The Tau Beta Pi Association

Tau Beta Pi – FL E Project Reports

2012-2013 School Year

Fall 2012

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: FLE Chapter Project Report Project number: ____1___

Project name: General Meetings Date(s) of Project: 8/20, 10/08, 10/22, 11/05, 11/16 Project area: __ Community/ __ University/ __ Profession/ X Chapter/ __Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project Members: Electees: (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 4 Participating: 6 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Officer and General meetings that were conducted throughout the semester

II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: To organize out chapter activities, assign duties, and

plan to accomplish our goals. Meeting minutes for each can be seen on the next pages.

III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) ___ Yes X No

IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: No cost. Only members needed to attend.

V. Special Problems: None

VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): The meetings were all successful. We were able to

coordinate a multitude of beneficial activities for the semester.

VII. Index of Exhibits: Meeting minutes for each attached

VIII. Members in Attendance: Names attached within the meeting minutes

Tau Beta Pi Meeting Minutes Business Meeting - 08/20/12 Present Members: - Peter Killinger

- Karol Chorak

- Juan Ramirez

- David Cowan

- Mike Horvat

- Dr. Meeroff

Start Time: 7:00pm End Time: 8:30pm Reports:

- President: Discuss calendar for school year and assign tasks to individuals

- Vice Pres: Discuss convention and assign tasks to individuals

- Corresponding Sec: Current communications redacted

- Recording Sec: Pass meeting minutes motioned to accept

- Treasurer: Need to audit last year’s money spent and set budget for this year

- Chairs Reports as Needed: Membership Pres, DESS, Applied Scholastics, Fund Raising, Social Chair,

Web Master, and Community Service.

- Membership Pres: Current statues of email and mailing to new recruits, check on digital catalog cards

- Fund Raising: Check on getting FE manuals for testing site after upcoming exam (Oct in Miami)

- Social Chair: BBQ, ………, ……….., and then in the spring Camping, ……………., ……………….

- Web Master: Why is some form of the networking database up yet this is over a year old

- Community Service: Boy scout event September 22, ……………..Sept 15, ………………Sept 29

- Tau Beta Pi Meeting Minutes

Officers Meeting – 10/08/12 Present members: - Peter Killinger - David Cowan - Mike Horvat - Karol Chorak - Richard Mijia - Kaly Q. - Mike Doyle - Rebecca Pietrovich - Juan Ramirez Start Time: 6:00pm End Time: 7:20pm Business meeting set the date send out doodle – David

+Made introductions

Induction – Richard plus committee help - Email and Post on website exact list of tasks for inductees to do and dates they are due

- Working on getting last minute inductees.

- Richard will send out email to let inductees know about polishing the bent details and due date.

- Get polishing items for both buildings

- David will get more polishing supplies

- Get all induction materials purchased

- Not using mini Bents for this induction, just the ribbon.

- Prepare letters to hand deliver to potentials for spring

- Have staff/faculty hand out letter to potentials

- Get cards to mail to permanent address

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HQ Reports –Karol and David

+Brad Livergood agreed to help out with filing event/project reports, and keeping it organized for the

semester. - Get list of reports

- Determine what report will take to complete

- Set data before due date to complete reports

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MindSET – Need to be elected

+Use outside sources (sororities, education majors) to help out with MindSET. - Identify list of target schools in Palm Beach & Broward County ( Boynton, Riviera, Belle Glade)

- Form committee of Tau Bates to team with teaching student from collage of education.

- Contact and plan with EDU students

- Plan MindSET event for several schools (6) at the end of the semester after finals

- Plan at least 3 more MindSet events at that schools for the spring semester

- Write up events reports after all events

Service Chair – Juan

- Finish services event for fall ( great job to date)

- Beach cleanup event 10/21

- No food supplied for beach cleanup, just water

- Golf cart cleanup event 10/27

- Water Sampling service event (Kim Coppock)

- Contact her and it will contact for inductee volunteer hour fulfillment

- Write up service events report for events to date

- Plan 3 service events in the Spring have dates and paper work complete for winter break

- Start recruiting current Tau Bates for spring events

- Look in to tutoring opportunity at FAU for Underclassmen and or K-12 work with MindSet on this.

- Bebergal (CLASS Office) is looking for Engineering Majors to volunteer to do tutor sessions.

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Social Chair – Kaly - Plan spring camping trip joint venture OK

- Instead of the Engineering BBQ (Fall semester) she was thinking of doing a camping trip

- Meet your Major event way for freshmen and or prospective students to talk to us and learn about TBP

- Have freshman meet with upperclassmen to help them in their college career

- Have Dean’s office schedule/plan it

- Happy hour with local professional event

- Work with networking chair on alumni meeting

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Networking Chair –Mike - Pick date to have event on a Friday, 11/2, 11/3, 11/9,

- Work with Juan and Mike on forms and food to make sure date works

- Still have to decide on what type of food is wanted for event. Some sort of finger food. Mike will talk to

Chartwells to see how pricing is.

- Notify HQ of date so they can plan

- Notify College of ENG so they can plan

- Write what we want email to say and send it to HQ for them to send it to Tau Bates

- Write additional planning task list with dates delegate as needed

- Shirts sponsored by Company

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Fund Raising Chair-Kit - Check that the books that we received from PPE have the TBP discount on cost

- Sell books for Test

- Contact NCEES about the manuals from the test get card from David

- Must do this before test on 10/27

- Car wash

- Combine with golf cart cleaning on 10/27

- Bake sale

- Beach cleanup company sponsor pays per pound or volume.

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Old Business: - Bank Account Closed (Karol is Holding Cash)

- Going to try and reopen the account.

- $262.95 owed to HQ

- Karol talked to HQ about Soliciting Funds (HQ says FLE members ok not all local TBP )

- Needs someone to help

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New Business: - How do we balance budget

- Cords and Stoles – To walk stay active in some way (Vote )

- Changing price to $50.

- Propose to be just available to Active members.

- Add a provision to certain cases when a member may have to take a semester off due to medical reasons,

etc.

- Ways to stay active

- Officer / Advisor

- Service commitment per year

- Minimal attendance at Business meetings

- Re-registration for TBP through FAU

- Mike said he would take the Student Organization Training

- Insuring we win awards for next year

- What do we want TBP FLE to be

- Goals for induction (#)

- Goals for Service (#)

- Process for replacement of Officer/Chair that does not meet obligations

- If no positive response from Bert, then a vote will be called to remove him

Voting Verbiage for Doodle - Require an active status from induction until graduation in TBP to be eligible to walk with Cords and stoles.

Yes No

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- Purpose: Tau Beta Pi was founded in 1885 to mark in a fitting manner those who have conferred honor

upon their alma mater by distinguished scholarship and exemplary character as undergraduates in the field

of engineering, or by their attainments as alumni in the field of engineering, and to foster a spirit of liberal

culture in the engineering colleges.

- We do not want to prevent anyone with distinguished scholarship from the opportunity that TBP offers but if one only wants TBP as a resume builder and

does not want to build a spirit of liberal culture in the engineering colleges they should have only that. The cord

and stole shall be reserved for those who show exemplary character and foster a spirit of liberal culture in

the engineering colleges.

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- Path ways to active status

- Serve as an officer then an advisor for FLE attended minimal of one business meeting per semester.

Yes No

- Chair a committee chair and attend a minimal of one business meeting per semester.

- Yes No

- Attend a minimal of three TBP service/social events attend minimal of one business meeting per semester.

- Yes No

Tau Beta Pi Meeting Minutes General Meeting – 10/22/13 Present Members: - Justen Andrade

- Peter Killinger

- Armand Buono

- David Cowan

- Ian Anderson

Start Time: 5:00pm End Time: 5:40pm - Establish what events are currently being done and discuss the progress. We need to plan out future

events and establish dates

- Juan is finishing up preparation for golf cart cleaning service event on Saturday 10/27.

- Another service event was proposed to help new inductees finish off their requirements.

