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Our History
Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) is an honor society for electrical engineering, computer engineering, and computer science which is affiliated with IEEE. Our chapter, the Gamma Theta Chapter, was chartered as the 55th chapter of HKN on April 26, 1952 at Missouri University of Science and Technology. The petitioning organization, the Theta Mu honor society, was founded on December 5, 1950 with the intent of gaining formal recognition as an HKN chapter. The founding president was Homer E. Coonce and the founding advisors were Roger E. Nolte and Gabriel G. Skitek. Since this time, the Gamma Theta chapter has had a rich and varied history of engagement on campus and in the global organization.
Our Mission
The Gamma Theta Chapter of Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) at Missouri S&T is one of the most active professional honor societies on our campus. Through our pledging process, we welcome several high-performing students every semester, along with graduate students and professional members.
Our focus is to provide students in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and the Computer Science Department with the opportunities to develop skills and network. We offer numerous resources in our student project laboratory, ranging from study materials to electrical tools. These tools allow students to work on personal projects and gain design experience outside of their courses. We provide access to the professional development programs of global IEEE-HKN. We also serve the local community by partnering with non-profit organizations and educational outreach programs.
Our Values
We honor the Three Pillars of HKN: Scholarship, Character, and Attitude. All of our members have been shown to possess outstanding academic abilities, unimpeachable character, and positive attitudes.
About IEEE-HKN
IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN) is the honor society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Incorporated (IEEE). It promotes excellence in the profession and in education through an emphasis on scholarship, character, and attitude. Membership is a lifelong designation
Members have distinguished themselves as students or as professionals in electrical engineering, computer engineering, and other related fields of IEEE interest. The honor society provides a community for professional development and engagement and fosters a culture of service and volunteerism.
Eta Kappa Nu Association began as an independent national honor society for electrical engineering and later added computer engineering. This association was founded on 28 October 1904. The founders were a group of ten electrical engineering undergraduates at Urbana-Champaign who formed the Alpha Chapter at the University of Illinois by Maurice L. Carr and created the first and second of the founders, M. L. Carr and Edmund B. Wheeler, served as the structure. University of Technology (Ohio State University). The next chapters were chartered at Purdue University (Beta Chapter), Delta Chapter, HKN (Gamma Chapter), and Illinois Institute of Technology. Respectively. The university formal affiliation with IEEE on 1 September 1910 and is organized as an international network of collegiate and alumni chapters.
IEEE-HKN and HKN has inducted over 200,000 members and has chartered over 270 chapters worldwide. For over 100 years, Eta Kappa Nu has been dedicated to encouraging and recognizing academic excellence, impeccable character, and a positive attitude which are needed to lead and serve others. Members have access to the opportunities within IEEE, the world’s largest technical organization, advancing technology for humanity. Global IEEE-HKN strives to enrich the global community within the honor society and become part of the local and global sponsor student leadership and professional development events and publish THE BRIDGE electronic magazine. For more information on IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu see
Adapted from the History Content in the IEEE-HKN Operations Manual
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