Rowan Inducts Engineers into New Honor Society Chapter
Rowan Inducts Engineers into New Honor Society Chapter
February 15, 2006
The College of Engineering recently inducted 27 students from four engineering disciplines into its new chapter of Tau Beta Pi at Rowan University. Undergraduate students must be in the top eighth of their junior class or top fifth of their senior class and display distinguished scholarship achievement and exemplary character to be considered for the society.
Dr. Steven Chin, chief advisor for the Rowan University chapter and associate dean of the College of Engineering, said, ?Tau Beta Pi is the national engineering honor society and is service oriented. We are pleased to be part of an association that is recognized around the country and values superior scholarship and leadership achievement.?
According to Tau Beta Pi, the organization is the nation's second-oldest honor society, founded at Lehigh University in 1885 to recognize students of distinguished scholarship and exemplary character. There are collegiate chapters at 230 U.S. colleges and universities, active alumnus chapters in 16 districts across the country and a total initiated membership of 481,623.
New Rowan members are:
Chemical Engineering:
Nicholas W. DeSantis of Blackwood
Jessica L. Prince of Jackson
Donald Kessler III of Roebling
Robert W. Leighty of Carney?s Point
Lisa A. Scodari of Raritan
Scott A. Barnes of Sewell
Richard S. Dominiak of Mount Laurel
Kristin L. Ackermann of Jackson
Megan Moran of Pennsville
Civil and Environmental Engineering:
John C. Liddle of Mullica Hill
Julie Murphy of Carney?s Point
John A. Conover of Somers Point
Mason R. DeFrank of Collingswood
Megan Brown of Glenmoore, Pa.
Thomas P. Neff of Atlantic Highlands
Mechanical Engineering:
Craig G. Weinschenk of South River
Robert W. Erney of Sewell
Gregory D. Webster of Estell Manor
Neal J. Moran of Laurel Springs
John P. Warner of Salem
Matthew W. Dermond of Mays Landing
Thomas J. Gray of Fairfax, Va.
Matthew R. Hamill of Mount Laurel
Daniel Stephens of Moorestown
Electrical and Computer Engineering:
Scott G. Marks of Egg Harbor Twp.
Peter E. Renner of Columbia, Md.
Zarron A. Simonis of Newton
Dr. Steven Chin, chief advisor for the Rowan University chapter and associate dean of the College of Engineering, said, ?Tau Beta Pi is the national engineering honor society and is service oriented. We are pleased to be part of an association that is recognized around the country and values superior scholarship and leadership achievement.?
According to Tau Beta Pi, the organization is the nation's second-oldest honor society, founded at Lehigh University in 1885 to recognize students of distinguished scholarship and exemplary character. There are collegiate chapters at 230 U.S. colleges and universities, active alumnus chapters in 16 districts across the country and a total initiated membership of 481,623.
New Rowan members are:
Chemical Engineering:
Nicholas W. DeSantis of Blackwood
Jessica L. Prince of Jackson
Donald Kessler III of Roebling
Robert W. Leighty of Carney?s Point
Lisa A. Scodari of Raritan
Scott A. Barnes of Sewell
Richard S. Dominiak of Mount Laurel
Kristin L. Ackermann of Jackson
Megan Moran of Pennsville
Civil and Environmental Engineering:
John C. Liddle of Mullica Hill
Julie Murphy of Carney?s Point
John A. Conover of Somers Point
Mason R. DeFrank of Collingswood
Megan Brown of Glenmoore, Pa.
Thomas P. Neff of Atlantic Highlands
Mechanical Engineering:
Craig G. Weinschenk of South River
Robert W. Erney of Sewell
Gregory D. Webster of Estell Manor
Neal J. Moran of Laurel Springs
John P. Warner of Salem
Matthew W. Dermond of Mays Landing
Thomas J. Gray of Fairfax, Va.
Matthew R. Hamill of Mount Laurel
Daniel Stephens of Moorestown
Electrical and Computer Engineering:
Scott G. Marks of Egg Harbor Twp.
Peter E. Renner of Columbia, Md.
Zarron A. Simonis of Newton