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The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter Project Report

Kentucky-Alpha Chapter

University of Kentucky

2012-2013

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Table of Contents Chapter Survey 2013 ............................................................................................................................................................... 4

Community/Liberal Culture Projects ...................................................................................................................................... 8

Project 1: Habitat for Humanity Build ................................................................................................................................. 8

Project 2: God’s Pantry Volunteer Event .......................................................................................................................... 10

Project 3: Monte Carlo Game Night .................................................................................................................................. 12

Project 4: Engineering Day Lego Speed Bent Building ...................................................................................................... 14

Project 5: Central Kentucky Regional Science and Engineering Fair ................................................................................. 16

University and College Projects ............................................................................................................................................ 17

Project 6: Freshman Orientation Booth ............................................................................................................................ 17

Project 7: Coat/Bag Check at Employer Showcase ........................................................................................................... 18

Project 8: Pancake Breakfast Booth .................................................................................................................................. 21

Project 9: Cancer Education and Prevention Awareness Week ....................................................................................... 22

Project 10: Engineering-Week Speaker ............................................................................................................................ 24

Project 11: Merit Weekend Assistance ............................................................................................................................. 26

Project 12: Engineering Student Council Participation ..................................................................................................... 27

Profession and Engineering Projects .................................................................................................................................... 28

Project 13: National Convention Planning Meetings ........................................................................................................ 28

Project 14: National Convention Host .............................................................................................................................. 30

Project 15: Alumni Meeting Presentation ........................................................................................................................ 33

Project 16: Outstanding Advisor Nomination ................................................................................................................... 34

Project 17: Engineering Awards Banquet ......................................................................................................................... 36

Chapter/Social Projects ......................................................................................................................................................... 38

Project 18: Buffalo Trace Distillery Tour ........................................................................................................................... 38

Project 19: Letter to Eligible Students and Parents .......................................................................................................... 40

Project 20: Phi Sigma Rho Bowl-a-Thon ............................................................................................................................ 42

Project 21: Initiate Smoker and Information Session ....................................................................................................... 43

Project 22: Bent Polishing Party ........................................................................................................................................ 46

Project 23: Initiation Ceremony ........................................................................................................................................ 49

Project 24: Wearing Stoles at Graduation ........................................................................................................................ 51

Project 25: SWE Bowl Participation .................................................................................................................................. 53

Project 26: Officer Transition Meeting ............................................................................................................................. 55

Project 27: Officer Meetings ............................................................................................................................................. 57

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Education/Professional Development Projects .................................................................................................................... 58

Project 28: Engineering Futures Session ........................................................................................................................... 58

Project 29: Marathon Speaker .......................................................................................................................................... 59

Project 30: College of Engineering Tutoring ..................................................................................................................... 61

K-12/MindSET Projects ......................................................................................................................................................... 63

Project 31: Tours for STLP Students .................................................................................................................................. 63

Project 32: Future Lego League Regional Competition .................................................................................................... 64

Project 33: Future City Activity and Judging ..................................................................................................................... 65

Project 34: Family Math Night .......................................................................................................................................... 67

Project 35: MathCounts Grading ...................................................................................................................................... 70

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THE TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION

Chapter Survey 2013

Survey Date: 05/13/2013 For: Kentucky Alpha

This questionnaire is designed as an annual survey of the activities of our chapters, the conditions under which

they operate, and their customs and practices. It covers the current academic year. This effort should be a joint

effort by the outgoing and incoming officers.

1a. How many active (See Const. VI, Sec. I) members did your chapter have after your spring initiation this

year?

Juniors: 25 Seniors: 20

b. How many members and initiates participated in your chapter projects throughout the year?

Members: 40 Initiates: 69

c. How many hours did members and initiates contribute to chapter projects throughout the year?

Members: 950 Initiates: 150

2. Does your chapter set a minimum grade point average? Yes

If yes, what was it? (List as fall/spring) 3.5

How many candidates were ineligible because of this GPA cutoff? 0

3. How does your chapter secure class rankings?

[ ] President requests from registrar [X] Advisor requests from registrar

[ ] Registrar may not release information due

to privacy laws

[ ] School does not rank students

4. What is your chapter’s total initiation fee (including national fee ($32 + $7)?

Students: $60.00 Alumni: $0.00 Eminent Engineers: $39.00

5. What does your chapter initiation fee include other than the national fee and the Convention assessment?

[X] Initiation Banquet [X] Other

Other:

Food at Monthly Meetings

6. What change has been made to your initiation fee this year?

[X] No Change [ ] Raised [ ] Lowered

7a. How do you notify candidates of their eligibility? (choose ALL that apply)

[X] Letter [X] Email [X] Printed Invitation [X] Personally

[ ] Facebook or other social networks [ ] University Listserve [ ] Other

Other description:

b. Does your chapter obtain address information?

[ ] No [X] Yes [X] Street [X] Email

8. List all activities required of candidates prior to election? (If projects, include number of hours.)

1. Attend Smoker/Information meeting.

2. Tell Initiation Chair of intent to join Tau Beta Pi.

3. Sign up to participate in current projects with members.

9. How do you notify electees? (choose ALL that apply)

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[ ] Letter [X] Email [X] Printed Invitation [X] Personally [ ] Other

Other description:

10. What activities do you require electees to perform before initiation? (choose ALL that apply)

[ ] Write Essay [ ] Take Exam [X] Polish Plaque or Monument

[X] Polish and Wear a Bent [X] Collect Signatures [X] Sign-In for Initiation Week

[X] Work on current Projects Number of hours: 1-3

11. Did your chapter send a letter to candidates/electees/parents from your dean? Yes

If YES, what was the reaction? If NO, why not?

We send the students and their parents a letter explaining what TBP is and some of the events we do

throughout the year. After we began that initiative there was an increase in the number of students

initiating. More students have joined because their parents have encouraged them to, or were willing

to pay dues for them.

12. Did your chapter use the invitations available from Headquarters? No


We hand out letters to the initiates that give more detail about Tau Beta Pi and the events we do each

year. Then we follow up the letter with emails. We did use the example letter to students and parents

to help formulate our letter.

13. Was your chapter able to initiate "just one more" electee than the previous year? Yes


This year we were very excited to have the largest initiation class (throughout the year) that we have

ever had.

14. What percentage of electees were initiated?

In the fall? 81% In the spring? 100%

15. How many meetings did your chapter have this year?

Advisory Board: 18 Initiation: 4 Business: 10 Social: 2

16. How many chapter members attend meetings on the average?

Advisory Board: 12 Initiation: 10 Business: 35 Social: 15

17. What action does your chapter take against a member for non-attendance?

[ ] Fined [ ] Reprimand [X] Declare Inactive [ ] Nothing

18a. How many advisors does your chapter have? 3

b. How informed are your advisors concerning your chapter’s condition and activities?

[X] Well [ ] Moderately [ ] Poorly

19. Is the Eligibility Code read at each election meeting of your chapter? Yes

20a. Is a copy of your bylaws given to each of your new members? Yes

b. Is an electronic copy of your bylaws available? Yes

21. Have you kept a catalog card for each new member? Yes

22. Are the minutes of all meetings of this college year in your chapter records? Yes

23. What bookkeeping system do you use?

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[ ] Tau Beta Pi [ ] One required by the school [X] Neither

24. Does your chapter operate on a budget? Yes

25. Do you need a new copy of the Ritual? No

26. Do you need a copy of the President’s Book? (Available in PDF) No

27. How well do the students, faculty, and staff in your engineering school know about Tau Beta Pi?

[X] Very [ ] Somewhat [ ] Slightly

28. How well do members of your community know about Tau Beta Pi?

[ ] Very [ ] Somewhat [X] Slightly [ ] Not at all

29. How often are projects and programs of your chapter given publicity?

[ ] Always [X] Frequently [ ] Sometimes [ ] Never

If Never, why not?

30. Are new initiates given public recognition?

[X] Always [ ] Frequently [ ] Sometimes [ ] Never

If Never, why not?

31a. Did your chapter use any of these TBP image materials: If so, was the reaction?

Reaction when Response is Yes

Posters… Used Favorable No Response Unfavorable

Classic Bent (Gold) [X] [X] [ ] [ ]

More Than an Honor Society (Yellow) [X] [X] [ ] [ ]

Diverse Activities (Teal) [X] [X] [ ] [ ]

Information About Tau Beta Pi (Blue) [X] [X] [ ] [ ]

E-Invitation [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

Orientation PowerPoint [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

Orientation CD [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

Guest PowerPoint

Used

[ ]

Favorable

[ ]

No Response

[ ]

Unfavorable

[ ]

Electee brochure [X] [X] [ ] [ ]

Introductory brochure [X] [X] [ ] [ ]

Chapter brochure [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

Brochure dispenser [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

Invitation to orientation [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

Invitation to electees (formal) [X] [X] [ ] [ ]

Dean’s letter to parents [X] [X] [ ] [ ]

Blank bulletin sheet [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

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b. How might any of these be improved?

Most of the materials are nice, but the ones we did not use we just did not need.

32. How do retiring officers communicate duties and responsibilities to their successors?

[X] Chapter Officer Installation Procedure [ ] Write Letter [ ] Neither

33. Is there an active Tau Beta Pi alumnus chapter in your vicinity? Yes

If so, do the two chapters cooperate? Yes

34. Do you communicate with your chapter’s alumni? Yes

If so, do you invite local alumni, including faculty, to special chapter functions? Yes

35. Does your chapter have a current and functioning website? Yes

If yes, what is the URL? http://tbp.engineering.uky.edu/

36. Did you read The Bulletin? Yes

Did you notify your members when The Bulletin became available online? No

37. Did your chapter use TBPConnect to network, communicate, and make announcements? No

38a. Did your chapter participate in any of the following programs? (Choose ALL that apply)

[X] Engineering Futures [ ] G.I.G. [ ] Laureate

[X] District [X] Outstanding Advisor [ ] Distinguished Alumnus

[ ] K-12 MindSet [ ] McDonald Mentor

b. To what extent in the District/Engineering Futures Programs? (Choose ALL that apply)

[X] Attended District conference [X] Invited Director to initiation [X] Hosted EF session

[ ] Attended EF session elsewhere [X] Communicated with District Director

39. Name one of your District Directors: Andrea Ramsey

Comments:

She's new, but she's going to do a fabulous job filling Kassy's shoes! She did a great job at the D6

conference.

40. How many projects did your chapter conduct this past year? 35

41. What Tau Beta Pi member benefits did your chapter members enjoy?

The Geico Discount was enjoyed.

42. What new Tau Beta Pi member benefit would you like to see?

We would like to see benefits more aimed at students just graduating from college (more job related

benefits).

