TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Officer Meetings 2. General Business Meetings 3. Election Meetings 4. Initiation Process 5. Activity Reports 6.

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1 2013 To 2014 Project Reports University of Nevada, Las Vegas Nevada Beta

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Officer Meetings st Officer Meeting p nd Officer Meeting p rd Officer Meeting p th Officer Meeting p th Officer Meeting p th Officer Meeting p th Officer Meeting p th Officer Meeting p th Officer Meeting p th Officer Meeting p th Officer Meeting p th Officer Meeting p th Officer Meeting p th Officer Meeting p th Officer Meeting p th Officer Meeting p General Business Meetings st General Business Meetings p nd General Business Meetings p rd General Business Meetings p Election Meetings 3.01 Fall Semester Election Meeting p Spring Semester Election Meeting p Officer and Advisor Election meeting p Initiation Process 4.01 Fall Semester Orientation Meeting p Fall Semester Meet & Greet p Fall Semester Interviews p Fall Semester Bent Polishing p Fall Semester Initiation p Spring Semester Orientation Meeting p Spring Semester Meet & Greet p Spring Semester Interviews p Spring Semester Bent Polishing p Spring Semester Initiation p Activity Reports st Activity Report p nd Activity Report p Budget Preparation p Differential Tuition Fee Proposal p SLFC funding request p Bylaws update p Visit to ERAU p Fall involvement fair p Computer Science appeal p FB/website updates p Membership Records and Professors Update p OCED funding request p Funding Request to Department Chairs p Congratulatory dinner p Amazon Smile Program p STEM Camp p Future City p Student Organization Meeting p Scholarship Seminar p Chapter Events 6.01 Fall Flag Football Tournament p st Fall EF session p nd Fall EF session p st Spring EF session p Introduce Kids to Engineering Day p nd Spring EF session p Tau Beta Pi "Pi Day" p rd Spring EF session p Spring Flag Football Tournament p NVB 2014 Banquet p Greater Interest in Government st GIG meeting p nd GIG meeting p School Information Lookup p rd GIG meeting p th GIG meeting p. 236

3 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 1-01 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 1 st Officer Meeting Date(s) of Project: August 27 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _6_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _3_ Participating: _1.5_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Bi-weekly meeting of officers and advisors to discuss and update chapter activities. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization, involvement in the community, and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as chapter future activities were discussed and everyone was assigned tasks to fulfill. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 2

4 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. Zheng (Jinger) Zeng 3. John Raymond Planas 4. Sichu Shrestha 5. Kendrick De La Pena 6. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 3

5 Meeting Minutes (1 st Officer Meeting) Date: August 27, 2013 Time: 7:02 pm 8:28 pm Participants: Derek Williams, Zheng (Jinger) Zeng, John Raymond Planas, Sichu Shrestha, Kendrick De La Pena, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz Meeting called to order by: President, Derek Williams at 7:02pm. Business: Motion #1: to update the following chapter information: Update Dean s office with new officers contact information and chapter plans for current semester, needs to be done by September 18 th, Update posters area by removing old posters, outdated placards for the professor of the year award, and put a list of current officers with their contact information, to be done by Kendrick. Motion #2: to update budget, debit card authorized users, and tax exempt status. Budget must be ready by September 25 th, 2013, to be done by Charbel. Have a report justifying expenses of CSUN fund ($2500) by the end of spring 2014, to be done by Charbel. Follow up on paperwork for CSUN funds, to be done by Derek. Issue debit card to Raymond and Charbel and remove old authorized users, to be done by Derek and Charbel. IRS 990-N form to update tax exempt status, to be done by Jinger and Charbel. Motion #3: schedule of future meetings and calendar of initiates activities Officer meetings to be scheduled bi-weekly on Wednesdays at 5:30 pm. Room will be announced after Derek talks to Joan. General meetings to be scheduled on Tuesdays at 11:30 am. Submission of eligible candidates list to HQ to be done when Dr. O Toole finalizes candidate s list, Jinger is to check on this to plan the initiates calendar of events. Planning to have two EF sessions on fall semester and three EF sessions during spring semester. EF sessions to take place by mid-october and before Thanksgiving recess. s with information about the sessions are to be sent to COE departments for distribution to students. Motion #4: first general meeting agenda. First general meeting will take place on Tuesday September 10 th, 2013, room to be announced. Information to be given about shadow officer positions and other positions like Facebook updater, event coordination help, etc. Update on chapter planned activities for semester like EF sessions, GIG program and extra-curricular activities. Bylaws update to be discussed and survey to be given to approve bylaws. Active and inactive membership to be discussed. Derek and Kendrick will get together to discuss implementation of this program. Motion #5: Chapter involvement on-campus. Representation at Engineering Student Org Fair on September 5 th, 2013 from 10:00 am- 1:00 pm. 4

6 RSVP by August 27 th, 2013, to be done by Derek. Derek will set up table if necessary. Sichu will be there from 10:00 to 11:15 and Derek from 11:15 to 1:00. EF sessions will be promoted and chapter information will be given. Student Union Involvement Fair Derek to follow up with Raymond. Possibility to be sharing a table with SASE to promote EF sessions. Football Tournament Recover trophy, to be done by Raymond. Possibility of having a tournament every semester. Possibility of SASE joining the organization of the football tournament, SASE would sell food and beverages. Quiz Bowl Make budget for equipment and implementation, to be further discussed in next meetings. GIG, K-12 mindset programs, and STEM Fellow program. GIG grant of up to $750 if we plan on doing some project for the community, can mix with part of K-12 program, projects to be discussed at general meeting. Talk to Dean s office to find out if TBP can take over the STEM Fellow program/position. Fundraising Activities Activities need to be planned Letters for department chairs asking for funds are to be prepared when budget is done. New process for asking for funds to Dean s office will be known after the meeting Derek will attend. Motion #6: chapter deadlines for report submission Fall contact information update within five weeks of right now, to be done by Sichu. Officer signatures must be submitted by October 15 th, 2013, to be done by Sichu and Derek. Need to look for the advisor that will substitute Jagadeep. Possibly Judi Teske, Dr. O Toole s nominee, or someone from CS department if allowed to enter NVB after convention appeal. RSO to be done by Charbel. Motion #7: off-campus events. TBP convention Derek is going and there are two more spots. Raymond might go and Charbel needs to confirm attendance. If not, Braxon can be asked to go. Petitioning of new chapter (ERAU Prescott) Two attendants are needed, possibly Dr. O Toole, Charbel, or Sichu. Meeting adjourned at 8:28pm by President Derek Williams. 5

7 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 1-02 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 2 nd Officer Meeting Date(s) of Project: September 11 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _4_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _2.5_ Participating: _1_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Bi-weekly meeting of officers and advisors to discuss and update chapter activities. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization, involvement in the community, and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: not all officers were present in the meeting. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as chapter future activities were discussed and everyone was assigned tasks to fulfill. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 6

8 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. Kendrick De La Pena 3. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 4. Charbel Azzi 7

9 Meeting Minutes (2 nd Officer Meeting) Date: September 11, 2013 Time: 5:35 pm 6:17 pm Participants: Derek Williams, Kendrick De La Pena, Charbel Azzi, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz Meeting called to order by: President, Derek Williams at 6:17pm. Business: Motion #1: calendar related to new initiates activities update Contacting new initiates Impossible with FERPA to find out schedules of initiates, needs a bylaw change to solve issue. An invitation letter will be sent to initiates by Friday, then a follow-up will be sent on September 18 th. A phone call will be given to new initiates that do not respond to invitation on the Monday before the initiation. Poster with eligible initiates list will be posted by September 18 th. Decide on a student that has a GPA Student will not be invited until he meets a minimum 3.25 GPA. Change to bylaws to specify an exact (no rounding) 3.25 GPA as a minimum GPA to be eligible. Orientation Create presentation from template and bring materials for initiates, to be done by Derek. It will be on September 24 th at 11:30am, room TBA. All officers should be present at the orientation Signature sheet given to initiates will be updated by Derek. Eligibility Report Due on September 27 th, to be done by Derek and Jinger. Interview Interviews will take place on October 7 th through 11 th. We will try to book the CS/ME/CEE conference room in TBE-A 2 nd floor. Interviews will be scheduled on M/T/F and initiates will sign up through doodle.com, to be done by September 30 th. Bent Polishing October 14 th to the 18 th. Eduardo has the supplies. Engineering Futures Two sessions, October 19 th and November 23 rd. The analytical problem solving session will not be scheduled for this semester. Raymond will contact HQ to schedule the EF sessions. Election Meeting/ General Business Meeting October 22 nd at 11:30am. Election Report Due two weeks before the initiation Contact Rebecca about adding Desi Battle as he was postponed to this semester. Initiation To be schedules on November 8 th or 9 th. Motion #2: to update budget. 8

10 Budget must be ready by September 25 th, 2013, to be done by Charbel. Charbel and Derek will meet next Thursday between 11:30am-2:30pm. Follow up on paperwork for CSUN funds. Charbel, work with Maura and Carmen in the Dean s Office, as well as karen.strong@unlv.edu, andrew.pfannes@unlv.edu, and savannah.baltera@unlv.edu (currently on leave), to figure this out Tax exempt forms are on Google Drive. List of recent purchases can be found on the agenda for this meeting on the Drive. A cooler will be purchased for use in TBP events. Motion #3: Fall Contact information report Due on September 27 th, to be done by Sichu. Information has been added to the drive, it is recommended that each officer updates their own information. A reminder should be sent if information is not received. Motion #4: Glass cases key. Ask Cameron Williams in the Dean s office for a new key to both of the cases, to be done by Kendrick and Jinger. After key is obtained glass cases should be updated, Derek has posters and other things to display. Motion #5: Storage issues. Find a storage room, a temporary location could be Derek s office, Maybe Jinger can help with contacting the person in charge to get a room assigned to TBP. Need to remove TBP materials from Jagadeep s office, to be scheduled by Derek and other officers. Motion #6: on-campus meetings Dean s office meeting September 18 th at noon, Derek, Sichu, and Raymond will be present. Come prepared with a BRIEF update on what your organization will be doing this semester, any other things you want to share with all student orgs, and any other questions you might have for the Dean, Director of Development, Director of Advising, or myself. We'll most likely also discuss how to get funds from our office for the year, so start working on your budgets now, as we'll probably be asking you for them in the week after this meeting. RSO meetings 17 th /24 th /1 st Raymond is going to attend. Find out how and when we can request funds. Motion #7: off-campus events. Petitioning of new chapter (ERAU Prescott) Confirmation of attendance for Dr. O Toole is needed. Charbel will need to cover for Derek on GPSA meeting for CS on October 7 th at 2:00pm in the SU room 208. If Charbel cannot cover for Derek, Derek will find someone else. Motion #8: Bylaws update Format an and send it off with a survey poll to vote on the new bylaws, to be done by Derek before next week. Motion #9: list update 9

11 Update list and fix reported issues of members not being able to accept invitations. Implement new lists and ask members where they would like to be placed. Set up an Engineering Futures list and , to be done by Kendrick and Derek. Motion #10: future chapter activities GIG and Quiz Bowl Contact members that showed interest on these topics in the first GBM. Send a general with more information on these topics. Motion #11: Activity Reports Any chapter activity should be reported as well as meetings that have important information or that will contribute to the growth of the chapter. If the Recording Secretary is not present at the meeting or event, it will be the responsibility of the person who attended the meeting or event to provide a detailed report within a week of the event. Meeting adjourned at 8:28pm by President Derek Williams. 10

12 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 1-03 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 3 nd Officer Meeting Date(s) of Project: September 25 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _6_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _3_ Participating: _1_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Bi-weekly meeting of officers and advisors to discuss and update chapter activities. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization, involvement in the community, and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as chapter future activities were discussed and everyone was assigned tasks to fulfill. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 11

13 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Kendrick De La Pena 4. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 5. Charbel Azzi 6. Sichu Shrestha 12

14 Meeting Minutes (3 rd Officer Meeting) Date: September 25, 2013 Time: 5:40 pm 6:48 pm Participants: Derek Williams, Kendrick De La Pena, Charbel Azzi, Sichu Shrestha, John Raymond Planas, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz Meeting called to order by: President, Derek Williams at 5:40pm. Business: Motion #1: Storage space issue solved We have a cabinet in TBE B-361. All officers have a key to the cabinet; keys need to be given to Charbel, Jinger, and Dr. O Toole. Cabinet inventory is almost complete Announcement sheets and letterheads need to be ordered before next semester. Keys and old certificates for members were found, we will make an attempt to locate these members to deliver these items. Old photos found need to be scanned and identified for chapter records and for use in chapter website. Motion #2: display cases key issue solved We have three keys that open the display cases located on TBE A second floor and TBE B first floor. Kendrick and Derek have a key to the display cases and the other key is located in the cabinet. Old photos from display cases need to be removed and scanned. Motion #3: CSUN/RSO update Online registration was done by Derek. Dr. O Toole needs to complete the advisor requirements/tasks; it can be done through MyUNLV and must be done by October 31 st, Raymond will upload to Google drive a summary of the requirements and things that need to be done yearly. Motion #4: reports update Signature sheet - mailed off, copy on Google Drive, HQ received it and we got a 4. Fall contact info - Sichu completed and sent this off, HQ received it and we got a 4. Eligibility report - Submitted, should receive confirmation soon. Motion #5: budget and finances update SLFC issue Charbel, work with Maura and Carmen in the Dean s Office, as well as karen.strong@unlv.edu, andrew.pfannes@unlv.edu, and savannah.baltera@unlv.edu (currently on leave), to figure this out. Requesting funds from Dean s office Submit budget to Shannon before making any funds request. Budget is located in Google drive inside fall 2013 folder. Recent transactions 13

15 Office supplies (Office Depot), pizza (Little Caesars) & drinks (Vons) for the meeting, cabinet keys (Lowe s and Wal-Mart), cooler purchase (Wal-Mart). Refund from Office Depot (returned product). Derek will make a check and deposit $255, money that was found while organizing the cabinet. Tax exempt forms located inside the cabinet and in Google Drive. Motion #6: Initiates Activities Orientation Signature sheet is in Google Drive and will be updated to remove people who are no longer oncampus. Checklist for initiates is in Google Drive. Derek will work on the presentation. Derek will contact initiates that cannot attend the orientation meeting but that showed interest in joining. Meeting will take place on September 27 th at 2pm in TBE B-174. Meet & Greet Derek will bring the cooler and drinks. Charbel will bring the pizza (6 pepperoni, 4 sausage, 2 veggie, and 2 cheese). Plates, napkins, and alcohol hand wash located in cabinet s top shelf. Charbel will bring a camera to take pictures. Raymond will bring a tent and the banner from Great Hall. Event will take place on October 1 st at 11:30am by the bent. Interview Interviews will take place on October 7 th through 11 th. We will try to book the CS/ME/CEE conference room in TBE-A 2 nd floor. Interviews will be on 30 minutes blocks. Sign up for members has been sent and the sign up form for initiates will be sent after the Meet & Greet. Bent Polishing Two sessions on October 17 th and 18 th at 11:30am. Eduardo will bring the supplies. Charbel will bring food (Canes) and Derek the drinks. Charbel and Eduardo will be in charge of taking the initiates pictures. Engineering Futures October 19 th from 11:30am to 2:30pm. Module offered is People Skills by Scott Eckersall. Details regarding organization and next EF session will be discussed at next officer s meeting. Election Report Need to decide on Desi Battle. Initiation Will take place on November 9 th. Details will be announced possibly after EF session. Motion #7: off-campus events. Petitioning of new chapter (ERAU Prescott) Derek and Dr. O Toole will go on October 7 th, Meeting adjourned at 6:48pm by President Derek Williams. 14

16 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 1-04 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 4 th Officer Meeting Date(s) of Project: October 9 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _3_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _3_ Participating: _0.5_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Bi-weekly meeting of officers and advisors to discuss and update chapter activities. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization, involvement in the community, and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: not all officers were present at the meeting. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as chapter future activities were discussed and everyone was assigned tasks to fulfill. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 15

17 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 3. Charbel Azzi 16

18 Meeting Minutes (4 th Officer Meeting) Date: October 9, 2013 Time: 5:40 pm 6:06 pm Participants: Derek Williams, Charbel Azzi, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz Meeting called to order by: President, Derek Williams at 5:40pm. Business: Motion #1: recent votes update Bylaws passed 16-1 (members), 7-0 (advisory board). Desi Battle delayed initiation request passed 6-1. Dr. O Toole Chair of Advisory Board 7-0. Motion #2: storage cabinet One key was given to Charbel. More keys are available. Motion #3: CSUN/RSO/OCED update Registration application has been approved. Need confirmation from Dr. O Toole for the online requirements done through MyUNLV that are due by October 31 st, Raymond will request OCED funding for this semester for the EF sessions. CSUN funding will be done by Charbel for next semester for the banquet and T-shirts. Motion #4: reports update Next reports come after election on October 22. Petition for Bylaws update has been submitted. Graduate student forms have been sent. Delayed initiation form has been sent. Motion #5: Website/Facebook update Charbel and Edgar Solorio are working on them. Google Calendar integration on website needs to be done. Pictures of events need to be posted on Facebook and website. Old pictures will be scanned after initiation. Motion #6: budget and finances update SLFC issue Charbel, work with Maura and Carmen in the Dean s Office, as well as karen.strong@unlv.edu, andrew.pfannes@unlv.edu, and savannah.baltera@unlv.edu (currently on leave), to figure this out. Requesting funds from departments To be done after initiation. Recent transactions Obtained refund from Little Caesar s in the form of in-store credit. 17

