Eta Kappa Nu
Eta Kappa Nu or IEEE-HKN is the international honor society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. "The organization promotes excellence in the profession and in education through an emphasis on scholarship, character, and attitude." Membership is a lifelong designation for individuals who have distinguished themselves as students or as professionals in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, and other fields of IEEE interest.
About HKN/IEEE-HKN
Eta Kappa Nu was founded on October 28, 1904 as an independent honor society for electrical engineering. It has expanded its scope through the years and it became an organizational unit within IEEE in 2010. Over 260 collegiate chapters have been chartered world-wide and more than 200,000 members have been elected to membership. These chapters recognize high scholarship through membership and foster a culture of service and volunteerism within their host departments. They are noted for student-led engagement with peers, faculty, and industry through tutoring, maker-space management, networking events, etc. Most members are inducted as students, but distinguished professionals may be inducted as well. The guiding ideals for membership eligibility of scholarship, character, and attitude have remained unchanged since the early years.The corporate IEEE-HKN supports the chapters and the profession with a variety of signature activities. An annual Founders Day promotion during October encourages chapters to celebrate HKN and to engage in service in their local community in recognition of HKN's founding. An annual student conference addresses networking, leadership, and professional development objectives. A prominent awards program includes six award categories to promote educational and career excellence. An online magazine, The Bridge, is the archival publication for students, alumni members, and others in the profession and industry.
Collegiate chapter activities, including the member election process, are organized around the recognition of academic accomplishment, the promotion of ethical behavior and volunteer service, and the development of leadership and collaborative skills. The member induction ceremony states, "This is what we strive for as members of Eta Kappa Nu: to lead a balanced life, a life in which scholarship, character, and attitude are jointly developed." Student members join their collegiate chapter of IEEE-HKN for reasons including:
- Formal recognition of academic accomplishment
- Interaction with faculty and successful students
- Opportunities for leadership experience
- Organized service projects and service learning
- Opportunities for professional development
- Lifelong professional community within IEEE
History of HKN/IEEE-HKN
Eta Kappa Nu was founded on October 28, 1904 as the national honor society for electrical engineering students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Maurice L. Carr and nine other undergraduates formed the first chapter and developed a national structure. Their vision for the honor association combined collegiate engagement with a professional community to aid student and alumni members and to support the general profession. Character and attitude were designated along with scholarship as the three ideals to be recognized and promoted through membership and activity. Hence, HKN is concerned with more than simply scholarship and the collegiate experience.The first century of Eta Kappa Nu began with two of the founders, Maurice L. Carr and Edmund B. Wheeler, serving as the first and second national presidents, respectively. The next chapters were organized at Purdue University, Ohio State University, and Illinois Institute of Technology. By the centennial in 2004, more than 200 student chapters as well as several alumni chapters had been chartered. These chapters have sustained records of local service and engagement activities. The national organization developed prominent awards for outstanding chapters, students, teachers, young professionals, and service in electrical engineering. The scope expanded to both electrical and computer engineering in 2000. Also, HKN created a membership path for professionals and an Eminent Member recognition for career accomplishments. The early history is documented in by Larry Dwon.
The second century of Eta Kappa Nu has a continued emphasis on the original vision, but the program and structure have been modified. Its signature activities have been revised to include special attention on service and student conferences. It has formalized a relationship within IEEE as an organizational unit in which HKN is now IEEE-HKN and it is governed by a Board of Governors that are elected by the chapters. This merger became effective 1 September 2010. As a result of the merger, chapters are being chartered internationally and membership eligibility is expanded to all IEEE fields of interest. The first chapters outside the U.S. were chartered in 2012 at the University of Hong Kong and at Dalhousie University. The headquarters was moved to IEEE in Piscataway, NJ where the office is administered by the IEEE-HKN Director and staff. IEEE-HKN has close ties with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association.
An important repository of HKN/IEEE-HKN history is the , especially its Engineering and Technology History Wiki.
Symbols of IEEE-HKN
Eta Kappa Nu's name is based on the Greek word for amber "elektron" from which the English words "electron", "electricity", and "electronic" are derived. In Greek, the word is ΗΛΕΚΤΡΟΝ or ήλεκτρον. The first, fourth, and last letters form the society name of Eta Kappa Nu, which abbreviates to HKN. The emblem is a stylized representation of a Wheatstone bridge. This circuit is used to determine an unknown resistance from three known resistances. A membership analogy is made in which career success is determined when a balance of scholarship, character, and attitude is achieved. These three ideals are the basis for member eligibility.for inductions, graduations, and membership.