Submitted by: Date: Reviewed by: Date:

Adrianne Shearer 05/13/2013

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Community/Liberal Culture Projects Project 1: Habitat for Humanity Build

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: Kentucky Alpha Chapter Project Report Project number: 01

Project name: Habitat for Humanity Build Date(s) of Project: 10/20/12 Project [X] Community/ Liberal Culture [ ] University/ College [X] Profession/ Engineering Area: [ ] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 4 Electees: 0 (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 1 Participating: 8 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Habitat for Humanity is an organization that helps build homes for people living in substandard housing. Tau Beta Pi was volunteered to help one Saturday of the build, partaking in carpentry work on a house. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This event gave Tau Bates the chance to give back to their community and do hands on work, utilizing some of their engineering skills in the process. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [X] Yes [ ] No This event was organized through Habitat for Humanity; Tau Beta Pi volunteered to help along with other organizations in the community. One of the Tau Bates informed us of the work being done through his church and got us involved with the specific build we worked on. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: There was not any cost associated with this event and Habitat for Humanity was willing to take as many volunteers as we could provide. V. Special Problems: We had a small turnout of people able to help since it was a day-long event on a Saturday. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): The people that were able to go had a great time and really felt good about being able to give back some of their time to the surrounding community.

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VII. Index of Exhibits:

Dr. Walcott along with some other volunteers at the Habitat Build

Participating Members:

1. Clay Greenwell 2. Ifedi Anyaegbunam 3. Dr. Bruce Walcott 4. Nick Such (Alumni)

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Project 2: God’s Pantry Volunteer Event


Project name: God’s Pantry Volunteer Event Date(s) of Project: 11/1/12, 3/7/13 Project [X] Community/ Liberal Culture [ ] University/ College [ ] Profession/ Engineering Area: [ ] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members:8 Electees: 8 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 1 Participating: 3hrs/session DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: God’s Pantry is a local food bank that accepts food donations from around the area and from major companies. At God’s Pantry we helped by sorting foods from local donations and repackaging bulk food donations. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This project is an option for electees to participate in during the election process to show how TBP is not only involved in activities at UK; we also spend time helping in the community. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [X] Yes [ ] No This event was organized by God’s Pantry in Lexington, Ky. Various groups and individuals from the area participate in this event that takes place weekly. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: There was no cost to TBP to volunteer, and we were able to sign up to bring whatever number of volunteers we wanted to; we signed up for 5-10 people each time. V. Special Problems: One problem we encountered in this event was transportation to the event because it was not located on campus; we dealt with this by arranging carpools to get to and from the event. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): This was a very rewarding event to know that we are helping out the local community. Everyone that participated had a lot of fun, and it was a great way to get to know other members/new initiates because there is ample opportunity to converse as you work!

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Some of the guys in God’s Pantry’s ‘repack room’ where they repackaged frozen ravioli into smaller

bags to be handed out in the community.

Participating Members: Fall (9/25) Electees:

1. David Blanford 2. Scott Descamp 3. Eric Gregory 4. Shannon Haggard 5. Brandon Sanders

Members:

6. Adrianne Shearer 7. David Spencer 8. Sean Whitfield

Spring (2/12) Electees:

1. Patrick Jorgensen 2. Colton Parsons 3. Daniel Pierce

Members:

4. Rachel Adams 5. Collin Dunn 6. Brandon Ivanchak 7. Meredith Renz 8. Dave Smith

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Project 3: Monte Carlo Game Night


Project name: Monte Carlo Game Night Date(s) of Project: 11/8/12 Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [X] University/ College [ ] Profession/ Engineering Area: [X] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 10 Electees: 19 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 20 Participating: 3 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Monte Carlo Night is a game night TBP hosts each year after mid-terms of the fall semester. Engineering professors deal card games such as Black Jack, Poker, Craps, and Roulette, and students wager poker chips. The chips they win can be cashed in at the end of the night for donated prizes such as restaurant gift cards, UK t-shirts and even a printer. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This event is hosted as a way for students to get to relax and have fun after mid-terms, but it is also a great way for students to interact with their professors outside of the classroom. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [ ] Yes [X] No This event takes a lot of planning leading up to the event. At least a month before hand we start collecting donated prizes from local businesses, professors are contacted to see if they are willing and available to deal, and room reservations must be made. As well, the days leading up to the event signs were posted around campus, on digital boards in the college of engineering and a facebook event was created as a means of advertisement. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: The main costs incurred for this event were decorations, food and t-shirts. Each student participating is charged a $5.00 buy-in which gets them so many chips and as much pizza/pop as they want to help cover the cost of food and decorations. Leading up to the event the Vice President was in charge of all of the planning, reservations, and prize collection, which he got help with as needed. The day of the event 10-12 people we there to help set-up the room, prizes, and decorations, and 8-10 people stayed after to help clean-up and get the room back to normal. During the event 3 people worked the buy-in table, 2-3 people helped make sure everything was running smoothly, order more food if needed, etc. As well, about 10 professors were there running different games. V. Special Problems: The biggest problem we encountered was that we did not start advertising early enough; we posted signs and made announcements for the 3-4 days leading up to the event but should have started 2-3 weeks in advance to have had a better turnout.

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VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): We should have started advertising earlier, and should not have purchased as many shirts as we did (we purchased 70 shirts for volunteers to wear as well as to sell during Monte Carlo Night). Otherwise, the people that participated had a lot of fun and really liked the prizes offered. We were able to get enough prizes donated that everyone that stayed until the end of the night received a prize. VII. Index of Exhibits:

Participating Electees: 1. Nicholas Aerni 2. Davis Barrios 3. Cassandra Cox 4. Brennan Dobson 5. Collin Dunn 6. Charles Effinger 7. Stephen Gordinier 8. Lindsay Gray 9. Corey Hupman 10. Thomas Isaacs, Jr. 11. William Kennedy

12. John Magner 13. William Meadows 14. Christopher Meriwether 15. Gabriel Nickell 16. Katy Petry 17. William Staats 18. Alexandra Tsoras 19. Julia Welch

Participating Members: 1. Sean Karlage 2. Dave Smith 3. Laura Martin 4. Adrianne Shearer 5. Melody Burkhart 6. Jimmy Frilling 7. Rachel Adams 8. Chris Stevens 9. Kathryn Gardner 10. David Spencer

Members and Electees decorating the Engineering Commons in Preparation

UK Students playing games such as Black Jack and Roulette with Professors during Monte Carlo Night.

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Project 4: Engineering Day Lego Speed Bent Building


Project name: E-Day Lego Speed Bent Building Event, Set-Up and Clean-Up Date(s) of Project: 2/22/13-2/23/13 Project [X] Community/ Liberal Culture [ ] University/ College [ ] Profession/ Engineering Area: [ ] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [X] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 16 Electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 2 Participating: 2h set-up, 4h event, 2h clean-up DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: On Engineering Day, the College of Engineering has lots of events for kindergarten through high school students; Tau Beta Pi participates by hosting a Lego Competition. Kids have to build Legos in the shape of a bent (on display for them to see). The students are timed and the fastest kids from the day get a prize, though all kids get a small prize for participating. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: It’s a fun event that helps make kids excited about engineering, Lego utilize a lot of creativity and design skills to figure out how to recreate the shape of the bent in the shortest time possible. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [X] Yes [ ] No This event is hosted through E-Day in the College of Engineering. Most of the other engineering organizations host similar events to encourage engineering in elementary through high school aged students. To participate in E-Day, TBP fills out a form online to register, we are required to send at least four people to help set-up the night before and clean-up after E-Day. The Bent Building Competition is done by giving kids a set of Legos with the exact number and types of Legos to recreate the example Lego Bent. On go, the kids begin building the bent and the timer is stopped once they have correctly rebuilt the bent. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: Prizes were donated from a local company and we have used the same Legos to hold the competition the past several years. Members use their phones to time the kids as they make the bent. V. Special Problems: In this event, the room always becomes extremely crowded and there are tons of kids wanting to participate in the Lego Speed Bent Building. We have asked for a larger room in years past but have not been able to get it. We have also needed more volunteers to help run the event because there are so many kids waiting to race.

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VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): This event is tons of fun every year! Though we have considered coming up with new events, the Speed Lego Building has been so popular and so fun we have decided to stick with it. Kids have a great time and it is a relatively easy project to set up and run. VII. Index of Exhibits: N/A Participating Members: Set-Up (2/22/13)

1. Ben Maddux 2. Brandon Isaac 3. Sean Karlage 4. Forrest Simmons 5. James Forshee

Event (2/23/13)

1. Sarah Neegard 2. Julia Welch 3. Jada Cruce 4. Charles Effinger 5. Caitlyn Bromley 6. Nick Winquist

Clean-Up (2/23/13)

1. Scott Brabon 2. Julia Welch 3. Forrest Simmons 4. Sean Karlage 5. Kristin Cardin

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Project 5: Central Kentucky Regional Science and Engineering Fair


Project name: Central Kentucky Regional Science and Engineering Fair Date(s) of Project: 3/2/13 Project [X] Community/ Liberal Culture [ ] University/ College [ ] Profession/ Engineering Area: [ ] Chapter/ Social [X] Education/ Prof. Dev. [X] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 5 Electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 1 Participating: 8 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Since the Central Kentucky Regional Science Fair was hosted at the University of Kentucky, TBP was able to help set-up the rooms in preparation for the competition the day beforehand, provide judges for the elementary, middle and high school science fair projects, and help with the clean-up at the conclusion of the competition. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: By participating in this event, TBP helped facilitate STEM activities in Kentucky. The Tau Bates also benefitted from the experience through interactions with other judges (professionals in the community). III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [X] Yes [ ] No The Regional Science Fair was organized by the Central Kentucky Regional Science and Engineering Fair. TBP was responsible for the people setting up and cleaning up the rooms in which the science fairs were held, along with providing several judges. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: This event was at no cost to TBP. We had a few people to help set-up, as many judges as we could provide, and a few people to help return the building to its original state at the conclusion of the fair. V. Special Problems: N/A VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): The event was a lot of fun, especially the judging! It was great for the Tau Bates to get to interact with elementary through high school students, listen to their projects and then question them about the research they had done. It was a great way to help further encourage sciences and engineering in young students. VII. Index of Exhibits: N/A Participating Members:

1. Adrianne Shearer 2. Sean Karlage

3. Rachel Adams 4. Roberto Arreaza

5. Caitlyn Bromley 6. Dr. Bruce Walcott

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University and College Projects Project 6: Freshman Orientation Booth


Project name: Freshman Orientation Booth Date(s) of Project: 8/21/12 Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [X] University/ College [ ] Profession/ Engineering Area: [ ] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 2 Electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 1 Participating: 3 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: During Freshman Orientation, all of the engineering organizations hosted booths to meet incoming engineering students, and hand out information about their organization. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This was a way to tell new students about what Tau Beta Pi is, and what activities and events we host throughout the year, such as free tutoring and Monte Carlo Night. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [ ] Yes [X] No The Engineering Organizations Fair was set up by the Engineering Student Council and all of the engineering organizations participated such as the Society of Women Engineers, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers, Phi Sigma Rho Sorority, and Triangle Fraternity, among many others. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: There was not cost associate with this event. We printed flyers in the engineering office, set up a PowerPoint with photos from activities from earlier in the year and years past, and we hung the free TBP posters about what TBP is and who is eligible. V. Special Problems: The event went well; there were not any problems that arose. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): This event was a great way to meet incoming freshman and make them aware of what Tau Beta Pi is and the services and events we host throughout the year. VII. Index of Exhibits: N/A Participating Members:

1. Sean Karlage 2. Adrianne Shearer

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Project 7: Coat/Bag Check at Employer Showcase


Project name: Coat/Bag Check at Employer Showcase Date(s) of Project: 9/25/2012, 2/12/2013 Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [X] University/ College [ ] Profession/ Engineering Area: [ ] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 24 Electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 6 Participating: 6-7 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: During the Employer Showcase, TBP hosted a bag check were students participating in the career fair could safely leave their backpacks/coats/bags while they went to speak with employers. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: TBP organized this event so that students participating in the career fair could look more professional (not carrying around all of their school items) while they were in the career fair without having to worry about the safety of their items. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [X] Yes [ ] No This event was carried out along with the Stuckert Career Center at the University of Kentucky. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: Most of the items needed for this event (coat hangers and racks, and signs) were provided by the Career Center, and TBP already had the remaining items (masking tape and a cash box) so there was not any cost incurred by the chapter. Personnel requirements were relatively high for this event, we needed at least 5 people to work the Bag Check the entire time. 1-2 people was the check in desk, 3-4 people worked as runners and 1-2 people worked the check out desk. V. Special Problems: The largest problem with this was getting TBP members to participate because most of them wanted to go to the career fair as well to talk to potential employers, or they had class during that time. This was overcome by breaking up event into hour long shifts so members were able to go to both. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): The event was a lot of work (around 300 students checked bags over the 5 hour period) so it took a lot of manpower to run the event but it was a good fundraiser for the chapter and our services were appreciated by the student body present at the career fair.