19 Refund from Office Depot (returned product). Membership checks will be deposited after initiation. Motion #7: Initiates Activities Interviews Everyone submitted resume and short bio on time. Pictures for initiates are missing but Eduardo will contact the initiates regarding this. Bent Polishing Two sessions on October 17 th and 18 th from 11:30am to 12:30pm. Eduardo will bring the supplies and Charbel the camera. Derek will bring drinks both days and food on Friday. Charbel will bring food on Thursday. Vinyl gloves are located in the cabinet Derek will send out a signup sheet to initiates so we know how much food and supplies will be needed for each day. Engineering Futures October 19 th from 11:30am to 2:30pm. Module offered is People Skills by Scott Eckersall. Flyers need to be hung up by Monday. These flyers need to include location, date, time, information about the module offered and information about Scott Eckersall. Derek will contact those on the EF mailing list and will send a signup sheet for the event. Raymond needs to schedule next EF session for November 23 from 11:00 am to 2:30pm, any module can be selected except for People Skills or Analytical Problem Solving. Alternate EF things: contacted Shannon Spollen about recruitment events people can go to Nobody has said they cannot go to EF There is a possible recruitment event on October 22 at Spring Valley High School Election Meeting Tuesday, October 22 at 11:30am, room TBA. Eduardo is taking care of the initiates presentation. Derek will bring the drinks. Food will be pizza (2 pepperoni, 2 sausage, 1 veggie, 1 cheese) unless there is another suggestion. Calendar invite will be sent next week. Motion #8: Future events and meetings. GIG update Meeting maybe every Friday after initiation to plan what we will be doing. Officer s meeting October 23, 5:30pm in Derek s office Initiation will be planned and election report will be elaborated. Meeting adjourned at 6:06pm by President Derek Williams. 18

20 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 1-05 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 5 th Officer Meeting Date(s) of Project: October 23 rd, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _5_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _3_ Participating: _1_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Bi-weekly meeting of officers and advisors to discuss and update chapter activities. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization, involvement in the community, and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as chapter future activities were discussed and everyone was assigned tasks to fulfill. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 19

21 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 3. Sichu Shrestha 4. Zheng (Jinger) Zeng 5. John Raymond Planas 20

22 Meeting Minutes (5 th Officer Meeting) Date: October 23, 2013 Time: 5:30 pm 6:20 pm Participants: Derek Williams, Sichu Shrestha, John Raymond Planas, Zheng Zeng, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz Meeting called to order by: President, Derek Williams at 5:30pm. Business: Motion #1: budget and finances update. SLFC issue Derek will take over the situation. Requesting funds from departments Derek will request funds from department chairs after the convention at the latest. Highlights to mention on fund request letter are Engineering Futures sessions and GIG program. Recent transactions Bent polishing supplies were purchased by Eduardo for $12.99 from Harbor Freight Tools. Eduardo instead of asking for refund used the money as credit towards a TBP T-shirt. Derek has receipt for food bought for the EF session from Baja Fresh, drinks were purchased previously. Membership fee needs to be refunded to Ali Kermani, Henry Chan, and Marcos Handabaka. OCED funding Raymond will request $200 for next EF session. Derek has receipts for food and drinks. Supplies need to be taken into account as well. OCED meeting is November 8 th. CSUN funding In the previous officer s meeting it was agreed that CSUN funding would be requested next semester for the banquet and T-shirts. Motion #2: old TBP T-shirts. These T-shirts will be considered vintage and limited edition shirts. These T-shirts may be awarded to members in the banquet as a reward for completing all EF sessions. New design T-shirts will be made available for purchase at EF sessions and possibly at other TBP events. Old design T-shirts may be sold in limited quantities and price is still to be determined. Motion #3: reports update Election Report. Derek will elaborate report and will be need to be submitted by October 26 th, Derek will contact initiates and will ask for their birthdate. Chapter survey and project reports. Eduardo will look at old chapter surveys and project reports. A new system needs to be implemented in order to keep better track of events and meetings. Elaboration of project reports needs to be done as soon as the event or meeting is finished. Motion #4: Website/Facebook update Charbel and Edgar Solorio are working on them. 21

23 Google Calendar integration on website needs to be done. Pictures of events need to be posted on Facebook and website. Old pictures will be scanned after initiation. Website needs to be updated as soon as possible. Charbel and Edgar need to coordinate. Motion #5: Initiates Activities Initiation November 9 th, 2013 at CBC-C rooms 112 and 114 One room will be used for reception and the other for the initiation ceremony. Derek, Jinger, Sichu, Raymond, and Eduardo will participate but we still need two more people. Derek will get the reading materials ready and updated. Initiates group picture will be taken after the initiation. After initiation, a reception will be held at the TBE courtyard. The people participating will need to split into teams to take care of the reception food, taking the initiates picture, and picking up the initiation material after the initiation ceremony. More details will be given at next officer s meeting. Motion #6: Future events and meetings. GIG update First meeting on October 24 th, 2013 in SEB 3265 from 3:00-4:00pm. Convention Derek and Raymond are going. Engineering Futures Raymond will book the session with HQ for November 23 rd, 2013 starting at 11:00am. The session booked can be Team Chartering, Group Process, or Effective Presentation Skills. As soon as we have the information for the session flyers need to be posted, professors need to be contacted and if possible get an sent from all the College of Engineering departments to students with information about the next EF. If a member completes all five EF sessions, he/she will be given a reward at the banquet. o The reward may be an extra T-shirt or a graduation cord. o More ideas are needed. Motion #7: Long term objectives. Initiation process Changes need to be done in the candidates election process. o Follow a closer model to the eligibility code for the interviews. o Modify interview questionnaire. Create a space for interviewer notes. o Timespan for initiation process should be longer (i.e. start a week earlier and finish a week later) Meeting adjourned at 6:20pm by President Derek Williams. 22

24 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 1-06 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 6 th Officer Meeting Date(s) of Project: November 6 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _5_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _3_ Participating: _1_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Bi-weekly meeting of officers and advisors to discuss and update chapter activities. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization, involvement in the community, and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as chapter future activities were discussed and everyone was assigned tasks to fulfill. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 23

25 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 3. Charbel Azzi 4. John Raymond Planas 5. Kendrick De La Pena 24

26 Meeting Minutes (6 th Officer Meeting) Date: November 6, 2013 Time: 5:40 pm 6:40 pm Participants: Derek Williams, John Raymond Planas, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz, Charbel Azzi, Kendrick De La Pena Meeting called to order by: President, Derek Williams at 5:40pm. Business: Motion #1: TBP convention report. CS appeal was approved and the appeal package was noted as the best package received yet. Derek will elaborate a guide on how to do an appeal package for other TBP chapters to follow. Our chapter received two awards; these awards will be provisionally put in the display cases. Motion #2: budget and finances update. SLFC update One check for $3,300 was received. It includes $2500 from SLFC funds and $800 from the Dean. Requesting funds from departments Derek will request funds from department chairs after initiation. Membership fee was refunded to Ali Kermani, Henry Chan, and Marcos Handabaka. OCED funding Raymond needs to check the application status. General Finance reports Begin the auditing process with an update at the first officer s meeting of the month. Motion #3: Website/Facebook update Edgar Solorio made updates to the chapter activities section, and subpages for EF and GIG. Derek put up a post about the TBP convention experience. Google Calendar needs to be integrated to the website. Page on how to construct an appeal will be created. Next appeal might be for entertainment engineering. Old pictures need to be scanned. Shop page might be created. Stole and a cord will be sold for $35. Need to send an to all members Motion #4: reports update Election report. Got approval for initiation. Expense report. Derek will fill them out. Project reports. Eduardo will elaborate a sample chapter survey report Motion #5: Initiates Activities Initiation 25

27 November 9 th, 2013 at CBC-C rooms 112 and 114 We will meet at 12PM at TBE building and the ceremony will begin at 1PM. Participants are Derek, Raymond, Eduardo, Sichu, Jinger, Charbel, and Kendrick. Derek will get food and drinks for the reception. Charbel will bring the camera and will take the initiates from CBC to TBE building for the group picture. Initiation material will need to be updated afterwards. Motion #6: Future events and meetings. GIG update Next meeting on November 7 th, 2013 in SEB 3265 from 3:00-4:00pm. Greg is leading with a project on kits and soldering. Edgar dropped out but got connections with some schools. Beaujolais is more interested in general outreach (STEM program). Outreach STEM recruiter hire is coming on and the Dean has asked us to provide people every time that they are recruiting. It could be made an additional requirement for new initiates. Engineering Futures The module is Team Chartering on November 23 starting at 11:00am. Need to get more details on Dennis Tyner. EF advertising. o Flyers will be distributed on Monday, November 18. o Details will be sent to every department secretary for redistribution. o Flyers will be left at every professor s mailbox asking them to distribute them to their class. o Contact all our members. Next EF session o During E-week we will plan on a co-event with general information about SASE and TBP having Youssef as our guest speaker. On Friday, February 21 the EF session would be held. General Business Meeting November 19 at 11:30am, room TBA. Need to include CS in our bylaws Chapter activities and plans will be discussed with new members. Officer s meeting November 13 at 5:30pm Motion #7: Things to do. Advisors Dr. Brendan Morris might become an advisor for our chapter. Dr. Edward Neumann is another option and we are waiting on other professors reply. Initiation process Changes need to be done in the candidates election process. o Follow a closer model to the eligibility code for the interviews. o Modify interview questionnaire. Create a space for interviewer notes. 26

28 o Timespan for initiation process should be longer (i.e. start a week earlier and finish a week later) Scholarship/Fellowship workshop Encourage members to apply for them as there are many scholarships to be given. Future social events Will be discussed at next GBM Some ideas are to have a game night, a BBQ, on π day maybe have sell a fake pie to pie a professor and give a free food pie, organize a tour. Shadow officer program to be discussed at next GBM Prepare a guide for next officers on how to run things. Meeting adjourned at 6:40pm by President Derek Williams. 27

29 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 1-07 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 7 th Officer Meeting Date(s) of Project: November 13 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _7_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _3_ Participating: _1_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: meeting of officers and advisors to discuss and update chapter activities. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization, involvement in the community, and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: not all officers were present and future activities required their participation, an e- mail will be sent to them with a list of things to do. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as chapter future activities were discussed and everyone was assigned tasks to fulfill. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 28

30 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 3. Charbel Azzi 4. Sichu Shrestha 5. Shawoon Roy 6. Zheng (Jinger) Zeng 7. Edgar Solorio 29

31 Meeting Minutes (7 th Officer Meeting) Date: November 13, 2013 Time: 5:40 pm 6:40 pm Participants: Derek Williams, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz, Charbel Azzi, Sichu Shrestha, Shawoon Roy, Zheng (Jinger) Zeng, Edgar Solorio. Meeting called to order by: President, Derek Williams at 5:40pm. Business: Motion #1: budget and finances update. OCED funding Meeting will be November 15 from 3-5pm. We will present our funding request at 3:15pm. Derek will cover up for Ray and Eduardo will send Derek an with more details about this meeting. Funding obtained from department chairs. Everyone requested an explanation as to how those funds are going to be used and how they would benefit and/or involve members of their department. ME department gave $500. CS department will give $450 if the dean matches $450; the dean already gave $800. ECE and CEE chairs want to know specifics about how the money will be used and more details on our budget and fundraising activities. Motion #2: Website/Facebook update Derek elaborated and posted on the website a guide on how to build a successful curriculum appeal. Google Calendar needs to be integrated to the website and old pictures need to be scanned. This will be done after the next EF session. Shop page will be constructed. Items to sell are: stoles, cords, T-shirts (old design and new design), and sweatshirts. Prices need to set before it goes live and need to check on inventory to know how many T-shirts we have and how many T-shirts will need to be ordered. Motion #3: reports update Expense report. Derek filled out his report and Dr. O Toole needs to follow up on it. We need an update for Raymond s report status. Project reports. Eduardo will elaborate a sample chapter survey report Final action report, roll book signatures, and fees are due. After completion of these, all the reports for this semester will be done. Contact HQ and send them pictures of the initiates and EF sessions. Send Shannon initiate pictures to be posted on COE Facebook. Motion #4: Procedure updates for initiation process Make sure to have a list of all initiates cell phone number. In the future, we will get them to fill their own catalog cards after the election meeting. After election meeting there will be a bigger gap before the initiation ceremony. 30

32 Set a check-in time for initiates to prepare them for initiation. Check-in time should be at least 15 minutes before the initiation ceremony. Assign ceremony roles in advance and rehearse the day before or 2 hours before the ceremony. Emphasize that dress code is business casual for the initiation ceremony. Update initiation script and get ribbons. A bigger room will be required for next initiation. TBE building is the choice for the next initiation. Motion #5: Future events and meetings. GIG update Only two people showed up to last meeting. Greg is finalizing the purchase for soldering kits. Derek will proceed to contact schools. More people need to get involved to have a successful outcome of the program. General Business Meeting November 19 at 11:30am in SEB Derek will bring drinks. Jinger or Charbel will get food from Little Caesars. (2 pepperoni, 3 sausage, 1 cheese, 3 veggie) Topics to be discussed are: future social events, chapter events, scholarship application process, update to bylaws to include CS, shadow officer program, and orders for stole/cords. Next officer s meeting Jinger should have provided Charbel and Derek with the PayPal account information. Update interview questions and score sheet. Decide on requirements for initiates like involvement in the GIG program or STEM program and EF sessions. The bent is supposed to have the letters painted black. This will be included in the bent polishing event. Need to find old members to give them their keys and certificates. Discuss possible eminent engineer candidates are: Ed Jorgensen, Jacimira Batista, Peter Stubberud, Kwang Kim, Ahmad Sajad, etc. Engineering Futures The module is Team Chartering on November 23 starting at 11:00am. Sign up form has been created and will have a direct link on the chapter website. Food from Panda Express. EF flyers need to be created (Ray/Kendrick) and send PDF to Derek. o 75 flyers should be posted around campus and 75 should be spared among the professors mailboxes. o Flyers will be distributed on Monday, November 18. o Details will be sent to every department secretary for redistribution. o Flyers will be left at every professor s mailbox asking them to distribute them to their class. o Contact all our members and Shannon in Dean s office. Motion #6: Chapter involvement. Advisors Dr. Brendan Morris might be Jagadeep s replacement as he seems to be very active and willing to become involved with our chapter. 31

33 Dr. Edward Neumann is another option but it is interested at a minor level. Chapter involvement Encourage members to become more active. o Award at the banquet like TBP of the year, or give a certificate to outstanding Tau Bate (possibly for junior, senior, and graduate standings). o Give a reward like T-shirt or sweatshirt, possibly a monetary reward (need to look into IRS laws to find out if this is allowed for non-profit organizations). Bradford and department chairs expressed that would like to see TBP more involved. o Co-promote events with other organizations like SASE, ASME, ASCE, etc. o TBP must step up and help with outreach programs and help chairs with their events. o Off-campus tours. Contact local media Derek will contact Rebel Yell and tell them about our new initiates, eligibility requirements to join, awards we won at the convention, EF events, and maybe set up interviews with officers. Meeting adjourned at 6:40pm by President Derek Williams. 32

34 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 1-08 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 8 th Officer Meeting Date(s) of Project: December 6 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _7_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _5_ Participating: _3_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: meeting of officers and advisors to discuss and update chapter activities. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization, involvement in the community, and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: $40 for pizza and drinks. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as chapter future activities were planned. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 33

35 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 3. John Raymond Planas 4. George Wallace 5. Beaujolais Wright 6. Zheng (Jinger) Zeng 7. Grzegorz Chmaj 34

36 Meeting Minutes (8 th Officer Meeting) Date: December 6, 2013 Time: 3:15 pm 6:00 pm Participants: Derek Williams, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz, John Raymond Planas, Zheng (Jinger) Zeng, George Wallace, Beaujolais Wright, Grzegorz Chmaj. Meeting called to order by: President, Derek Williams at 3:15pm. Business: Motion #1: EF sessions. Next session is confirmed for E-week, joint event with SASE. Not all the expenses are going to be covered; we need to contact the guest speaker to make accommodation arrangements for February 19 th -22 nd, maybe in The Quad. We need to request funding from CSUN and start working on the advertisement. The EF module is Team Chartering from 1:30pm to 5:00 pm on February 21 st. March 12 th from 5:00pm to 8:00pm Presentation Skills. April 11 th from 12:00pm to 3:45pm Group Process. We need to contact Scott Eckersall to get the certificates for the People Skills session that we had on October 19 th, 2013, to be done by Raymond. If Scott is not available we can try to reach Dennis Tyner or HQ. Motion #2: Future events and tentative calendar of activities. General Business Meeting January 23 rd at 11:30am. Orientation January 30 th and 31 st. Game Night February 1 st. ACM might join and Greg can bring two table games. IRS tax exempt form Needs to be done by the treasurer before February 3 rd. Due date is April 30 th. Meet & Greet February 4 th at 11:30am. Interviews February 11 th, 14 th, 26 th, and 28 th. E-week IKE. Jinger and Eduardo will work on coordinating this event. EF session on February 21 st. Website domain renewal. Renew domain for 5 or 10 years by February 22 nd. Bent Polishing February 24 th, 25 th, and March 1 st. GIG or STEM service During the first 3 weeks of March 2 STEM and 1 event from COE or 1 week of GIG Spring Conference 35

37 March 8 th ; Eduardo, Raymond, and Beaujolais might go. Election meeting, constitution ratification and officer nomination. March 25 th Initiation ceremony Date depends on election meeting. Scholarship Seminar March 27 th Need to contact writing center to confirm date. Scholarship deadline is April 1 st. Professor of the Year Deadline to vote is April 1 st. Officers Election April 15 th is officer election meeting. Officer election report must be submitted by April 17 th. Officers must be installed by April 19 th. Banquet May 3 rd in SFB starting between 5-5:30pm. Invitations to professors and advertisement must be done by April 1 st. Awards must be ordered by April 15 th. Chapter Survey Report May 19 th -22 nd Derek and Eduardo will work on CSR, financial report, credentials report, and financial report. Motion #3: Introducing Kids to Engineering (IKE). Jinger and Eduardo will take the lead on this program. Contact Shannon and find out details from previous session. Motion #4: STEM program. Recruiter is unknown. TBP will help STEM recruiter Need to coordinate with dean, officers, and members to go to schools and talk to kids about engineering. Beaujolais to contact DEAN and follow up. Find out how many people are needed, commitment time, and schedule, find out ASAP. Motion #5: Chapter finances and future expenses Need to get invoice from HQ Treasurer; Derek will send the check. Find out more information about the Amazon Smile program. Grzegorz will make a budget for GIG; we will need to send receipt to OCED to get refunded. Jinger and Derek will work on a budget layout and Jinger and Sichu will ask funds from department chairs. T-shirts will be ordered from Axxon by Jinger. Eduardo needs to contact new members to find out their T-shirt size. A camera is needed; recommendations for possible cameras are due by next officers meeting. Motion #6: List of things to do. Obtain eligibility list from Dr. O Toole. Include B.S. in CS but do not include informatics students. 36

