Tau Beta Pi CA-Alpha The Engineering Honor Society

Annual Chapter Report University of California, Berkeley Fall 2012-Spring 2013 Dear reader,

The California Alpha Chapter of Tau Beta Pi at the University of California Berkeley is proud to present to you another round of spectacular projects and events for the year 2012-13. This year has surpassed all our expectations as a Chapter with an officer corps bigger than ever before making new ideas and dreams become a reality to support the Engineering and the Bay area community.

Our highly motivated and dedicated officers, supportive members, ambitious class of new initiates, and our faithful alumni, have truly made our chapter proud for its achievements so far. Despite issues regarding Honors list acquisition from the College of Engineering at Berkeley, we have been able to sustain if not expand our candidate class with 45 in the Fall and 68 in the Spring. This year was the first time in years that the Vice-Presidents took the opportunity of thinking outside the box and revamping the entire candidate semester to make it even more worthwhile and honorable experience for candidates.

All the committees brainstormed ways of improving themselves, expanded the room of opportunities as a committee and most of all made a very conscious effort of making these events more accessible to the general public at Berkeley. One of the changes that has worked out very well for our chapter is that our fun and social events are solely now a responsibility of our activities committee allowing our Student Alumni Relations committee to focus more on student services and hone the connections we have with our outstanding alumni. One of the most amazing things that we achieved this year was working in collaboration namely inter-committee events, inter-societal events and inter-collegiate TBP events.

Additionally we began using our weekly officer meeting as a place to develop important skills, such as public speaking where one officer presents a topic of interest in front of the officer corps. This helped the speaker with practice of public speaking and also educated the audience of officers. We also focused a lot on officer bonding this year with the new Friday’s at the Bent events. One-on-one meetings with the officers and the President were conducted throughout the semester so that every officer’s voice and opinions were heard and taken into consideration. We also started the custom of weekly wiki editing at the end of officer meetings which kept committee book keeping relatively easy and also a great resource for the future officers.

This year had an increased focus on professional development where our professional development implemented new events and other resources like the mock interview workshops which we consider highly beneficial to our members and the community.

Keeping our Tau Beta Pi’s mission in our minds, CA-A continues to go above and beyond in our outreach/service projects to provide opportunities for engineering students and Bay area community members. In the Fall, CA-A magnified the Engineering Open House event into an Open House + OverNight Host Program with engineering students all over Berkeley volunteering to host high school students. TBP CA-A officers made this event an even bigger success that past semesters in efforts to continue STEM education promotion. Finally, this year saw a further expansion of CA-A’s flagship outreach program, Pioneers in Engineering (PiE). PiE, a high school robotics competition in which Bay area high school teams are matched with Berkeley student mentors to experience engineering in a hands-on environment acting as an introduction to the stem education. PiE was able to support 23 high school teams, with double the staff members it had from last year.

All in all, this year was extremely successful for our chapter. We have managed to sustain the excellent work of past generations of Tau Bates and improve the ways we provide service to our community, attract more members, and increase awareness of our society, while still allowing for internal development of the chapter.

I hope you enjoy reading about our projects in the California Alpha 2012-2013 Project Report Book. Sincerely,

Pritha Hait President, Spring 2013 Tau Beta Pi, California Alpha THE TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION Chapter Survey 2013 Survey Date: 05/30/2013 For: California Alpha This questionnaire is designed as an annual survey of the activities of our chapters, the conditions under which they operate, and their customs and practices. It covers the current academic year. This effort should be a joint effort by the outgoing and incoming officers. 1b. How many members and initiates participated in your chapter projects throughout the year? Members: 120 Initiates: 113 c. How many hours did members and initiates contribute to chapter projects throughout the year? Members: 1973 Initiates: 1066 2. Does your chapter set a minimum grade point average? No How many candidates were ineligible because of this GPA cutoff? 0 3. How does your chapter secure class rankings? [ ] President requests from registrar [ ] Advisor requests from registrar [X] Registrar may not release information due [ ] School does not rank students to privacy laws 4. What is your chapter’s total initiation fee (including national fee ($32 + $7)? Students: $105.00 Alumni: $39.00 Eminent Engineers: $39.00 5. What does your chapter initiation fee include other than the national fee and the Convention assessment? [X] Initiation Banquet [X] Other Other: Activities fee to cover the cost of food and other event costs. 6. What change has been made to your initiation fee this year? [X] None [ ] Raised [ ] Lowered 7a. How do you notify candidates of their eligibility? (choose ALL that apply) [X] Letter [X] Email [ ] Printed Invitation [X] Personally [ ] Facebook or other social networks [ ] University Listserve [X] Other Other description: Flyers and chalking with instructions on how to check with the College of Engineering. b. Have you ever tried to personally contact candidates? Yes c. Does your chapter obtain address information? [X] No [ ] Yes [ ] Street [ ] Email 8a. How do you notify electees of their eligibility? (choose ALL that apply) [ ] Letter [X] Email [ ] Printed Invitation [X] Personally [ ] Other b. Have you ever tried to personally contact candidates? Yes

Revision 3.31 RHT Page 1 of 4 Document Date: 6/1/2013 THE TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION Chapter Survey 2013 Survey Date: 05/30/2013 For: California Alpha 9. What activities do you require electees to perform before initiation? (choose ALL that apply) [X] Write Essay [ ] Take Exam [X] Polish Plaque or Monument [ ] Polish and Wear a Bent [X] Collect Signatures [X] Other [X] Work on current Projects Number of hours 6 10. Did your chapter send a letter to candidates/electees/parents from your dean? No If YES, what was the reaction? If NO, why not? We write our own letter. 11. Did your chapter use the invitations available from Headquarters? No If YES, what was the reaction? If NO, why not? We use our own invitations. 12. Was your chapter able to initiate "just one more" electee than the previous year? No If YES, what was the reaction? If NO, why not? The college refused to directly provide us with the contact info (or even names) of eligible candidates. We therefore had to rely on them to contact the candidates for us. 13. What percentage of electees were initiated... In the fall? 85 In the spring? 95 14. How many meetings did your chapter have this year? Advisory Board: 1 Initiation: 2 Business: 50 Social: 8 15. How many chapter members attend meetings on the average? Advisory Board: 8 Initiation: 91 Business: 30 Social: 80 16. What action does your chapter take against a member for non-attendance? [ ] Fined [ ] Reprimand [X] Declare Inactive [ ] Nothing 17a. How many advisors does your chapter have? 20 b. How informed are your advisors concerning your chapter’s condition and activities? [X] Well [ ] Moderately [ ] Poorly 18. Is the Eligibility Code read at each election meeting of your chapter? Yes 19a. Is a copy of your bylaws given to each of your new members? No b. Is an electronic copy of your bylaws available? Yes 20. Are the minutes of all meetings of this college year in your chapter records? Yes 21. What bookkeeping system do you use? [ ] Tau Beta Pi [ ] One required by the school [X] Neither 22. Does your chapter operate on a budget? Yes 23. How well do the students, faculty, and staff in your engineering school know about Tau Beta Pi? [X] Very [ ] Somewhat [ ] Slightly

Revision 3.31 RHT Page 2 of 4 Document Date: 6/1/2013 THE TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION Chapter Survey 2013 Survey Date: 05/30/2013 For: California Alpha 24. How well do members of your community know about Tau Beta Pi? [X] Very [ ] Somewhat [ ] Slightly [ ] Not at all 25. How often are projects and programs of your chapter given publicity? [ ] Always [X] Frequently [ ] Sometimes [ ] Never If Never, why not?

26. Are new initiates given public recognition? [ ] Always [ ] Frequently [X] Sometimes [ ] Never If Never, why not?

27. How do retiring officers communicate duties and responsibilities to their successors? [X] Chapter Officer Installation Procedure [ ] Write Letter [ ] Neither

28. Is there an active Tau Beta Pi alumnus chapter in your vicinity? Yes If so, do the two chapters cooperate? Yes

29. Do you communicate with your chapter’s alumni? Yes If so, do you invite local alumni, including faculty, to special chapter functions? Yes 30. Does your chapter have a current and functioning website? Yes If yes, what is the URL? tbp.berkeley.edu 31. Did you read The Bulletin? No Did you notify your members when The Bulletin became available online? No 32a. Did your chapter participate in any of the following programs? (Choose ALL that apply) [X] Engineering Futures [ ] G.I.G. [ ] Laureate [X] District [ ] Outstanding Advisor [ ] Distinguished Alumnus [ ] K-12 MindSet [ ] McDonald Mentor [X] Tutoring/other K-12 activities b. To what extent in the District/Engineering Futures Programs? (Choose ALL that apply) [X] Attended District conference [X] Invited Director to initiation [X] Hosted EF session [ ] Attended EF session elsewhere [X] Communicated with District Director 33. Does your chapter have a BENT Monument on campus? Yes If Yes, please describe BENT monument noting unique composition, history or location. Located near McLaughlin Hall in the heart of the College of Engineering, our Bent is polished twice a semester by the candidates, especially on the day before large public campus wide events (like Cal Day). 34. Name one of your District Directors: Joe Burnett Comments: Helpful in planning large events and reaching out to other chapters. He also attended our Initiation and Banquet. 35. How many projects did your chapter conduct this past year? 197

Revision 3.31 RHT Page 3 of 4 Document Date: 6/1/2013 THE TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION Chapter Survey 2013 Survey Date: 05/30/2013 For: California Alpha 36. What Tau Beta Pi member benefits did your chapter members enjoy? All chapter members are entitled to come to all events for free (with free food), use our many student services (including our Helpdesk and Test Bank), and have their resume included in our resume book which we provide to companies in industry. 37. What new Tau Beta Pi member benefit would you like to see? Ability to request funding from Nationals for student projects (either in the classroom or extracurricular).

Submitted by: Date: Reviewed by: Date: Erik Bertelli 05/30/2013

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Table of Contents

Pioneers in Engineering ...... 6 Program Overview ...... 6 Project Planning ...... 8 Phase I: Pre-planning ...... 8 Phase II: Recruiting and Fundraising ...... 9 Phase III: Kick-off Preparation ...... 9 Phase IV: Build Period ...... 10 Phase V: The competition and Follow-Up ...... 10 Chapter Development and Social ...... 11 Fall 2012 Chapter Development and Social Projects ...... 12 Japanese Student Socialization Hour ...... 13 Karaoke ...... 15 Big Social 0 ...... 17 Oakland A’s Game ...... 19 Hike to the Big C ...... 20 Bowling with BioEHS and AIChe ...... 22 Sky High Trampoline Park with PTS ...... 24 Paintball ...... 26 Light Painting ...... 28 Game Night...... 30 Archery ...... 32 Pumpkin Carving...... 34 Fenton’s ...... 36 Spring 2013 Chapter Development and Social Projects ...... 38 TBPiE Bond ...... 40 CM Video Filming ...... 42 Karaoke ...... 44 Hike Berkeley StoneWall-Panoramic Trail! ...... 46 Hike to the Big C ...... 48 Officer Dinner ...... 50 Big Social 1 (Amazing Race) ...... 52 Bowling with BioEHS and AIChe ...... 54 Archery ...... 56 Pie and Game Night ...... 58 E-Week Carnival ...... 60 Da Bulls! ...... 62 Discovery Kingdom ...... 64 Officer Ballin’ ...... 66 Broomball ...... 68 Big Social 2 (Easter Egg Hunt) ...... 70 Jam Session ...... 72 Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 1 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Engineering Sports Night ...... 74 Lightpainting ...... 76 Engineering CTF ...... 78 Fenton’s ...... 80 Bagel Day ...... 82 Senior Dinner ...... 84 Cap Decoration ...... 86 Houses ...... 88 Fall 2012 House Projects ...... 89 Sushigami ...... 90 Trivia Night...... 92 Dodgeball ...... 94 Fourth House Event ...... 96 House Cup ...... 98 Spring 2013 House Projects ...... 100 Skylos Worksession #1, #2, #3, #4 ...... 101 Kastoras Worksession #1, #2, #3, #4 ...... 103 Bodi Worksession #1, #2, #3, #4 ...... 105 Delphini Worksession #1, #2, #3, #4 ...... 107 House Cup ...... 109 Community Service and Liberal Culture ...... 111 Fall 2012 Community Service Projects ...... 112 Cookies with TBP ...... 113 Cookie Support # 1, # 2, # 3 ...... 115 Path Restoration ...... 117 Fleet Week ...... 119 PiE Pumpkin Trebuchet Building ...... 121 PiE Vertical Acceleration Demonstrator ...... 123 PiE Prep Lession # 1, #2 ...... 125 Strawberry Creek Restoration ...... 127 Blood Drive Tabling ...... 129 Alameda Wildlife Restoration ...... 131 Envelope Stuffing ...... 133 TBP Overnight Host Program & Engineering Open House ...... 135 Spring 2013 Community Service Projects...... 138 Cookie Support #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 ...... 139 Alameda Wildlife Restoration ...... 141 Engineering For Kids (E4K) ...... 143 Path Restoration ...... 145 Aquatic Park Restoration ...... 147 St. Anthony’s Dining Room ...... 149 Blood Drive Tabling ...... 151 Jordan Fire Trail ...... 153 Overnight Host Program & Engineering Open House ...... 155

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PiE Final Competition Day 1 & 2 ...... 157 Alumni Relations ...... 159 Alumni Relations Projects ...... 160 Dave & Busters with TBP Alumni ...... 161 Alumni Mixer and Potluck ...... 163 Alumni Wine Tasting ...... 165 Alumni Mixer and Potluck #2 ...... 167 Alumni Beer Tasting and River Float ...... 169 Educational and Professional Development ...... 171 Fall 2012 Professional Development Projects ...... 172 McKinsey Resume Workshop ...... 173 E-Futures #1 ...... 175 Knovel Outreach & Interview Workshop ...... 177 Kaplan Personal Statement Workshop ...... 179 Communication Workshop ...... 181 1-on-1 Resume Critiques ...... 183 Post-Graduate Opportunities Panel ...... 185 E-Futures #2 ...... 187 Kaplan GRE Workshop ...... 189 Undergraduate Research Panel ...... 191 LinkedIn Workshop ...... 193 Spring 2013 Professional Development Projects ...... 195 E-Futures #1 ...... 196 Kaplan GRE Workshop ...... 198 Communication Workshop ...... 200 1-on-1 Resume Critiques ...... 202 Boeing Resume Workshop...... 204 Kaplan Graduate School Admissions & GRE Strategy Seminar ...... 206 E-Futures #2 ...... 208 Internship Panel ...... 210 Cultural Awareness Workshop ...... 212 Undergraduate Research Panel ...... 214 Industrial Relations ...... 216 Fall 2012 Industrial Relations Projects ...... 217 View From The Top ...... 218 Bain Infosession ...... 220 Yelp Infosession ...... 222 Fitbit Infosession ...... 223 FindTheBest Infosession ...... 225 Counsyl Infosession ...... 226 Dinner with Dow! ...... 228 Accenture Infosession ...... 229 Apple Infosession ...... 231 Acxiom Infosession ...... 233

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Facebook Infosession ...... 235 Oracle Infosession ...... 237 Zazzle Infosession ...... 238 EMC Infosession ...... 239 Intuit Infosession ...... 240 Stryker Infosession ...... 241 Spring 2013 Industrial Relations Projects ...... 243 Agilent Infosession ...... 244 SanDisk Infosession ...... 246 SAP Infosession ...... 248 10gen Infosession ...... 250 FindTheBest Infosession ...... 252 EMC Tech Talk ...... 254 Bosch Infosession ...... 256 Texas Instruments Infosession ...... 258 Inter-Chapter Relations ...... 260 Inter-chapter Relations Projects ...... 261 BBQ with SJSU ...... 262 The Big Game ...... 264 District 15 Conference Fall ...... 266 District 15 Conference Spring ...... 268 Chapter Operations ...... 270 Fall 2012 Chapter Operations Projects ...... 271 Officer Retreat ...... 272 Envelope Stuffing ...... 274 Candidate Meeting ...... 276 Packet Turn-In 1 ...... 278 General Meeting 1 ...... 280 Bent Polishing 1 ...... 282 General Meeting 2 ...... 284 General Meeting 3 ...... 286 Bent Polishing 2 ...... 288 Packet Turn-In 2 ...... 290 Member’s Potluck ...... 292 Initiation ...... 294 Banquet ...... 296 Officer Elections ...... 298 Spring 2013 Chapter Operations Projects ...... 300 New Old Officer Mixer ...... 301 Officer Retreat ...... 303 Candidate Meeting ...... 306 Packet Turn-In 1 ...... 309 General Meeting 1 ...... 311 Bent Polishing 1 ...... 313

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General Meeting 2 ...... 315 General Meeting 3 ...... 317 Bent Polishing 2 ...... 319 IT Hack Day ...... 321 Packet Turn-In 2 ...... 323 Member’s Potluck ...... 325 Initiation ...... 327 Banquet ...... 329 Officer Elections ...... 332 Officer Positions ...... 334 President ...... 335 Vice President ...... 337 Recording Secretary ...... 338 Activities Committee ...... 339 E98 ...... 341 Historian Committee ...... 343 House Leaders ...... 345 Industrial Relations Committee ...... 346 IT Committee ...... 347 Professional Development Committee...... 349 Publicity Committee ...... 351 Service Committee ...... 353 Student and Alumni Relations Committee ...... 355 President ...... 357 Vice President ...... 359 Recording Secretary ...... 361 Corresponding Secretary ...... 362 Treasurer ...... 364 Activities ...... 366 E98 ...... 367 House Leaders ...... 371 Industrial Relations Committee ...... 373 IT Committee ...... 375 Professional Development Committee...... 377 Publicity Committee ...... 379 Service Committee ...... 380 Student and Alumni Relations Committee ...... 382 Membership Timeline Summary ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………379

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Pioneers in Engineering

Program Overview

Pioneers in Engineering is a robotics competition for high school students in the Bay Area, providing them exposure to the world of science and engineering. We design a challenging game and task for the robots to achieve.At kickoff, teams are notified the official rules and receives their robotic kit, from which they design and build their robot. An assigned mentor from Berkeley will visit the high school periodicially to assist in the process of designing and building the robot by giving them guidance.

In order to reach out to economically disadvantaged schools, only an entrance fee of $100 is charged to the teams. This reduces the barrier to entry and allows us to provide opportunities for a more diverse range of students. The rest of the costs are recovered through sponsorships and grants.

Goals

1. Create and sustain a low-cost, locally responsive engineering education program to serve the socioeconomically diverse communities around UC Berkeley. 2. Draw engineering students to an avenue of community service that utilizes their unique skill sets. 3. Increase high school student interest in math, science, and engineering and the pursuit of degrees in those subjects at UC Berkeley. Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 6 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

4. Enhance the recognition of engineering, UC Berkeley, and Tau Beta Pi in the community and on campus.

Benefits

For high school students

 Fun and exciting hands-on experience.

 Applying scientific knowledge in real-world situations.

 Gives student an understanding of science and engineering.

For teachers

 Teachers are not burdened with financial cost associated with the program.

For college students

 Skills learnt from engineering classes can be applied and honed in the project.

 Mentors gain a lot of experience and a sense of pride and enthusiasm from the joint effort of designing the robot.

 Volunteers are able to practice their professional skills while working with outside organizations.

 The project provides many opportunities for leadership experiences.

For Tau Beta Pi

 Creates positive publicity and recognition in the college and outside communities.

 Can attract members through the community service we do and the opportunities we provide for future engineers

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Project Planning

Phase I: Pre-planning PiE starts of with a series of planning regarding game design and the kits that will be required for the game. The rules and objectives of the game should be such that there are a variety of ways to score, and ample interactions between the robots and the field. The scoring must be challenging yet feasible to encourage high school students to come up with innovative scoring mechanisms for the competition.