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VII. Index of Exhibits: Project Proposal and Plan of Action:

September 10, 2012

TAU BETA PI Bag/Coat Check Proposal

Tau Beta Pi has formed a committee to discuss last year’s Coat/Bag and the improvements that could be made

and then formulated a plan of action for this year. We have updated the system we plan to use, have volunteers

signed up and will purchase necessary items upon approval of the proposal.

Ticketing:

This year we have decided to use masking tape to attach raffle tickets onto the bag, coat or books. This will be

much quicker than pinning the items and will not leave holes. The numbers on the raffle tickets will be pre-

printed onto a spread sheet where the student can then fill out their name and phone number with the

corresponding ticket numbers, reducing the amount of writing, and therefore the time to check-in items. Phone

numbers will be required for each student so that we will be able to return any forgotten items easily and

quickly.

Layout:

Since the room to store the bags and coats in is rather small, we will need tables so that we can store items both

above and below the table to increase storage area. We will section off the room by numbers in increments of

50 as an organization method. Numbers will be posted on the wall above their corresponding section so

volunteers will know where to take and pick up bags quickly. This will help in the flow of getting students

through the line as well as quickly retrieving the items once the tickets have been presented. We tag each item

separately, but items belonging to the same person will all be stored together so that one volunteer can retrieve

all of the items at once.

There will be two separate tables with large signs designating check-in and check-out to break up the lines

according to whether the student is dropping off bags or picking them up.

The sign-in sheet will look like the following:

Ticket Number Name Phone # Item Returned

2030258 Joe Smith 859-555-5555 bag JS

2030259 "" "" coat

2030260 Jane Doe 859-555-5557 bag JD 2030261

Volunteers:

We have TBP members signed up to volunteer in 1 hour increments from 12:00 to 4:00. Myself and one to two

others will arrive thirty minutes early to set up and I will remain at the bag check until all items have been

returned to their owners. We plan on having 10 volunteers throughout the duration of the career fair. We will

have 2-3 people checking bags in at the front, 1-2 people checking bags out, and the remainder will be runners –

retrieving the items.

Signs/Media:

To advertise we plan to make and post flyers around the Engineering Quad the week leading up to the career

fair, as well as contacting Lynn Tilley to include an advertising slide in his powerpoint at the entrance of FPAT.

We would also like to include a line advertising the bag/coat check on SWEs career fair advertisements.

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Cost:

We will continue charging $1 per person; once again Tau Beta Pi’s intention to participate in the Showcase is

not to make money, but to offer a service back to the university and students. We will not make any exceptions

if students do not have a dollar with them. We have a cashbox we can use to store the money made, and will

start with the following cash on hand: forty $1 bills, five $5 bills, and one $10 bill, so that we will be amply

supplied to make change if needed. We do not estimate needing to spend any money on supplies because we

only plan to use masking tape and raffle tickets, which we already have.

Questions for you:

1. How many tables would we have access to?

2. Is there a time I could see the room we are using to plan out the layout better ahead of time?

Participating Members: Fall (9/25)

1. Ifedi Anyaegbunam 2. Nathanael Brabon 3. Brad Elliott 4. James Forshee 5. Jonathan Grabau 6. Taylor Khun 7. Marshall Miller 8. Adrianne Shearer 9. David Spencer 10. Alex Wade 11. William Walker 12. Katie Ward

Spring (2/12) 1. Rachel Adams 2. Caitlyn Bromley 3. Kyle Cooper 4. Caleb DeVries 5. Jimmy Frilling 6. Brandon Isaac 7. Sean Karlage 8. Meredith Renz 9. Emily Rhodus 10. Adrianne Shearer 11. David Spencer 12. Chris Stevens

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Project 8: Pancake Breakfast Booth


Project name: Pancake Breakfast Booth Date(s) of Project: 10/6/12 Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [X] University/ College [ ] Profession/ Engineering Area: [ ] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 3 Electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 1 Participating: 3 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Tau Beta Pi set up an information booth for during the College of Engineering Pancake Breakfast on Parent’s Weekend. At our booth we told students about Tau Beta Pi, some of the events we host, and where they can find free TBP Tutoring during the school year. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This booth was a way for TBP to inform younger students about Tau Beta Pi and the services we offer to the university. Handing out flyers about TBP’s free tutoring is a great way ensures that freshman and sophomores in engineering know where they can get help with their engineering coursework. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [X] Yes [ ] No Almost all of the engineering organizations at the University of Kentucky had a booth to help inform students of all of the activities going on in the College of Engineering. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: There was no cost associated with this event; we printed flyers in the engineering office, set up a PowerPoint with photos from activities from earlier in the year and years past, and we hung the free TBP posters about what TBP is and who is eligible. V. Special Problems: There was not a huge turn out because the organizations were put in a room on the second floor of the building while the breakfast was on the first, and there were not many signs to direct people to the second floor. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): Though there was not a great turnout, the event did give us a chance to talk with students and parents and inform many underclassmen about the free tutoring TBP offers. VII. Index of Exhibits: N/A Participating Members:

1. Adrianne Shearer

2. Laura Martin

3. Sean Whitfield

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Project 9: Cancer Education and Prevention Awareness Week


Project name: Cancer Education and Prevention Awareness Week Date(s) of Project: 2/18/13-2/22/13 Project [X] Community/ Liberal Culture [X] University/ College [ ] Profession/ Engineering Area: [ ] Chapter/ Social [X] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 5 Electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 10 Participating: 5 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: In honor of the E-Day speaker, Dr. Kim Anderson, who does cancer research and faced her own battle with breast cancer, Tau Beta Pi invited several organizations to come to the College of Engineering to give out information on cancer awareness and prevention. As well, there was a Cancer Fact scavenger hunt and at the end of the week the winner of the scavenger hunt received a Zeepad tablet. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This project was created because one of the members of TBP was really passionate about cancer research and raising awareness of prevention. The project was a way to inform the college and community about ways to prevent and check for cancer. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [ ] Yes [X] No This event was organized by Tau Beta Pi, during the week we had representatives from University Health Services, the American Cancer Society, Team in Training and Relay for Life come to the college of engineering to hand out pamphlets and talk to students. Several students posted the facts around the college of engineering throughout the week as well for the scavenger hunt. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: The only cost for this project were the prizes, thumb drives were donated as prizes from the eStudio, and an iPad was donated by Dr. Walcott for the top prize. There was a lot of work put in by a small group of people to contact the various organizations, and organizing the scavenger hunt. V. Special Problems: N/A VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): The booths were visited every day, and a lot of information on cancer awareness and preventative measures was handed out during the week. Several students participated in the scavenger hunt as well, the winners were announced at the speaking event on Friday, and was an exciting event to be at.

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VII. Index of Exhibits: One of the advertising emails sent to the college of engineering: Dear College of Engineering Students, As many of you know on Friday the Estudio intended to bring in Dr. Mark Davis, an alumnus from our own chemical engineering program, who is now a cancer researcher, to be out E-day speaker. Unfortunately, Dr. Davis has taken ill but Dr. Kim Anderson will be talking instead about her cancer research. In honor of this event, Tau Beta Pi is hosting a cancer awareness week. Beginning on Monday morning you will notice brightly colored flyers scattered throughout the engineering complex. These flyers will each have a cancer statistic on them. They are part of a scavenger hunt. The goal is to try to find all ten of them. But be careful, there will be more than one of each fact posted, so make sure you don’t get any duplicates. When you find one take a picture of it and once you have found all ten, email the pictures to [email protected] . The first person email their pictures in will win a Zeepad 7.0 tablet, donated by Dr. Bruce Walcott – Chief Advisor of Tau Beta Pi. Everyone else who completes the task before Thursday at 5pm will be entered in a drawing where five people will each win a jump drive, donated by the Estudio. There will also be various organizations coming throughout the week who will have tables set up in RGAN commons by the Estudio. They will be there from 11-2 most days. Stop by to talk to them and to find out how you, as a college student, can fight back against cancer! The current schedule is as follows: Monday : University Health Services 12-2 American Cancer Society 11-2 Wednesday: University Health Services 11-2 Team in Training 11-2 Thursday: Team in Training 11-2 Relay for Life 11-2 Hope you all enjoy these events! If there are any questions please email me, Meredith Renz


1. Meredith Renz 2. Rachel Adams 3. Sean Karlage 4. Dr. Bruce Walcott

mailto:[email protected]

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Project 10: Engineering-Week Speaker


Project name: Engineering-Week Speaker Date(s) of Project: 2/22/12 Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [ ] University/ College [X] Profession/ Engineering Area: [ ] Chapter/ Social [X] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 6 Electees: 0 (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 5 Participating: 2 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Over the past few years E-Day has been morphing into E-Week at UK; one activity that has become a tradition is having an E-Week Speaker that is not only an engineer, but a good communicator as well. On Friday of E-Week, an engineer is invited to speak in one of the engineering buildings and a free lunch is provided. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This event emphasizes the importance of communication, both written and oral, in engineering. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [X] Yes [ ] No Tau Beta Pi helps organize this event with UK’s eStudio. (The eStudio has tutors for engineers to help them improve their papers and presentations.) Tau Beta Pi helps compose a list of potential candidates for the event. The eStudio contacts the speaker and organizes the speaking event, and then Tau Beta Pi helps with the advertisement of the event. To advertise we posted posters, created a facebook event, spoke at several engineering organization’s meetings and in some of the engineering classes. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: The cost of the event is covered by the eStudio; typically the speaker has some sort of ties to the University of Kentucky so they are willing to speak at the event for little to no cost, and the lunch is catered by the University’s Catering Services. The eStudio has a budget of approximately $2,500 for the entire event. V. Special Problems: At the last minute the speaker that was scheduled to come (Dr. Mark Davis) became ill and was not able to speak at the event. As a result, we had to come up with a substitute speaker on very short notice. One of the Chemical Engineering Professors that also does cancer related research stepped in to speak on her research and the importance of communication in engineering. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): The past two years have gone really well and have been well attended. People often come for the free lunch, but then stay because they are enjoying the speaker so much. We do not just choose

