The Tau Beta Pi Association was founded at Lehigh University in 1885 by Edward Higginson Williams Jr., to mark in a fitting manner those who have conferred honor upon their Alma Mater by distinguished scholarship and exemplary character as students in engineering, or by their attainments as alumni in the field of engineering, and to foster a spirit of liberal culture in engineering colleges.
Tau Beta Pi, the National Engineering Honor Society strives to promote the following:
Recognize and promote leadership, excellence, innovation, and ethics in the profession of engineering through membership in its honor society.
Celebrate and gain recognition in academic, professional, and business circles that its members are the best, the brightest, and the most talented engineers in America.
Champion ongoing education and advancement of the engineering profession.
Seek to make the engineering profession exciting and cool.
Formulate and promote unbiased, independent education to the population at large on important engineering issues.
Constant pursuit of knowledge
Upholding high standards of excellence
Setting an example for peers
Ability to determine optimal solutions in consideration of both human and technical aspects
Considerate and honorable attitude
High sense of integrity and value for honesty
A desire to benefit humanity
Maintaining honor and personal ethics in current and future professions
Dedication to the values presented by Tau Beta Pi
Display an honorable character to campus and the community in association with the Tau Beta Pi name
Foster the development of effective future leaders
Always strive to uphold professional ethics
Promote a well rounded education with campus involvement