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{{Infobox Fraternity
| name = Chi Epsilon
| letters = {{lang|grc|ΧΕ}}
| crest = File:The_crest_of_Chi_Epsilon.jpg
| image_size = 120px
| birthplace =
| founded = {{start date and age|1922|
| status = Active
|
| emphasis = [[Civil engineering]]
| scope = National <!--don't recognize any schools in the list below as outside US-->
| affiliation = Independent
| former_affiliation = ACHS
| motto = ''"Conception, Design, Construction"''
| colors = {{color box|#A020F0}} [[Shades of purple#Purple (X11 color) (veronica)|Purple]] and {{color box|#FFFFFF}} [[White]]
| symbol = [[Theodolite]]
| publication = ''The Transit''
| chapters = 147 chapters
| lifetime = 125,000+
| address = Chi Epsilon National Office<br>Cal Poly State University<br>College of Engineering,<br>1 Grand Avenue
| city = [[San Luis Obispo]]
| state = [[California]]
| ZIP code = 93407
| country = United States
| homepage = {{url|http://www.chi-epsilon.org/}}
}}
'''Chi Epsilon''' ('''{{lang|grc|ΧΕ}}''') is an American collegiate [[civil engineering]] [[honor society]].<ref name="Baird's">{{cite book |title=Baird's Manual of American Fraternities |publisher=Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. |year=1991 |isbn=978-0963715906 |editor1-last=Anson |editor1-first=Jack L. |edition=20th |location=Indianapolis, IN |page=VI-20–21 |editor2-last=Marchenasi |editor2-first=Robert F. |origyear=1879}}</ref> It honors engineering students who have exemplified the "principles of scholarship, character, practicality, and sociability...in the civil engineering profession."<ref name="bylaws">"The Constitution and Bylaws of Chi Epsilon" as approved by National Conclave Rolla, Missouri March 9–11, 2006</ref> As of 2023, there are 141 chapters, of which 137 are active, where over 125,000 members have been inducted.<ref name="web">{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.chi-epsilon.org/ |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=Chi Epsilon |language=en-US}}</ref>
== History ==
In early 1922, two local civil engineering student groups–Chi Epsilon and Chi Delta Chi–formed independently at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]] and petitioned for university recognition.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://sites.google.com/site/chiepsilonuiuc/about |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=Chi Epsilon {{!}} UIUC Chapter |language=en-US}}</ref> Once the two groups learned of each other, they merged under the Chi Epsilon name.<ref name=":2" /> The university approved Chi Epsilon on May 20, 1922, recognized by the society as it founding date,<ref name=":2" /> The group had 25 founding members.<ref name=":2" />
Chi Epsilon is "dedicated to the purpose of maintaining and promoting the status of civil engineering as an ideal profession."<ref name="bylaws" /> Its objective and purpose are to uphold competence, sound engineering, good moral judgment, and a commitment to society to improve the civil engineering profession.
The society received a certificate of incorporation from the State of [[Illinois]] on February 23, 1923.<ref name=":2" />
Chi Epsilon sent letters to other engineering programs, inviting students to found a chapter.<ref name=":2" /> A second chapter was chartered at the [[Illinois Institute of Technology|Armour Institute of Technology]] on March 29, 1923.<ref name=":2" />
The society is overseen by student officers at each chapter who act through a National Council. Its headquarters is located at the [[California Polytechnic State University]].
[[File:Chi Epsilon, Georgia Institute of Technology.jpg|thumb|upright|Chi Epsilon marker at Georgia Tech]]
== Symbols ==
The society's motto is "Conception, Design, Construction", suggested by the Greek letters Chi Delta Chi, the proposed name for one of Chi Epsilon's predecessor groups.<ref name="Baird's" />
The colors of Chi Epsilon are purple and white.<ref name="Baird's" /> Its badge is a key made in the likeness of the front of a [[Theodolite]] or engineer's transit, the instrument of a [[surveying|surveyor]]. Its publication is ''The Transit'', published semi-annually in the spring and fall of each year.<ref name="Baird's" />
== Membership ==
All candidates must participate in a formal initiation ceremony. == Chapter list ==
{{Main|List of Chi Epsilon chapters}}
==Notable members==
=== Collegiate and chapter honor members ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
!Name
!Chapter of initiation
!Notability
!References
|-
|[[Ira Osborn Baker]]
|[[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]]
|Professor of engineering at the [[University of Illinois]]
|<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Chapter Honor Members |url=https://sites.google.com/site/chiepsilonuiuc/chapter-honor-members |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=Chi Epsilon {{!}} UIUC Chapter |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[Thomas B. Berns]]
|[[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]]
|Professor of surveying at the University of Illinois and I[[Illinois House of Representatives|llinois House of Representatives]]
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[Joseph Colaco]]
|[[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]]
|Structural engineer noted for contributions to the supertall skyscrapers
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[Hardy Cross]]
|[[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]]
|Developer of the [[moment distribution method]] for [[structural analysis]] of [[statically indeterminate]] structures.
