Leadership & Advisors
Aditya Mohite
Faculty Director, Rice Engineering Initiative for Energy Transition and Sustainability (REINVENTS); William M. Rice Trustee Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Professor, Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Chemistry
Pulickel Ajayan
Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor of Engineering; Chair, Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
Pedro Alvarez
George R. Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director, NEWT Center
Naomi Halas
University Professor; Director, Smalley-Curl Institute; Director, Laboratory for Nanophotonics
External Advisory Committee
Hunter Armistead '90
Executive Vice President of Business Development, Pattern Energy Group, Inc.; Chair of Engineering Advisory Board Energy Transition Committee
Edan Lee '90
Managing Director, Olympus Capital Asia
Cassandra McZeal '98
Senior Change Advisor, ExxonMobil
Mark Menke '77
Former General Manager, Mergers and Acquisitions, Chevron Corporation
Tom Pellette '86
President of Solar Turbines
Chris Powers '02
Vice President, Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage, Chevron Corporation
Charlos Ward ’98, ’06
Solutions Delivery Manager, Americas, BP