- Strong emphasis on getting TBP members more active and involved with events and officer/chair positions.

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- Short presentation on how to implement the Google drive into daily activity for each officer/chair.

- David explained the new layout of the drive and how to use it efficiently.

- There is a “lessons learned” section where officers/chairs can used to explain what they did good and what

they should have done differently

- Officers/chairs should add instructions on how to do their job efficiently for future members to reference.

- Peter set up an “Active Members” contact folder to be used to keep track of current active members and to

use when sending out emails.

Tau Beta Pi Meeting Minutes Officers Meeting – 11/05/12 Members in attendance: - David Cowan

- Karol Chorak

- Peter Killinger

- Juan Ramirez

- Mike Horvat

Start Time: 6:00pm End Time: 9:20pm - Establish what events are currently being done and discuss the progress. We need to plan out future

events and establish dates

- Juan is finishing up preparation for golf cart cleaning service event on Saturday 10/27.

- Another service event was proposed to help new inductees finish off their requirements.

- Strong emphasis on getting TBP members more active and involved with events and officer/chair positions.

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- Short presentation on how to implement the Google drive into daily activity for each officer/chair.

- David explained the new layout of the drive and how to use it efficiently.

- There is a “lessons learned” section where officers/chairs can used to explain what they did good and what

they should have done differently

- Officers/chairs should add instructions on how to do their job efficiently for future members to reference.

- Peter set up an “Active Members” contact folder to be used to keep track of current active members and to

use when sending out emails.

Tau Beta Pi Meeting Minutes Post-Induction Meeting – 11/16/12 Members in attendance: - Renzo Martinat

- Diana Correa

- Podchara Supupramai

- Daniel Harper

- Justin Andrade

- Antoine Elasmar

- David Myers

- Mike Muench

- Ian Anderson

- Edward Reyes

- Aleksandar Stevanovic

- Armand Buono

- Daniel Meeroff

- Daniel Parent

- Javad Hashemi

- Jhon Valencia

- Melissa Morris

- Peter Killinger

- Rebecca Pietrovich

- Stew Baskin

- David Cowan

- Karol Chorak

- Rebecca P.

- Dr. Petrei

- Steward Baskin

- Kelly Ratchinsky

Start Time: 6:40pm End Time: 7:05pm - Business meeting set post induction meeting

- Made introductions

- Review Service flow chart and have inductees stand for committees

- Explain officer’s positions, Introduce slate, receive nominations. Votes will be taken online via an email that

will be sent out at a later date and will be included as part of these minutes.

- Have slate and nomination introduce themselves.

Karol Chorek is stepping down from president due to graduation. David Cowan is now president and vice president position is open Rebecca and Juan are up for election of vice president. Votes will be takin online via an email that will be sent out at a later date. Juan gave speech to why he should be vp. Rebecca gave a speech to why she should be vp. Filling of Officer/chair positions: Will need replacements for certain positions at the end of spring 2013 semester. Explained the different officer and chair positions and what they entail. Induction team is needed for the following semesters. New inductees expressed their Ideas on what they would be interested in for spring/fall 2013 semester. David recorded this. There will be a Mind set planned in December. Explained the Cords&Stoles requirements to new inductees.


Project name: Kick-off Engineering BBQ Date(s) of Project: 09/1/12 Project area: __ Community/ X University/ __ Profession/ X Chapter/ __Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project: Non-Members: 50 Members: 10 Electees:_5_ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 0 Participating: 10 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: FL Epsilon joined other FAU Engineering organizations in an event designed

for new students to learn about the organizations on campus. In all, an estimated 75 to 100 students

came to the event. We cooked food, played soccer, volleyball, swam at the beach and discussed with

new recruits and other clubs what TBP is and what we had planned for the rest of the semester.

II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: To promote our chapter and explain our goals. We

also spoke with other engineering organizations about getting MindSET and Boy Scout Merit Badge.

III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) X Yes ___ No

- Engineering groups in attendance: ASCE, ASME, SNAME, Human Powered Sub team,

racecar team, others.

IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: The chapter pitched in 100 dollars to buy some of the food the

treasure went the day before to by this food .


VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): There was a lot of interest in the upcoming Boy Scout

Engineering Merit Badge Workshop. A few engineering students learned about TBP several were

invited and inducted later in the year

VII. Index of Exhibits: None

VIII. Members in Attendance: David Cowan, Stewart Baskin, Armond Buono, Attached is a email from

the planning process

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: FLE Chapter Project Report Project number: ___3____

Project name: Engineering Networking and Alumni Event Date(s) of Project: 11/9/12 Project area: __ Community/ __ University/ X Profession/ __ Chapter/ __ Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project Members: _34__ Electees: _3__ (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 30 Participating: 34 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: This event went from 5 until 8 and consisted of networking time, food, raffle,

tour of the LEED building at FAU and a presentation about alumni chapter formation from Curt, the

petition for formation of a alumni chapter was also circulated.

II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This event was to join the TBP FLE chapter with

local member’s alumni members, in addition to form an alumni chapter.

III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) _X_ Yes No

IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: Several members coordinated with everyone through email.

Another members organized food paid for through school funds. Curt, Tricia helped with the

communication to alumni members.


VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): We had a fun and formed a alumni chapter shortly after.

VII. Index of Exhibits: Attendance sheet attached

VIII. Members in Attendance: See next page

juan salazar FIU 2005

Adrian Luque Florida Epsiilon 2013

Anthony Marcus Epsilon 2011

Joseph Polimeni NJ Gamma 1982

Jeff Greenfield Lambda-Univ. of Pittsburgh 1982

paula christina viala FAU 2013

David FLE 2013

WILORD METELLUS FAU 2013

Debra Liccardi FL Epsilon 2013

Gaelle Garozzo FL Z 2005

Santiago Cardenas Florida Epsilon 2007

Kelly D. Ratchinsky FL-E 2012

Curt Gomulinski MI-E 2001

Maria Carolina Diaz FIU 2006

Jennifer Magnus Gent Florida Atlantic University 2004

Edgar Herbert Callaway, Jr. FL A 1983

Norman L. Brown III Florida Gamma (USF) 1996

Michelle Heethawakage FLQ 2007

Karol Chorak FL-E 2012

Becky Holcomb FL A 2004

Daniel Meeroff FL Beta 2001

Rebecca Pietrovich Florida Epsilon 2014

Elizabeth V Stein Florida Alpha (UF) 2006

Melissa Morris Florida Epsilon 2003 &

2007

Patricia McDaniel TBP HQ 1974

Bilal Assaad FL E 2012

Ricardo Castellanos Florida Epsilon 2013

Richard Vallejo Florida Epsilon Chapter 2014

Stewart Baskin FLE 2013

Ian Anderson Florida Epsilon 2013

Jane S Hirz Tennessee Alpha 1973

Aaron Vazquez FAU 2012

James M. Keba Georgia Tech 1977

Kalynina Queiroz FAU 2013

Renzo Martinat Florida Epsilon 2014

Alexis Kiever Florida Epsilon 2013

Jerrilyn (Jerry) Engelbrecht WI - GAMMA 1982

Justin Andrade Florida Epsilon 2015

Stephen Rosenbaum Illinois Alpha 1964

Daniel Parent Florida Epsilon Spring 2014

Curt at Bent at New Engineering Building before event

Polished bent raffled at event

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: FLE

Chapter Project Report Project number: __4____ Project name: Book Sale Date(s) of Project: 11/01/12 Project area: _X Community/ __ University/ __ Profession/ X Chapter/ __Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 4 Electees: 0 (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 6 Participating: 8 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: We organized and held a book sale with FE Reference manuals and Prep

guides went to all Fundamental of engineering classes .

II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: To raise money for our chapter's activities, and

promote the idea of licensure in the college of engineering.

III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) ___Yes X No

IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: Volunteers were needed to stand at the to go to classes and sell

books .


VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): We sold 30 engineering books from $5-$10each, and

made about $200.00 (not including the dimes that one student paid with...). We also had our Tau

Beta Pi sign at the table, so people were able to talk to us about the organization while we stood

there.

VII. Index of Exhibits: None VIII. Members in Attendance: Juan, David, Karol, Mike Doyle

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: FLE Chapter Project Report Project number: ___5_ ___

Project name: Boy Scout Badge Event Date(s) of Project: 9/22/12 Project area: X Community/ X University/ __ Profession/ X Chapter/ X Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 3 Electees: 5 (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 15 Participating: 6

DESCRIPTION:

I. General Description: At this event we assisted the boy scouts in completing some of the

requirements for their engineering merit badge that would otherwise be difficult to accomplish. These

requirements include meeting with a Professional Engineer, learning about six different engineering

disciplines, and apply basic engineering skills to hands-on activities using MindStorm Legos.

II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: Our goal with this event was to get the kids to

develop an interest in engineering. We like to give back to the community and keep up Tau Beta Pi’s

high reputation.

III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes __X_ No

IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: Our chapter provided pizza and drinks for the volunteers at $40.

We also purchased batteries for the MindStorm Lego kits for $10.


VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): We had approximately 25 boy scouts show up, three

guest speakers (Dr. Hashemi, Dr. Yong, Steve Foley), eight volunteers, and many parents and scout

leaders supporting. We were given positive feedback afterwards on how much the kids loved the

presentations, and hands-on activities. It was a very successful event!


VIII. Members in Attendance: Stewart Baskin, David Cowan, Juan Ramirez

IX. Electees in Attendance: Renzo Martinat, Diana Correa, Justin Andrade, David Myers, Mike

Muench


Chapter Project Report Project number: ____6 ___ Project name: Beach Clean-up Date(s) of Project: 10/21/12 Project area: X Community/ __ University/ __ Profession/ X Chapter/ __Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 2 Electees: 3 (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: Participating: 6 DESCRIPTION:

I. General Description: In place of a cancelled MindSET session, the electees cleaned a local beach

to fulfill their required community service hours.

II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This gave the electees a chance to meet with

officers and talk about plans for next year. It is also good to show the upcoming members that even if

one service project gets cancelled, that there is always something else that can be done to help the

community.

III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes _X_ No

IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: Supplies were available within the office because our chapter

has done beach cleanups before. The only expense was for bottles of water at $10.


VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): It was a beautiful morning at the beach and everyone

enjoyed being out in the sun. Two groups split off and walked a mile down the beach in each direction

cleaning whatever garbage they found. Gloves were provided. Sadly, the beaches get totally

destroyed in South Florida because people don’t pick up after themselves. It was nice to make the

beach nice and clean again.


VIII. Members in Attendance: Juan Ramirez, Rebecca Pietrovich

IX. Electees in Attendance: Antoine Elasmar, Marlando Laud, Ian Anderson


Chapter Project Report Project number: ____ 7___ Project name: Golf-Cart Cleaning Date(s) of Project: 10/27/12 Project area: X Community/ X University/ __ Profession/ Chapter/ __Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 2 Electees: 3 (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 1 Participating: 6 DESCRIPTION:

I. General Description: In an effort to assist the College of Computer Science, the faculty, and staff at

the Dean’s Office we volunteered to clean the College’s golf-carts since they were extremely dirty.


officers and talk about plans for next year. It was also a different way of getting involved and giving

back to the university as well as keeping good relations with professors and staff within the College of

Engineering and Computer Science.


IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: Supplies were lent to us from the lab manager. The only

expense was for bottles of water at $5.


VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): It was a great day outside and we had a great time

washing and cleaning the golf carts while talking. The staff were very appreciative with the work we

did.


VIII. Members in Attendance: Juan Ramirez, Rebecca Pietrovich

IX. Electees in Attendance: Aaron Hearnz, Aaron Vasquez, Edward Reyes


Chapter Project Report Project number: ____ _8__ Project name: Engineering Family Fun Day Date(s) of Project: 11/3/12 Project area: X Community/ __ University/ __ Profession/ X Chapter/ X Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 2 Electees: 2 (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: Participating: 6 DESCRIPTION:

I. General Description: This is an annual event organized by the Society of Women Engineers. We

had a few Tau Bates and electees volunteer at the event.

II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This event was about teaching the young kids about

many disciplines of engineering through ten different hands-on activities, such as creating a lemon

battery, a bottle rocket, and a wind mill, to name a few. These are great ways to give back to the

community and motivate young students to pursue careers in the STEM fields.

III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) X Yes __ No

Society of Women Engineers

IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: Society of Women Engineers organized the event.


VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): It was a great experience for all of us. We met many

people and got to know the electees better. Each of the tents for the activities had a few volunteers

and an engineer that was in charge. Both of our electees met a civil engineer that is manager of the

company he works for and they spoke for a while and exchanged contact information afterwards. So

it was a great networking experience for them and they got to see how Tau Beta Pi can open doors

for them.


VIII. Members in Attendance: Juan Ramirez, Stewart Baskin

IX. Electees in Attendance: Daniel Harper, Podchara Supupramai


Project name: National Convention Date(s) of Project: 09/27/12-09/30/12 Project area: __ Community/ __ University/ __ Profession/ _X_ Chapter/ __Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 1 Electees: 0 (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 10 Participating: 3 days DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Tau Beta Pi National Convention.

II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: Our FLE chapter delegate, David Cowan, voted on

issues, met other Tau Bates from across the country, served on the MindSET committee as a chair,

and had a great time!


IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: Tau Beta Pi covered Travel expenses for the delegate to travel

and attend the convention.

V. Special Problems: Lost clothing on trip other tau bates retrieved in Chicago for me.

VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): Convention was successful. Items were voted on,

committees were attended, people were met, and fun was had.

VII. Index of Exhibits: Group Photo Attached. David can be seen in circle.

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Project name: MindSET – Paper airplane Date(s) of Project: 12/14/12 Project area: X Community/ X University/ __ Profession/ __ Chapter/ X Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project: Non Members: 44 Members: 6 (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 10 Participating: 4 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Florida' Epsilon's chapter of Tau Beta Pi conducted a MindSET Session on

December 14th, 2012. It targeted third graders, and used airplane production module.

II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: The MindSET program was specifically designed to

increase the awareness of engineering and applied mathematics in today's K-12 students. The goal

of this program is to have more engineering and science majors graduating in the United States.

III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes X No

- The event was organized by David Cowan (President, MindSET Liason) and Anthony Marcus (MindSET Chair). The was conducted at JFK charter School in Lake Worth, Florida.

IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: The event cost the chapter $60.00 and is going to be filed as a

requested by the MindSET grant. This project had 10 volunteers working on it.

V. Special Problems: No special problems were present at this activity. Everyone contributed their

equal share and succeeded.

VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): The project was an overall success, with all of the

students enjoying the activities and embracing the concepts presented to them. The Students were

introduced to fraction and decimal as part of the modules which is the first topic when they return from

break.

VII. Index of Exhibits: Pictures Attached VIII. Members in Attendance: David Cowan, Ivan Bertaska, Juan Ramirez, Anthony Marcus Paula Viala


Project name: Fall 2012 Induction Ceremony and Banquet Date(s) of Project: 11/16/12 Project area: Community/ __ University/ __ Profession/ X Chapter/ __Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 21 Electees: 11 (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 30 Participating: 7 DESCRIPTION:

I. General Description: Our officers oversaw the induction ceremony for the Fall ’12 group. This was

followed by our banquet at a local restaurant.

II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: Bringing new members into our chapter is our

number one objective. The banquet following is great to allow everyone to celebrate another

successful semester.


IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: The induction ceremony was free, and 7 officers were used to

oversee the ceremony. The banquet following was $550 for members and electees to dine.


VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): The induction ceremony was held successfully and

without incident. FLE brought in 11 new members. This number was less than expected, but more

work will be put in next semester to increase our membership stats.