In order to build the robot, the appropriate set of materials should be included as part of the kit, including batteries, wiring, motors…etc. These components must be designed and tested during the pre-planning phase. It is vital to ensure that the components work as intended.

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Phase II: Recruiting and Fundraising When the majority of the pre-planning is done, recruiting begins, both internally and externally. Mentors are students at college students who commit to volunteering for PiE during the build period. They act as advisors, guides, and leaders for high school teams. Mentors are primarily UC Berkeley students that are trained to become PiE mentors through a student-faciliated course on campus.

Schools are also contacted to find potential teams, through personal contacts and emailing. Since the response rate is slow, we need to be persistent in contacting school and reach out to a variety of different high schools in the Bay Area.

Fundings are primarily obtained through grants and sponsorships. Grants and sponsorships are obtained by putting emphasize on the several aspects of the project such as providing opportunity for economically-disadvantaged high schools, and providing exposure for high school students to participate in science and engineering.

Phase III: Kick-off Preparation During this time phase, bulk orders of components should arrive. Components are tested to make sure that they are working and assembled into kits that can be distributed to the robotic teams. Mentors also need to be confirmed during this period. A mentor meeting prior to kickoff is necessary to ensure that everyone is confirmed and to agree on a schedule. Mentors are also matched to different teams depending on location, and availability.

Prepare for kickoff by making sure that all kits are ready and working. Volunteers are required to help with signup, and organization. A presentation will be needed to introduce the project. Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 9 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Phase IV: Build Period During the build period, mentors travel to the high schools to meet up with the teams during the weekends. The coordinators are responsible for preparing for the competition while checking in with the teams to provide support where necessary. Relevant announcements are posted on forums and emailed to the teams. Mentors and the teams agree on a schedule and meeting dates to make sure that they proceed at a steady pace.

Towards the end of the season, there will always be a time crunch. Mentors should be prepared for extra sessions in order to complete the robot. The goal is to have a working robot by the time of competition.

During this period, the field for final competition should also be planned out and constructed. The exact details should be planned out not only for the competition area but also for the audience, exiting area, and safety buffers.

Phase V: The competition and Follow-Up The competition space is also reserved for the night prior to allow for setup of the field. Make sure that everyone is well-rested and don’t panic during the competition and running into problems. The competition is followed by awards and slideshows if possible. Judges and mentors are acknowledged. This is then followed by a dinner with PiE staff, mentors, and volunteers.

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Chapter Development and Social

Pumpkin Carving Light Painting

Archery At Tau Beta Pi, not only do we want to

help members develop professionally,

we also want them to have fun! From,

paintball, karaoke, icecream

challenges, to engineering sports night,

members and candidates enjoy a wide

variety of fun activities provided by

Tau Beta Pi! Through these social

activities, Tau Bates are able to build

friendships and also learn the

important skill of socializing and

building relationships.

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Fall 2012 Chapter Development and Social Projects

Number Number of of Organization Participation Old or Project Title Members Electees Hours Hours New Involved Involved Japanese Student 16 0 0 1 Old Socialization Hour

Karaoke 12 0 2 3 Old

Big Social 0 25 4 4 4 Yes

Oakland A’s Game 2 0 1 4 Old

Hike to the Big C 8 3 2 4 Old

Bowling with 10 7 1 3 Old BioEHS and AiChe Sky High Trampoline 5 2 2 5 Old Park with PTS

Paintball 3 0 3 6 Old

Light Painting 9 1 3 2 Old

Game Night 16 8 1 3 Old

Archery 10 7 2 2 Old

Pumpkin Carving 17 7 2 1 Old

Fenton’s 11 19 4 3 Old

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The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

Japanese Student Socialization Hour

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: September 18, 2012 Project Area: University/College Number of Members Involved: 16 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 0 Participation Hours: 1 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description TBP officers met with visiting students from various Japanese universities for socializing and food. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP This event is a fun social held yearly where TBP officers get a chance to meet students from abroad. We are asked by ESS to come to this event, so our presence also helps improve our relations with the college. III. Organization and Administration None. The event was organized by ESS. The president was contacted by Dale Masterson of ESS, who asked for officers to come out. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems None VI. Overall Evaluation The college was pleased with our turnout, and our attending members had a lot of fun. A few of our officers got a chance to practice their Japanese as well! List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers:

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 13 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Amy Fu, Michael 2012 Chang, Hamilton Nguyen, Anne Huang, Dennis Wai, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Stephanie Su, Shawn Li, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung Tau Beta Pi Members: Larissa Korach, Kevin Haninger, Steven Rhodes

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 14 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Karaoke

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: September 21, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 12 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 3 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Officers drove to Ranch 99 for a Karaoke night. We ate dinner at one of the local restaurants and planned the event an hour later than expected time of arrival for people to eat and shop. We also had a significant discount because it was Hamilton's birthday. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Bonding between current and old officers. III. Organization and Administration Besides car rides and scheduling the event prior, requires little organization. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Everyone paid around 15 dollars. V. Special Problems First group to show up had waited for about 20 minutes on the other car. Some lack of communication. VI. Overall Evaluation Officers enjoyed the event. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Sebastian Ruf, Melissa Milder, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Pius Lau, Stephanie Su, Andrew Wingard

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 15 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Tau Beta Pi Members: Larissa Korach, Aditya Yellapragada, RJ Sheperd, Peter Nakamoto

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 16 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Big Social 0

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: September 23, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 25 Number of Electees Involved: 4 Organization Hours: 4 Participation Hours: 4 Type of Project (old or new): Yes

I. General Description A large scale social event with food, fun games and outdoor activities in Tilden Park. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP BS0 is a new event started this semester. The idea was to promote interactions with PIE staffs and coordinators and TBP officers and at the same time help PIE retain their staff members by giving them a fun overview of PIE and TBP III. Organization and Administration Organization involved bringing PIE coordinators (PIE liaison and Deputy Director) and TBP officers (Vice Presidents) together to discuss logistics. Things worked on included location, food, activities for the participants, and rides. 3 people + activities went to Tilden early morning, secured a grill and started prepping for lunch which another person took care of rides and making sure everyone got there on time. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Food costs were about $250 and other activities planning and gas costed about ~50. Since this was an inter-societal event, the Engineering Student Council funded $175 for the event. V. Special Problems Rides were hard to get, and there were last minute zip car reservations to be cancelled since there were just enough drivers. Mario cart should NOT be played on grass, all the balloons popped before the game even began! Not enough participation was seen by TBP officers, the majority of the turnout was from PIE's side.

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VI. Overall Evaluation PIE staff had a fun time socializing with other PIE people and TBP folks. The event had great turn out and was a good success. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Aaron Alpert, Michael Chang, Amy Fu, Wes Hunt, Sebastian Ruf, Michael 2012 Chang, Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Robert Luan, Dennis Wai, Erik Bertelli, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, David Doan, Zack Hargreaves, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey, Andrew Wingard Tau Beta Pi Members: William Li, Larissa Korach, Peter Nakamoto, Maxwell Nuyens Non-TBP Participants: 40

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 18 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

Oakland A’s Game

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: September 28, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 2 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 4 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Went to see Oakland A's play against Seattle in one of the last weeks of the regular season. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Bonding between TBP officers and a way to relax and have fun during midterm season. III. Organization and Administration Order tickets, transport through BART, and make sure to get reimbursed. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Approximately $15 per person, with additional money for food and BART ticket. V. Special Problems Lack of interest, possibly due to overlap with midterm season. Game is a relatively large time commitment and it's better to bond with a larger group - if setting this up in future years, try to choose a game earlier in the season so that there are fewer conflicts of interest due to classes. VI. Overall Evaluation Oakland won! List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Erik Bertelli, Cam Bates

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 19 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

Hike to the Big C

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: October 5, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 8 Number of Electees Involved: 3 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 4 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Candidates and officers hiked up Berkeley hill to the Big C, a popular UC Berkeley vantage point, where the gorgeous view of the Bay Area was enjoyed, snacks eaten, and people socialized. Afterwards, we trekked back down and dispersed. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To begin the candidate semester with a fun social activity to promote bonding amongst candidates and officers. III. Organization and Administration Scheduling the event on the TBP website's event page and e-mail notification of the event were required to organize the event. Snacks and Caprisun drinks for the event were bought at Safeway the night before. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems There were far too few candidates despite being directly after Packet Turn-In #1. Perhaps there may not have been enough publicity of the event or disinterest. VI. Overall Evaluation Despite any problems, the event was successful. Officers and Candidates interacted very well. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 20 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Tau Beta Pi Officers: Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Erik Bertelli, Pius Lau, Stephanie Su, David Doan, Vivian Shen, Nitish Padmanaban Tau Beta Pi Candidates: David Chang, Xingchen Fan, Nikita Kitaev

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Bowling with BioEHS and AIChe

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: October 11, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 10 Number of Electees Involved: 7 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 3 Other Groups: BioEHS and AIChe Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Intersocietal bowling social with members of TBP, BioEHS, and AIChE. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To foster and strengthen relationships between TBP and BioEHS and AIChE members. III. Organization and Administration Emailed BioEHS and AIChE social chairs/activities coordinators to confirm date and details. Called Albany Bowl to reserve lanes for 30 people. Reservation free, Thursday night Cal Student special discount. Not enough drivers for transport on TBP's side. Used AC Transit instead. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Approved ESC funding in advance to partially subsidize bowling for everyone. Each bowler paid $5 of their own share, and there was no further cost for TBP. V. Special Problems Lack of drivers, BioEHS also requested intersocietal funds for the same event, leading to a few confusing emails with the ESC point of contact. VI. Overall Evaluation Good turnout of 33 people. 17 from TBP, 6 from AIChE and 10 from BioEHS. People enjoyed themselves and met people from other societies. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 22 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Tau Beta Pi Officers: Michael Chang, Robinson Kuo, Nate Bailey

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Sky High Trampoline Park with PTS

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Date of Project: October 13, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 5 Number of Electees Involved: 2 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 4 Other Groups: PTS Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description TBP & PTS gets together and goes to a trampoline gym to jump and play trampoline dodgeball. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To promote bonding between Candidates & Officers, as well as bonds between TBP and PTS. III. Organization and Administration Made reservation for 25 at Sky High, paid $100 deposit, which was taken off of our final payment when we went there. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Everyone paid for their own expenses. V. Special Problems Everything went smoothly. Sky High only charges up to the number of people who actually go. VI. Overall Evaluation Would do again, which is probably why we do it every semester. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers:

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Paul Drazin, Erik Bertelli, Pius Lau, Alex Tang, Stephanie Su Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Caleb Boyd, Dodge Williams Non-TBP Participants: 12

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Paintball

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Date of Project: October 14, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 3 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 3 Participation Hours: 6 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Paintball was offered as a fun activity for the members of TBP. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of the event was to promote bonding and team-building within the officer corps. III. Organization and Administration Several paintball locations around the Bay Area were considered, with price and party size minimums being the primary criteria. www.paintballtickets.com often listed deals that allowed for individuals to go for a discounted price at several locations so admission was purchased via this website. Santa Clara Paintball (located in San Jose) requires reservations for parties of 10 or more, but they'll probably have enough equipment regardless. Due to low attendance by the Berkeley chapter, the SJSU chapter was also invited, though none of their members attended. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Each ticket purchased online cost $5, which included full day admission and equipment rentals. The paintball field required the purchase of at least 500 paintballs per person for $25 each, for a total of $30 a person. The drive was approximately 100 miles and at gas prices of $4.60 the cost for gas was about $24. V. Special Problems Due to the event being members only and taking place after the beginning of the candidate semester, low attendance was an issue from overlapping events.

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VI. Overall Evaluation The event was fun and would definitely be improved with a larger group. I suggest either making it candidate-inclusive or having it earlier so there aren't interfering events. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Paul Drazin, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, Stephanie Su, Cam Bates, Nitish Padmanaban Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Kevin Chan, Robert Claus, Brandon Sie, Dodge Williams, Nolan Wagener, Pranjali Beri, Steve Yadlowsky Non-TBP Participants: 16

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Light Painting

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Date of Project: October 15, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 9 Number of Electees Involved: 1 Organization Hours: 3 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Officers and Candidates came together to do long exposure night photography where one paints a picture with lights. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of this event was to introduce light painting and photography to those who didn't know about it, have officers and candidates interact in a fun medium, and have fun with photography, light, and glow sticks! III. Organization and Administration The glow sticks were bought at the Dollar Store on Shattuck Street. Flash lights were brought by the organizer. DSLR Cameras were brought by candidates, officers, and the Historians. Snacks were bought from Safeway, Costco, and the Dollar Store. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $40 V. Special Problems The event was organized for 7:00-8:30pm. Not many people showed up. This is most likely due to a lack of interest and the event being late on a Monday night. VI. Overall Evaluation The event was fun. With a smaller group more silly things were accomplished. Everybody seemed to have fun with long exposure photography, light painting, and trying to write out

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their names with light. Doe library and the Campanile were beautifully lit up because it was Big Game week. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Michael Chang, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Stephanie Su, David Doan, Jeff Sun, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Andrew Wingard Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Kelan Dammers

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Game Night

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: October 24, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 16 Number of Electees Involved: 8 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 3 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Evening to hang out and play some board games/card games in one of the rooms in Soda. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Promote fun lighthearted interaction between the officers and candidates. III. Organization and Administration Reserve a room in soda, find people (officers, mainly) to bring games. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Approximately $10-20 for sodas and snacks. V. Special Problems Event overlapped with officer meeting, so officers did not show up until approximately 7 pm. No one else brought games except for me until 7 pm, thankfully I had a plethora. VI. Overall Evaluation Candidates had fun and officers were able to meet them on a friendly level rather than a cursory one. Overall, a nice event that's easy to coordinate and a good way to promote interaction between candidates and officers. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Paul Drazin, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Erik Bertelli, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Stephanie Su, Eric Xiao, David Doan, Vivian

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Shen, Tony Hung, Cam Bates, Nate Bailey Tau Beta Pi Members: Larissa Korach Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Kevin Chan, Dodge Williams, Dylan Paddock, Eric Katz, Jyoti Narayanswami, Maxwell Mileck, Nolan Wagener, Pranjali Beri

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Archery

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: October 27, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 10 Number of Electees Involved: 7 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description The Cal Archery team gave TBP an introductory archery lesson that included safety, the basics of form, and equipment usage. Participants shot 6-7 rounds of arrows at bales approximately 15 meters away using recurve bows. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose was to allow TBP officers/members/candidates to experience the sport of recurve archery in a comfortable setting and to have fun. III. Organization and Administration The Cal Archery Team was contacted early in the semester to request a lesson. A date was scheduled that worked for both organizations. When the event date neared, TBP informed the Cal Archery Team approximately how many TBP participants there were so Cal Archery could plan accordingly. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Each TBP participant had to pay a $10 fee to Cal Archery. V. Special Problems Some participants showed up late to the event, most likely due to the secluded location of the Cal Archery practice field. This delayed the start of the lesson, thus taking up practice time. VI. Overall Evaluation All participants were able to learn the basics of archery and were able to practice shooting

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arrows at targets. Everyone, including the Cal Archery Team, seemed to enjoy themselves and had a great time. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Michael Suey, Matt Quan, David Doan, Tony Hung, Nitish Padmanaban, Tracy Margarettha Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Andrea Dickey, Robert Claus, Alicia Zecherle, Daisuke Kazama, Dylan Paddock, John Her, Nolan Wagener

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Pumpkin Carving

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: October 31, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 17 Number of Electees Involved: 7 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 1 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Have the candidates carve pumpkins after the GM for some fun activities II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP This is one of the fun activities. It is very festive and had a good number of candidates join. It was hosted after GM and was very convenient. III. Organization and Administration I would recommend purchasing the pumpkins several days in advance to get a better buy. However, I found a small vegetable stand across from Safeway on college that was both cheaper and had a larger selection of pumpkins. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $50 V. Special Problems The Safeway ran out of pumpkins, but there are a lot of places to go. Need a car. VI. Overall Evaluation Officers and candidates had a lot of fun. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Sebastian Ruf, Michael 2012 Chang, Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Dennis Wai, Erik Bertelli, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau,

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Robinson Kuo, Eric Xiao, Vivian Shen, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Andrew Wingard Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Chih Hu, Peng Tieng, Giovanni Gajudo, Joe Jankowski, Moonsoo Choi, Pranjali Beri, Sherry Zhang

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Fenton’s

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Date of Project: November 19, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 11 Number of Electees Involved: 19 Organization Hours: 4 Participation Hours: 3 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Officers and candidates went to Fenton’s and had ice creams. Some people did the Fenton’s challenge. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP One of the last social interactions for the semester, there was a good number of students. III. Organization and Administration Reserved a spot at Fenton’s, drivers drove officers and candidates. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Everyone paid for themselves. V. Special Problems Driving is typically an issue, had to have some drivers leave early so they could come back and pick up the rest of the students. VI. Overall Evaluation Everyone had a lot of fun. Some people did the Fenton’s challenge. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Paul Drazin, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Pritha Hait, George Yiu, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Andrew Wingard

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Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan, Eric Yu, Peng Tieng, David Chang, Ivan Gozali, John Her, Jonathan Wang, Joe Jankowski, Jyoti Narayanswami, Kevin Cho, Kevin Yeun, Mara Minner, Nisha rohit Mair, Prithvi Bomdica, Sio Wong, Steve Yadlowsky, Eric Wang

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Spring 2013 Chapter Development and Social Projects

Number Number of of Organization Participation Old or Project Title Members Electees Hours Hours New Involved Involved

TBPiE Bond 20 0 4 3 Old

CM Video Filming 15 0 3 10 Old

Karaoke 15 0 2 3 Old

Hike Berkeley Stone 5 0 0 3 Yes Wall

Hike to the Big C 10 12 1 2 Old

Officer Dinner 13 0 1 2 Yes

Big Social 1 24 30 16 4 Old

Bowling with 13 6 1 3 Old BioEHS and AIChe

Archery 10 8 1 2 Old

Pie and Game Night 22 23 2 2 Old

E-Week Carnival 21 0 2 3 Old

Da Bulls! 11 0 1 3 Old

Officer Ballin’ 7 0 1 2 Yes

Broomball 12 3 2 3 Old

Big Social 2 20 35 8 4 Old

Jam Session 15 6 4 3 Old

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Engineering Sports 14 5 6 3 Old Night

Lightpainting 11 7 1 2 Old

Engineering CTF 11 9 1 2 Old

Fenton’s 21 20 1 3 Old

Bagel Day 20 0 1 4 Yes

Senior Dinner 14 0 1 2 Old

Cap Decoration 15 0 2 2 Old

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TBPiE Bond

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: February, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 20 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 4 Participation Hours: 3 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Planned to be a large scale social/bonding event with food, fun activities and PiE, but ended up being lunch and board games. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP TBPiE Bond, formerly Big Social 0, was meant to promote interaction/foster friendship between PiE staff and TBP officers. III. Organization and Administration Organization involved bringing PiE Social Chair, PiE Liaison, and TBP Vice Presidents together to figure out logistics. Most of the organizing was done by TBP officers and things discussed included location, food, fun activities/ice breakers. TBP activities committee was put in charge of lunch and VPs + PiE Liaison went to Wozniak Lounge early to prep games and the room. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Food cost were ~$110 and room reservation for Wozniak Lounge ~$42. Since this was an inter-societal event, the Engineering Student Council allocated $150 for the event. V. Special Problems 1) Due to lack of communication/awareness about a scheduled power shut-down in O'brien Hall, PiE staff were not able to participate in the planned activities. Plans were changed the day before including cancellation of most of the planned activities and a change in cuisine to keep costs to a minimum. 2) PiE staff were not able to stay and had to rotate in and out, as a result interaction

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between PiE staff and officers was not as great as desired. VI. Overall Evaluation The few PiE staff who were able to come and stay for a bit seemed to have a good time and some introductions between PiE staff and officers were made. The planned event was pretty much cancelled the night before by PiE. As a result the event was very small and mostly TBP officers with PiE staff coming and going. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Larissa Korach, Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Zoey Huang, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Vicki Ni, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey, Andrew Wingard, Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan, Steve Yadlowsky Tau Beta Pi Members: Michael 2012 Chang, Robert Luan Non-TBP Participants: 25

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CM Video Filming

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Date of Project: February 10, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 15 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 3 Participation Hours: 10 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description TBP historians organized and filmed scenes for the video to be presented at Candidate. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To produce a fun video for the Candidate Meeting that introduces the house cup competition and gives the candidates some insight into what TBP events are like. III. Organization and Administration The script was written in advance and the historians did some storyboarding work to plan out the shots of each scene. We contacted the actors to collect their availabilities, and then scheduled filming sessions in order to best meet all constraints. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems Scheduling shoots can be difficult due to actors' availabilities, room availability, and the weather. Several times we had to do a last minute location change since the room would not be available. VI. Overall Evaluation It was a long process but we were eventually able to get all the necessary footage for the video. Everyone who came out had fun, and we were able to produce a nice video. List of Participants:

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Tau Beta Pi Officers: William Li, Larissa Korach, Paul Drazin, Hamilton Nguyen, Zoey Huang, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Stephanie Su, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha Tau Beta Pi Members: Dennis Wai

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Karaoke

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: February 15, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 15 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 3 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description The event took place at the 99 ranch music tunnel. It is worth noting that the name is now changed but Yelp and the website still claim that the name is music tunnel. The location is still under operation through. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To have fun before the beginning of the candidate semester. III. Organization and Administration This year we had invited the alumni to the karaoke event, there was a total of 15 participants showing up. The stars committee sent a simple email to the alumni. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Total costs came out to 16 dollars per person, but the largest room starts at 15 people. V. Special Problems No problems, all fun. Driving was simple and people had cash. VI. Overall Evaluation A good day. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Larissa Korach, Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Katie Mclaughlin, Zoey Huang, Cam Bates, Nate Bailey, Andrew Wingard, Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan,

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Yike Qin, Marc Zajac Tau Beta Pi Members: Lina Zhu, Moonsoo Choi

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Hike Berkeley StoneWall-Panoramic Trail!