The shield of HKN dates from 1927 and symbolizes several aspects of HKN history. The three ideals are represented prominently by the three cubes of magnetite in the diagonal band and are also represented in the emblem atop the shield. The caduceus in the honor point of the shield is a memorial to founder Maurice L. Carr who favored this symbol. The hand of Jupiter stands for the first chapter Alpha and the ten lightning bolts refer to the original ten founding members. The shield incorporates the colors for HKN - navy blue to represent loyalty and scarlet to represent zeal. Student members will often wear honor cords in these colors at their graduation. Members are also encouraged to wear pins of either the emblem or the shield.
A ceremony is the last step in members' entry into HKN. An induction ritual reviews the history, the three ideals, and the symbols as described here. In addition, the induction officials will speak as avatars, or in the voice, of selected historical individuals. This HKN review and the use of avatars reflect an intention to honor and to remember the contributions of the past.
Recognitions and Awards
IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu membership is an honor-society recognition and is earned through qualification, election, and induction. Any student chapter may conduct the membership process for undergraduates, graduate students, and professional members. Minimum scholastic or professional qualifications are defined. However, a chapter may set higher scholastic or career qualifications and will evaluate the character and attitude qualifications locally. An alumni chapter or the Board of Governors may conduct a membership process for professional members. During the induction ceremony, new members commit themselves to the ideals of HKN.An Eminent Member category was approved as the highest membership grade in 1941 and the first recognitions were in 1950. This grade is reserved for "those individuals, who by their technical attainments and contributions to society, have shown themselves to be outstanding leaders in an IEEE-designed field of interest, and great benefactors to society." Individuals must be recognized during their lifetimes for the Eminent Member category; deceased individuals may be recognized as Honorary Eminent Members. Only 134 Eminent Members and 10 Honorary Eminent Members have been so recognized by the HKN. Select Eminent Members are identified with an asterisk in the list at the end of this article.
IEEE-HKN has an annual awards program to honor accomplishment related to the Eta Kappa Nu vision. The initial award category was created in 1932 for outstanding chapter activities. Several awards are named for important HKN volunteers. There are six award categories:
- Outstanding Chapter Award
- Alton B. Zerby and Carl T. Koerner Outstanding Student Award
- C. Holmes MacDonald Outstanding Teaching Award
- Outstanding Young Professional Award
- Distinguished Service Award
- Asad M. Madni Outstanding Technical Achievement and Excellence Award.
''The Bridge'' magazine
The history of the magazine dates back to the first publication of Eta Kappa Nu which was a short booklet entitled The Electric Field. This name continued until 1908. The name of The Eta Kappa Nu Yearbook was used briefly. The first use of The Bridge as the publication name occurred in 1910. The volume label was added later and the volume count dates to the publication year of 1905. The number of issues per year has varied from one to four. Originally a print publication, the magazine became electronic-only after the HKN merger with IEEE in 2010. Recent issues have won numerous international awards for excellence.
