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Title: Eta Kappa Nu


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Eta Kappa Nu
  • The Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor
    Society

2
Who is qualified for membership?
  • Top quarter of ECE juniors
  • Top third of ECE seniors
  • Graduate students
  • ECE Faculty
  • Professionals who have made a significant
    contribution to ECE

3
History
  • Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) was founded at the University
    of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1904 by Maurice
    Carr
  • There are now about 200 chapters at universities
    across the U.S. and we are currently expanding
    into Canada
  • There are about 300,000 members
  • HKN members serve the community, university, and
    department in various activities

4
Prominent HKN members
  • Larry Page, founder of Google
  • Eric Schmidt, CEO Google
  • Amar Bose, inventor of the Bose Speakers
  • Sabeer Bhatia, founder of Hotmail
  • David Filo, founder of Yahoo!
  • Henry Samueli, founder of Broadcom
  • Paul and Irwin Jacobs, founder of Qualcomm
  • HKN members are on the Board of Directors at many
    top tech companies including Google, IBM, Yahoo!,
    Motorola

5
Why join Eta Kappa Nu?
  • HKN members are known for their
  • Leadership
  • Teamwork
  • Quality
  • Character
  • Build your resume and include membership in a
    prestigious honor society
  • Have fun! Participate in social activities

6
Why join Eta Kappa Nu?
  • Enjoy a 2 year subscription to THE BRIDGE
    magazine as a new member
  • Participate in service activities
  • Build leadership skills and meet other HKN
    members at our Leadership Conferences

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HKN Awards
  • Participate in HKNs extensive awards program
  • Outstanding ECE Student Award
  • Outstanding Chapter Award
  • Outstanding Teaching Award
  • Distinguished Service Award
  • Karapetoff Award for Technical Achievement
  • Eminent Member
  • Outstanding Young Electrical or Computer Engineer

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2005-06 Outstanding Chapters
  • 15 chapters won the Outstanding Chapter Award for
    2005-2006

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Officers
  • Learn leadership skills by serving your chapter
    as an officer
  • President
  • Vice President
  • Recording Secretary
  • Corresponding Secretary
  • News Correspondent
  • Treasurer

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For more information
  • Visit www.hkn.org for more information about Eta
    Kappa Nu
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