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Date of Project: February 24, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 5 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 0 Participation Hours: 3 Type of Project (old or new): Yes

I. General Description This event was a hike to the Berkeley Stone Wall for all the Tau Beta Pi officers. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of the event was to serve as a follow-up officer bonding event and at the same time give the officers an excuse to exercise with some fellow Tau Bates. III. Organization and Administration Organization involved emailing everyone and asking them to meet at Hearst Mining Circle at a certain time with instructions on how to dress. The hike route was google mapped before hand to make sure that the trail was doable for everyone. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems Not as many officers turned up for the hike which was disappointing. This was primarily because a lot of people had their second round of midterms to prepare for and were already busy with their respective TBP committee commitments. VI. Overall Evaluation The hike was pleasant and officers who showed up had a nice time. This was followed up with some froyo to cook down after the hike! List of Participants:

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Tau Beta Pi Officers: Paul Drazin, Hamilton Nguyen, Pritha Hait, Nate Bailey Tau Beta Pi Members: RJ Sheperd

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Hike to the Big C

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Date of Project: March 1, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 10 Number of Electees Involved: 12 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Hike to Big C is a traditional fun event that always happens in the afternoon of the date of Packet Turn-In #1. This is the first fun event for the new candidates, so we hope they have fun! During the hike, new candidates and TBP officers get a chance to talk to each other. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP 1) Let new candidates and TBP officers know more about each other. 2) Start a relaxing and energetic weekend! III. Organization and Administration Everyone hiked as a group towards the Big C. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $20 for cookies and snacks that were shared at the top of the hill. V. Special Problems Since this event was right after the Packet Turn-In #1, many candidates did not know how to sign up on our website. Also, we could never know how many people will actually come until the time of event, so food preparing can be hard. This time, we got some cookies left over. VI. Overall Evaluation Everyone had fun. We watched the sun set at the top of the hill and took group photos. Candidates got chance to know each other and TBP officers. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 48 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Tau Beta Pi Officers: Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Robert Tang-kong, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Michael Suey, Nate Bailey, Kevin Chan, Yike Qin Tau Beta Pi Members: Xingchen Fan Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Nathan Mailoa, Adithyavairavan Murali, Stephen Yu, Kevin Korner, Cheng Yuan, Joey Moghadam, Makoto Lalwani, Michael Forsuelo, Phillip Ding, Weier Wan, Vaibhav Agarwal, Ivan Fok

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Officer Dinner

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: March 2, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 13 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Yes

I. General Description This was an event where all the TBP officers were invited to have dinner with fellow TBP officers at Barney's Gourmet Hamburgers, one of the restaurants which Tau Beta Pi,CA-A traditionally visits quite often. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of the event was to bring Tau Beta Pi officers together on a Saturday night during a weekend with relatively lesser TBP activities. III. Organization and Administration Reservations were made ahead of time and emails were sent requesting officers to sign up for the event. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Each person paid for their own food. V. Special Problems Unfortunately the restaurant chosen was already booked up by PiE from before since they had scrimmage that day. This made it harder to get the usual big tale to fit everyone when reservations were made. Also, since a lot of people decided to show up last minute, it was a challenge to know how many people the reservation needed to be made for during rush hours. VI. Overall Evaluation All in all, the dinner was a great bonding experience and few of the officers who showed

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up late went and sat with the PiE folks. Definitely recommend repeating the event but at a different location or date. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Larissa Korach, Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Melinda Chen, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Stephanie Su, Vivian Shen, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey Tau Beta Pi Members: Michael Chang

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Big Social 1 (Amazing Race)

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Date of Project: March 3, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 24 Number of Electees Involved: 30 Organization Hours: 16 Participation Hours: 4 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description This was the first big social event of the semester, the semesterly amazing race event. Houses compete by solving clues to reveal destinations throughout campus until they make a complete circuit. The fastest time wins! II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP This event is a lot of fun for everyone who is involved and helps houses bond together at the beginning of the semester. III. Organization and Administration The VPs planned out 8 activities ("Out of Sight Out of Mine", "Diary Logic Puzzle", "Nerf Gun Shooting Range", "Bridge and Torch Game", "Frisbee Relay", "Sporcle Quzzies", "Silent Opera", "Puncture") to be done at locations throughout campus, and created clues that lead to each location. The houses each had unique paths through campus that had them complete all 8 activities. The house with the lowest time to come back to the Woz after completing these activities, after bonuses and penalties, was the winner. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements About $110 for sandwiches, drinks, cookies, etc. V. Special Problems The VPs underestimated the difficulty of some of the clues, which led to houses getting lost and greatly increased the length of the event. Delphini took nearly 3.5 hours to complete their circuit, while the VPs had budgeted around 2. Also, some of the station hosts did not fully understand their activities, which led to some confusion, although the

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games were fairly administered across all teams and so didn't affect the results. VI. Overall Evaluation Despite the confusion and the fact that some teams got lost, everyone seemed to enjoy the event. Free food was given out afterwards and people had fun recounting the experiences and seemed to bond pretty well. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Larissa Korach, Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Zoey Huang, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Stephanie Su, Vivian Shen, Aaron Wienkers, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Andrew Wingard, Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan, Giovanni Gajudo, Kevin Cho, Eric Wang Tau Beta Pi Members: Kevin Haninger Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Joseph Hui, Davina Smith, Allison Vuong, Kristine Rezai, Roy Park, Stephen Yu, Martin Thompson, Robert Ou, Kenneth Lin, Varun Naik, Emily Lutz, Albert Zheng, Michael Chen, Ena Hariyoshi, Ben Zhang, Lulu Li, Minchao Lin, Roshena Macpherson, Lucy Hu, Anita Cheung, Kevin Korner, Jeffrey Dong, Makoto Lalwani, Phillip Ding, Weier Wan, Vaibhav Agarwal, David Liu, Alex Chu, Ivan Fok, Andrew Sabour

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Bowling with BioEHS and AIChe

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: March 7, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 13 Number of Electees Involved: 6 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 3 Other Groups: BioEHS and AIChe Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Inter-societal bowling between TBP, BioEHS, and AIChe. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To strengthen the relationship between members of TBP, BioEHS, and AIChe. III. Organization and Administration Emailed the social coordinates for AIChe and BioEHS at the beginning of the semester to settle on a date. Albany Bowl has a Thursday night special for Cal students. I called a few weeks in advance to reserve 8 lanes for 40 people. Tried to arrange for enough cars but prepared to take the bus just incase. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $8 for 2 games + shoe rental with a cal id. V. Special Problems Thought there was going to be a lack of drivers and we'd have to take the bus, but we had just enough. We had to pay all at once, so it was a hassle to collect money/id's and give change. VI. Overall Evaluation 39 people in total came out, so there was very good turnout. There were 20 from TBP and about 10 each from BioEHS and AIChe (some TBP members came as members of the other societies). Everyone had a lot of fun and got to meet members from other societies.

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List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Hamilton Nguyen, Pius Lau, Robinson Kuo, Vivian Shen, Cam Bates, Nate Bailey, Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan, Eric Yu, Kevin Cho, Steve Yadlowsky Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Byron Ho, Roy Park, Albert Zheng, Anya Garachtchenko, Sean Ho, Yoobin Oh Non-TBP Participants: 19

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Archery

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: March 9, 2013 Project Area: University/College Number of Members Involved: 10 Number of Electees Involved: 8 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 2 Other Groups: Cal Archery Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description The Cal Archery team gave TBP an introductory archery lesson that included safety, the basics of form, and equipment usage. Participants shot 10 or so rounds of approx. 6 arrows each at bales 9 meters away using recurve bows. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose was to allow TBP officers/members/candidates to experience the sport of recurve archery in a comfortable and safe setting and to have fun. III. Organization and Administration The Cal Archery Team was contacted early in the semester to request a lesson. A date was scheduled that worked for both organizations. When the event date neared, TBP informed the Cal Archery Team approximately how many TBP participants were scheduled to take part so Cal Archery could plan accordingly. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Each TBP participant had to pay a $10 fee to Cal Archery. V. Special Problems Some participants showed up late to the event, most likely due to the secluded location of the Cal Archery practice field. This delayed the start of the lesson, thus taking up practice time. VI. Overall Evaluation

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All participants were able to learn the basics of archery and were able to practice shooting arrows at targets. Everyone, including the Cal Archery Team, seemed to enjoy themselves and had a great time. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Paul Drazin, Erik Bertelli, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Eric Yu, Daisuke Kazama Tau Beta Pi Members: Michael Chang Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Joseph Hui, Nathan Mailoa, Kristine Rezai, Martin Thompson, Dante Natoli, Kevin Korner, Weier Wan, Shawn Gao

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Pie and Game Night

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: March 14, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 22 Number of Electees Involved: 23 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description March 14th is Pi Day. People came to enjoy some pies and games! II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Create an easy and relaxing environment to let candidates and officers know more about each other. Also, we can celebrate the powerful and beautiful number Pi! III. Organization and Administration The event started with a small quiz consisting of five questions about pi. The five people who gave the correct answers get first priority to choose their pie. After the quiz, people started to eat pies and play some card games. People are free to leave whenever they want. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements The total cost of pies is $38.52. V. Special Problems I found that some candidate left rather early so they just got a slice of pie and did not interact with other people much. VI. Overall Evaluation Most people had a lot of fun and knew more about each other. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Larissa Korach, Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie

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Mclaughlin, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Stephanie Su, Vivian Shen, Cam Bates, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Kevin Chan, Yike Qin, Eric Yu, Pranjali Beri, Eric Wang Tau Beta Pi Members: George Yiu Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Joseph Hui, Sahar Mesri, Shir Nehama, Roy Park, Michael Chen, Sagar Karandikar, Lulu Li, Allen Li, Alexander Runke, Lucy Hu, Anita Cheung, Jon Allen, Anya Garachtchenko, Elise Lim, Jeffrey Dong, Eric Oh, Jerry Cheng, Jack Li, Felicia Angesti, Albert Lin, Jack Qiao, Alex Chu, Kunal Marwaha

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E-Week Carnival

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Date of Project: March 15, 2013 Project Area: University/College Number of Members Involved: 21 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 3 Other Groups: Engineering Student Council Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description For the Engineer's Week Carnival, the Engineering Student Council asked engineering groups to host a carnival game. TBP answered the call by originally coming up with ducks in a pond. The rules and game changed throughout the entire event. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of this event is stay in good terms with the Engineering Student Council, who provides funding to all the engineering organizations, including Tau Beta Pi. It was also to interact with engineers and publicize instructor applications to Engineering 98, our student-led Introduction to Engineering course. III. Organization and Administration Early in the semester, ESC requested that the organizations submit a carnival game to host, offering up to $40 in reimbursement to host their booth. In one of the Student and Alumni Relations meetings, our committee decided to do ducks in a pond. About a week prior to the event, all supplies were bought online and then moved into the TBP office the day before. A half hour before the start of the carnival, officers prepared the booth by inflating the pool and filling it with water. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $40 for inflatable pool, floating ducks, a bucket, packaging tape, and Sharpies. V. Special Problems The officers got bored of hosting such a simple game and tried to develop a game that used

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the same supplies that was more exciting, coming up some unsuccessful ideas. By the end, we came up with an idea that everyone enjoyed. We also had some trouble finding a place to fill our bucket with water and instead used plastic bins to fill the bucket from a sink. VI. Overall Evaluation Everyone had fun. Some people got a little wet. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Larissa Korach, Paul Drazin, Hamilton Nguyen, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Vicki Ni, Michael Suey, Matt Quan, Stephanie Su, Eric Xiao, Henry Pham, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey, Andrea Dickey, Peng Tieng, Joe Jankowski

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Da Bulls!

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Date of Project: March 15, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 11 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 3 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description We went to a basketball game in Oakland, featuring the Golden State Warriors and the Chicago Bulls. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of this event was to promote social bonding between members and alumni of the chapter. III. Organization and Administration The tickets were ordered online 2 weeks in advance of the event and then were distributed to all participants. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements The tickets cost $34 each, which was paid by each participant. V. Special Problems Some of the participants showed up late to the game, but otherwise there were no major problems. VI. Overall Evaluation The Bulls beat the Warriors by 18 points, thus everyone had a great time and really enjoyed going to the game. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers:

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Larissa Korach, Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Erik Bertelli, Nate Bailey, Kevin Cho Tau Beta Pi Members: Walter Li, Andy Hoac, Lina Zhu

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 63 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Discovery Kingdom

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Date of Project: March 23, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 12 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 7 Type of Project (old or new): Yes

I. General Description The event was a trip to the Discovery Kingdom in Valero for Tau Beta Pi officers on the first day of spring break. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP This event served as an officer bonding event where officers enjoyed each other's company in a non school /work setting. III. Organization and Administration Organization involved figuring out the number of officers interested in going. The officers were informed at OM and were emailed few weeks in advanced with a deadline to sign-up 4 days in advance. This allowed us to purchase tickets 3days advance online with a 20% discount. Drivers and rides were figured out as well. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Everyone paid for themselves. V. Special Problems No major problems. VI. Overall Evaluation Event was enjoyed by everyone and it was a great bonding experience not too far away from Berkeley. Definitely recommend repeating it next semester! List of Participants:

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Tau Beta Pi Officers: Aaron Alpert, Larissa Korach, Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Erik Bertelli, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Henry Pham, Nate Bailey, Andrew Wingard, Yike Qin Tau Beta Pi Members: RJ Sheperd

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 65 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Officer Ballin’

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Date of Project: April 2, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 7 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Yes

I. General Description Officers got together and played basketball in Hearst Gym for a few hours, playing a few 3-on-3 games and some Knockout. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To unwind on a weekday night and encourage bonding and physical activity among the officer corps. III. Organization and Administration The organizer sent an email to [email protected] asking for a reservation timeslot and agreeing to the terms and policies about 3 weeks beforehand. Additionally, an email was sent out to attendees asking for anyone who had one to bring a basketball. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems Attendance was on the low end, although we still had enough people to play some games and have a good time. The low attendance may have been due to the awkward timeslot - reserving further in advance to acquire better timeslots would be useful. Also, the room did not have a sound system to play the playlist of Space Jam remixes that the organizer had prepared. VI. Overall Evaluation Everyone in attendance had a good time, and we'll try and schedule more of these in the

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future. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Michael Suey, Eric Xiao, Henry Pham, Nate Bailey Tau Beta Pi Members: Gurshamnjot Singh

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Broomball

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Date of Project: April 5, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 12 Number of Electees Involved: 3 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 3 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Broomball at Oakland Ice Center II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Fun event outside of city of Berkeley III. Organization and Administration Emailed Danielle Deaver [email protected] 1.5 months in advance to reserve date. Oakland Ice Center was finally able to confirm us for Friday 4/5/13 about 2 weeks prior. AC Transit 1 and/or 18 were sufficient for travel from Downtown Berkeley BART to 0.1 miles (2 blocks) away from the ice center, and back. 15 TBP officers/members/candidates made it. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $390 for up to 30 people, $10 subsequently. Similar to Broomball in the past, we charged everyone in our group $15 and TBP covers remainder. V. Special Problems If done in the future, we should try to confirm a date before candidate packet (or at least more than 2 weeks prior) to increase publicity and get bigger turnout. VI. Overall Evaluation 15 felt like a good number to make the event fun (30 would have been pretty crowded). Nonetheless it would have been nice to improve turnout. AC Transit travel was relatively smooth.

