Civil Engineering

A Department of the College of Engineering

Student Organizations

American Society of Civil Engineers

(www.asce.org)
(Lincoln Student Chapter: http://www.unl.edu/asce)

This is the professional society for all civil engineers. Chapters are active on both the Lincoln and Omaha campus. Students are encouraged to join as freshmen to learn more about civil engineering, and meet other civil engineering students and practicing civil engineers from the community. Regular monthly meetings are held, usually on the first Wednesday of each month. Meeting notices are posted throughout Nebraska Hall and announced in Civil Engineering classes.

Institute of Transportation Engineers

(www.ite.org) (http://tse.unl.edu/ite.php)

This is the professional society for civil engineers planning to specialize in transportation engineering. Regular monthly meetings are held, usually on the third Wednesday of each month. Meeting notices are posted throughout Nebraska Hall and announced in Civil Engineering classes.

Chi Epsilon

(http://www.engineering.unl.edu/academicunits/civil/xe/)

This is the National Civil Engineering Honor Society. Students are active on both the Lincoln and Omaha campus. Students are elected to Chi Epsilon as juniors and seniors. Regular meetings are held and the students assist the Department in various service functions.

Nebraska Society of Professional Engineers - Student Chapter

(www.nespe.org)

This is the engineering society for all engineering disciplines and is open to all students. The chapter has regular meetings with speakers of general interest. The group organizes the career fair at E-Week, and in September sponsors an E.I.T. sign-up meeting. NSPE in general gets involved in community projects and as experts to assist in the legislative process plus many other activities.

Tau Beta Pi

(www.tbp.org)

This is the National All Engineering Honor society. Students are elected to tau Beta Pi as juniors or seniors. Regular meetings are held and the Chapter assists the College and community in various service functions.

Society for Women in Engineering

(www.swe.org)

This is the international professional society for women. Its purposes are: to inform young women, their parents, school counselors, and the public of the opportunities available to women in engineering; to provide contacts with working women engineers; and to give women in the college a chance to meet and socialize.

Water Environment Federation / American Water Work Association

(www.wef.org) (www.awwa.org) (UNL student chapter)

This is a joint student Chapter of two professional societies for engineers who plan to specialize in environmental engineering. Each semester the group has approximately two meetings on the Lincoln campus, one field trip to an environmental treatment facility, and attends one professional society conference in Nebraska. Meeting notices are posted by the Civil Engineering Department office in Nebraska Hall.