October 2011 Newsletter - petroleum engineering colorado school ...

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONSPI EPSILON TAUHello, I am Graham Patton,the 2010 - 2011 Pi EpsilonTau chapter president. PiEpsilon Tau, the PetroleumEngineering honor society,was founded in 1947and first established atthe Colorado School ofMines in 1983. This honorsociety accepts PetroleumEngineering studentsthat have demonstratedexcellence in both leadershipGraham W. Patton and academics. The society’sobjectives are to create acloser bond between its student members and industry, tobroaden the scope of activities of members, and to maintainthe high ideals and standards of the engineering profession.This past year, the chapter has continued to have tremendoussuccess and growth. Another record setting initiationceremony took place on April 6th, where 52 new memberswere initiated. While Dr. Graves was unable to attend, Dr.Eustes did an excellent job in her place and again led theinitiates in the singing of the chapter song. Pi Epsilon Tauhelped to get the department involved in the annual Racefor the Cure. This year over 50 students and professorsparticipated in the race and nearly $3,000 was raised. Thedepartment was again able to persuade Dr. Scoggins todeclare October 1st “Pink Friday” on campus, encouragingeveryone to wear pink to show their support. This past year,Pi Epsilon Tau also organized two successful fundraisersto support the Haiti earthquake victims and the Japanesetsunami victims.I would like to take this time to introduce the new 2011 - 2012Pi Epsilon Tau officers.President – David ClarkVice President – Andrea SwitzerTreasurer – Ashley ReedSecretary – Jon NilemoActivities Chair – Marcus ArguetaI give my best wishes and support to the new officers ofPi Epsilon Tau and hope that the motto of Pi Epsilon Tau,“Success is the product of knowledge and effort,” continuesto be embodied by the students of the Colorado School ofMines Petroleum Engineering department.Best regards,Graham Wilson PattonPET Race for the cureAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF DRILLING ENGINEERSLast semester was both productive and exciting for the CSMStudent Section of the American Association of DrillingEngineers (AADE). We are working hard to continue thegrowth and involvement of AADE throughout the 2011-2012school year.I believe the growth of CSM AADE is directly related to theinvolvement of our newly elected officers and to the effortsof our growing membership. There are an incredible 15officers this year.This is impressive because there are years inthe past that had fewer than 15 members total.Ben Radelet and Justin Cremer excited about the third place award forPosters at the 2011 AADE National Technical Conference in Houston, Tx.The Denver Chapter of AADE has continued to showtremendous support.Over this last year, the Denver Chapterhas contributed a significant amount of time and moneyto our section. This support never goes unappreciated. In24