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List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Pius Lau, Vivian Shen, Aaron Wienkers, Cam Bates, Nate Bailey, Kevin Chan, Brandon Sie, Kevin Cho Tau Beta Pi Members: Joanna Chen, Aloni Cohen Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Albert Zheng, Roshena Macpherson, Anita Cheung

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 69 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Big Social 2 (Easter Egg Hunt)

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Date of Project: April 7, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 20 Number of Electees Involved: 35 Organization Hours: 8 Participation Hours: 4 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Big Social 2 is our off campus event. This semester we did an Easter Egg Hunt themed event where the four houses each compete in a series of competitive events. It was held at Tilden park. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Big Socials are one of the best opportunities for candidates to meet a lot of officers and other candidates in a competitive atmosphere. It really helps promote candidate interaction within houses and foster a closer relationship between officers and candidates within the same house. III. Organization and Administration VPs planned out timeline of the day and acitivities. We started off at HMC and we had just enough drivers to shuttle everyone up in one trip. We played the impromptu name chain game as an ice breaker (within houses). Then we did the egg relay race with the plastic eggs, 4 way tug of war, and finally the egg hunt after lunch. Some eggs had challenges inside. One VP stayed behind to shuttle people up to Tilden, the other VP went up early with Activities to set up food and hide the eggs. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements The food cost $126.94 total and then VPs had to spend $5 on plastic eggs. There weren't many Easter eggs left over from Easter sales so we used brightly colored foam pieces as the rest of the hidden items. V. Special Problems

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We couldn't get enough plastic Easter eggs so we had to use rolled up pieces of foam instead. We also did not prepare for tug of war by getting thick enough rope so we used thin rope which broke as soon as the teams started pulling. Unfortunately it was drizzling in the morning so it was inconvenient but not unbearable. In the morning, the VP and activities didn't get there early enough so we moved the egg hunt to after lunch, so VP had to go hide the eggs during lunch. We also had a holdup grilling when we finished picnic games early so lots of candidates had to wait around. Also some candidates had to leave early, but there was a car took people so that was ok. When we arrived, there was another event going but we were able to get a table and 2 grills so it worked out. VI. Overall Evaluation People had a good time, and houses bonded well. The earlier games were not that good because the weather made things inconvenient. Most of the items were found, but disproportionately. The egg relay race actually worked well in promoting bonding. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Larissa Korach, Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Zoey Huang, Robert Tang-kong, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Andrew Wingard, Kevin Chan, Eric Yu, Daisuke Kazama, Kevin Cho Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Don Mai, Ian Lin, Glen Liang, Adithyavairavan Murali, Jimmy Lee, Michael Tsang, Dante Natoli, Sagar Karandikar, Alexander Runke, Ashley Tsai, Jon Allen, Anya Garachtchenko, Cheng Yuan, Elise Lim, Jeffrey Dong, Bryan Wang, Sean Ho, Jack Hendershott, Eric Oh, Jerry Cheng, Jackson Hung, Michael Forsuelo, Jack Li, D.J. Weeks, Albert Lin, Andrew Richard, Noah Goldman, Shawn Gao, Daniel Lu, Jin Zheng, Jack Qiao, Ivan Fok, Kunal Marwaha, Yoobin Oh, Kate Rakelly

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 71 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Jam Session

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Date of Project: April 11, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 15 Number of Electees Involved: 6 Organization Hours: 4 Participation Hours: 3 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Jam session is a simple event that consists of bringing various instruments, either real or video games or typical. Try to get other members who also play to come and bring something. This is typically after General meeting so just ask them to bring it when they come. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP This is one of the last fun event for the candidates. III. Organization and Administration I brought two guitars and a ukulele to the event, other members brought another ukulele and a harmonica. Typically small easy instruments get a lot of attention. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems Try to figure out a way or organizing the end of the general meeting and the beginning of the Jam session, it is hard to transition sometimes. VI. Overall Evaluation Despite any problems, the event was successful. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers:

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Larissa Korach, Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Zoey Huang, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Pius Lau, Vivian Shen, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Andrew Wingard, Andrea Dickey, Kevin Cho Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Joseph Hui, Shir Nehama, Roy Park, Jerry Cheng, D.J. Weeks, Kunal Marwaha

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 73 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Engineering Sports Night

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Date of Project: April 12, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 14 Number of Electees Involved: 5 Organization Hours: 6 Participation Hours: 3 Other Groups: PTS, HKN Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description The semiannual Sports Night event is an intersocietal venue which brings together PTS, HKN, and TBP, but is inclusive of all engineers. Games of football, soccer, and ultimate were instigated, though a few participants brought baseballs for catch. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Engineering Sports Night is designed to encourage interaction between the various engineering majors in a friendly setting other than the classroom. III. Organization and Administration Early action was required when working with PTS and HKN. The usual rotation was used, so TBP was in charge of Food, HKN the equipment (which they bought new with ESC money), and PTS the Field Reservation. Flexibility was needed with the date (even though we talked to the RSF in February), when also working with PTS and HKN's schedules, and Friday or Saturday nights were preferred. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements The reservation through RSF is $45/hr, which the intersocietal fund took care of through PTS. Food stayed below the $90 intended budget, but was not covered by Intersocietal Fund. Extra FiComm compensation was not pursued because TBP was already asking for funds for Engineering Open House. V. Special Problems A (seemingly international) field hockey team was very adamant about staying and

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finishing their game, even though we had proof of our reservation through RSF (they didn't know what that was). A small First Aid Kit could have been useful as a few people came off with bloody noses, and I'm sure there could have been worse. RSF soccer goals would have been nice rather than using cones. VI. Overall Evaluation ESN was a great success with over 80 people showing up (and even engineers not affiliated with HKN, TBP, or PTS). At points, Ultimate Frisbee had to be split up into three separate games due to the first game getting crowded. Although our reservation was only until 11:00 (2 hours) everyone wanted to keep playing, and no one was waiting to play after us, so we ended up playing until about midnight. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Erik Bertelli, Matt Quan, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey, Kevin Chan Tau Beta Pi Members: Andrew Lee, Aloni Cohen, Robert Luan, Matthew Fong, George Yiu, Ian Herbert Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Michael Chen, Roshena Macpherson, Halbert Chong, Cheng Yuan, Jerry Cheng Non-TBP Participants: 50

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Lightpainting

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Date of Project: April 18, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 11 Number of Electees Involved: 7 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Make use of long exposure photography with lights/lasers/etc. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Fun event for members and officers to engage in photography and lightpainting! III. Organization and Administration Contacted historians to ensure someone was coming. They (Hamilton) took care of most everything else. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems None VI. Overall Evaluation Officers and Candidates interacted very well. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Zoey Huang, Pius Lau, Stephanie Su, Henry Pham, Vivian Shen, Cam Bates, Nate Bailey, Kevin Chan Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Sahar Mesri, Shir Nehama, Minchao Lin, Michael Forsuelo, Felicia Angesti, Andrew

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Richard, Kate Rakelly

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 77 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Engineering CTF

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Date of Project: April 23, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 11 Number of Electees Involved: 9 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 2 Other Groups: PTS Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Played night-time capture the flag, using glowsticks to illuminate the flags and ourselves. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Intersocietal event with PTS - have fun and involve all engineers on campus. III. Organization and Administration Reserve field, PTS is supposed to bring equipment but they didn't -.- so get equipment from 101 O'Brien, probably. We were supposed to have Simpsons-themed flags, but I didn't see them. Just get cones and buy glowsticks in advance from Amazon or something. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements ~$20 for 50 glowstick necklaces from Amazon. V. Special Problems Even though we reserved Memorial Glade, the sprinklers were running during the event. Because of this, we moved to North Field (near Hearst Gym), which was also slightly wet but much less so. VI. Overall Evaluation People had fun, and Aaron dominated everyone else because of his OP cleats. Maybe consider getting snacks next time. List of Participants:

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Tau Beta Pi Officers: Paul Drazin, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Henry Pham, Vivian Shen, Aaron Wienkers, Cam Bates, Nate Bailey, Kevin Chan, Hunjoo Kim, Kevin Cho Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Joseph Hui, Allison Vuong, Don Mai, Adithyavairavan Murali, Sagar Karandikar, Cheng Yuan, Jack Li, D.J. Weeks, Lev Tauz Non-TBP Participants: 10

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 79 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Fenton’s

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Date of Project: April 25, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 21 Number of Electees Involved: 20 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 3 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Went to Fenton's Creamery as the last fun event before the end of the candidate semester. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Socialize and watch people attempt the Fenton's Challenge. III. Organization and Administration Called to make a reservation for 40 people about 3 weeks in advance. Was told to fill out a form from their website and fax it to them. Required for me to give them my credit card number, but it was not charged for a deposit. I collected over 20 coupons from the daily Cal for the Fenton's challenge. I think that they're only printed in the Thursday issues. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Everyone paid for their own food, only cost was driving. V. Special Problems Not enough drivers, 3 cars had to shuttle. It was very hard trying to get all the bills paid, since the checks were split up by tables but everyone had moved around. VI. Overall Evaluation Very good turnout and everyone seemed to have a lot of fun. Out of 11 people who tried the challenge, 6 succeeded and got free t-shirts! List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 80 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Tau Beta Pi Officers: Larissa Korach, Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Pius Lau, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, Stephanie Su, Eric Xiao, Henry Pham, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Eric Yu, Joe Jankowski, Kevin Cho, Eric Wang Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Davina Smith, Kristine Rezai, Shir Nehama, Roy Park, Varun Naik, Dante Natoli, Sagar Karandikar, Ena Hariyoshi, Alexander Runke, Roshena Macpherson, Halbert Chong, Jon Allen, Anya Garachtchenko, Bryan Wang, Sean Ho, Jack Hendershott, Jackson Hung, Jack Li, Felicia Angesti, Kate Rakelly

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 81 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Bagel Day

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Date of Project: April 26, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 20 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 4 Type of Project (old or new): Yes

I. General Description Since there were left over donuts and bagels from the Engineering Open House event and an officer bonding event of Friday's @ the bent was due, this event was created. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of the event was to serve as an officer bonding event where TBP officers and members could hang out between classes and help each other pull through to the end of the semester. III. Organization and Administration Organization involved emailing everyone about the event and making sure that we had rooms and food organized. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Costs were included from the Engineering Open House purchases funded by the ESC. V. Special Problems The biggest problem was that the bagels had been out for about a week and some of them developed some molds. People eating the bagels had to be a little careful. VI. Overall Evaluation It was a great bonding event where TBP officers got to meet one another and help out during stressful times. List of Participants:

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Tau Beta Pi Officers: Larissa Korach, Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Vicki Ni, Stephanie Su, Henry Pham, Vivian Shen, Aaron Wienkers, Nate Bailey, Andrea Dickey, Steve Yadlowsky, Eric Wang Tau Beta Pi Members: Dodge Williams

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 83 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Senior Dinner

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Date of Project: May 12, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 14 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Senior Dinner is a dinner organized by the President for the graduating seniors in a restaurant at Berkeley. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of senior dinner is for all the Tau Beta Pi members to have dinner with the graduating seniors and say their good-byes before commencements. It is also a way for the non-graduating Tau Bates to thank all the graduating Tau-Bates for their wonderful contributions at Berkeley. III. Organization and Administration An e-mail was sent out to all seniors to fill out a doodle to figure out what time worked best for the folks who wanted to attend the event. A follow up email with time, date and venue was sent. Reservations were made with the same restaurant as last year 'Alborz' (for tradition) before hand to make sure we would be accommodated. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements The event did not have any costs associated as the dinner was relatively expensive and every one who attended the event paid separately. V. Special Problems Only problem was that the restaurant was hard to work with. They din't give enough number of chairs & tables as reserved for and they wanted all of the people attending the dinner to be there on the dot to secure the tables. VI. Overall Evaluation Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 84 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

All in all, the event went smoothly. Everyone was there on time, the food was great and everyone was happy to be able to day good bye to the graduating seniors. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Larissa Korach, Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Vicki Ni, Nate Bailey Tau Beta Pi Members: Michael 2012 Chang, Dennis Wai

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 85 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Cap Decoration

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Date of Project: May 17, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 15 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Cap decoration was an event where graduating seniors got a chance to decorate their caps for commencement. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of the event as described in the description too is for seniors to get a chance to decorate their graduation caps. Even the non-graduating seniors were present at the event helping out with designing caps. III. Organization and Administration The event was planned in such a way that it was right before the graduation photo-shoot so that seniors could have their hats ready for the pictures. An e-mail was sent out to all the members and officers about the event. Arts & Crafts items were purchased from both Staples and Michael's to get the best combination of items. Also, 2 of our members laser cut the bent and PiE logo to use for the decoration. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements The arts and crafts material was $36 and they included letters&numbers, different colored papers for designs, glitters, etc. The plastic used for laser cut was around $70 which was raised from contribution of seniors. V. Special Problems Due to traffic and finals, the material arrived a few minutes late. VI. Overall Evaluation

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The event went smoothly and all the seniors who showed up had their caps decorated for the photo-shoot+graduation. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Larissa Korach, Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey, Kevin Chan Tau Beta Pi Members: Robert Luan, Dennis Wai

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Houses

Bodi Kastoras

Delphini During the second semester, the

VPs came up with the house

project: each house will be given

a $100 dollar budget and four

worksessions (~10 hours) to

complete a roller coaster. It is an

amazing bonding experience as

members and candidates of each

houses put together their design

Skylos and engineering skills to

complete the project from

cooperative effort!

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Fall 2012 House Projects

Number Number of of Organization Participation Old or Project Title Members Electees Hours Hours New Involved Involved

Sushigami 6 21 3 2 Old

Trivia Night 13 8 2 2 Old

Dodgeball 13 11 1 2 Old

Fourth House Event 13 14 1 2 Old

House Cup 16 38 10 4 Old

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Sushigami

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Date of Project: October 12, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 16 Number of Electees Involved: 21 Organization Hours: 3 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description The first house event of the semester, Sushigami was a sushi-making competition between Bodi and Delphini, though members of the other houses formed their own team and joined in the fun, and an origami-making session in which people could put their creativity to practice. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To give candidates a smaller setting in which to bond with other candidates as well as officers, facilitated through a friendly, collaborative competition. III. Organization and Administration Bought supplies for sushi a few hours before the event; prepared rice and vegetables beforehand so more of the event could be spent on actually making sushi and origami. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements ~$100 for sushi supplies V. Special Problems We were not able to reserve a room with a kitchen, so all the food had to be fresh and prepared in a way that made it easy for people to use ingredients immediately. We underestimated the amount of rice that we needed, so that limited how much sushi people could make. VI. Overall Evaluation A good mix of candidates and officers showed up, so the competition aspect of the event

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turned out nicely. Candidates were split into groups based on their houses and spent about an hour making sushi. Their best creations were presented to a panel of judges, who judged that Bodi had the best sushi. Afterwards, everyone mingled and either learned or taught others how to make various objects from origami paper. It was a successful event despite the room limitations. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Michael Chang, Paul Drazin, Hamilton Nguyen, Joy Yeh, Anne Huang, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Eric Xiao, Vivian Shen, Cam Bates, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Ella Putihprayogi Pek Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan, Caleb Wang, Yike Qin, Robert Claus, Yunsie Chung, Alicia Zecherle, Peng Tieng, Giovanni Gajudo, sophia Dai, John Her, Joe Jankowski, Karen Cheng, Kelan Dammers, Kevin Zhang, Mara Minner, Nisha rohit Mair, Shaya Shahsavarani, Sherry Zhang, Xingchen Fan, Eric Wang

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 91 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Trivia Night

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Date of Project: October 18, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 13 Number of Electees Involved: 8 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description For the second house event of the semester, we decided to host a Trivia Night. The three teams were the house of Kastoras, the house of Skylos, and others (formed up of members of the other two houses who decided to attend this event). II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To provide a fun bonding event for candidates and promote a competitive spirit between houses. III. Organization and Administration With help from other officers, the house leader decided on a layout (attached) and came up with ~20 questions covering a variety of topics. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems Since we wrote the questions ourselves without previous testing, some ended up being too easy or too hard with all teams receiving the same score. However, given the similar backgrounds of attendees, this may have been unavoidable. VI. Overall Evaluation Questions were answered, those attending seemed to have fun, and Skylos won! List of Participants:

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Tau Beta Pi Officers: Paul Drazin, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Robinson Kuo, Stephanie Su, Cam Bates, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Ella Putihprayogi pek Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Kevin Chan, Miltiadis Vratimos, Eric Yu, Daisuke Kazama, Dodge Williams, Kevin Cho, Nolan Wagener, Prithvi Bomdica

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Dodgeball

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: October 26, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 13 Number of Electees Involved: 11 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description A standard game of dodgeball was played between Skylos and Delphini. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of this event was to be a competition between Skylos and Delphini. III. Organization and Administration Dodgeballs and cones were retrieved from the desk. The field could not be reserved, so we just went to the field at the time of the event. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems The field could not be reserved. This was almost a problem as another large group wanted to play soccer on the entire field, but we were able to use a small part of the field for dodgeball. VI. Overall Evaluation 17 games of dodgeball were played, of which Delphini won 9 and Skylos won 8, thus making Delphini the overall winner. Everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Paul Drazin, Erik Bertelli, Matthew Fong, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau,

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Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Michael Suey, George Yiu, Vivian Shen, Cam Bates, Nate Bailey Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Jerry Zhu, Atsu Kakitani, Brandon Sie, Dylan Paddock, Eric Katz, Hunjoo Kim, Jonathan Kim, Jonathan Wang, Maxwell Mileck, Pranjali Beri, Eric Wang

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Fourth House Event

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Date of Project: November 14, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 13 Number of Electees Involved: 14 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Ice cream sundae were made, then candidates and members played a giant game of mafia. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To facilitate bonding between the Bodi and Kastoras new candidates and members. III. Organization and Administration A small room was reserved in Soda hall, ice cream was brought, and instead of a deck of cards, spoons marked with sharpie were used to assign roles. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements ~$25 for ice cream + sprinkles V. Special Problems Ice cream melts quickly; leftovers were no good. VI. Overall Evaluation Success! It was great bonding for those involved and helped "reveal" some of the mischievous shy personalities. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Michael Chang, Hamilton Nguyen, Joy Yeh, Katie Mclaughlin, Erik Bertelli, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Matt Quan, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey, Ling Yeung

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 96 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Kevin Chan, Robert Claus, Eric Yu, Caleb Boyd, Chih Hu, Ivan Gozali, John Her, Jonathan Kim, Jyoti Narayanswami, Kevin Yeun, Marc Zajac, Moonsoo Choi, Sio Wong, Steve Yadlowsky

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House Cup

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: November 18, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 16 Number of Electees Involved: 38 Organization Hours: 10 Participation Hours: 4 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description House cup is a competitive social event designed for the four houses as they compete for house points. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP One last big fun activity designed were the Houses all compete against each other for house points. It is designed to be more competitive than the other Big Socials, in that the houses get to play directly against each other. III. Organization and Administration There were 2 house vs house activities (Kickball and Halo Mongoose Racing), 4 timed individual house activities (Lava, Officer Crossword, Pictionary, and Find Me), and one final all four house wrap up trivia activity. Points were awarded for winning each activity. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements ~$200 for pizza and drinks V. Special Problems The total of 7 activities caused the event to run a little long. In the future, it might be best to plan House Cup to be shorter than a Big Social, and not similarly long. We also had to plan a backup activity for Kickball incase of rain, but luckily we did not have to change anything. VI. Overall Evaluation An enjoyable event. The wrap up trivia activity seemed to really bring all the houses

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together and was fun to do during dinner. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Paul Drazin, Hamilton Nguyen, Joy Yeh, Katie Mclaughlin, Dennis Wai, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Stephanie Su, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan, Yike Qin, Miltiadis Vratimos, Robert Claus, Yunsie Chung, Eric Yu, Jerry Zhu, Atsu Kakitani, Caleb Boyd, Chih Hu, Peng Tieng, Daisuke Kazama, Dylan Paddock, Giovanni Gajudo, sophia Dai, Hunjoo Kim, Ivan Gozali, John Her, Jonathan Kim, Jonathan Wang, Jyoti Narayanswami, Karen Cheng, Kelan Dammers, Kevin Cho, Kevin Yeun, Mara Minner, Marc Zajac, Moonsoo Choi, Nisha rohit Mair, Nolan Wagener, Pranjali Beri, Shaya Shahsavarani, Sherry Zhang, Sio Wong, Steve Yadlowsky, Xingchen Fan, Eric Wang

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Spring 2013 House Projects

Number Number of of Organization Participation Old or Project Title Members Electees Hours Hours New Involved Involved

Skylos Worksession 11 11 5 10 New

Kastoras 8 17 5 10 New Worksession

Bodi Worksession 7 10 5 10 New

Delphini 7 18 5 10 New Worksession

House Cup 26 67 10 4 Old

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Skylos Worksession #1, #2, #3, #4

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: March 14, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 11 Number of Electees Involved: 11 Organization Hours: 5 Participation Hours: 10 Type of Project (old or new): Yes

I. General Description Skylos had its first house project worksession. This worksession was a brainstorming worksession in which the participants came up with ideas for how to build the rollercoaster and what materials will be used to build the rollercoaster. In the second worksession, the frame for the project started, and the PVC pipe was cut into many pieces. In the third worksession, we continued to work on the project. The track was not working properly so we came up with a new design. In the fourth worksession, we finished the rollercoaster using pieces of cardboard as track. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of the event was to provide an engineering project that will involve officers and candidates in a house to apply their engineering and designing skill to come up with a rollercoaster within a budget of $100. III. Organization and Administration The house leader of Skylos requested the use of a work room from the vice presidents and then sent out an email to everyone in Skylos to let them know of the worksesion. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $100 V. Special Problems There weren't enough tasks for everyone, which lead to many people doing nothing for significant stretches of time.