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[David E. Daniel]]
|[[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]]
|President of the [[University of Texas at Dallas]] and deputy chancellor of the [[University of Texas System]]
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[Robert H. Dodds Jr.]]
|[[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]]
|Professor of civil and environmental engineering at the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]]
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[Louis R. Douglass]]
|[[University of Colorado Boulder]]
|Civil engineer with the [[United States Bureau of Reclamation]] and was in charge of [[Hoover Dam]]
|
|-
|[[Daniel C. Drucker]]
|[[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]]
|Dean of Engineering at the [[University of Illinois]]
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[James van Hoften]]
|[[University of California, Berkeley]]
|[[Astronaut]] for [[National Aeronautics and Space Administration|NASA]]
|
|-
|[[Fazlur Rahman Khan]]
|[[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]]
|Father of [[Tube (structure)|tubular designs]] for high-rises
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[Franklin Matthias]]
|[[University of Wisconsin–Madison]]
|[[Civil engineer]] who directed the construction of the [[Hanford nuclear site]]
|
|-
|[[Ralph Modjeski]]
|[[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]]
|Civil eningeer and pioneer the use of [[suspension bridge]]s
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[Nathan M. Newmark]]
|[[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]]
|one of the founding fathers of [[earthquake engineering]] and recipient of the [[National Medal of Science]]
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[Kent Rominger]]
|[[Colorado State University]]
|[[Astronaut]] and [[NASA]] [[Chief of the Astronaut Office]] at [[Johnson Space Center]],
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rominger |url=http://www.astronautix.com/r/rominger.html |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=www.astronautix.com}}</ref>
|-
|[[Paul J. Tikalsky]]
|[[University of Wisconsin–Madison]]
|Dean & Donald and Cathey Humphreys Chair of Engineering at [[Oklahoma State University]].
|<ref>{{Cite web |first= |date=2023-05-03 |title=Tikalsky receives Fulbright Specialist Award to Uzbekistan at Namangan Institute of Engineering and Technology |url=https://news.okstate.edu/articles/engineering-architecture-technology/2023/paul-tikalsky-receives-fulbright-specialist-award-to-uzbekistan-at-namangan-institute-of-engineering-and-technology.html |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=Oklahoma State University Stillwater |language=en}}</ref>
|}
=== National Honor Members ===
National Honor Members start as collegiate members or chapter honor members but are elevated based on professional achievement. The chapters listed are the original chapter of initiation, followed by the NHM elevation chapter if different.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
!Name
!Chapter of initiation
!Notability
!References
|-
|[[Stephen Bechtel Jr.]]
|Purdue University
|Businessman and owner of the [[Bechtel|Bechtel Corporation]]
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=National Honor Members |url=https://www.chi-epsilon.org/national-honor-member-biographies/ |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=Chi Epsilon |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[Charles B. Breed]]
|MIT
|Head of the Department of Civil and Sanitary Engineering at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[George Dewey Clyde]]
|University of Utah
|[[Governor of Utah]] and dean of the [[Utah State University]] College of Engineering and Technology
|
|-
|[[Hardy Cross]]
|[[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]], MIT
|eveloped the [[moment distribution method]] for [[structural analysis]] of [[statically indeterminate]] structures
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Luther W. Graef]]
|Marquette University, University of Wisconsin–Madison
|founder of [[Graef, Anhalt, Schloemer and Associates Inc.]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Henry Townley Heald]]
|Illinois Institute of Technology
|president of [[Illinois Institute of Technology]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[William LeMessurier]]
|University of Massachusetts Lowell,
MIT
|structural engineer for the [[Boston City Hall]], the [[Federal Reserve Bank of Boston]], the [[8 Shenton Way|Singapore Treasury Building]], and the [[Bank of America Plaza (Dallas)|Dallas Main Center]].
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Tung-Yen Lin]]
|University of California, Berkeley;
University of Kentucky
|Structural engineer who was the pioneer of standardizing the use of [[prestressed concrete]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Daniel W. Mead]]
|University of Wisconsin–Madison,
Cornell University
|Professor at the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Ralph Brazelton Peck]]
|[[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]]
|Civil engineer specializing in [[soil mechanics]] and recipient of the [[National Medal of Science]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Lewis A. Pick]]
|Virginia Tech
|[[Chief of Engineers]] in the [[United States Army]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Leslie E. Robertson]]
|University of California–Berkeley,
Stevens Institute of Technology
|[[Structural engineer]] of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]], the [[U.S. Steel Tower]], the [[Shanghai World Financial Center]], and the [[Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong|Bank of China Tower]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Hunter Rouse]]
|MIT, [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]]
|[[Hydraulics|Hydraulician]], professor at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] and [[Columbia University]], and dean of the [[University of Iowa]] College of Engineering
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Mario Salvadori]]
|Manhattan College,
Cooper Union
|Professor of [[civil engineering]] and [[architecture]] at [[Columbia University]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[John L. Savage]]
|University of Colorado Boulder
|Supervised the designs of [[Hoover Dam]], [[Shasta Dam]], [[Parker Dam]] and [[Grand Coulee Dam]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[David B. Steinman]]
|City College of New York
|Designer of the [[Mackinac Bridge]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Leif J. Sverdrup]]
|Missouri University of Science and Technology
|[[General officer|General]] with the [[U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Arthur Newell Talbot]]
|[[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]]
|Pioneer in the field of [[reinforced concrete]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Bertram D. Tallamy]]
|Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
|Superintendent of the [[New York State Department of Public Works]] and [[Federal Highway Administrator]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Frederick E. Turneaure]]
|University of Wisconsin–Madison
|Dean of engineering at the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Abel Wolman]]
|Drexel University
|Pioneer of modern [[sanitary engineering]]
|<ref name=":0" />
|}
==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.chi-epsilon.org/}}
{{Association of College Honor Societies}}
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