Student Organizations
Undergraduate Student Organizations
Benefits of joining undergraduate student organizations include access to industry networking opportunities and conferences, broader learning experiences, relationship building with peers and community building.
- American Association of Drilling Engineers (AADE)
UT Austin’s AADE chapter is a nonprofit student organization dedicated to expanding the knowledge, network and opportunities of students interested in drilling and the energy sector. - American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA)
UT Austin’s ARMA chapter facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration, fosters scientific research, advances the science of geomechanics/rock mechanics, develops leadership experience and group interaction skills, educates students on career opportunities, and takes part in national chapter activities and events. - International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC)
Currently in the planning stages, UT Austin’s IADC chapter will focus on drilling operations, oil and gas, and renewable energy. Members will participate in hands-on activities like attending educational conferences and exciting field trips, participating in workshops and symposiums, and much more. - Pi Epsilon Tau
This Petroleum Engineering honor society seeks to foster a closer bond between its members and the petroleum industry, to broaden the scope of activities of its members, and to maintain the high ideals and standards of the engineering profession. - Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
UT SPE is an organization committed to helping students learn more about the industry by offering the opportunity to network with company representatives, encouraging the exchange of ideas with others, and providing experience in the field through a variety of educational trips taken throughout the year. - Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
The SWE collegiate section at UT Austin is one of the most active engineering societies on campus. Currently, we have a strong membership and represent students of all genders from each of the seven engineering disciplines offered at the university. - Tau Beta Pi
Tau Beta Pi is an interdisciplinary engineering honor society that recognizes students with high academic achievement as well as a commitment to personal and professional integrity. - Women in Engineering Program (WEP)
WEP helps students in the Cockrell School of Engineering who identify as female get connected, develop as engineering leaders, and graduate with skills for life. Established in 1991, WEP strives torecruit and retain female engineering students, increase the percentage of female engineering graduates, and provide a supportive structure that encourages success. - Women in Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering (WPGE)
WPGE provides a platform for undergraduate women in the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering (PGE) to socialize and network with each other, to help encourage the growth of women in the PGE community, and to learn about the roles women play in the energy industry. - UT Geophysical Society
Affiliated with the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, the UT Geophysical Society collaborates with the Longhorn AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) chapter to promote pathways and connections to the petroleum and geophysical engineering industry, as well as ways to deepen understanding of geophysics and exploration through research and interdisciplinary connections.
Graduate Student Organizations
Benefits of joining graduate student organizations include access to industry networking opportunities, attending or presenting research at industry conferences, broader learning experiences, relationship building with peers and community building.
- American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA)
UT Austin’s ARMA chapter facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration, fosters scientific research, advances the science of geomechanics/rock mechanics, develops leadership experience and group interaction skills, educates students on career opportunities, and takes part in national chapter activities and events. - Graduate Engineering Council (GEC)
The purpose of GEC is to serve the needs of the Engineering Graduate Students at The University of Texas at Austin by representing students to the Student Senate and the Dean’s Office. - International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC)
Currently in the planning stages, UT Austin’s IADC chapter will focus on drilling operations, oil and gas, and renewable energy. Members will participate in hands-on activities like attending educational conferences and exciting field trips, participating in workshops and symposiums, and much more. - Petroleum Graduate Student Association (PGSA)
The PGSA aims to connect graduate students in petroleum engineering with each other as well as with those working in the oil and gas industry. The organization organizes student and company technical seminars, graduate socials, externships, software workshops as well as intramural sports teams. - Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
UT SPE is an organization committed to helping students learn more about the industry by offering the opportunity to network with company representatives, encouraging the exchange of ideas with others, and providing experience in the field through a variety of educational trips taken throughout the year. - Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA)
SPWLA’s Austin chapter is a professional group, focused on education, to promote the petrophysical knowledge of young students and professionals, to fill the gap between students and professionals and to increase SPWLA membership. - UT Geophysical Society
Affiliated with the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, the UT Geophysical Society collaborates with the Longhorn AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) chapter to promote pathways and connections to the petroleum and geophysical engineering industry, as well as ways to deepen understanding of geophysics and exploration through research and interdisciplinary connections.
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