VII. Index of Exhibits: Photographs attached

VIII. Members in Attendance: Dr. Petrie, Dr. Meeroff, Rebecca Petrovick, Kelly Rechinsky, Steward

Baskin, Peter Killinger, David Cowan, Karol Chorak, Juan Ramirez, Armon Buono.

IX. Electees in Attendance: Renzo Martinat

Diana Correa, Daniel Harper, Justin Andrade, Ian Anderson, Edward Reyes, Aleksandar Stevanovic,

Podchara Supupramai, Antoine Elasmar, David Myers, Mike Muench

Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: FLE Chapter Project Report Project number: ____12___ Project name: General Meetings Date(s) of Project: 1/17, 2/6, 2/14, 3/11, 3/14, 4/19 Project area: __ Community/ __ University/ __ Profession/ X Chapter/ __Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project Members: Electees: (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 4 Participating: 6 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Officer and General meetings that were conducted throughout the semester

II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: To organize out chapter activities, assign duties, and

plan to accomplish our goals. Meeting minutes for each can be seen on the next pages.


IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: No cost. Only members needed to attend.


VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): The meetings were all successful. We were able to

coordinate a multitude of beneficial activities for the semester.

VII. Index of Exhibits: Meeting minutes for each attached

VIII. Members in Attendance: Names attached within the meeting minutes

Tau Beta Pi Meeting Minutes Business Meeting - 01/17/13 Present Members: - Peter Killinger

- Logan Furr

- Renzo Martinat

- David Cowan

- Daniel Harper

Start Time: 5:11pm End Time: 6:30pm

Discussed our calendar and events that are laid out for the current semester.

o Asking members to attend at least 2 events for the semester

o Science Olympiad is coming up on Feb 16

Need Officers and chairs to sign up for office hours

o Great place to do HW

o Answer questions about TBP

o Tutor students in various engineering classes that you feel comfortable tutoring in

Looking for about 3 people to fill the Mindset co-chairs

o Gave a description on what Mindset is and its purpose

TBP Pre-professional scholarship

o Up to $100 per student for 6 students (1 from each department )

o Get there name on a plaque in the Engineering Building

Looking for members to fill upcoming officer and chair positions for Fall semester

Goal for upcoming inductees is to get 100% of eligible juniors to join TBP

Tau Beta Pi Meeting Minutes Officers Meeting – 02/06/13 Present members: - Peter Killinger - David Cowan - Mike Horvat - Rebecca Pietrovich - Juan Ramirez Start Time: 7:00pm End Time: 8:00pm

Treasurers Report (Mike Horvat ) (10 Min) o Current account balances

$177 in account $160 owed to HQ

o Projection of expenses Get 2 pizzas for General Meetings, try and get ice from Coyote Jacks

o Problems with funding programs

Recording Secretary Report (Rebecca Pietrovich ) (10 Min) o Scholarship program progress o EF Sessions o Problems needing correction

Corresponding Secretary (Peter Killinger ) (10 Min) o Eligibility reporting progress

Report is finished, David will double check it o Membership participation

11 new inductees so far

2 juniors

8 seniors

1 grad student o Email list updates

Active members list has been updated along with the professor contact list o Old Business

Vice President Report (Juan Ramirez ) (15 Min) o General operation report o Induction progress

6 people signed for science Olympiad. Everything running smoothly at this point

o Problems needing correction Getting printer and key access (lockbox) for Juan and Peter.

Presidents Report (David Cowan ) (10 Min) o Current goals of organization

Scholarships

Get professors to donate to the Scholarship fund Induction Attendance

Keep working on the juniors and trying to get them all, along with the seniors who are about to graduate.

Send emails to our own disciplines.

o Juan: EE o David: ME o Renzo: CE o Peter: CoE o Becca: OE

Membership Participation Mindset

Need to find a member to take up the mindset chair o New Business

Setting up a test bank for students to use as a resource for their classes.

Juan, David, and Peter are all for it. Next Busineess meeting agenda

E-week o Sign up sheet

Mindset

EF sessions

Progress on induction

Test Bank o Summary of meeting

Tau Beta Pi Meeting Minutes General Meeting – 02/14/13 Present Members:

Justen Andrade

Logan Furr

Peter Killinger

Armand Buono

David Cowan

Ian Anderson


General Update (15 Min) o Current account balances

$17 in account after money owed to HQ COSO ~1500

o Projection of expenses COSO ~1400

o Scholarship program progress Got approval from Dr. Z Wording of award is now being worked on

o EF Sessions half done this semester Session for Spring break will be rescheduled

o Eligibility reporting finished o Membership participation

25 new inductees so far Science Olympiad. ( 2/16/13) contact Antoine Elasmar

New Business (25 min) o Bowling Night’s at Strikes

$1 for shoes, $1 per game Planned for Monday March 18th 9pm

o End of the year BBQ at Spanish River Park Planned for April 20th (day after induction) This will get the new inductees involved Use COSO funds for supplying food

o Camping trip at Quite Water’s Park Justin Andrade will look into group rates and other details

o Setting up a test bank for students to use as a resource for their classes. Place were students can go to get practice exams for studying

o E-week Sign up sheet

o Science Olympiad. ( 2/16/13) contact Antoine Elasmar o Mindset

Need to find a member to take up the mindset chair we have 5 schools that want to do events and will come to FAU to do them.

Summary of meeting (10 min)

Tau Beta Pi Meeting Minutes Officers Meeting – 03/11/13 Members in attendance: - David Cowan

- Peter Killinger

- Juan Ramirez

- Mike Horvat


Boy Scout Event

o David Cowan contacted David Sunderman to set up a Boy Scout event

o Suggested for March 30th

Mindset

o Suggested dates: April 9th or May 3rd-13th

o Need volunteers 8am – noon

Need at least 8 constant people there the whole time

Beach Cleanup

o Suggested for March 16th or 23rd

EF

o Session planned for April 6th

Scholarship

o Get scholarship program back from Becca so we can get it finished and ready for the

fall.

Officer Positions

o Need to find replacements for Officer positions and chairs. Possible Officers:

Corresponding Secretary - Ahmad

Treasurer - Melissa

President - Juan Ramirez

Recording Secretary - Antoine Elasmar

Vice President - Renzo

Mind Set – Mateo Duenas

Scholarship –

EF sessions –

FAU liaison – Ian has it up to the end of fall

Social Char –

Funding chair – Daniel Parent

Fall Convention

o Juan and Renzo proposed an interest in going

Business meeting this week

o Mind Set

6-8 people

o Leadership positions

o Juan will get the pizza

Banking Account

o $868.05 in account

o $188 owed to HQ

Induction

o Changing the banquet to on campus instead of having it off-campus

In DaVinci room with Chartwells catering

$20 or more as a budget per person, depending on how much we get from

COSO

o Proposing to attend Emergency funding meeting to ask for more funds for Banquet.

End of year BBQ

o April 20th

o 10am-2pm

Summary of meeting

Tau Beta Pi Meeting Minutes General Meeting – 03/14/13 Members in attendance: - Peter Killinger

- David Cowan

- Mike Muench

- Ian Anderson

- Melissa Fichera

- Armand Buono


Boy Scout Event (10 min)

o David Cowan contacted David Sunderman to set up a Boy Scout event

o Suggested for March 30th

o Will take place in Engineering East

Mindset (10 min)

o Pushed from end of Spring 2013 Semester to Fall 2013 semester

o Need volunteers 8am – noon

Need at least 8 constant people there the whole time

o Teaming up with College of Education

Dean will be sending an email out to education majors

David will order more cords and stoles for Tau Bates graduating this semester (Spring 2013)

Beach Cleanup (5 min)

o Suggested for March 16th or 23rd

o David will see if any inductees are interested in a beach cleanup this Sunday (March

17th)

EF (5 min)

o Session planned for April 6th

Officer Positions (20 min)

o Need to find replacements for Officer positions and chairs.

