• Organization

The Lambda Tau chapter of the Eta Kappa Nu was officially inducted in May 2014. Our chapter is dedicated to encourage and recognize excellence in STEM fields located at University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez and uphold the standards and credo that compose HKN’s mission and vision. Candidates and members who have demonstrated exceptional academic and professional accomplishments shall be able to grow intellectually and personally in an innovative environment by engaging in HKN technical, professional and community outreach activities.

Maurice L. Carr, an electrical engineering student from the University of Illinois, founded HKN on October 28, 1904. The original perspective regarding qualifications for membership was that scholarship was important, but that the selection of students with the character and attitude that would make them leaders in profession was even more important. In the late 1930s, the national officers recommended that all colleges set the scholastic qualifications for membership to be the upper one–fourth of the junior EE class and the upper one–third of the senior EE class. On September 1, 2010, IEEE and Eta Kappa Nu Association merged to form IEEE–HKN.

Eta Kappa Nu is the student honor society of IEEE since 2010 and is dedicated to encouraging and recognizing excellence in the IEEE–designated fields of interest. Members consist of students, alumni, and other professionals who have demonstrated exceptional academic and professional accomplishments. Student members are selected on the basis of scholastic standing, character, and leadership. Through a variety of service programs and leadership training, members develop lifelong skills that earmark them for prominent positions in industry and academia. Members are better prepared for the post–college world and are especially valuable and attractive to employers. They are recognized as extremely capable, both technically and professionally. For more than 100 years, Eta Kappa Nu has embraced excellence. In the years ahead, HKN will continue to reinvent itself to meet the needs of its members, the institutions they serve, and our overall society.

• Undergraduate candidates must have been in regular attendance at University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus for at least one semester prior to the time of consideration. This excludes students whom are participating in COOP, Internship or similar programs outside the university.
• No candidate shall be considered for membership if they have on their record two or more failures in any subject on their regularly prescribed curriculum.
• Undergraduate candidates must currently be considered in honor roll by the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus.
• No candidate shall be considered for membership if they possess more than the predetermined amount of course withdrawals based on their year
• Undergraduate candidates must comply with the minimum requirements based on the completion of their degree and scholastic rank

This is our proposal for the year 2014-2015. It has all the activities that we plan to do and information about our chapter.