--- title: "Omega Chi Epsilon" url: "/academics/honors/omega-chi-epsilon" type: page date: 2026-04-29 updated: 2026-05-19 --- # Omega Chi Epsilon ## Omega Chi Epsilon **National honor society for chemical engineering** Image ![Emblem of the Omega Chi Epsilon honor society](/sites/default/files/styles/original_aspect_ratio_400/public/media/2026-04/OmegaChiEpsilon.jpg?itok=eq6darS3) Omega Chi Epsilon, the national honor society for chemical engineering, promotes high scholarship, encourages original investigations in chemical engineering and recognizes valuable traits of character, integrity and leadership. Membership is limited to chemical engineering juniors, seniors and graduate students. All those elected must have traits and characteristics of leadership that make them likely to succeed as professional engineers. Associate membership in Omega Chi Epsilon is offered to professors or members of the staff who have shown noteworthy achievement in chemical engineering. The Alpha Psi chapter of Omega Chi Epsilon was established at Manhattan University in 1985. ### Eligibility To qualify for membership: - juniors must be in the top 25% of their class - seniors must be in the top 33% of their class - graduate students must have completed nine hours of chemical engineering courses [Explore School of Engineering](/academics/engineering) [Explore the Department of Chemical Engineering](/academics/engineering/departments/chemical-engineering "Department of Chemical Engineering") ### Moderator Sasidhar Varanasi, Ph.D. [718-862-7194](tel:718-862-7194)