Co-Presidents
Kofo Aminu, Junior
kaminu@wisc.edu
About Me: My name is Kofo, I’m currently a Junior, and I’m currently one of the co-presidents! I love listening to any kind of music, and reading when I have the time. I’m excited to create lots of good publicity for AIChE this year!
Year: Junior
Hometown: Calgary, AB, CAN
Fav Animal: Owl
Fav Class: Math 222
Favorite Thing About Being a Badger: School spirit here!
Other involvements: NSBE
This year as the Co-President of AIChE I’m excited to continue the work of making AIChE a space where badger chemical engineers can come together for professional development, academic support and community!
Karah Stoffel, Junior
klstoffel@wisc.edu
About Me: Hello! My name is Karah Stoffel and I am a current junior in Chemical Engineering and Chemistry. I have been a part of AIChE since my freshman year and am super excited about being the co-president for this fall semester! In my free time I love to draw, make stained glass, weight-lift, read, and spend time with my friends. If you ever see me around E-Hall definitely come say hi!
Hometown: Kewaskum, WI
Favorite Animal: Hedgehog
Favorite Class Taken: Chem 329
Favorite Thing About Being a Badger: Football games and the lake!
Other Activities/Organizations: BadgerSPILL, Boxing Club
Treasurer
Gavin Forest, Sophomore
gwforest@wisc.edu
About me:Hello! My name Gavin and I’m a sophomore in Chemical Engineering. I decided to do chemical engineering due to my love for chemistry, physics, and math! In my free time I enjoy cooking, running, reading, and playing the piano.
Hometown: Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Favorite Animal: Hippopotamus
Favorite Class Taken: SOC 134
Favorite Thing About Being a Badger: All the amazing places to eat around the campus and greater Madison area.
Other activities/organizations: ChemE Car, Intramural Volleyball
Co-Industrial
Jack Hirstein, Junior
hirstein@wisc.edu
About Me: Hi, my name is Jack Hirstein and I am currently a junior. I am from River Falls Wisconsin. My favorite class that I have taken so far is CBE 310 (Thermodynamics). One of my favorite things about being a badger is the great sports teams and the weekends. I am really excited for myself and other people to gain professional development through different events!
Hometown: River Falls, Wisconsin
Favorite Animal: Badger
Favorite Class Taken: CBE 310
Favorite Thing About Being a Badger: Sports teams & weekends
Other Activities/Organizations: Intramural flag football
Will Hatfield, Sophomore
whatfield@wisc.edu
About me: Hey! My name is Will, and I am a sophomore double majoring in Chemical Engineering and Computer Science. In my free time, I love playing soccer, as well as lifting, hanging with friends, and watching soccer, football, and hockey.
Hometown: Orono, Minnesota
Favorite Class Taken: CHEM 109
Favorite Thing About Being a Badger: Football Games!
Other activities/organizations: ChemE Car, Intramural Soccer
Department Liaison
Joseph Schendel, Sophomore
jmschendel@wisc.edu
About Me: Hi! I’m Joe, my hobbies include; eating eggs, tennis, and juggling. I am also a chemical engineering major. Feel free to contact me if you need to know anything about AIChE, or random life advice in general, I’ll do my best to help. They say the worst vice is advice, but I’d like to think mine is pretty good.
Hometown: Andover MN
Favorite Animal: Badger
Favorite Class Taken: Chem 343
Favorite Thing About Being a Badger: QQ express!
Other Activities/Organizations: Social Tennis
Social
Nandini Sharma, Sophomore
nasharma3@wisc.edu
About Me: Hi, I’m Nandini! I’m currently a sophomore here and I look forward to working with all of you to plan the socials!
Hometown: Hong Kong, China
Favorite Animal: Bunny
Favorite Class Taken: Chem 329
Favorite Thing About Being a Badger: Sense of community
Other Activities/Organizations: Indian Students Association, Field Hockey
Publicity
Chloe Krier, Junior
chloe.krier@wisc.ed
About me: Hi! I’m Chloe! It is my first year on the AIChE board, and I’m excited to be publicity chair and get people involved with the club! I love to hang out with my friends, travel, listen to music, watch movies, and be active.
Hometown: Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Favorite animal: cat
Favorite class taken: Math 320 or Chem 104
Favorite thing about being a badger: the community and culture!
Banquet
Andre Langholff, Senior
langholff@wisc.edu
About Me: Hey all, I’m Andre. I’m a fifth year in Chemical Engineering and Chemistry and am very excited to be serving on the AIChE board this year. I’m particularly interested in sustainability and water remediation, hope to pursue a career in them. In my free time I love drawing, hanging out with friends, and spending time outside.
Hometown: Fond du Lac, WI
Favorite Animal: Praying mantis
Favorite Class Taken: CBE 320
Favorite Thing About Being a Badger: How walkable campus is and how pretty the buildings are
Technology
Jeremy Fagan, Junior
jfagan3@wisc.edu
About Me: Hi my name is Jeremy! I am currently in my 3rd year here studying chemical engineering and I am very excited to be this years technology chair! Outside of school I love to go to the gym and I also have 2 cats! I look forward to meeting and working with all of you in the coming semesters.
Hometown: Oconomowoc, WI
Favorite Animal: Razorbill
Favorite Class Taken: Chem 115, CBE 250
Favorite Thing About Being a Badger: Gamedays!
Other Activities/Organizations: Huber Research Group, Gymnastics club
Professional Development
Ben Neylon, Junior
bpneylon@wisc.edu
About me: I’m in my third year pursuing my Chemical Engineering degree! In my free time, I enjoy biking and playing board games. As professional development chair, I plan on leading career-building workshops for resume building and interview prep. I look forward to making connections in AIChE!
Hometown: Brookfield, WI
Favorite Animal: Monkey!!
Favorite Class Taken: Chem 109
Favorite Thing About Being a Badger: Audubon Society-UW, Engineers Without Borders
Co-outreach
Levente Szabo, Senior
Isszabo@wisc.edu
About Me: Hello! I chose chemical engineering because I’ve always liked understanding and creating systems. In my free time, I enjoy watching football, swimming, reading, and spending time outside.
Hometown: Prior Lake, MN
Favorite Animal: Wolf
Favorite Class Taken: CBE 250
Favorite Thing About Being a Badger: Being Around Lake Mendota
Other Activities/Organizations: ChemE Car
Aaron Dent, Senior
dent3@wisc.edu
About me: I am a Posse scholar from the D.C. area now in my 7th semester in Chemical Engineering and am also doing a certificate in Chinese Business Communications . My favorite downtime hobby is gaming, particularly Marvel Rivals. I’m an undergraduate researcher for the Gebbie Lab Group and have been since second semester Freshman year. Last summer I did research full-time here as an REU scholar. I’m very hopeful that I will serve AIChE well as Co-outreach Chair this semester!
Hometown: Fort Washington, MD
Favorite Class Taken: Chem 343
Favorite Animal: Dog
Favorite Thing About Being a Badger: Exploring campus when it’s warm and going to the Bakke.
Other activities/organizations: NSBE, CHASA, Posse Scholar, Undergrad Researcher
Our Mascot
Aaron’s Dog