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VI. Overall Evaluation The rollercoaster was completed, despite not following the original track design. The marble was able to complete a circuit. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Pritha Hait, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Cam Bates, Nate Bailey, Atsu Kakitani, Brandon Sie, Pranjali Beri Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Joseph Hui, Kristine Rezai, Ian Lin, Roy Park, Ena Hariyoshi, Makoto Lalwani, Phillip Ding, Daniel Lu, Jin Zheng, David Liu, Jack Qiao

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Kastoras Worksession #1, #2, #3, #4

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: March 15, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 8 Number of Electees Involved: 17 Organization Hours: 5 Participation Hours: 10 Type of Project (old or new): New

I. General Description During the first worksession of the semester, several candidates and members of the Kastoras house came together to brainstorm ideas for our house project, an awesome roller coaster. For our second house worksession of the semester, we began work on our roller coaster using the materials obtained outside of the session. For the third Kastoras house worksession, we continued the build process for our roller coaster and solidified more of our plans for the final worksession. During the last worksession before the final competition at House Cup, we worked hard to finish the roller coaster and assemble all of the scenery pieces. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of the event was to provide an engineering project that will involve officers and candidates in a house to apply their engineering and designing skill to come up with a rollercoaster within a budget of $100. III. Organization and Administration The house leader, Larissa, planned some of the general topics that should be discussed before the meeting. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $100 V. Special Problems We noticed and encountered a few problems during this first build session. Mainly, a problem arose in ensuring that all candidates had sufficient work to do. There were often

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times when candidates would be standing around, not sure what to work on, and it took a lot of coordination from the house leader to ensure that everything was running smoothly. It became somewhat difficult to divide up tasks, especially during this first build session. There were also a few problems with getting everything done that day, and last minute changes to the design guidelines for the project necessitated extra work outside of worksessions. Another big problem was the rush to finish the roller coaster on time. Because we had not laid out any of the track prior to this session, we spent a lot of time trying to decide its layout, which left us working a little bit over the allotted time for the session. However, deciding on the track layout and working on assembling the large beaver gave everyone who attended the session something to do, including brainstorming ideas for cool loops and other tricks for the track. VI. Overall Evaluation Together we came up with a lot of really good ideas (not all of which were implemented in the end) to make our roller coaster really awesome. Overall, we established the theme of our roller coaster which would include a large paper mache beaver as the centerpiece and a smaller scene surrounding it. We also chose most of the materials that would be necessary to build our roller coaster to be purchased before the next worksession. In the end, we finished the roller coaster and put the large beaver and smaller minion beavers onto the base, taking a little bit of extra time, but with only a few finishing touches remaining to do during the short time during House Cup before the final competition. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Larissa Korach, Erik Bertelli, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Henry Pham, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey, Eric Yu Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Varun Naik, Emily Lutz, Allen Li, Roshena Macpherson, Michael Forsuelo, Vaibhav Agarwal, Felicia Angesti, Shawn Gao, Kunal Marwaha, Davina Smith, Don Mai, Glen Liang, Alexander Runke, Jeffrey Dong, Jackson Hung, D.J. Weeks, Albert Lin

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Bodi Worksession #1, #2, #3, #4

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: March 16, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 7 Number of Electees Involved: 10 Organization Hours: 5 Participation Hours: 10 Type of Project (old or new): New

I. General Description During the first worksession, members from Bodi got together and brainstormed the design and materials for our roller coaster. We drew out the rough draft of our design. We also made a list of all of the materials that we will need to get, the prices of the materials, and where to get the materials to make sure that all of our materials were under our budget of $100. During the second worksession, we started building our roller coaster and testing the materials that we bought. During the third worksession, we made a lot more progress in building our rollercoaster since all of our materials came in. We built the frame and put together most of our track. On the last worksession, we finished building our rollercoaster and it was awesome! We added a lot of final touches to make it have really cool aesthetics. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of the event was to provide an engineering project that will involve officers and candidates in a house to apply their engineering and designing skill to come up with a rollercoaster within a budget of $100. III. Organization and Administration We created a google document to list all of our ideas and a google spreadsheet to list all of our materials, where to get them, prices, etc. These documents were sent out to the members of Bodi so that they can continue to contribute to our roller coaster ideas whenever they want. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements

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$100 V. Special Problems It was a little bit difficult to get everyone to contribute to the brainstorming because we had a lot of people at the meeting and everyone was just wanted to work on all of the cool parts of the design and not the basic materials, but we were able to get everything done in the end. Some of the most important pieces for our rollercoaster have not arrived in the mail yet, which caused us to not make as much progress as we had hoped. There was a lot of sitting around time because people didn't know what to do. Most of the time was spent rolling the marbles on the track and just observing what we would need to do to strengthen our track. Tools that we needed were in a different location than where we were working so we spent a lot of time going back and forth. A lot of people had no motivation to work and there weren't enough jobs for them to do. We did not get as much done as we wanted do. Our rollercoaster had some problems because it was very inconsistent on how it performed after each trial due to the material of the track that we used. We spent a lot of time trying to fix these issues. We also had to stay an extra hour to finish everything up, but in the end, it turned out just as we wanted it to. VI. Overall Evaluation Our rollercoaster was awesome and we were all very proud of it at House Cup. It was a very good representation of Bodi and it worked for every trial at House Cup. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Melissa Milder, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Vicki Ni, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Nathan Mailoa, Byron Ho, Martin Thompson, Ben Zhang, Minchao Lin, Anya Garachtchenko, Kevin Korner, Jack Li, Andrew Richard, Lev Tauz

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Delphini Worksession #1, #2, #3, #4

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: April 16, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 7 Number of Electees Involved: 18 Organization Hours: 5 Participation Hours: 10 Type of Project (old or new): New

I. General Description This semester, a "house project" was completed by each of the four houses over the course of four worksessions. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The aim was to give candidates an opportunity to bond with each other and with officers while making something physically representative of engineering. For this first iteration of the project, the goal was to make a roller-coaster that a marble would travel through. The houses' roller-coasters would be ranked by several factors, including creativity, length of time the marble traveled, and similarity to an actual roller-coaster. III. Organization and Administration At the beginning of the semester, the vice presidents sat down with the house leaders to discuss what kind of project to implement, as well as monetary or time constraints and the ultimate goal of the project. House leaders bought materials for the roller-coaster based on what the house as a whole decided should be used during the first worksession. A Google doc and Facebook page were used to record ideas for Delphini's project, and further along the process changes were made on the fly as the feasibility of certain ideas was tested through trial and error. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $100 V. Special Problems As this was the first time such a project had been undertaken by the chapter, there were

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some issues that had not been anticipated. Because there were about 20 candidates per house, plus several officers, it was very difficult for everyone to actively participate in the making of the coaster. Not everyone could attend each worksession, so there was some loss of constinuity since ideas that were suggested previously may have been misinterpreted by different people at the next workession. VI. Overall Evaluation Delphini's roller-coaster was the longest and included more complex maneuvers, but used the simplest materials. However, during the final presentation the roller-coaster did not perform as expected. For the most part, the candidates in Delphini had a lot of fun working on the roller-coaster and even put in a little extra time to finish during the last worksession, showing that the goal of promoting bonding through building something together could be achieved. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Robert Tang-kong, Tammie Kuo, Vivian Shen, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Giovanni Gajudo, Eric Wang Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Shir Nehama, Adithyavairavan Murali, Stephen Yu, Robert Ou, Albert Zheng, Jimmy Lee, Michael Tsang, Dante Natoli, Sagar Karandikar, Lulu Li, Lucy Hu, Anita Cheung, Elise Lim, Jack Hendershott, Eric Oh, Weier Wan, Noah Goldman, Alex Chu

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House Cup

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: April 21, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 26 Number of Electees Involved: 67 Organization Hours: 10 Participation Hours: 4 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description House Cup was the most well attended Big Social because most candidates save this as one of their requirements. The day was divided as follows: 3 half-hour rounds of games, 1 hour worksession at the same time as dinner, and then the rest of the time for judging. We did not start until half an hour in to allow people to arrive. During the rounds, each house played one other house in a physical or mind game. The physical games were mario kart, dodgeball, and giants, wizards and elves. The mind games were trivia, psychiatrist, and construction bridges made out of spaghetti and gum drops. Each house played every other house. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The main purpose is for the houses to gather together and show their team spirit in their last effort for the coveted House Cup title. Candidates bond well and participate in activities that promote bonding. III. Organization and Administration VPs planned the events, rules, and also brought materials. Activities prepared food. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements The food cost $210 for pizza, but we did not have enough for each person to have 2 slices so we had to order more pizzas afterwards for the officers which cost $90. Sodas cost $8. Materials for games included 2 bags of spaghetti, 4 bags of gum drops, a bag of marbles, and 100 balloons for a total of around $20. V. Special Problems

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The indoor games were not well thought out. The construction bridge was not clearly articulated so the two teams had different interpretations of what was allowed. Psychiatrist was also difficult because only one team got one clue right. All the games ran a little over time but that was not a big deal. The trivia was pretty good though; rules were well-defined. All the outside games went well because people bonded well and it was a nice day outside. VI. Overall Evaluation Everyone had fun and enjoyed showing off their roller coaster projects to the others. Judging was done by a panel consisting of the President, VPs, and one member from each house (whose score did not count for that house's roller coaster). People had fun, and were also able to get started on their interviews and candidate quiz. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Larissa Korach, Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Michael Suey, Stephanie Su, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Cam Bates, Nate Bailey, Yike Qin, Eric Yu, Giovanni Gajudo, Kevin Cho, Pranjali Beri, Eric Wang Tau Beta Pi Members: Anne Huang Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Joseph Hui, Nathan Mailoa, Davina Smith, Allison Vuong, Don Mai, Sahar Mesri, Byron Ho, Kristine Rezai, Shir Nehama, Ian Lin, Roy Park, Adithyavairavan Murali, Stephen Yu, Martin Thompson, Robert Ou, Varun Naik, Emily Lutz, Albert Zheng, Jimmy Lee, Michael Tsang, Dante Natoli, Michael Chen, Sagar Karandikar, Ena Hariyoshi, Ben Zhang, Lulu Li, Allen Li, Alexander Runke, Minchao Lin, Roshena Macpherson, Lucy Hu, Anita Cheung, Ashley Tsai, Halbert Chong, Jon Allen, Anya Garachtchenko, Kevin Korner, Cheng Yuan, Elise Lim, Bryan Wang, Sean Ho, Jack Hendershott, Eric Oh, Jerry Cheng, Makoto Lalwani, Jackson Hung, Michael Forsuelo, Phillip Ding, Weier Wan, Jack Li, Vaibhav Agarwal, Felicia Angesti, D.J. Weeks, Albert Lin, Andrew Richard, Noah Goldman, Shawn Gao, Daniel Lu, Jin Zheng, David Liu, Jack Qiao, Lev Tauz, Alex Chu, Andrew Sabour, Kunal Marwaha, Yoobin Oh, Kate Rakelly

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Community Service and Liberal Culture

Alameda Wildlife Restoration

Blood Drive Tabling

Aquatic Park Restoration

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Fall 2012 Community Service Projects

Number Number of of Organization Participation Old or Project Title Members Electees Hours Hours New Involved Involved

Cookies with TBP 9 0 1 1 New

Cookie Support 10 1 2 4 Old

Path Restoration 4 12 1 4 Old

Fleet Week 5 2 2 7 Old

PiE Pumpkin 6 2 2 6 New Trebuchet Building PiE Vertical Accerleration 6 3 1 7 New Demonstrator

PiE Prep Lession 4 1 1 4 New

Strawberry Creek 6 11 3 3 Old Restoration

Blood Drive Tabling 15 15 4 16 Old

Alameda Wildlife 6 15 4 4 Old Restoration

Envelope Stuffing 1 3 2 2 Old

Overnight Host & 8 3 40 8 Old Open House

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Cookies with TBP

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: September 20, 2012 Project Area: Community/Liberal Culture Number of Members Involved: 9 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 1 Type of Project (old or new): New

I. General Description We tabled by the Bent for an hour handing out cookies and brownies to students while advertising our students services such as the Testbank and Helpdesk. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Cheer up the general student population with desserts while assisting them in their studying with our student resources. III. Organization and Administration Asked Activities to make a Costco trip and bought some cookies and brownies. We also had post-midterm tabling a few days afterwards so they just bought everything in one go. Otherwise, just had to grab the flyers, the banner, and a table. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $15.67 V. Special Problems We missed the time slot when people get out of class so it was slow going but it also meant we got to talk one on one with people. VI. Overall Evaluation It was a pretty good event and we handed out several flyers to students. We also talked to some people who are potential candidates! List of Participants:

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Tau Beta Pi Officers: Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Dennis Wai, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Vicki Ni, Stephanie Su, Nitish Padmanaban Tau Beta Pi Members: William Wheeler

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Cookie Support # 1, # 2, # 3

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: September 24, 2012 Project Area: Community/Liberal Culture Number of Members Involved: 10 Number of Electees Involved: 1 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 4 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description We set up a table to hand out free cookies and brownies to students who had just completed their physics midterm over course of the semester. Round 3 was after the second midterm. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP This event helps spread awareness of TBP as well as cheers them up! The students really appreciate the cookies. III. Organization and Administration Buy cookies beforehand (~100+) and grab the banner and tape. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $10 ($5 for 50 cookies at Safeway) V. Special Problems None VI. Overall Evaluation It was a fun event and the students really appreciated it! There was just about the right number of cookies and everyone enjoyed the chocolate chip & oatmeal rasin cookies. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Robert Tang-kong, Dennis Wai, Pius Lau, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, Stephanie Su, Cam Bates, Nitish Padmanaban

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Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Miltiadis Vratimos, Pranjali Beri

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Path Restoration

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: October 5, 2012 Project Area: Community/Liberal Culture Number of Members Involved: 4 Number of Electees Involved: 12 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 4 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Be a Path Wanderer and help restore a woodsy Berkeley path to its former glory. Be prepared to get dirty, so wear solid pants and shoes. Grab lunch beforehand so you don't get ravenous! This year, we'll be working in the beautiful Berkeley Rose Garden. We'll meet at North Gate and walk over together. Please arrive at North Gate on time! II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The Berkeley Path Wanderers Association (http://www.berkeleypaths.org/) aims to restore and maintain a number of public walks and park spaces for the community. Our past collaboration with them in 2010 was fruitful and interesting - we made visible contributions in repairing several wooded paths in North Berkeley. This year, we worked at the Berkeley Rose Garden to remove non-native, invasive plant species. This beautiful park is a short 10-minute walk away from the UC Berkeley campus. III. Organization and Administration Charlie Bowen of the Path Wanderers Association has been incredibly organized and responsive. By email, we agreed on a place and time a month before the event. She confirmed the location availability with the City of Berkeley one week in advance, and we were all set. Participants were advised to wear sturdy shoes and outdoor clothes. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $0. Additionally, Charlie brought snacks to feed volunteers after their hard work. V. Special Problems

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As mentioned before, communication and organization were no issue. The work Charlie selected this semester bears more than passing similarity to our Strawberry Creek Restoration event. Pulling invasive ivy is a common theme in Northern California habitat restoration. In future semesters, we could ask explicitly for a path restoration project - a unique experience, especially for engineering students. VI. Overall Evaluation Overall the project went well. Candidates and officers were able to bond and get to know each other, and lots of ivy was pulled. Some concerns about the misleading event title were raised, but this was outweighed by the beautiful view and good times. We went home tired but everyone had fun. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Robert Tang-kong, Pritha Hait, Vivian Shen, Tracy Margarettha Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Kevin Chan, Alicia Zecherle, Caleb Boyd, Dylan Paddock, Giovanni Gajudo, sophia Dai, Jonathan Wang, Joe Jankowski, Kelan Dammers, Kevin Yeun, Mara Minner, Eric Wang

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Fleet Week

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: October 7, 2012 Project Area: Community/Liberal Culture Number of Members Involved: 5 Number of Electees Involved: 2 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 7 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description A group of candidates and officers went to San Francisco to assist senior citizens in providing refreshments for patrons at Fleet week. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP This event was meant to give candidates a place to grow closer together while doing work that would benefit the community as a whole. And of course, we wanted to have fun watching awesome airplanes do awesome things. III. Organization and Administration Planning of this event was simple. Only emails needed to be sent. Organization of transportation routes and publicity for this event proved to be more difficult, though not particularly challenging. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Transportation costs were the only costs incurred. Food was provided by the San Francisco Senior Center, with whom we collaborated on the event. V. Special Problems Due to the proximity of this event to Packet Turn-in 1, very few candidates received word about this event. In the end, only 7 volunteers were able to attend. This didn't cause major problems for the event, but may have reflected poorly on us (considering we intended to have a group of around 25 attend). Furthermore, the transportation needed to get to this event resulted in a 7-hour service event. This time commitment was considerably more than we told candidates to expect.

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VI. Overall Evaluation The event went well. The candidates that did go had fun, and the group meshed as a whole. The group size turned out to be appropriate for the event, and the Senior Center employees and volunteers were happy to have us. It was a vital choice to choose public transportation instead of driving. Walking between the Montgomery BART station and the maritime museum/aquatic park was entertaining despite the 30-minute travel time. One caveat to this event is that it occurs at a fixed time every year, causing some inflexibility. A late start to the candidate semester could potentially ruin the turn out for this event. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Michael Chang, Robert Luan, Henry Pham, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Brandon Sie, Dodge Williams

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PiE Pumpkin Trebuchet Building

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: October 21, 2012 Project Area: Community/Liberal Culture Number of Members Involved: 6 Number of Electees Involved: 2 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 6 Other Groups: Pioneers in Engineering (PiE) Type of Project (old or new): New

I. General Description Lawrence Hall of Science contracted Pioneers in Engineering, TBP's flagship service group, to build an 10 foot tall trebuchet for a weekend special event. TBP enlisted the help of several candidates to finish the trebuchet's construction, in particular, the ballast box and the launch arm II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To deepen interactions between PiE and TBP by collaborating on a project together for the benefit of Lawrence Hall of Science visitors. III. Organization and Administration The student groups involved were Pioneers in Engineering and Tau Beta Pi IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements There were no associated costs for this event because all materials were subsidized by Lawrence Hall of Science V. Special Problems Buoyed by two successful test launches after construction was finished, the trebuchet construction members, TBP candidates included, decided to, without experience staff's supervision, do a third launch with extra weight. In the process of the third launch, the sling was too loose and didn't carry the projectile during launch. As a result of launching this "blank", the trebuchet's main axle deformed and concluded activities for the day.

