School of Engineering - [Manhattan College]

Honors Societies, Student Groups and Clubs

Tau Chi Alpha	Chi Epsilon	Sigma Xi
Tau Beta Pi	NYWEA	Oppo Club

Honors Societies

Tau Chi Alpha - The National Environmental Engineering Honors Society

Tau Chi Alpha was founded in 1997 right here at Manhattan College. Recognizing the need for a national honors society in the emerging field of environmental engineering, faculty and students of the then Environmental Engineering Department at Manhattan College created the national honors society with the support of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE). The objective of TXA is to advance the environmental engineering profession by identifying and placing a mark of distinction on those environmental engineering students and engineers who have demonstrated high scholastic achievement, ethical character, practicality, and sociability or significant achievement in environmental engineering profession.

The faculty advisor for the Manhattan College chapter of TXA is Dr. R. Sharp

Chi Epsilon - The National Civil Engineering Honors Society

Chi Epsilon, founded in 1922, was organized to recognize the characteristics of the individual civil engineer deemed to be fundamental to the successful pursuit of an engineering career, and to aid in the development of those characteristics in the civil engineering student (chi-epsilon.org). Currently, there are 127 chapters at major engineering universities throughout the United States. Their headquarters is currently located on the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington.

Membership in Chi Epsilon is open to Civil and Environmental Engineering majors.

The chapter of Chi Epsilon at Manhattan College (chapter number 32) was established in 1949. The faculty advisor for the Manhattan College chapter of Chi Epsilon is Dr. M. Hourani

Sigma Xi - The Scientific Research Honors Society

Sigma Xi was founded in 1886 as an honor society for science and engineering. Today, it is an international research society whose programs and activities promote the health of the scientific enterprise and honor scientific achievement. There are nearly 65,000 Sigma Xi members in over 500 chapters at colleges and universities, industrial research centers and government laboratories. The Society has its headquarters in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

Membership in Sigma Xi is by invitation. Those who have shown potential as researchers are invited to join as associate members. Full membership is conferred upon those who have demonstrated noteworthy achievements in research. Each year the Society initiates nearly 5,000 new members. Over the course of the Society's distinguished history, nearly 200 members have won the Nobel Prize and many more have earned election to the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering.

The identification number for the Manhattan College chapter is 166 and the contact officer is Dean R. Heist.

Tau Beta Pi - The Engineering Honors Society

Tau Beta Pi was founded at Lehigh University, June 15, 1885. The Manhattan College chapter of Tau Beta Pi, Xi of New York, was granted a charter on March 18, 1967.

The purpose of Tau Beta Pi is to mark in a fitting manner those who have conferred honor upon their alma mater by distinguished scholarship and exemplary character as undergraduates in engineering, or by their attainments as alumni in the field of engineering, and to foster a spirit of liberal culture in engineering colleges.

The students of engineering whose scholarship places them in the highest one-eighth of the junior class or in the highest one-fifth of the senior class are further considered for membership on the basis of character, integrity, breadth of interest, and unselfish activities.

The Chief Advisor of Tau Beta Pi is Dr. Moujali Hourani of the Civil and Environmental Engineering department.

Student Clubs and Groups

The New York Water Environment Association (NYWEA)

The New York Water Environment Association, Inc., NYWEA, is a non-profit, environmental and educational organization. Founded in 1929, our membership is comprised of consulting engineers, scientists, wastewater facility managers and operators, academicians, students and environmental lawyers.

The primary mission of the NYWEA is to preserve and enhance New York's water environment. Through its local chapter meetings and statewide meetings, members learn about new technology and environmental management. The New York Water Environment Association is a member association of the international Water Environment Federation or WEF.