Induction

o Looking to have Induction banquet on campus this semester, to cut down cost

o Asking professors who are TBP to come to Induction to encourage new inductees

End of year BBQ (10 min)

o April 20th 10am-2pm

o Try and team with IEEE to have a joint BBQ

Peter will contact Justin Andrade to find out the status of the Bowling night March 18th

o As of now it is planned for this Monday night March 18th

Summary of meeting

Tau Beta Pi Meeting Minutes Post-Induction Meeting – 04/19/13 Members in attendance: - Aaron Vazquez

- Adrian Desilva

- Adrian Luque

- Ahmad Rabbani

- Aimee Hanley

- Anthony Marcus

- Armand Buono

- Bassem Alhalabi

- Cameron Trepeck

- Daniel Caycho

- Daniel Meeroff

- Daniel Parent

- Edgar An Emmanuel

Caicedo

- Ethan Hearne

- Felipe Carvalho

- Fernando Pleitez

- Francisco Martinez

- Ivan Gerasimovich

- Jacob Rose

- Jairo Assis

- Jared Lee

- Javad Hashemi

- Jhon Valencia

- Jonathan Murphy

- Jorge Martinez

- Jose A. Garcia

- Juan Ramirez

- Julian Garzon

- Justin Andrade

- Lei Zheng

- Luis cortes

- Madasamy Arockiasamy

- Malissa Augustin

- Marcello ferri

- Mateo Dueñas

- Maximilian Pionzio

- Melissa Morris

- Michael Lima

- Mike muench

- Navardo Henry

- Oge Marques

- Peter Killinger

- Rebecca Pietrovich

- Reid Richardson

- Renzo Martinat

- Richard vallejo

- Roland Rodriguez

- Sadrac Blanc

- Sonia Angel

- Stephanie Sullivan

- Steven Gann

- Stew Baskin

- Sudesh Jaggernauth

- Theodore Bruney

- Theodore Schloss


Business meeting set post induction meeting

Made introductions

o Review Service flow chart and have inductees stand for committees

o Explain officer’s positions, Introduce slate, receive nominations. Votes will be taken

online via an email that will be sent out at a later date and will be included as part of

these minutes.

o Have slate and nomination introduce themselves.

Filling of Officer/chair positions:

There will be a Mindset planned for May 2 if possible.

Explained the Cords&Stoles requirements to new inductees.


Project name: Science Olympiad Date(s) of Project: 2/16/13 Project area: X Community/ X University/ __ Profession/ X Chapter/ X Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 4 Electees: 11 (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: Participating: 6 DESCRIPTION:

I. General Description: This is an event where students from middle and high school compete in a

wide variety of different events.

II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: To Tau Bates this event was about supporting the

critical thinking and creativity that these bright young middle and high school students are

demonstrating. Some of the events included mousetrap cars, robot arms, magnetic levitation

vehicles, and many more. The Science Olympiad is a competition that starts between schools locally,

then on a district level, then regional level (which is the event FAU was hosting). Promoting the STEM

fields to young students is one of our main objectives and because of this it was a successful event.

III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) X Yes __ No

FAU College of Science

IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: The College of Science organized the event. We had numerous

Tau Bates and electees assist in being event assistants and liaisons for the schools.


VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): Many of the new electees got to know each other better.

Everyone enjoyed the event, the middle and high school students said they had a blast, and the

organizers were very appreciative of Tau Beta Pi’s volunteering. We now remain in close contact with

the director that oversees the Science Olympiads about new ways to volunteer and help drive young

kids to pursue engineering careers.


VIII. Members in Attendance: Juan Ramirez, Stewart Baskin, Anthony Marcus, Rebecca Pietrovich

IX. Electees in Attendance: Jairo Assis, Theodore Bruney, Mateo Duenas, Steven Gann, Ethan

Hearne, Navardo Henry, Jared Lee, Jorge Martinez, Maximilian Pionzio, Reid Richardson, Theodore

Schloss

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: FLE Chapter Project Report Project number: ____ 14__

Project name: Engineers Week Pre-College Day Date(s) of Project: 2/19/13 Project area: X Community/ X University/ X Profession/ __ Chapter/ X Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 6 Electees: (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 10 Participating: 5 DESCRIPTION:

I. General Description: The College of Engineering at FAU celebrated E-Week with a variety of

different events. It was only natural for them to enlist the services of our chapter to help with planning,

organizing, and running things.

II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: Giving some volunteer hours to the Engineering

Department is a great way to show them our dedication to the college. We are happy to help them

plan events, and our members are always reliable workers. Also, they gave us a nicely sized and very

accessible office on the first floor of the new green engineering building at FAU; that’s a nice incentive

to help them wherever needed.


- FAU Department of Engineering Student Services (DESS)

IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: Six members were needed to plan the event and help with a

variety of tasks.


VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): The members involved first needed to attend a few

meetings to plan the events for the week. Tuesday was a fun day with Middle and High School

students from the Palm Beach County area. They got to enjoy tours of the engineering buildings, hear

from our professors about the fun life of engineers, and participate in small activities. Tau Bates

provided help in all of these areas, especially the tours.


VIII. Members In Attendance: Stewart Baskin, Debra Liccardi, Juan Ramirez, Michael Horvat, Peter

Killinger, Bilal Assaad


Chapter Project Report Project number: ____ 15 ___ Project name: Beach Clean-up Date(s) of Project: 3/30/13 Project area: X Community/ __ University/ __ Profession/ X Chapter/ __Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 3 Electees: 17 (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: Participating: 6 DESCRIPTION:

I. General Description: In place of a cancelled Boy Scout Badge Event, the electees cleaned a local

beach to fulfill their required community service hours.


officers and talk about plans for next year. It is also good to show the upcoming members that even if

one service project gets cancelled, that there is always something else that can be done to help the

community.


IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: Supplies were available within the office because our chapter

has done beach cleanups before. The only expense was for bottles of water at $10.


VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): It was a beautiful morning at the beach and everyone

enjoyed being out in the sun. Two groups split off and walked a mile down the beach in each direction

cleaning whatever garbage they found. Gloves were provided. Sadly, the beaches get totally

destroyed in South Florida because people don’t pick up after themselves. It was nice to make the

beach nice and clean again.


VIII. Members in Attendance: Juan Ramirez, David Cowan, Antoine Elasmar

IX. Electees in Attendance: Sonia Angel, Sadrac Blanc, Emmanuel Caicedo, Felipe Carvalho, Daniel

Caycho, Luis Cortes Coy, Jose Garcia, Julian Garcia, Ivan Gerasimovich, Aimee Hanley, Sergio

Martinez, Jorge Martinez, Jonathan Murphy, Ahmad Rabbani, Jacob Rose, Stephanie Sullivan, Jhon

Valencia

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: FLE Chapter Project Report Project number: ____16 ___

Project name: Boy Scout Badge Event Date(s) of Project: 4/13/13 Project area: X Community/ X University/ __ Profession/ X Chapter/ X Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 4 Electees: (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 15 Participating: 6

DESCRIPTION:

I. General Description: At this event we assisted the boy scouts in completing some of the

requirements for their engineering merit badge that would otherwise be difficult to accomplish. These

requirements include meeting with a Professional Engineer, learning about six different engineering

disciplines, and apply basic engineering skills to hands-on activities using MindStorm Legos.

II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: Our goal with this event was to get the kids to

develop an interest in engineering. We like to give back to the community and keep up Tau Beta Pi’s

high reputation.


IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: Our chapter provided subs and drinks for the volunteers at $30.

We also purchased batteries for the MindStorm Lego kits for $10.


VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): We had approximately 8 boy scouts show up, three one

speaker (Dr. Su), four volunteers, and many parents and scout leaders supporting. We were given

positive feedback afterwards on how much the kids loved the presentations, and hands-on activities.

The kids seemed to enjoy the lecture and activity on circuits and batteries. Overall it was a very

successful event!


