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P.U.G.S. Members of Fall 2013 - Spring 2014



Graduate Student Advisor, Founder of P.U.G.S.

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Zach A. Umperovitch is the Founder of the Purdue University Geological Society, forming the group in 2010, having earned his Bachelors of Science in Geology & Geophysics with honors in 2011 while currently finishing his Master's work in Engineering Geology relating to Municipal Waste Landfills. In addition to his studies, Zach is an expert of Rube Goldberg Machines having earned 2 Guinness World Records, acting National Chairman for the annual Rube Goldberg Machine Contest, serving as the Team Building & Corporate Event Director at Rube Goldberg Inc., and consultant to various Discovery Channel projects. He is currently working in Los Angeles developing large scale Rube Goldberg machines utilized in corporate commercials and online advertisements.

Executive Team

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Ishra Noor the President of PUGS. She is a junior studying Environmental Geoscience, and her plans for the future are to finish her senior year and hopefully attend graduate school.
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Megan Neary, a sophomore in Geology & Geophysics, holds the position of Vice President of PUGS. She has a passion to learn and a love for many subjects. Upon graduation, she plans to attend graduate school. 
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Rejith Raghavan is the Membership Coordinator for PUGS. He is a sophomore studying Geology and Geophysics. After his undergraduate studies, he hopes to go for graduate school either in California  or Texas. Growing up in United Arab Emirates, he was very much exposed to the oil industry, so after his studies, he hopes to specialize in Petroleum Geology.
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Justin Orr is the Fundraising Chairperson for PUGS. He is a sophomore majoring in Geology, with a minor in English/Professional Writing, and hopes to go to graduate school somewhere on the west coast. Justin thinks anything to do with geology is super nifty, and can often be found sitting in the dirt looking for epic rock samples.

Ad Hoc Team

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Madison Hughes is the Service Chair and member of PUGS. She is majoring in Geology & Geophysics. She plans to pursue graduate studies elsewhere after graduating from Purdue in 2016.
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Hao Wei (Max) Low is from Malaysia, and he holds the position of Purchase Coordinator for PUGS. He loves the outdoors, especially the mud, the rocks, and the dirt. He's a freshman moving from Undecided to Civil Engineering, and although he's not too sure about his future, he wants to work with the engineering aspects of the land and building construction.
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Tucker McCord is a freshman Chemistry Education major, minoring in EAPS. He loves being a part of PUGS as the club's Web Coordinator, and he also devotes his time to the American Chemical Society - Student Affiliates (ACS-SA). After graduating from Purdue, he plans on returning to his hometown to teach high school science, preferably Chemistry or Geology.
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Ethan Starling is an Alternate (Secondary) for the Ad Hoc crew of PUGS majoring in Geology. As an Eagle Scout he likes to participate in the many events PUGS has to offer. Once his undergraduate program is completed at Purdue, he aspires to further his knowledge of Geology in future graduate studies.

General Members

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Kenzie McAdams is a member of PUGS and studying Geology and Geophysics. She enjoys weekend trips with PUGS and partaking with service activities such as Spring Fest. After completing her undergraduate degree at Purdue University, she has plans to attend graduate school and study Glacial Geology.
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Matthew Capek is a member of PUGS, majoring in Chemistry and minoring in Geology & Geophysics. Some of his favorite activities is to spend time outdoors, perform percussion, and draw.
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Ziyu (Lucia) Liu is a member of PUGS, majoring in Civil Engineering. After her undergraduate years, she wants to continue graduate education at Purdue University.

Other Members

Alex Haberfield
Asha Mahtma - Historian (Official)
Austin McGlannan
Bradly McGinley
Connor Moore
Elizabeth Spafford
George Barth
Hans Taylor
Hunter Betz
Jeremiah Miller
Kelly Vondracek - Alternate
Malachi Baker
Nicole Shebesh
Patricia Webber - Historian (Secondary)
Paul Nicolai
Rahul Bhutani
Rory Moore
Steve Ciravolo - Event Planner
Steven Dauterman
Toong Yoong Sin - Public Relations
Trevor Williams - Treasurer
Victoria Leffel


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