The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Student Club of Hampton University

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) student club provides an opportunity for Chemical Engineering students to meet with other Chemical Engineering majors and obtain information about local and national professional developments. It also provides opportunities for students to attend scientific and technical meetings. The club organizes social and professional activities throughout the academic year. Student club president and advisor sit on the board of the Tidewater Section of the AIChE and the Hampton University chemical engineering students are invited to attend various events organized by the Section.

Membership in AIChE is open to all Chemical Engineering majors.

National Society of Black Engineers Student Club of Hampton University

The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) is dedicated to developing programs that will increase the participation of African-Americans and other ethnic minorities in the field of Engineering and Engineering Technology. It also helps to advance the role of the ethnic minority engineers in professional careers in industry. NSBE members try to give back to their community the expertise gained from their technical disciplines. The Hampton University chapter of the NSBE sponsors many programs that reach out to the community and its members. NSBE activities include programs such as the Pre-College Initiative, study sessions, a seminar series with corporate speakers and participation at various conferences. Membership in NSBE is open to all Engineering Students. Associate membership is also available to science majors.

Society of Women Engineers Students Chapter at Hampton University

SWE, founded in 1950, is a not-for-profit educational and service organization. SWE is the driving force that establishes engineering as a highly desirable career aspiration for women. SWE empowers women to succeed and advance in those aspirations and be recognized for their life-changing contributions and achievements as engineers and leaders.  The SWE Student Chapter at Hampton University upholds the goals of SWE and organizes events to reach those goals.  One event is “Adventures in Engineering” program which HU SWE Student Chapter co-hosts jointly with the Hampton Roads SWE Professional Section.

Announcement for the “Adventures in Engineering” program in 2007: Hampton University to host 5th annual “Adventures in Engineering” for local school children.

Hampton University (HU) hosted 2007 Adventures in Engineering conference on Saturday, April 14, 2007, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the McGrew Towers Conference Center on HU campus.   The event was free and open to elementary and middle school students and their families and was designed to expose them to the opportunities and possibilities in the field of engineering. The program was presented jointly by the Hampton Roads Society of Women Engineers (SWE) professional section and SWE HU student chapter.

This event has been designed as a career guidance project, for 50-100 children in grades 5 through 8, which would enlighten and inform young minds of the enormous opportunities of engineering careers in the next millennium. 

The main goal of the event is to introduce students to engineering, according to Jale Akyurtlu, HU chemical engineering professor and faculty advisor to the HU student chapter of SWE. This includes what engineers do and how they need to prepare academically for an education in engineering.  The event will feature demonstrations on water purification, building architecture using toothpicks and candy, and creating different types of ‘ooze’. There will also be a panel of professional engineers and academics to answer questions from students and parents, discussing the field of engineering, offering tips for education, and highlighting learning opportunities in the field.

The objectives of the Society of Women Engineers are to simulate women to achieve full potential in careers as engineers and leaders; and to demonstrate the value of diversity in engineering.