VIII. Members in Attendance: David Cowan, Juan Ramirez, Daniel Parent, Antoine Elasmar

IX. Electees in Attendance:


Project name: EF – Group Process Date(s) of Project: 1/19/13 Project area: __ Community/ __ University/ __ Profession/ __ Chapter/ X Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project: Members: 5 electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 2 Participating: 4 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Course presented by a Tau Beta Pi facilitator, in which students were shown

how to work in groups.

II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: Give students the opportunity to enhance our soft

skills not learned in classes. Promote our chapter within the FAU community by providing free

workshops.


IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: Needed one student to organize and set up the event. FAU paid

for lunch for everyone.


VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): It was a great workshop where everything went smoothly

and students were energetic. This was our first session of the semester, goal was to achieve all five

session in the Spring Semester. 34 people signed up and we had 15 come.

VII. Members in Attendance: Rebecca Pietrovich, Marco Canino, Stew Baskin, Jonah Kilpatrick, and

David Cowan

EF Group Process - January 19th

Present Name Email

Michael Lima [email protected]

Sajjad Abazari Aghdam [email protected]

james coissy [email protected]

Present Sifat Islam [email protected]

Rebecca Pietrovich [email protected]

Neil Coffman [email protected]

Ola Ajaj [email protected]

Present Sergei Dines [email protected]

Maria Minan [email protected]

Robert Nelson [email protected]

Present Enel Jean-Juste [email protected]

Deon Medwynter [email protected]

Theresa McEndarfer [email protected]

Present Ali Fazelpour [email protected]

tim wehage [email protected]

Present Bianca Mesa [email protected]

Malissa Augustin [email protected]

Present Thomas Sonderman [email protected]

Matthew Lawrence [email protected]

Present Reid Richardson [email protected]

Roger Arcaya [email protected]

Present Stewart Baskin [email protected]

Ivelin Yuriev [email protected]

Present Hermane Etienne [email protected]

Steven Gann [email protected]

Jonathan Murphy [email protected]

Present Kendall Johnson [email protected]

Ricardo Castellanos [email protected]

Present Jonah Kilpatrick [email protected]

Present Marco Canino [email protected]

Present Janie Kelly Dos Santos [email protected]

Danielle Kolber [email protected]

Present Gabriela Espinal [email protected]

Present David Cowan [email protected]


Project name: EF – People Skills Date(s) of Project: 2/2/13 Project area: __ Community/ __ University/ __ Profession/ __ Chapter/ X Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project: Members: 5 electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 2 Participating: 4 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Course presented by a Tau Beta Pi facilitator, in which students were shown

how to interact with other people using interpersonal skills.



workshops.






and students were energetic. This was our second session of the semester, goal was to achieve all

five session in the Spring Semester. 30 people signed up and we had 18 come.

VII. Members in Attendance: Rebecca Pietrovich, Jonah Kilpatrick, David Cowan, Armand Buono,

and Ricardo Castellanos

EF People Skills - February 2nd

Present Name Email



Neil Coffman [email protected]

Mahdi Esfahanian [email protected]

Present Roger Arcaya [email protected]

Present Ricardo Castellanos [email protected]

Present Gabriel Espinal [email protected]

parvathalakshmi rajadesingh [email protected]

Nikolaos Markis [email protected]

Alex Morales [email protected]

Felipe Lenz Carvalho [email protected]

Present Nigel McDonald [email protected]

Kendall Johnson [email protected]


Pablo Oyuela [email protected]

Present Liam Francis [email protected]

Present Armand Buono [email protected]

Present Michael Noyes [email protected]

Present Rebecca Pietrovich [email protected]


Julius Hurst [email protected]

Adam Abdulhafid [email protected]

Present Jordan Horner [email protected]


John Palomba [email protected]

Ethan Hearne [email protected]


Present Rick Wharton

Present James Coissy [email protected]


Project name: EF – Team Chartering Date(s) of Project: 2/23/13 Project area: __ Community/ __ University/ __ Profession/ __ Chapter/ X Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project: Members: 5 electees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 2 Participating: 4 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Course presented by a Tau Beta Pi facilitator, in which students were shown

how to work in teams.



workshops.






and students were energetic. This was our third session of the semester, goal was to achieve all five


VII. Members in Attendance: Rebecca Pietrovich, Jonah Kilpatrick, David Cowan, Armand Buono,

and Ricardo Castellanos

EF Team Chartering - February 23rd

Present Name Email

Present Armand Buono [email protected]

Present Ricardo Castellanos [email protected]


Present Sifat Islam [email protected]

Jonah Kilpatrick [email protected]

Razvan Chiriac [email protected]



Jairo Assis [email protected]

Hermane Etienne [email protected]

Present Roger Arcaya [email protected]

Muhammad Saleem [email protected]

Present Julian Garzon [email protected]

sebastian manriquez [email protected]

Jordan Horner [email protected]


Rick Wharton [email protected]





Present Rebecca Pietrovich [email protected]



Project name: EF – Analytical Problem Solving Date(s) of Project: 4/6/13 Project area: __ Community/ __ University/ __ Profession/ __ Chapter/ X Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project: Members: 2 Selectees: 0 Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 2 Participating: 4 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Course presented by a Tau Beta Pi facilitator, in which students were shown

how to work out different problems.



workshops.




V. Special Problems: Facilitator changed date from originally planned date, setting back our last

session.


and students were energetic. This was our fourth session of the semester, goal was to achieve all five


VII. Members in Attendance: Jonah Kilpatrick, and David Cowan

EF Analytical Problem Solving - April 6th

Present Name Email

Present Daniel Lozandier [email protected]

Dylan Trotsek [email protected]

Present Muhammad Mudassar [email protected]

Present ROGER ARCAYA [email protected]

Present Ali Fazelpour afazelpo



Nikolaos Markis [email protected]


Giovanni Eugene [email protected]

Louis Lee [email protected]

Chijioke Azuogu Jr [email protected]


Weendell Esthema [email protected]

Present Karen Gonzales [email protected]

Dyllanka Zele [email protected]


Present david cowan [email protected]

Present Gaby Bitar [email protected]


Kevin Flynn [email protected]



Present Stephenson Richardson

Present Kevin Rammedar


Project name: EF – Presentation Skills Date(s) of Project: 4/27/13

Project area: __ Community/ __ University/ __ Profession/ __ Chapter/ X Education/

Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev.

Number of persons who participated in this project: Members: 8 Selectees: 0

Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 2 Participating: 8

DESCRIPTION:

I. General Description: Course presented by a Tau Beta Pi facilitator, in which students were shown how to

present in front of a group.

II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: Give students the opportunity to enhance our soft skills

not learned in classes. Promote our chapter within the FAU community by providing free workshops.


IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: Needed one student to organize and set up the event. FAU paid for

lunch for everyone.

V. Special Problems: Facilitator changed date from originally planned date at previous session, so finding a

facilitator before the semester was over was more difficult than normal. Ordering food was also a problem

because it was done the morning of the session because 620 Subs did not answer their phone the day

before for the food order, it was resolved and all members attending received lunch. Lesson learned: do

not leave food order to the last minute.

VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): It was a great workshop where everything went smoothly and

students were energetic. This was our last session of the semester, achieving our goal to finish all five

session in the Spring Semester. We set two times for the session, which worked out well and had most of

the people who signed up show up. 28 people signed up and we had 23 come.

