Chi Epsilon


Chi Epsilon is an American civil engineering honor society. It honors engineering students in the United States who have exemplified the "principles of scholarship, character, practicality, and sociability...in the civil engineering profession." There are currently 141 chapters, of which 132 are active, where over 120,000 members have been inducted. Chi Epsilon is a 501c non-profit organization, with Platinum Certification by www.guidestar.org.

Purpose

According to the Constitution and Bylaws of Chi Epsilon, this organization is "dedicated to the purpose of maintaining and promoting the status of civil engineering as an ideal profession." Its objective and purpose is to uphold competence, sound engineering, good moral judgement, and a commitment to society in order to improve the civil engineering profession.

History

The society was founded on May 20, 1922 at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign when two groups of civil engineering students independently petitioned for establishment of an honorary fraternity. As soon as the local organization was on its feet, plans were put into motion to bring Chi Epsilon to the national level. On February 23, 1923, a certificate of incorporation was issued by the State of Illinois. When a second chapter was established at the Armour Institute of Technology on March 29, 1923, Chi Epsilon truly became a national society. Rapid expansion soon after resulted in a total revision of government. The society is now governed by student officers at each chapter who act through a National Council. The headquarters are located at the University of Texas at Arlington. The society's English motto is "Conception, Design, Construction", which retains the letters of Chi Delta Chi, the proposed name for the fraternity proposed by one of the original petitioning groups.

Insignia

The colors of Chi Epsilon are purple and white. The official badge is a key made in the likeness of the front of an engineer's transit, the instrument of a surveyor. The official news publication of Chi Epsilon is also called The Transit, and is published semi-annually in the spring and fall of each year.

National Honor Members

  1. Milo Ketchum
  2. Charles B. Breed
  3. Ora M. Leland
  4. Arthur N. Talbot
  5. Daniel W. Mead
  6. John B. Babcock III
  7. Herbert S. Crocker
  8. Frederick E. Turneaure
  9. Charles Derleth, Jr.
  10. George T. Seabury
  11. Hardy Cross
  12. John L. Savage
  13. Julian Hinds
  14. Lewis A. Pick
  15. Charles G. Hyde
  16. David B. Steinman
  17. Tom A. Blair
  18. Sinclair O. Harper
  19. Henry T. Heald
  20. Morton O. Withey
  21. Bernard A. Etcheverry
  22. Bertram D. Tallamy
  23. Enoch R. Needles
  24. Clarence L. Eckel
  25. A. M. Rawn
  26. Ellis L. Armstrong
  27. Mason G. Lockwood
  28. Solomon Cady Hollister
  29. William H. Wisely
  30. George R. Rich
  31. Abel Wolman
  32. Louis R. Howson
  33. John A. Focht, Sr.
  34. Roland P. Davis
  35. Daniel V. Terrell
  36. Leif J. Sverdrup
  37. Ralph E. Fadum
  38. Phil M. Ferguson
  39. Oscar S. Bray
  40. Ralph B. Peck
  41. Hunter Rouse
  42. Linton E. Grinter
  43. Leland J. Walker
  44. William McCoy Sangster
  45. Stephen Bechtel, Jr.
  46. Fred J. Benson
  47. Jack Cermak
  48. Chester P. Seiss
  49. Mario Salvadori
  50. T.Y. Lin
  51. William J. Hall
  52. John A. Focht, Jr.
  53. Luther W. Graef
  54. William LeMessurier
  55. Robert D. Bay
  56. Charles Pankow
  57. Leslie E. Robertson
  58. Daniel S. Turner
  59. G. Wayne Clough
  60. William F. Marcuson III
  61. Conrad G. Keyes, Jr.
  62. Norma Jean Mattei

