SGT - Constitution and Bylaws

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Membership, Purpose, Establishment of New Chapters

History

UT College of Engineering Traditions

Texas Alpha Chapter ylaws

Constitution


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PU!P"#E

The purpose of #igma $amma Tau is summari%ed in the preamble of the#o&iety's national &onstitution, whi&h states( )The #igma $amma Tau #o&iety isestablished to re&ogni%e and honor those indi*iduals in the field of aeronauti&s whoha*e through s&holarship, integrity, and outstanding a&hie*ement been a &redit totheir profession+ The #o&iety see s to foster a high standard of ethi&s and

professional pra&ti&es and to &reate a spirit of loyalty and fellowship, parti&ularlyamong students of Aeronauti&al Engineering+-

The name, #igma $amma Tau, signifies the merger of the parentorgani%ations into a single strong organi%ation, whi&h will &ontinue to promote theideals of those two #o&ieties+ All members of the two parent organi%ations Tau"mega and $amma Alpha !ho be&ame members of the new #o&iety+

MEM E!#H.P

The membership of the #o&iety will be those indi*iduals a&&epted into the#o&iety a&&ording to the pro*isions of the Constitution, Arti&le /+ The personseligible for membership in&lude sophomore, 0unior, and senior aerospa&eengineering students and graduate students who meet the re1uirements stated inArti&le /+ Also indi*iduals in the aerospa&e engineering profession who ha*emade worthy &ontributions toward the ad*an&ement of the profession are eligible+

The members may be 0oined together in &hapters or &lubs+ Chapters arenamed after the s&hools in whi&h they are established+ Clubs are named after the&ities in whi&h they are organi%ed+ Chapters may be established in &olleges oruni*ersities offering an aerospa&e engineering &urri&ulum or aerospa&e engineeringas an option of another engineering &urri&ulum where su&h &urri&ulum or option isappro*ed by the Engineers' Coun&il for Professional 2e*elopment+

E#TA 3.#HMENT"4 CHAPTE!# AN2 C3U #

Arti&le ... of the Constitution gi*es the re1uirement for establishing &lubsand &hapters+ A petition to establish a &hapter in a 1ualified s&hool may be

presented to the Exe&uti*e Coun&il of #igma $amma Tau by fi*e students whowould be 1ualified for membership+ A petition must in&lude affirmation, by afa&ulty member, of the students' eligibility, and the statement from an authori%edoffi&ial of the s&hool appro*ing of the #o&iety+ The petition should be a&&ompanied

by a &atalog or bulletin of the &ollege and statement of the number of students in

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the aeronauti&al &urri&ulum and the number of degrees awarded during the last twoyears+

H.#T"!6 "4 #.$MA $AMMA TAU

"n 4ebruary 57, 89:;, a national &on*ention was held at Purdue Uni*ersityfor the purpose of merging two national honorary aeronauti&al engineeringso&ieties, Tau "mega and $amma Alpha !ho, into a new so&iety+ The so&ietyestablished on that date was #igma $amma Tau with 8< Chapters, 89== membersand >8,5;=+?= in its treasury+ The final a&t of merging &limaxed three years ofwor to unite the two so&ieties+

Tau "mega

The older of the two original so&ieties was founded at the Uni*ersity of" lahoma, Norman, " lahoma, in the fall of 895@+ A group of students interestedin flying instru&tion and in the study of aeronauti&s organi%ed under the leadershipof + Court Hayes, Earl "+ Beining, ames $+ Hai%8ip, Barren E+ 2aniel and"r*ille $ul er, to promote this interest+ This group perfe&ted the organi%ation ofTau "mega and drew up its &onstitution, rights and by laws+ .n 4ebruary 8957, thefraternity obtained its &harter and be&ame national+ .t was then nown as a

National Honorary Aeronauti&al Engineering 4raternity+

The purpose of the fraternity was Dto &reate, foster and maintain a spirit offellowship and &o operation among the students of aeronauti&s and to promotes&holarship and help to the best of its ability the progress of a*iation+D

.n the early history of the fraternity, the membership was not made upentirely of engineering students+ The enthusiasm for aeronauti&s generated by Tau"mega and the growth that ensued made it possible to restri&t the membership toengineering students+ Tau "mega was gradually expanded to other &olleges anduni*ersities ha*ing aeronauti&al engineering &urri&ula+ These &hapters ha*e beena&ti*e on their &ampuses in promoting aeronauti&al, edu&ational and resear&ha&ti*ities+

Tau "mega annually published a maga%ine, The Conta&t, whi&h wasdistributed to all members+ At the time of the merger with $amma Alpha !ho, Tau"mega had well o*er a thousand a&ti*e, alumni, asso&iate, and honorary membersand nine &hapters had been established+

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The motto of Tau "mega, uid Pro uo, expressed the aim of attaining theresult of a*iation progress through the efforts of the members+ The ey of thefraternity &onsisted of an air&raft engine and propeller superimposed on a MalteseCross+ Also on the &ross were a &o*ered wagon and the lamp of learning signifyingthe pioneering spirit and the nowledge ne&essary for attainment in the field ofaeronauti&s+

Eight more &hapters were added during the years between the founding ofthe first &hapter at the Uni*ersity of " lahoma FAlphaG in 895@ and the merger in89:;+

Chapter 3o&ation 6ear 4oundedeta Uni*ersity of Bi&hita 89;5

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$amma Alpha !ho was founded during the summer and fall of 89:< at the!ensselaer Polyte&hni& .nstitute, in Troy, New 6or , with the *iew of ha*ing anational honorary aeronauti&al so&iety+ The date of formation has been &hosen as"&tober 58, 89


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2elta Uni*ersity of .llinois 89