Chapters
IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu collegiate chapters are present at education institutions of higher learning across the world. These chapters are designated by a Greek letter or letters starting with the first chapter Alpha at the University of Illinois. The second chapter, Beta at Purdue University, was organized and began inducted members in 1906; however, the chapter was not officially approved by the Purdue University administration until 1913. The chapter with the Eta designation is administered by the IEEE-HKN Board of Governors for at-large inductions. The following table gives the chapter name, host institution, charter date, and location. Several alumni chapters exist that are geographically based.| Chapter | University | Charter date | Location |
| Alpha | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Oct 28, 1904 | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois |
| Beta | Purdue University | Mar. 15, 1913 | West Lafayette, Indiana |
| Gamma | Ohio State University | Jan. 25, 1907 | Columbus, Ohio |
| Delta | Illinois Institute of Technology | May 24, 1909 | Chicago, Illinois |
| Epsilon | Pennsylvania State University | Dec. 4, 1909 | University Park, Pennsylvania |
| Zeta | Case Western Reserve University | Feb. 3, 1910 | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Eta | At-Large, IEEE-HKN Board of Governors | c. 1906 | NA |
| Theta | University of Wisconsin–Madison | Apr. 30, 1910 | Madison, Wisconsin |
| Iota | University of Missouri | Jun 12, 1911 | Columbia, Missouri |
| Kappa | Cornell University | Jan. 27, 1912 | Ithaca, New York |
| Lambda | University of Pennsylvania | Mar. 12, 1913 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Mu | University of California, Berkeley | Dec 18, 1915 | Berkeley, California |
| Nu | Iowa State University | May 13, 1916 | Ames, Iowa |
| Xi | Auburn University | Apr 12, 1920 | Auburn, Alabama |
| Omicron | University of Minnesota | May 22, 1920 | Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Pi | Oregon State University | Dec 19, 1921 | Corvallis, Oregon |
| Rho | University of Colorado at Boulder | Mar 4, 1922 | Boulder, Colorado |
| Sigma | Carnegie Mellon University | May 19, 1923 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Tau | University of Cincinnati | May 26, 1923 | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Upsilon | University of Southern California | Jun 26, 1925 | Los Angeles, California |
| Phi | Union College | Feb 20, 1926 | Schenectady, New York |
| Psi | University of Texas at Austin | Apr 24, 1928 | Austin, Texas |
| Omega | Oklahoma State University–Stillwater | Feb 15, 1930 | Stillwater, Oklahoma |
| Beta Alpha | Drexel University | Mar 1, 1935 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Beta Gamma | Michigan Technological University | Jun 6, 1936 | Houghton, Michigan |
| Beta Delta | University of Pittsburgh | May 14, 1937 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Beta Epsilon | University of Michigan | Apr 25, 1937 | Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| Beta Eta | North Carolina State University | May 28, 1938 | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Beta Theta | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Apr 15, 1939 | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Beta Kappa | Kansas State University | May 6, 1939 | Manhattan, Kansas |
| Beta Lambda | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | May 18, 1940 | Blacksburg, Virginia |
| Beta Mu | Georgia Institute of Technology | May 17, 1941 | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Beta Nu | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | May 11, 1942 | Troy, New York |
| Beta Xi | University of Oklahoma | May 16, 1942 | Norman, Oklahoma |
| Beta Omicron | Marquette University | Jan 21, 1945 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Beta Pi | City College of New York | Feb 16, 1946 | New York, NY |
| Beta Rho | West Virginia University | Apr 2, 1947 | Morgantown, West Virginia |
| Beta Sigma | University of Detroit Mercy | Jun 21, 1947 | Detroit, Michigan |
| Beta Tau | Northwestern University | Jan 21, 1948 | Evanston, Illinois |
| Beta Upsilon | University of Kentucky | Apr 24, 1948 | Lexington, Kentucky |
