President: Shahzaib Khan
Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Bio: Meet our president Shahzaib, who is passionate about researching the Water-Food-Energy Nexus through satellite remote sensing. When not in the lab, he can be found exploring the culinary world or breaking a sweat through sports. He also have a heart for volunteering and making a positive impact in the community. He believe that everyone has a role to play in creating a better world, and he actively seek out opportunities to give back.
Public Relations Officer: George K. Darkwah
Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Bio: Water is life, but is life all about water? At least, George's life is not all about water. When he's not trying to be a water pro, George likes to engage in activities that put a smile on his face and possibly on others. George likes to run, hike, and bake. George is a current graduate student at the University of Washington and is passionate about developing water resource solutions that will be directly applicable to developing regions such as his home country, Ghana.
Treasurer: Sanchit Minocha
Department:Civil and Environmental Engineering
Bio: Sanchit is a graduate student in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department solving the problem of reservoir sedimentation management using machine learning. He was working as a geo-data scientist at Schlumberger before pursuing PhD. He believes in developing ML/AI based tools using remote sensing for society that can help towards the development of a sustainable environment. He is from India, where the game of chess originated from and therefore he loves to play chess.
Webmaster: Pritam Das
Department:Civil and Environmental Engineering
Bio: Studying the impact of anthropogenic river regulation due to reservoir operations on the environment using satellite remote sensing.
Liaison to WA Chapter: Sarath Suresh
Department:Civil and Environmental Engineering
Bio: Hailing from the coastal state of Kerala, India, Sarath is a first year graduate student at UW, currently assisting research into the application of Remote Sensing, Hydrology and forecasting for flood control, risk analysis and improved dam operations. He aims to reduce that last mile disconnect between academic research output and generating life impacting tools for the masses facing water related adversities. In his spare time, he enjoys playing badminton, soccer, and chess.