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This first informal meeting resulted in the formation of definite plans formerging the two groups+ #ome important points agreed upon were( F8G The neworgani%ation would be nown as and ha*e its title written as a D#o&iety+D F5G Therewould be one grade of membership+ F;G The &onstitution of the new so&iety would

be a &ombination of the &onstitutions of Tau "mega and $amma Alpha !ho+

The same four offi&ers met again on Mar&h 59, 89:5+ Mu&h wasa&&omplished toward resol*ing problems and organi%ing the laws by whi&h thenew so&iety would abide+ The offi&ers prepared preliminary Arti&les of 4ederationand Constitution+ .t was then de&ided that a 0oint &on*ention of both parentorgani%ations be held to dis&uss and *ote on the following items( F8G ConstitutionF5G !itual F;G Name F


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THE !AM#H"!N

efore the tower &ommanded the &ampus lands&ape, before e*o presidedo*er UT sports, and before the Hoo Kem Horns sign pro*ided 3onghorn fans afriendly hand gesture, the !amshorn defined ex&ellen&e for eager to be engineers+.t is the &ountryKs oldest 1uality symbol+

T+U+ Taylor, the first engineering fa&ulty member and first dean of theCollege, began drawing an elaborate &he& mar on his studentsK wor a marreser*ed for perfe&t papers+ .n 89=:, Taylor o*erheard a student ex&laim he hadearned a !amshorn+ 4rom that &hristening, the mar e*ol*ed into a symbol Texasengineers sei%ed as their own+

To Texas engineering students at the beginning of the &entury, the !amshorn

represented a high 1uality standard that be&ame a lifetime goal+ Taylor begangi*ing all engineering seniors a wat&h fob engra*ed with the !amshorn, preser*ingit as a reminder to stri*e for ex&ellen&e+ He wanted to en&ourage not only a&ademi&ex&ellen&e, but honesty, sobriety, and high standards in all human &ondu&t+ Thirtyyears after the naming of the symbol, a group of engineering seniors establishedthe !amshorn #o&iety in 89;@+ #tudents near graduation be&ame asso&iatemembers, and alumni &ontributing to the College be&ame full members+ #tillsee ing to promote his high standards, 2ean Taylor initiated a spe&ial &eremony togi*e signed &ertifi&ates for the !amshorn #o&iety to ea&h graduate+

This group and another, the !amshorn Club, pro*ided a forum for preser*ing UTKs engineering tradition of 1uality, and ser*ed as a highly *aluedad*isory group+ Through the ad*i&e and finan&ial support of these alumni, theengineering program de*eloped strongly in the post Borld Bar .. de&ade+ Thesesame alumni helped establish the Engineering 4oundation in 89::, and later ser*edon its ad*isory &oun&il+ Today this group is &redited with helping to establish theCollegeKs >8:= million endowment+ Earnings from these gifts allow the College toemploy the professionKs best fa&ulty and support the &ountryKs brightest te&hni&alstudents+ The mar remains ali*e on the &orresponden&e and literature of theCollege, as a reminder of the high standards pursued by a &entury of UT engineers+

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A3EC

oe H+ $ill and his sophomore engineering friends did not reali%e the lega&ythey would &reate when they spotted a wooden statue at a&obyKs beer garden ba&in 89=7+ They 0ust wanted the day off+

"n Mar&h ;8, 89=7, this group thoughtfully &onsidered how to ma e aholiday of April 4oolKs 2ay+ They de&ided to &at&h some dogs, tie &ans aroundtheir tails and let them loose in the Main uilding to disrupt &lass+ An unsu&&essfulsear&h for dogs led the engineers to a&obyKs beer garden for refreshments+ Therethey saw a wooden statue about fi*e feet high holding a glass of beer+ Thesophomore engineers re1uested permission to borrow it+

The next day, an assembly of engineers gathered in front of the Main

uilding+ etween &lasses, $ill presented the statue as their patron saint and tra&edhis an&estry ba& to the pyramids, the Hanging $ardens of abylon, and theA1uedu&ts of !ome+ The &eremony su&&essfully bro e up &lasses+

The next year on April 8, Alf Toombs, an engineering student leader,un*eiled the statue in front of the Main uilding, &hristened him Alexander4rederi& e Claire, patron saint of UT engineers and, in a spirited spee&h, tra&edAle&Ks genealogy ba& to the $arden of Eden+

Criminals tried to spoil the fun the following year+ "n Mar&h ;, 898=, lawstudents idnapped Ale& from the steps of the engineering building+ Ale&e*entually returned, but this mar ed the beginning of many Ale& es&apades+ 4orde&ades Ale& remained at the &enter of friendly ri*alry between law andengineering students, suffering idnappings, amputations, and e*en an arrestfollowed by a pardon from $o*+ ames E+ 4erguson+

Today, what remains of the original wooden statue is ept safely in theengineering library+ As engineering &ontinues to re1uire &reati*e people to designso&ietyKs future, Ale&Ks in&eption and enduran&e remains a lighthearted symbol ofinno*ation and perse*eran&e+

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3.$HT.N$ THE T"BE!

Carl + E& hardt r+ ne*er won a Nobel Pri%e for his wor with light, but hestarted some great UT traditions+ E& hardt used light as he would use wood andmetal( to &elebrate the 3onghorn spirit+ Bhen he implemented the orange lightingof the UT tower, he demonstrated one of the engineerKs &hief &ontributions toso&iety applying te&hnology for human purposes+

Bith two UT engineering degrees and a fa&ulty post, E& hardt be&ame headof the UT Physi&al Plant in 89;8+ That positioned him to super*ise &onstru&tion ofthe &ampusK new landmar the Main uilding Tower+ He saw wor &rews hammerout the towerKs position, administrators plan its use and students study its stru&ture+Meanwhile E& hardt de*ised a lighting system to ta e ad*antage of its&ommanding ar&hite&ture to announ&e UT a&hie*ements+ Not surprisingly, the

football team ga*e him his lighting debut+

E& hardtKs orange lights first flooded the tower in 89;@+ The year the highrise stru&ture was &ompleted, E& hardtKs lights signaled a 9 ? football *i&tory thatspoiled aylor Uni*ersityKs unbeaten season+

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"PE!AT."N $"PHE!

