Pi Tau Sigma
| Pi Tau Sigma | |
|---|---|
| ΠΤΣ | |
 | |
| Founded | March 16, 1915 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| Type | Honor Society |
| Affiliation | ACHS |
| Status | Active |
| Emphasis | Mechanical engineering |
| Scope | International |
| Pillars | Integrity, Service, and Leadership |
| Member badge |  |
| Colors | Murrey and Azure |
| Symbol | Carnot cycle |
| Flower | White Rose |
| Publication | The Condenser |
| Chapters | 182 |
| Members | 118,000+ lifetime |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Website | pitausigma |
Pi Tau Sigma (ΠΤΣ) is an international honor society in the field of mechanical engineering. The society was established in 1915 at the University of Illinois. It has 182 chapters.
History
[edit]Pi Tau Sigma was established on March 16, 1915, at the University of Illinois.[1] A similar organization was formed on November 15, 1915, at the University of Wisconsin.[1] The two groups met in Chicago to join their societies on March 12, 1916.[2] Pi Tau Sigma was formed as a national honor society for men in the field of mechanical engineering.[3] Oliver C. K. Hutchinson and John B. Wilkinson were its founding co-chairs.[1]
The society expanded to include six chapters in its first ten years.[1] It became a member of the Association of College Honor Societies in 1947.[3] It had chartered 74 chapters and had 30,000 members in 1962.[1] By 2010, it had initiated 118,404 members.[3]
Pi Tau Sigma presents the Outstanding Young Mechanical Engineer Award and Outstanding Mechanical Engineer Awards at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers annual winter meeting.[3]
Symbols
[edit]Pi Tau Sigma's key features the Carnot cycle.[1] Its colors are murrey and azure.[1] Its flower is the white rose.[1] Its core values or pillars are Integrity, Service, and Leadership.[4] Its annual publication the The Condenser.[3][1]
Membership
[edit]Upperclassmen and graduate students studying mechanical engineering are eligible to join Pi Tau Sigma, based on academic performance.[3] Juniors must be in the top 25 percent of their class and seniors in the top 35 percent of their class.[3] Membership is lifetime.[3]
There are three grades of membership: Honorary, Graduate, and Active.
Chapters
[edit]As of 2024, Pi Tau Sigma has 182 chapters in the United States, Mexico, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.[5][4]
Notable members
[edit]- Elayne Arrington, mathematician and engineer
- James P. Bagian, physician, astronaut and engineer
- Yvonne Clark, a pioneer for African-American and women engineers, professor at the College of Engineering and Technology at Tennessee State University
- Oluwami Dosunmu-Ogunbi, roboticist, engineer, and educator
- Hans Albert Einstein, professor of hydraulic engineering at the University of California, Berkeley
- Halil Güven, dean of San Diego State University - Georgia
- Yonggang Huang, professor of mechanical engineering at Northwestern University.
- Bohdan Kulakowski, professor of mechanical engineering at Pennsylvania State University
- Roger Linquist, chairman, chief executive officer and co-founder of Metro PCS
- J. Wayne Littles, eighth director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
- Calvin Mackie, motivational speaker and entrepreneur
- Charles Meneveau, professor of mechanical engineering and an associate director of the Institute for Data Intensive Engineering and Science at Johns Hopkins University
- Mark Monmonier, professor of geography and the environment at Syracuse University.
- Jack Roeser, chairman and founder of Otto Engineering in Carpentersville, Illinois
- Jack Swigert, United States House of Representatives, NASA astronaut, test pilot, mechanical engineer, and aerospace engineer
- John J. Uicker, professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,
- Richard Leroy Walters, a jet propulsion engineer and philanthropist
- Arthur Cutts Willard, President of the University of Illinois system
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i Robson, John, ed. (1963). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (17th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press, George Banta Company, Inc. pp. 595-596.
- ^ Griggs, Edwin I., ed. The Story of Pi Tau Sigma. 1993.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Pi Tau Sigma Honor Society - Mechanical Engineering". Association of College Honor Societies. January 12, 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2025-02-03 – via web.archive.org.
- ^ a b "Home". Pi Tau Sigma. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
- ^ Pi Tau Sigma Chapter Roster. January 4, 2007.. Archived 2007-06-12 at the Wayback Machine