Tau Alpha Pi (TAP)

Tau Alpha Pi is the National Honor Society for Engineering Technology students. Tau Alpha Pi membership is open to top-performing Baccalaureate-Degree students in Engineering Technology programs. Only the highest 8 percent of MSOE's total Engineering Technology enrollment per academic year may be elected members. The purposse of Tau Alpha Pi is twofold: to recognize high standards of scholarship among students in Engineering Technology programs, and to promote and encourage scholastic achievement and leadership by offering outstanding engineering technology students membership in the society. The society rewards selected scholars for past achievements and leadership, while encouraging a lifetime of commitment to learning and scholarship. Tau Alpha Pi members are truly interested in furthering and improving the academic life for all Engineering Technology students and in promoting the engineering/engineering technology departments at their own institutions.