, TX
Sponsoring Chapter: South Texas
Faculty Advisor: Nandika DSouza; ndsouza@unt.edu

University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK
Sponsoring Chapter: Oklahoma
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Brian Grady; bpgrady@ou.edu

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
Sponsoring Chapter: Milwaukee 
Faculty Advisor: Tim Osswald; tosswald@wisc.edu

University of Wisconsin-Stout
Menomonie, WI
Sponsoring Chapter: Upper Midwest
Faculty Advisor: Adam Kramschuster; kramschustera@uwstout.edu

Virginia Tech
Blacksburgh, VA
Sponsoring Chapter: Virginia
Faculty Advisor: Michael Bortner; mbortner@vt.edu

Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA
Sponsoring Chapter: Pacific Northwest
Faculty Advisor: Peng Gao; gaop@wwu.edu

Winona State University
Winona, MN
Sponsoring Chapter: Upper Midwest
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Eric Kerr-Anderson; eric.kerr-anderson@winona.edu

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