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engineers, we choose people that are great communicators so they are very enjoyable to listen to. This past year Dr. Anderson spoke about her cancer research and how having breast cancer has impacted her research and the role of communication. VII. Index of Exhibits: N/A Participating Members:

1. Adrianne Shearer 2. David Spencer 3. Sean Karlage 4. Kathryn Gardner 5. Meredith Renz 6. Rachel Adams 7. Emily Rhodus 8. Nick Winquist

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Project 11: Merit Weekend Assistance


Project name: Merit Weekend Assistance Date(s) of Project: 3/16/13 Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [X] University/ College [ ] Profession/ Engineering Area: [ ] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 4 Electees: 1 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 0.5 Participating: 4 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Merit Weekend is an event where top graduating high school students from Kentucky that will be attending UK in the College of Engineering in the fall come to campus to sign up for their Fall classes. This event is organized by the Freshman Engineering Advisors, who reach out to engineering students to help answer questions and guide the 200+ incoming engineering students as they adjust and revise their class schedules. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This event allows Tau Bates to help out top engineering students by giving them advice and answering their questions and removes a little bit of the stress from the advisors as they have a lot on their plates throughout this event. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [X] Yes [ ] No The chapter advertised the opportunity to help the college out via email and instructed the Tau Bates to sign up through the Engineering Advisors. Once we arrived to the event we were given further instruction as to how to help the high school students. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: There was not any cost associated with this event and the advisors were willing to have as many people help as possible. V. Special Problems: N/A VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): The event was a ton of fun because you got to meet lots of incoming freshman and help them figure out a schedule that would work best for them. VII. Index of Exhibits: N/A Participating Members and Electees:

1. Adrianne Shearer 2. Cody Lonsbury

3. Roberto Arreaza 4. Brianna Smith

5. Supreme Aryal

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Project 12: Engineering Student Council Participation

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: Kentucky Alpha Chapter Project Report Project number:12

Project name: Engineering Student Council Participation Date(s) of Project: Monthly Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [X] University/ College [ ] Profession/ Engineering Area: [X] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 3 Electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 0 Participating: 1/month DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: The Engineering Student Council (ESC) held meetings approximately once a month to keep all the organizations up to date on the events going on in the college of engineering. Tau Beta Pi sends representatives to the meetings to stay in good standing with the College of Engineering, and to find out about and participate in events through the college. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: By doing so, Tau Beta Pi stays in good standing with the college of engineering, keeping us eligible to be an organization at the University of Kentucky. It is also a great platform to interact with and begin collaborations other engineering organizations. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [X] Yes [ ] No The meetings were organized by ESC, most other engineering organizations were present as well, such as AIChE, SWE, ASC and many more. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: There was not any cost to us, and we had to have at least one member of Tau Beta Pi present during at least all but two meetings. V. Special Problems: The ESC was not very well organized this past year so we often did not find out about meetings until the last minute, but we were able to have at least one person present. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): The ESC is a great platform for interaction between all of the organizations, but it was not run very well, and meetings were not held as often as they were supposed to. VII. Index of Exhibits: N/A Participating Members:

1. Rachel Adams 2. Chris Stevens 3. Sean Whitfield

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Profession and Engineering Projects Project 13: National Convention Planning Meetings


Project name: National Convention Planning Meetings Date(s) of Project: Bimonthly 6/12-9/12 Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [ ] University/ College [X] Profession/ Engineering Area: [X] Chapter/ Social [X] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 6 Electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 5-10/ week Participating: 2/meeting DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: A small committee met with our Convention Chair to plan and carry out all of the planning for transportation, on-campus activities, souvenirs, A/V, initiation, etc. for the 2012 National Convention. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: These meetings were an opportunity to prepare for the 2012 National Convention, where all of the annual business meetings are held. Ensuring proper planning of the Convention allowed convention to run smoothly, and social interaction between chapters and alumni to take place. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [ ] Yes [X] No Each person was given an area or two that they were in charge of (detailed in the PowerPoint below): treasurer, initiation committee, hospitality, registration and transportation. All of the convention needs within each section were taken care of by the person in charge of them with the help and guidance of the convention chair. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: There was no any cost to hold the meetings. Meetings were held in a quiet room in the engineering library. V. Special Problems: N/A VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): The convention planning meetings leading up to the National Convention were extremely helpful in keeping all of the planning and organizing on time and under control. It was a great time to meet, discuss problems we were having, make sure we had taken care of the tasks we were supposed to and then deciding what steps had to be taken next.

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VII. Index of Exhibits: PowerPoint outlining all of the Major Roles of the Convention Planning Committee:


1. Brandon Isaac 2. Adrianne Shearer 3. Emily Rhodus 4. Nickolas Winquist 5. David Spencer 6. Laura Martin

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Project 14: National Convention Host


Project name: National Convention Host Date(s) of Project: 9/27/12-9/29/12 Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [X] University/ College [X] Profession/ Engineering Area: [X] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 34 Electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 20 Participating: 24 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: As host, we organized many facets of the National Convention, such as transportation, Saturday Lunch on campus, and Directing People as needed. As well, we provided volunteers to help with any task headquarters needed help with. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: National Convention is where the business is carried out for the organization; as host, we worked to facilitate that in any way possible. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [ ] Yes [X] No The main organization of the event was carried out by National Headquarters, however, we were in charge of transportation, Saturday lunch, room reservations, A/V reservations, Souvenirs and Welcoming Information, registration assistance, and directing among various other tasks as needed. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: The cost associated with hosting the National Convention was from polo shirts to help people identify who to ask for help and meals for volunteers while they were at the Convention Center volunteering. The cost of forty polo shirts was $550, which we received from the University of Kentucky Student Government Association. The cost of food for volunteers was graciously covered by our chapter advisor, Dr. Bruce Walcott, totaling approximately $55-70. V. Special Problems: It took a lot of volunteers early in the semester (when we only had returning members) to help with the National Convention, in order to make sure we could find enough people to volunteer we had two meetings in one week to solely recruit volunteers for the National Convention. We also had one person solely dedicated to organizing and directing volunteers during the National Convention. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): National Convention went very well! We were able to provide more than enough volunteers and helped to keep convention running smoothly. It took a lot of work and preparation, but it was a very rewarding experience.

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VII. Index of Exhibits: To organize the events, we created a google.doc excel sheet where all members of Tau Beta Pi were able to access, and sign up to volunteer at the events they wanted to. Students were asked to fill out their name, gender and shirt size so we would know how many polo shirts to get in each size and gender (we purchased male and female cut shirts). This helped us keep record of how many volunteers we had and allowed people to change as need be up until the last few days before convention. We had similar spreadsheets to the one below to organize volunteers for Campus, Dinner, Hotel, Airport and Registration assistance.

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Photos from National Convention:

Preparing for the Saturday lunch on campus Helping with registration at the Hyatt Participating Members:

1. Brandon Isaac 2. Stacey Schal 3. Adrianne Shearer 4. David Spencer 5. Nick Winquist 6. Emily Rhodus 7. Alex Wade 8. David Smith 9. Steven Weinman 10. Dr. Bill Murphy (Advisor) 11. James Forshee 12. Kathryn Gardner 13. Sonal Shah 14. Sean Karlage 15. John Calhoun (Alum) 16. Laura Martin 17. Rachel Adams

18. Meredith Renz 19. Brandon Ivanchak 20. Sean Whitfield 21. Kirsten Graves (Alum) 22. Andrea Ramsey (Alum) 23. Ifedi Anyaegbunam 24. James Frilling 25. Joanna Foresman 26. Tyler Green 27. Katie Ward 28. Jonathan Grabau 29. Nathanael Brabon 30. Allen Combs 31. Forrest Simmons 32. Adam Lyvers 33. Matt Byrn 34. Dr. Bruce Walcott (Chief Advisor)

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Project 15: Alumni Meeting Presentation


Project name: Alumni Meeting Presentation Date(s) of Project: 3/28/13 Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [ ] University/ College [X] Profession/ Engineering Area: [X] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members:1 Electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 2 Participating: 2 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: The Alumni Chapter in Lexington is currently being revived and they were had a meeting where they asked one of the officers from the student chapter to give a brief presentation on the student chapters recent and upcoming events. The alumni meeting was held at a local restaurant, before dinner there were introductions and social interactions and then during dinner the business portion of the meeting began. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This event was a good way to keep the alumni chapter up to date on student chapter activities, as well as inform them of ways that they could help out the student chapter or vise versa. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [ ] Yes [X] No The alumni meeting was organized and run by the president of the local alumni chapter. I prepared a list of activities that Tau Beta Pi had been participating in and some that were coming up, along with some projects that we wished to do in the future. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: The only cost associated with the event was dinner (everyone purchased their own dinner). V. Special Problems: N/A VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): This was a great event because the chapter got input on the activities we had done and were preparing to do. As well, alumni were able to suggest other activities for our chapter to get involved with. It was also a great way for the chapter to get involved with professionals in the community. About a month after the meeting one alumni emailed the student chapter looking about a job opportunity at their company (it is a great platform for networking). VII. Index of Exhibits:N/A Participating Members:

1. Adrianne Shearer

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Project 16: Outstanding Advisor Nomination


Project name: Outstanding Advisor Nomination Date(s) of Project: 4/1/13 Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [ ] University/ College [X] Profession/ Engineering Area: [X] Chapter/ Social [X] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 6 Electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 15 Participating: 1 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: The KY-A chapter decided to nominate Dr. Bruce Walcott as the Tau Beta Pi 2013 Outstanding Advisor for all of his hard work and dedication to Tau Beta Pi. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: Dr. Bruce Walcott has been an awesome and dedicated advisor and KY-A wanted to recognize all of his efforts and successes as a Tau Beta Pi advisor. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [ ] Yes [X] No The Nomination Packet took a lot of time and work to write and put together. We contacted the Dean of the College of Engineering for his support and to ask him to write a letter of recommendation. The chapter drafted, edited and revised a letter of nomination. As well, the incoming and outgoing D6 District Directors were asked to write letters of support. A description of the advisors contribution to the nomination and the advisors resume were put together and requested from the advisor as well. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: There was not any cost associated with the Nomination Packet, and we used as many people willing to help as possible. V. Special Problems: N/A VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): Dr. Walcott was awarded as the 2013 Tau Beta Pi Outstanding Advisor, so it though the nomination was a lot of work, it was a huge success!

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VII. Index of Exhibits: The nomination packet was put together using the following guidelines:


1. Adrianne Shearer 2. David Spencer 3. Brandon Isaac 4. Kathryn Gardner 5. Sean Karlage 6. Dr. Bill Murphy

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Project 17: Engineering Awards Banquet


Project name: Engineering Awards Banquet Date(s) of Project: 4/17/13 Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [X] University/ College [ ] Profession/ Engineering Area: [X] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 7 Electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 20 Participating: 3 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Tau Beta Pi hosts the College of Engineering Awards Banquet each spring at UK. Each engineering major chose outstanding upperclassmen, graduate students and professors; as well, all of the engineering honors societies present awards at the banquet. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This event was created to recognize outstanding engineering students and their achievements. It is a fun social event where students get to converse with professors outside of a classroom setting. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [ ] Yes [X] No A lot of organization goes into hosting this event, planning for this event includes reserving the ballroom, ordering catering for the dinner, compiling all of the departmental awards for the Banquet Program, and selling tickets to the departments, students, and families that wish to attend. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: The largest cost associated with this event is the dinner. Tickets were sold for $18.00 to attend the banquet to cover the cost of the catering, Tau Beta Pi does not make any money through this event. Other costs include the award plaques and certificates. V. Special Problems: The banquet speaker (the Lexington Mayor) cancelled a few days before the event, so we had to find a last minute replacement. We reached out to a TBP Alumni who agreed to speak at the banquet. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): The banquet had gone well the past several years; it is an event that people look forward to at the end of each year and has help increase the recognition of Tau Beta Pi within the college of engineering. The event is a lot of hard work to put together, but it is a lot of fun. It is also our chance to recognize new members of Tau Beta Pi that were initiated during the year.

