About Tau Beta Pi

The Engineering Honor Society

Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society, was founded in 1885 to mark in a fitting manner those who have conferred honor upon their alma mater by distinguished scholarship and exemplary character as undergraduates in the field of engineering, or by their attainments as alumni in the field of engineering, and to foster a spirit of liberal culture in the engineering colleges.

Tau Beta Pi is the only engineering honor society representing the entire engineering profession. It is the nation's second-oldest honor society, founded at Lehigh University in 1885 to recognize students of distinguished scholarship and exemplary character. There are now collegiate chapters at 234 US colleges and universities, active alumnus chapters in 16 districts across the country, and a total initiated membership of 502,002.

The New Jersey Delta Chapter at Princeton University was founded in 1972, and has since initiated over 1,400 members. Tau Beta Pi members are an integral part of the engineering community at Princeton and volunteer their time each semester in service of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and their fellow students.

Visit the Tau Beta Pi Homepage: tbp.org

Service & Activities

Tours of the Engineering Facilities

When: Monday - Friday, 11:45 am & 2:45 pm

Where: Leave from SEAS Office, C-wing of the E-Quad on Olden Street. See map.

What: Tau Beta Pi members volunteer as tour guides for the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). Specifically targeted for prospective undergraduates, but open to everyone, these tours provide a comprehensive overview of the engineering facilities available and of undergraduate engineering at Princeton. For prospective students potentially interested in engineering, these tours are a perfect complement to the Orange Key tours, which cover the entire campus and do not focus exclusively on SEAS.

Contact: Vanessa Ross (vanessa@princeton.edu or 609-258-4554) for more information. Reservations encouraged but not required.

Student Officers of the New Jersey Delta Chapter

Officers for 2012 - 2013

President: Aman Sinha '13 (amans@princeton.edu)

Vice President: John Subosits '13 (subosits@princeton.edu)