| Beta Phi | University of Tennessee | Dec 11, 1948 | Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Beta Psi | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | May 14, 1949 | Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Beta Chi | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | May 11, 1949 | Rapid City, South Dakota |
| Beta Omega | University of Connecticut | May 21, 1949 | Storrs, Connecticut |
| Gamma Alpha | Manhattan College | Jan 18, 1950 | Riverdale, New York |
| Gamma Beta | Northeastern University | Mar 4, 1950 | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Gamma Gamma | Clarkson University | Apr 29, 1950 | Potsdam, New York |
| Gamma Delta | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Jun 2, 1950 | Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Gamma Epsilon | Rutgers University | Jun 3, 1950 | New Brunswick, New Jersey |
| Gamma Zeta | Michigan State University | Mar 13, 1951 | East Lansing, Michigan |
| Gamma Theta | Missouri University of Science and Technology | Apr 26, 1952 | Rolla, Missouri |
| Gamma Iota | University of Kansas | May 24, 1952 | Lawrence, Kansas |
| Gamma Kappa | New Jersey Institute of Technology | May 13, 1952 | Newark, New Jersey |
| Gamma Lambda | Columbia University | July 1, 1954 | New York, New York |
| Gamma Mu | Texas A&M University | Oct 8, 1955 | College Station, Texas |
| Gamma Nu | Texas Tech University | Apr 21, 1956 | Lubbock, Texas |
| Gamma Xi | University of Maryland, College Park | May 25, 1957 | College Park, Maryland |
| Gamma Omicron | Southern Methodist University | May 6, 1957 | University Park, Texas |
| Gamma Pi | University of Virginia | May 27, 1957 | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| Gamma Rho | South Dakota State University | Nov 16, 1957 | Brookings, South Dakota |
| Gamma Tau | North Dakota State University | Jan, 1958 | Fargo, North Dakota |
| Gamma Chi | New Mexico State University | May 9, 1959 | Las Cruces, New Mexico |
| Gamma Psi | Lafayette College | May 16, 1959 | |
| Gamma Omega | Mississippi State University | Dec 10, 1959 | Starkville, Mississippi |
| Delta Beta | Lamar University | May 13, 1960 | Beaumont, Texas |
| Delta Gamma | Louisiana Tech University | May 13, 1960 | Ruston, Louisiana |
| Delta Epsilon | Ohio University | May 21, 1960 | Athens, Ohio |
| Delta Zeta | Washington University in St. Louis | May 19, 1960 | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Delta Eta | University of Massachusetts Amherst | May 21, 1960 | Amherst, Massachusetts |
| Delta Iota | Louisiana State University | Apr 16, 1961 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Delta Kappa | University of Maine | May 12, 1961 | Orono, Maine |
| Delta Mu | Villanova University | May 16, 1961 | Villanova, Pennsylvania |
| Delta Nu | University of Alabama | Apr 14, 1962 | Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
| Delta Xi | Air Force Institute of Technology | Feb 2, 1962 | Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio |
| Delta Omicron | University of New Mexico | Apr 8, 1962 | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Delta Pi | Colorado State University | May 18, 1962 | Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Delta Rho | University of North Dakota | May 11, 1962 | Grand Forks, North Dakota |
| Delta Sigma | University of Notre Dame | Apr 14, 1962 | South Bend, Indiana |
| Delta Tau | University of Louisiana-Lafayette | May 19, 1962 | Lafayette, Louisiana |
| Delta Phi | University of South Carolina | May 17, 1962 | Columbia, South Carolina |
| Delta Chi | The Cooper Union | Dec. 19,1962 | New York, NY |
| Delta Omega | University of Hawaii at Manoa | April 9, 1963 | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Epsilon Alpha | Cleveland State University | Apr 11, 1963 | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Epsilon Beta | Arizona State University | May 4, 1963 | Tempe, Arizona |
| Epsilon Gamma | University of Toledo | Apr 11, 1963 | Toledo, Ohio |
| Epsilon Delta | Tufts University | Jan 11, 1964 | Medford, Massachusetts |
| Epsilon Epsilon | University of Houston | May 15, 1964 | Houston, Texas |
| Epsilon Eta | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Oct 27, 1965 | Terre Haute, Indiana |
| Epsilon Theta | California State University, Long Beach | Feb 13, 1965 | Long Beach, California |
| Epsilon Iota | San Jose State University | May 15, 1965 | San Jose, California |
| Epsilon Kappa | University of Miami | Dec 4, 1965 | Coral Gables, Florida |
| Epsilon Lambda | Vanderbilt University | Apr 22, 1966 | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Epsilon Mu | University of Texas at Arlington | Apr 30, 1966 | Arlington, Texas |
