Learn More About Nebraska Alpha



  • 2023 TBP Initiation
    2023 TBP Initiation
  • Volunteering to clean up trash at Oak Lake Park
    Volunteering to clean up trash at Oak Lake Park
  • 2023 TBP officers with the Executive Director of national TBP
    2023 TBP officers with the Executive Director of national TBP
  • 2023 TBP bent cleaning
    2023 TBP bent cleaning
  • The 2020 TBP members
    The 2020 TBP members
  • TBP members and initiates raising money
    TBP members and initiates raising money
  • The Fall Social Competition Finalists
    The Fall Social Competition Finalists
  • The 2016 TBP Initiates
    The 2016 TBP Initiates
  • The 2016-2017 Officers
    The 2016-2017 Officers
  • Several Tau-Bates around the UNL Bent
    Several Tau-Bates around the UNL Bent
  • Several members volunteering to sell Pie on Pi Day
    Several members volunteering to sell Pie on Pi Day
  • A member pie-ing Dr. Flodman on Pi Day
    A member pie-ing Dr. Flodman on Pi Day


What we do at Nebraska Alpha...
  • Hold regular meetings
  • Recognition awards:
      • Tau Beta Pi Distinguished Teaching Award
      • O.J. Ferguson Overall Outstanding Senior Award
  • Volunteering activities include:
      • Pershing Elementary After-School STEM Club
      • NEST Tutoring
      • Local Park Cleanup
      • Mathcounts
  • Competition at E-Week
  • Professional Development activities include:
      • Tau Beta Pi Career Fair
      • Regional and national conventions





Tau Beta Pi Faculty Members


    Architectural Engineering
  • Clarence Waters
  • Lily Wang
  • David Yuill
  • Philip Barutha
  • Jay Puckett
  • Biological Systems Engineering
  • David Jones - Department Chair
  • Deepak Keshwani
  • Martin Derrel
  • Michael Kocher
  • Jennifer Keshwani
  • Rebecca Wachs
  • Curtis Tomasevicz
  • Civil Engineering
  • Shannon Bartelt-Hunt - Department Chair
  • Richard Wood
  • Joshua Steelman
  • Dan Linzell
  • Bruce Dvorak
  • Ron Faller
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Christopher Cornelius
  • Neal Lewis
  • Computer Science & Engineering
  • Leen-Kiat Soh
  • Alisa Gilmore
  • Christopher Bohn
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Lance Perez - Dean of the College of Eningeering
  • Sohrab Asgarpoor - Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
  • Jerry L. Hudgins - Department Chair
  • Dennis Alexander
  • A. John Boye
  • Fred Choobineh
  • Michael Hoffman
  • David McCreight
  • Engineering Management
  • Jena Asgarpoor
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Jeffrey Shield - Department Chair
  • Shane Farritor
  • Keegan Moore
  • K.P. Rajurkar
  • Karen Stelling
  • Kevin Cole






Eligibility Requirements


Undergraduate Students You must be in the top 1/8 of your junior class or top 1/5 of your senior class.
Graduate Students You must be in the top 1/5 of your class or obtain a letter of recommendation from your primary academic adviser. In either case, you must have completed at least 50% of your coursework including research.
Alumni You must have graduated in the top 1/5 of your class. This applies even if your school did not have a chapter at the time you graduated.
Practicing Engineers You must have achieved eminence in engineering as determined by Headquarters. If you graduated from a recognized engineering college, you must have practiced engineering for at least 10 years. If you graduated from a non-recognized engineering colleges or do not hold an engineering degree, you must have practiced engineering for at least 15 years. Candidates are usually recommended by members who know them.