VCU Chapter of Engineering Honor Society Installed

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The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering has installed a chapter of Eta Kappa Nu, the national Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society.

Eta Kappa Nu has approximately 150 active chapters at colleges and universities in the United States. The society was founded in 1904 at the University of Illinois to recognize scholastic achievement and personal accomplishment among electrical engineering students, and, more recently, computer engineering students.

Ten students were accepted into membership at a ceremony marking the installation of the Kappa Chi chapter at VCU on May 6. The ceremony was led by David Irwin, Ph.D., vice president of Eta Kappa Nu and head of the electrical and computer engineering department in Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. The VCU chapter’s approval was the result of work by a team of students under the direction of Vennie Filippas, Ph.D., professor in electrical engineering.

“Eta Kappa Nu is an electrical engineering honor society with very strict criteria for its inductees,” said Filippas. “The fact that the VCU Electrical and Computer Engineering Department was accepted so quickly into its ranks is indicative of the level of education we provide as a school, and of the level of academic achievement of our students.”

Eta Kappa Nu recently celebrated its 100th anniversary as an honor society dedicated to recognizing academic achievement and distinguished personal accomplishment among electrical and computer engineers. The society presents awards each year to outstanding young engineers, students, chapters and distinguished members. The society also publishes a member magazine, "The Bridge."