38 Jinger and Grzegorz will talk to Dr. Morris about the role of an advisor and its responsibilities, Dr. Morris might become an advisor for our chapter. We need to update interview questions. Scan old pictures and put the new banners in the display cases. Old certificates need to be given to members. Eminent engineers list to be done by Derek. At next officer s meeting we need to discuss the awards that will be given to members at the banquet; Awards for members may be undergrad, grad, (blank certificates) most outstanding character, service, brainstorm more. Tell members about it. Facebook and website updates will be done by Derek if no one else wants to do it. Currently, Charbel and Edgar do these updates but a substitute is needed. Grzegorz might be able to take over these. Corresponding Secretary will need to coordinate joint events with other societies for next semester and will be in contact with Shannon for future COE events that TBP could participate in and with the Rebel Yell to make propaganda for our chapter. Meeting adjourned at 6:00pm by President Derek Williams. 37

39 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 1-09 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 9 th Officer Meeting Date(s) of Project: January 24 th, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _7_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _2_ Participating: _1_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: meeting of officers and advisors to discuss and update chapter activities. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization, involvement in the community, and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as chapter future activities were planned and officers were assigned tasks to fulfill. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 38

40 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 3. John Raymond Planas 4. Sichu Shrestha 5. Beaujolais Wright 6. Zheng (Jinger) Zeng 7. Kendrick De La Pena 39

41 Meeting Minutes (9 th Officer Meeting) Date: January 24 th, 2014 Time: 1:00 pm 2:00 pm Participants: Derek Williams, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz, Sichu Shrestha, John Raymond Planas, Beaujolais Wright, Zheng (Jinger) Zeng, Kendrick De La Pena. Meeting called to order by: President Derek Williams at 1:00pm. Business: Motion #1: Officers updates Treasurer position is now vacant; treasurer s duties will be fulfilled by the rest of the officers as needed. The president of our chapter will start delegating his responsibilities to other officers as his schedule does not allow him to be as involved as before. An officer election meeting is likely to be held in early February, and shadow officer positions will be discussed at the next GBM. Motion #2: budget and finances update. OCED funding Ray needs the original receipts to get reimbursed for the EF session Next funding request will be for George Youseff s event. CSUN funding Kendrick will look into this Make sure we are registered for this semester Charbel to get information about previous funding request application Funding from department chairs. No money was obtained from department chairs last semester. Everyone requested an explanation as to how those funds are going to be used and how they would benefit and/or involve members of their department. Things that can be mentioned as to how those funds will be used for are: banquet, George Youseff s event, IKE, and EF sessions. ECE/CEE required more information on use of funds and fundraising activities. ME department may give $500. CS department may give $400 if the dean matched $400; the dean already gave $800. ECE and CEE chairs want to know specifics about how the money will be used and more details on our budget and fundraising activities. Jinger will take charge of asking department chairs for money. Motion #3: reports update Focus report. Dr. O Toole is working on it. List of graduate students is still missing. Project reports. Eduardo will contact HQ or Roger to find out about details with respect to the hours organizing and participating section on the reports. Eduardo will send an to Grzegorz asking for summary of Future City event. Derek will still be able to work on the online reports. 40

42 Motion #4: Future events and meetings. GIG update Due to lack of help the program might be shutdown. Grzegorz has been contacting professors from other schools to coordinate program. Nothing has been heard from HQ, we could still get funds from ECE department but we may not have enough help to carry out the program. General Business Meeting February 6 th at 11:30am, in TBE-A ME conference room tentatively if no other room is found. Derek can bring the food. Topics to be discussed are: future social events, chapter events, scholarship application process, shadow officer program, GIG, interviews. Next officer s meeting January 31 st at 1pm. Engineering Futures Next 3 sessions were granted by HQ, Scott will be giving them. George Youseff s event COE said they will pay for one third of the total costs. Shannon will book SEB auditorium. Motion #5: Eminent Engineers Jacob Baker (ECE), Jacimira Batista (CEE), and Ed Jorgensen (CS). Sichu will talk to Dr. Batista, Jinger and Eduardo will talk to Dr. Baker and Dr. Jorgensen. Motion #6: other updates Beaujolais will contact the Writing Center and inquire about setting up a workshop for the TBP scholarship application. The camera and ribbons are in the storage locker. We have had problems booking rooms with Joan and Mario, ME conference room in TBE-A is a temporary solution for GBMs until we find a more effective way to book rooms. Meeting adjourned at 2:00pm by President Derek Williams. 41

43 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 1-10 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 10 th Officer Meeting Date(s) of Project: January 31 st, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _7_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _2_ Participating: _1_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: meeting of officers and advisors to discuss and update chapter activities. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization, involvement in the community, and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as chapter future activities were planned and officers were assigned tasks to fulfill. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 42

44 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 3. John Raymond Planas 4. Sichu Shrestha 5. Grzegorz Chmaj 6. Zheng (Jinger) Zeng 7. Kendrick De La Pena 43

45 Meeting Minutes (10 th Officer Meeting) Date: January 31 st, 2014 Time: 1:00 pm 2:00 pm Participants: Derek Williams, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz, Sichu Shrestha, John Raymond Planas, Grzegorz Chmaj, Zheng (Jinger) Zeng, Kendrick De La Pena. Meeting called to order by: President Derek Williams at 1:00pm. Business: Motion #1: budget and finances update. CSUN funding Kendrick will send with details on updated procedures to request funds. Kendrick and Ray will work on it. Request funds for banquet. Motion #2: reports update Focus report Dr. O Toole is working on it. Eligibility report deadline is February 13 th. Derek will work on the online reports. Motion #3: Future events and meetings. GIG update We need people to contact schools and make arrangements for workshop if program is to be implemented. At next GBM we will ask members to get involved in this program. General Business Meeting February 6 th at 11:30am, in TBE-A ME conference room. Derek will bring the food and drinks. Keys will be given to last semester initiates. Topics to be discussed are: future social events, chapter events, scholarship application process, shadow officer program, GIG, interview questions update, and constitution ratification. Advisor election if it is allowed in TBP Constitution, Eduardo will research on the topic. George Youseff s event We will give him a plaque of appreciation. IKE Need 5-6 TBP volunteers for the event, to be discussed at GBM. Derek will contact Scott to remind him of the K Nex kits. E-Week IKE on Saturday. E.F. session on Friday from 1:30pm-4:00pm. George Youseff on Wednesday SEB auditorium 5:30pm. Banquet May 3 rd, 2014 starting around 5:00-5:30pm. Ray and Eduardo will book the SFB. Expected attendance of guests. 44

46 Derek will get the banquet speaker, possibly Judy Teske or one of TBP District Directors. Motion #4: Eminent Engineers Jacob Baker (ECE), Jacimira Batista (CEE), and Ed Jorgensen (CS). Need to get their CVs and signed forms ASAP, Jinger and Eduardo are working on it. Motion #5: other updates STEM program is on hold until the Dean asks us for our help but we could contact them. Greg attended Future City event and was asked by some professors to include their school (NWCTA) for the GIG program. We will start booking rooms through Shannon. Derek will contact Scott asking him for the certificates for the E.F. session we had on October 19 th, Meeting adjourned at 2:00pm by President Derek Williams. 45

47 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 1-11 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 11 th Officer Meeting Date(s) of Project: February 14 th, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _4_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _2_ Participating: _0.5_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: meeting of officers and advisors to discuss and update chapter activities. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization, involvement in the community, and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: not all officers and advisors were present at the meeting, but they will be contacted to discuss the meeting minutes. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as chapter future activities were planned. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 46

48 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 3. Beaujolais Wright 4. Christopher Phillips 47

49 Meeting Minutes (11 th Officer Meeting) Date: February 14 th, 2014 Time: 1:10 pm 1:30 pm Participants: Derek Williams, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz, Beaujolais Wright. Christopher Phillips Meeting called to order by: President Derek Williams at 1:10pm. Business: Motion #1: Future events and meetings. Meet & Greet February 18 th at 11:30am. We will have information packets for the people who did not show up for orientation. George Youseff s talk. February 19 th at 5:30pm in SEB auditorium. EF session. February 21 st at 1:30pm. IKE. February 22 nd from 7:00am to 4:00pm. Bent Polishing. February 25 th and 26 th at 11:30am. Interviews. February 26 th through February 28 th. District Conference. March 8 th Need to find out if expenses are covered. Ask one of the District directors or research in TBP Constitution and Bylaws. EF Presentation Skills March 12 th. Election meeting and officer nomination. March 25 th. Scholarship seminar. March 27 th from 11:30am to 1:00pm Beaujolais will send an to Shannon Spollen to book room 2251 in SEB for 20 people. Banquet Advertising and professor of the year voting. April 1 st. EF Group Process. April 11 th. Initiation. April 12 th. Officer election meeting. April 17 th. Banquet. May 3 rd starting around 5:00-5:30pm. Judy Teske will be the guest speaker. Obtain quote from SU. We will wait until March to see what happens with SFB. 48

50 Motion #2: budget and finances update. CSUN funding. Kendrick sent an with details on the procedures for requesting funds. Funds for the banquet will be requested when we get quote from either SU or SFB. Funds from department chairs. Jinger and Sichu were working on it. Meeting adjourned at 1:30pm by President Derek Williams. 49

51 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 1-12 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 12 th Officer Meeting Date(s) of Project: March 7 th, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _7_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _2_ Participating: _0.5_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: meeting of officers and advisors to discuss and update chapter activities. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization, involvement in the community, and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: not all officers and advisors were present at the meeting, but they will be contacted to discuss the meeting minutes. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as chapter future activities were planned. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 50

52 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Beaujolais Wright 4. Christopher Phillips 5. Zheng Jinger Zeng 6. Andrew Poland 7. Grzegorz Chmaj 51

53 Meeting Minutes (12 th Officer Meeting) Date: March 7, 2014 Time: 1:22 pm 2:01pm Participants: Derek Williams, Raymond Planas, Beaujolais Wright, Jinger Zeng, Andrew Poland, Grzegorz Chmaj, Christopher Phillips Meeting called to order by: President Derek Williams at 1:22pm Business: Motion #1: Future Events and meetings Engineering Futures o March 12 at 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm o Andy will set up room and rent equipment. o Jinger will get Firehouse Subs platters and vegetarian options. o Derek will get the drinks. o Raymond will pack up the room. Banquet o SU is unavailable o Reserve for May 10 th at TAM with Aramark Catering Next General Business Meeting o Tuesday March 25 at 11:30 o Try to reserve SEB 2251 for election of new members Scholarship meeting o Thursday, March 27. o Topic: Scholarship Application Writing o In SEB 2251 Officer meeting o March 15 Elections o Inform HQ of the addition of Dr. Morris. o Possibly swap the chief advisor Pi Day o March 13 at 4:00pm o Co hosting competition with ACM/ splitting cost with ACM o Two part competition with prizes Coding problem Design Experiment to approximate Pi from given equations o 1 st prize- Raspberry Pi starter kit. 2 nd prize actually Raspberry Pie o Need judges o Need someone to get food and drinks Motion #2: Budget and Finances update Funds from department chairs o Asking for $500 from all four engineering departments Dr. Yim committed $500 o Jinger will send letter for money to all departments. OCED/CSUN funding o Ask CSUN for banquet funding after banquet is booked o Kendrick sent an with details on the procedures for requesting funds Derek will investigate further. 52

54 Raymond will put the budget together. Motion #3: Awards, Graduation, T-shirts Professor of the Year Award o Derek will solicit voters on April 1 st. o Investigate obtaining small Bent for eminent engineers and include cost T shirt Ordering o Order 100 t shirts with the same size distribution as last year Graduation Stoles and Cords o There are currently extras from last semester. o Will start selling as semester continues o There might need to be an order for more. Motion #4: Donation of Equipment to TBP NV B Donations of Soldering Equipment: o complete soldering stations o Make room for them in cabinet o Greg will coordinate the donation process Meeting adjourned at 2:01 pm by President Derek Williams 53

55 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 1-13 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 13 th Officer Meeting Date(s) of Project: March 28 th, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _6_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _2_ Participating: _1_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: meeting of officers and advisors to discuss and update chapter activities. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization, involvement in the community, and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as chapter future activities were planned. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 54

56 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 4. Christopher Phillips 5. Zheng Jinger Zeng 6. Christopher Mead 55

57 Meeting Minutes (13 th Officer Meeting) Date: March 28 th, 2014 Time: 1:00 pm 1:50 pm Participants: Derek Williams, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz, John Raymond Planas, Christopher Phillips, Christopher Mead, Zheng Jinger Zeng. Meeting called to order by: President Derek Williams at 1:00pm. Business: Motion #1: Future events and meetings. Professor of the year award. Christopher Phillips will prepare monkey survey for voting. Professors from each department will be included (CEE, ECE, ME, and CS). will be sent to members by April 5 th. Last day to vote is April 18 th. Officer meeting April 11 th before EF session. EF Group Process. April 11 th. Stephan King Monroe is the facilitator. Initiation. An will be sent to members requesting help for initiation. April 12 th in TBE B172. A practice session will be held at noon. Dr. Baker will be in India, his initiation ceremony will be postponed for next semester. Officer election meeting. April 17 th. Football Tournament April 19 th. Banquet. May 10 th starting around 5:00-5:30pm. Eduardo will check SFB for availability. TAM will be reserved if SFB is not available. Motion #2: budget and finances update. CSUN funding. Funds for the banquet will be requested as soon as reservation from banquet is confirmed. Motion #3: officers and advisors updates Dr. Brendan Morris will become the chief advisor for next semester, paperwork needs to be processed. Motion #4: Involvement program with COE Dean Venkat wants to establish a mentoring program where engineers will advise students. Most likely a student organization will need to organize and handle the logistics of the program. We can help to create the program and logistics during summer time Meeting adjourned at 1:50pm by President Derek Williams. 56

58 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 1-14 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 14 th Officer Meeting Date(s) of Project: April 11 th, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _6_ Electees: _1_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _2_ Participating: _1_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: meeting of officers and advisors to discuss and update chapter activities. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization, involvement in the community, and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as chapter future activities were planned. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 57

59 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Andrew Poland 4. Christopher Phillips 5. Zheng Jinger Zeng 6. Sichu Shrestha Electees: 1. Jason Sikorski 58

60 Meeting Minutes (14 th Officer Meeting) Date: April 11 th, 2014 Time: 10:00 am 10:45 am Participants: Derek Williams, John Raymond Planas, Christopher Phillips, Andrew Poland, Sichu Shrestha, Zheng Jinger Zeng, Jason Sikorski. Meeting called to order by: President Derek Williams at 10:00am. Motion #1: Future events and meetings. Initiation o Saturday April 12 in TBE B172 o Members helping show up at 12:00pm. Walter B (number1 in roll book) will be there. o Ceremony starts at 2pm o Ray will get safety pins for the ribbons o Send reminder out today o Business dress required Professor of the year o Send out reminder o Talk about ordering awards and gift for guest speaker at next meeting Banquet o Derek sent out request for funding to CSUN. o Will be held on May 10 th o Need to work on inviting people. Invite all members and all professors (tau bate and non tau bate). o Instruct participants to park by TAM or right behind SU. You can park at metered parking on Saturday. o Need to get guest speaker s biography o Limit the guest speaker speech to 25 minutes. Officer Election o Thursday April 17 o Will NOT be electing cataloging secretary Officer Meeting o Friday April 25 o For new officers Motion #2: Budget and Finances Update. IRS forms due by April 30. Departmental Money o Need signatures for letters from Derek and Dr. O Toole Football Tournament Funding o Request was put into OCED for $

61 Motion #3: Miscellaneous Best student organization o Look into seeing if students can vote for it and send link if possible. Look into seeing how long an eminent engineering can delay initiation. Talk to Dr. Morris about becoming a chief advisor. o Send paperwork on Dr. Morris to headquarters. 100 T-shirts have been ordered. Meeting adjourned at 10:42am by President Derek Williams 60

62 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 1-15 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 15 th Officer Meeting Date(s) of Project: April 25 th, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _6_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _2_ Participating: _1.5_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: meeting of officers and advisors to discuss and update chapter activities. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization, involvement in the community, and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as chapter future activities were planned. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 61

63 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Andrew Poland 4. Christopher Phillips 5. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 6. Jason Sikorski 62

64 Meeting Minutes (15 th Officer Meeting) Date: April 25 th, 2014 Time: 1:00 pm 1:45 pm Participants: Derek Williams, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz, Christopher Phillips, Andrew Poland John Raymond Planas, Jason Sikorki. Meeting called to order by: President Derek Williams at 1:00pm. Motion #1: Future events and meetings. Banquet o Chris will send invitation to members by next Monday. o Kendrick is working on the banquet program; Eduardo will contact Kendrick to get an update. o Eduardo is working on the banquet PowerPoint presentation. o Members helping show up at 12:00pm. Walter B (number1 in roll book) will be there. o Send to members asking for objects that can be raffled at the banquet. o Raymond is getting a crystal award for the guest speaker ($40). o Chris will order the plaques for the professor of the year award (around $20-25 each). o CS award will go to Dr. Gewali. Motion #2: Budget and Finances Update. IRS 990N needs to be completed and sent to HQ OCED funding: Ray and Jason will need to meet to discuss the funding request. CSUN funding: meeting Monday on SU room 208 at 6pm to present our budget Motion #3: Miscellaneous Eduardo will do the officer signature report. Eduardo will be the voting delegate for the convention and Andrew is the secondary delegate. Meeting adjourned at 1:45am by President Derek Williams 63

65 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 1-16 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 16 th Officer Meeting Date(s) of Project: May 9 th, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _7_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _2_ Participating: _0.75_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: meeting of officers and advisors to discuss and update chapter activities. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization, involvement in the community, and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as chapter future activities were planned. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 64