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1. Adrianne Shearer 2. Sean Karlage 3. Sean Whitfield 4. Meredith Renz 5. Rachel Adams 6. David Spencer 7. Kathryn Gardner

Task Contact Name Details Contacted Completed

1 Determine Speaker Walcott Confer with Walcott about who will be the speaker for the banquet X X

2 Print tickets ??? See Tau Beta Pi Banquet Ticket Template, email to ??? to print 40 pages (160 tickets) X X

3 Program information Dorothy Rapp

Get together information for the program, send to Dorothy 2 weeks before if possible. Choose a new

background if desired. A text file is saved for 2012, which might make it easier to update. X

4 Honor Societies Faculty Advisors

See Honor Societies Excel Spreadsheet. Contact the faculty or students to get officers, fall initiates,

and spring initiates X

5 Awards Department Advisors Ask Walcott to email the CoE Department for award winners X X

6 Tickets Department Advisors

Ask Walcott to email the CoE Departments for ticket sales. Ask Robyn (3rd floor RGAN in Dean's Office

suite) to handle tickets again. If she agrees direct all emails to her. When they respond, be sure to get

a cost-center number to charge for the tickets. Deliver the tickets or ask if they'd like to leave them at

will-call. An invoice template is saved as a publisher file if Robyn needs one. X

7 Catering Erin Chenault X X

Melinda Plymale

8 Decorations

Get volunteers to help with Decorations (Catering will do most of it and might even put in

centerpieces if you ask!). There are glass vases/bowls in the office.

9 Day Of Tickets 3-4 Volunteers to take tickets at the door, handle Will-Call X

10 Cost Center Gloria Robinson

Ask Gloria to open a cost-center (account specifically for spring banquet) account to cover up-front

costs. This will be reimbursed later. X X

11 Speaker Bio Get a picture and a page bio on the speaker to include in the program X X

12 Photographer Lynn or Dan Racke

Ask Director of Marketing and Communications to provide a photographer so the departments and

website can have pictures X

13 TBP Awards

Vote for Most Outstanding Faculty, Staff, Student, Grad Student. Be sure the plaques and certificates

get ordered! Do this in March general meeting. X X

14 Order Certificates Lisa Atkinson Piggyback on Lisa Atkinson's order for alumni. X X

16 Speaker Gift Lisa Atkinson Ask Lisa and Dr. Walcott to get a speaker gift X

Book the location Ashley Casteel X X

17 Hannah Centers

18 Presentation YOU Have a background slide or rotating presentation to play through the ceremony X

19 Scripts Walcott

See the TBP Awards Script word doc and make necessary adjustments. PRINT 5 OF THEM! Each award

presenter will try to take yours… have extras.

21 Pricing Walcott

2012: $20 advance, $15 for TBP members, TBP fall/spring initiates are free, $25 at the door,

departments pay for their award winners (if an initiate is an award winner, let the dept pay!) X X

Ask for last year's catering request as a basis. Order for approximately 130-145 people initially. Must

have order within 10% of final count by 3 days prior. Official order by noon the day before

If location is Student Center, conduct a meeting with Ashley and/or Hannah the week prior to

determin set up, numbers, table skirts, mic, audio/visual, etc.

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Chapter/Social Projects Project 18: Buffalo Trace Distillery Tour

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: Kentucky Alpha

Chapter Project Report Project number: 18 Project name: Buffalo Trace Distillery Tour Date(s) of Project: 10/7/12 Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [ ] University/ College [ ] Profession/ Engineering Area: [X] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 3 Electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 1 Participating: 4 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: A few Tau Bates went to Buffalo Trace Distillery (located 45 min outside of Lexington) to tour the distillery and learn more about the distillation process. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This activity was a fun social event that enabled members to meet other members as well as people from other organizations that also participated in the event. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [X] Yes [ ] No This event was organized by Tau Beta Pi and the Society of Women Engineers at UK. The distillery was contacted to determine times of tours and carpools were organized for participants. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: The tour was free and there was minimal planning to carry out the event. V. Special Problems: The biggest problem was travel to the distillery; two people were willing to drive, which was sufficient in getting everyone to the distillery. As well, there were not a very large number of participants because it was getting later on in the semester and most of the juniors and seniors were preoccupied with school projects and midterms. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): Though there was only a small group, the Buffalo Trace Distillery tour was a fun and educational outing!

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Photo of the group that went to Buffalo Trace Distillery, including members of SWE and TBP


1. Laura Martin 2. Tyler Green 3. Dr. Bruce Walcott

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Project 19: Letter to Eligible Students and Parents


Project name: Letters to Eligible Students and Parents Date(s) of Project: 10/19/12, 2/24/13 Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [ ] University/ College [X] Profession/ Engineering Area: [X] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 4 Electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 6/semester Participating: 6/semester DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Once we have sorted out the eligible students from the non-eligible students and have approval, we send a personalized letter from the Dean of the College of Engineering to the parents of the eligible students notifying them that their child is eligible for Tau Beta Pi along with some information as to what Tau Beta Pi is. At the same time, we begin personally handing out letters each eligible member, telling them about Tau Beta Pi and inviting them to the Smoker. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This is a way for us to encourage members to join; the personal touch of hand-delivered letters allows TBP to distinguish ourselves from all of the other national “honors societies”. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [ ] Yes [X] No It takes a lot of work to draft the letters, have them signed (electronically) by the dean, then sort stuff and label envelopes for all of the eligible students. Then it takes even more time to find and hand out all of the letters to all of the eligible students at school. In handing out letters to students, we try to have one person from each major be in charge of handing out letters to the eligible students in their major. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: The cost of this was from the stamps, in total (for both fall and spring) were approximately $80.00, the envelopes and printing were supplied by the college of engineering. V. Special Problems: It was extremely difficult to find some of the students; we contacted the engineering advisors to see what classes we could find students in to hand out letters but were still not able to find everyone. To ensure everyone received the information we also sent an email to all eligible students a few days after we began handing out letters. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): Over the past few years KY-A has had more and more students joining Tau Beta Pi, one thing we believe has helped has been sending letters to parents and handing out letters personally. Parents often encourage their children to join when they get the letter when the student may not have otherwise joined.

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VII. Index of Exhibits: Sample Letter from Dean of Engineering to Parents of Eligible Students:

October 19, 2012

The Parents of Joe Smith

123 North Street

Lexington, KY 12345

Dear Parents:

As the Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Engineering, I would like to personally congratulate you

on Joe’s outstanding performance in Chemical Engineering—earning an invitation to Tau Beta Pi, the

engineering honor society.

Tau Beta Pi is the second oldest Greek-letter honor society in America; the oldest is Phi Beta Kappa. Both

societies are well known and respected throughout the United States. The latter is restricted to students in the

liberal arts, while Tau Beta Pi is designed to “offer appropriate recognition for superior scholarship and

exemplary character to students in engineering.” To qualify scholastically, a student must rank among the top

1/8th

of juniors class or the top 1/5th

of seniors in engineering.

To be initiated into this prestigious society, Joe will enter an electee process that includes learning more about

Tau Beta Pi and demonstrating exemplary character through service and professional development. To have

qualified for this honor shows an extraordinary commitment to academics. Please encourage Joe to pursue

membership in Tau Beta Pi with that same commitment.

A letter has been sent to Joe announcing the first meeting of students who will pursue membership—Tuesday,

October 30th

at 6:00pm in the Ralph G. Anderson engineering building. Attendance is critical for those who

wish to join. I am letting you know because there are always eligible students who do not receive our notice of

this meeting in time. Please encourage Joe to attend this meeting.

In order to support the operation of the local chapter and the national organization, there is a one-time $60

initiation fee. As a member for over 30 years, I can tell you that this is truly a small cost for a life-long

membership in such an honored society (no additional dues will ever be required).

Again, congratulations on Joe’s outstanding performance.

Sincerely yours,

John Walz, Dean Adrianne Shearer

College of Engineering President, Tau Beta Pi


1. Adrianne Shearer 2. Dave Smith 3. Laura Martin 4. Robert DeJaco

5. David Spencer 6. Rachel Adams 7. Meredith Renz 8. Kathryn Gardner

9. Sean Karlage 10. Forrest Simmons 11. Kyle Cooper 12. James Forshee

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Project 20: Phi Sigma Rho Bowl-a-Thon


Project name: Phi Sigma Rho Bowl-a-Thon Date(s) of Project: 10/30/12 Project [X] Community/ Liberal Culture [X] University/ College [ ] Profession/ Engineering Area: [X] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 4 Electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 1 Participating: 4 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: The Bowl-a-Thon is an event organized by Phi Sigma Rho, all of the proceeds from the event are given to the American Cancer Society. Engineering organizations enter teams in a bowling competition to compete for the highest team score, highest individual score, and a costume contest. As well, several door prizes were given away. It’s a really fun event put on each year. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This is a fun social event for Tau Beta Pi to participate in along with all of the other engineering organizations and it is for a great cause, supporting the American Cancer Society. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [X] Yes [ ] No The event is organized by Phi Sigma Rho, each team must register to participate before the day of the event. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: The cost to participate was $10/person, which covered two games of bowling and shoe rental. Teams of 5 to 6 were entered; however teams did not have to be formed by one organization alone. V. Special Problems: N/A VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): This event is a fun event we participate in each year! It’s a great way to interact with other engineering organizations, and support a good cause. Participating Members:

1. Sean Karlage 2. Forrest Simmons 3. Chris Stevens 4. Dr. Bruce Walcott

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Project 21: Initiate Smoker and Information Session


Project name: Initiate Smoker and Information Session Date(s) of Project: 10/30/12, 3/5/13 Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [ ] University/ College [ ] Profession/ Engineering Area: [X] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 13 Electees: 55 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 3/session Participating: 2/session DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: In the Fall and the Spring we hold a Smoker and Information Session for all the Tau Bates that have been invited to join Tau Beta Pi as a way to meet everyone, so they can meet each other, and so that we can explain the Election Process if they choose to join Tau Beta Pi. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This is a great way to meet all the potential new members, as well as inform them about Tau Beta Pi so that they can make an educated decision as to whether or not they will join TBP. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [ ] Yes [X] No To organize this event we have to schedule a date and reserve a room on campus to hold the smoker. We create a PowerPoint presentation for the Information Session portion of the Smoker and we order barbeque for dinner. The dinner is when socialization happens, and then we have the more informative portion of the meeting afterwards. Eligible students are contacted through letters (handed out by members of TBP) and via email to make sure they are made aware of the Smoker. Current members and especially officers are encouraged to come as well to meet and greet new potential members. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: The only cost for this event is the food, we ask for RSVPs via email to get an estimate of the number of people that will show of but it varies considerably from year to year and semester to semester. However, we usually add about 10-15 people to our food estimate to be safe. It is beneficial to have a few people put the PowerPoint together and edit it to make sure that all of the important information is included and there are not any mistakes. The night of the event we have four to five people so that we can set up the room, pick up the food, drinks and any plates/flatware we may need. In total, we typically spend between $250-300 on the food for the evening. V. Special Problems: The most difficult task for this event is determining how many people will be present to estimate how much food will be needed. There is really no great solution to this because there are always people that won’t RSVP, or who are not able to make it at the last minute, so we just try to make sure we have more than enough food and we make sure Electees are all able to fill their plates before any current members get food.