The first a&t of the newly formed #tudent Engineering Coun&il was literallyto start digging a hole for itself+ 4our years after the first sho*el of dirt was turned,D"peration $opherD pro*ed to be one of the largest and most su&&essful student

pro0e&ts in the history of The Uni*ersity+

.n the fall of 89:5, fi*e engineering students, Charles 2+ Anderson, !i&hardE+ ailey, Thomas E+ 4airey, erry $arrett, and B+ Charles Mills, wanted to buildthe espirt de &orps of Texas engineering students and fa&ulty+ At the time, all&ampus engineering was &entered at one building Taylor Hall+ Bhile &lasses andresear&h were well ser*ed, Taylor HallKs lo&ation made the Texas Union an uphill&limb for a soda and a study brea +

$athering support from the administration, fa&ulty, and fellow students, thefi*e students, now offi&ers of the newly formed #tudent Engineering Coun&il,sought to &reate a re&reation and study lounge for engineering students+ Thesestudents, along with fa&ulty ad*isors 3eonardt 4+ reisle and Carl + E& hardt r+

proposed building a basement beneath Taylor Hall+ #oon they had laun&hed ama0or &onstru&tion pro0e&t that lasted four years+

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4!.EN2# "4 A3EC

No one expe&ted Ale& to ha*e many friends+ A 1uiet, unassuming guy in anobs&ure &orner of a lo&al watering hole, Ale& seemed destined to *iew life witharm raised to anotherKs good &heer+ ut three young engineering &ollege students

befriended the lone figure one e*ening, and &hanged his destiny, as well as theirown+

3i e his new &ompanions, Ale&Ks &ir&le of friends widened when he attended&ollege+ And soon, li e his engineering roommates, he found himself a&1uaintedwith the dean+ Though oddly dressed and stiffly demeanored, the pot bellied2ut&hman was 1ui& ly drawn into the CollegeKs &olorful history by the *isionary2ean T+ U+ Taylor+ eaming among the other orphaned engineering students, Ale&*isited TaylorKs home at Than sgi*ing for dinner+ And stalwartly, Ale& wat&hed his

student friends rest on the &ou&hes and ben&hes not only of the dean, but amongthe offi&es of engineering fa&ulty as well+

Among the &lose nit group, Ale& often saw the dean and his fa&ulty loanmoney to engineering students trying to finish s&hool on exhausted budgets+E*entually Ale& found a way to help his engineering friends as well+ 2uring BorldBar . Ale& &ontributed a part of himself to UT engineers in the Ameri&anExpeditionary 4or&e when Taylor shipped to them wood &hips stampedCE3A4"T!AP Fpart of KAle&K spelled ba& wards+G

As Ale& refle&ted TaylorKs generosity, so did his students+ Alumni soonre&ruited graduates for wor and e*entually donated funds to the College+

.n 89@< alumni generosity was formali%ed into 4riends of Ale&, the CollegeKsannual &olle&tion of gifts that benefits both fa&ulty and students+

Ale&Ks friends now number in the thousands and gifts to his &ause ha*egrown into millions+ 2espite his fame, Ale&Ks demeanor remains subdued, anunassuming fellow with arm and &up still raised in good &heer+ Now in his nineties,Ale& has mu&h to salute with that stein( se*eral generations of supporters forex&ellen&e in engineering, and his early a&1uaintan&es who set the &ourse forgenerosity and s&hool spirit+

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Chapter $o*ernment

#e&tion 8( The "ffi&ers of the Chapter shall be a&ti*e members of the Chapterand shall &onsist of the following( President, /i&e President,#e&retary, Treasurer, Pledge "ffi&er, and two F5G #tudent EngineeringCoun&il F#ECG !epresentati*es+

#e&tion 5( Ele&tion of "ffi&ers shall be &ondu&ted on&e ea&h long semester at aregular meeting to be held at least one wee , but no more than fourwee s before the end of the semester+ No "ffi&er shall ser*e morethan two &onse&uti*e terms in the same offi&e+ The up&oming fall"ffi&ers shall also ser*e during the summer term, if the Chapter

remains a&ti*e during the summer+

#e&tion ;( The "ffi&ers shall be ele&ted by a ma0ority of those present andeligible to *ote+ .f no &andidate re&ei*es a ma0ority of the *otes &ast ina parti&ular ra&e, the two &andidates re&ei*ing the highest number of*otes shall parti&ipate in a run off ele&tion+ The order of ele&tion of"ffi&ers shall be( President, /i&e President, #e&retary, Treasurer,Pledge "ffi&er, #EC !epresentati*e 8, and #EC !epresentati*e 5+

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#e&tion 7( Any a&ti*e member, who is a member of the Chapter and in goodstanding, shall be eligible to hold offi&e, if so permitted by the rulesand regulations of The Uni*ersity of Texas at Austin+

#e&tion 9( The Chapter President shall, with &onsent of the members, assign anyduties that heOshe deems ne&essary to any "ffi&er of the Chapter+

#e&tion 8=( .f a delegate is sent to the National Con*ention, the Chapter Presidentshall be the delegate the Chapter /i&e President shall be the alternate+

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Meetings

#e&tion 8( !egular meetings shall be held at least on&e a month at a time de&ided by a ma0ority *ote of the "ffi&ers upon &onferring with the members+

#e&tion 5( The Chapter President may &all a spe&ial meeting at any time heOshemay deem it expedient and shall be re1uired to do so upon the re1uestof the Chapter Ad*iser or of fi*e members in good standing+

#e&tion ;( "ne half of the a&ti*e membership shall &onstitute a 1uorum forordinary business+ A 1uorum for the ele&tion of "ffi&ers, for theele&tion of new members, and for the assessment of finan&ial matters

shall &onsist of three fourths of the a&ti*e members+

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#e&tion @( All meetings shall be announ&ed by e mail and posted on the maindoor of the Chapter offi&e no later than se*enty two F@5G hours beforethe meeting is to o&&ur+

