Alpha Nu Sigma

Alpha Nu Sigma () is an American nuclear engineering honor society affiliated with the American Nuclear Society. It has chartered more than 25 chapters at universities in the United States.

History Alpha Nu Sigma National Honor Society was established by the American Nuclear Society on June 5, 1979. it was established to "recognize high scholarship, integrity, and potential achievement among outstanding degree-seeking nuclear engineering students at institutions of higher learning". Alpha Nu Sigma quickly grew in size, obtaining seventeen chapters and 320 members by its third anniversary in June 1982.

By the end of 1985, Alpha Nu Sigma had established 23 chapters with 920 members. The Chernobyl disaster occurred in 1986, and the growth of the society has struggled since that event. As of 2024, it has chartered more than 25 chapters and has initiated more than 4,300 total members.

Symbols The motto of Alpha Nu Sigma is Αλκή νεογέγονεν δία Σοφία, meaning "Energy Newly Born Through Wisdom". The symbol and badge of Alpha Nu Sigma contains "three ellipses representing electron orbits surrounding a nucleus of protons and neutrons" with the Greek letters of the society superimposed. Its honor cord color is white.

Membership Membership selection criteria for Alpha Nu Sigma are outlined in the national honor society's constitution. The criteria are summarized as follows:

Candidates for membership must be enrolled in a program to pursue an academic degree in an applied nuclear science, nuclear engineering, or nuclear-engineering option curriculum. Juniors shall be eligible if they rank in the top quarter of their peer group. Seniors and graduate students shall be eligible if they rank in the top third of their peer group. Faculty members shall also be eligible for membership. Honorary membership may be awarded to individuals who have made "exemplary contributions in the field of nuclear science and engineering that have had a seminal permanent impact nationally or internationally".

Chapters As of fall 2021, the following table lists the chapters of Alpha Nu Sigma.

Institution Location Status Excelsior University Albany, New York Active Georgia Tech Atlanta, Georgia Inactive Idaho State University Pocatello, Idaho Inactive Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas Active Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts Active Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, Missouri Active North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina Active Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio Active Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon Active Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania Active Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana Active Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York Active South Carolina State University Orangeburg, South Carolina Active Texas A&M University College Station, Texas Active United States Military Academy West Point, New York Active United States Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland Active University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California Inactive University of Florida Gainesville, Florida Inactive University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Urbana, Illinois Active University of Maryland, College Park College Park, Maryland Inactive University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, Massachusetts Inactive University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan Active University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico Active University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee Active University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas Inactive University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Inactive University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, Wisconsin Inactive Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia Inactive

Honorary members As of spring 2020, the following table lists notable honorary members of Alpha Nu Sigma.

Name Chapter Year Notability Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1982 Chairman of the advisory committee to the United States Atomic Energy Commission; New Jersey Institute of Technology 1984 Professor of physics at California Institute of Technology University of Florida 2000 Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission University of Michigan 1986 President of the University of Michigan New Jersey Institute of Technology 1983 Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission University of Arizona 1993 Director of the Argonne National Laboratory Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1983 Pioneered the theory and design of nuclear power plants New Jersey Institute of Technology 1983 Director of reactor safety research at the United States Atomic Energy Commission Iowa State University 1983 Directed the development of the CANDU reactor National officers 1991 Commander of the United States Pacific Command Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1985 Professor of nuclear engineering at MIT University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign 1991 President of the United States National Academy of Sciences Iowa State University 1983 Founded the Electric Power Research Institute Kansas State University 1989 Known as "the father of the hydrogen bomb"

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