Chi Epsilon therefore fosters the development and exercise of sound traits of character and technical ability among civil engineers toward an even higher standard of professional service. Chi Epsilon retains as its motto the Greek letters Chi Delta Chi, which formed the name of the junior society founded in 1922 at the University of Illinois. These are the three phases of every creative project. Conception requires imagination and intelligence. Design requires education and practical experience.
Construction requires energy, determination, and perseverance.
In these functions, adherence to the principles of Chi Epsilon will serve an engineer well. Membership in Chi Epsilon is based upon scholarship, character, and sociability. The candidate must rank in the upper one-third of the civil engineering class. Eligible students majoring in computer science are automatically invited to join. Most of the original concept and design of the Association is the result of the effort of those students who were highly motivated with the desire to recognize outstanding scholastic and professional achievement in the computing sciences.