2026 - Raj Shah
Director
Koehler Instrument Company, Inc.
Raj Shah
Director
Koehler Instrument Company Inc.
Dr. Raj Shah Director Koehler Instrument Company, Inc.
Dr. Raj Shah is a Director at Koehler Instrument Company, located in Long Island, NY, where he has worked for the past 30 years. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University and is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, London.
Dr. Shah is an elected Fellow of The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE), honored for his outstanding contributions to tribology. He received the Fellows Award from NLGI in 2007, recognizing his invaluable work in the field of greases. Raj is a Certified Professional Chemist and a Certified Chemical Engineer through the National Certification Commission in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. He has also been awarded Chartered Scientist status by the Science Council, UK, and Chartered Chemist status by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Raj was recently honored in June 2026, with the NLGI Achievement award. This is the highest professional honor that NLGI bestows on any of its member for exceptional work with grease technology and for service to the institute
Dr. Shah is a Chartered Chemical Engineer with the Institute of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), UK, an honor granted to very few engineers in the USA. Dr. Shah is an elected Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists and the Energy Institute, UK. These fellowships were awarded in recognition of his professional experience, expertise, and contributions to the field of energy.
Raj is also a Chartered Engineer with the Engineering Council, UK, and was elected a Chartered Petroleum Engineer with the Energy Institute for his specific expertise in energy engineering. He recently received the PM Ku Medal from STLE and the John A. Bellanti Sr. Memorial Award from NLGI, prestigious recognitions for his volunteer work with these institutions over the years.
Raj has attended the Gulf Coast Conference for over 30 years, witnessing its growth and presenting papers and posters for the past few decades. He is active on the technical board of advisors for GCC. Dr. Shah is an active member of ASTM, STLE, NLGI, EI, GCC, SAE, ACS, AOCS, SPE, IFT, INSTMC, RSC, and AIChE, chairing various subcommittees. He has been particularly active with ASTM for approximately 30 years, serving as vice-chair for the D02.G committee for over 10 years and holding leadership roles in subcommittees D02.09 and D02.12. He co-created and co-instructs the ASTM hands-on Motor Gasoline Course and the ASTM hands-on Fuel Technology Course.
Raj recently also received the ASTM International's highest award, the Fellow Award for his contribution to ASTM D.02 for over three decades. Raj is also a three-time recipient of the ASTM Award of Excellence and has received the illustrious ASTM Eagle Award. Recently, Dr. Shah was elevated to Fellow by his peers at The Institute of Measurement and Control (InstMC), a unique honor for an American engineer. The InstMC is recognized by the Royal Charter, UK, as the premier professional body for scientists and engineers working in measurement, automation, and control. Members originally focused on maintaining national infrastructure and supporting wartime logistics, later shifting to major infrastructure programs including nuclear power, oil and gas, transport networks, and major industrial and chemical facilities. In the digital age, they are involved in sensors linked to intelligence, the Internet of Things, cybersecurity, smart cities and transport networks, driverless cars, and innovations in petroleum and petrochemical engineering.
In the past year, Dr. Shah received the Fellow Award from the Institute of Physics (IOP), one of the world’s largest professional bodies and learned societies for physics. The IOP, headquartered in London, inspires people to develop their knowledge, understanding, and enjoyment of physics. It addresses global challenges like climate change and clean energy development through international collaboration. The IOP brings together scientists and organizations worldwide, fostering scientific discovery and technological innovation.
In April 2024, the American Oil Chemists’ Society honored Dr. Shah with its Fellow title at its annual meeting in Montreal. This award recognizes exceptional achievements in science, including research, industrial achievement, leadership, education, administration, communication, or regulatory affairs, and is bestowed on less than 1% of its vast membership. Dr. Shah is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, signifying his high level of accomplishment as a scientist. He has over 850 publications, some presented at the GCC, and is the co-editor of several books, including the reference bestseller, “Fuels and Lubricants Handbook: Technology, Performance, Properties, and Testing.” A new reference book on Aviation fuels which he coedited has been a recent reference book best seller from Elsevier.
Raj is the only recipient of the President’s Award, the 25th Anniversary Award, and the Long Service Award from NLGI India. In 2013, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) Mumbai, which recognized his high degree of integrity, commitment, and professionalism.
More recently, the National Certification Commission in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering in Washington, DC, honored Dr. Shah by inducting him as a Certified Professional Chemist and Certified Chemical Engineer. He was also inducted as a Fellow at IChemE, a multinational institution advancing chemical engineering worldwide for the benefit of society. IChemE, with over 35,000 members in more than 100 countries, applies its expertise to solve major global challenges. Being elevated to a Fellow at IChemE is considered the pinnacle of a chemical engineer’s career.