66 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Andrew Poland 4. Christopher Phillips 5. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 6. Jason Sikorski 7. Sichu Shrestha 65

67 Meeting Minutes (16 th Officer Meeting) Date: May 9 th, 2014 Time: 1:00 pm 1:45 pm Participants: Derek Williams, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz, Christopher Phillips, Andrew Poland John Raymond Planas, Jason Sikorki, Sichu Shrestha Meeting called to order by: President Derek Williams at 1:00pm. Motion #1: Future events. Banquet o Officers will meet at 4:30pm at TAM to set up o Changes to program are as follows: Welcome & Introduction Derek Speaker Introduction- Jinger Eminent Engineers- Sichu Presentation of Awards- Eduardo Initiates Introduction- Ray & Eduardo New advisor announcement- Dr. O Toole New Officer Introduction- Dr. Morris Replace Chant and thank you for Closing Remarks Closing Remarks- Eduardo Delete Bateau Jennifer and add space to SoumyaSagarika Motion #2: Budget and Finances Update. CEE department does not have funds for this semester; we will request funds for next semester. OCED funding: Ray is working on it. CSUN funding: receipts need to be sent to Savannah to get the check. Eduardo, Andrew, Christopher, and Jason will be added to the bank account. Motion #3: Miscellaneous All final reports will be elaborated next week on Friday. Eduardo will be leave town May 22 nd -May 28 th, June 2 nd -June 10 th, and June 15 th -July 20 th. Meeting adjourned at 1:45am by President Derek Williams 66

68 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 2-01 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 1 st General Business Meeting Date(s) of Project: September 10 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _17_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _1.5_ Participating: _0.75_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: meeting to introduce new officers to members and give new members their certificates and keys. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization, involvement in the community, and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: $75 for drinks and food. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as chapter future activities were discussed and members seemed to be interested in getting more involved in the chapter activities. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 67

69 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Sichu Shrestha 4. Kendrick De La Pena 5. Charbel Azzi 6. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 7. Edgar Solorio 8. Suchan Lamichhane 9. Drew Miller 10. Nicolas Wong 11. Ayele Gebreselassie 12. Emily Black 13. Daniel Heller 14. Sarah Trabia 15. Blake Naccarato 16. Beaujolais Wright 17. Grzegorz Chmaj 68

70 Meeting Minutes (1 st General Business Meeting) Date: September 10 th, 2013 Time: 11:39 am 12:09 pm Participants: Derek Williams, John Raymond Planas, Sichu Shrestha, Kendrick De La Pena, Charbel Azzi, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz, Edgar Solorio, Suchan Lamichhane, Drew Miller, Nicolas Wong, Ayele Gebreselassie, Emily Black, Daniel Heller, Sarah Trabia, Blake Naccarato, Beaujolais Wright, Grzegorz Chmaj. Meeting called to order by: President, Derek Williams at 11:39am. Business: Motion #1: to introduce new officers for Fall 2013: President- Derek Williams Vice President- John Raymond Planas Cataloguing Secretary- Kendrick De La Pena Corresponding Secretary- Sichu Shrestha Recording Secretary- Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz Treasurer- Charbel Azzi Motion #2: to distribute key and certificate for members inducted in spring. Members who picked up certificate and key: Emily, Ayele, Drew, Sichu, Kendrick, Daniel. Daniel picked up Alex Heller certificate. Members who still need to pick up their certificate should contact the president at Motion #3: schedule of future meetings and calendar of initiates activities Orientation meeting on September 24 th at 11:30 AM, room TBA. Meet & Greet on October 1 st at 11:30 by the bent. Initiates Interview on the week of October 7 th. Bent Polishing on the week of October 14 th. Engineering Futures first session on October 19 th. Election Meeting/2 nd General Business Meeting at 11:30am, room TBA. Initiation on November the 8 th or the 9 th. Engineering Futures second session on November 23th. If the first Engineering Futures session is moved out a week, the rest of the schedule will be moved out a week. Motion #4: to update the chapter bylaws. Current bylaws on file needed a major overhaul. Lots of cleanup work done, and the only major change is about making it easier for members to become formally active/inactive, so that we can have quorum when necessary. If and when CS gets approved, we will need to update the bylaws again, as well. As a result of this we ll need to overhaul the lists in the near future to keep track of active, semiactive, etc. members. Expect an to vote, via surveymonkey, on the new bylaws, and after that an about your status as an active or inactive member. 69

71 The new bylaws have already been looked at by HQ and look fine, but we will also distribute the old and new bylaws as well as a summary comparison of what was changed. Motion #5: to find a Webmaster The duties of the webmaster will consist on making periodic updates to the Facebook page which will consist on posting activities, pictures of TBP events, Tau Bate of the week/month, etc. and update of the chapter website. Charbel and Edgar volunteered to help. Motion #6: Greater Interest in Government program. Come up with an idea/write proposal for a feasible project, usually to do implement/show at a local school like build computers, or presentations on renewable energy. It is also possible coordinate with the Dean s office to bring kids and do something on-campus like presentations of our labs, talks with professors, etc. If the proposal gets approved, a fund of up to $750 can be obtained per approved proposal. There is no deadline for submission of proposals and no limit as to how many proposals can be submitted or done in a year. Possible participants are Beaujolais, Grzegorz, and Edgar. Motion #7: off-campus events. TBP convention From October 30 th to November 3 rd. There is one spot left to attend the convention, all travel expenses are covered, a member that has background on CPE/CS is preferred as we are appealing at the convention to induct CS to TBP, but any member that would like to become an officer for next year is welcome to come. For further information contact the president at president@tbpunlv.org Motion #8: on-campus events. Engineering Futures sessions. We are planning on doing two sessions for Fall and three sessions for Spring. One session is mandatory for initiates but it will be encouraged to attend all sessions, a diploma is awarded after completion of the five sessions. Football tournament We will have one tournament per semester. This semester s tournament will be on September 21 st and will be co-sponsored by SASE. Raymond is in charge of the organization of the tournaments. Quiz bowl tournament We are planning on doing it for Spring semester. Help is needed to organize this event Drew showed interest and knowledge on how it was done by other organization. Motion #9: officer meetings. Scheduled every other week on Wednesdays at 5:30pm. Next meeting is on September 11 th, Members are encouraged to attend if they are looking to become officers next year and/or want to get more involved with the chapter activities. Meeting adjourned at 12:09pm by President Derek Williams. 70

72 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 2-02 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 2 nd General Business Meeting Date(s) of Project: November 19 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _14_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _1.5_ Participating: _1_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: let members know about future activities of the chapter, vote on amendment to bylaws and give other general information. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization, involvement in the community, and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: $75 for drinks and food. V. Special Problems: attendance was lower than expected; we need to work on getting more members involved for future meetings. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as chapter future activities were discussed and members seemed to be interested in getting more involved in the chapter activities. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 71

73 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Sichu Shrestha 4. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 5. Edgar Solorio 6. Suchan Lamichhane 7. Zheng (Jinger) Zeng 8. Beaujolais Wright 9. Grzegorz Chmaj 10. Jennifer Bateau 11. Andrew Poland 12. Omar Salazar-Ramirez 13. Brendan Morris 14. Mary Murphy 72

74 Meeting Minutes (2 nd General Business Meeting) Date: November 19 th, 2013 Time: 11:35 am 12:30 pm Participants: Derek Williams, John Raymond Planas, Sichu Shrestha, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz, Edgar Solorio, Suchan Lamichhane, Beaujolais Wright, Grzegorz Chmaj, Jinger Zeng, Brendan Morris, Andrew Poland, Omar Salazar-Ramirez, Mary Murphy, Jennifer Bateau. Meeting called to order by: President, Derek Williams at 11:35am. Business: Motion #1: convention update: Our chapter won two awards at the convention, a scanned image can be found on the chapter website The CS appeal was approved and we will start inducting CS students next semester. A guide on how to elaborate an appeal was elaborated by Derek and is now posted on the chapter website. Motion #2: to vote on bylaws amendment. The bylaws amendment consisted on changes to allow CS students to be eligible for TBP membership. The amendment was passed by unanimous vote of all active members Motion #3: Engineering Futures session. November 23 rd, 2013 from 11:00am to 2:30pm. Module offered is Team Chartering. RSVP at Anyone can attend the event. Motion #4: Greater Interest in Government program. Outreach project to help kids learn about and build electronic kits. Next meeting is on November 21 st in SEB 3265 at 3pm Help is needed; we require a minimum of five people involved to carry on this project. Project implementation might require two sessions at each school that will be visited, with approximately a ratio of 2 kids per Tau Bate involved. Motion #5: Scholarship and Fellowship Program 60% rate award rate on $2000 scholarships and 17% rate award rate on $10,000 fellowships. Can still apply for a scholarship if Fall 2014 is your last semester. Apply for fellowship if you will be a graduate student in Fall 2014 or Spring letters of recommendation, short essay, and class rank is required. Deadline for fellowships is February 1 st, 2014 and for scholarships is April 1 st, Motion #6: TBP merchandise. Buy hoodies, stoles and cords. Orders and payments are due by November 23 rd. Orders can be placed at 73

75 Motion #7: Holiday donor card signing event. November 21 st from 9am-12pm in TBE Great Hall. Stop by to sign a holiday card to thank our donors for their support. Motion #8: Social events. Game night Will be discussed at a later time as many members expressed it would be more convenient to have it after winter break. The event might be done in conjunction with another student organization. Motion #9: Eminent Engineer discussion. Members will vote next semester on the nominees and can submit their nominee proposal to president@tbpunlv.org Motion #10: Officer Positions. We need people to shadow current officers and attend officers meetings Next officer meeting is being planned at the end of the semester to discuss next semester activities and officers duties. Anyone willing to become an officer will need to be committed to his/her position for a period of 12 months after they take office. Meeting adjourned at 12:30pm by President Derek Williams. 74

76 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 2-03 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 3 rd General Business Meeting Date(s) of Project: February 6 th, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _13_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _2_ Participating: _1_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: meeting to explain new members the shadow officer programs, ratification of constitution, and election of new advisor. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization, involvement in the community, and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: $75 for drinks and food. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as chapter future activities were discussed and members seemed to be interested in getting more involved in the chapter activities. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 75

77 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Sichu Shrestha 4. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 5. Zheng Jinger Zeng 6. Blake Naccarato 7. Andrew Poland 8. Lakiesha Hampton 9. Jennifer Bateau 10. Ron Duprau 11. Brendan Morris 12. Christopher Phillips 13. Anthony Bongolan 76

78 Meeting Minutes (3 rd General Business Meeting) Date: February 6 th, 2013 Time: 11:30 am 12:30 pm Participants: Derek Williams, John Raymond Planas, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz, Anthony Bongolan, Blake Naccarato, Christopher Phillips, Lakiesha Hampton, Jennifer Bateau, Brendan Morris, Zheng Jinger Zeng, Ron Duprau, Sichu Shrestha, Andrew Poland. Meeting called to order by: President, Derek Williams at 12:30am. Business: Motion #1: shadow officer program. Responsibilities and benefits of becoming an officer were explained. Available positions are president, vice president, corresponding secretary, recording secretary and treasurer. Members interested should talk to Derek to start attending officer s meetings. Motion #2: scholarship workshop. Undergraduates can get a $2000 scholarship and graduates a $10,000 fellowship. The deadline for fellowship passed but can submit it for next year. Undergraduates can submit their application if they are going to be taking classes next semester. We will have a scholarship workshop before April. The amendment was passed by unanimous vote of all active members Motion #3: Future events. Orientation meeting on February 14 th at 12:15pm. Meet & Greet on February 18 th at 11:30am. George Youseff s event on February 19 th. EF Team Chartering on February 21 st. IKE on February 22 nd, volunteers are needed. Motion #4: Constitution ratification. Amendments to TBP Constitution were explained to all members. Each amendment was then voted. Motion #5: President Derek Williams made a motion to elect a new advisor, Raymond Planas seconded. Dr. Brendan Morris was elected unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 12:30pm by President Derek Williams. 77

79 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 3-01 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Fall Semester Election Meeting Date(s) of Project: October 22 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _12_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _3_ Participating: _1.5_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: members voted on candidates that met the selection criteria to become TBP members after all the candidates completed all the required assignments. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to select new members that will contribute to the engineering profession by exemplary character and distinguished scholarship. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: $50 for drinks and food. V. Special Problems: attendance was lower than expected; we need to find out a way to get members more involved with chapter activities. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as new members were elected. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 78

80 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Sichu Shrestha 4. Kendrick De La Pena 5. Charbel Azzi 6. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 7. Edgar Solorio 8. Brandon Blackstone 9. Frank Insana 10. Beaujolais Wright 11. Bradford Colton 12. Braxon Tawatao 79

81 Meeting Minutes (Fall Semester Election Meeting) Date: October 22 th, 2013 Time: 11:30 am 1:00 pm Participants: Derek Williams, John Raymond Planas, Sichu Shrestha, Charbel Azzi, Kendrick De La Pena, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz, Edgar Solorio, Brandon Blackstone, Frank Insana, Beaujolais Wright, Bradford Colton, Braxon Tawatao. Meeting called to order by: President, Derek Williams at 11:35am. Business: Motion #1: to vote on candidates for TBP membership: The candidates that were approved for TBP membership are: Graduates: Ruiko Maharjan, Sanjib Mulepati, Soumya Sagarika, Binita Shakya. Undergraduates: Jennifer Bateau, Matthew Parker, Christopher Phillips, Andrew Poland, Christopher Augustine, Jesse, Basinski, Anthony Bongolan, Lakiesha Hampton, Alexander Hoese, Min Long Lan, Matthew Maler, Ruben Medina, Jericha Mendoza, Lawrence Mittelstadt, Sean Owens, Omar Salazar-Ramirez, Timothy Yee. Motion #2: Greater Interest in Government program. First meeting might take place this Thursday, an will be sent to confirm details. Meeting adjourned at 12:55pm by President Derek Williams. 80

82 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 3-02 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Spring Semester Election Meeting Date(s) of Project: March 25 th, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _7_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _3_ Participating: _1.5_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: members voted on candidates that met the selection criteria to become TBP members after all the candidates completed all the required assignments. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to select new members that will contribute to the engineering profession by exemplary character and distinguished scholarship. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: $50 for drinks and food. V. Special Problems: attendance was lower than expected; we need to find out a way to get members more involved with chapter activities. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as new members were elected. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 81

83 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 4. Soumya Sagarika 5. Andrew Poland 6. Christopher Phillips 7. Christopher Mead 82

84 Meeting Minutes (Spring Semester Election Meeting) Date: March 25 th, 2014 Time: 11:30 am 1:00 pm Participants: Derek Williams, John Raymond Planas, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz, Soumya Sagarika, Andrew Poland, Christopher Phillips, Christopher Mead. Meeting called to order by: President, Derek Williams at 11:35am. Business: Motion #1: to vote on candidates for TBP membership: The candidates that were approved for TBP membership are: Graduates: Mukesh Khadka, Kabindra Shrestha, Ali Pouryazdanpanah Kermani. Undergraduates: Joseph Baggs, John Bertini, Aaron Butler, John Fountain, Cesar Giron, Gerardo Gomez-Martinez, Kenneth Greenhalgh, Robert Hunt, Ruchir Kaul, Kelly Klare, Robert Klitzke, Alejandra Macias, Marie Rodillon, Emmanuel Sanchez, Jason Sikorski, Jason Silic. Meeting adjourned at 12:57pm by President Derek Williams. 83

85 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 3-03 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Officer and Advisor Election Meeting Date(s) of Project: April 17 th, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _15_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _3_ Participating: _1.5_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: members voted on new officers for next year and also to get a new advisor and new chief officer. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to select new officers that will ensure the continuity of our chapter. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: $80 for drinks and food. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as new officers were elected. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 84

86 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 4. Soumya Sagarika 5. Andrew Poland 6. Christopher Phillips 7. Gerardo Gomez-Martinez 8. Emmanuel Sanchez 9. Kelly Klare 10. Edgar Solorio 11. Ruchir Kaul 12. Zheng Jinger Zeng 13. Geroge Wallace 14. Dr. Brendan O Toole 15. Dr. Brendan Morris 85

87 Meeting Minutes (Officer and Advisor Election Meeting) Date: April 17 th, 2014 Time: 11:30 am 1:00 pm Participants: Derek Williams, John Raymond Planas, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz, Soumya Sagarika, Andrew Poland, Christopher Phillips, Gerardo Gomez-Martinez, Emmanuel Sanchez, Kelly Klare, Edgar Solorio, Ruchir Kaul, Zheng Jinger Zeng, George Wallace, Dr. Brendan O Toole, Dr. Brendan Morris. Meeting called to order by: President, Derek Williams at 11:35am. Business: Motion #1: election of new officers: President: Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz Vice President: Andrew Poland Treasurer: Jason Sikorski Recording Secretary: Christopher Phillips Corresponding Secretary: Andrew Poland Motion #2: election of advisors: Jinger nominated Derek as advisor, Kelly seconded the motion. Derek elected as new advisor by unanimous decision. Dr. Brendan Morris elected as new chief advisor Meeting adjourned at 1:00pm by President Derek Williams. 86

88 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 4-01 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Fall Semester Orientation Meeting Date(s) of Project: September 27 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _6_ Electees: _21_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _3_ Participating: _1_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: orientation meeting for candidates to TBP membership. A list of activities and requirements to be elected was discussed. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to select new members that will contribute to the engineering profession by exemplary character and distinguished scholarship. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: some candidates were not able to attend the meeting but they will meet with Derek to go over the details of membership. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as candidates were enthusiastic about becoming TBP members. VII. Index of Exhibits: summary of meeting agenda. 87

89 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Sichu Shrestha 4. Charbel Azzi 5. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 6. Suchan Lamichane Electees: 1. Christopher Augustine 2. Jesse Basinski 3. Jennifer Bateau 4. Lakiesha Hampton 5. Alexander Hoese 6. Robert Hunt 7. Ali Kermani 8. Min Long Lan 9. Ruiko Maharjan 10. Matthew Maler 11. Ruben Medina 12. Jericha Mendoza 13. Lawrence Mittelstadt 14. Sanjib Mulepati 15. Sean Owens 16. Matthew Parker 17. Christopher Phillips 18. Andrew Poland 19. Soumya Sagarika 20. Binita Shakya 21. Timothy Yee 88