    Chapter list

Chapters are designated by school at which they are located. Year of installation is in parentheses.
  1. University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
  2. Illinois Institute of Technology
  3. University of Minnesota
  4. University of Southern California
  5. Cornell University
  6. University of Wisconsin–Madison
  7. University of California, Berkeley
  8. Pennsylvania State University
  9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  10. University of Colorado
  11. Purdue University
  12. University of Missouri
  13. University of Texas, Austin *Please Check
  14. University of Mississippi
  15. Auburn University
  16. University of Iowa
  17. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  18. Virginia Tech
  19. Oklahoma State University
  20. Georgia Institute of Technology
  21. Michigan Technological University
  22. University of Alabama
  23. North Carolina State University
  24. University of Utah
  25. University of Michigan
  26. West Virginia University
  27. University of Connecticut
  28. Cooper Union
  29. Ohio State University
  30. City College of New York
  31. Polytechnic University of New York
  32. Manhattan College
  33. University of Tennessee
  34. University of Cincinnati
  35. Missouri University of Science and Technology
  36. Marquette University
  37. Colorado State University
  38. University of Detroit
  39. University of New Mexico
  40. Clarkson University
  41. Norwich University
  42. Michigan State University
  43. Lehigh University
  44. Drexel University
  45. New York University
  46. Southern Methodist University
  47. Yale University
  48. Wayne State University
  49. University of Hawaii
  50. New Jersey Institute of Technology
  51. Kansas State University
  52. University of Maryland
  53. University of Nebraska
  54. Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  55. South Dakota State University
  56. Texas A&M University
  57. University of Arkansas
  58. University of Kentucky
  59. Duke University
  60. Northeastern University
  61. Iowa State University
  62. University of Notre Dame
  63. Vanderbilt University
  64. San Diego State University
  65. University of Kansas
  66. New Mexico State University
  67. Louisiana State University
  68. Lamar University
  69. Bradley University
  70. State University of New York at Buffalo
  71. University of Texas at Arlington
  72. University of Vermont
  73. University of Pittsburgh
  74. Rutgers University
  75. California State University, Los Angeles
  76. Montana State University
  77. University of Wisconsin–Platteville
  78. Mississippi State University
  79. San José State University
  80. University of Houston
  81. California State University, Long Beach
  82. Trine University
  83. Clemson University
  84. Tennessee Technological University
  85. Texas Tech University
  86. University of Texas at El Paso
  87. Louisiana Tech University
  88. University of Virginia
  89. Syracuse University
  90. University of Louisville
  91. Old Dominion University
  92. University of South Carolina
  93. University of Maine
  94. Villanova University
  95. Cal Poly-Pomona
  96. University of Colorado at Denver
  97. Columbia University
  98. Carnegie Mellon University
  99. University of Oklahoma
  100. University of Massachusetts Lowell
  101. University of Washington
  102. University of Miami
  103. University of South Florida
  104. University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  105. University of Delaware
  106. Arizona State University
  107. Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
  108. University of California, Irvine
  109. University of Nebraska, Omaha
  110. University of Massachusetts Amherst
  111. University of Rhode Island
  112. Florida Institute of Technology
  113. University of Central Florida
  114. University of Toledo
  115. University of Florida
  116. University of California, Los Angeles
  117. Lawrence Technological University
  118. Rice University
  119. University of North Carolina, Charlotte
  120. University of Alaska Fairbanks
  121. Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
  122. Bucknell University
  123. Florida International University
  124. University of Dayton
  125. Stevens Institute of Technology
  126. Washington University, St. Louis
  127. University of Alabama, Birmingham
  128. University of Evansville
  129. Ohio University
  130. University of California, Davis
  131. Portland State University
  132. Oregon State University
  133. California State University, Fresno
  134. University of Missouri, Kansas City
  135. Texas A&M University–Kingsville
  136. George Mason University
  137. California State University, Fullerton

    Membership

Undergraduate, graduate, alumni, and faculty in civil engineering are all eligible to become members provided some basic requirements are met. Undergraduates must be in the top third of their class and completed at least half of the civil engineering curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree. The selection of members is based upon Scholarship, Character, Practicality, and Sociability, the four primary requirements of a successful engineer. All candidates must participate in a formal initiation ceremony. After becoming a regular member, anyone who has attained eminence through their accomplishments in the profession may become a Chapter Honor Member. The next level of elevation is National Honor Member.