
Chi Epsilon () is an American
civil engineering
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honor society
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. It honors engineering students in the
United States
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who have exemplified the "principles of scholarship, character, practicality, and sociability...in the civil engineering profession."
["The Constitution and Bylaws of Chi Epsilon" as approved by National Conclave Rolla, Missouri March 9–11, 2006] There are currently 141 chapters, of which 137 are active, where over 125,000 members have been inducted.
[Chi Epsilon Official Website](_blank)
/ref> Chi Epsilon is a 501c(3) non-profit organization, with Platinum Certification by www.guidestar.org. As of Feb 2022, Chi Epsilon does not have an active President, Executive Director, or Board of Directors, and its website is unavailable pending restructuring by the remaining members of Chi Epsilon's National Council.
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
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Unive ...
when two groups of civil engineering students independently petitioned for establishment of an honorary fraternity
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. 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
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. 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
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. The society's English motto is "Conception, Design, Construction", which retains the letters of Chi Delta Chi, the proposed name for the fraternity which was offered 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
#Milo Ketchum (1931 Illinois)
#Charles B. Breed (1932 MIT)
#Ora M. Leland (1932 Minnesota)
#Arthur N. Talbot
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(1932 Illinois)
#Daniel W. Mead (1932 Cornell)
#John B. Babcock III (1932 MIT)
#Herbert S. Crocker (1934 Colorado)
# Frederick E. Turneaure (1936 Wisconsin)
#Charles Derleth, Jr. (1936 California)
#George T. Seabury (1939 MIT)
#Hardy Cross
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(1940 MIT)
# John L. Savage (1946 CO-Boulder)
#Julian Hinds (1948 Texas)
#Lewis A. Pick
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Early life
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(1948 VPI)
#Charles G. Hyde (1950 MIT)
#David B. Steinman
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(1960 CCNY)
#Tom A. Blair (1952 Colorado)
#Sinclair O. Harper (1952 California-Berkeley)
#Henry T. Heald Henry Townley Heald (1904–1975) was the first president of Illinois Institute of Technology and the Ford Foundation.
Career
Heald was president of Armour Institute of Technology from 1937 to 1940, at which time it became the Illinois Institute ...
(1953-IIT)
#Morton O. Withey (1954 Wisconsin)
#Bernard A. Etcheverry (1954 California-Berkeley)
#Bertram D. Tallamy
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(1958 RPI)
# Enoch R. Needles (1965 MO-Rolla)
#Clarence L. Eckel (1966 Colorado)
#A. M. Rawn (1968 USC)
#Ellis L. Armstrong (1968 NCE)
#Mason G. Lockwood (1968 Texas)
# Solomon Cady Hollister (1969 Purdue)
#William H. Wisely (1969 Illinois)
#George R. Rich (1970 Worcester)
# Abel Wolman (1971, Drexel)
#Louis R. Howson (1972 Wisconsin)
#John A. Focht, Sr. (1972 Texas)
#Roland P. Davis (1972 West Virginia)
#Daniel V. Terrell (1973 Kentucky)
# Leif J. Sverdrup (1976 MO-Rolla)
# Ralph E. Fadum (1978 Purdue)
#Phil M. Ferguson (1980 Texas)
#Oscar S. Bray
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(1982 Northeastern)
# Ralph B. Peck (1984 Illinois)
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(1985, Illinois)
#Linton E. Grinter (1986 Florida)
#Leland J. Walker (1988 Montana State)
#William McCoy Sangster (1990 Iowa)
# Stephen Bechtel, Jr. (1990 Purdue)
#Fred J. Benson (1992 Texas A&M)
#Jack Cermak (1994, Colorado State)
#Chester P. Seiss (1994 Illinois)
#Mario Salvadori
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Early life
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(1996 Cooper Union)
#T.Y. Lin
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Biography
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(1996 California-Berkeley)
#William J. Hall (1998 Illinois)
#John A. Focht, Jr. (2000 Wisconsin)
#Luther W. Graef Luther W. Graef is the founder of Graef, Anhalt, Schloemer and Associates Inc., former President of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the fourth president of ASCE Foundation.
Graef graduated from Marquette University in 1952. After he ...
(2002 Maryland)
# William LeMessurier (2004 MIT)
#Robert D. Bay (2006 MO-Rolla)
#Charles Pankow (2006 Purdue)
#Leslie E. Robertson
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(2008 Stevens)
#Daniel S. Turner
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(2010 Alabama-Tuscaloosa)
#G. Wayne Clough
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(2012 Maryland)
#William F. Marcuson III
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(2014 University of Utah)
# Conrad G. Keyes, Jr. (2016 New Mexico State University)
#Norma Jean Mattei Norma may refer to:
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Geography
*Norma, Laz ...
(2017 University of Louisiana – Lafayette 2017 ASCE National Convention)
Chapter list
Chapters are designated by school at which they are located. Year of installation is in parentheses.
#University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
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(1922)
#Illinois Institute of Technology
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(1923)
#University of Minnesota
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(1923)
#University of Southern California
, mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it"
, religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian—historically Methodist
, established =
, accreditation = WSCUC
, type = Private research university
, academic_affiliations =
, endowment = $8. ...