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VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): This event is always a lot of fun because you get to meet a lot of new people, most of which end up joining Tau Beta Pi. As well, it’s a great time to explain all of the requirements and answer any questions that the Electees have. VII. Index of Exhibits:

Picture of the PowerPoint used at the fall Smoker.

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1. Adrianne Shearer 2. Laura Martin 3. Dave Smith 4. David Spencer 5. Melody Burkhart 6. Sean Karlage 7. Clay Greenwell 8. Robert DeJaco 9. Brandon Isaac 10. Jimmy Frilling 11. Josiah Hanna 12. Dylan Rohar 13. Dr. Bruce Walcott

Participating Electees: Fall:

1. Nicholas Aerni 2. Roberto Arreaza 3. Davis Barrios 4. Kyle Bauman 5. David Blanford 6. Jada Cruce 7. Robert DeJaco 8. Scott Deschamp 9. Caleb DeVries 10. Brennan Dobson 11. Charles Effinger 12. Tyler Flynn 13. Stephen Gordinier 14. Lindsay Gray 15. Shannon Haggard 16. Alexander Houk 17. Harry Hubler 18. Corey Hupman 19. Thomas Isaacs Jr.

20. William Kelly 21. William Kennedy 22. Benjamin Maddux 23. John Magner 24. William Meadows 25. Robert Meier 26. Christopher Meriwether 27. Sarah Neegard 28. Gabriel Nickell 29. Katy Petry 30. Addison Rogers 31. Brandon Sanders 32. Matthew Seabold 33. Kent Shepard 34. Brianna Smith 35. William Staats 36. Alexandra Tsoras 37. Patrick VanMeter 38. Julia Welch

Spring:

1. John Cybriwsky 2. Drake DeHoff 3. William Ernst 4. Eric Gregory 5. Devon Hill 6. Harry Hubler 7. Patrick Jorgensen 8. Cody Lonsbury 9. Charlie Miles 10. Cory Parker 11. Colton Parsons 12. Daniel Pierce 13. Lucas Shelton 14. Jacob Stout 15. Philip Thompson 16. Krysta Waldrop 17. Ligeng Xia

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Project 22: Bent Polishing Party


Project name: Bent Polishing Party Date(s) of Project: 11/19/12, 3/20/13 Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [ ] University/ College [ ] Profession/ Engineering Area: [X] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 15 Electees: 53 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 2/event Participating: 3/event DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: As a part of the election process, electees are required to polish the bent as an Electee Class. It is a way for them to interact with each other, and some of the current members. It also keeps the bent in the engineering courtyard looking nice. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This is a social event that gives TBP electees a chance to meet one another and develop camaraderie. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [ ] Yes [X] No This event requires some organization, we choose a date and time and have the Bent Polishing Party in the engineering courtyard, where the bent is located. At the event we usually begin with ice-breakers and have some sort of small refreshments. We have all of the bent polishing supplies and the electees take turns polishing the bent. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: The cost incurred by the event are for food and drinks, which typically costs around $15 and bent polishing supplies (fine grit sand paper, Brasso, and rags) are reused from year to year. The initial cost of all of the bent polishing supplies was around $30.00. V. Special Problems: During the Fall Bent Polishing Party it was extremely cold, so we had to make shift for polishing, so some people could wait inside while others were outside polishing, then they would switch. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): Overall, this event keeps the bent looking nice and it is a memorable event that all of the members look back on each year, especially when it is time for the next round of electees to polish the bent.

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Fall Electees polishing the bent and posing for a group photo

Spring Electees polishing the bent and posing for a photo

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1. Adrianne Shearer 2. Laura Martin 3. Dave Smith 4. David Spencer 5. Melody Burkhart 6. Sean Karlage 7. Clay Greenwell 8. Robert DeJaco 9. Brandon Isaac 10. Jimmy Frilling 11. Meredith Renz 12. Rachel Adams 13. Sean Whitfield 14. Forrest Simmons 15. Dr. Bruce Walcott

Participating Electees: Fall:

1. Nicholas Aerni 2. Roberto Arreaza 3. Davis Barrios 4. Kyle Bauman 5. David Blanford 6. Jada Cruce 7. Robert DeJaco 8. Scott Deschamp 9. Caleb DeVries 10. Brennan Dobson 11. Charles Effinger 12. Tyler Flynn 13. Stephen Gordinier 14. Lindsay Gray 15. Shannon Haggard 16. Alexander Houk 17. Thomas Isaacs Jr.

18. William Kelly 19. William Kennedy 20. Benjamin Maddux 21. John Magner 22. William Meadows 23. Robert Meier 24. Christopher Meriwether 25. Sarah Neegard 26. Gabriel Nickell 27. Katy Petry 28. Addison Rogers 29. Brandon Sander 30. Matthew Seabold 31. Kent Shepard 32. Brianna Smith 33. William Staats 34. Alexandra Tsoras 35. Patrick VanMeter 36. Julia Welch

Spring:

1. John Cybriwsky 2. Drake DeHoff 3. William Ernst 4. Eric Gregory 5. Devon Hill 6. Harry Hubler 7. Patrick Jorgensen 8. Cody Lonsbury 9. Charlie Miles 10. Cory Parker 11. Colton Parsons 12. Daniel Pierce 13. Lucas Shelton 14. Jacob Stout 15. Philip Thompson 16. Krysta Waldrop 17. Ligeng Xia

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Project 23: Initiation Ceremony


Project name: Initiation Ceremony and Reception Date(s) of Project: 11/27/12, 3/26/13 Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [ ] University/ College [ ] Profession/ Engineering Area: [X] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 11 Electees: 69 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 4 Participating: 3 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: The initiation ceremony was held to promote the electees to members of Tau Beta Pi, at the conclusion of the ceremony we have a small reception with cake to congratulate the new members and celebrate their hard work and achievements in becoming members of TBP. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: The initiation ceremony was held in accordance with TBP bylaws, and the reception was held to celebrate member’s achievements. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [ ] Yes [X] No There was a fair amount of planning that went into initiation, room reservations were made, the cake had to be ordered, officers were asked to fill various roles in the ceremony, and there was a decent amount of set up that had to take place. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: The only cost associated with Initiation was the cake and soda we purchased for the reception, the total was approximately $30.00. To have the initiation we need at least 6-7 people to fill all of the different position, but we welcome as much help as we can get. V. Special Problems: N/A VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): Both Initiation ceremonies went very well; the practices beforehand helped the process run very smoothly and having members help that had helped with previous initiations helped the setup be carried out quickly.

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The cake for the initiation ceremony


1. Adrianne Shearer 2. Sean Karlage 3. Dave Smith 4. Robert DeJaco 5. Laura Martin 6. Melody Burkhart 7. Brandon Isaac 8. Josiah Hanna 9. David Spencer 10. Kathryn Gardner 11. Dr. Bruce Walcott

Electees/New Members: Fall

1. Nicholas Aerni 2. Roberto Arreaza 3. Davis Barrios 4. Kyle Bauman 5. David Blanford 6. Cassandra Cox 7. Jada Cruce 8. Robert DeJaco 9. Scott Deschamp 10. Caleb DeVries 11. Brennan Dobson 12. Collin Dunn 13. Charles Effinger 14. Tyler Flynn

15. Stephen Gordinier 16. Lindsay Gray 17. Eric Gregory 18. Shannon Haggard 19. Alexander Houk 20. Corey Hupman 21. Thomas Isaacs 22. William Kelley 23. William Kennedy 24. Benjamin Maddux 25. John Magner 26. William Meadows 27. Robert Meier 28. Christopher

Meriwether 29. Sarah Negaard 30. Gabriel Nickell 31. Katy Petry 32. Addison Rogers 33. Brandon Sander 34. Matthew Seabold 35. Kent Shepard 36. Brianna Smith 37. William Staats 38. Alexandra Tsoras 39. Patrick VanMeter 40. Julia Welch 41. Chu Young Kim 42. Cody Payne

43. Christina Willett 44. Logan Warriner 45. Shannon Woolridge 46. Lindsey Thompson

Spring

1. Amanda Anderson 2. Supreme Aryal 3. John Cybriwsky 4. Sean Hackel 5. Drake DeHoff 6. William Ernst 7. Eric Gregory 8. Matthew Hancock 9. Devon Hill 10. Kyle Hogue 11. Harry Hubler 12. Patrick Jorgensen 13. Cody Lonsbury 14. Ezra McNichols 15. Charlie Miles 16. Cory Parker 17. Colton Parsons 18. Daniel Pierce 19. Lucas Shelton 20. Jacob Stout 21. Philip Thompson 22. Krysta Waldrop 23. Ligeng Xia

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Project 24: Wearing Stoles at Graduation


Project name: Wearing Stoles at Graduation Date(s) of Project: 12/20/12, 5/5/13 Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [X] University/ College [X] Profession/ Engineering Area: [X] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 15 Electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 1.5 Participating: 4 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Tau Bates were encouraged to wear stoles at the graduation ceremony to recognize them as members of Tau Beta Pi and the hard work they put in to get there. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: Wearing stoles allowed the members of Tau Beta Pi to be easily recognizable at the graduation ceremony and was an honor for the students wearing them. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [ ] Yes [X] No The president announced that Tau Bates could get stoles to wear at graduation at meetings and contacted all members through email. The students that wanted to wear stoles were able to pick them up at the meeting or arrange a meeting to pick them up otherwise. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: Stoles could be purchased for $20.00 or borrowed for the ceremony if they were to be returned. The president handed out all of the stoles and kept track of who was borrowing and who was purchasing the stoles. V. Special Problems: N/A VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): The stoles were very easily recognizable, but not everyone at the graduation ceremony knew what Tau Beta Pi was. It was a great way to recognize the active members of Tau Beta Pi; only students that were “active”/had participated in enough events were allowed to wear stoles.

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A group of engineering students at graduation,

the Tau Bates were very easy to identify with their stoles. Participating Members: Fall

1. Melody Burkhart 2. Jacob Theiss 3. Elliot Magoto

Spring

1. Emily Rhodus 2. Nick Winquist 3. James Forshee 4. Kathryn Gardner 5. Brad Elliott 6. Daniel Pierce 7. Adrianne Shearer 8. Ali Omidy 9. David Spencer 10. Sean Whitfield 11. Adam Lyvers 12. Taylor Khun

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Project 25: SWE Bowl Participation


Project name: SWE Bowl Participation Date(s) of Project: 3/22/13 Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [X] University/ College [X] Profession/ Engineering Area: [X] Chapter/ Social [X] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 4 Electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 1 Participating: 2 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: SWE Bowl is an engineering quiz bowl that SWE hosts each year. Teams of four sign up to participate in the quiz tournament, where the questions are taken from the Fundamentals of Engineering Practice Exams ranging from physics and chemistry to professionalism and ethics. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This was a fun event that TBP participated in where we had to know about professionalism and ethics type questions that are on the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [ ] Yes [X] No Tau Beta Pi signed up to compete in this event as an independent team, along with many other engineering organizations, such as the Concrete Canoe Team, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and IEEE. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: The event cost $25.00 to participate in, and monetary prizes were given to the top three places as follows: 1st - $750, 2nd - $500, 3rd - $250. V. Special Problems: N/A VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): We placed second overall in the bracket-style competition, winning $500.00 for TBP and had a lot of fun in the process.

