1. Electrical & Computer Engineering Honor Society Epsilon Zeta – UML Chapter

2. Overview What is HKN? How do I join? Why Should I Strive to join? Questions

3. What is HKN?  Electrical and Computer Engineering Honors Society  “In the United States, an honor society is an organization of rank, the induction into which recognizes excellence among one's peers” (Wikipedia)  An elite club of individuals (students) who have excelled in academic excellence, and display desired qualities of leadership.

4. HKN @ UML  Faculty Advisor  Professor Craig Armiento  President  Philip Colangelo  Other Leadership Positions  Vice President, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Web Correspondent, and Treasurer.

5. More Information  Founded in 1904 at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  The national Honor Society for ECE Professionals and Students  200 student chapters, representing almost every top tier University in the USA, and about 250,000 members  Headquarters in Chicago, IL.  UML Epsilon Zeta Chapter active since mid-60s

6. How Do I Join? Membership is invitation only based on GPA Top 25% of your Junior Class Top 33% of your Senior Class GPA considered is based on ECE credits

7. Why Should I Strive to Join? 1) Academic Accomplishment 2) Networking Opportunities 3) Access to Key Positions 4) Long-term Relationships 5) Receive Advice 6) Resumé Enhancer 7) Helping 8) IEEE-HKN Activities 9) Leadership Skills

10. A Few Prominent Members  Larry Page, founder of Google  Eric Schmidt, CEO Google  Amar Bose, inventor of the Bose Speakers  Sabeer Bhatia, founder of Hotmail  David Filo, founder of Yahoo!  Henry Samueli, founder of Broadcom  Paul and Irwin Jacobs, founder of Qualcomm  Karl E. Martersteck, former CEO of ArrayComm, VP Bell Labs  Craig Armiento, (current advisor, former ECE chair)  Kristina Johnson, Dean of Engineering at Duke University  Ken Connor, Chair of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Eng. at Rensselaer  Polytechnic Institute  HKN members are on the Board of Directors at many top tech companies including Google, IBM, Yahoo!, Motorola

11. Questions? For additional information please visit: http://www.HKN.org