Raj Shah, director of Koehler Instrument Company, based in Holtsville, NY, was recently named Fellow of Energy Institute and the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, and elevated to the status of Chartered Scientist.
The honored was given to Shah, a Penn State chemical engineering alumnus, at the institute’s annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nev. Aug. 9. He was cited for his outstanding service and contributions in the field of petroleum and petrochemical engineering.
STLE is the premier international technical society currently serving the needs of numerous engineers and scientist as well as a number of companies and organizations that comprise the tribology and lubrication engineering sector.
Shah earned his doctoral degree in chemical engineering from Penn State in 1995 and has spent 20 years working in the oil and gas industry.
Since earning his Ph.D., Shah has retained ties with Penn State and currently serves as a member of the Industrial and Professional Advisory Council for the school of engineering design, technology and professional Programs. He previously served as a college of engineering representative for Penn State’s Graduate School Alumni Society.
He is also involved with several other universities and serves on the industrial board of advisers for the department of chemical engineering at the State University of New York, Stony Brook.
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