Society News

During this coming semester, the Manhattan College student chapter of IEEE will be going on a number of trips and hosting a few guest speakers. Some of these trips involve an ABC studio tour and a possible trip to IEEE headquarters in Piscataway, NJ. The Manhattan Chapter is also looking to plan a number of events open for all students including the return of the fire fighting robot and the possibility of a solar powered car competition.

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers is preparing for an exciting spring semester! Over the weekend of April 11-13th, Manhattan College will be hosting the 2008 Regional Chemical Engineering Conference which will involve more than 30 schools. Aside from the Chem-E Car and Poster competition, the weekend will be filled with both social and academic events. The first spring semester general meeting will be held on February 28th, with a speaker on Energy Efficiency. A trip is also planned for the Brooklyn Brewery on March 8th.


For the second semester of the year, Chi Epsilon once again has many fun filled events planned. Several guest speakers are anticipated to discuss different topics in today's civil engineering world, such as transportation, U.S. infrastructure, and "green" technology. Just to mention one, Frank Lombardi, the chief engineer of the Port Authority, came on Wednesday, February 15th, to talk about leadership and change in engineering today. In his presentation, Mr. Lombardi discussed topics that extend beyond the common knowledge of civil engineering. He affirmed the significance of a well balanced and open minded individual, essential for succeeding in the engineering world. Please show your support for Chi Epsilon and attend these seminars.

As always Chi Epsilon is looking for tutors and volunteers to help other students as well as the community. Tutoring and community service is a necessary requirement to be a member of Chi Epsilon. If there are any questions please call the civil engineering office @ 718-862-7171 or you can contact our president, Danielle Koch. Have a great semester and remember to study hard! Good luck from your friends of Chi Epsilon.


Pi Tau Sigma, the Mechanical Engineering Honor Society, had another successful Holiday Banquet at Rory Dolan's last semester. The festivities promoted departmental fraternity by providing food, music, and entertainment. Although Pi Tau Sigma is currently undergoing a change in leadership, an End of the Year Banquet is on the drawing board for the end of the semester. A "Goldberg Experiment" project is also a prospective activity to take place this semester, so be sure to participate as this would be an amusing feat.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is ready for another exciting semester! Elections for a new executive board are to take place soon, so now is the time to get involved. After last semester's successful trip to Chelsea Beer Brewery, ASME is gearing up for its famous Black Box Competition this spring. This competition challenges engineers (in teams of 4) of all disciplines to be creative with a limited amount of time and materials. Keep an eye out for flyers about sign up dates!


This semester members of Tau Beta Pi will be attending the Regional Conference at Steven's Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. Several meetings will be held to discuss potential projects that will benefit the school and elections will be held for new officers of the 2008-2009 school year. A tutoring schedule will also be put together and will soon begin in the Fischbach Reading Room.


This semester Eta Kappa Nu will once again be offering their tutoring sessions in the Fishbach Reading Room. There will be a new schedule posted on the HKN wall next to the EECE department office. We will also be holding hour annual induction ceremony later this semester for new candidates to the honor society. Elections will take place afterwards to elect a new e-board for the 2008/2009 school year. The new elected officials will be students entering in their senior year and are in the top fourth of their class.


The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers have been planning quite a few new activities this semester to keep their members busy. SHPE members are attending the SHPE Regional career conference, which is being held right outside of Washington, D.C. Two other events SHPE will be holding are the Junior High School Olympiad and End of the Year banquet. The Junior High School Olympiad is an event that teaches junior high school students the different disciplines in engineering and gives them an opportunity to work on an engineering project. The End of the Year banquet is SHPE's annual gathering to say good bye to this year's e-board members and say hello to next year's e-board members.


The Society of Biological Engineers is led by Kelly Cassidy. The group has a couple of events lined up for this semester: a trip to the Bodies exhibit at South Street Seaport, a trip to a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant and an end of the year dinner which will be hosted by both the SBE and AIChE.