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VI. Overall Evaluation PiE, with the help of footages taken by TBP historians, were able to determine the failure mode and have made changes to address these issues. New steel bars will be bought to replace the deformed part. PiE repaired the trebuchet with the help of the same TBP candidates and on the follow day, PiE demonstrated the trebuchet to hundreds of Lawrence Hall of Science visitors by launching 4 pumpkins over the hill side. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Michael Chang, Dennis Wai, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Stephanie Su, Ella Putihprayogi pek Tau Beta Pi Candidates: John Her, Xingchen Fan Non-TBP Participants: 8

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PiE Vertical Acceleration Demonstrator

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Date of Project: October 21, 2012 Project Area: Community/Liberal Number of Members Involved: 6 Number of Electees Involved: 3 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 7 Other Groups: Pioneers in Engineering (PiE) Type of Project (old or new): New

I. General Description Building off of last year's success at Robos vs Dinos, PiE was contracted once again by Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) to build several small activities to demonstrate various science concepts. TBP enlisted the help of several candidates to build a vertical acceleration demonstrator, which drops a ball vertical (i.e. no horizontal velocity) and shoots a ball horizontally from the same height. Since motion in the x and y direction are independent, both balls will land on the ground at the same time. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Ultimately, this event was an opportunity for candidates to exercise their engineering skills to build a science demonstration within a day. It was a bonus that candidates were able to build something used for Lawrence Hall of Science as well as work with PiE staff. III. Organization and Administration The student organizations involved were Tau Beta Pi and Pioneers in Engineering IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements There were no costs associated with this event because all materials used were PiE's stock materials. V. Special Problems Inexperience with tools hindered the pace of candidates as they built the demonstration. However, PiE's mentorship coordinator's expertise and guidance enabled candidates to pick

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up real-world skills as well as overcome this obstacle. VI. Overall Evaluation After 6 hours of work, the three TBP candidates conceptualized, designed, and built a working vertical acceleration demonstrator. When the mechanism is loaded and fired, both balls will be ejected at the same time and will hit the ground at the same time, which can be confirmed by listening to the simultaneous impact made by both balls as they hit the ground. It will be used as an excellent complement to PiE's list of activities at Lawrence Hall of Science. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Michael Chang, Dennis Wai, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Stephanie Su, Ella Putihprayogi Pek Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Jyoti Narayanswami, Prithvi Bomdica, Shaya Shahsavarani Non-TBP Participants: 2

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PiE Prep Lession # 1, #2

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Date of Project: October 21, 2012 Project Area: Community/Liberal Number of Members Involved: 4 Number of Electees Involved: 1 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 4 Other Groups: Pioneers in Engineering (PiE) Type of Project (old or new): New

I. General Description TBP candidate volunteered to participate in one of PiE Prep's regular lesson and will visit the high school to become a mentor for a high student. For the first prep, TBP candidate will lead the high school student in building a speaker from everyday materials, like paper plates and magnets. For the second prep, three TBP candidate volunteered to participate in one of PiE Prep's regular lesson and will visit the high school to become a mentor for a high student. The TBP candidate will lead the high school student in building a catapult out of craft sticks and rubber bands and then compete to knock over a constructed structure, just like the game! II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To leverage a TBP candidate's academic prowess in the school by having the TBP candidate pass it on to underprivileged high school students. III. Organization and Administration PiE Prep and TBP were the organizations involved in this event. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements There were no costs associated with this event because all material costs were paid for by PiE Prep V. Special Problems None

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VI. Overall Evaluation The TBP candidate attended both the lesson prep date as well as the lesson taught in the high school to great success! List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Dennis Wai, Pius Lau, Stephanie Su Tau Beta Pi Members: Or Weizman Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Karen Cheng, Robert Claus, Yunsie Chung, Nisha rohit Mair Non-TBP Participants: 20

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 126 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Strawberry Creek Restoration

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Date of Project: October 28, 2012 Project Area: Community/Liberal Culture Number of Members Involved: 6 Number of Electees Involved: 11 Organization Hours: 3 Participation Hours: 3 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Everyone met up at 12:00 pm and finished at 3:00 pm. Strawberry Creek Restoration leader Nathan involves students with beautification of the creek by equipping members with gloves, rake, and other utilities to remove invasive plants such as ivies. Before the activity started, Nathan broke the group into two: one for cleaning ivies and raking the soil, and the other for picking up trash. Besides pulling ivies, members also used a rake-like object called the McLeod rake, by which members used to break and mix the hardened soil. Cardboard was then lay on top and covered with water and mulch, which is a layer of infinitesimal tree material that helps conserve moisture and fertility of the soil beneath. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The goal of this activity is to beautify the campus through cleaning a portion of Strawberry Creek. This was accomplished through pulling invasive plants, stirring up dried soil, and removing trash from the creek. III. Organization and Administration This was event was very easy to organize. However, many agreed dates were changed because of conflicts with other events. Basically, I sent Nathan an email at the beginning of the semester. Once confirmed, candidates and officers just only need to show up and work because the coordinators provide all the necessary tools. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems

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None VI. Overall Evaluation Strawberry Creek Restoration is a successful event all throughout. For that reason, it is a popular event that members would love to participate. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Dennis Wai, Erik Bertelli, Pritha Hait, Henry Pham, Vivian Shen, Tracy Margarettha Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Andrea Dickey, Yike Qin, Miltiadis Vratimos, Eric Yu, Alicia Zecherle, Peng Tieng, Dylan Paddock, Mara Minner, Marc Zajac, Sherry Zhang, Steve Yadlowsky

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Blood Drive Tabling

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Date of Project: November 8, 2012 Project Area: Community/Liberal Culture Number of Members Involved: 15 Number of Electees Involved: 15 Organization Hours: 4 Participation Hours: 16 Other Groups: Red Cross at Cal Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description We helped spread the word for the UC Berkeley November Blood Drive. We handed out flyers and entertained passers-by with our mascot Buddy the Blood Drop! Tabling occurred between Thursday, 11/8 and Wednesday, 11/14 (the day of the blood drive). We did not tabling on Monday, 11/12 due to the Veteran's Day holiday. Candidates must sign up for three one-hour time slots for a service event requirement. Officers signed up on the same spreadsheet. The event may be used to fulfill only one of a candidate's service requirements. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The Red Cross at Cal group organizes a monthly blood drive near Sproul Plaza. TBP traditionally helps advertise for the drive on the north side of campus, where engineers spend their time. This hopefully spreads the word to an audience the Red Cross would not otherwise reach. Tabling occurs in a small group of about 5 people: 2 officers and 3 candidates. This allows for personal interactions. The blood drop suit provided by the Red Cross group is fun and traditionally used for officer challenges. III. Organization and Administration We contacted the campus Red Cross organization and scheduled a time for the tabling event. We collected the blood drop suit and flyers from them. Additionally, a few other materials were prepared: a folding table and chairs, as well as the TBP chapter banner. Sign-up sheets were made to keep track of attendance for both candidates and officers. These materials were placed inside Bridges Lounge for easy access. Officers were given

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instructions for setup and cleanup. Over the course of the event, we ran out of flyers twice and requested more from Suraj, who quickly delivered. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems Suraj was a rather unresponsive point of contact. Setting up the event was extremely difficult thanks to this gap in communication. The event was finally confirmed last-minute by prescribing a tabling schedule based on the national Red Cross's drive schedule. Suraj finally confirmed the event and brought materials at 11a on the first day of tabling. Following this, Suraj was extremely prompt with additional materials, but the initial issues jeopardized the event as a whole and permitted only a few days for volunteer sign-ups. VI. Overall Evaluation Ultimately, the event went quite well. Setup, tabling, and cleanup all ran quite smoothly all four days. What's more, the blood drop suit is brand-new this year! List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Michael Chang, Paul Drazin, Robert Luan, Dennis Wai, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Stephanie Su, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey, Ling Yeung, Tracy Margarettha, Ella Putihprayogi pek Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Miltiadis Vratimos, Yunsie Chung, Eric Yu, Atsu Kakitani, Brandon Sie, Chih Hu, Dodge Williams, Ivan Gozali, Jonathan Wang, Kelan Dammers, Kevin Yeun, Maxwell Mileck, Moonsoo Choi, Sherry Zhang, Sio Wong

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Alameda Wildlife Restoration

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: November 11, 2012 Project Area: Community/Liberal Culture Number of Members Involved: 6 Number of Electees Involved: 15 Organization Hours: 4 Participation Hours: 4 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description This was probably the longest event of the semester. It was poorly planned because we were preoccupied with Engineering Open House and Overnight Host Program. In the end, we were able to get to Alameda Naval Air Station via transit system. We took the AC transit 1 on telegraph to Broadway 9th street, then we took the 31 to Alameda Point and walked 1 mile to the cleanup site. Read previous project reports, the one by Lina Zhu was particularly helpful. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP This event fulfills one service requirement. III. Organization and Administration Alameda Wildlife Refuge Restoration IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems Plan ahead of time. Plan rides accordingly. VI. Overall Evaluation Candidates brought enough cars that we were able to get a ride back. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers:

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Robert Luan, Erik Bertelli, Stephanie Su, Henry Pham, Cam Bates Tau Beta Pi Members: Drew Latzke Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Kevin Chan, Yike Qin, Robert Claus, Yunsie Chung, Jerry Zhu, Peng Tieng, sophia Dai, Jonathan Kim, Joe Jankowski, Kevin Cho, Marc Zajac, Nisha rohit Mair, Nolan Wagener, Pranjali Beri, Eric Wang

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 132 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Envelope Stuffing

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Date of Project: November 16, 2012 Project Area: Community/Liberal Culture Number of Members Involved: 1 Number of Electees Involved: 3 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description The College of Engineering provided various promotional materials for UC Berkeley. We invited two candidates to help us package these promotional materials into 60 different bags for 60 high school students coming to UC Berkeley for TBP's inaugural overnight program II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The candidates repackaged the College of Engineering's promotional material so that high school students coming to campus will have something to remember the college by. III. Organization and Administration None IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems None VI. Overall Evaluation Sixty folders were created and were adorn by Weepuls, the College of Engineering promotional figurine. Each folder contains College of Engineering pins, admission statistics about the College of Engineering, as well as a College of Engineering pen. List of Participants:

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Tau Beta Pi Officers: Pritha Hait Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Atsu Kakitani, Dylan Paddock, Eric Katz

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 134 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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TBP Overnight Host Program & Engineering Open House

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: November 17, 2012 Project Area: Community/Liberal Culture Number of Members Involved: 8 Number of Electees Involved: 3 Organization Hours: 40 Participation Hours: 8 Other Groups: Pioneers in Engineering (PiE), HKN, PTS, BMES, AlCHE Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Engineering Open House is an event by UC Berkeley TBP CA-A which serves to showcase engineering and related STEM fields to local high school students. This year we had it happen on the day following our inaugural Overnight Stay program in order to provide an immersive experience for high school students on UC Berkeley's campus. We advertised this event through contacts in Pioneers in Engineering as well as directly to teachers and high schools around the Bay Area. Around 130 people, including 100 students, attended this event. The attendees were split into smaller groups and matched with TBP candidates, who served as their leaders and mentors for the day. They then proceeded to attend a lab tour, a presentation by alumni working in industry, presentations by UC Berkeley clubs, presentation from the UC admissions speaker, and finally a Q&A session with a panel composed of TBP members of different majors. We also provided a BBQ lunch, as put on by our Activities committee. The entire event lasted 6 hours and was overall very well-received. Based on the feedback, we plan to investigate ways to increase Engineering Open House's level of engagement with audience, especially during presentations. Also, we seek to further open channels of cooperation with PiE to allow for further collaboration in this event. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Engineering Open House is a program meant to provide high school students an opportunity to experience what college has to offer. Engineering Open House represents a continued effort from TBP CA-A to leverage our connections within UC Berkeley's engineering department to provide insider access to the engineering department for needy high school students. We achieved this by providing a day's worth of activities, which

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included a guest faculty speaker, lab tours, alumni and student panels, student groups, and a speaker from the admissions department. III. Organization and Administration Being the event that followed Overnight Stay Program, many of the organization for Engineering Open House happened concurrently. We began early this semester to develop an event itinerary. We decided to repeat most of the activities from previous Engineering Open House because of their successes. After we have developed an event itinerary, we identified individuals within the college and in TBP's alumni network who can be speakers for our events. Aaron Alpert was a CA-A alumnus that became our industry speaker while Professor Terry Johnson became our faculty keynote speaker. We also leveraged TBP CA-A's connections within the college to speak with Society of Women in Engineering and Dale Masterson, Head of Engineering Student Services for the College of Engineering, for consultation on our events. In addition, we were also able to contact various research labs on campus In order to recruit more high school students, we started our high school recruitment, in the form of email invitations to school administrators, a month and a half before our event. To our surprise, we were able to attract over 200 high school students who were interested in Engineering Open House. Due to our unprecedented amounts of interest, we prepared ahead of time an extensive itinerary to situate all of our participants as well as volunteers. We found our staffing volunteer via TBP's officer core and Fall 2012 candidate class. We also created all necessary handouts to be distributed on the day of the event. Because Engineering Open House occurred the day after the inaugural Overnight Host, there wasn't much set up to perform. With our expanded Service committee, we separated various tasks to be performed throughout the day amongst the committee. One of us was in charge for setting up the BBQ lunch while another of us trained the candidates and other volunteers in leading tour groups. Another committee member was charged with setting up the panelist room while another with check in and check out logistics. Because of this division of labor, we were able to successfully have Engineering Open House run smoothly and without issues. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Primary costs were food for the event, taken care of by the Activities committee (~$600). Other minor costs included name tags, photocopies and pens for the event. V. Special Problems Large in part, the event went well. Candidates could not be relied on for their shifts, and the tour section of the day's program had issues with key card access to certain buildings. Student panels seemed to bore some students as well. Many attendees seemed to want a more hands-on experience, and felt the entire day was spent listening to people talk. The planning of the event was also somewhat unevenly distributed throughout the semester. Though significant work was put in throughout the semester, too much was left to the moments before the event.

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VI. Overall Evaluation The event was successful overall, with an overwhelmingly positive response. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Aaron Alpert, Amy Fu, Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Robert Luan, Robert Tang-kong, Dennis Wai, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, George Yiu, Shawn Li, Henry Pham, David Doan, Vivian Shen, Cam Bates, Lawrence Huang, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha Tau Beta Pi Members: Larissa Korach, Sebastian Ruf, Lina Zhu Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Jerry Zhu, Hunjoo Kim, Ivan Gozali, Jonathan Kim, Kevin Cho, Nolan Wagener, Sio Wong

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Spring 2013 Community Service Projects

Number Number of of Organization Participation Old or Project Title Members Electees Hours Hours New Involved Involved

Cookie Support 10 0 3 6 Old

Alameda Wildlife 4 5 1 5 Old Restoration

E4K 17 20 11 6 Old

Path Restoration 6 12 3 4 Old

Aquatic Park 3 13 1 4 Old Restoration St. Anthony’s Dining 4 5 2 5 Old Room

Blood Drive Tabling 17 18 4 16 Old

Jordan Fire Trail 4 7 3 3 Old

Overnight Host & 19 16 50 12 Old Open House PiE Final 9 10 4 12 Old Competition

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Cookie Support #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6

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Date of Project: February 19, 2013 Project Area: Community/Liberal Culture Number of Members Involved: 10 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 3 Participation Hours: 6 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description We provided cookies to students who had just finished their physics midterm, a course required for all engineers. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Our goal is to publicize Tau Beta Pi and convince potential candidates to join. We also get to publicize our student services and promote awareness of TBP to engineering students. Of course, we also want to cheer up the students who just finished their midterms! III. Organization and Administration Our activities committee bought cookies. We grabbed the TBP banner immediately prior to the event. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $45 for cookies V. Special Problems We ended up being there much earlier than we needed to be. Very few people finished the midterm early. In addition, many of the students took an alternative exit that normally isn't open, which bypassed our table. VI. Overall Evaluation We still gave away most of our cookies and the students were very appreciative of the free sugary snacks. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 139 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Tau Beta Pi Officers: Hamilton Nguyen, Melinda Chen, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Michael Suey, Stephanie Su, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey, Andrea Dickey, Eric Wang Tau Beta Pi Members: Dennis Wai, Alex Tang

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Alameda Wildlife Restoration

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Date of Project: March 10, 2013 Project Area: Community/Liberal Culture Number of Members Involved: 4 Number of Electees Involved: 5 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 5 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description We helped prepare the Alameda Wildlife Refuge for the return of the terns. Tasks performed this time included fence preparation and leveling of the ground in the nesting area. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of the event is to prepare a nesting area for terns at the naval base in Alameda. III. Organization and Administration Friends of the Alameda Wildlife Refuge IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements The only cost is the cost of driving to Alameda Wildlife Refuge. The hosting organization provided a pizza lunch. V. Special Problems Although it wasn't a problem this time around, it can be difficult to get enough drivers for the event. VI. Overall Evaluation It's a great event because it let the candidates work together and bond in the process. Additionally, the projects offered by the organization can generally accommodate any number of people we bring. List of Participants:

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Tau Beta Pi Officers: Zoey Huang, Robert Tang-kong, Nate Bailey, Joe Jankowski Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Byron Ho, Kristine Rezai, Adithyavairavan Murali, Martin Thompson, Michael Forsuelo

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Engineering For Kids (E4K)

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Date of Project: March 16, 2013 Project Area: Community/Liberal Culture Number of Members Involved: 17 Number of Electees Involved: 20 Organization Hours: 11 Participation Hours: 6 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description As part of our requirements from the Engineering Student Council, Tau Beta Pi needs to assist with one of the events during E-Week. This year, we were assigned Engineering 4 Kids, a service event on the Saturday of E-Week. E4K brings in children ranging from 4th through 6th grades to Berkeley to learn about engineering through hands-on activities, demonstrations, and lab tours hosted by engineering organizations and groups. In addition to helping with the logistical aspect of the event, TBP also hosted its own activity throughout the day. Children were taught about Archimedes' Principle and Buoyancy, building their own aluminum foil boats to see how many pennies it could hold. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of the event is to introduce engineering to children. Many of the students invited to attend E4K are from disadvantaged areas in the Bay Area and do not receive a quality STEM education. III. Organization and Administration Planning for E4K started in the fall with the formation of the E4K committee and involvement from the former STARs Chair. These responsibilities were taken over by the current STARs Chair. Meetings were one hour each week. The Service committee was in charge of the activity. A few hours were spent brainstorming and developing the lesson plan. The sign-up sheet was done in conjunction by the STARs and Service committees to meet all the needs from TBP for the event. TBP Historians were also on hand to document the entire event and create a slideshow for the closing ceremonies.