Dr. Shah was invited for induction as an eminent engineer into Tau Beta Pi, the oldest engineering honor society in the United States, which has over 600,000 members at 254 colleges and universities. This status is rare and afforded only to those with remarkable performance in their chosen engineering field and exemplary character. Dr. Shah holds the distinction of being the only person with all six highly coveted certifications: CPC, CCHE, CEng, CSci, CChem, and CPEng, and is an elected Fellow of STLE, NLGI, AIC, RSC, INSTMC, IChemE, CMI, IOP, AOCS, and EI.
Raj volunteers his time to professional and charitable organizations. He served on the Founders Board of Directors of the Developmental Disabilities Institute, a special needs school for autistic children in Long Island, and on the NLGI Board of Directors for over 15 years. Currently, he is the Secretary for ASTM D02.12, serving again on the NLGI board of directors and an Advisor for the ASTM Student Chapter at Stony Brook. He just finished his term on the Board of Directors at STLE and he is currently the editorial board of several peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Shah works closely with several universities and is currently on the Advisory Board of Directors for the Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science at SUNY Stony Brook, the Department of Mechanical Technology at Farmingdale University, the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s Tribology and Lubrication Science Minor at Auburn University, the Engineering Technology Management at SUNY Farmingdale, and the School of Engineering Design and Innovation at The Pennsylvania State University. Fluent in multiple languages, he enjoys kayaking, reading, and world music and lives in Melville, NY with his family.
Presentation(s):
Advanced Biofuels: Recent Breakthroughs Using Genetic Engineering, AI Optimization, and Waste Valorization
Abstract Number: 135
Wednesday, October 14th
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Advanced Tribological Testing: Innovations in Testing Modern Lubricants Using Pin-on-Disk Methods and Wear-Scar Analysis Standards
Abstract Number: 137
Wednesday, October 14th
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Advanced Water Washout Testing for Evaluating Grease Resistance and Performance Under Water Exposure
Abstract Number: 130
Wednesday, October 14th
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Advancements in Cold Flow Property Testing: A Compact Unique Approach to Manual Cloud and Pour Point Determination
Abstract Number: 122
Wednesday, October 14th
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Advancements in Measuring Dropping Point of Greases
Abstract Number: 124
Wednesday, October 14th
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Advances in a Versatile Octane Engine Design for Evaluating Gasoline and Biofuel Blends
Abstract Number: 121
Wednesday, October 14th
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Advances in Automated Low-Temperature Petroleum Testing: Flow Characterization by Optical Cloud and Tilt Pour Point Analysis
Abstract Number: 123
Wednesday, October 14th
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Evaluation of Grease Degradation and Water Resistance for Rapid Lubricant Health Monitoring
Abstract Number: 144
Wednesday, October 14th
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
High-Precision Emission Monitoring: Improving the Sensitivity of Instrumentation Used to Detect Trace Leaks and VOCs at Refineries
Abstract Number: 136
Wednesday, October 14th
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Leveraging Automated Distillation & Physical Property Instrumentation to Verify Distillation Curves & Flashpoints of New Bioblends
Abstract Number: 139
Wednesday, October 14th
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Mechanical Shear-Induced Viscosity Loss in Polymer-Modified Lubricants: Evaluation with Use of Diesel Injector & Other Techniques
Abstract Number: 131
Wednesday, October 14th
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
New Developments in Standard-Compliant System for Evaluating Lubricant Friction, Wear, and Load-Carrying Performance
Abstract Number: 132
Wednesday, October 14th
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Precision Air Conditioning in Octane Testing: New Developments in Automating Humidity and Temperature Control for Enhanced RON/MON
Abstract Number: 128
Wednesday, October 14th
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Recent Advances in Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs)
Abstract Number: 140
Wednesday, October 14th
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Renewable Diesel vs. Biodiesel vs. Petroleum Diesel
Abstract Number: 143
Wednesday, October 14th
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The Implementation of Robotics in Analytical Petroleum Research
Abstract Number: 138
Wednesday, October 14th
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
The Transition to PC-12 Lubricant Standards in 2027
Abstract Number: 133
Wednesday, October 14th
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Thermal Stability and Performance Analysis of Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants (EALs) in HPHT Downhole Operations
Abstract Number: 141
Wednesday, October 14th
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
What are the Recent Advances in the Last Three Years Using AI and ML that Can Revolutionize the Petroleum Testing Laboratory?
Abstract Number: 142
Wednesday, October 14th
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Why PC-12? — What to Expect
Abstract Number: 134
Wednesday, October 14th
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
