AT UCLA
CHI EPSILON
THE CIVIL ENGINEERING HONOR SOCIETY AT UCLA
ABOUT US
Our History
In the Spring of 1922, a group of seniors and a group of juniors at the University of Illinois independently originated the idea of organizing a fraternity that would recognize the student who excels in the fundamental qualities of the successful civil engineer, and who would use those abilities constructively in advancing the civil engineering profession. When the two groups learned of each other’s existence, they joined under the name of Chi Epsilon.
Our Motto
Chi Epsilon retains as its motto the Greek letters Chi Delta Chi. These three letters shall symbolize our English motto: Conception, Design, and Construction. Conception is inventive; it perceives the opportunity to do something and recognizes the means of accomplishment. Fitting that means of accomplishment to the specific case and planning a definite method of work is design. Construction is the actual building. It makes a reality of the idea of conception and the plan of design. In these functions, your adherence to the principles of Chi Epsilon will serve you well.
Our Vision
Dedicated to the purpose of maintaining and promoting the status of Civil Engineering as an ideal profession, Chi Epsilon was organized to recognize the characteristics of the individual Civil Engineer deemed to be fundamental to the successful pursuit of an engineering career, and to aid in the development of those characteristics in the Civil Engineering student. To contribute to the improvement of the profession, Chi Epsilon fosters the development and exercise of sound traits of character and technical ability among Civil Engineers, and its members, by precept and example, toward an ever higher standard of professional service.
OUR GUIDING PILLARS
SCHOLARSHIP
CHARACTER
PRACTICALITY
SOCIABILITY
Our Donors