| Epsilon Nu | California State University, Los Angeles | May 14, 1966 | Los Angeles, California |
| Epsilon Xi | Wichita State University | May 22, 1966 | Wichita, Kansas |
| Epsilon Omicron | University of Delaware | May 20, 1966 | Newark, Delaware |
| Epsilon Rho | Tennessee Technological University | May 12, 1967 | Cookeville, Tennessee |
| Epsilon Sigma | University of Florida | Dec 1, 1967 | Gainesville, Florida |
| Epsilon Tau | University of California, Santa Barbara | May 29, 1969 | Santa Barbara, California |
| Epsilon Upsilon | Tuskegee University | Nov 26, 1969 | Tuskegee, Alabama |
| Epsilon Phi | California Polytechnic State University | Apr 13, 1971 | San Luis Obispo, California |
| Epsilon Omega | University of Mississippi | May 4, 1971 | Oxford, Mississippi |
| Zeta Beta | Texas A&M University–Kingsville | May 8, 1971 | Kingsville, Texas |
| Zeta Gamma | University of Rhode Island | May 10, 1971 | Kingston, RI |
| Zeta Delta | University of Texas at El Paso | May 14, 1971 | El Paso, Texas |
| Zeta Epsilon | Florida Institute of Technology | May 14, 1971 | Melbourne, Florida |
| Zeta Eta | Brigham Young University | May 26, 1971 | Provo, Utah |
| Zeta Theta | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | June 3, 1972 | Pomona, California |
| Zeta Iota | Clemson University | Oct 8, 1972 | Clemson, South Carolina |
| Zeta Kappa | Tennessee State University | Feb 1, 1973 | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Zeta Lambda | Prairie View A&M University | Apr 3, 1973 | Prairie View, Texas |
| Zeta Nu | University of Tulsa | May 18, 1973 | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Zeta Xi | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | Feb 4, 1974 | Dartmouth, Massachusetts |
| Zeta Omicron | West Virginia University Institute of Technology | Mar 29, 1974 | Montgomery, West Virginia |
| Zeta Pi | University at Buffalo | Apr 5, 1974 | Buffalo, New York |
| Zeta Rho | University of New Haven | Dec. 7,1974 | West Haven, Connecticut |
| Zeta Sigma | Polytechnic Institute of New York University | Dec 9, 1974 | Brooklyn, New York |
| Zeta Tau | San Diego State University | Dec. 13, 1974 | San Diego, California |
| Zeta Phi | Trine University | Dec. 1, 1975 | Angola, Indiana |
| Zeta Chi | University of Central Florida | Dec 6, 1975 | Orlando, Florida |
| Zeta Omega | University of California, Irvine | Feb 21, 1976 | Irvine, California |
| Zeta Psi | Southern University and A&M College | Feb 27, 1976 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Theta Alpha | Tulane University | Mar 13, 1976 | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Theta Delta | Naval Postgraduate School | Dec 7, 1977 | Monterey, California |
| Theta Epsilon | Kettering University | Mar 16, 1978 | Flint, Michigan |
| Theta Eta | University of Alabama in Huntsville | Apr 29, 1978 | Huntsville, Alabama |
| Theta Kappa | California State University, Fresno | May 4, 1979 | Fresno, California |
| Theta Lambda | University of South Alabama | Nov 30, 1979 | Mobile, Alabama |
| Theta Mu | Stony Brook University | Dec 7, 1979 | Stony Brook, New York |
| Theta Nu | North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University | Apr 11, 1980 | Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Theta Xi | Norwich University | Apr 28, 1980 | Northfield, Vermont |
| Theta Pi | University of Missouri–Kansas City | May 10, 1980 | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Theta Rho | Rice University | Jan 3, 1981 | Houston, Texas |
| Theta Tau | University of Michigan-Dearborn | Apr 18, 1981 | Dearborn, Michigan |
| Theta Upsilon | Lawrence Technological University | Jan 16, 1982 | Southfield, Michigan |
| Theta Phi | Virginia Military Institute | Apr 7, 1982 | Lexington, Virginia |
| Theta Chi | University of Colorado at Colorado Springs | Apr 23, 1982 | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Theta Psi | University of Nevada, Reno | Apr 15, 1982 | Reno, Nevada |
| Iota Beta | Milwaukee School of Engineering | Feb 10, 1984 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Iota Gamma | University of California, Los Angeles | Mar 29, 1984 | Los Angeles, California |
| Iota Delta | Stevens Institute of Technology | May 6, 1984 | Hoboken, New Jersey |
| Iota Epsilon | University of Hartford | Nov 3, 1984 | West Hartford, Connecticut |