VII. Members in Attendance: Rebecca Pietrovich, Jonah Kilpatrick, David Cowan, Armand Buono, Marco

Canino, Reid Richardson, Ricardo Castellanos, Ramy Abdel-Aal

EF Presentation Skills - April 27th

Present Name Email Time Attended

Present Armand Buono [email protected] 9am

Present Reid "Tha Bomb" Richardson [email protected] 9am

Present Jonah Kilpatrick [email protected] 9am

Present Sergei Dines [email protected] 1pm

Present Enel Jean-Juste [email protected] 9am

Present Gabriel Espinal [email protected] 9am

Present Muhammad Mudassar [email protected] 1pm

Present ROGER ARCAYA [email protected] 1pm

Present Ricardo Castellanos [email protected] 9am

Present Marco Canino [email protected] 9am

Present Gabriela Bitar [email protected] 9am

Present Ali Fazelpour [email protected] 9am

Present Thomas Sonderman [email protected] 9am

Present Jonathan Solano [email protected] 9am

Present Sifat Islam [email protected] 1pm

Present Nigel McDonald [email protected] 1pm

Present James Philippe [email protected] 1pm

Ben Wiles [email protected] 9am

Steven Gann [email protected] 1pm

Present Andrew Bigby [email protected] 1pm

Present Kevin Ramsundar [email protected] 1pm

Karen Gonzales [email protected] 1pm

Present Ramy Abdel-Aal [email protected] 1pm

Ruben Abreu [email protected] 1pm

Present David Cowan [email protected] 1pm

Steven Gann [email protected] 1pm

Present Rebecca Pietrovich [email protected] 9am

Present Hugh Bennett 1pm


Chapter Project Report Project number: ____22___ Project name: Hand delivered invitation to eligible juniors Date(s) of Project: 2/13 Project area: Community/ __ University/ __ Profession/ X Chapter/ __Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 4 Electees: 24 (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 0 Participating: 4 DESCRIPTION:

I. General Description: The induction committee prepared invitation to hand deliver to eligible FAU

juniors.

II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: By hand delivering invitation to all eligible students at

FAU, our chapter hoped to bring in a significant number of new members.


- FAU College of Engineering

IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: The College of Engineering provided the schedules to meet

students.


VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): The invitation were hand delivered during normal class

hours, 11 out of 32 inductees were juniors this compared to a total of 12 inductees in the fall shows

that the invitations did have some effect.

VII. Index of Exhibits:

VIII. Members in Attendance: Juan, David, Renzo, Mike, Peter,


Project name: MindSET – Bridges Date(s) of Project: 05/10/13 Project area: X Community/ X University/ __ Profession/ __ Chapter/ X Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project: Non Members: 44 Members: 6 (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 10 Participating: 4 DESCRIPTION: I. General Description: Florida' Epsilon's chapter of Tau Beta Pi conducted a MindSET Session on

May 10th, 2013. It targeted third graders, and used Bridge production module.

II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: The MindSET program was specifically designed to

increase the awareness of engineering and applied mathematics in today's K-12 students. The goal

of this program is to have more engineering and science majors graduating in the United States.

III. Organization & Administration: (in conjunction with another group?) Yes X No

- The event was organized by David Cowan (President, MindSET Liason) and Anthony Marcus (MindSET Chair). The was conducted at JFK charter School in Lake Worth, Florida.

IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: The event cost the chapter $70.00 and is going to be filed as a

requested by the MindSET grant. This project had 10 volunteers working on it.

V. Special Problems: No special problems were present at this activity. Everyone contributed their

equal share and succeeded.

VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): The project was an overall success, with all of the

students enjoying the activities and embracing the concepts presented to them. The Students were

introduced forces loads, cost and triangles .

VII. Index of Exhibits: Pictures Attached VIII. Members in Attendance: David Cowan, Juan Ramirez, Anthony Marcus ,Malissa Augustine, Adrian Luque


Project name: Spring ’13 Induction Orientation Meetings Date(s) of Project: 2/06, 2/07,

Durign office hours: Monday: 2pm – 5pm, Tuesday: 11pm – 3pm, Thursday: 1pm – 3pm, 4pm

– 5pm, Friday: 1pm – 2pm Project area: Community/ __ University/ __ Profession/ X Chapter/ __Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 4 Electees: 24 (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 1 Participating: 3 DESCRIPTION:

I. General Description: Meetings designed to introduce potential new members to the requirements of

joining and the goals of our chapter.

II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: Bringing new members into the society is the

number 1 priority of all chapters. By holding meetings to introduce new potential members, our

chapter is able to meet students that are interested in joining our chapter.


IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: None


VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): over 50 potential new members came to find out details

about TBP and our chapter. All of the requirements, goals, and benefits for new members were

explained thoroughly, and eligible members were able to ask questions about the organization.


VIII. Members in Attendance :Juan, Renzo. Peter , David, Mike

IX. Eligible Students in Attendance:

Angel, Sonia P.

Assis, Jairo C.

Augustin, Malissa

Blanc, Sadrac

Bruney, Theodore O.

Caicedo, Emmanuel

Carvalho, Felipe L.

Caycho, Daniel F.

Cortes Coy, Luis F.

Duenas, Mateo G.

Ferri, Marcello G.

Gann, Steven D.

Garcia, Jose A.

Garzon, Julian

Gerasimovich, Ivan

Hanley, Aimee K.

Hearne, Ethan J.

Henry, Navardo S.

Lee, Jared B.

Lima, Michael C.

Martinez Leguizamon, Sergio G.

Martinez Rivera, Francisco J.

Martinez, Jorge L.

Murphy, Jonathan D.

Pionzio, Maximilian

Rabbani, Ahmad

Richardson, Reid

Rodriguez, Roland M.

Rose, Jacob D.

Schloss, Theodore Z.

Sullivan, Stephanie N.

Valencia, Jhon A.


Project name: Dean’s Forum Date(s) of Project: 4/12/13 Project area: Community/ X University/ __ Profession/ __ Chapter/ __Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 12 Electees: (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 1 Participating: 1 DESCRIPTION:

I. General Description: Each semester, the Dean of the College of Engineering gives a speech about

the engineering departments and answered questions submitted by students. Tau Bates was asked

to come so to dean could present chapter awards to past president and members.

II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: Being recognized as a group that knows the

concerns of the student body is an honor. The Dean’s office thought of our members when organizing

the program, and this shows the impact that we’ve had on campus over the last two years.


- FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science

IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: None


VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): Our members submitted 15 questions on various

subjects. Most relevant were questions on budget cuts in the various departments. 11 members

attended the forum.


VIII. Members in Attendance: Stewart Baskin, Karol Chorak, Armand Buono, Debra Liccardi, Michael

Horvat, Anthony Marcus, Kelly Ratchinsky


Project name: Officer Transition Meeting Date(s) of Project: 5/13/13 Project area: Community/ __ University/ __ Profession/ X Chapter/ __Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 9 Electees: (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 1 Participating: 2 DESCRIPTION:

I. General Description: The final meeting of the year in which officers and officers elect met to discuss

plans for the next year.

II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: This meeting allows officers to discuss duties held

while in office. This preparation for next year will be beneficial for our chapter because everyone will

know what tasks they are to accomplish and what is expected of them over the next year.


IV. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): The next group of officers confirmed that they would

indeed like to run for office for the upcoming school year. Events for the next year were discussed

and officer books were transferred to the new group. The election is to be held over the next week,

and everyone is all set for the next year.

V. Index of Exhibits: Meeting minutes attached, with attendance

Agenda Summer 2013 Business Meeting Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM 1. Introduction (10 minutes)

New Officers:

Juan Ramirez—President

Renzo Martinat—Vice President

Malissa Augustin—Treasurer

Ahmad Rabbani—Corresponding Secretary

Mateo Duenas—Recording Secretary

New Chairs:

Felipe Carvalho—Student Outreach

Daniel Parent—Fundraising/Scholarship

Theodore Bruney—Community Service

Jonathan Murphy—MindSET

Jorge Martinez—EF

2. Goals and Objectives (25 minutes)

Induction

- -Eligibility

- -Sorting

- -Contacting

- -Requirements

- -Induction Date

FAU Organization Requirements

- -Student Leadership Conference ( 2 Officers)

- -Anti-Hazing Seminar (2 Officers)

- -Fiscal Training ( 2 Officers) *

- -Online Student Organization Training ( 2 Officers) *

- * indicates that Officers can represent multiple organizations however must notify Student Union

-

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Community Service

- -Boy Scout event for late September/early October: contact David Sunderman

- -Engineering Family Fun day: ask Rebecca about whom to contact

- -Involvement with FAU HS: contact Allan Phipps

- -FAU Events and other ways of getting involved

- -There must be two events with a set date by early September to be used as for the induction

requirement

- -Organize early so that Malissa can get food orders in

Fundraising

- -Sell FE Manuals and Handbooks

- -Sell books in the office

- -Dr. U brought up organizing an FE Review Session hosted by professors

- -Other ideas?