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Chapter 4inan&es

#e&tion 8( There shall be a $eneral 4und &onsisting of lo&al Chapter dues, fees,assessment, interest, et&+ The name of the fund shall be )Texas AlphaChapter of #igma $amma Tau 4und,- and its money shall bedeposited in the name of the fund in the #tudent "rgani%ations 4undof The Uni*ersity of Texas at Austin+

#e&tion 5( There shall be no dues assessed on members other than the initiationfee+

#e&tion ;( The initiation fee for a new member shall be set ea&h semester at the

first meeting of the semester+ This fee shall in&lude all the nationalfees and the lo&al fees for the semester during whi&h the new memberis ele&ted+

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Committees

#e&tion 8( The following are the standing &ommittees, to be appointed by theChapter President, who shall designate their &hairpersons, ex&ept inthe &ase of the pledge &ommittee whose &hairperson will be thePledge "ffi&er(

a+ Pledge Committee , shall eep an a&&urate index file of allmembers of the Chapter, and shall eep pledges up to date with thea&ti*ities of the Chapter+

b+ A&ademi& Committee , shall manage and update the test ban file+The &ommittee shall arrange a system by whi&h to tutor other

Aerospa&e Engineering students+&+ 4undraising Committee , shall manage fundraising a&ti*ities and

wor with members to raise money for the Chapter+d+ Publi& !elations Committee , shall ma e &onta&ts with &ompanies

that may be interested in supporting the Chapter, and ta e a&tionsto promote the awareness of the Chapter at The Uni*ersity ofTexas at Austin+

e+ A&ti*ities Committee , shall arrange a&ti*ities to promote&amaraderie among members of the Chapter+

#e&tion 5( The &hairperson, with appro*al of the President, shall appoint&ommittee members+

#e&tion ;( The Chapter President may appoint other &ommittees as heOshe deemsne&essary and shall appoint their &hairpersons+

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2is&ipline

#e&tion 8( Any pledge who is absent from any business meeting without properex&use shall be dis1ualified from initiation during the semester ofabsen&e+

#e&tion 5( Any pledge who is absent from an ele&tion meeting without properex&use shall be dis1ualified from initiation during the semester ofabsen&e+

#e&tion ;( An ex&use for absen&e from a meeting shall be presented to theChapter President or Pledge "ffi&er in writing before the meeting is to

o&&ur, if possible+ The Chapter President shall de&ide if the ex&use isa&&eptable, but a final appeal may be made to the Chapter "ffi&ers+!e*ersal of the President's de&ision shall re1uire a 5O; ma0ority *oteof "ffi&ers+

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Eligibility #tandards for Ele&tion to Membership

#e&tion 8( The pro*isions of the National Constitution, Arti&le /, #e&tion ; shallgo*ern the eligibility of new members+

#e&tion 5( !egular students in good standing in the 2epartment of Aerospa&eEngineering or graduate students in fields related to the aeronauti&alandOor spa&e s&ien&es shall be eligible for ele&tion+

#e&tion ;( !esiden&e re1uirements shall be go*erned by Arti&le /, #e&tion ; ofthe National Constitution+

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#e&tion 7( #tudents who do not satisfy the &onditions in Arti&le /.., #e&tion ?,may be &onsidered for membership as a spe&ial &ase by unanimous*ote of the eligible a&ti*e membership ex&ept as stated by Arti&le /..,#e&tion :+

#e&tion 9( The National Constitution, Arti&le /, #e&tion ;, Paragraphs f and gshall regulate the ele&tion of graduate students+ Their grade pointa*erage shall be based on &ombined undergraduate and graduatehours+ The $+P+A+ of students with degrees from foreign uni*ersitiesshall be based on their graduate wor &ompleted at The Uni*ersity ofTexas at Austin, if undergraduate e1ui*alent &annot be &omputed+ .n

both &ases, their $+P+A+ shall satisfy #e&tion : of this arti&le+

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Pro&edure for Nomination and Ele&tion of Members

#e&tion 8( The National Constitution, Arti&le /, #e&tions < and :, shall regulatethe ele&tion of members+ Ele&tion of members shall o&&ur on&e e*eryfall and spring semester+

#e&tion 5( The ele&tion meeting shall ta e pla&e no later than one month after the beginning of the semester+

#e&tion ;( At the ele&tion meeting the &andidates shall be dis&ussed and *otedupon in the order of their s&holasti& a*erages+ Candidates shall beele&ted based on their s&holasti& a*erages, their extra &urri&ular

a&ti*ities and outside wor , and their personality and &hara&ter,without regard to sex, ra&e, religion, nationality, sexual preferen&e, or

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&andidate may pledge another semester if heOshe still meets there1uirements set within Arti&le /.., #e&tion ?, and shall pay bothlo&al and national fees+ The lo&al portion of the fees may be wai*ed

by unanimous *ote of the "ffi&ers due to extraordinary &ir&umstan&esin the pre*iously failed pledge attempt+

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Amendments

Amendments to the bylaws may be ratified at any regular meeting ofthe Chapter by a *ote of three fourths of the a&ti*e members of theChapter+ #u&h amendments, to be&ome effe&ti*e, must be appro*ed bythe National Exe&uti*e Coun&il of #igma $amma Tau+

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#.$MA $AMMA TAU

The Constitution was re*iewed at the Triennial Con*ention held in "rlando,4lorida on April : ?, 899@+ The following re*ision refle&ts the &hangesre&ommended at the Con*ention and appro*ed by three fourths *ote of the a&ti*e&hapters+

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P!EAM 3E

The #igma $amma Tau #o&iety is established to re&ogni%e and honor thoseindi*iduals in the field of aeronauti&s and astronauti&s who ha*e throughs&holarship, integrity, and outstanding a&hie*ement been a &redit to their

profession+ The #o&iety see s to foster a high standard of ethi&s and professional pra&ti&es and to &reate a spirit of loyalty and fellowship, parti&ularly amongstudents of Aerospa&e Engineering+

