MEMBERS

Patrick Boueri
President


Patrick is a dual national from the USA and Lebanon currently pursuing a Masters in Managerial Sciences and Engineering at Columbia University. Prior to joining the Columbia community, Patrick received his Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University where his capstone project on home power storage won the Mickelson Engineering Award. Having spent time at an IPP in Dubai, and an energy efficiency analytics startup, Patrick is passionate about the future of utilities, the potential of open interval data, and realistic approaches to changing our energy mix.
Henri Torbey
Vice President, Symposium Chair. 


Henri is currently a Master student in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Energy Systems. He is from Beirut, Lebanon. His thesis work focuses on Global Trends in Urban Energy Use, with an emphasis on the world's largest and fastest growing cities. This is done with the collaboration of utilities and grid system operators around the world. 
Prior to Columbia, Henri earned a First Class Honors joint bachelor in Mechanical Engineering with Business Finance from University College London and The London School of Economics and Political Sciences.
Guilherme Miranda Moresco
Chair of the Outreach Committee 

Guilherme is currently pursuing a Master of Science degree in the Mechanical Engineering department at Columbia. He holds a bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina and bachelor degree in Business from the State University of Santa Catarina. Passionate about energy and renewable resources, Guilherme also worked for two years at an IPP in the supervision of solar and wind plants construction, completing over 100MW.
Luis Restrepo
Chair of the Communication & Social Committee


Luis was born and raised in Colombia and is currently pursuing a Masters in Management Science and Engineering at Columbia University. Prior to joining Columbia, Luis worked at the General Motors assembly plant in Bogota, Colombia as the Andean Region Coordinator for Telematics Product Design and Development. Luis holds a bachelor degree in Electronic Engineering and has a Certificate in Advanced Propulsion Systems. From these studies, Luis is passionate about renewable energies and their role in our future everyday lives.
Pedro Vieira
Chair of the Alumni & Corporate Liaison Committee


Pedro is a Brazilian student currently pursuing a Master Degree in Electrical Engineering at Columbia University. Prior to joining Columbia, Pedro worked for three years at the multinational company AREVA where he and his team designed industrial automation systems and helped commissioning power plants. He has experience designing generation plants such as hydroelectric and thermoelectric from sugarcane residues power plants. Before getting hired by AREVA, Pedro received his Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, one of the most renowned universities in northeast Brazil.
Shawn Tong
Treasurer, Member of the Communication & Social Committee 

Shawn is a first year master student in Management Science and Engineering program, and one of the IEOR department representatives working in EGSC. She is from Shanghai, China, and she received her undergraduate degree from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign majoring Actuarial Science. 
In her junior year in undergrad, she participated in a study abroad program in Denmark and took an energy course called Renewable Energy System. During which, she learned about different renewable energy practices, and also joined a one-week study tour to Berlin, Germany.
Laura Winger
Secretary, Member of the Alumni & Corporate Liaison, Outreach Committees



Laura is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Management Science and Engineering at Columbia University. Before beginning her graduate studies Laura worked for two years as a reservoir engineer at Royal Dutch Shell. She performed risk and sensitivity analyses using simulation to gain a better understanding of the uncertainties associated with subsurface parameters in tight natural gas plays. Laura completed her undergraduate studies at Queen's University in Ontario, Canada in Mechanical Engineering. In her senior year, she was the Mechanical HVAC Lead for the Queen's Solar Design Team as they prepared to compete in the 2013 US Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.
Aneesh Karlekar
Member of the Alumni & Corporate Liaison Committee


Aneesh is currently pursuing his Masters in Mechanical Engineering with a focus of Sustainable and Renewable Energy. Aneesh received his Bachelor in Engineering degree from Mumbai University, India. Aneesh has a particular interest in Solar and has done a couple of projects related to Solar.
Adil Ozdogan
Member of the Alumni & Corporate Liaison Committee


Adil is master student in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at Columbia University. His area of specialization is structural engineering. He earned his bachelor degree from Civil Engineering of Middle East Technical University in Turkey. Prior to starting his program at Columbia, he had a professional work experience in construction area for 1 year. His main interests are renewable, oil and gas energy systems.
Sergio Scramin
Member of the Outreach Committee


Sergio is pursuing a Masters in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Energy Systems, focusing on renewable energy generation and grid integration, energy storage and green buildings. He is from Brazil and received his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Federal University of Santa Catarina, doing a one year exchange program at University of Minnesota. Before coming to Columbia, he had been working within the Brazilian green building industry, specifically related to assessment of energy consumption in buildings through the development of a new user friendly platform for thermal simulations.
Praga Meyyappan
Member of Alumni & Corporate Liaison Committee


Praga is a Masters candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University. His studies concentrate on energy systems. Right before his M.S., he earned a First Class with Distinction Bachelors in Production Engineering from NIT Calicut, India. He is passionate about the ongoing transformation of energy mix towards the renewables and in using data sciences to design smart grid systems. He loves playing tennis and solving puzzles on the side.
Gabrielle Romano
Member of the Alumni & Corporate Liaison and Outreach Committees


Gabrielle is currently a graduate student at the IEOR department majoring in Management Science and Engineering. She is a French student from Paris and did her undergrad both at the French Engineering school Supelec and the University Paris Dauphine . She received there a double degree in Electrical Engineering and Applied Economics. She had a prior work experience as an electric system intern during summer 2013 at Sunpower, on a solar panel plant in California.