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VII. Index of Exhibits: Official SWE Bowl Rules:

2013 SWE Bowl Rules

SWE bowl challenges undergraduate students at the College of Engineering to answer general questions in the subjects of science, math, physics, engineering, and technology. It also challenges the students in their knowledge of UK and the history of the College of Engineering.

Date: Wednesday, March 27th Time: 6:30-8:30 PM

Where: RGAN Rooms 207 Rules:

SWE Bowl will be held in two rooms simultaneously, with one match per room. The brackets for the Bowl will be pre-determined by random drawing. The team that is asked the first question will be determined by a coin-toss. Questions will alternate between the two teams from that point onward. The question will be read only once for the team that is receiving the question and the will have 10 seconds to answer. If the question requires a visual aid it will be shown on a projector. If the question is answered incorrectly, the opposing team will be given 5 seconds to answer. The question will not be read again for the opposing team. The team captain must answer all questions and only the first answer provided will be accepted. Each round ends when each team is asked a total of 7 questions or at the end of 8 minutes. This will be a single elimination tournament. All judgment made by the SWE Bowl Administration is final. In the event of a tie there will be a single question tie breaker round. A question will be asked only once. Each team will have a bell, and the first team to ring in will have 5 seconds to answer the question. If incorrect, the second team will have 5 seconds to answer. The first team to correctly answer a question will win the match. Teams: Teams shall consist of no more than four members, with a single alternate member who may participate if one of the original four members cannot compete, from each organization. Each organization may have only 1 team. Each team must have a captain who will be responsible for providing answers. Pens and paper will be provided. No outside materials, including calculators, will be allowed. Once the competition begins teams may not change team members. Prizes:

1st: $750 2nd: $500 3rd: $250

A single round will be played by the losers of the semi-final rounds in order to determine the third place winner. It is strongly recommended to have a treasurer present to manage the distribution of prize money. If there are any questions, please feel free to email Sam Meffert at [email protected] or call at 270-202-9668. Participating Members:

1. Forrest Simmons 2. Sean Karlage

3. David Spencer 4. Adrianne Shearer

mailto:[email protected]

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Project 26: Officer Transition Meeting


Project name: Officer Transition Meeting Date(s) of Project: 5/6/13 Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [ ] University/ College [ ] Profession/ Engineering Area: [X] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 15 Electees: 0 (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 2 Participating: 4.5 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Each year we hold Officer Transition Meetings during which we review the previous year and create a vision for the coming year. As well, we have incoming officers meet with their counterparts (the outgoing officers) so that the outgoing officers can hand over any important documents or information and show them the ins and outs of the officer role. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This is a great way for the chapter to foster continuity despite the quick turnover of members and officers in the chapter. It also serves to unify the new officers under a common set of goals for the coming year. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [ ] Yes [X] No This event is organized by the incoming and outgoing president along with the chapter advisor(s). We hold our event a local alumnus’s home, which they have graciously invited us to year after year. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: There is no cost to the chapter; the alumni voluntarily fix a lunch for us. Some of the outgoing officers offer to drive carpools to get to the house. V. Special Problems: N/A VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): This event is always a great way for old officers to meet new officers and to pass along important/useful information. As well, once all of the business is taken care of, it is a great way for the officers to relax and hang out together.

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Officers enjoying a game of chess after the Officer Transition Meeting


1. Adrianne Shearer 2. David Spencer 3. Dave Smith 4. Kathryn Gardner 5. Nick Winquist 6. Sean Karlage 7. Forrest Simmons 8. Cody Lonsbury 9. Robert DeJaco 10. Josiah Hanna 11. Jimmy Frilling 12. Rachel Adams 13. Chris Stevens 14. Charlie Miles 15. Dr. Bruce Walcott

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Project 27: Officer Meetings


Project name: Officer Meetings Date(s) of Project: Semi-monthly Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [ ] University/ College [ ] Profession/ Engineering Area: [X] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 15 Electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 3 Participating: 2 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: We had meetings twice a month for officers to plan out our monthly meetings, discuss the status of current ongoing projects, and come up with some ideas for other events we wished to become involved with. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: The officer meetings were held to ensure that Tau Beta Pi was accomplishing the tasks we had set out to do, keeping up to date on projects we were doing, and we were ready for any upcoming projects. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [ ] Yes [X] No The officers meeting were run by the President, with input and guidance from the Chapter Advisor. A room reservation in the college of engineering was made at a time convenient for as many officers as possible (as determined verbally or via a Doodle poll). IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: There was not any cost for this, and the only personnel needed were for officers to be present at the meeting. V. Special Problems: N/A VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): The officer meetings were very productive when we were able to stay on track; it was also a great way to develop ideas for projects we wished to participate in or begin. VII. Index of Exhibits: N/A Participating Members:

1. Adrianne Shearer 2. Sean Karlage 3. Dave Smith 4. David Spencer 5. Brandon Isaac

6. Laura Martin 7. Robert DeJaco 8. Rachel Adams 9. Meredith Renz 10. Kathryn Gardner

11. Jimmy Frilling 12. Melody Burkhart 13. Forrest Simmons 14. Chris Stevens 15. Clay Greenwell

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Education/Professional Development Projects Project 28: Engineering Futures Session


Project name: Engineering Futures Session Date(s) of Project: 11/17/12 Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [ ] University/ College [X] Profession/ Engineering Area: [X] Chapter/ Social [X] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 3 Electees: 16 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 3 Participating: 4 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: We held an engineering futures session for electees to participate (it was open to current members as well). This was a great way for electees to interact and for them to be introduced to EF Sessions. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This activity worked on communication skills and people skills, it was a way for engineering students to learn more of the soft skills they often miss out on in class. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [ ] Yes [X] No To organize this event we submitted the form online requesting an EF session, and then worked with Wendy to set it up. We reserved a room and ordered lunch for the event. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: The only cost associated with this event was the cost of lunch; we ordered sub sandwiches for a mid-point lunch break. The cost was around $150 for the sandwiches, cookies, drinks, and plates. V. Special Problems: N/A VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): The electees all seemed to really enjoy the event, and we had a pretty good turnout. The lunch break halfway through the session worked out well because it allowed everyone the opportunity to get up and stretch so we did not lose people attention in the end. VII. Index of Exhibits: N/A Participating Members:

1. Adrianne Shearer 2. Dave Smith 3. David Spencer 4. Dr. Bruce Walcott

Participating Electees:

1. Roberto Arreaza

2. Kyle Bauman 3. Jada Cruce 4. Robert DeJaco 5. Caleb DeVries 6. Tyler Flynn 7. Alexander Houk 8. William Kelly 9. Benjamin Maddux

10. Robert Meier 11. Sarah Negaard 12. Addison Rogers 13. Matthew Seabold 14. Kent Shepard 15. Brianna Smith 16. Patrick VanMeter

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Project 29: Marathon Speaker


Project name: Marathon Speaker Date(s) of Project: 11/29/12 Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [ ] University/ College [X] Profession/ Engineering Area: [ ] Chapter/ Social [X] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 37 Electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 1 Participating: 1 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Before one of our usual monthly meetings, a representative from Marathon came to speak to Tau Bates about what it is like to work at Marathon, the importance of co-ops and internships, and professionalism in the workplace. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This speaker was great because he spoke on professionalism in the workplace, and what to expect once we get real jobs. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [ ] Yes [X] No This was organized by our chapter advisor, Dr. Walcott along with our Engineering Career Services coordinator. The Marathon representative was going to be on campus to give a couple of presentation throughout the day, so he was more than happy to present once more in the evening since he was already there. The only other planning requirements were to reserve a room in the engineering building and to advertise to TBP members. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: There was no cost for the presentation, and minimal set-up required. V. Special Problems: N/A VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): This event went well, however we should have spoken more with the representative before he gave his presentation, because some of the things he spoke about were targeted more for freshmen and less for highly qualified juniors and seniors. Had we conversed more about the audience he might have focused more on getting jobs in engineering rather than solely on interning and co-ops (which most members have either already had or are past that point in their academic career). VII. Index of Exhibits: N/A

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Participating Members: 1. Adam Lyvers 2. Addison Rogers 3. Adrianne Shearer 4. Alex Houk 5. Alex Wade 6. Allen Combs 7. Brandon Issac 8. Brandon Ivanchak 9. Brandon Sander 10. Charles Effinger 11. Chris Stevens 12. Christopher Meriwether 13. David Blanford 14. Dave Smith 15. David Spencer 16. Elliot Magoto 17. Emily Rhodus 18. Ifedi Anyaegbunam 19. Jada Cruce 20. Joanna Foresman 21. Jonathan Grabau 22. Katie Gardner 23. Kristin Cardin 24. Kyle Cooper 25. Lindsay Gray 26. Marshall Miller 27. Meredith Renz 28. Nathanael Brabon 29. Nick Winquist 30. Rachel Adams 31. Robert DeJaco 32. Scott Deschamp 33. Sean Whitfield 34. Stacey Schal 35. Taylor Khun 36. Tyler Green 37. Will Kennedy

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Project 30: College of Engineering Tutoring


Project name: College of Engineering Tutoring Date(s) of Project: Year Round Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [X] University/ College [X] Profession/ Engineering Area: [ ] Chapter/ Social [X] Education/ Prof. Dev. [ ] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 15 Electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 8 Participating: Approx. 780 (30/week) DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Tau Beta Pi offers tutoring in Engineering Subjects ranging from Physics, Calculus, and Chemistry through upper level engineering classes. We have tutors available from all majors of engineering to help their fellow engineering students. We are able to offer tutoring from 3pm-9pm Sunday through Thursday, the times when professors are less available and students are working on homework. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [ ] Yes [X] No Tutoring is organized by our Tutoring Czar (one of our officer positions), they contact Tau Bates to see who wants to tutor and set up the tutoring schedule from there. They are in charge of making sure all of the time sheets are filled out and turned in on time. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: Through a program with the College of Engineering we are able to pay our tutors $10/hr at no cost to Tau Beta Pi. We break up the hours into two three hour shifts each day, and our goal is to have three tutors available at all times so that is 30 shifts in a week, although most of the tutors work several shifts (up to 10 hours/week), so any given semester we have 15-20 tutors. V. Special Problems: Tutors are not always utilized as much as they should be, so we have been working on advertising more through the use of posters, talking to freshman engineering classes, and having the Engineering Advisors recommend it to students that are struggling in some of their classes. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): Overall, we have found this to be a great program because the tutors are able to help in classes that other on campus tutors are not able to help with. We do feel that the tutors are underutilized though, so we are continuing our efforts to advertise.