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"rgani%ation

#e&tion 8( The membership of the #o&iety will in&lude indi*iduals who ha*e been a&&epted into the #o&iety a&&ording to the pro*isions of thisConstitution+ These members may be 0oined together in &hapters or&lubs as pro*ided+

#e&tion 5( The name of the #o&iety will be #igma $amma Tau+

#e&tion ;( The symbol of the #o&iety will be the ey and ha*e the formrepresented in the offi&ial re&ords of the #o&iety as maintained at the

National "ffi&e+ The symbol of the #o&iety may be worn and used as

a #o&iety symbol only by members+

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$o*ernment of the #o&iety

#e&tion 8( #tru&ture( The &hapters of the #o&iety shall be assigned to a !egion bythe

National Con*ention+ .f a &hapter is &hartered between Con*entions, itshall be assigned to a !egion by the President of the #o&iety+

#e&tion 5( Administration( The National Con*ention

a+ The #o&iety will be go*erned by the National Con*ention of the#o&iety+ The a&ti*e &hapters will ele&t National offi&ers who willa&t as an Exe&uti*e Coun&il Fas defined in Arti&le .., #e&tion


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e+ The Con*ention will establish the ne&essary rules that are re1uiredfor the operation of the Con*ention+

f+ The Con*ention will establish that part of the initiation fee to betransmitted by the Chapter to the National "ffi&e+ The fee in&ludesthe &ost of the membership &ertifi&ate, operating and publishingexpenses of the #o&iety+ QThe April 899@ National Con*ention setan upper limit on the initiation fee at >;= with the a&tual fee to bedetermined by the Exe&uti*e Coun&il based on the re1uiredoperating funds for the #o&iety+R

g+ The expenses of the offi&ial delegates to the Con*ention will be paid from the National funds, if re1uired, to the extent of oneround trip air &oa&h fare plus per diem for personal expenses of thedelegate, to be determined at the Con*ention+

h+ #imilar Con*ention expenses, in&luding tra*el, meals, and lodging

of the National President, /i&e President and .mmediate PastPresident, will be paid for from the National funds+

i+ The semi annual &ompensation of the #taff #e&retary Treasurerwill be fixed by a *ote of the Con*ention+

i+ The Con*ention will a&t as the final arbitrator on all 1uestions ofinterpretation of the Constitution+

#e&tion ;( $o*ernment of the National Con*ention

a+ The National President will open the Con*ention and will preside+ b+ The Con*ention will ele&t its own se&retary+&+ A 1uorum will be at least one delegate F!egional Coordinator or

#tudent !epresentati*eG from a ma0ority of the !egions+d+ Proxy *otes will not be a&&epted at a Con*ention+e+ The order of business at the National Con*ention will be

established by the Exe&uti*e Coun&il prior to the Con*ention+f+ Minutes of the Con*ention will be pro*ided to all &hapters and

&lubs+

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b+ The ele&ted National "ffi&ers will be the President and /i&ePresident, who together with the immediate Past President,&ompose the Exe&uti*e Coun&il+ The #taff #e&retary Treasurer andthe !egional Coordinators will be appointed by the Exe&uti*eCoun&il, who will ta e into a&&ount any re&ommendations made bythe &hapters+ The Exe&uti*e Coun&il will ma e the appointments ata Con*ention or during the following summer+ The #taff #e&retaryTreasurer and the !egional Coordinators will assume their dutiesno later than #eptember 8 in the year of appointment+ All terms ofoffi&e shall be for three years, and will end at the &lose of aCon*ention, or during the following summer as mutually agreedupon+

&+ The National President will preside at any meeting of the National"ffi&ers and at Con*entions+ The National President will be

responsible for the finan&ial resour&es of the #o&iety+d+ The National /i&e President will preside in the absen&e of the

National President and will assist the National President in theadministration and expansion of the #o&iety+

e+ The #taff #e&retary Treasurer will ha*e &ustody of the permanentre&ords, seal, Constitution, and other properties of the #o&iety+ The#taff #e&retary Treasurer, along with the National President, willmanage all &urrent publi&ations of the #o&iety and will administerthe nomination and the ele&tion pro&edure for National offi&ers+"ffi&ial &orresponden&e of the #o&iety must be addressed throughthe #taff #e&retary Treasurer who will also &olle&t and eepre&ords of all finan&ial transa&tions made by the National "ffi&e ofthe #o&iety+ The symbols of membership and any offi&ial materialswill be obtained from the #taff #e&retary Treasurer+ The NationalPresident and the #taff #e&retary Treasurer will submit a detailedannual report of a&ti*ities to the Exe&uti*e Coun&il in&luding adetailed finan&ial report, a summary of whi&h will be pro*ided tothe Chapters annually+ All &hapters must &ondu&t their finan&ial

business with the #taff #e&retary Treasurer between #eptember 8and May ;=+ Proper order blan s or forms must be used wheresu&h blan s are pro*ided+ Ele&troni& media is the preferred methodof &ommuni&ation between Chapters, !egional 2ire&tors and the

National "ffi&e and all efforts should be made to use this form of&ommuni&ation whene*er possible+

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f+ The !egional Coordinators shall a&t as liaison between the National and !egional "rgani%ation and ea&h shall ad*ise their!egional organi%ation+

g+ The Exe&uti*e Coun&il may submit to &hapters by letter orele&troni& ballot any issue whi&h it deems ne&essary in the inter*al

between Con*entions+g+ Expenses, in&luding tra*el, meals and lodging, attendant to

emergen&y meetings of the Exe&uti*e Coun&il will be defrayed bythe National #o&iety+

#e&tion :+ Ele&tion of National "ffi&ers( The ele&tion of National "ffi&ers willta e pla&e e*ery three years using the pro&edures outlined below+ Theindi&ated dates &an be amended by the Exe&uti*e Coun&il if warranted

but should be used as general guidan&e+ The #taff #e&retary Treasurer

will ad*ise the &hapters and &lubs by "&tober 8 of e*ery third year,using a form in&luding the rules for the balloting pres&ribed by theExe&uti*e Coun&il, that they must pro*ide potential nominees by

