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List of Student Organizations

Updated 10/23/2023

HONOR SOCIETIES


Electrical and Computer Engineering honor society.
President:  TBA
AdvisorEdward Char
ActivitiesTutoring


National Honor Society for Chemical Engineering.
President: Jonathan Forbes
Advisor: Dr. Jacob Elmer
ActivitiesTutoring and study sessions, service, social events


Mechanical Engineering honor society.
President: Elyse Sanchez
Advisor: Dr. Hashem Ashrafiuon
ActivitiesTutoring


Engineering honor society representing the entire engineering profession.
President: Jacob Janavel
Advisor: Dr. Randy Weinstein
ActivitiesTutoring, national conference

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Student branch of professional aerospace engineering. 
President: Patrick Kumar
Activities: Visits to air museums, aerodynamics projects, regional competitions

 
Student branch of professional chemical engineering.
President: Ryan Forte
Advisor: Dr. Michael Smith
Activities: Regional & national conferences, guest speakers, industry plant tours, senior graduation event, faculty-student sporting events

 
Student branch of professional civil engineering.
President: Andrew Kline
Advisor: Dr. Frank Hampton
Activities: Regional conference, guest speakers, Younger Members Forum meetings


Student branch of professional mechanical engineering.
President: Alex van Vliet
Advisor: Dr. Calvin Li 
Activities: Field trips, regional conference, beetlebots events, guest speakers


President: Jenna Fazio
Advisor: Meltem Izzetoglu


A student branch of professional electrical engineering.
President: Jenna Fazio
Advisor: Dr. Robert Caverly
Activities: Internship panel, guest speakers, field trips


Student branch of an international educational and scientific association of transportation professionals who are responsible for meeting mobility and safety needs.
President: TBD
Advisor: Chengfeng Xiong
Activities: Guest speakers, field trips


A student branch of the professional organization designed to reach out to minorities in the areas of engineering and applied sciences.
President: Ahmed Abdelgalil
Advisor: Dr. Stephen Jones  
Activities: Regional and national conferences, study lock-ins, guest speakers, Saturday mentoring program, NSBE Junior


Student branch of professional organization designed to inspire, encourage students to pursue their PE License.
President: TBD
Advisor: Dr. Stephanie Walkup
Activities: Speakers, Order of the Engineer Ceremony


A student branch of a national organization that is dedicated to the advancement of Asian heritage scientists and engineers.
President: Mary Dam
Advisors: Dr. Maggie Wang


President: Ariana Rojas
Advisor: Dr. Stephen Jones
Activities: Guest speakers, national conferences


A student branch of the professional organization designed to foster and support women in the field of engineering.
President: Emma Olson
Advisors: Dr. Noelle Comolli
Activities: Recruitment events, community outreach, regional and national conferences, networking dinner

STUDENT COUNCIL

Engineering Student Council
A student organization that serves as the liaison between the students and the College administration.
President: Lauren Iskander
Advisor: Gayle Doyle 
ActivitiesNational Engineers' Week events, end of semester "stress busters," community building events

ENGINEERING SUPPORT

Peers Enhancing Educational Resources for Students
A 51±¬ÁÏÍø Engineering student organization providing peer mentoring to all students, with the emphasis on freshman and transitional students.
Co-Presidents: Sara Brown and Kate O’Brien
Advisor: Gayle Doyle 
Activities: Meetings with assigned groups of first-year students, office open daily for help

Well-Being Committee
Dedicated to fostering a mutually supportive environment of wellness for students, faculty and staff in which all members feel a sense of belonging to an inclusive and healthy engineering community

EWC Co-Chairs:
Laura Matthews (Staff) and student TBD

Subcommittee Co-Chairs:
CBE: Dr. Dorothy Skaf (Faculty)

CEE: Dr. David Dinehart (Faculty)

ECE: Edward Char (Faculty), 

ME TBD (Faculty) and Student TBD

Drosdick Graduate Club: Brandon Simons (Student)

Resources:

  1. Dr. Stephen Jones, coaching hours
  2. Counseling Center

CLUBS AND TEAMS

Amateur Radio
Maintains a radio station available to all licensed students, faculty, and alumni; educate students about amateur radio; prepare for emergency situations and support members of the 51±¬ÁÏÍø community in case of emergency; and learn through projects and experiments.
President: Sanskar Agrawal
Advisor: Dr. Alan Johnson


Engages college students in designing and constructing a car powered by a chemical energy source, that will safely carry a specified load over a given distance and stop.
Presidents: Ryan Forte
Advisor: Dr. Noelle Comolli
Activities: Regional and national competitions

CubeSat Club
CubeSat’s are nanosatellites—small, lightweight satellites that send telemetry information over radio signals received on earth by a ground station. CubeSat Club members learn about space science and engineering, orbital mechanics, energy production via solar cells, and more. Learn more.
President: Benjamin Stapleton
Advisor: Dr. Alan Johnston
Activities: Building simulators, assisting with the freshman CubeSat mini-design projects, earning amateur radio licenses and ham radio callsigns, presenting at conferences and conventions, STEM outreach


A student project that designs and competes formula-style racing cars. Visit the team’s Facebook .
Team Captain: Will Stoval

Advisor: Dr. Jerry Jones, Dr. Stephen McGill, and Chris Townend
Activities: Competitions

Launched by the U.S. Office of the Naval Research in 2012, the Maritime RobotX Challenge (RobotX) is focused on autonomous surface vehicle platforms and sensors. 51±¬ÁÏÍø Engineering competes in the biennial competition.
Advisor: Drs. C. Nataraj and Garrett Clayton
Activities: Competition

STEM OUTREACH

NovaCANE
NovaCANE brings engineering into the classrooms of 6th–8th graders in area schools.
President: Mia Farina
Advisor: Dr. David Dinehart
Activities: Teaching and hands-on experiments with local school children, teacher education