Outstanding engineering students in all fields may be elected to Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society. Membership is open to students who rank in the top fifth of the senior class or the top eighth of the junior class. Character, professional promise, and high scholastic standing are criteria for eligibility.
Students who qualify for honors in biomedical engineering are elected to Alpha Eta Mu Beta, the Biomedical Engineering Honor Society.
Students in ceramic engineering with superior records are eligible for membership in the New Jersey Chapter of Keramos, the national honorary ceramics fraternity. Chemical engineering juniors and seniors are eligible for election to Omega Chi Epsilon. Membership in Chi Epsilon is available to selected juniors and seniors in civil engineering who have superior academic records. Leading electrical and computer engineering students of the junior and senior classes may be admitted to the Gamma Epsilon Chapter of Eta Kappa Nu. Outstanding junior and senior students majoring in industrial engineering may be elected to Alpha Pi Mu. Juniors and seniors who do outstanding work in mechanical engineering may be elected to the Tau Iota Chapter of Pi Tau Sigma.
Associate membership in Sigma Xi may be attained by senior students who have exhibited excellence in scholarship and who show promise of good work in scientific research. Students who are enrolled in the dual-degree (B.S./B.A.) program also are eligible for induction into Phi Beta Kappa.