90 Fall Semester Orientation Agenda Summary Date: September 27 th, 2013 Time: 2:00 pm 3:00 pm Participants: Derek Williams, John Raymond Planas, Sichu Shrestha, Charbel Azzi, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz, Suchan Lamichane, Christopher Augustine, Jesse Basinski, Jennifer Bateau, Lakiesha Hampton, Alexander Hoese, Robert Hunt, Ali Kermani, Min Long Lan, Ruiko Maharjan, Matthew Maler, Ruben Medina, Jericha Mendoza, Lawrence Mittelstadt, Sean Owens, Matthew Parker, Christopher Phillips, Andrew Poland, Soumya Sagarika, Binita Shakya, Timothy Yee. Meeting called to order by: President, Derek Williams at 2:00pm. The meeting started by welcoming and congratulating the candidates for meeting the eligibility requirements to become TBP members. A brief recap on TBP history was given and TBP constitution and bylaws were distributed. Then, the following checklist was given to all candidates. Signature sheet - due at Interview, Bent Polishing, or Engineering Futures Meet & Greet - Tuesday, October 1, 11:30 AM to12:30 PM at the courtyard outside TBE o Free pizza and cold drinks! o A lot of current members will be there so it is a great time to get signatures and talk to people about Tau Beta Pi Graduate students form - October 3 deadline o Graduate student form must be turned in by October 3 o Give directly to Derek, Sichu, Dr. O Toole, or place in the Tau Beta Pi mailbox (outside of TBE A ask Joan Conway in the ME office if you cannot find it) Interview preparation - October 3 deadline o a resume (mandatory) and picture (optional - but if you don t we will take one of you during one of the events) to president@tbpunlv.org o List your name & available interview times here: o Fill out the electronic catalog card here: o By Saturday, October 5, you will receive an with your interview time Interview - Week of October 7-11 o Choice of Tuesday, Wednesday, or Friday in 30-minute spots from 9 AM to 4 PM o Dress code is business casual o Bring a printed copy of your resume o Bring membership fee of $85 (cash or check made out to Tau Beta Pi) This is a one-time fee for membership in Tau Beta Pi for life This fee goes towards the purchase of your engraved gold key, membership certificate, 4-year subscription to THE BENT, and local & national expenses Your money will be returned if you are not initiated Bent Polishing - Week of October o Either Thursday, October 17 or Friday, October 18 at 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM o Dress comfortably o Food and drinks will be served Engineering Futures - Saturday, October 19, 11 AM to 2:30 PM at the Great Hall o Module will be People Skills and presented by Scott Eckersall o Lunch is free and will be served at 12:30 PM Initiation - Saturday, November 9 o Formal dress The orientation meeting finalized with a session of questions and answers. Meeting adjourned at 3:00pm by President Derek Williams. 89

91 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 4-02 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Fall Semester Meet & Greet Date(s) of Project: October 1 st, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _17_ Electees: _21_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _2_ Participating: _1_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: event for electees to meet TBP members and talk about their current engineering paths and events that TBP members are involved. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to introduce electees to the chapter and to foster the spirit of leadership and exemplary character to electees. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: $100 for drinks and food. Three officers were required to set up the tent, and bring the food. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as candidates got acquainted with TBP members. VII. Index of Exhibits: pictures of event. 90

92 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Sichu Shrestha 4. Charbel Azzi 5. Suchan Lamichane 6. Brandon Blackstone 7. Woosom Yim 8. Gregorz Chmaj 9. Ashok Sudakar 10. Laura Venter 11. Sarah Trabia 12. Erika Warner 13. Shawoon Roy 14. Suchan Lamichane 15. Braxon Tawatao 16. Nicolas Wong 17. Emily Black Electees: 1. Christopher Augustine 2. Jesse Basinski 3. Jennifer Bateau 4. Lakiesha Hampton 5. Alexander Hoese 6. Robert Hunt 7. Ali Kermani 8. Min Long Lan 9. Ruiko Maharjan 10. Matthew Maler 11. Ruben Medina 12. Jericha Mendoza 13. Lawrence Mittelstadt 14. Sanjib Mulepati 15. Sean Owens 16. Matthew Parker 17. Christopher Phillips 18. Andrew Poland 19. Soumya Sagarika 20. Binita Shakya 21. Timothy Yee 91

93 Fall Semester Meet & Greet Date: October 1 st, 2013 Time: 11:30 am 12:30 pm 92

94 More photos can be found on the chapter s Facebook page 93

95 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 4-03 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Fall Semester Interviews Date(s) of Project: October 8 th, 9 th, & 11 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _8_ Electees: _24_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _3_ Participating: _24_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: candidates were interviewed by TBP members to determine their character and to get to know each candidate more personally, and hence determine if they had the exemplary character to become a TBP member. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to help determine exemplary character of candidates and to examine personal views. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No Each candidate was required to sign up for an interview time slot. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: None. At least two interviewers were required to be present. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): the interviews were excellent as they helped us determine the character of each of the candidates. VII. Index of Exhibits: interview schedule. 94

96 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Sichu Shrestha 4. Charbel Azzi 5. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 6. Gregory Bock 7. Beaujolais Wright 8. Shawoon Roy Electees: 1. Christopher Augustine 2. Jesse Basinski 3. Jennifer Bateau 4. Lakiesha Hampton 5. Alexander Hoese 6. Ali Kermani 7. Min Long Lan 8. Ruiko Maharjan 9. Matthew Maler 10. Ruben Medina 11. Jericha Mendoza 12. Lawrence Mittelstadt 13. Sanjib Mulepati 14. Sean Owens 15. Matthew Parker 16. Christopher Phillips 17. Andrew Poland 18. Soumya Sagarika 19. Binita Shakya 20. Timothy Yee 21. Omar Salazar-Ramirez 22. Anthony Bongolan 23. Marcos Handabaka 24. Henry Chan 95

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98 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 4-04 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Fall Semester Bent Polishing Date(s) of Project: October 17 th & 18 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _6_ Electees: _22_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _3_ Participating: _3_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: electees polished the bent, this event is a mandatory for all electees that want to obtain TBP membership. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to keep the bent in good condition and to determine the attitude of electees at the event as it tests their character and respect toward traditions. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: $100 for food, drinks, and bent polishing supplies. Only two officers were required to be present at the event. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory event as all electees were enthusiastic about polishing the bent. VII. Index of Exhibits: pictures of event. 97

99 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Sichu Shrestha 4. Charbel Azzi 5. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 6. Suchan Lamichane Electees: 1. Christopher Augustine 2. Jesse Basinski 3. Jennifer Bateau 4. Lakiesha Hampton 5. Alexander Hoese 6. Ali Kermani 7. Min Long Lan 8. Ruiko Maharjan 9. Matthew Maler 10. Ruben Medina 11. Jericha Mendoza 12. Lawrence Mittelstadt 13. Sanjib Mulepati 14. Sean Owens 15. Matthew Parker 16. Christopher Phillips 17. Andrew Poland 18. Soumya Sagarika 19. Binita Shakya 20. Timothy Yee 21. Omar Salazar-Ramirez 22. Anthony Bongolan 98

100 Fall Semester Bent Polishing Dates: October 17 th & 18 th, 2013 Time: 11:30 am 12:30 pm 99

101 More photos can be found on the chapter s Facebook page 100

102 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 4-05 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Fall Semester Initiation Date(s) of Project: November 9 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _7_ Electees: _21_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _3_ Participating: _3_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: initiation ceremony to introduce electees to TBP. After the ceremony a reception was held at TBE Great Hall. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: initiation of new members is required to ensure the continuity of the chapter and to exercise TBP traditions. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: $50 for food and drinks. A minimum of seven people were required to participate in the initiation ceremony. V. Special Problems: some electees did not arrive on time and the ceremony was delayed, for future initiation ceremonies a check-in time will be set beforehand and anyone that does not arrive on time will have to have his/her initiation delayed until next semester or at another chapter. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): the initiation was successful as all electees became TBP members. VII. Index of Exhibits: pictures of event. 101

103 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Sichu Shrestha 4. Charbel Azzi 5. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 6. Kendrick De La Pena 7. Zheng (Jinger) Zeng Electees: 1. Christopher Augustine 2. Jesse Basinski 3. Jennifer Bateau 4. Lakiesha Hampton 5. Alexander Hoese 6. Min Long Lan 7. Ruiko Maharjan 8. Matthew Maler 9. Ruben Medina 10. Jericha Mendoza 11. Lawrence Mittelstadt 12. Sanjib Mulepati 13. Sean Owens 14. Matthew Parker 15. Christopher Phillips 16. Andrew Poland 17. Soumya Sagarika 18. Binita Shakya 19. Timothy Yee 20. Omar Salazar-Ramirez 21. Anthony Bongolan 102

104 Fall Semester Initiation Dates: November 9 th, 2013 Time: 12:30 pm 2:30 pm 103

105 More photos can be found on the chapter s Facebook page 104

106 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 4-06 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Spring Semester Orientation Meeting Date(s) of Project: February 14 th, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _2_ Electees: _22_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _3_ Participating: _1_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: orientation meeting for candidates to TBP membership. A list of activities and requirements to be elected was discussed. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to select new members that will contribute to the engineering profession by exemplary character and distinguished scholarship. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: some candidates were not able to attend the meeting but they will meet with Derek to go over the details of membership. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as candidates were enthusiastic about becoming TBP members. VII. Index of Exhibits: summary of meeting agenda. 105

107 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz Electees: 1. William Alle 2. Joseph Baggs 3. Christopher Banks 4. John Bertini 5. Aaron Butler 6. Jonathan Fountain 7. Geoffrey Gardner 8. Cesar Giron 9. Gerardo Gomez-Martinez 10. Kenneth Greenhalgh 11. Ruchir Kaul 12. Mukesh Khadka 13. Kelly Klare 14. Alejandra Macias 15. Antonio Morales 16. Colton Muri 17. Alex Park 18. Marie Rodillon 19. Kabindra Shrestha 20. Jason Silic 21. Silvestre Solano 22. Matthew Squires 106

108 Spring Semester Orientation Agenda Summary Date: February 14 th, 2014 Time: 12:15 pm 1:00 pm Participants: Derek Williams, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz, William Alle, Joseph Baggs, Christopher Banks, John Bertini, Aaron Butler, Jonathan Fountain, Geoffrey Gardner, Cesar Giron, Gerardo Gomez-Martinez, Kenneth Greenhalgh, Ruchir Kaul, Mukesh Khadka, Kelly Klare, Alejandra Macias, Antonio Morales, Colton Muri, Alex Park, Marie Rodillon, Kabindra Shrestha, Jason Silic, Silvestre Solano, Matthew Squires. Meeting called to order by: President, Derek Williams at 12:15pm. The meeting started by welcoming and congratulating the candidates for meeting the eligibility requirements to become TBP members. A brief recap on TBP history was given and TBP constitution and bylaws were distributed. Then, the following checklist was given to all candidates. Signature sheet - due March 7 th. Meet & Greet - Tuesday, February 18, 11:30 AM to12:30 PM at the courtyard outside TBE o Free pizza and cold drinks! o A lot of current members will be there so it is a great time to get signatures and talk to people about Tau Beta Pi Interview preparation - o Week of February 24 th o An will be sent with more information on how to sign up. o Business casual attire is required. o Bring a copy of resume and membership fee. Bent Polishing o Week of February 24 th. o An will be sent with more information. o Dress comfortably o Food and drinks will be served Engineering Futures Sessions o Team Chartering module on February 21 st, present by Scott Eckersall. No RSVP required. o Presentation Skills March 12 th, seats are limited so RSVP. Initiation o Saturday, April 12 th. o Formal dress required. The orientation meeting finalized with a session of questions and answers. Meeting adjourned at 1:00pm by President Derek Williams. 107

109 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 4-07 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Spring Semester Meet & Greet Date(s) of Project: February 18 th, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _18_ Electees: _14_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _2_ Participating: _1_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: event for electees to meet TBP members and talk about their current engineering paths and events that TBP members are involved. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to introduce electees to the chapter and to foster the spirit of leadership and exemplary character to electees. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: $100 for drinks and food. Three officers were required to set up the tent, and bring the food. V. Special Problems: no one was assigned to take pictures of the event; the officers attending the event were busy talking with the electees that did not attend the orientation meeting. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as candidates got acquainted with TBP members. VII. Index of Exhibits: list of attendees. 108

110 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Sichu Shrestha 4. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 5. Edgar Solorio 6. Jericha Mendoza 7. Brandon Blackstone 8. Woosom Yim 9. Gregorz Chmaj 10. Lakiesha Hampton 11. Jennifer Bateau 12. Sarah Trabia 13. Amber Shypien 14. Shawoon Roy 15. Drew Miller 16. Braxon Tawatao 17. Sean Owens 18. Andrew Poland Electees: 1. Robert Hunt 2. Jason Silic 3. Joseph Baggs 4. Gerardo Gomez-Martinez 5. John Bertini 6. Aaron Butler 7. Marie Rodillon 8. Mukesh Khadka 9. Kabindra Shretha 10. Kelly Klare 11. Jonathan Fountain 12. Kenneth Greenhalgh 13. Alejandra Macias 14. Robert Klitzke 109

111 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 4-08 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Spring Semester Interviews Date(s) of Project: February 19 th, 20 th, & 21 st, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _8_ Electees: _19_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _3_ Participating: _19_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: candidates were interviewed by TBP members to determine their character and to get to know each candidate more personally, and hence determine if they had the exemplary character to become a TBP member. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to help determine exemplary character of candidates and to examine personal views. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No Each candidate was required to sign up for an interview time slot. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: None. At least two interviewers were required to be present. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): the interviews were excellent as they helped us determine the character of each of the candidates. VII. Index of Exhibits: interview schedule. 110

112 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Sichu Shrestha 4. Zheng Jinger Zeng 5. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 6. Christopher Mead 7. Andrew Poland 8. Shawoon Roy Electees: 1. Joseph Baggs 2. John Bertini 3. Mukesh Khadka 4. Kenneth Greenhalgh 5. Gerardo Gomez-Martinez 6. Emmanuel Sanchez 7. Jason Sikorski 8. Ruchir Kaul 9. Jonathan Fountain 10. Robert Hunt 11. Alejandra Macias 12. Cesar Giron 13. Marie Rodillon 14. Aaron Butler 15. Jason Silic 16. Kelly Klare 17. Robert Klitzke 18. Kabindra Shrestha 19. Ali P. Kermani 111

113 Spring Semester Interviews Schedule 112

114 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 4-09 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Spring Semester Bent Polishing Date(s) of Project: February 25 th & 26 th, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _3_ Electees: _19_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _3_ Participating: _3_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: electees polished the bent, this event is a mandatory for all electees that want to obtain TBP membership. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to keep the bent in good condition and to determine the attitude of electees at the event as it tests their character and respect toward traditions. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: $100 for food, drinks, and bent polishing supplies. Only two officers were required to be present at the event. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory event as all electees were enthusiastic about polishing the bent. VII. Index of Exhibits: pictures of event. 113

115 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz Electees: 1. Joseph Baggs 2. John Bertini 3. Mukesh Khadka 4. Kenneth Greenhalgh 5. Gerardo Gomez-Martinez 6. Emmanuel Sanchez 7. Jason Sikorski 8. Ruchir Kaul 9. Jonathan Fountain 10. Robert Hunt 11. Alejandra Macias 12. Cesar Giron 13. Marie Rodillon 14. Aaron Butler 15. Jason Silic 16. Kelly Klare 17. Robert Klitzke 18. Kabindra Shrestha 19. Ali P. Kermani 114

116 Spring Semester Bent Polishing Dates: February 25 th & 26 th, 2014 Time: 11:30 am 12:30 pm 115

117 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 4-10 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Spring Semester Initiation Date(s) of Project: April 9 th, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _7_ Electees: _21_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _3_ Participating: _3_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: initiation ceremony to introduce electees to TBP. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: initiation of new members is required to ensure the continuity of the chapter and to exercise TBP traditions. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: $50 for food and drinks. A minimum of seven people were required to participate in the initiation ceremony. V. Special Problems: three people did not show up.. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): the initiation was successful as all electees became TBP members. VII. Index of Exhibits: picture of new members after initiation ceremony. 116

118 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Christopher Phillips 4. Sichu Shrestha 5. Zheng (Jinger) Zeng 6. Amber Sypien 7. Shawoon Roy 8. Walter Charles Vodrazka Sr 9. Walter Charles Vodrazka Jr. Electees: 1. Emmanuel Sanchez 2. Joseph Baggs 3. Gerardo Gomez-Martinez 4. Jason Silic 5. John Bertini 6. Robert Hunt 7. Alejandra Macias 8. Jonathan Fountain 9. Marie Rodillon 10. Kenneth Greenhalgh 11. Jason Sikorski 12. Cesar Giron 13. Ruchir Kaul 14. Robert Klitzke 15. Kelly Klare 16. Mukesh Khadka 17. Ali Pouryazdanpanah Kermani 18. Kabindra Shrestha 19. Dr. Jacimira Batista 117

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120 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 5-01 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 1 st Activity Report Date(s) of Project: July 18 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture _ X _ University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _2_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _0_ Participating: _2_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: meeting to thank donors for their support II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization, involvement in the community, and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) _ X _ Yes No Meeting organized by the College of Engineering. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as we met the donors that support us and it was an excellent opportunity to network with new people. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 119

121 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas Non-members: College of Engineering Advisory Board Donors (15 people) 120

122 Meeting Minutes (1 st Activity Report) Date: July 18, 2013 Time: 5:30 pm 7:30 pm Participants: Derek Williams, John Raymond Planas, College of Engineering Advisory Board, donors Meeting: started at 5:30pm. Purpose of meeting: to thank donor s for giving money to the College of Engineering Dean s Office and for helping us with those funds to achieve our goals as an organization. Relevant information: Contacted the people that are starting the International Trade & Business Center Las Vegas for future involvement of TBP members in their projects. Meeting adjourned at 7:30pm. 121