(1924)
#Cornell University
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(1925)
#University of Wisconsin–Madison
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(1925)
#University of California, Berkeley
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(1925)
#Pennsylvania State University
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(1927)
#Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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(1928)
#University of Colorado
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(1929)
#Purdue University
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(1929)
#University of Missouri
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(1934)
#University of Texas, Austin
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(1939)*Please Check
#University of Mississippi
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(1937)
# Auburn University (1938)
#University of Iowa
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(1940)
#Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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(1940)
#Virginia Tech
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(1941)
#Oklahoma State University
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(1941)
#Georgia Institute of Technology
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(1943)
#Michigan Technological University
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(1948)
#University of Alabama
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(1948)
#North Carolina State University
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(1948)
#University of Utah
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(1948)
#University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
, endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
(1949)
#West Virginia University
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(1949)
#University of Connecticut
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(1949)
#Cooper Union
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(1949)
#Ohio State University
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(1949)
#City College of New York
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(1949)
# Polytechnic University of New York (1949)
#Manhattan College
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(1949)
#University of Tennessee
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(1949)
#University of Cincinnati
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(1950)
#Missouri University of Science and Technology
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(1950)
#Marquette University
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(1950)
# Colorado State University (1950)
#University of Detroit
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(1950)
#University of New Mexico
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(1951)
#Clarkson University
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(1951)
#Norwich University
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(1951)
#Michigan State University
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(1951)
#Lehigh University
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(1952)
#Drexel University
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(1953)
#New York University
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(1953)
#Southern Methodist University
, mottoeng = " The truth will make you free"
, established =
, type = Private research university
, accreditation = SACS
, academic_affiliations =
, religious_affiliation = United Methodist Church
, president = R. Gerald Turner
, pr ...
(1955)
#Yale University
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(1956)
#Wayne State University
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(1957)
#University of Hawaii
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(1957)
#New Jersey Institute of Technology
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(1958)
#Kansas State University
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(1960)
#University of Maryland
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(1961)
#University of Nebraska
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(1961)
#Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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, mottoeng = "Theory and Practice"
, established =
, former_name = Worcester County Free Institute of Industrial Science (1865-1886)
, type = Private research university
, endow ...
(1961)
#South Dakota State University
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(1961)
#Texas A&M University
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(1962)
#University of Arkansas
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(1962)
#University of Kentucky
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(1962)
# Duke University (1964)
#Northeastern University
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(1965)
#Iowa State University
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(1965)
#University of Notre Dame
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(1966)
#Vanderbilt University
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(1967)
#San Diego State University
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(1967)
#University of Kansas
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(1967)
#New Mexico State University
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(1968)
#Louisiana State University
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(1968)
#Lamar University
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(1968)
#Bradley University
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(1969)
# State University of New York at Buffalo (1969)
#University of Texas at Arlington
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(1969)
#University of Vermont
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(1970)
#University of Pittsburgh
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(1970)
#Rutgers University
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(1970)
#California State University, Los Angeles
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(1970)
#Montana State University
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(1971)
#University of Wisconsin–Platteville
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(1971)
#Mississippi State University
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(1971)
# San José State University (1971)
#University of Houston
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(1972)
# California State University, Long Beach (1973)
#Trine University
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(1973)
#Clemson University
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(1974)
#Tennessee Technological University
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(1975)
#Texas Tech University
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(1975)
#University of Texas at El Paso
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(1976)
#Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech University (Louisiana Tech, La. Tech, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Ruston, Louisiana. It is part of the University of Louisiana System and classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activ ...
(1976)
#University of Virginia
The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with College admission ...
(1977)
#Syracuse University
Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Locate ...
(1978)
#University of Louisville
The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public research university in Louisville, Kentucky. It is part of the Kentucky state university system. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of ...
(1978)
#Old Dominion University
Old Dominion University (Old Dominion or ODU) is a public research university in Norfolk, Virginia. It was established in 1930 as the Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary and is now one of the largest universities in Virginia wi ...
(1979)
# University of South Carolina (1980)
#University of Maine
The University of Maine (UMaine or UMO) is a public land-grant research university in Orono, Maine. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the flagship university of the University of Maine System. It is classifi ...
(1980)
#Villanova University
Villanova University is a private Roman Catholic research university in Villanova, Pennsylvania. It was founded by the Augustinians in 1842 and named after Saint Thomas of Villanova. The university is the oldest Catholic university in Pen ...
(1982)
#Cal Poly-Pomona
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona, CPP, or Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo. See the ''California State Polytechnic University, Pomo ...
(1982)
# University of Colorado at Denver (1982)
#Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manha ...
(1982)
#Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology ...
(1982)
#University of Oklahoma
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(1983)
#University of Massachusetts Lowell
The University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell and UML) is a public research university in Lowell, Massachusetts, with a satellite campus in Haverhill, Massachusetts. It is the northernmost member of the University of Massachusetts public u ...
(1983)
#University of Washington
The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington.
Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seat ...
(1983)
#University of Miami
The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, ...