Scholarship

- -Talk with Rebecca about the template she came that was created

- -Talk with professors (Dr. Zilouchian, Dr. Hashemi, etc.) about donating for the scholarship

EF Sessions

- -Organize 5 EF Sessions for each of the modules

- -Organize them early so that Malissa has time to get food orders in

MindSET Events

- -Organize at least 3 MindSET Events each at different schools

- -Pine Crest Elementary School in Ft. Lauderdale showed interest: Get in touch with Keri Kolettis (5th

grade science teacher)

Office Hours

- -We have been given the privilege of having an office since we are the engineering honor society,

but to keep this privilege we must use it. Please sign- up for at least an hour or two of office hours each

week.

- -Officers/chairs get first picks, members get remaining picks

Tutoring

- -To get as far as we have in our academic studies, we’ve done excellent in many math, physics, and

engineering courses and as the engineering honor society we should give back.

- -Having members tutor classes they feel comfortable with (Calc 1, 2, 3, E Math 1, Physics 1, 2,

Statics, Circuits 1, etc.) during office hours

- -Promoting by going into intro to engineering classrooms and e-mailing students with the times

Social Events

- -Should we have a few social events throughout the semester to get all of the members involved?

Any ideas?

Cataloger

- -Volunteers to take pictures at events and periodically update the website

Tau Beta Pi Shirts

- -Is the design ready? Who to contact?

3. Communicating (5 minutes) Google Drive

Get each officer/chair’s contact info

-

4. More Details on Each Position (20 minutes) General run-down of each officer/chair position

Committee members are sorted but confirmation is pending

Ask for help when needed!

5. Closing Remarks


Project name: Induction Ceremony Spring ‘12 Date(s) of Project: 4/27/12 Project area: Community/ __ University/ __ Profession/ X Chapter/ __Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 30 Electees: 32 (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 10 Participating: 4 DESCRIPTION:

I. General Description: The Spring Semester Induction Ceremony, followed by a banquet for those in

attendance plus guest at dinner.

II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: Bringing new members in is our number 1 priority as

a chapter in addition to continued participation of current members.


IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: There was no cost for the ceremony location, because it was

held on campus. We had to buy flat Bent castings and ribbon for the ceremony, which was $400 total

and came from our chapter account. We managed to fill all needed induction positions for this year’s

ceremony with our 10 officers/officers elect in attendance.


VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): The ceremony and banquet went smoothly. Not as many

new members were inducted as had been hoped for, but those that we did bring in are very motivated

to be involved next year. To increase our efforts in bringing in new members, it is recommended that

Tau Bates go into select engineering classes to inform students of upcoming invitations. We brought

32 new students into the chapter for the spring ’13 semester.

VII. Index of Exhibits: Pictures Attached

VIII. Members and initiates in Attendance:

Felipe Carvalho

Daniel parent

Jhon Valencia

Steven Gann

Rebecca Pietrovich

Armand Buono

Peter Killinger

Reid Richardson

Sudesh Jaggernauth

Mateo Dueñas

Ivan Gerasimovich

Emmanuel Caicedo

Ahmad Rabbani

Daniel Meeroff

Edgar An

Malissa Augustin

Daniel Caycho

Oge Marques

Aimee Hanley

Stew

Michael Lima

Julian Garzon

Anthony Marcus

Renzo Martinat

Juan Ramirez

Bassem Alhalabi

Roland Rodriguez

Cameron Trepeck

mike muench

Lei Zheng

Luis cortes

Francisco Martinez

Sonia Angel

Theodore Bruney

Madasamy Arockiasamy

Jonathan Murphy

Marcello ferri

Stephanie Sullivan

Stephanie Sullivan

Jared Lee

Javad Hashemi

Jorge Martinez

Jose A. Garcia

Aaron Vazquez

Navardo Henry

Jairo Assis

Sadrac Blanc

Jacob Rose

Fernando Pleitez

Justin Andrade

Renzo Martinat

richard vallejo

Ahmad Rabbani

Jhon Valencia

Adrian Luque

Maximilian Pionzio

Roland Rodriguez

Felipe Carvalho

Daniel Parent

Ethan Hearne

adrian desilva

julian garzon

Aimee Hanley

Melissa Morris

Theodore Schloss


Project name: End of the Year Engineering BBQ Date(s) of Project: 4/20/13 Project area: Community/ X University/ __ Profession/ X Chapter/ __Education/ Liberal Culture College Engineering Social Prof. Dev. Number of persons who participated in this project Members: 45 Electees: (Please attach a list of names.) Hours spent on this project. Organizing: 3 Participating: 5

DESCRIPTION:

I. General Description: To end the school year on a high note, the engineering societies at FAU

gathered to enjoy our annual beach BBQ at Spanish River Park in Boca Raton, FL. The FL Epsilon

chapter joined forces with ASCE and SNAME to host a BBQ open to all engineering students.

II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP: Social activities like cookouts are the perfect venue

to meet people from other clubs and talk to them about their plans for the next year. Often, clubs work

together to provide volunteers for events, and plans to host some community outreach activities were

discusses during the BBQ.


- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASME)

- Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME)

IV. Cost & Personnel Requirements: The cost of food was covered by student organization funds

from FAU. Supplies were provided by our chapter, which were left over from previous events. The

venue was free, because it was an event for FAU. Zero personal or chapter funds were spent in order

for 40-50 people to eat all day.


VI. Overall Evaluation/Results (Be Specific): A few weeks before the event, the organizations involved

met to plan for the event. The different organizations then went to Costco and got a list of needed

items. After the paperwork was done, the school provided funds. All expenses were covered by FAU.

A group of 40-50 was present, and everyone enjoyed volleyball, Frisbee, and swimming on the warm

spring day.

VII. Index of Exhibits: We were too focused on the festivities to bring out cameras, maybe next year...

VIII. Members in Attendance: did not take roll

One of two bents on FAU campus before and after the 20 inductees polished it for induction.

Florida Epsilon Chapter

Florida Atlantic University • College of Engineering

777 Glades Road, EE 36 102M • Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991

Dear Committee,

I wanted to take a minute to thank a few people in helping with the past year and all that we have done. Rebecca

Pietrovich for all her hard work with Sherry King on planning EF sessions, Peter Killinger for his hard work in

record keeping and corresponding with HQ and the chapter, Sudesh Jaggernauth for his hard work in

maintaining the website and serving as a ever ready photographer for the chapter. Daniel Meeroff for his

mentorship and help in advisory the chapter during this time of growth, Stewart Baskin for all his hard working

placing the proper foundation so that the next batch of officers could follow in his footsteps Anthony Marcus

for all his hard work in conjunction with Dylan Lane on the MindSET program. Renzo Martinat for his hard

work on the Spring 13 induction and serving as the induction chair. Juan Ramirez as the Vice President a man

that I could always count on to get the job done without which many tasks would have fallen through the

cracks. Javad Hashemi for his support of the chapter in the department of mechanical and ocean engineering

and increment. Melissa Morris whose continued active participation shows that the is Tau Beta Pi after

graduation Curt and Tricia Gomulinski and all the help that was provide in the formation of the alumni chapter ,

George Morales for flying across the country when his chapter called and asked for help with EF sessions, Ali

Zilouchian for all the support that he provides through the college of engineering to TBP FLE , Maria Larrondo

Petrie our beloved chapter advisor how is always there to help and listen and suggest but never tells us what we

have to do so that we can continue to grow. Lastly to all the members and support staff that I have not listed or

omitted without whose help we could never do TBP work as well as well as we have.

In Grateful Service,

David Cowan

Florida Epsilon Chapter President

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