No*ember 8 for the two offi&es terminating during that a&ademi&year+ The nomination must be a&&ompanied by a letter from thenominee indi&ating willingness to ser*e if ele&ted+ #upportingmaterial, sub0e&t to limitation of length as spe&ified in the ballotingrules, may be submitted by the nominating &hapter+ This material willthen be sent to ea&h &hapter+ allots will be sent to the &hapters and&lubs by 2e&ember 8, and the preliminary ballots will be due 4ebruary8+ Ea&h &hapter will *ote for the two offi&es with a first, se&ond andthird &hoi&e+ The #taff #e&retary Treasurer will then &ompile the final

ballot in&luding only those &andidates re&ei*ing the two highest *otes,and submit it to the &hapters by 4ebruary 8:+ The final ballot will bedue Mar&h 8+ The &hapters will be notified of the results by Mar&h 8:+A plurality *ote will &onstitute ele&tion+ The new offi&ers may thenattend the next National Con*ention+ .n the absen&e of multiplenominations, only one ballot will suffi&e+

#e&tion ?+ !egional Administration( Ea&h !egion shall be administered by a!egional Coordinator who shall be appointed by the Exe&uti*eCoun&il+

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Establishment of Chapters and Clubs

#e&tion 8+ ualifi&ations for a Chapter( Chapters may be established at any&ollege or uni*ersity with an A&&reditation oard for Engineering andTe&hnology FA ETG a&&redited Aerospa&e, Aeronauti&al,Astronauti&al or similarly named program+ A petition to establish anew &hapter in su&h a s&hool may be presented to the Exe&uti*eCoun&il by fi*e students who would be 1ualified for membershipunder Arti&le /+

#e&tion 5+ Petition for Establishment of a Chapter( The petition will in&lude thefollowing(

a+ A statement from the department head of the uni*ersity or &ollegewhi&h the petitioners are attending, affirming their eligibility, andthe departmentKs willingness to furnish an interested 4a&ultyAd*isor to super*ise the &hapter+

b+ A statement from an authori%ed offi&ial of the s&hool de&laringappro*al of the proposed &hapter+

&+ A statement from the petitioners that they will subs&ribe fully tothis Constitution and agree to support it as it now stands or as itmay later be amended+

d+ The petition should be a&&ompanied by the &atalog or bulletin ofthe &ollege des&ribing the Aerospa&e engineering &urri&ulum andany a*ailable material des&ribing the s&hool+

e+ Any other e*iden&e that the aerospa&e &urri&ulum meets theminimum standards as set forth by the Exe&uti*e Coun&il of the#o&iety+

f+ The number of students in the aerospa&e engineering &urri&ulumand the number of degrees awarded to students in this &urri&ulumduring the last three years+

#e&tion ;( Consideration of a Petition by the #o&iety

a+ The Exe&uti*e Coun&il &orresponds with the petitioning s&hool inorder to assist in the preparation of the petition+ The Coun&il &ansend a representati*e of the #o&iety to *isit the s&hool applying for

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a &hapter &harter before reporting on the appli&ation, if it is&onsidered ne&essary+

b+ The Exe&uti*e Coun&il will &onsider all rele*ant information and prepare a report of their findings whi&h will be submitted to ea&h&hapter+

&+ Ea&h &hapter will *ote on the petition in a&&ordan&e with thewishes of the ma0ority of the a&ti*e members and the de&isionshould be returned to the Exe&uti*e Coun&il within thirty days ofthe mailing date of the report+ .f the ballot is not returned withinthe pres&ribed period, the *ote will be &onsidered affirmati*e+

d+ Chapters may be established only with the &onsent of three fourthsof the existing &hapters+

e+ Bhen a petition is appro*ed and a &harter is granted, the Exe&uti*eCoun&il will furnish &harter, &opies of the Constitution, initiation,

and other materials ne&essary for operation of the &hapter+ TheExe&uti*e Coun&il will appoint a person to install the &hapter andto initiate the &harter members+

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$o*ernment of the Chapters

#e&tion 8( Chapter Administration

a+ The a&ti*e membership of a &hapter will be all ele&tedundergraduate members who are enrolled as &andidates for adegree in the &ollege or uni*ersity &on&erned+ .n addition, ele&tedgraduate student members who are enrolled as &andidates for adegree and fa&ulty who are members of the #o&iety may be a&ti*e

but ha*e restri&ti*e *oting powers as defined elsewhere in theConstitution+

b+ The &hapter will establish bylaws, within the pre&epts of this

Constitution, that are re1uired for its operation+ A &urrent &opy will be furnished to the #taff #e&retary Treasurer for re&ord+ The&hapter bylaws are outlined below+

Chapter y 3aws(Chapter bylaws should in&lude the following items(

Arti&le . Aims and a&ti*ities of the &hapter+.. Chapter $o*ernment FEle&tion of "ffi&ersG,

fa&ulty ad*isor, duty of offi&ers not &o*ered byExe&uti*e Coun&il instru&tions, offi&er eligibility,et&+

... Meetings and order of business, establishment of1uorum for business meetings+

./ Chapter finan&es/ Committees Fhow appointed, duties and names of

permanent &ommittees, et&+G+/. Eligibility standard for ele&tion to membership

Fmust e1ual or ex&eed those established in thisConstitutionG+

/.. Pro&edure for nomination and ele&tion ofmembers+

/... Amendments+

&+ The &hapter offi&ers will be the President, /i&e President,#e&retary, and Treasurer and these offi&ers may be any a&ti*e