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VII. Index of Exhibits: Example Schedule


1. Clay Greenwell 2. Forrest Simmons 3. Laura Martin 4. Sonal Shah 5. Sean Karlage 6. Brandon Isaac 7. Jacob Theiss 8. Josh Weidemann

9. Kristin Cardin 10. Sean Whitfield 11. Zac Forshee 12. Kyle Bauman 13. Cassandra Cox 14. Edward Fisher 15. Tyler Flynn

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

3:00 Laura Forrest Sean K. Sonal Josh Sean K. Kristin Jacob Sonal Forrest Zac Forrest Sean K. Josh

4:00 Laura Forrest Sean K. Sonal Josh Sean K. Kristin Jacob Sonal Forrest Zac Forrest Sean K. Josh

5:00 Laura Brandon Sean K. Sonal Josh Sonal Kristin Jacob Sonal Forrest Zac Sonal Laura Sean

6:00 Brandon Sean K. Jacob Clay Forrest Brandon Kristin Jacob Forrest Sean W. Zac Kristin Laura Jacob

7:00 Brandon Sean K. Jacob Clay Forrest Brandon Kristin Forrest Sean W. Zac Kristin Laura Jacob

8:00 Brandon Sean K. Jacob Clay Forrest Brandon Kristin Forrest Sean W. Zac Kristin Jacob

Clay Greenwell Civil Jacob Theiss Civil

Forrest Simmons Comp. Sci Josh Wiedemann Mechanical

Laura Martin Chemical Kristin Cardin Mechanical

Sonal Shah Chemical Sean Whitfield Chemical

Sean Karlage Electrical Zac Forshee Computer Science

Brandon Isaac Chemical

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K-12/MindSET Projects Project 31: Tours for STLP Students


Project name: Tours for STLP Students Date(s) of Project: 11/8/12 Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [X] University/ College [ ] Profession/ Engineering Area: [ ] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [X] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 1 Electees: 0 (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 0.5 Participating: 1 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: The University of Kentucky hosted a Student Technology Leadership Program event and requested tours for the students (ages ranging from elementary through high school). II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: The tours allowed us to show off the college of engineering to students interested in STEM fields, and it was also a way for Tau Beta Pi to support the STLP activity. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [ ] Yes [X] No The tour was planned out ahead of time (which labs/places to visit and which to skip). IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: There was not any cost, and only one person was needed to guide the tour of approximately 20 students. V. Special Problems: There was a very wide range of ages on the tour so it was more challenging to provide information that was entertaining to the elementary students but still informative for the high school students. If TBP does this again, it would be better to separate tours by age. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): Overall, the tours were a lot of fun for the children that participated! It allowed them to learn more about engineering and what each of the different types of engineers do. VII. Index of Exhibits: N/A Participating Members:

1. Adrianne Shearer

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Project 32: Future Lego League Regional Competition


Project name: Future Lego League Regional Competition Date(s) of Project: 12/1/12 Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [ ] University/ College [ ] Profession/ Engineering Area: [ ] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [x] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 7 Electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 2 Participating: 5 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: FIRST LEGO League is a robotics competition for students in elementary through middle school. The program was designed to increase children’s excitement for science and technology. Teams of students work together to build a robot than can complete various specified tasks. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This event is a great way to foster and promote engineering to young students, they have to work as a team, design, create, troubleshoot, and present their work. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [X] Yes [ ] No This event was organized by FLL, who contacted teams in the region to compete at the University of Kentucky. Members helped with the registration desk in the morning, videoing parts of the competition, and with the core value and registration. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: There was no cost to the chapters. The chapter provided two referees and two back up judges/referees, and registration help. V. Special Problems: N/A VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): The event was a ton of fun to participate in for the kids, and fun for the members to volunteer. It was awesome to see how excited students got and how dedicated they were to their projects. As well, the event went quite smoothly so it was a pleasant experience for everyone involved. VII. Index of Exhibits: http://www.firstlegoleague.org/ Participating Members:

1. Sean Karlage 2. Forrest Simmons 3. Laura Martin 4. Adrianne Shearer

5. Brandon Isaac 6. Chris Stevens 7. Rachel Adams 8. Dr. Bruce Walcott

http://www.firstlegoleague.org/

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Project 33: Future City Activity and Judging


Project name: Future City Activity and Judging Date(s) of Project: 1/26/13 Project [X] Community/ Liberal Culture [ ] University/ College [ ] Profession/ Engineering Area: [ ] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [X] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 7 Electees: 0 (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 1 Participating: 5 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: The Future City Competition is a competition for middle school children, where they design future cities taking into account city planning, energy needs and conservation, economy, environmental impacts, and much more. TBP got involved with this competition by providing judges for the event and hosting an activity to keep the middle school students preoccupied while they were not presenting on their cities; the activity we led was a newspaper bridge building contest. Students from seven different middle schools came to participate in the competition. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This event is very focused on promoting and developing middle school students’ abilities in STEM subject areas as well as encouraging creativity and design. Judging the event helped Tau Bates develop skills in communicating with middle school children. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [X] Yes [ ] No This event was organized by the Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers, KSPE contacted TBP to see if we wished to help with the event. TBP organized to provide part of the judges and helped organize and run the newspaper bridge building competition. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: There was not any cost associated with this event. The supplies for the newspaper building bridge we purchased by Future City; the only supplies needed were newspapers (we used old newspapers from campus) and masking tape. The total cost of the activity was less than $12.00 (which supplied enough tape for each middle school to have a bridge building team). V. Special Problems: N/A VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): The event went really well, and the kids had a great time building the newspaper bridges! It was fun watching all the different ways that the kids came up with to build their newspaper bridges with such few resources.

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Judging the newspaper bridges by seeing which one could hold the most books.

Participating Members: Judges:

1. Kristin Cardin 2. Rachel Adams 3. Forrest Simmons 4. Stacey Schal 5. Dr. Bruce Walcott

Activity:

1. Adrianne Shearer 2. David Spencer

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Project 34: Family Math Night


Project name: Family Math Night Date(s) of Project: 2/6/13, 4/25/13 Project [X] Community/ Liberal Culture [ ] University/ College [ ] Profession/ Engineering Area: [ ] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [X] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 7 Electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 2 Participating: 4/event DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Family Math Night is an event hosted by University of Kentucky’s College of Education at various middle schools in central Kentucky. The event is aimed at making math fun for middle school students, specifically from lower income families. Tons of booths are set up with different “math games” that students can come play. TBP hosts a Binary Blast booth, where we teach them how to play a binary game on the iPad. Approximately 400 students and their families came to each event. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This event is an effort to make math fun for middle school students. We not only get to teach the kids about a math concept, we get to briefly tell them about how being good at math will help them in the future. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [X] Yes [ ] No This event is organized through UK’s College of Education and to participate we fill out a form with information pertaining to the booth that we will host. As a part of the event we help set-up the tables in the gym for the booths and then clean up afterwards. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: There was no cost associated with this event, the prizes were donated, the iPads used to play the game were borrowed from the College of Engineering, and the game we played was a free App we downloaded. V. Special Problems: N/A VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): This event was a ton of fun and it was amazing how quickly the student learned to play the Binary game! Everyone that volunteered had a ton of fun at the event; it’s an event we have done in years past and will definitely be continuing for years to come.

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VII. Index of Exhibits: Booth Sign-Up form explaining what our booth consists of:

Binary Blast Dr. Walcott and Tau Beta Pi, University of Kentucky

Rules:

Students will play a game (Cisco BinaryGame) where they must decipher the binary code on the iPad. BinaryGame

requires students to be able to add and subtract numbers to “break the code”.

1) Turn “on and off” numbers to add up to the correct answer. a 2) Based on the numbers turned “on and off”, add up numbers to find the correct answer. The game is similar to Tetris in that the binary problems appear in rows. If the student fails to answer a problem in time, another row containing a new binary problem will appear above the current problem. Like Tetris, if the student lags behind in answer the problems, the “wall” of problems will grow.

Math Skills: Students become comfortable in using another number base other than base ten (binary). Students must quickly add 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, and 128 selectively to represent decimal numbers from 1 to 255.

Extra Practice: Students can practice by loading the Cisco Binary game on iphones or ipads. The Cisco Binary Game is a free app that can be downloaded by anyone with an apple product from the iTunes App Store. If the student does not have an iphone or iPad, the game can be practiced at the following website: http://forums.cisco.com/CertCom/game/binary_game_page.htm

Resources you will provide: We will have iPads that students can play the game on, along with multiple volunteers to teach the students how to play the game. We will also have a cool student-made digital circuit that counts from 0 to 15 in binary. Last, but not least we will have WAY COOL binary watches for lucky JC students as donation prizes!!

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Photos from the Family Math Night Event:

Picture of middle school students playing the Binary Game after they learned how to play

Dr. Walcott, with his switchboard display!

Participating Members: 2/6/13

1. Adrianne Shearer 2. David Spencer 3. Sean Karlage 4. Brandon Isaac 5. Nickolas Winquist 6. Dr. Bruce Walcott

4/25/13 1. Adrianne Shearer 2. David Spencer 3. Sean Karlage 4. Cody Lonsbury 5. Dr. Bruce Walcott

Project 35: MathCounts Grading


Project name: MathCounts Grading Date(s) of Project: 2/16/13, 3/23/13 Project [ ] Community/ Liberal Culture [ ] University/ College [ ] Profession/ Engineering Area: [ ] Chapter/ Social [ ] Education/ Prof. Dev. [X] K-12/MindSET Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 6 Electees: 8 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 1 Participating: 2.5 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: MathCounts has a middle school math competition where students compete by taking a couple rounds of math tests. This year, both the regional and state levels took place in Lexington. In order for the competition to run smoothly they need a plethora of people to grade the tests to figure out who will proceed to the next round. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This event was a great way for TBP to support K-12 STEM initiatives in Kentucky, though we were not directly interacting with the middle school children, we were helped enable the event to take place by grading the MathCounts competition tests. III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) [X] Yes [ ] No This event was organized by MathCounts, we just had to show up at the specified time and be prepared to grade tests on a Saturday morning. A few other organizations provided volunteers to help grade tests as well. IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: There was no cost associated with this event. We provided 5-10 graders for each event but they were in need of as many volunteers as we could provide. V. Special Problems: This event took place on a Saturday morning, so we lost some interest because of that, but there were still plenty of people willing to help. As well, they provided pizza for lunch which helped persuade volunteers. VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): This event went well, our help was really appreciated. It was a really easy project to organize because all we had to do was show up, but the Tau Bates that participated enjoyed it. For the grading, everyone there was paired off so it was a great chance to meet other people and converse while grading the tests. VII. Index of Exhibits: N/A

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Participating Members: 1. Adrianne Shearer 2. David Spencer 3. Clay Greenwell 4. Brad Elliott 5. Meredith Renz 6. Rachel Adams

Participating Electees:

1. John Cybriwsky 2. Drake DeHoff 3. William Ernst 4. Devon Hill 5. Cory Parker 6. Philip Thompson 7. Krysta Waldrop 8. Ligeng Xia

Documents

The Tau Beta Pi Association · 2013-07-02 · 4 THE TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION Chapter Survey 2013 Survey Date: 05/13/2013 For: Kentucky Alpha This questionnaire is designed as an annual