SIUE CHAPTER OF CHI EPSILON
SIUE CHAPTER OF CHI EPSILON
Chi Epsilon is dedicated to the purpose of maintaining and promoting the status of civil engineering as an ideal profession. The organization recognizes the characteristics of the individual deemed to be fundamental to the successful pursuit of engineering.
The SIUE Chapter of Chi Epsilon was inducted as the 121st chapter of the Honor Society of Chi Epsilon on April 26, 1997. As of April 14, 2007, the Chapter has initiated 165 undergraduates, one alumnus, one faculty member, and one chapter honor member. Dr. Steven Hanna, advisor for the SIUE Civil Engineering Honor Society (the predecessor to Chi Epsilon), was initiated as the first Chapter Honor Member in 1999.
The current officers are:
Joshua Samuel Verdught - President
Brian Robert Schuh - Vice President
Kyle Joseph Arentsen - Treasurer
John Carl Matzke - Secretary
Rachel Lynn Ernst - Editor of the Transit
David Henry Richter - Pledge Marshal
Membership is by invitation. Members are selected based on scholarship, character, practicality, and sociability--the four primary requirements of a successful engineer. Current members vote on proposed initiates who meet the following requirements.
- Alumni and Undergraduate students
- upper one-third of class
- Transfer students
- at least 24 semester hours at SIUE
- Graduate students
- at least 6 semester hours at SIUE
- endorsed by 2 Chi Epsilon faculty members
- Faculty
- outstanding qualifications as a teacher in civil engineering
- experience and ability worthy of emulation
- (also approval of the Supreme Council)
- Chapter Honor Members
- at least 10 years experience in the civil engineering profession as a licensed professional engineer
- (also approval of the Supreme Council)
The Chapter typically organizes a review for the Fundamentals of Engineering exam (previously known as the EIT exam). Passing this exam is the second step to becoming licensed as a professional engineer. (The first step is graduating from an accredited undergraduate engineering program.) Professional engineers typically earn more than unlicensed engineers.
The exam is discipline specific. The review covers both the general topics (e.g., math and statics) as well as the CE topics (e.g., environmental and structural engineering).
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Updated 08-27-2008