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IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $35 was spent on foil, tubs, pennies, tape, and candy for prizes. V. Special Problems Communication with the E4K was initially very poor and it took two weeks into the semester before they reached the new STARs chair. There was also some difficulty coordinating sign-ups in accordance to the minimum requirements for candidates to participate and receive credit for this event. VI. Overall Evaluation Overall, E4K was a success. The kids all seemed to enjoy the activities and there were very few problems on the logistical side of the event. With regards to the event hosted by TBP, the kids seemed to very much enjoy playing with the boats. Candidate interaction made all the difference for the kids, yielding impressive results during the event. The best boat held a total of 107 pennies before sinking. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Sebastian Ruf, Hamilton Nguyen, Zoey Huang, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Pius Lau, Vicki Ni, Michael Suey, Vivian Shen, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Kevin Chan, Yike Qin, Joe Jankowski, Marc Zajac Tau Beta Pi Members: Tony Dear Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Kristine Rezai, Shir Nehama, Emily Lutz, Michael Tsang, Michael Chen, Sagar Karandikar, Ben Zhang, Minchao Lin, Lucy Hu, Anita Cheung, Ashley Tsai, Kevin Korner, Elise Lim, Jeffrey Dong, Makoto Lalwani, Jackson Hung, Michael Forsuelo, Felicia Angesti, Andrew Richard, Andrew Sabour

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 144 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Path Restoration

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Date of Project: March 17, 2013 Project Area: Community/Liberal Culture Number of Members Involved: 6 Number of Electees Involved: 12 Organization Hours: 3 Participation Hours: 4 Other Groups: Path Wanderer’s Association Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Candidates traveled to the Euclid Rose Gardens and began work beautifying the gardens. One group of candidates was tasked with weeding the smaller plants off of an incline that we cleared of ivy last semester. The other group cleared very dense ivy from a separate hill. Significant progress was made and refreshments were provided afterwards. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP This event was purposed mainly toward giving the candidates an opportunity to better the community while working closely with each other. III. Organization and Administration Organization of this event was simple, though some oversights closer to the event led to a less than optimal event. The head of the volunteer event was contacted well in advance and the event confirmed very early on. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems T Neglecting to update the event page led to some confusion by the candidates, who showed up in different places. Though email were sent out to participants, last minute sign-ups were not included, and missed information that should have been placed on the events page. VI. Overall Evaluation Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 145 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Overall the event went well. Charlie (the coordinator) was pleased with the work and the candidates had a good time. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Robert Tang-kong, Melinda Chen, Henry Pham, Vivian Shen, Tracy Margarettha Tau Beta Pi Members: Lina Zhu Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Davina Smith, Stephen Yu, Martin Thompson, Alexander Runke, Anita Cheung, Anya Garachtchenko, Jeffrey Dong, Eric Oh, D.J. Weeks, Noah Goldman, Alex Chu, Ivan Fok

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 146 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Aquatic Park Restoration

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Date of Project: March 23, 2013 Project Area: Community/Liberal Culture Number of Members Involved: 3 Number of Electees Involved: 13 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 4 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description We assisted in restoration work at the Berkeley Aquatic Park EGRET program. During the event, we placed mulch around native plants intended to help restore the habitat in two ways; native plants need fertile soil to grow properly, and invasive species are killed by burying them under the mulch so they receive no sunlight. We restored an area along the shoreline of one of the ponds in the Aquatic Park as part of the EGRET program's continuing efforts to improve the natural environment in the park. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The brilliant white egrets for which Aquatic Park is known, feed in the shallow waters along the shoreline, but for safety rest and sleep in the branches of the Monterey Cypress trees that hang out over the water of the bay. Many of the original shoreline cypress trees have died and EGRET is working to replace them. The trees will be stronger and healthier if they don't have to compete with invasive nonnative plants for sunlight, water, and soil nutrients – spreading wood chips around the base of each tree can block the growth of these weeds. The chips also hold in limited soil moisture, reduce soil erosion, moderate soil temperatures, and over time provide nutrients for the tree. Plus, it's a kind of environmental art project that can provide great natural beauty for seasons to come. III. Organization and Administration Tau Beta Pi, CA-A candidates and officers assisted the Aquatic Park EGRET program that manages the natural restoration efforts at the Aquatic Park. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None

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V. Special Problems We cleared and mulched an area of roughly 100 square yard and restored a popular outlook over the Aquatic Park. We completed the work that we expected to complete, and had time left to layer the mulch to improve the aesthetics of the outlook. VI. Overall Evaluation We cleared and mulched an area of roughly 100 square yard and restored a popular outlook over the Aquatic Park. We completed the work that we expected to complete, and had time left to layer the mulch to improve the aesthetics of the outlook. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Pius Lau, Vivian Shen, Steve Yadlowsky Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Nathan Mailoa, Byron Ho, Ian Lin, Roy Park, Stephen Yu, Dante Natoli, Lulu Li, Halbert Chong, Jerry Cheng, Vaibhav Agarwal, Andrew Richard, Shawn Gao, Alex Chu

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 148 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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St. Anthony’s Dining Room

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Date of Project: March 31, 2013 Project Area: Community/Liberal Culture Number of Members Involved: 4 Number of Electees Involved: 5 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 5 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description We helped serve a meal to the poor at St. Anthony's, a food bank in San Francisco. We took BART to get there and took BART back since St. Anthony's is located very close to the Civic Center BART station. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of the event was to help out the needy in San Francisco who need a little extra help by serving them a free meal. III. Organization and Administration St. Anthony Foundation IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements cost of BART tickets, FREE LUNCH V. Special Problems They did not allow us to take photos while serving the meal to make the recipients of the meal more comfortable. The attendance cap was low, only 10 people, but I think if we work with them again and figure out the details earlier it may be possible to bring more people. It is VERY IMPORTANT that we bring the amount of people we say we will bring. VI. Overall Evaluation The event was good overall, although people tended to get split up over the course of the meal. The event also took a little bit longer than what the itinerary provided stated. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 149 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Tau Beta Pi Officers: Zoey Huang, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey, Joe Jankowski Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Ian Lin, Adithyavairavan Murali, Varun Naik, Jackson Hung, Phillip Ding

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Blood Drive Tabling

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Date of Project: April 11, 2013 Project Area: Community/Liberal Culture Number of Members Involved: 17 Number of Electees Involved: 18 Organization Hours: 4 Participation Hours: 16 Other Groups: Red Cross at Cal Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description We helped spread the word about the April 17th Blood Drive which took place at Alumni House. We handed out flyers to passers-by and entertained all with the Blood Drop Suit. Tabling went on for about a week. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP This event served to both help advertise for the blood drive and give candidates an opportunity to attend a service event during the week. III. Organization and Administration The Red Cross group on campus was contacted several months in advance to arrange for borrowing the blood drop suit. A couple weeks before the event contact was made again, and final arrangements were made. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Printing of flyers should have been covered by the Red Cross group, though last minute printing had to be done, amounting to about $10. V. Special Problems Our contact in the Red Cross (Suraj) was spotty at best. He was extremely unresponsive when replying to emails, and was late to delivering and picking up materials. The only way get a response from him was to email his committee, which was more subversive than we would like. VI. Overall Evaluation Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 151 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Overall the event was successful. Aside from some logistical problems the candidates had a good time flyering, and were very productive in doing so. In the future we should try to find a different contact. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Larissa Korach, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Pritha Hait, Vicki Ni, Michael Suey, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Nate Bailey, Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan, Eric Yu, Kevin Cho Tau Beta Pi Members: Alex Tang Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Allison Vuong, Shir Nehama, Roy Park, Varun Naik, Albert Zheng, Ben Zhang, Anita Cheung, Ashley Tsai, Halbert Chong, Kevin Korner, Elise Lim, Bryan Wang, Eric Oh, Makoto Lalwani, Felicia Angesti, Albert Lin, David Liu, Yoobin Oh

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 152 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Jordan Fire Trail

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: April 13, 2013 Project Area: Community/Liberal Culture Number of Members Involved: 4 Number of Electees Involved: 7 Organization Hours: 3 Participation Hours: 3 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description This event was a replacement for our semester event Strawberry Creek Restoration. It was sponsored by the same group that hosted Strawberry Creek Restoration. This time, we restored the Jordan Fire Trail, removing thistles and poisonous hemlocks! II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP This event fulfills one service requirement. III. Organization and Administration We contacted the group that hosted Strawberry Creek Restoration, and set up a time for the event. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems None VI. Overall Evaluation It was a success. Candidates look like they had a good time. We went to lunch together on the way back. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Hamilton Nguyen, Robert Tang-kong, Henry Pham, Vivian Shen

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 153 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Nathan Mailoa, Don Mai, Michael Tsang, Dante Natoli, Jerry Cheng, Phillip Ding, David Liu

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 154 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Overnight Host Program & Engineering Open House

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: April 20, 2013 Project Area: Community/Liberal Culture Number of Members Involved: 19 Number of Electees Involved: 16 Organization Hours: 50 Participation Hours: 12 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description The program brought roughly 20 high school students to Berkeley and hosted them overnight, as well as providing them with engineering activities and opportunities to bond with college students. This program was modeled closely on the Regent's (ROHP) and SWE overnight programs, while trying to target students not targeted by the aforementioned programs The Engineering Open House Program brings high school students to Berkeley and takes them on research lab tours, guest lecturers, mock lectures, and student group tables. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The Overnight Host Program attempts to bring high school students interested in engineering to Berkeley and allow them to see what college living is first hand. While the Engineering Open House Program was purposed to giving students a glimpse into engineering, the Overnight Host program tries to show students what living in a college environment can be like. III. Organization and Administration Weekly meetings were held to plan and organize activities for the event. Individual tasks were delegated out among the service members. Roughly 30 schools were contacted and invited to participate, just as in Fall 2012. Application forms and information packets were also generated. Host volunteers were primarily officers and candidates. Due to the decreased size of the program, we only needed to reach out to HKN for assistance with hosting. Most notably, PiE was contacted to assist with an activity. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 155 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

For the host program, thanks to assistance by ESC-FiComm, we were able to cater dinner for the students and volunteers, which accounted for the majority of the program's cost. For the engineering open house, primary costs were food for the event, taken care of by the Activities committee (~$600). Other minor costs included name tags, photocopies and pens for the event. The bulk of the cost for this event was covered by funding by ESC. V. Special Problems The planning of this semester's program was particularly labored, as many of the committee members were extremely busy. Planning was forced to the last minute, to the detriment of the events planned. This affected EOH much more than OHP. Furthermore it has become apparent that the Spring semester is not an effective time to hold EOH/OHP. The audience is significantly reduced, as seniors largely do not need to attend, and there are several similar programs also happening at the same time. The program took place immediately after Cal Day, which further reduced the interested parties. Logistics were also not established among the volunteers and committee members. Communication needs to occur early and often in order for this program to be successful in the future. VI. Overall Evaluation The program, despite its difficulties, was greeted with relatively good reviews. The participants had a good time, and enjoyed conversing with the volunteers. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Larissa Korach, Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Hamilton Nguyen, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey, Steve Yadlowsky, Sebastian Ruf, Vicki Ni, Henry Pham, Tony Hung, Lawrence Huang, Kevin Chan, Joe Jankowski Tau Beta Pi Members: Lina Zhu Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Emily Lutz, Lucy Hu, Anita Cheung, Lev Tauz, Kate Rakelly, Allison Vuong, Albert Zheng, Jimmy Lee, Ena Hariyoshi, Allen Li, Roshena Macpherson, Bryan Wang, Jack Li, D.J. Weeks, Noah Goldman, Yoobin Oh

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 156 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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PiE Final Competition Day 1 & 2

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Date of Project: April 27, 2013 Project Area: Community/Liberal Culture Number of Members Involved: 9 Number of Electees Involved: 10 Organization Hours: 4 Participation Hours: 12 Other Groups: Pioneers in Engineering Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description The 2013 PiE Final Competition was held at the Lawrence Hall of Science. The museum hosted PiE's competition as a special event. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP TBP candidates and officers were available to help facilitate the event. TBP was put in charge of running tool check-out for the day. III. Organization and Administration It was clear upon arrival that candidate roles were not defined until TBP arrived on site. PiE staff was able to find useful roles for TBP candidates in running tool check-out. Organization of candidate shifts was facilitated through the use of a Google spreadsheet sent out a few days before the event. Rides to and from the Lawrence Hall of Science for candidates were organized by TBP. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems PiE staff was able to find useful roles for candidates however there still did not seem to be a very high demand for TBP help and roles were not established until candidates were on site. Though this did not result in issue, it still would be preferable to have descriptions of candidate roles before the event day. VI. Overall Evaluation Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 157 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Overall, this event went very well. Candidates were all grouped together in the tool check-out area and were able to interact with officers, high school students, and other candidates. Candidates were kept busy for the entire shift and were very helpful in keeping the event running smoothly. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Sebastian Ruf, Pritha Hait, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey, Andrea Dickey, Atsu Kakitani, Steve Yadlowsky Tau Beta Pi Members: Robert Luan, Dennis Wai Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Don Mai, Jimmy Lee, Sagar Karandikar, Ena Hariyoshi, Alexander Runke, Roshena Macpherson, Jon Allen, Anya Garachtchenko, Daniel Lu, Andrew Sabour

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 158 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Alumni Relations

Alumni Mixer and Potluck

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Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 159 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Alumni Relations Projects

Number Number of of Organization Participation Old or Project Title Members Electees Hours Hours New Involved Involved Dave and Busters 18 0 2 6 New with TBP Alumni Alumni Mixer and 23 10 2 2 Old Potluck

Alumni Wine Tasting 8 1 2 8 Old

Alumni Mixer and 18 7 4 4 Old Potluck #2 Alumni Beer Tasting 9 4 2 9 New and River Float

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 160 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Dave & Busters with TBP Alumni

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Date of Project: October 26, 2012 Project Area: University/College Number of Members Involved: 18 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 6 Type of Project (old or new): New

I. General Description We went to D&B, ate food, played games. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To promote bonding between officers/ candidates and alumni. III. Organization and Administration Planned out with D&B event planner, almost entirely email interaction. Contacted alumni through email lists. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements ~$250 from TBP - Subsidized price on D&B. $25 per person - Food and Room. ~$15 per person - Game cards. V. Special Problems No candidates showed up. Price was too high for what we got, had issues with drivers before. Next time: Get a game and food deal for $10-$25, and get TBP to subsidize it a little bit so more people come. Don't get a party room, because it's too expensive for our purposes unless we're doing it for banquet. VI. Overall Evaluation We came back with a (Hamilton branded) toaster & a coffee maker. People had fun. Great times were had by all. Just too expensive. List of Participants:

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 161 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Tau Beta Pi Officers: Aaron Alpert, Paul Drazin, Katie Mclaughlin, Robert Luan, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Pius Lau, Alex Tang, Vicki Ni, Nate Bailey Tau Beta Pi Members: Aloni Cohen, Eric Wei, Christian Olinger, Larissa Korach, Sebastian Ruf, Brian Chin, Lina Zhu, Louisa Avellar

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 162 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Alumni Mixer and Potluck

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Date of Project: November 17, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 23 Number of Electees Involved: 10 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Candidates, officers, members, and alumni all came and enjoyed a potluck and games, as well as just generally relaxing and having fun. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To provide an event for alumni, candidates, and officers to all relax in a social setting. III. Organization and Administration The room was reserved a week in advance, and I brought games (XBox and card games) for people to play from my home. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $0 - We were able to use leftover food from Engineering Open House, as well as rely on members bringing dishes, to feed everyone and no extra money had to be spent. V. Special Problems We had issues with the key that was given to us, and had to enlist the help of a maintenance crew to gain access to the room. Otherwise, the event went smoothly. One thing to note is that in order to hook up the XBox we had to have a special cable that converts the XBox A/V to VGA and microphone output, which I luckily already had. VI. Overall Evaluation Everyone seemed to have a good time, and many games of Apples to Apples and Halo were played. There was somewhat of a divide between the alumni and the candidates since they didn't really know each other, but all in all the event was a success.

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 163 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Aaron Alpert, Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Robert Tang-kong, Dennis Wai, Erik Bertelli, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Vicki Ni, Vivian Shen, Cam Bates, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Ella Putihprayogi pek, Andrew Wingard Tau Beta Pi Members: Andrew Lee, Joanna Chen, Christian Olinger, Lina Zhu, Kevin Haninger, Aaron Wienkers Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Kevin Chan, Yunsie Chung, Jerry Zhu, Chih Hu, Dodge Williams, Ivan Gozali, Joe Jankowski, Karen Cheng, Marc Zajac, Pranjali Beri

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 164 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Alumni Wine Tasting

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Date of Project: December 2, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 8 Number of Electees Involved: 1 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 8 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description TBP Alumni joined us as we traveled to Napa Valley for lunch and wine tastings at three different wineries. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP This event was meant to be an end-of-the-semester social event at which the candidates, officers, and members could get to know some of TBP CA-A's alumni. III. Organization and Administration The event was organized by the Student and Alumni Relations committee along with the help of Larissa Korach, who is a current TBP CA-A alumni and former Student and Alumni Relations committee chair. Most organization came from planning transportation to Napa, wineries to taste at, and restaurants to eat at. We were also able to organize the event to make it most affordable and fun for everyone. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements TBP paid no cost except for minor reimbursements for gas. Attendees paid for their own wine tastings and lunch. V. Special Problems There were no problems with the planning of this event. We had more than enough drivers. The event attendance was a little low as many alumni were not in the area and others did not find interest in the event; however, this made the event a lot easier to plan as many wineries did not have the space to accommodate for a larger group. VI. Overall Evaluation Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 165 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Overall, this event turned out great! We were able to get a relatively balanced ratio of TBP alumni to members. We even had one new member attend. Everyone had a good time and we all got to know each other a little better. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Katie Mclaughlin Tau Beta Pi Members: Christian Olinger, Larissa Korach, Brian Chin, Ran Bi Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Maxwell Mileck

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 166 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Alumni Mixer and Potluck #2

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: April 19, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 18 Number of Electees Involved: 7 Organization Hours: 4 Participation Hours: 4 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description A social event for alumni to return and interact with candidates, members, and officers. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To improve networking among all TBP members. III. Organization and Administration Pot-luck style where people bring food to share. Cards and other games were provided for people to play. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $38.15 for pizza $21.51 for drinks, cookies, and snacks V. Special Problems Did not order a main dish until 7:30. Many people expected more food. VI. Overall Evaluation Went to Little Caesar's to get Hot and Ready pizzas. Called ahead and they had them prepared in 15 minutes. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Aaron Alpert, Larissa Korach, Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Zoey Huang, Erik Bertelli, Pius Lau, Matt Quan, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Cam Bates, Nate Bailey, Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 167 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Tau Beta Pi Members: Joanna Chen Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Joseph Hui, Davina Smith, Shir Nehama, Halbert Chong, Jackson Hung, Weier Wan, Andrew Sabour

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 168 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Alumni Beer Tasting and River Float

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Date of Project: May 5, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 9 Number of Electees Involved: 4 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 9 Type of Project (old or new): New

I. General Description TBP members and officers got together and went to a variety of fine drinking establishments in Petaluma and Healdsberg so that much socializing could occur. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP So that officers could bond with alumni. III. Organization and Administration The event coordinator scouted out suitable brewpubs in the days leading up to the event, and then everyone in attendance figured out a general plan on the fly during the event. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $105 for driving reimbursements V. Special Problems Directions were sometimes confusing, but no one got lost or seriously injured. The event also ran over time, which made some attendees late for other things. VI. Overall Evaluation People involved had a good time. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Aaron Alpert, Larissa Korach, Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Erik Bertelli, Nate Bailey

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 169 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Tau Beta Pi Members: Wes Hunt, Lina Zhu, Robert Luan, Kevin Haninger Non-TBP Participants: 1

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 170 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013 Educational and Professional

Development

Undergraduate Research Panel

McKinsey Resume Workshop

Communication Workshop

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 171 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Fall 2012 Professional Development Projects

Number Number of of Organization Participation Old or Project Title Members Electees Hours Hours New Involved Involved McKinsey Resume 13 0 5 2 New Workshop

E-Futures #1 7 19 3 3 Old

Knovel Outreach & 13 3 2 2 New Interview Workshop Kaplan Personal 9 10 2 1 Old Statement Workshop Communication 10 10 2 2 Old Workshop 1-on-1 Resume 10 14 1 3 New Critiques Post-Graduate 10 0 4 2 New Opportunities Panel

E-Futures #2 3 28 2 3 Old

Kaplan GRE 6 13 1 1 Old Workshop Undergraduate 12 18 10 2 Old Research Panel

LinkedIn Workshop 7 12 3 2 New

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McKinsey Resume Workshop

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: September 6, 2012 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 13 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 5 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): New

I. General Description Collaboration with McKinsey on a resume workshop. McKinsey sent a couple of representatives and gave a presentation on resume. Refreshments were provided. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To publicize for and build a good relationship with McKinsey, and to help people learn skills to develop their resumes. III. Organization and Administration Contacted McKinsey and set up a time and date. Presentation held by McKinsey & Company. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Drinks: $9.10 Cookies: $78.00 La Med Party Platters: 163.13 Total: $250.23 McKinsey covered all costs. V. Special Problems La Med pickup time was delayed by 1 hour (3pm vs. 2pm). For future reference, orders should be made earlier and confirmed. VI. Overall Evaluation Very good attendance (~100). McKinsey representatives were pleased. Students enjoyed a good presentation. List of Participants:

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 173 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Tau Beta Pi Officers: Hamilton Nguyen, Robert Tang-kong, William Wheeler, Erik Bertelli, Pius Lau, Vicki Ni, Matt Quan, Stephanie Su, Shawn Li, Ling Yeung, Tracy Margarettha, Ella Putihprayogi pek, Eric Zhou Non-TBP Participants: 70

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 174 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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E-Futures #1

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: October 14, 2012 Project Area: Education/Prof. Dev Number of Members Involved: 7 Number of Electees Involved: 19 Organization Hours: 3 Participation Hours: 3 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description This E-Futures session was on Group Process - how to plan and run effective meetings. The workshop consisted of videos, small group activities, and large group discussions. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Learn how to plan, organize, and execute effective, focused meetings. III. Organization and Administration We connected with Cathy Chang, the facilitator for this event, through the E-Futures website. Logistics of time and location were figured out through e-mail. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $60 for breakfast foods and beverages. V. Special Problems We had some technical difficulties at the beginning. Cathy's Mac adapter didn't match with the AVG cable we had in 3110 Etcheverry, so she started up her other Windows laptop. But something was wrong with her Windows Media Player and she couldn't play the videos she had prepared. I ended up lending my own laptop to play the videos on. The black box controlling video and audio was found in a very unkempt condition. Many of the cables were unplugged, and it took considerable time to figure out what cables were needed, and what plugged in where. After getting everything set up, we realized the audio from the TV was inaudible, even with the volume maximized. In the end we just played audio directly off my laptop speakers.