123 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 5-02 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 2 nd Activity Report Date(s) of Project: August 29 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _3_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _1.5_ Participating: _2_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: meeting of president and vice president with treasurer to comment on the 1 st officer s meeting minutes. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting as chapter future activities were discussed. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 122

124 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Charbel Azzi 123

125 Meeting Minutes (2 nd Activity Report) Date: August 29, 2013 Time: 12:00 pm 2:00 pm Participants: Derek Williams, John Raymond Planas, Charbel Azzi Meeting called to order by: President, Derek Williams at 12:00pm. Business: Motion #1: to comment on 1 st officer meeting minutes with Charbel. Motion #2: to discuss TBP convention travel plans. Charbel is not going to be able to attend. Raymond registered online on the convention website. Derek contacted Sherry and she will purchase the flight tickets for Raymond. There is one spot left to attend the convention for any member that is willing to attend. Motion #3: to update bank account information. Suchan and Jagadeep were removed from the bank account. Charbel and Raymond we added to the bank account and were issued a debit card. Meeting adjourned at 2:00pm by President Derek Williams. 124

126 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 5-02 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Budget Preparation Date(s) of Project: September 9 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: _ X _Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _2_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _5_ Participating: _3_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: meeting to prepare budget for Fall and Spring semesters. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve the way the chapter is run and make sure funds are being used properly in benefit of our members and the community. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _ X _ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting, the budget included all possible expenses the chapter was expected to face during the next year. VII. Index of Exhibits: budget overview. 125

127 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. Charbel Azzi 126

128 Date: September 9 th, 2013 Participants: Derek Williams, Charbel Azzi Budget Preparation # Cost Total Notes: General business meetings 7 -$75 -$525 Pizza, drinks, supplies for each meeting, expect people Meet & greet meetings 2 -$150 -$300 Pizza, drinks, supplies for each meeting, expect 50+ people Contacting initiates 2 -$75 -$150 Postage, envelopes, labels, etc. Banquet 1 -$2500 -$2500 Banquet costs, awards costs Regional conference 1 -$500 -$500 Football tournament 2 -$100 -$200 In co-operation with SASE Convention 1 -$500 -$500 mostly covered by HQ Engineering Futures 5 -$150 -$750 Cost for food, setup, materials Greater Interest in Government 1 -$1000 -$1000 Miscellaneous 1 -$1200 -$1200 T-shirts, promo materials, materials from HQ (letterhead, announcement sheets, brochures, etc.) Sending old certificates/keys 50 -$10 -$500 Approx of these, we are going to try to find the people to mail them off Website costs 1 -$50 -$50 Cost of renewing domain for 5 years Bent Polishing 2 -$80 -$160 Food/materials GIG grant from HQ (expected) 1 $750 $750 CSUN funding (expected) 1 $1500 $1500 OCED funding (expected) 1 $600 $600 Member fees (expected) 50 $46 $2300 Estimate of 50 new members Dean's funding 1 $800 $800 The amount we received in 2011 or 2012 CEE funding (expected) 1 $400 $400 The amount we received in 2011 or 2012 EE funding (expected) 1 $300 $300 The amount we received in 2011 or 2012 ME funding (expected) 1 $500 $500 The amount we received in 2011 or 2012 CS funding (expected) 1 $400 $400 If and only if they become eligible for TBP SLFC funding 1 $2500 $2500 Balance: $

129 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 5-03 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Differential Tuition Fee Proposal Date(s) of Project: September 10 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture _ X _ University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _3_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _1_ Participating: _2_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: meeting to explain student organizations representatives the reason behind an increase in tuition fees. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to be involved on the decisions that will benefit members of our community. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) _ X _ Yes No The College of Engineering organized the meeting. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): the meeting was good as it explained the benefits of the increase in tuition fees and questions were answered clearly. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 128

130 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Dr. Rama Venkat 129

131 Meeting Minutes (Differential Tuition Fee Proposal) Date: September 10 th, 2013 Time: 6:00 pm 7:00 pm Participants: Derek Williams, John Raymond Planas, Dr. Rama Venkat, student organization representatives (7) Meeting called to order by: Dean Venkat at 6:00pm. Summary of meeting: The meeting consisted on showing the student organization representatives the proposal for an increase in tuition fees and how those fees would benefit all the engineering students on campus. The increase in tuition fees will eliminate the need to have special laboratory fees for almost all the engineering courses, it will provide better labs with better hands-on experience, it will create a dedicated career and internship placement office, and it will benefit student organizations with access to more funding. The proposed tuition increase was $40 for undergraduate programs and $20 for graduate programs. Meeting adjourned at 7:00pm by Dean Venkat. 130

132 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 5-05 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: SLFC Funding Request Date(s) of Project: August 20 th -November 6 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: _ X _Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _3_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _1_ Participating: _4_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: reimbursement request to cover expenses related to the banquet held in May. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to keep the continuity and regular operations of the chapter. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _ X _ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: Long delay to receive funds due to internal problems in the Student Life Funding Committee. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): the process was long but the chapter got reimbursed. VII. Index of Exhibits: summary of events. 131

133 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Charbel Azzi 132

134 SLFC Funding Request Date: August 20 th, 2013-November 6 th, 2013 Participants: Derek Williams, John Raymond Planas, Charbel Azzi Summary of events: A funding request was submitted to the Student Life Funding Committee to get reimbursement of $2500 for the banquet held in May. The check was delayed several months because the person in charge was on leave and no one was able to take care of the situation, several s were sent to three different people from the SLFC office to see if they could solve this issue. The check was finally received on November 6 th. 133

135 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 5-06 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Bylaws Update Date(s) of Project: November 19 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: _ X _Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _1_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _20_ Participating: _2_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: update of bylaws. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to promote the continuity of the Chapter and have proper internal regulations. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _ X _ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): the update was successful and the chapter has now an updated version of the bylaws that are in agreement with TBP Constitution. VII. Index of Exhibits: summary and copy of updated bylaws. 134

136 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 135

137 Date: November 19, 2013 Participants: Derek Williams Bylaws Update Summary: The bylaws for our chapter were revised and updated. Redundant terms were eliminated and new policies were added. A final revision took place with all the chapter officers and advisory board before the amendments were sent out to the members to vote on. The revision consisted on checking that the bylaws were in agreement with TBP Constitution. After the amendment passed by the majority of votes, the bylaws were posted on the chapter website. Bylaws of the Nevada Beta Chapter Of The Tau Beta Pi Association Bylaw I General Section 1. These Bylaws shall govern the proceeding of this Chapter in all matters not expressly provided for in the Constitution and Bylaws of The Tau Beta Pi Association, Inc. Section 2. This Chapter shall conform to such rules and regulations of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and of its College of Engineering as may apply to honor societies. Section 3. In the event of conflict between the Constitution and Bylaws of The Tau Beta Pi Association, Inc., and the rules of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and/or its College of Engineering, the rules of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and/or its College of Engineering shall prevail. The Secretary-Treasurer of the Association shall be notified of the circumstances of the conflict. Section 4. Abbreviated references herein to the Constitution and Bylaws of the Association and to the various Bylaws of this document shall be made in the form illustrated by the following examples: a. C-VI, 1 National Constitution Article VI, Section 1. b. B-V, 5.02 National Bylaw V, Section c. NBB-I, 4 Nevada Beta Chapter Bylaw I, Section 4. Bylaw II Government and Officers Section 1. The Chapter shall be composed of members chosen from among eligible students and alumni on the bases of distinguished scholarship or professional attainment and exemplary character, as enunciated in C-VIII, The Eligibility Code of the Association, and NBB-IV. Section 2. The Chapter shall have full control over its individual affairs, subject to the Constitution and Bylaws of the Association, which control shall be exercised by the active membership of the Chapter and its Advisory Board. An active member of this Chapter shall be as defined in C-VI, 1, and only active undergraduate and graduate student members, as defined therein, shall have the privilege of voting on new members and on the amounts of the initiation fees, dues, fines, and assessments. A member may become inactive only under the provisions of B-VI, 6.06 or NBB-III, 10. Section 3. The officers of this Chapter shall be a President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, and Cataloger, who shall be active members of the Chapter and four alumnus advisors. Section 4. The Advisory Board of the Chapter shall be composed of the President, Vice President, Corresponding Secretary, and four alumnus members of the Association. The Chair of the Advisory Board shall be elected by its members at the first Board meeting of the year. Section 5. Alumnus members of the Advisory Board shall serve four-year terms, as specified in CVI, 7. All other officers shall serve for one year or until their successors are duly elected and installed. Section 6. The duties of the officers shall be those usually performed by persons holding such offices, those prescribed by the Constitution and Bylaws of the Association (see B-V, 5.03), and those prescribed in these Bylaws or by Chapter action. Section 7. The following extra duties shall be required of the officers: a. The President shall be an ex-officio member of all committees. b. The Corresponding Secretary shall serve as secretary of the Advisory Board. 136

138 c. The President and Vice-President shall pay a courtesy call on the Dean of the College of Engineering early in the Fall Semester to discuss ways in which the Chapter may be of service to the School. The substance of such discussions shall be reported to the Chapter at the next meeting. d. The President shall cooperate with the Director of Tau Beta Pi District 16 and shall encourage the Chapter members to participate in the District s activities. Bylaw III Meetings Section 1. The following regular meetings shall be scheduled and held once each year: Election of Officers, Installation of Officers. Section 2. The following regular meetings shall be scheduled and held once in the Fall Semester and once in the Spring Semester: Organization, Informational, Meet-and-Greet, Election of Candidates, Initiation of Electees, and other meetings as needed. Section 3. Special meetings may be called at any time by the President, any alumnus member of the Advisory Board, or upon written request to the President signed by 20% of the active members. Section 4. Robert's Rules of Order shall be the parliamentary guide of the Chapter in all matters not covered in the Constitution and Bylaws of the Association or in these Bylaws. Section 5. Notices sent to the active members and alumnus advisors announcing meetings shall clearly state the time, place, and purpose of the meeting. Section 6. Business meetings, other than the election meeting, shall last no longer than two hours, unless extended by an affirmative vote of three-fourths of the active members present. The order of business at these meetings shall be as follows: a. Roll call. b. Minutes of the previous meeting. c. Reports of the officers. d. Reports of the committees. e. Unfinished business. f. New business. g. Adjournment. Sections 7. Attendance of active members shall be required at all regular, scheduled meetings of the Chapter, unless excused by the President for reasons deemed to be good and sufficient. A member who must miss a regular, scheduled meeting shall submit reasons to the President, in writing, before the meeting, unless the excuse is illness. Section 8. Meetings of the Advisory Board may be called by any of its members or upon written request to any member of the Advisory Board signed by 20% of the active members of the Chapter. The minutes of each Advisory Board meeting shall be read at the following regular meeting of the Chapter. Section 9. Quorum for Chapter business is as described in B-V, For the election of officers, a quorum shall be a majority of the active membership of the Chapter. A quorum for an Advisory Board meeting shall be five members of the Board. Section 10. An active member will become inactive under the terms of B-VI, 6.06 (a) and (b), if he or she misses a meeting without notice unless the excuse is illness, states in writing their desire to no longer be active, or does not reply to a query about their membership status within two weeks of being contacted. An inactive member will be readmitted to active status under the terms of B-VI, 6.06 (b) or if they state that they wish to be an active member. Bylaw IV Election of New Members Section 1. The process of election of new members shall begin in the Fall and Spring Semesters as soon as possible after the grades for the previous semester become available. Section 2. Scholastically eligible students will satisfy the following criteria to be considered for membership in the Chapter: a. The student must be enrolled in one of the following degree programs: Bachelor of Science (in Engineering) in Civil Engineering Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Master of Science (in Engineering) in Biomedical Engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering Electrical Engineering Materials and Nuclear Engineering 137

139 Mechanical Engineering Doctor of Philosophy (in Engineering) in Civil and Environmental Engineering Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering b. If an undergraduate, the student must have completed at least 18 credits in the College of Engineering and meet one of the following criteria: Top one-eighth standing in the Junior class while taking Junior-level engineering courses Top one-fifth standing in the Senior class while taking Senior-level engineering courses c. If a graduate student, the student must have completed at least 50% of their degree requirements and meet one of the following criteria: Top one-fifth of all Master of Science (in Engineering) students Top one-fifth of all Doctor of Philosophy (in Engineering) students d. Cumulative University of Nevada, Las Vegas grade point average greater than or equal to exactly Section 3. The membership committee shall periodically consult with the chairs of the various engineering departments to determine the names of graduate students, alumni, faculty members, and others who may be eligible for membership under the provisions of C-VIII, 3-6. Section 4. Exemplary Character Evaluation. a. Letters of notification should be mailed to candidates, inviting them to the Informational Meeting and the Meet-and-Greet. b. The Informational Meeting shall be a meeting of candidates and active members explaining the history of Tau Beta Pi, the benefits of joining, the time line of the candidates initiation, and the candidates initiation tasks. The Meet-and-Greet meeting shall be a casual social meeting of the active members and candidates. c. The initiation tasks will be similar in nature to electee duties detailed in B-VII, Section 5. Voting Procedures. a. At the Election of Candidates meeting, the Eligibility Code shall first be read. b. Each name shall be presented individually, with graduate and undergraduate candidates considered separately, for discussion and shall be voted on before the following name is considered. c. Candidates must be elected by an affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of the active Chapter membership per B-VI, If any candidate fails election, the procedures in B-VI, 6.03 shall be followed. Section 6. Candidates shall be notified of the result of their election as soon as possible following the Election of Candidates Meeting. If a candidate is elected then he or she must notify the President of their acceptance. If a candidate refuses initiation for financial reasons, they shall be interviewed by the Advisory Board, per C-VIII, 10 (a). Section 7. All members shall keep the election results in absolute confidence so that no candidate shall learn of his or her election except by means of official notification; likewise, no candidate shall be informed of the details of the vote, especially concerning the personal matters discussed at the time of voting. Section 8. Each electee shall be required to take part in an activity recommended or approved by the Chapter officers to foster a spirit of liberal culture. This activity may take the form of a project and/or the writing of an essay, as specified in B-VII, They shall be required to read the Constitution and Bylaws of the Association and these Bylaws. Bylaw V Election and Installation of Officers Section 1. The President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, Cataloger, and an alumnus member of the Advisory Board shall be elected in the Spring Semester. Section 2. Nominations for officers can be made by any active Chapter member during any meeting in the Spring Semester. Section 3. The Election of Officers Meeting shall be held in the Spring Semester. Officers-elect shall be formally installed at least one month prior to the Spring commencement, per B-V, The Chapter Officer Installation Procedure in the President s Book shall be employed to install the new officers. During the period following the election until the installation, each Officer-elect shall work closely with his or her officer counterpart to learn the duties and responsibilities of the office. Transfer of financial records between the past and newly elected Treasurer is contingent upon an audit as required by NBB-VI, 3. Section 4. The election of officers shall be by secret ballot. One-half of the active membership shall constitute a quorum for the Election of Officers Meeting, and a majority of the quorum shall be required for election. A vote by the members present will cause the nominee receiving the least number of ballots to be 138

140 dropped from further consideration until one candidate receives a majority vote. Section 5. If any office becomes vacant between regular elections, a special election shall be held at the next Chapter meeting to fill the vacancy. The officer elected shall serve until the next regular election. Bylaw VI Finances Section 1. The initiation fee for all initiates shall be $85.00, payable in advance of initiation to the Chapter Treasurer. This amount covers the national initiation fee of $32.00, the national Convention assessment of $7.00, and the operating expenses of the local Chapter. Section 2. The Chapter s fiscal year shall be May 1 to April 30. Section 3. Immediately following the end of the fiscal year, at least one alumnus member of the Advisory Board (but not the Treasurer if the Treasurer is an alumnus member of the board) shall audit the Chapter s books. If necessary, the Treasurer and Treasurer-elect shall file the Internal Revenue Service s Form 990. Section 4. No part of the net earnings of the Chapter will inure to the benefit of, or be distributable to, members or officers of the Chapter or to any other individual. Bylaw VII Records and Equipment Section 1. All permanent records of the Chapter shall be kept current and up-to-date. Section 2. The initiation equipment shall be maintained in good order and in a secure manner and the Ritual and its related material shall be kept up-to-date and under lock and key when not in use. Section 3. All records and an inventory of all physical equipment owned by the Chapter shall be turned over to the new officers at the Installation of Officers Meeting. Section 5. All records of this Chapter shall be open for inspection to any member of the Association and to any official of the University who has received approval from the Advisory Board, except that the Ritual may not be inspected by non-members of the Association. Bylaw VIII Suspension of the Bylaws Section 1. These Bylaws may be suspended only by a three-fourths affirmative vote of the active membership of the Chapter and by a four-sevenths affirmative vote of the Advisory Board, as provided in C-VI, 5. Bylaw IX Amendments Section 1. Amendments to these Bylaws may be proposed by any three active members of the Chapter. A proposed amendment shall be submitted in writing to the President and signed by the members proposing it. Section 2. These Bylaws may be amended by a three-fourths affirmative vote of the active membership of the Chapter, subject to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Association within two weeks after an amendment is adopted. Section 3. The Corresponding Secretary shall send a copy of the Bylaws as amended to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Association within two weeks after an amendment is adopted. Bylaw X Dissolution Section 1. In the event of the dissolution of the Chapter, the residual assets shall be distributed to The Tau Beta Pi Association, Inc., a corporation organized and operated exclusively for educational and scientific purposes and exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c) (3) of the US Internal Revenue Code of Any such assets not so disposed of shall be distributed to a Federal, State, or Local Government for public purposes. Bylaw XI Enactment Section 1. These Bylaws were adopted by vote of this Chapter and its Advisory Board and became effective on. They were last amended on. Signatures (President) (Chair of Advisory Board) 139

141 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 5-07 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Visit to ERAU Date(s) of Project: October 7 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: _ X _Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _2_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _3_ Participating: _10_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: visit to ERAU to evaluate the installation of a TBP Chapter. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to promote the continuity of TBP and recognize students that have exemplary character and excel in engineering. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _ X _ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: expenses were covered by HQ. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): the visit was successful and a report was elaborated for its evaluation at the next TBP National Convention. VII. Index of Exhibits: summary of event. 140

