Mississippi State chapter of Tau Beta Pi inducts record number of new members

The Mississippi State chapter of Tau Beta Pi, an honor society for engineering students, recently inducted 49 new members into its ranks.

The 49 new members is a record number of inductees for the society. Open to all engineering concentrations, Tau Beta Pi invites students based on grade point average and major-specific requirements. This year’s induction ceremony included speaker Bonnie Chapman an MSU alumnus. Chapman spoke about legacy of the university’s engineering graduates, the great things they have gone on to do and how the Tau Beta Pi members are a part of that legacy.

“The current TBP student leadership has done a remarkable job of increasing the chapter’s impact on its members and the Bagley College of Engineering community. That is evidenced by the record-setting number of initiates we had this semester,” Matthew Priddy, Tau Beta Pi chapter advisor and assistant professor of mechanical engineering in MSU’s Bagley College of Engineering. “These students are some of the best within the college and to bring them together within one organization to honor and recognize their achievements is a wonderful thing."

Tau Beta Pi is the oldest universal engineering honor society and the second oldest honor society in the United States. It was founded at Lehigh University in 1885 and has over 250 chapters and 622,000 members at colleges and universities today. Mississippi State’s chapter, Mississippi Alpha, was established in 1928 and was the first chapter in Mississippi.

This semester’s inductees include by hometown:

ABERDEEN – Caleb Schrock, a senior mechanical engineering major.

BRANDON – Laura Lyons, a senior industrial engineering major.

CEDARBLUFF – Charles Raines, a junior computer science major.

CHANTILLY, Virginia – Gavin Seiler, a junior cyber security and operations major.

CLIFTON, Tennessee – Brantley Forrest, a junior electrical engineering major.

CLINTON – Yuexin Xu, a junior computer science major.

COLLIERVILLE, Tennessee – Jigar Bhatt, senior computer engineering major; Oliver Chapman, a junior mechanical engineering major; Rachel Hosp, a senior mechanical engineering major.

COLLINSVILLE – Railey Mayatt, a junior biomedical engineering major.

CUMMING, Georgia – James Chalmers, a junior mechanical engineering major.

FRANKLIN, Tennessee – Andrew Brackins, a senior mechanical engineering major.

HAMPTON COVE, Alabama – Zachary Barbre, a junior mechanical engineering major.

HATTIESBURG – Xinyan Jian, a junior biomedical engineering major.

HERNANDO – Joel Cox, a senior mechanical engineering major.

HOOVER, Alabama – Hallie Echols, a junior aerospace engineering major.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – Andrew Thompson, a junior computer engineering major; Adam Wofford, a senior computer engineering major; Madelynn Lewis, a junior industrial engineering major.

KINGSPORT, Tennessee – Ethan Crow, a junior biomedical engineering major.

LAKE ORION, Michigan – Grace Dingeldey, a junior aerospace engineering major.

LEAKESVILLE – Brandon Ladner, a junior software engineering major.

LONG BEACH – Lucas Walker, a junior mechanical engineering major.

MADISON – Timothy Usey, a junior electrical engineering major.

MARY, Turkmenistan – Han Berdiyev, a senior computer science major.

MEMPHIS, Tennessee – Emma Van Epps, a senior biomedical engineering major.

MERIDIAN – Aaron Brannan, a senior chemical engineering major; Daniel Bratu, a senior computer engineering major.

MOUNT JULIET, Tennessee – Daniel Hurley, a junior aerospace engineering major.

MURFREESBORO, Tennessee – Tanner Jones, a senior biomedical engineering major.

NESBIT – Julia Huffman, a senior civil engineering major.

NEW ALBANY – Hayes Richey, a junior aerospace engineering major.

NEW LENOX, Illinois – Brady Forsythe, a senior mechanical engineering major.

OCEAN SPRINGS – Mitchell Bowie, a junior mechanical engineering major.

OLIVE BRANCH – Dylan Bond, a senior chemical engineering major.

PICAYUNE – Jennefer Jones, a senior electrical engineering major.

QUITO, Ecuador – Salome Pastor, a senior industrial engineering major.

RALEIGH – Garrett Bradshaw, a senior electrical engineering major.

RIDGELAND – Vitor Da Silva, a junior chemical engineering major.

SAVANNAH, Georgia – Charles Griffin, a senior mechanical engineering major.

SOUTHAVEN – Ryan Shaw, a senior chemical engineering major.

STARKVILLE – Alyna-Marie Janus, a junior biomedical engineering major; Kari Oppedal, a senior biomedical engineering major.

SUGAR LAND, Texas – Austin Prevette, a junior aerospace engineering major.

TAYLORSVILLE – Alyssa Adrion, a senior biomedical engineering major.

TUPELO – Andy Guzman, a senior mechanical engineering major; Kiersten Tullos, a junior biomedical engineering major; Khaoula Kamal, a junior biomedical engineering major.

WESSON – Will McInnis, a senior electrical engineering major.