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member of the &hapter in good standing+ Additional offi&es may beestablished by a ma0ority *ote of the a&ti*e members+

d+ A 4a&ulty Ad*isor who is a member of the #o&iety will beappro*ed by the &hapter+ .t will be responsibility of the &hapter tonotify the National "ffi&e of any &hanges in their 4a&ulty Ad*isorThe term of offi&e for the Ad*isor is established by the &hapter andreappointment is permissible+

e+ "ffi&ers will perform duties and maintain re&ords in a&&ordan&ewith instru&tions prepared by the Exe&uti*e Coun&il+ These re&ordswill in&lude minutes of the meetings of the &hapter, TreasurerKsa&&ount, the #e&retaryKs files, the list of a&ti*e and alumni membersof the &hapter, a &orre&t and itemi%ed a&&ount of &hapter properties,and offi&er instru&tions+

f+ The President will be the responsible agent of the &hapter and will

be responsible for the pro*iding information on the ChapterKsoperation, finan&es or membership to the National offi&e ifre1uested in the form re1uested+

g+ The /i&e President will ha*e as spe&ial duties the filing of &urrent&hapter news, the maintenan&e of a &hapter history, and the

preparation of &andidates for initiation into the #o&iety+h+ The #e&retary will eep the roll and re&ord boo of the &hapter,

eep the minutes of &hapter meetings up to date, and see that allne&essary &orresponden&e is prepared+

i+ The Treasurer will eep an a&&urate and understandable a&&ount of&hapter funds+

0+ The &hapter should hold at least two meetings of a te&hni&al natureduringEa&h s&holasti& year in addition to the regular meetings+Membership ele&tion meetings will be followed by an initiationmeeting or ban1uet+ Meetings of a so&ial or te&hni&al nature may

be held with other organi%ations, but business meetings should beopen only to members+

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Membership in the #o&iety

#e&tion 8( $rades of Membership( There will be but one grade of membership inthe #o&iety that of Member+

#e&tion 5( Eligibility Criteria

a+ #tudents dire&tly asso&iated with aerospa&e engineering who aredegree &andidates and who are eligible for membership Fwithappro*al of the Exe&uti*e Coun&il in 1uestionable &asesG as

pres&ribed in Arti&le /, #e&tion ;a ;b and who are ele&ted by thestudent &hapter+

b+ .ndi*iduals in the aerospa&e engineering profession using pro&edures as pres&ribed in Arti&le /, ;&+ An indi*idual, to be&onsidered eligible for membership, must either 8G ha*e madeworthy &ontributions toward the ad*an&ement of the aerospa&eengineering profession, 5G be a tea&her of aerospa&e or relatedsub0e&ts, or ;G ha*e made su&h a signifi&ant &ontribution to s&ien&ethat he or she may be deemed worthy of membership in the#o&iety+

#e&tion ;( ualifi&ations for Membership

a+ Undergraduate #tudents(8+ To be &onsidered for membership, students must ha*e

&ompleted at least fi*e 1uarters or three semesters of their&ollege wor and ha*e been a resident for a minimum of twosemesters or three 1uarters at the time of their &andida&y formembership+

5+ #tudents must be in the upper one third of their senior orupper one fourth of their 0unior aerospa&e engineering &lass+#ophomores who ha*e shown outstanding a&hie*ement andare in the upper one fifth of their &lass are also eligible formembership+ .ndi*iduals who ha*e a s&holasti& standingslightly below that spe&ified, but who are ex&eptionally1ualified in other respe&ts, may be ele&ted by the unanimous*ote of the a&ti*e undergraduate members+

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;+ A &hapter may establish higher s&holasti& standards thanthose spe&ified, with the unanimous &onsent of a&ti*emembers+ The standards &an ne*er be lower than thosespe&ified in this Constitution+


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d+ The *oting may be &ondu&ted in up to three ballots with one ballot being &ast for ea&h &andidate before a se&ond ballot on any&andidate may be ta en+ A se&ond ballot will be ta en only onthose indi*iduals who fail to re&ei*e the re1uisite number of *otes+The third ballot will be ta en only after all se&ond ballots are&ompleted and then only on those &andidates who fail to re&ei*ethe re1uisite number of *otes in the se&ond balloting+ The *otingon the first two ballots may be yes, no or unde&ided, but on thefinal ballot there will be no unde&ided *otes or abstentions+2is&ussions should pre&ede ea&h ballot+

#e&tion :( /oting on $raduate #tudent Candidates for Membership( The pro&edure for *oting on graduate student &andidates is the same asoutlined in Arti&le

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.nitiation Ceremony

All members should be initiated into the #o&iety with a dignified &eremony+ Thespe&ifi& nomination, pre ele&tion pro&edure and initiation pro&ess will be asspe&ified by Chapter bylaws+ The &eremony will be open to all members andguests of members and initiates+ No se&ret symbols and ritual will be introdu&edand at no time will any initiate be sub0e&ted to pra&ti&es harmful to their personalwell being, or be re1uired to do anything that would in0ure their dignity as persons+


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2is&ipline

#e&tion 8( 2is&ipline of Chapters

a+ A &hapter may be dis&iplined by the Con*ention or by de&ision ofthe Exe&uti*e Coun&il for *iolation of the Constitution, &ontinuedina&ti*ity, or other su&h a&ti*ities deemed to in0ure the reputationof the profession or #o&iety+

b+ 4ines may be determined and le*ied by ma0ority *ote of theCon*ention or by de&ision of the Exe&uti*e Committee withappro*al *ia by mail *ote of three fourths of the a&ti*e &hapters+ .fthe ballot is not returned within thirty days, the *ote will be

&onsidered against the fine+&+ #uspension or expulsion of a &hapter may o&&ur only by a three

fourths *ote of the all a&ti*e &hapters+

#e&tion 5( 2is&ipline of Members

a+ Members may be dis&iplined by the &hapter for &ontinuous and unex&used absen&e from meetings, failure to &arry out assignedduties, beha*ior unbefitting a member of the #o&iety, or any a&t&onsidered warranting su&h a&tion+

b+ Any dis&iplinary a&tion ta en against a member by a &hapter may be appealed by the member to the Exe&uti*e Coun&il+

&+ #uspension or expulsion of a member from the #o&iety may beinitiated, at the re1uest of a &hapter, for appro*al of the Exe&uti*eCoun&il and the regional &oordinators, but may o&&ur only with the*ote of two thirds of the Exe&uti*e Coun&il and regional&oordinators+ .f the ballot is not returned within thirty days, the*ote will be &onsidered against expulsion+