(1984)
#University of South Florida
The University of South Florida (USF) is a public research university with its main campus located in Tampa, Florida, and other campuses in St. Petersburg and Sarasota. It is one of 12 members of the State University System of Florida. USF i ...
(1984)
#University of Louisiana at Lafayette
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette, University of Louisiana, ULL, or UL) is a public research university in Lafayette, Louisiana. It has the largest enrollment within the nine-campus University of Louisiana System and the s ...
(1985)
#University of Delaware
The University of Delaware (colloquially UD or Delaware) is a public land-grant research university located in Newark, Delaware. UD is the largest university in Delaware. It offers three associate's programs, 148 bachelor's programs, 121 m ...
(1985)
#Arizona State University
Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in t ...
(1985)
# Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (1986)
#University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, UCI offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and p ...
(1988)
# University of Nebraska, Omaha (1988)
#University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst, UMass) is a public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts and the sole public land-grant university in Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded in 1863 as an agricultural college, it ...
(1988)
#University of Rhode Island
The University of Rhode Island (URI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Kingston, Rhode Island, United States. It is the flagship public research as well as the land-grant university of the state of Rhode Island ...
(1988)
#Florida Institute of Technology
The Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech or FIT) is a private research university in Melbourne, Florida. The university comprises four academic colleges: Engineering & Science, Aeronautics, Psychology & Liberal Arts, and Business. A ...
(1991)
#University of Central Florida
The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a public research university whose main campus is in unincorporated Orange County, Florida. UCF also has nine smaller regional campuses throughout central Florida. It is part of the State University ...
(1991)
#University of Toledo
The University of Toledo (UToledo or UT) is a public research university in Toledo, Ohio. It is the northernmost campus of the University System of Ohio. The university also operates a Health Science campus, which includes the University of ...
(1992)
#University of Florida
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...
(1994)
#University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a Normal school, teachers colle ...
(1994)
# Lawrence Technological University (1994)
#Rice University
William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas. It is on a 300-acre campus near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. Rice is ranked among the top universit ...
(1995)
# University of North Carolina, Charlotte (1996)
#University of Alaska Fairbanks
The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF or Alaska) is a public land-grant research university in College, Alaska, a suburb of Fairbanks. It is the flagship campus of the University of Alaska system. UAF was established in 1917 and opened for ...
(1996)
# Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville (1997)
#Bucknell University
Bucknell University is a private liberal arts college in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, it now consists of the College of Arts and Sciences, Freeman College of Management, and the College of Engineerin ...
(1997)
#Florida International University
Florida International University (FIU) is a public research university with its main campus in Miami-Dade County. Founded in 1965, the school opened its doors to students in 1972. FIU has grown to become the third-largest university in Florida ...
(1998)
#University of Dayton
The University of Dayton (UD) is a private, Catholic research university in Dayton, Ohio. Founded in 1850 by the Society of Mary, it is one of three Marianist universities in the nation and the second-largest private university in Ohio. The uni ...
(2000)
#Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology is a private research university in Hoboken, New Jersey. Founded in 1870, it is one of the oldest technological universities in the United States and was the first college in America solely dedicated to mechanica ...
(2000)
# Washington University in St. Louis (2001)
# University of Alabama, Birmingham (2003)
#University of Evansville
The University of Evansville (UE) is a private university in Evansville, Indiana. It was founded in 1854 as Moores Hill College. The university operates a satellite center, Harlaxton College, in Grantham, England.
UE offers more than 80 differ ...
(2005)
#Ohio University
Ohio University is a public research university in Athens, Ohio. The first university chartered by an Act of Congress and the first to be chartered in Ohio, the university was chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confederation and subsequ ...
(2005)
#University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The inst ...
(2007)
#Portland State University
Portland State University (PSU) is a public research university in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1946 as a post-secondary educational institution for World War II veterans. It evolved into a four-year college over the following two decades ...
(2008)
#Oregon State University
Oregon State University (OSU) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degree ...
(2008)
#California State University, Fresno
California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) is a public university in Fresno, California. It is one of 23 campuses in the California State University system. The university had a fall 2020 enrollment of 25,341 students. It offers bachelo ...
(2008)
# University of Missouri, Kansas City (2009)
# Texas A&M University–Kingsville (2009)
#George Mason University
George Mason University (George Mason, Mason, or GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia with an independent City of Fairfax, Virginia postal address in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The university was orig ...
(2010)
#California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Fullerton (CSUF or Cal State Fullerton) is a public university in Fullerton, California. With a total enrollment of more than 41,000, it has the largest student body of the 23-campus California State University (CSU) ...
(2013)
#The College of New Jersey
The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) is a public university in Ewing Township, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. Established in 1855 as the New Jersey State Normal School, TCNJ was the first normal school, or ...
(2020)
Membership
Undergraduate, graduate, alumni, and faculty in civil engineering are all eligible to become members provided 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.
References
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* http://www.chi-epsilon.org/XEWebGeneral2/About/NationalHonorMembers.aspx
ACHS Chi Epsilon entry
Chi Epsilon chapter list at ACHS
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Student organizations established in 1922
Association of College Honor Societies
Civil engineering organizations
Engineering honor societies
1922 establishments in Illinois