| Iota Zeta | California State University, Chico | Feb 22, 1985 | Chico, California |
| Iota Eta | University of Dayton | Dec 7, 1985 | Dayton, Ohio |
| Iota Theta | Portland State University | Mar 8, 1986 | Portland, Oregon |
| Iota Kappa | Montana State University | Apr 24, 1986 | Bozeman, Montana |
| Iota Lambda | University of Illinois at Chicago | Nov 24, 1986 | Chicago, Illinois |
| Iota Nu | Gannon University | Apr 28, 1987 | Erie, Pennsylvania |
| Iota Xi | University of Arizona | Mar 5, 1988 | Tucson, Arizona |
| Iota Rho | University of New Orleans | Apr 22, 1989 | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Iota Sigma | Temple University | May 12, 1989 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Iota Upsilon | University of Washington | May 25, 1989 | Seattle, Washington |
| Iota Phi | United States Military Academy | May 9, 1991 | West Point, New York |
| Iota Chi | Oakland University | Nov 10, 1990 | Rochester, Michigan |
| Kappa Alpha | Northern Illinois University | Mat 22, 1991 | DeKalb, Illinois |
| Kappa Delta | Florida International University | Apr 3, 1992 | Miami, Florida |
| Kappa Epsilon | Binghamton University | Nov 20, 1992 | Binghamton, New York |
| Kappa Theta | University of Wisconsin–Platteville | Feb 26, 1994 | Platteville, Wisconsin |
| Kappa Iota | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott | Apr 24, 1994 | Prescott, Arizona |
| Kappa Nu | University of North Florida | May 17, 1997 | Jacksonville, Florida |
| Kappa Xi | University of South Florida | Apr 25,1998 | Tampa, Florida |
| Kappa Omicron | State University of New York at New Paltz | Oct 12, 1999 | New Paltz, NY |
| Kappa Pi | Boise State University | Oct 27, 2001 | Boise, Idaho |
| Kappa Rho | Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis | May 11, 2002 | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Kappa Sigma | Boston University | Mar 21, 2003 | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Kappa Tau | Baylor University | Mar 28, 2003 | Waco, Texas |
| Kappa Upsilon | University of Texas at San Antonio | Nov 19, 2004 | San Antonio, Texas |
| Kappa Phi | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Apr 29, 2005 | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Kappa Psi | University of California, San Diego | Jun 2, 2005 | La Jolla, California |
| Kappa Chi | Virginia Commonwealth University | May 6, 2005 | Richmond, Virginia |
| Kappa Omega | Western Michigan University | Apr 5, 2006 | Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| Lambda Alpha | University of West Florida | Apr 22, 2006 | Pensacola, Florida |
| Lambda Beta | California State University, Northridge | Nov 30, 2007 | Northridge, California |
| Lambda Delta | Florida A&M University – Florida State University College of Engineering | Apr 9, 2009 | Tallahassee, Florida |
| Lambda Epsilon | Southern Illinois University Carbondale | April 28, 2010 | Carbondale, Illinois |
| Lambda Iota | The University of Hong Kong | Jan 12, 2012 | Hong Kong SAR, China |
| Lambda Theta | Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia | Mar 5, 2012 | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Lambda Nu | University of Scranton | Nov. 28, 2012 | Scranton, Pennsylvania |
| Lambda Xi | Hofstra University | Dec. 5, 2012 | Hempstead, New York |
| Lambda Omega | National University of Singapore | Feb. 2, 2013 | Singapore, Singapore |
| Lambda Rho | Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education | May 21, 2013 | Monterrey, Nuevo León, México |
| Lambda Sigma | University of California, Riverside | Feb. 28, 2014 | Riverside, California |
| Lambda Upsilon | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach | April 26, 2014 | Daytona Beach, Florida |
| Lambda Tau | University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus | May 12, 2014 | Mayaguez, Puerto Rico |
| Mu Alpha | UCSI University | Jan. 10, 2015 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Mu Epsilon | Singapore University of Technology and Design | Dec. 15, 2015 | Singapore, Singapore |
| Mu Zeta | Western Washington University | Jan 15, 2016 | Bellingham, Washington |
| Mu Theta | Chulalongkorn University | Mar. 7, 2016 | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Mu Eta | University of KwaZulu-Natal | Aug. 22, 2016 | Durban, South Africa |
| Mu Kappa | University of Queensland | Mar. 1, 2017 | Brisbane, Australia |
| Mu Nu | Polytechnic University of Turin | Mar. 20, 2017 | Turin, Italy |