142 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. Dr. Brendan O Toole 141

143 Date: October 7 th, 2013 Participants: Derek Williams, Dr. Brendan O Toole Visit to ERAU Summary: Visit to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona to evaluate the installation of a TBP Chapter. This is the summary elaborated by Derek: ERAU Prescott was applying to get a Tau Beta Pi Chapter installed. One part of this process is to have an inspection team made of current Tau Bates come to the school to check out the campus and their honor society (Tau Beta Delta, which must operate like a Tau Beta Pi Chapter for a couple of years prior to becoming eligible for a full charter). Dr. O'Toole and I did preliminary work in reading their application, then from about 4 AM to 7 PM on that day we went down to Prescott to inspect their Chapter along with other Tau Bates, including Roger Hawks and Norman Pih. We later wrote up our reports for the convention to look at next year in deciding whether or not to grant a Charter. 142

144 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 5-08 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Fall Involvement Fair Date(s) of Project: September 29 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: _ X _Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _2_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _2_ Participating: _5_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: participation in the Fall Involvement Fair to promote our Chapter. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to promote the continuity of TBP and get involved with the student community. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _ X _ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): successful event as many students requested information about membership and future events. VII. Index of Exhibits: summary of event. 143

145 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 144

146 Date: September 29, 2013 Time: 10:00 am 3:00 pm Location: Student Union Participants: Derek Williams, John Raymond Planas Summary: Fall Involvement Fair In the involvement fair we promoted the upcoming Engineering Futures session and gave information to all students about the eligibility requirements in order to become a TBP member, also we talked about the mission and goals that we as a chapter strive for. The involvement fair was a great opportunity to us to become more noticed on campus and to be able to get to know future candidates for TBP membership. 145

147 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 5-09 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Computer Science Appeal Date(s) of Project: August 29 th -November 15 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: _ X _Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _1_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _15_ Participating: _8_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: elaboration of appeal package to make B.Sc. in C.S. students eligible for TBP membership. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to promote the continuity of our Chapter and recognize the students exemplary character and excellence in the engineering field. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _ X _ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): the construction of the appeal package was successful as it was accepted and approved at the National Convention. VII. Index of Exhibits: summary. 146

148 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 147

149 Computer Science Appeal Date: August 29 th, 2013-November 15 th, 2013 Participants: Derek Williams Summary: An appeal package was put together to be presented in the 2013 TBP National Convention to make students from the B.Sc. in C.S. program eligible to TBP membership. The appeal package was presented to the curriculum review committee at the convention for its approval. The appeal package was considered to be one of the strongest and thorough appeal packages they have reviewed, thus the appeal package was approved. After the convention, a guide on how to create a successful appeal package was elaborated and posted on our chapter website to help out other chapters that want to elaborate an appeal package

150 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 5-10 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Facebook and Website Updates Date(s) of Project: August 23 rd -December 31 st, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: _ X _Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _3_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _1_ Participating: _5_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: elaboration and maintenance of website and Facebook page. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to promote the continuity of our Chapter and stay connected with the community. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _ X _ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: no costs related. A webmaster is required to update the sites. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): excellent results as both sites were created and we immediately noticed that members were more aware of what was happening in the Chapter. VII. Index of Exhibits: summary. 149

151 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. Charbel Azzi 3. Edgar Solorio 150

152 Date: August 23 rd -December 31 st, 2013 Participants: Derek Williams, Charbel Azzi, Edgar Solorio Summary: Facebook and Website Updates The Chapter needed to get more noticed and stay in contact with all of its members and future candidates for membership, so it was decided that a website and Facebook profile need to be created. These tasks were fulfilled by the webmaster, which in our case the role was fulfilled by three of our members. The website and FB pages are updated on a regular basis; the updates consist on adding more information about our chapter history, membership, Bylaws, future events, and pictures of past events

153 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 5-11 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Membership Records and Professors Update Date(s) of Project: November 16 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: _ X _Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _1_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _5_ Participating: _3_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: update of membership records and list of current TBP professors in the College of Engineering. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to promote the continuity of our Chapter III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _ X _ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory results as all the membership records were updated. VII. Index of Exhibits: summary. 152

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155 Date: November 16 th, 2013 Participants: Derek Williams Membership Records and Professors Update Summary: In the need to identify the professors in the College of Engineering who are members of TBP, a membership record update took place. A list of all the members initiated in this chapter, as well as a list of all the current professors was created and posted on the chapter website. A total of 645 members have been initiated at this chapter and currently there are 33 professors that are members of TBP in the College of Engineering. The list of members and professors can be found on the chapter website

156 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 5-12 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: OCED Funding Request Date(s) of Project: October 23 rd, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: _ X _Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _1_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _1_ Participating: _2_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: funds request to cover expenses of Engineering Futures session. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to keep the continuity and regular operations of the chapter. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _ X _ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory as funds were obtained without a problem. VII. Index of Exhibits: summary of events. 155

157 List of Attendees: Members: 1. John Raymond Planas 156

158 Date: October 23 rd, 2013 Participants: John Raymond Planas OCED Funding Request Summary: Funds in the amount of $200 were requested to the Office of Civic Engagement and Diversity to cover expenses related to the Engineering Futures session module. These expenses are related to food and drinks for the participants in the session. Receipts from a previous EF session were attached along with the request letter to serve as a proof of the expenses related to food and drink. The expected attendance for this EF sessions is of 25 people. 157

159 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 5-13 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Funding Request to Department Chairs Date(s) of Project: November 20 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: _ X _Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _1_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _2_ Participating: _3_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: funds request to cover expenses of future chapter events. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to keep the continuity and regular operations of the chapter. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _ X _ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: ECE Chair requested a more detailed explanation on how those funds would benefit ECE students. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory as some funds were obtained. VII. Index of Exhibits: summary of events. 158

160 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 159

161 Date: November 20 th, 2013 Participants: Derek Williams Funding Request to Department Chairs Summary: Funds were requested to each Department Chair in the College of Engineering. At the time of requesting the funds the following information package was included: Tau Beta Pi information Background: Tau Beta Pi was formed in 1885 as an engineering honor society in response to Phi Beta Kappa restricting their membership to the liberal arts. It is the second oldest honor society in the US. Tau Beta Pi coexists with other honor societies such as Eta Kappa Nu (ECE), Upsilon Pi Epsilon (CS/CpE), Chi Epsilon (CEE), and Pi Tau Sigma (ME). Members are invited to join if they meet certain requirements, typically: Current engineering students with a 3.25 GPA that also are: Upper 1/8 of the junior class or upper 1/5 of the senior class. Upper 1/5 of the graduate class of engineers. Eminent engineers that have been in engineering for 10+ years. Membership in Tau Beta Pi is for life and requires a one-time fee. Notable Tau Bates include: Linus Pauling (two time Nobel Prize winner) John Bardeen (two time Nobel Prize winner and co-creator of the transistor) Jack Kilby (Nobel Prize winner and creator of the integrated circuit) Wernher von Braun (rocketry pioneer) Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11 LM pilot, second man on the moon) John Young (Apollo 16 and Space Shuttle commander, spent 71 hours on the moon) Edward White (first US space walker, died on Apollo 1) Jeff Bezos (founder of Amazon.com) Donald Knuth (computer scientist) Claude Shannon (creator of information theory) Robert Kahn (Internet architect)... and many other household names such as Bose, von Karman, Northrop, Sperry, Baekeland, Dolby, Moog, Bechtel, Engelbart, Milikan, Cray, Cernan, Haise, Grissom, Holonyak, Iacocca, Capra, Bloomberg, and Shockley. There are currently 241 active Collegiate Chapters and 25 active Alumnus Chapters. Each Chapter has at least 6 officers (student members) and 4 advisors (faculty, industry, or alumnus members). There are more than 545,000 members of Tau Beta Pi. The Nevada Beta Chapter at UNLV has inducted 647 members since its chartering in 1995 More than 20 professors in the College of Engineering, including the dean and associate dean, are members of Tau Beta Pi. Current Nevada Beta Chapter officers: Derek Williams (CpE/CS), Raymond Planas (ME), Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz (ME/EE), Kendrick de la Pena (CpE), Charbel Azzi (CpE/CS), Sichu Shrestha (CEE). College of Engineering professors who are members of Tau Beta Pi: CEE: Dr. Donald Hayes, Dr. Aly Said, Dr. Barbara Luke, Dr. David Ashley, Dr. Edward Neumann, Dr. Mohamed Kaseko, Dr. Nader Ghafoori, Dr. Saaman Ladkany. ME: Dr. Woosoon Yim, Dr. Mohamed Trabia, Dr. Brendan O'Toole, Dr. Darrell Pepper, Dr. Robert Boehm, Dr. Stephen Rice, Dr. William Culbreth, Dr. Yitung Chen. ECE: Dr. Rama Venkat, Dr. Biswajit Das, Dr. Brendan Morris, Dr. Emma Regentova, Dr. Robert Schill, Dr. Venkatesan Muthukumar, Dr. Jacob Baker. 160

162 Benefits of joining Tau Beta Pi: $2,000 scholarships and $10,000 fellowships are awarded to members every year. In 2013 the scholarship award rate was 60% and the fellowship award rate was 17%! Low interest loans are available for members. STEM job recruiters recognize the name Tau Beta Pi: it augments a high GPA in a very positive way and looks great on a resume. Tau Beta Pi has a job search website available only to members. Engineering Futures interactive seminars hosted by Tau Beta Pi give members and nonmembers training on leadership, management, teamwork, problem solving, interpersonal skills and presentation skills. Leadership opportunities for officers of the organization. Outreach and community service opportunities. Honor cords and stoles for graduates. Discounts with many companies and for many services including car insurance through GEICO, FE/EIT/PE exam preparation materials, long term care insurance, hotel rates, and relocation/moving fees. What it takes for a student to join the Nevada Beta Chapter of Tau Beta Pi: Candidates must attend an orientation meeting to learn about Tau Beta Pi. Candidates must talk with at least 30 current members and obtain their signatures. The signatures verify that the members support that candidate. Candidates must polish our symbol, the Bent (located at the southwest corner of TBE-A, outside of the Great Hall). Candidates must have a sit-down interview with current officers and members. Candidates must attend an Engineering Futures interactive seminar. Candidates must complete community service in the form of being involved in our Greater Interest in Government program or by assisting the new STEM recruiter in going to schools to talk about engineering. Candidates must be elected to the Chapter by a 3/4 affirmative vote at a meeting of the Chapter. Each candidate is considered separately. Members who have interacted with the candidate may speak for or against them. We desire members who meet the requirement of having exemplary character. Not every candidate that has completed the tasks is elected to membership. Electees must attend an initiation ritual that has remained largely the same for over 100 years activities and honors for the Nevada Beta Chapter: At the 2013 National Convention our Chapter was one of only eight Chapters awarded both the Secretary's Commendation and Membership Award. Computer science is not automatically eligible for inclusion in Tau Beta Pi and each school must appeal to have it included on a case-by-case basis. At the 2013 National Convention our appeal (which took in excess of 100 hours to prepare) was heard and approved. It was called the strongest appeal ever and we have been asked to show other schools how to properly construct an appeal. Not only does this open the doors of Tau Beta Pi to computer science students, but it is confirmation that our computer science program is rigorous. We are holding 5 Engineering Futures interactive seminars (up from 2 in prior years). Each one involves bringing in an outside facilitator to conduct the seminar. Seminars are free to attend and open to everyone: Tau Beta Pi members, any student at UNLV, or anyone else who wants to come. At the completion of the seminar certificates are given to attendees and anyone who completes all 5 seminars is given a special certificate from headquarters. We are involved with a Tau Beta Pi program called Greater Interest in Government that will provide funds to conduct a project where our members will visit local schools and give basic electronics education and hands on experience with building electronic kits. This is a great opportunity for our members to be involved in the local community and will provide a great amount of positive press for our Chapter and our school, both on a local and national level. The College of Engineering is hiring a dedicated STEM recruiter and the dean has tasked us with providing members to help visit local schools with the recruiter. We have gained an online presence with the creation of a website at and a Facebook page at and are being proactive in 161

163 contacting media about our activities. A comprehensive rewrite of our bylaws was completed. Tours and meetings coordinated with departmental societies (ASCE, ASME, IEEE, ACM). Social events such as a meet & greet, engineering flag football tournament, and a games night. Nevada Beta Chapter costs & funding sources: Our Chapter expects to spend about $10,000 this year. Major costs include: Banquet with guest speaker and awards for members and professors ($2,500). Food, drinks, and supplies for approximately 20 meetings and events ($2,000). New member dues to headquarters ($2,000). Attending regional conferences and the national convention ($1,000). Greater Interest in Government outreach program ($1,000). Smaller costs include things like postage to contact members and candidates, webhosting, and ordering materials from headquarters. Membership fees that we take in only account for $4,000 of this, so we seek out funding from other sources such as the Dean's office, engineering departments, CSUN, and OCED, in addition to our own fund-raising efforts. Additional information: Tau Beta Pi information book, constitution and bylaws, and pamphlet Engineering Futures pamphlet Nevada Beta Chapter bylaws 162

164 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 5-14 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Congratulatory Dinner Date(s) of Project: November 26 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: _ X _Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _12_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _0.5_ Participating: _1.5_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: funds request to cover expenses of future chapter events. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to keep the continuity and regular operations of the chapter. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _ X _ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: ECE Chair requested a more detailed explanation on how those funds would benefit ECE students. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory as some funds were obtained. VII. Index of Exhibits: summary of events. 163

165 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Sichu Shrestha 4. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 5. Zheng Jinger Zeng 6. Dr. Brendan O Toole 7. Dr. Venkat Rama 8. Dr. Jagadeep Thota 9. Bradford Colton 10. Suchan Lamichhane 11. Stacey Nelson 12. Kevin Nelson Non-Members: 1. Ed Jorgensen 164

166 Congratulatory Dinner Date: November 26 th, 2013 Time: 11:00 am 12:00 pm Participants: Derek Williams, John Raymond Planas, Sichu Shrestha, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz, Zheng Jinger Zeng, Dr. Brendan O Toole, Dr. Rama Venkat, Dr. Jagadeep Thota, Bradford Colton, Suchan Lamichhane, Ed Jorgensen, Stacey Nelson, Kevin Nelson Summary: The purpose of this dinner was to recognize the effort of the previous and current chapter officers after the chapter won two awards at the TBP National Convention. 165

167 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 5-15 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Amazon Smile Program Date(s) of Project: December 18 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: _ X _Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _2_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _2_ Participating: _1_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: registration to Amazon Smile program to obtain another source of funding. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to keep the continuity and regular operations of the chapter. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _ X _ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: The Chapter is not eligible to participate in the program. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): the chapter registered in the program but later we had to close the account as we found about certain regulations that made us ineligible to participate in the program. VII. Index of Exhibits: summary. 166

168 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 2. Derek Williams 167

169 Date: December 18 th, 2013 Participants: Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz, Derek Williams Summary: Amazon Smile Program The Amazon Smile Program was looked as another source of funding for chapter activities. This program donates 0.5% of the total amount of eligible purchases that registered members make through Amazon Smile. Unfortunately, we found out that we were not eligible to receive this benefit after we had registered in the program. Specifically, the Amazon Smile program lists that organizations must be 501(c)(3) and Tau Beta Pi Chapters are not 501(c)(3), they are 501(c)(7). Therefore, the Amazon Smile program had to be shutdown. 168

170 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 5-15 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: STEM Camp Date(s) of Project: December 18 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: _ X _Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _2_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _2_ Participating: _1_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: participation in the STEM Camp program. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to keep the continuity of the chapter and get involved in the community. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) _ X _ Yes No The College of Engineering organized the event. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory event as we helped in the COE event and the presence of TBP was noticed in the event. VII. Index of Exhibits: summary. 169

171 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Mary Murphy 2. Derek Williams 170

172 Date: December 18 th, 2013 Participants: Mary Murphy, Derek Williams STEM Camp Summary: The College of Engineering organized a STEM Camp and asked student organizations for help to set up and run the STEM Camp. Derek coordinated with the COE office and Mary attended the event. This is the report from Mary: The event went from 12:30 pm to about 4 pm. After the event ended at 3:30 pm, we all stayed to clean up a bit. From 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm, we were mainly familiarizing ourselves with the breadboards and the circuit activities that the kids would be working on. The actual activity was scheduled from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. We helped the kids build and troubleshoot 3 different circuits: one for detecting water by the lighting up of a LED, one for detecting the touch of fingers with the lighting up of a LED, and the last one was a space gun with a wheel to change the sound frequency and a magnetic speaker. Three mechanical engineering students came up with the experiments. Tim, an officer with ASCE, was also helping out. One girl actually talked to me about her aspirations to follow in her father's and grandfather's footsteps to be a civil engineer. Some of the groups also altered the designs to make them better, so I see a bright future for engineering. 171

173 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 5-17 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Future City Date(s) of Project: January 18 th, 2014 Project _ X _ Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _2_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _1_ Participating: _4_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: participation in the Southern Nevada Future City competition as a judge. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to keep the continuity of the chapter and get involved in the community. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) _ X _ Yes No The College of Engineering coordinated the event. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory event as we helped the College of Engineering and was a great opportunity to network with other schools for future development of TBP activities VII. Index of Exhibits: summary and pictures. 172