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!eser*e 4und

#e&tion 8( .t will be the duty of the Exe&uti*e Coun&il to maintain at all times a!eser*e 4und in*ested in safe se&urities, and registered in the name ofthe #o&iety+ These se&urities will be ept in a safety deposit box underthe &ustody of the National President and one other representati*e ofthe #o&iety as designated by the Exe&uti*e Coun&il+ This safetydeposit box will be rented by the #o&iety and will be used solely forthe storage of se&urities and *aluable papers of the #o&iety+

#e&tion 5( The !eser*e 4und whi&h represents the finan&ial reser*es of the#o&iety will be maintained as insuran&e against finan&ial emergen&ies

endangering the life or seriously impairing the a&ti*ities of the#o&iety+ .t may be drawn on by the Exe&uti*e Coun&il only whenfour fifths of the a&ti*e &hapter appro*e+ .f the ballot is not returnedwithin thirty days, the *ote will be &onsidered affirmati*e+

#e&tion ;( A Con*ention is authori%ed to draw on the !eser*e 4und for expensesasso&iated with the operation of the #o&iety at the re&ommendation ofthe Exe&uti*e Coun&il and if &on&urred in by a four fifths *ote of the*oting delegates present at the Con*ention+

#e&tion 8:,===, repla&ement shall ta e pre&eden&e o*er all expenditures ofthe #o&iety+ This minimum *alue should be re*iewed at ea&h NationalCon*ention and amended by the Con*ention as deemed ne&essary+

#e&tion :( At the dis&retion of the Exe&uti*e Coun&il, any ex&ess funds in theoperating

treasury at the end of ea&h fis&al year may be transferred to the!eser*e 4und+ The allo&ation of the operating treasury betweensa*ings and other finan&ial se&urities will be at the dis&retion of the

National President+

#e&tion ?( The #taff #e&retary Treasurer will eep all finan&ial re&ords of thereser*e fund, and submit a written report to be read and appro*ed atea&h National Con*ention+


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Amendments

Amendments to this Constitution may be proposed by a &hapter, or nationaloffi&er+ The proposal must be transmitted to the #taff #e&retary Treasurer so thatall &hapters &an be notified+ The &hapters should, in turn, &onsider the proposal andinstru&t their Con*ention delegates if a Con*ention is impending or return their*ote by mail+ #u&h proposed amendments must be passed by a three fourths *oteof the a&ti*e &hapters in order to be&ome effe&ti*e+ .f a &hapter fails to submit a*ote within the pres&ribed period, the *ote will be &onsidered affirmati*e+


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#.$MA $AMMA TAU CHAPTE!#

Chapters 3o&ation

oston Uni*ersity oston, MAMassa&husetts .nstitute of Te&hnology Cambridge, MAPolyte&hni& .nstitute roo lyn, N6 4armingdale, N6!ensselaer Polyte&hni& .nstitute Troy, N6#tate Uni*ersity of Now 6or at uffalo uffalo, N6#yra&use Uni*ersity #yra&use, N6Pennsyl*ania #tate Uni*ersity Uni*ersity Par , PAUni*ersity of Maryland College Par , M2Uni*ersity of /irginia Charlottes*ille, /A/irginia Polyte&hni& .nstitute #tate Uni*ersity la& sburg, /ABest /irginia Uni*ersity Morgantown, B/

Auburn Uni*ersity Auburn, A3Embry !iddle Aeronauti&al Uni*ersity 2aytona ea&h, 43$eorgia .nstitute of Te&hnology Atlanta, $AMississippi #tate Uni*ersity Mississippi #tate, M#

North Carolina #tate Uni*ersity !aleigh, NCTus egee Uni*ersity Tus egee, A3Uni*ersity of Alabama Tus&aloosa, A3Uni*ersity of 4lorida $aines*ille, 43Uni*ersity of Tennessee nox*ille, TNAir 4or&e .nstitute "f Te&hnology 2ayton, "H.llinois .nstitute of Te&hnology Chi&ago, .3"hio #tate Uni*ersity Columbus, "HPurdue Uni*ersity Best 3afayette, .NTri #tate Uni*ersity Angola, .NUni*ersity of Cin&innati Cin&innati, "HUni*ersity of .llinois Urbana, .3Uni*ersity of Mi&higan Ann Arbor, M.Uni*ersity of Notre 2ame Notre 2ame, .N.owa #tate Uni*ersity Ames, .APar s College of #t+ 3ouis Uni*ersity Caho ia, .3U+#+ Air 4or&e A&ademy Colorado #prings, C"

Uni*ersity of Colorado oulder, C"Uni*ersity of ansas 3awren&e, #Uni*ersity of Minnesota Minneapolis, MNUni*ersity of Missouri !olla !olla, M"Bi&hita #tate Uni*ersity Bi&hita, #" lahoma #tate Uni*ersity #tillwater, "Texas A M Uni*ersity College #tation, TLUni*ersity of " lahoma Norman, "


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Uni*ersity of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TLUni*ersity of Texas at Austin Austin, TLAri%ona #tate Uni*ersity Tempe, AJCalifornia #tate Polyte&hni& Uni*ersity Pomona Pomona, CACalifornia #tate Polyte&hni& Uni*ersity #an 3uis "bispo #an 3uis

"bispo, CAEmbry !iddle Aeronauti&al Uni*ersity Pres&ott, AJ#an 2iego #tate Uni*ersity #an 2iego, CA#an ose #tate Uni*ersity #an ose, CAUni*ersity of #outhern California 3os Angeles, CAUni*ersity of Bashington #eattle, BA

NAT."NA3 "44.CE!#

National President 2r+ !oy Myose President #e&retaryOTreasurer, #igma $amma Tau 2epartment of Aerospa&e Engineering Bi&hita #tate Uni*ersity Bi&hita, # ?@5?= ==


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