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Eta Kappa Nu (ΗΚΝ) is a national electrical and computer engineering honor society in the United States founded in October 1904 by Maurice L. Electrical engineering, sometimes referred to as electrical and electronic engineering, is a field of Engineering that deals with the study and application of Computer engineering (or Computer Systems Engineering) encompasses broad areas of both Electrical engineering and Computer science. In the United States, an honor society is an organization of rank the induction into which recognizes excellence among one's peers The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Carr at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This article is about the flagship campus For other uses and locations of University of Illinois, see University of Illinois (disambiguation The University of The organization currently has more than 200 student chapters and about 250,000 members and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union.
The Greek letters ΗΚΝ were chosen from the 1st, 4th, and last letter of the Greek word for amber or electron: ΗΛΕΚΤΡΟΝ. The Greek alphabet (Ελληνικό αλφάβητο is a set of twenty-four letters that has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early Amber is Fossil tree Resin, which is appreciated for its color and beauty The electron is a fundamental Subatomic particle that was identified and assigned the negative charge in 1897 by J In 1927, the HKN Shield and coat-of-arms was adopted (see right). The emblem of HKN (incorporated at the top of the Shield) is the Wheatstone bridge. A Wheatstone bridge is a Measuring instrument invented by Samuel Hunter Christie in 1833 and improved and popularized by Sir Charles Wheatstone
HKN was originally established for electrical engineering students but expanded to include computer engineering in 2000. Membership in the local chapter is offered to the top 25% of juniors and 33% of seniors at each college.
In 2004, the organization received 501(c)(3) non-profit status from the IRS. 501(c is a provision of the United States Internal Revenue Code ( listing 28 types of Non-profit organizations exempt from some federal The
The Bridge, the official magazine of HKN, is published twice yearly and provides timely articles of interest covering ECE and HKN news to professional and student members.
In November 2007, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and HKN which would make HKN an organizational unit of IEEE, and make membership in IEEE a requirement for membership in HKN. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (read eye-triple-e) is an international Non-profit, professional organization Membership in HKN would then be equivalent to an "honor student" member category of IEEE membership. This merger is contingent on a vote by HKN chapters in February 2008. HKN has released a FAQ concerning the merger and the issue is being discussed online by the various chapters.
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- The Bridge (centennial edition), volume 100, number 1 / winter 2004
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