174 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Grzegorz Chmaj 173

175 Date: January 18 th, 2014 Participants: Grzegorz Chmaj Future City Summary: The College of Engineering requested volunteers to attend the Southern Nevada Future City Competition; the objective was to evaluate the projects the students had done. This is the report from Grzegorz: On 18 th January 2014 I have attended the Future City competition at the regional level. I was volunteering as a judge for presentations and board models. My duty was to act as the part of a 5-person committee that was assigned to one of the concurrently executed presentation sessions. For each competing team, we (judges) watched the presentation given by a team, and then asked questions about the design issues, implementation, city functions and various aspects of the presented design. We were also evaluating the board models. For each team, I had to fill a questionnaire that contained the evaluation criteria and assign a score value. The event was professionally organized, the information given to volunteers was very clear. Everybody could join the event. The projects were exposed in the main hall, with the team member(s) ready to answer any questions and talk about the project. After presentation sessions, they were available to view too. The organizing committee quickly summarized judges' questionnaires and announced the finalists, who then competed for the main prize later that day. I think that the event was a great way to involve the school students for team work cooperation and inter-team competition. Many of them were saying that this work exposed them to the issues of team collaboration and roles assignment. I think that it also raises the creativity, as the topic was concerning the design of the city, but was not limited by any current known technology (they could use the ideas that are currently not known or technically implemented). I would recommend participating in such competition to any school students. I could observe very nice ideas later implemented on the board, what could have been not easy to do. Engineering aspects were required at least one moving part had to be used in the model. Also, the project promotes the environmental awareness, as the objects built on the board had to use recycled materials. The other part of the project (not evaluated by me) was the design of the proposed city using SimCity game that was showing the designers, that such complicated structure as a city copes with a lot of problems and issues. 174

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177 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 5-18 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Student Organizations Meeting Date(s) of Project: January 28 th, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture _ X _ University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _1_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _0.5_ Participating: _1.5_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: meeting to discuss E-week event II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization, involvement in the community, and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) _ X _ Yes No Meeting organized by the College of Engineering. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory meeting all the societies discussed their plans for E-week. VII. Index of Exhibits: meeting minutes. 176

178 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Zheng Jinger Zeng Non-members: 1. SWE 2. ASME 3. SASE 4. ASCE 5. ACM 177

179 Meeting Minutes (Student Organizations Meeting) Date: January 29 th, 2014 Time: 11:30 am 1:00 pm Participants: Zheng Jinger Zeng, SWE, ASME, SASE, ASCE, ACM Meeting: started at 11:30am. Purpose of meeting: to plan and discuss activities for E-week (Feb 18-22) Relevant information: Tuesday, ACM coding competition Wednesday, George Youseff s talk, TBP and SASE joint event Thursday, ASME will bring a speaker Friday, SWE/ASME cosmo-pong, TBP Engineering Futures session Saturday, Introduce Kids to Engineering Day, TBP, NSPE, and SWE joint event. EWB is having a scavenger hunt competition the whole week with prize ASCE is doing their regular career fair, day TBA Meeting adjourned at 1:00pm. 178

180 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 5-19 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Scholarship Seminar Date(s) of Project: March 27 th, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture _ X _ University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _4_ Electees: _3_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _3_ Participating: _1.5_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: seminar to prepare members to fill out the TBP scholarship application. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization, involvement in the community, and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _ X No. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: none. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory event as members filled out their scholarship applications but attendance was lower than expected. VII. Index of Exhibits: summary of event and presentation slides. 179

181 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Christopher Mead 2. Maria Ramos 3. Edgar Solorio 4. Matthew Maler Electess: 1. Gerardo Gomez-Martinez 2. Emmanuel Sanchez 3. Joseph Baggs 180

182 Scholarship Seminar Date: March 27 th, 2014 Time: 11:30 am 1:00 pm Participants: Christopher Mead, Maria Ramos, Edgar Solorio, Matthew Maler, Gerardo Gomez-Martinez, Emmanuel Sanchez, Joseph Baggs. Summary of event: The seminar consisted on preparing and guiding members to fill out the TBP scholarship application. 181

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185 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 6-01 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Fall Flag Football Tournament Date(s) of Project: September 21 st, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _1_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _2_ Participating: _4_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: flag football tournament that involved students of the College of Engineering. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter involvement in the community and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) _ X _ Yes No The event was organized with the help of SASE members. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: all costs were covered by SASE, 7 people were required to take care of the scoreboard, watch players, food and cash register. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory event as attendance was higher than expected and all the participants had a great time. VII. Index of Exhibits: pictures of event. 184

186 List of Attendees: Members: 1. John Raymond Planas Non-Members: SASE members (6 people) 185

187 Date: September 21 st, 2013 Time: 12:00 pm 4:00 pm Participants: John Raymond Planas and SASE members Fall Flag Football Tournament 186

188 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 6-02 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 1 st Fall Engineering Futures Session Date(s) of Project: October 19 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _6_ Electees: _22_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _5_ Participating: _3_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Engineering Futures People Skills module was offered to members and electees. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to help students develop their soft skills and to help determine exemplary character. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: $175 for drinks and food. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory EF session as attendance was high and participants were highly involved in the activities. VII. Index of Exhibits: flyer and pictures of event. 187

189 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Sichu Shrestha 4. Kendrick De La Pena 5. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 6. Yun Long Lan Electees: 1. Christopher Augustine 2. Jesse Basinski 3. Jennifer Bateau 4. Lakiesha Hampton 5. Alexander Hoese 6. Min Long Lan 7. Ruiko Maharjan 8. Matthew Maler 9. Ruben Medina 10. Jericha Mendoza 11. Lawrence Mittelstadt 12. Sanjib Mulepati 13. Sean Owens 14. Matthew Parker 15. Christopher Phillips 16. Andrew Poland 17. Soumya Sagarika 18. Binita Shakya 19. Timothy Yee 20. Omar Salazar-Ramirez 21. Anthony Bongolan 22. Henry Chan 188

190 1 st Fall Engineering Futures Session ( People Skills ) Date: October 19 th, 2013 Time: 11:00 am 2:30 pm Participants: Derek Williams, John Raymond Planas, Kendrick De La Pena, Sichu Shrestha, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz, Christopher Augustine, Jesse Basinski, Jennifer Bateau, Anthony Bongolan, Henry Chan, Lakiesha Hampton, Alexander Hoese, Min Long Lan, Yun Long Lan, Ruiko Maharjan, Matthew Maler, Ruben Medina, Jericha Mendoza, Sanjib Mulepati, Lawrence Mittelstadt, Sean Owens, Matthew Parker, Christopher Phillips, Andrew Poland, Soumya Sagarika, Omar Salazar-Ramirez, Binita Shakya, Timothy Yee, Mukesh Khadka. 189

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192 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 6-03 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 2 nd Fall Engineering Futures Session Date(s) of Project: October 19 th, 2013 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _9_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _2_ Participating: _4_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Engineering Futures Team Chartering module was offered to members and students. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to help students develop their soft skills and to help determine exemplary character. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: $125 for drinks and food. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory EF session even though attendance was lower than expected. The activities were completed satisfactorily as two small groups were formed and everyone participated enthusiastically. VII. Index of Exhibits: flyer and pictures of event. 191

193 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Derek Williams 2. John Raymond Planas 3. Sichu Shrestha 4. Kendrick De La Pena 5. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 6. Suchan Lamichhane 7. Jesse Basinski 8. Edgar Solorio 9. Zheng Jinger Zeng Non-members: 1. Liz DelSignore 2. Nick Van Noort 3. Adonis Batoumi 192

194 2 nd Fall Engineering Futures Session ( Team Chartering ) Date: November 23 rd, 2013 Time: 11:00 am 2:30 pm Participants: Derek Williams, John Raymond Planas, Kendrick De La Pena, Sichu Shrestha, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz, Suchan Lamichhane, Jesse Basinski, Edgar Solorio, Zheng Jinger Zeng, Adonis Batoumi, Liz DelSignore, Nick Van Noort. 193

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196 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 6-04 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 1 st Spring Engineering Futures Session Date(s) of Project: February 21 st, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _2_ Electees: _16_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _5_ Participating: _3_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Engineering Futures Team Chartering module was offered to members and students. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to help students develop their soft skills and to help determine exemplary character. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: $150 for drinks and food. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory EF. The activities were completed satisfactorily as four groups were formed and everyone participated enthusiastically. VII. Index of Exhibits: flyer and pictures of event. 195

197 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 2. John Raymond Planas Electees: 1. John Bertini 2. Kenneth Greenhalgh 3. Gerardo Gomez-Martinez 4. Emmanuel Sanchez 5. Jason Sikorski 6. Ruchir Kaul 7. Jonathan Fountain 8. Cesar Giron 9. Marie Rodillon 10. Aaron Butler 11. Jason Silic 12. Kelly Klare 13. Robert Klitzke 14. Kabindra Shrestha 15. Ali P. Kermani 16. Yikun Jiang 196

198 1 st Spring Engineering Futures Session ( Team Chartering ) Date: February 21 st, 2014 Time: 1:30 pm 5:00 pm Participants: John Raymond Planas, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz, Aaron Butler, Ruchir Kaul, Kelly Klare, Marie Rodillon, Jason Sikorski, Jason Silic, Gerardo Gomez-Martinez, Emmanuel Sanchez, Robert Klitzke, Kabindra Shrestha, Cesar Giron, John Bertini, Kenneth Greenhalgh, Jonathan Fountain, Ali P. Kermani, Yikun Jiang. 197

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200 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 6-05 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Introduce Kids To Engineering Day Date(s) of Project: February 22 nd, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture _ X _ University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _9_ Electees: _1_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _15_ Participating: _9_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: event to introduce kids between the ages of 8 and 12 to engineering. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization, involvement in the community, and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) _ X _ Yes No Event organized in conjunction with the College of Engineering, NSPE professional chapter of Las Vegas, and SWE UNLV student chapter. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: $890 for food, snacks, drinks and material for the activities. A total of 20 people were required to be present at any given time to help team leaders with the activities and watch the kids during the event. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory event as attendance was great and kids left the event with a big smile and excited about what engineers do. VII. Index of Exhibits: summary of event, flyer, and pictures. 199

201 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Zheng Jinger Zeng 2. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 3. John Raymond Planas 4. Sichu Shrestha 5. Shawoon Roy 6. Beaujolais Wright 7. Ron Duprau 8. Jericha Mendoza 9. Jennifer Bateau Electees: 1. Jonathan Fountain Non-members: 1. SWE (3) 2. NSPE (8) 200

202 Introduce Kids to Engineering Day (IKE) Date: February 22 nd, 2014 Time: 7:00 am 4:00 pm Participants: Zheng Jinger Zeng, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz, John Raymond Planas, Sichu Shrestha, Shawoon Roy, Beaujolais Wright, Ron Duprau, Jericha Mendoza, Jennifer Bateau, Jonathan Fountain, SWE members (3), NSPE members (8). Event Preparation: started at 7:00am. Event: started at 9:00am. Purpose of event: to introduce kids, between the ages of 9 and 12, to engineering by showing them what engineers do and how engineers think while doing four different activities. Summary of event: The event started at 9 am by welcoming kids and parents. Approximately there were 75 kids from Las Vegas Boys and Girls Club and 15 from different schools in Las Vegas Valley. The kids were divided in four groups; each group spent approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes in each station. Each station taught the participants different engineering concepts. The stations were the following: 1. Hoop Glider: basic concepts of aerodynamics were introduced and kids were tasked to build a glider with a straw, two pieces of paper, and adhesive tape. 2. Pop Fly: introduced basic concepts on levers. The kids entered a competition were they had to build a catapult with two wood sticks, a plastic cup, a ping pong ball, and tape. 3. K NEX Tower: participants were given an interactive lecture on how to be successful when working in teams. In the end they were tasked to build the tallest standing tower in two minutes without talking. 4. Zip Line: basic concepts on friction and gravity were introduced. Participants were tasked to build a zip line and to transport ping pong balls from one side to the other in the fastest time possible. Lunch was served at noon while two guest speakers gave a presentation and showed some experiments to motivate the kids into becoming engineers. The event ended with a raffle and survey to get feedback on the activities and improve them for next year. 201

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205 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 6-06 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 2 nd Spring Engineering Futures Session Date(s) of Project: March 12 th, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _5_ Electees: _5_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _3_ Participating: _4_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Engineering Futures Effective Presentation Skills module was offered to members and students. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to help students develop their soft skills and to help determine exemplary character. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: $95 for drinks and food. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory EF session even though attendance was lower than expected. The activities were completed satisfactorily as two small groups were formed and completed the final task at the end of the session. VII. Index of Exhibits: flyer and pictures of event. 204

206 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 2. Christopher Mead 3. Andrew Poland 4. Edgar Solorio 5. Ryan Isaac Electees: 1. Joseph Baggs 2. Robert Hunt 3. Alejandra Macias 4. Ruchir Kaul 5. Yikun Jiang 205

207 2 nd Spring Engineering Futures Session ( Effective Presentation Skills ) Date: March 12 th, 2014 Time: 5:00 pm 7:00 pm Participants: Eduardo Hoyuela Alcaraz, Christopher Mead, Andrew Poland, Edgar Solorio, Ryan Issac, Joseph Baggs, Yikun Jiang, Alejandra Macias, Robert Hunt, Ruchir Kaul. 206

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209 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 6-07 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Tau Beta Pi Pi Day Date(s) of Project: March 13 th, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture _ X _ University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _4_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _5_ Participating: _2_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: event to celebrate Pi Day and to engage students in an engineering competition. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter organization, involvement in the community, and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) _ X _ Yes No Event organized in conjunction with the Association of Computing Machinery. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: $130 for food, drinks, and prizes. Set up and supervision of the evnt only required 7 people. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory event as attendance was great and engineering students showed off their engineering skills. VII. Index of Exhibits: summary of event, flyer, and pictures. 208

210 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Zheng Jinger Zeng 2. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 3. Grzegorz Chmaj 4. Shawoon Roy Non-members: 1. ACM (3) 209

211 Tau Beta Pi Pi Day Date: March 13 th, 2014 Time: 4:00 pm 5:30 pm Participants: Zheng Jinger Zeng, Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz, Shawoon Roy, Grzegorz Chmaj, ACM members (3) Event Preparation: started at 3:30pm. Event: started at 4:00am. Purpose of event: to celebrate Pi day and get students involved in a competition to challenge themselves in engineering related activities. Summary of event: The event started at 4pm and participants were allowed to work in groups of 2. In the first half of the event students were tasked to do a code that would decode an encrypted message in the digits of Pi. In the second half the students had to solve 7 analytical problems that increased in difficulty. The first place prize was a Raspberry Pi Development Board and the second place prize was a raspberry pie. The event ended with a raffle of T-shirt. 210

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213 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 6-08 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: 3 rd Spring Engineering Futures Session Date(s) of Project: April 11 th, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _6_ Electees: _3_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _2_ Participating: _4_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Engineering Futures Effective Presentation Skills module was offered to members and students. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to help students develop their soft skills and to help determine exemplary character. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: $95 for drinks and food. V. Special Problems: none. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory EF session even though attendance was lower than expected. The activities were completed satisfactorily as two small groups were formed and completed the final task at the end of the session. VII. Index of Exhibits: flyer and pictures of event. 212

214 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 2. Christopher Mead 3. Andrew Poland 4. John Raymond Planas 5. Derek Williams 6. Christopher Phillips Electees: 1. Kabindra Shrestha 2. Jonathan Fountain 3. Jason Sikorski 213

215 3 rd Spring Engineering Futures Session ( Group Process ) Date: April 11 th, 2014 Time: 12:00 pm 3:00 pm Participants: Eduardo Hoyuela Alcaraz, Christopher Mead, Andrew Poland, Kabindra Shrestha, Jonathan Fountain, Jason Sikorski, Christopher Phillips, John Raymond Planas, Derek Williams 214

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217 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 6-09 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: Spring Flag Football Tournament Date(s) of Project: April 19 th, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _1_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _2_ Participating: _4_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: flag football tournament that involved students of the College of Engineering. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter involvement in the community and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) _ X _ Yes No The event was organized with the help of SASE members. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: all costs were covered by SASE, 7 people were required to take care of the scoreboard, watch players, food and cash register. V. Special Problems: TBP members participated in the event but no one helped with the set up. We need to coordinate better for next semester tournament VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory event as attendance was higher than expected and all the participants had a great time. VII. Index of Exhibits: pictures of event. 216

218 List of Attendees: Members: 1. John Raymond Planas Non-Members: SASE members (6 people) 217

219 Date: April 19 th, 2014 Time: 12:00 pm 3:00 pm Participants: John Raymond Planas and SASE members Spring Flag Football Tournament More pictures of the event can be found on our Facebook page

220 The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: NV B Chapter Project Report Project number: 6-10 INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete each of the seven sections below. Any additional information which may be helpful to another chapter would also be appreciated, but do not send extraneous material that would not be useful to other chapters. Project name: NVB 2014 Banquet Date(s) of Project: May 10 th, 2014 Project Community/ Liberal Culture University/ College Profession/ Engineering Area: X Chapter/ Social Education/ Prof. Dev. K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _33_ Electees: _0_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: _5_ Participating: _3_ DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: banquet to honor new TBP members, award professors of the year, and to publicly announce the new officers for the next year. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: to improve chapter involvement in the community and to make the chapter more noticeable. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _ X _ No IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: $450 fee for event hall, $1800 for food and drinks, $650 for T-shirts and awards. V. Special Problems: attendance was lower than expected possibly because event was held just before finals week. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): satisfactory event as members seemed to enjoy the event and felt proud of the accomplishments the chapter had throughout the year. VII. Index of Exhibits: pictures of event. 219

221 List of Attendees: Members: 1. Eduardo Hoyuela-Alcaraz 2. Derek Williams 3. John Raymond Planas 4. Sichu Shrestha 5. Zheng Jinger Zeng 6. Christopher Phillips 7. Andrew Poland 8. Jason Sikorski 9. Laura Venter 10. Lakiesha Hampton 11. Jennifer Bateau 12. Jericha Mendoza 13. Gerardo Gomez-Martinez 14. Emmanuel Sanchez 15. Kabindra Shrestha 16. Mukesh Khadka 17. Dr. Mohammed Trabia 18. Dr. Jacimaria Batista 19. Jason Silic 20. Matthew Maler 21. Kenneth Greenhalgh 22. Soumya Sagarika 23. Robert Hunt 24. Omar Salazar-Ramirez 25. Lawrence Mittelstadt 26. Matthew Parker 27. Joseph Baggs 28. John Bertini 29. Jonathan Fountain 30. Cesar Giron 31. Marie Rodillon 32. Dr. Brendan O Toole 33. Dr. Donald Hayes 220

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