The Wabash Family Sports Complex is interested in hosting the next Junior Olympics. Our task is to analyze the grounds and propose additional parking alternatives to accommodate the Olympic attendees.

In this activity the chapter made a presentation, along with several other engineering groups, to elementary students from the surrounding community. 

This, like the Blue Key Youth Seminar, was an opportunity to make local students aware of what civil engineering is.  This program targeted middle school students.

Each year a chapter takes a group of students to participate in the Great Lakes Regional Conference.  This year we placed second in the concrete shoe competition and third in the balsa wood bridge competition.

The Hulman Street Fieldtrip was given by a Rose-Hulman alumnus and former chapter member.  The tour was of a project in the early stages of construction.

Every year the Rose-Hulman community gets together to work on small projects throughout campus.  This year we helped place concrete for a few walkways.

This was the first time this program had been arranged and it was immensely popular.  The meeting consisted of a panel of faculty giving insight as to how best to prepare for graduate school.

This presentation was given on the engineering and design characteristics of dams.  The presentation was very interesting and looked at the various dam structures throughout the state of Indiana.

In our presentation we attempt to incorporate a variety of topics.  To expand that this year we had a coastal engineer present on his discipline.

Every year at homecoming our chapter and the civil engineering department collaborate to organize a small party for past alumni.  This year we had a large crowd attend.

One of the largest trips our chapter takes every couple years is to the Indianapolis Speedway.  This year we took about ten students on the trip which consisted of a tour around the track as well as to the construction projects.

Two years ago this interesting opportunity arose for us to host this HEC-RAS conference.  In its second year it was still very popular among local professionals and has proved to be an enormous financial help to the chapter.

One of the largest trips our chapter takes every couple years is to the Indianapolis Speedway.  This year we took about ten students on the trip which consisted of a tour around the track as well as to the construction projects.

Last year one of the best presentations was given by the head engineer from Nicholson Construction.  Fortunately he agreed to return again this year to present on some of the other projects he has worked on.

Two years ago this interesting opportunity arose for us to host this HEC-RAS conference.  In its second year it was still very popular among local professionals and has proved to be an enormous financial help to the chapter.

This year at the winter banquet a civil engineering alum agreed to come back and speak on his professional experiences.  His talk considered projects and “the personalities that build them.”

The largest community service project this year was the wheel chair ramp.  It consisted of raising over $700 to build a code compliant ramp for an elderly gentlemen who was homebound.

Another tradition the chapter has developed is that of hosting an internship fair every winter.  This year several underclassmen came to hear what advice the upperclassmen had to give.

The final community service project we helped with was Explore Engineering.  This year we help sixty elementary and middle school students learn how to use the West Point Bridge Design program.

The last monthly meeting was had was given by Engineering Ministries International.  The presentation consisted of the elements of projects to help Indonesia.