Student Organizations & Opportunities
All Ladies in Civil Engineering (ALICE)
Student organization open to all ladies who are currently majoring in Civil Engineering or who are interested in majoring in Civil Engineering at Tennessee Tech University. ALICE’s mission is to facilitate an environment that inspires and empowers female engineering students through a variety of social, community outreach, and career-focused events that are specialized in helping you succeed in the CEE program!
Advisor: Dr. Tania Datta
American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) Steel Bridge Team
The Steel Bridge Team at Tennessee Tech is a competition-oriented group under the American Institute of Steel Construction. Every year, the team designs, fabricates, and competes with a 20-foot-long model steel bridge. The goal of the group is to provide students with an opportunity to apply class material to the design of a physical structure, obtain hands-on skills in fabrication, such as welding, and to represent Tennessee Tech at the symposium event!
Advisor: Dr. Tim Huff
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Tennessee Tech ASCE is a student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers, an international professional society of more than 160,000 members. As part of the Nashville Branch and Tennessee Section, we host speakers from across the region to present on all aspects of civil and environmental engineering at our regular meetings. The purpose of the group is to build community within the CEE department and to connect students to the profession they will enter after graduation. We also help to lead department social events, including the annual CEE Pig Roast and golf tournament. In addition, ASCE students represent Tennessee Tech each spring at the Mid-South regional symposium, where they participate in the Concrete Canoe, Sustainable Solutions, UESI Surveying, and other exciting competitions.
Advisor: Dr. Daniel VandenBerge
American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE)
The mission of the American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE) is to provide a forum for members and partners of the highway industry to promote a safe, efficient, and sustainable transportation system through education, innovation, and fellowship.
Advisor: Dr. Steven Click
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) is a professional society of more than 15,000 transportation engineers, planners and other professionals in some 80 countries. Its members are responsible for the safe and efficient movement of people and goods on streets, highways, and transit systems. The goal of the ITE Student Chapter is to introduce students to the transportation profession and to supplement their classroom and laboratory experiences.
Advisor: Dr. Daniel Badoe
TN Tech Water Professionals
The Water Professionals chapter at Tennessee Tech University is a not-for-profit student organization for those interested in the water resources/environmental engineering and sciences fields related to water. The water industry offers a variety of diverse career options in water resources, water/wastewater treatment, hydrology, dams, flood plain management, academia, and more. Our chapter aims to provide networking, research, and knowledge development opportunities in the above-mentioned fields of the water industry. We also strive to host education and outreach events for the public. Through this organization, scholarships, internships and career opportunities are shared with students. This organization is an effective pathway to gain out-of-classroom knowledge about the various fields of water, while connecting with students and professionals in the industry.
Advisor: Dr. Tania Datta
Chi Epsilon Honor Society
Chi Epsilon is dedicated to promoting the excellence of Civil Engineering as a profession and to honoring students who have exemplified the principles of scholarship, character, practicality, and sociability. Chi Epsilon is open to junior and senior CEE students in good standing who are in the top third of their class.
Advisor: Dr. Craig Henderson
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