TCNJ XE chapter has inducted four new outstanding members on April 28, 2019:

Honor Member: James Purcell, PE

Alumni Member: Lauren Santullo (’17)

Undergraduate Members: Kush Patel (’20) and Stephen Villaverde (’20)

From left: Kush Patel, Stephen Villaverde, James Purcell, Lauren Santullo

Congratulations to newly inducted members of TCNJ XE!

We would like to thank Professor Purcell and XE Trustee Kim Dana for their inspirational speeches and thank you to Dean Schreiner for attending our ceremony.

The following XE members were recognized for their outstanding achievements in the 2018-19 academic year:

Outstanding Academic Achievement Award: Charles Turi (’20)

Outstanding Pledge Award: Brian Rennie (’20)

Service Award: Anthony LaRegina (’19)

Best Educator Award: Dr. Vedrana Krstic

From left: Brian Rennie, Charles Turi, Dr. Krstic, Anthony LaRegina

Congratulations to all award recipients!

At the end of the evening, senior XE members received their honor cords in recognition of their contribution to the chapter.

From left: Taylor Barret, Jeremy Chopp, Tommy Cunningham, Ryan Gurriell, Ashley Hyde, Erin Lafferty, Anthony LaRegina, Jennifer Puschak

Congratulations to all graduating seniors!

Download induction ceremony Program here.

Find information about our honor members here.

TCNJ XE seniors Erin Lafferty (team leader). Tommy Cunningham and Jennifer Puschak under advisement of TCNJ XE honor member Dr. Nabil Al-Omaishi won first place in the Metropolitan Region steel bridge competition! After two years of placing second TCNJ team finally took home a win and is advancing to the national competition at Southern Illinois University on June 1, 2019. CONGRATULATIONS!

In Steel We Truss

Back: Dr. Al-Omaishi, Dan Callery, JP Ricci, Tommy Cunningham

Front: Erin Lafferty, Jennifer Puschak

Update: TCNJ placed as second lightest bridge during the national competition! Congratulations again!

On Thursday, April 25th TCNJ Chi Epsilon co-sponsored the Engineering Trivia Bowl with the TCNJ’s National Society of Black Engineers. Senior members Ashley and Anthony, along with juniors Colin and Victor, took home second place at this fun event that put their schooling to the test! Chi Epsilon would like to thank NSBE for organizing this event and for their generous engineering paper prizes!

From left: Ashley Hyde, Anthony LaRegina, Colin O’Hara and Victor Mazariegos (standing)

On Monday, April 15th TCNJ Chi Epsilon participated in the 6th annual PB&J race hosted by TCNJ Student United Way. Representatives from Chi Epsilon competed to create the most PB&J sandwiches out of all the groups that participated. In all, Chi Epsilon finished in 4th place. All the sandwiches were later donated to the Trenton food bank. Chi Epsilon would like to thank Student United Way for giving us the opportunity to give back to the community.   

On Wednesday, April 10th, civil engineering students at TCNJ celebrated “Proud to be a Civil Engineer day”. In order to commemorate the day  students and faculty wore various School of Engineering shirts. Thank you for all that showed their pride and those that bought our polos!

On Wednesday, April 10th, TCNJ CEHS conducted a tutoring session for sophomores enrolled in Strength of Materials. Juniors Brian Rennie, Chuck Turi, Victor Mazariegos, Colin O’Hara and Luke Aboff answered questions and gave tips to the sophomores that attended this session. Thank you to all that participated in this event. Being leaders on campus, members of CEHS enjoy helping and teaching others.

Junior Brian Rennie teaching shear and moment diagrams.

Junior Victor Mazariegos teaching in front of the class.

TCNJ CEHS has recently sent two representatives to help with the School of Engineering open houses. Juniors Kush Patel and Steve Villaverde were sent on Lion’s Day to assist Dr. Nabil Al-Omaishi in his presentation to perspective students looking to major in civil engineering at TCNJ. Thank you to Steve and Kush for their service to the Civil Engineering Department.

Congratulations to the pledge class of Spring 2019. Both pledges Kush Patel and Steve Villaverde were accepted into our club. A photo of the Spring 2019 pledge class in included below. Again, congratulations to Steve and Kush.

From left: Steve Villaverde, Kush Patel

TCNJ CEHS has been holding many different fundraising events in order to pay for future events.

On Tuesday, April 2nd, TCNJ CEHS had a fundraiser with Chipotle. In order to receive funds from Chipotle, CEHS had to raise $300 in sales for the restaurant. With the help of current members and supporters of the club, CEHS reached this goal with room to spare.

TCNJ CEHS would like to thank those who supported the club at Chipotle.

Another fundraising activity CEHS has participated in is the loop bus. Pledges Steve Villaverde and Kush Patel signed TCNJ students on and off the loop bus. By spending their Saturdays doing this, Steve and Kush have raised valuable funds for our club. Thank you to Steve and Kush for their service.

TCNJ CEHS has also been selling Civil Engineering polo shirts. Students that bought these shirts will be proudly displaying these polos on Wednesday, April 10th, to celebrate “Proud to be a Civil Engineer Day”. One other way CEHS is continuing to fund raise is a candy sale. Candy is being sold in the STEM building lobby.  Juniors Kush Patel, Brian Rennie and Chuck Turi filling the candy bags.

Junior Chuck Turi selling candy in STEM building.

Juniors Chuck Turi and Brian Rennie competed in the Student Organization Invitational on April 2nd and April 4th.  The competition was against other student clubs and they were competing to fundraise $500.  Brian and Chuck made it through the first round which was a relay race against other clubs, but unfortunately did not make it past the second round which was a campus-wide scavenger hunt.  Despite not winning the fundraising money, Chuck and Brian greatly enjoyed the experience.

Chuck Turi and Brian Rennie at the Invitational

Thank you to all that participated in our fundraising events.

On Saturday, April 6th, TCNJ CEHS volunteered at the Colonial Lake clean-up in Lawrenceville, NJ. We would like to thank all that came out to participate. Together, our members walked around the lake, picking up trash. This effectively made the surrounding area look a lot better and  also helped the wildlife in the area. We look forward to continuing our participation in this event in the future.

CEHS Members that participated in the lake cleanup

Senior Erin Lafferty and Junior Victor Mazariegos doing their parts in cleaning the lake.

More CEHS members participating in the lake cleanup.