On Wednesday, November 13th, Chi Epsilon held E-Board elections for the upcoming pledge class. Listed below is the new E-Board for the class of 2021.
President – Hunter Kelley
Vice President – John Costello
Treasurer – Andrew Agresto
Secretary – Sofia Zapata Echeverr
Marshal – Alexander Iorio
Editor – Mark Esposito
Congratulations to all that won positions.
On Saturday, November 9th, members of Chi Epsilon participated in a community service event at the Watershed Institute in Pennington, NJ. Members were tasked with moving trees to a deer sanctuary. Members also cleared and spread seeds in the forest. This continues Chi Epsilon’s relationship with the Watershed Institute as we have now volunteered with the organization multiple times. In all, Chi Epsilon is proud to give back to the local community once again.
Chi Epsilon would like to thank Michael Baker International and Professor Thomas Carl for their generous donations. Pictured below are Professor Carl and seniors involved with Chi Epsilon.
From left: Brian Rennie, Luke Aboff, Kush Patel, Victor Mazariegoes, Colin O’Hara, Olivia Cleale and Professor Tom Carl.
This past week pledges of Chi Epsilon participated in pledge week. We would like to congratulate all of the pledges that were accepted into our organization! A photo of the Fall 2019 pledge call is included below. Again, congratulations to everyone!
Front Row (from left): Mark Esposito, Bob Dinger, Alex Iorio, Andrew Agresto
Back Row (from left): John Costello, John Thompson, Austin Farnum, Hunter Kelly
Not pictured: Sofia Zapata, Amanda Stephenson
On October 30th, Chi Epsilon and ASCE held a joint event for Halloween. In this event, both groups filled Halloween pumpkin pails with different types of candies and goodies. The pumpkin pails were then given to Highland Park Elementary School in Upper Darby, PA. Chi Epsilon is proud to be able to help the community while taking part in this exciting community service event.
The pictures above include first graders from Highland Park Elementary School receiving their pumpkin pails.
On Friday, October 25th, Chi Epsilon had a social event at the Corn Maze on Howell Living Farms in Hopewell. Participating members were seniors Luke Aboff, Charles Turi, Kush Patel and Dr. Krstic. All participating members successfully made it through the corn maze and had a great bonding experience.
From the left: Luke Aboff, Kush Patel, Dr. Krstic and Charles Turi.
On Wednesday, October 23rd, Chi Epsilon held a technical seminar. The technical seminar was preformed by Joseph Strafaci, PE, MS, MBA of HNTB and Jay Jeyamohan of NJDOT. The seminar was about the Pulaski Skyway Rehabilitation project. More information on the seminar can be found on the flyer attached below. Chi Epsilon would like to thank Mr. Strafaci and Mr. Jeyamohan for coming in to talk about their project.
Flyer: Technical Seminar
Our Faculty members had an outstanding year. Here are the highlights:
Dr. Michael Horst has became the 2019/20 ASCE NJ Section President. Congratulations!
On Tuesday, October 22nd, ASCE Central Jersey Branch held its annual award dinner. Chi Epsilon would like congratulate TCNJ XE Faculty Member Dr. Thomas Brennan on winning the award for researcher of the year. We appreciate all that Dr. Brennan does for the civil engineering department at TCNJ and Chi Epsilon.
On October 4th, Dr. Andrew Bechtel (center) and Dr. Thomas Brennan (right) traveled to London and received an award for the best research paper in ICE Journal of Transportation Asset Management for 2018. The paper outlined a project on how data taken from GPS signals in cell phones can be used to determine if bridges are functioning properly. Bridges that were causing congestion at their location across the State of New Jersey were first located. This was the same data used to make the roads on Google Maps turn yellow, orange, and red. This was then correlated to a database of bridge condition. When combining the data, bridges that were decaying and causing congestion were flagged. These bridges are easy candidates for replacement. The paper is about using available data to make better decisions about what infrastructure to repair and replace.
Congratulations!
For the third straight year, TCNJ Chi Epsilon has made a donation using Kiva, a non-profit crowd funding website that allows organizations to loan money to low-level entrepreneurs. This year we have decided to donate money to the Junta De Saneamiento Rincón Del Peñón Group, a group based in Paraguay located in the city of Mariano Roque Alonso. They are looking to supply water to 300 families that live in the city. The money will go towards the excavation of a new well. This will increase the amount of water that can be supplied to its users. TCNJ Chi Epsilon looks forward to continue loaning money with Kiva and, in doing so, changing the world, one loan at a time.
For more information on this project and Kiva, you can visit the link below.
TCNJ Chi Epsilon would like to congratulate Brian Rennie, President of Chi Epsilon, on achieving the 2019 Student Scholarship from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Central Jersey Branch. Rennie is a hardworking individual that always performs at his highest potential both in and outside the classroom, and we appreciate all that he does for Chi Epsilon. Congratulations Brian!