| Mu Xi | Indian Institute of Science | Mar. 27, 2017 | Bangalore, India |
| Lambda Phi | Khalifa University | Mar. 13, 2018 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Lambda Lambda | American University of Sharjah | Mar. 14, 2018 | Sharjah, United Arab Emirates |
| Mu Pi | G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering Nagpur | April 25, 2018 | Nagpur, India |
| Mu Beta | Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport | April 28, 2018 | Alexandria, Egypt |
| Mu Rho | Valparaiso University | April 28, 2018 | Valparaiso, Indiana |
| Mu Sigma | National ChiaoTung University | May 17, 2018 | Hsinchu, Taiwan |
| Mu Tau | Waseda University | July 25, 2018 | Tokyo, Japan |
| Mu Phi | University of California, Santa Cruz | Oct. 3, 2018 | Santa Cruz, California |
| Mu Chi | University of Evansville | Nov. 2, 2018 | Evansville, Indiana |
| Mu Psi | Autonomous University of Queretaro | Aug. 16, 2019 | Santiago de Queretaro, Mexico |
| Nu Alpha | National Distance Education University | July 17, 2020 | Madrid, Spain |
| Nu Beta | Technical University of Madrid | July 17, 2020 | Madrid, Spain |
Prominent Members
Individuals in the Eminent Member category are identified with an asterisk.Leaders in Business and Industry
- Norman R. Augustine,* Former Chairman and CEO of the Lockheed Martin Corporation, Chairman of the Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee
- Henry Bachman,* Former Vice-President of BAE Systems and 1987 President of IEEE
- Gordon Bell,* Engineer and Former Manager at Digital Equipment Corporation
- Sabeer Bhatia, Founder of Hotmail
- Amar Bose,* Inventor, Founder, and Former Chairman of Bose
- Martin Cooper,* Inventor and Founder of Dyna, LLC
- Francis deSouza, CEO of Illumina
- David Filo, Founder of Yahoo!
- Bernard M. Gordon,* Inventor, Entrepreneur, and NAE Member
- Ted Hoff,* Inventor and first Intel Fellow
- Irwin M. Jacobs,* Co-Founder of Qualcomm
- Paul Jacobs, former Executive Chairman of Qualcomm
- Jack Kilby,* Inventor and Engineer at Texas Instruments and Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics and the National Medal of Science
- Ray Kurzweil,* Inventor, Author, and Google Engineer
- Asad M. Madni,* Former President, CEO, and CTO of BEI Technologies, Inc. and NAE Member
- Gordon E. Moore,* Co-Founder and Former Chairman of Intel Corporation
- Tsuneo Nakahara,* Engineer at Sumitomo Electric
- John Ofori-Tenkorang, Inventor, Engineer and Director General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust, Ghana
- Larry Page, Founder and Former CEO of Google
- Henry Samueli, Founder and CEO of Broadcom
- Walter Jeremiah Sanders,* Co-founder and Former CEO of Advanced Micro Devices
- Eric Schmidt, Former Executive Chairman of Google
- Andrew Viterbi,* Engineer and Co-Founder of Qualcomm Inc., Recipient of the National Medal of Science, and NAE Member
- Steve Wozniak,* Co-founder of Apple Computers
Leaders in Engineering and Academia
- Walter R. G. Baker,* Radio and Television Engineer and Executive
- Vint Cerf,* Internet pioneer. He has been described as one of "the fathers of the Internet" together with TCP/IP co-developer Bob Kahn
- Susan L. Graham,* Professor at the University of California, Berkeley and NAE Member
- Grace Hopper,* Inventor of first compiler tools and Navy Flag Officer
- Leah H. Jamieson,* Professor at Purdue University, 2007 President of IEEE, and NAE Member
- Vladimir Karapetoff, Professor at Cornell University
- Mervin J. Kelly,* President of Bell Laboratories and NAS Member
- Leonard Kleinrock,* Professor at University of California, Los Angeles and Recipient of the National Medal of Science
- James D. Meindl,* Professor of Microelectronics at the Georgia Institute of Technology and NAE Member
- Vincent Poor,* Professor at Princeton University and NAE Member
- Eberhardt Rechtin,* Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency, Professor at the University of Southern California, and NAE Member
- Steven Sample,* Inventor and President of the University of Southern California and the University of Buffalo
- William A. Wulf,* Professor at the University of Virginia and 1996-2007 President of the NAE
Astronauts
- Gregory Chamitoff, NASA Astronaut
- Owen K. Garriott,* NASA Astronaut
- Sandra Magnus, NASA Astronaut and Executive Director of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Carl J. Meade, NASA Astronaut
- Ronald M. Sega, NASA Astronaut
- David Wolf, NASA Astronaut