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 175 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

VI. Overall Evaluation After the technical difficulties were resolved, the rest of the workshop ran relatively smoothly. The candidates were engaged in the activities and seemed to get a lot out of it by the end. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Yu-Han Chen, Michael Chang, Melinda Chen, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Nate Bailey, Ella Putihprayogi pek Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Kevin Chan, Yike Qin, Miltiadis Vratimos, Eric Yu, Alicia Zecherle, Atsu Kakitani, Brandon Sie, Caleb Boyd, Giovanni Gajudo, sophia Dai, Hunjoo Kim, John Her, Jonathan Wang, Kelan Dammers, Kevin Cho, Pranjali Beri, Shaya Shahsavarani, Sherry Zhang, Eric Wang

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 176 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Knovel Outreach & Interview Workshop

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: October 15, 2012 Project Area: Education/Prof. Dev Number of Members Involved: 13 Number of Electees Involved: 3 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): New

I. General Description Informational presentation about Knovel website and how to use the website. Interviewing tips from Honeywell employee. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Provide more awareness of Knovel and resources offered by Knovel as well as interviewing tips. III. Organization and Administration Virgil Wong, Knovel Representative, was host with two other people who web-casted in. One was a person from Knovel. The other Gerry LaRue, an industry representative from HoneyWell. There was a basic introduction to Knovel as well as a guided tour by Gerry. Lots of t-shirts, pens, flyers given away. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Food (Pizza) cost covered by Knovel. V. Special Problems The guided tour became rather long and many people lost interest.Interview workshop did not work well to have speaker video chat in. VI. Overall Evaluation Knovel product is a hidden gem. Should publicize more. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 177 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Tau Beta Pi Officers: Hamilton Nguyen, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Matthew Fong, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, Matt Quan, George Yiu, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Kevin Chan, Kelan Dammers, Prithvi Bomdica

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 178 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Kaplan Personal Statement Workshop

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: October 17, 2012 Project Area: Education/Prof. Dev Number of Members Involved: 9 Number of Electees Involved: 10 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 1 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description This was a workshop hosted in conjunction with the Kaplan office based on campus. The speaker was Michael Endler, a Kaplan instructor who has done numerous workshops like this in the past. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To inform students on the graduate admissions process and educate them on how to write an effective personal statement. III. Organization and Administration I met with Joe, the head campus Kaplan representative, before the beginning of the semester to plan out the two workshops we would be having. In addition to the initial meeting, we worked out logistic specifics with Michael over e-mail. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems We did not run into any problems during the event. VI. Overall Evaluation The workshop ran very smoothly, and all the participants seemed to find it informative. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers:

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 179 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Stephanie Su, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Ella Putihprayogi pek Tau Beta Pi Members: Aaron Wienkers, Drew Latzke Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Kevin Chan, Miltiadis Vratimos, Eric Yu, Brandon Sie, Chih Hu, sophia Dai, Jyoti Narayanswami, Mara Minner, Pranjali Beri, Shaya Shahsavarani

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Communication Workshop

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: October 23, 2012 Project Area: Education/Prof. Dev Number of Members Involved: 10 Number of Electees Involved: 10 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description The Communication Workshop was hosted by Chris Sams from the Bay Area Theater Sports Improv group. He led various interactive activities for the duration of the event. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To give students an opportunity to practice thinking and speaking on their feet, and to build confidence about speaking and presenting. III. Organization and Administration Event logistics were all taken care of via e-mail. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements We provided Chris with a check for $100 as compensation. V. Special Problems The turnout was satisfactory, but not as high as I had hoped. In the future we should brainstorm better ways of publicizing, and think about how to make "Communication Workshop" sound attractive to students. This is one of the most well received ProDev events every semester, but it's difficult to describe it to someone who has never attended a workshop like it. VI. Overall Evaluation All the attendees I spoke to thoroughly enjoyed the workshop and felt like they got a lot out of it. This is definitely an event we want to keep for future semesters. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 181 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Tau Beta Pi Officers: Sebastian Ruf, Michael Chang, Erik Bertelli, Melinda Chen, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Matt Quan, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey, Ella Putihprayogi pek Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan, Yike Qin, Caleb Boyd, Daisuke Kazama, sophia Dai, Joe Jankowski, Mara Minner, Prithvi Bomdica, Shaya Shahsavarani

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 182 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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1-on-1 Resume Critiques

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: October 30, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 10 Number of Electees Involved: 14 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 3 Type of Project (old or new): New

I. General Description An office hour style event where candidates and members can drop in anytime during the allotted time and have a one-on-one resume critiquing session with an officer. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To provide an opportunity for students to receive in-person peer feedback on their resumes. III. Organization and Administration Planning for this event consisted of choosing a time and location, and recruiting a few other officers comfortable with critiquing resumes to help. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems The location we chose was not the most optimal. The tables in hallway we held the event in were very spread out, causing some candidates to have trouble finding it. Next time it would be better to hold the event in a more enclosed space such as a classroom. VI. Overall Evaluation Overall attendance was great for both officers and candidates, and everyone who got their resumes critiqued seemed to find it helpful. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers:

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 183 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Michael Chang, Hamilton Nguyen, Erik Bertelli, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Matt Quan, Ling Yeung Tau Beta Pi Members: Larissa Korach Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Yike Qin, Eric Yu, Jerry Zhu, Brandon Sie, Giovanni Gajudo, John Her, Jonathan Kim, Jonathan Wang, Karen Cheng, Maxwell Mileck, Nolan Wagener, Pranjali Beri, Sherry Zhang, Xingchen Fan

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 184 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Post-Graduate Opportunities Panel

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: October 5, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 10 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 4 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): New

I. General Description Panel of different speakers who are currently in graduate school, industry workers, medical school, and law school. Speakers included: Sebastian Ruf - MechE grad student William Li - Google engineer (EECS at Cal) Charles Fang - Med student at U Michigan (BioE at Cal) Josh Bishop-Moser - MechE grad student at U Michigan Professor DK Lieu - MechE professor II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To provide undergraduate students with a comparison of the options after graduating college so they are better informed. III. Organization and Administration Some prepared questions along with audience questions mixed in. Charles Fang was virtually there through Google Hangout. Only once did the conversation drop. Clear sound quality throughout. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $50 for Amazon gift cards to panelists. Food was provided by Josh, from U of Michigan. V. Special Problems The room (405 Soda) was smaller. Earlier booking of a room is recommended. There was low attendance. This may have been due to the lack of focus in what the purpose of this panel. Since it tried to cover a variety of opportunities, this was more general, so trying to determine a focus point would help with publicity. VI. Overall Evaluation Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 185 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Josh suggested contacting Mike Nazareth ([email protected]) the grad recruitment director to get in contact with future grad students from U of Michigan. Water was consumed the most, so buy water for future panels. Small attendance leads to circle/group discussion List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: William Li, Sebastian Ruf, Michael 2012 Chang, Hamilton Nguyen, Erik Bertelli, Melinda Chen, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Matt Quan Tau Beta Pi Members: Charles Fang

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 186 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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E-Futures #2

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: November 3, 2012 Project Area: Education/Prof. Dev Number of Members Involved: 3 Number of Electees Involved: 28 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 3 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description A workshop led by E-Futures coordinator Scott Fable on Analytical Problem Solving. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To provide students an opportunity to learn and practice various methods of problem solving, involving brainstorming, idea categorization, and list reduction. III. Organization and Administration Planning for this event involved coordinating a workshop time/date with the speaker and getting food. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $70 for food and drinks. V. Special Problems Overall the workshop ran very smoothly. The only minor annoyance was that the front doors to the buildings were locked from the outside, so everyone who arrived late had to call me to be let in. VI. Overall Evaluation The event went well, and everyone seemed to enjoy it. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Stephanie Su

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 187 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan, Yike Qin, Robert Claus, Jerry Zhu, Alicia Zecherle, Chih Hu, Christina Sun, Peng Tieng, Dodge Williams, Dylan Paddock, Eric Katz, Ivan Gozali, Jonathan Kim, Joe Jankowski, Jyoti Narayanswami, Karen Cheng, Kevin Yeun, Mara Minner, Marc Zajac, Maxwell Mileck, Moonsoo Choi, Nisha rohit Mair, Nolan Wagener, Prithvi Bomdica, Sio Wong, Steve Yadlowsky, Xingchen Fan

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Kaplan GRE Workshop

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Date of Project: November 8, 2012 Project Area: Education/Prof. Dev Number of Members Involved: 6 Number of Electees Involved: 13 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 1 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description A workshop led by Kaplan instructors to teach attendees advanced strategies for taking the GRE. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To provide students with resources to excel when taking the GRE general exam. III. Organization and Administration The Kaplan office on campus connected us to an instructor for the workshop. Coordination on event time and location was done through e-mail. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems There were no problems that occurred. VI. Overall Evaluation Overall the event was successful and all the attendees found it useful. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Melinda Chen, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Matt Quan, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha Tau Beta Pi Candidates:

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Andrea Dickey, Yike Qin, Yunsie Chung, Chih Hu, Peng Tieng, Daisuke Kazama, Sophia Dai, Kevin Cho, Kevin Yeun, Moonsoo Choi, Nisha rohit Mair, Nolan Wagener, Sio Wong

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 190 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Undergraduate Research Panel

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Date of Project: November 14, 2012 Project Area: Education/Prof. Dev Number of Members Involved: 12 Number of Electees Involved: 18 Organization Hours: 10 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Several professors, graduate students, and undergraduates who are heavily involved in engineering research were invited to speak on behalf of TBP's panel. The event focused on giving an overview to research on campus--why it is so important, the different opportunities available, and how to get involved. The majority of the event (~70 minutes) was spent on a guided set of questions for the panel, then an open Q&A from the audience (~10 minutes), and then the professors and students were free to mingle afterwards. The professors included Kevin Healy (BioE/MSE), David Atwood (EECS/EngPhysics/AS&T), Dorian Liepmann (BioE/MechE) and the students included Colin Cerratani (ChemE, PhD candidate) and Matthew Turner (EngPhysics, BS candidate). II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of this event is to provide undergraduates interested in research an opportunity to ask any questions and receive answers from a variety of perspectives. III. Organization and Administration HP Auditorium was reserved approximately 2.5 months beforehand by emailing Michael-David Sasson ([email protected]). The date was chosen based on room availability and when other TBP and ProDev events were scheduled (after candidate meeting, not overlapping with other events/GM's, evenly spaced with other ProDev events). Initial invitation emails were sent to ~20 professors about 2 months prior to the event, in hopes of getting 3-4 to confirm. Two weeks later, only two professors had confirmed so another list of ~10 professors were invited. Graduate students were invited based on recommendation, and one was emailed at a time

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as only one is needed. The undergraduate Matthew Turner had spoken the event last semester so he was invited to speak again. As the event approached, classroom announcements/chalking/flyers/Facebook event were arranged with Publicity. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $50 (5 x $10) for giftcards from Chipotle for the panelists. $30 for snacks/drinks/thank you cards (Rice Krispies, fruit snacks, granola bars, soda, water bottles) V. Special Problems Professors take a while to respond so eventually I ended up with too many professors who had agreed to participate! So in the future, start early so you can spend some time waiting for responses, and email the more in demand professors first. Maybe email ten at a time, wait two weeks, and email another ten. VI. Overall Evaluation There was some great discussion with the panelists during the guided portion of the event. However, sometimes it was hard to stay on time (i.e. how to cut the professors off politely when they keep going on). Q&A went surprisingly well--students were very willing and interested in asking questions. And a surprising number of students also stuck around afterwards to speak to the professors; they stayed even after we had to lock the doors! We had a pretty good turnout with a total of ~50-60 participants, although more would have been nice too! List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Michael Chang, Erik Bertelli, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Matt Quan, Vivian Shen, Ling Yeung, Ella Putihprayogi pek Tau Beta Pi Members: Matthew Turner Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Robert Claus, Yunsie Chung, Jerry Zhu, Alicia Zecherle, Atsu Kakitani, David Chang, Dylan Paddock, Eric Katz, Hunjoo Kim, Ivan Gozali, John Her, Jonathan Wang, Marc Zajac, Sio Wong, Steve Yadlowsky, Xingchen Fan, Eric Wang, Nikita Kitaev Non-TBP Participants: 20

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LinkedIn Workshop

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Date of Project: November 19, 2012 Project Area: Education/Prof. Dev Number of Members Involved: 7 Number of Electees Involved: 12 Organization Hours: 3 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): New

I. General Description We invited Shana Makos, a program coordinator from Haas, to give a workshop on LinkedIn. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To introduce students to LinkedIn and teach them how to use it to its full potential. III. Organization and Administration We contacted Shana and asked if she was interested. After she said yes, we reserved a room, publicized, and coordinated with Shana regarding the content of the event, We also bought a $15 Starbucks giftcard to thank Shana. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $15 giftcard for Starbucks V. Special Problems We had some trouble with 380 Soda, because the person who made the reservation has to be the same person whose ID card gets activated to unlock to room. VI. Overall Evaluation Both the presenter and the attendees seemed to enjoy the experience. Shana expressed interest in holding another workshop in the future, and most of the candidates and officers who attended found it interesting and useful. List of Participants:

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Tau Beta Pi Officers: Michael Chang, Robert Tang-kong, Melinda Chen, Pritha Hait, Vicki Ni, Shawn Li, Vivian Shen Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Andrea Dickey, Yunsie Chung, Atsu Kakitani, David Chang, Dodge Williams, Hunjoo Kim, Ivan Gozali, Nisha rohit Mair, Shaya Shahsavarani, Sherry Zhang, Xingchen Fan, Eric Wang

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Spring 2013 Professional Development Projects

Number Number of of Organization Participation Old or Project Title Members Electees Hours Hours New Involved Involved

E-Futures #1 13 22 5 5 Old

Kaplan GRE 10 10 1 1 Old Workshop Communication 8 5 3 2 Old Workshop 1-on-1 Resume 13 32 1 3 Old Critiques Boeing Resume 6 0 2 2 Old Workshop Kaplan Graduate 4 6 1 2 Old School Tips

E-Futures #2 6 32 4 3 Old

Internship Panel 9 16 4 2 Old

Cultural Awareness 19 13 10 2 New Workshop Undergraduate 16 17 6 2 Old Research Panel

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E-Futures #1

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Date of Project: March 2, 2013 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 13 Number of Electees Involved: 22 Organization Hours: 5 Participation Hours: 5 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description E-Futures: Basic and Advanced People Skills This is the combined module from two previous E-Futures modules, both basic and advanced communication skills. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Provide an E-Futures module for candidates, officers, and the general Engineering public. Attendance at E-Futures satisfies the professional development requirement for candidates. III. Organization and Administration Email facilitators Scott Fable and submit an official request through the national TBP website and through Sherry King. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $121.89 for pizza and cheese sticks (lunch) $50 for breakfast food V. Special Problems Almost didn't get keycard in time from 6141 Etcheverry. Melissa Varian was nice enough to stay behind a few minutes for me after 5pm to get the keycard from her. VI. Overall Evaluation Good event, people were participating and Scott Fable really kept the audience engaged. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers:

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Paul Drazin, Hamilton Nguyen, Zoey Huang, Robert Tang-kong, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Vicki Ni, Eric Xiao, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey, Kevin Chan, Peng Tieng Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Nathan Mailoa, Davina Smith, Don Mai, Byron Ho, Shir Nehama, Roy Park, Stephen Yu, Martin Thompson, Kenneth Lin, Varun Naik, Michael Tsang, Anita Cheung, Jeffrey Dong, Jerry Cheng, Makoto Lalwani, Phillip Ding, Weier Wan, Vaibhav Agarwal, Felicia Angesti, Andrew Richard, Alex Chu, Ivan Fok

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Kaplan GRE Workshop

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Date of Project: March 6, 2013 Project Area: University/College Number of Members Involved: 10 Number of Electees Involved: 10 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 1 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description A workshop facilitated by a Kaplan instructor, Murl, to teach students helpful tips for scoring better in the GRE. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To improve students' test taking skills when sitting for the GRE. III. Organization and Administration Communication with the Kaplan instructor to coordinate the time and location was done through email. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems There were not enough chairs for everyone, and the setup of chairs and tables in the room could be better. VI. Overall Evaluation The event was successful and informative for students. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Eric Xiao, Vivian Shen, Lawrence Huang, Nate Bailey, Kevin Chan, Peng Tieng, Daisuke Kazama

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Tau Beta Pi Members: George Sun Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Sahar Mesri, Byron Ho, Stephen Yu, Jeffrey Dong, Phillip Ding, Vaibhav Agarwal, Felicia Angesti, Andrew Richard, Ivan Fok, Andrew Sabour

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Communication Workshop

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Date of Project: March 11, 2013 Project Area: Education/Prof. Dev Number of Members Involved: 8 Number of Electees Involved: 5 Organization Hours: 3 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Learn improvisation and communication from an improv performance artist. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Teach engineers more soft skills and how to make conversations more interesting. Promote creativity, which is a lost part of an engineer's education at college. III. Organization and Administration Event logistics were all taken care of via e-mail. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $100 stipend for Chris Sams, the conductor of the program. V. Special Problems Attendance was rather low, it could have been publicized better, because the feedback is always strong after the workshop. I think it should be renamed to Improv Workshop, Tips & Tricks by a Professional Actor, or Get Creative, Learn to Have Fun VI. Overall Evaluation Everyone got a lot out of the workshop and really had a lot of fun. The analysis of the ebbs and flows of the conversations was really cool. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Sebastian Ruf, Hamilton Nguyen, Pius Lau, Eric Xiao, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey,

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Kevin Chan, Peng Tieng Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Davina Smith, Sahar Mesri, Robert Ou, Cheng Yuan, Eric Oh

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1-on-1 Resume Critiques

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Date of Project: March 13, 2013 Project Area: Education/Prof. Dev Number of Members Involved: 13 Number of Electees Involved: 32 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 3 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description 1-on-1 Resume Critiques was a drop in critique session open to TBP candidates, members, as well as Cal students outside of TBP. Qualified officers experienced with resume critiques provided the critiques. Attendees were matched with officers similar to their major or background when possible. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To provide an opportunity for Cal engineering students to get in-person, personalized critiques from older, more experienced engineering students. III. Organization and Administration Organization for this event consisted only of communicating with the organization that shares our space to ensure that there would be enough room to run the event on that day, and asking for officer volunteers to come critique resumes. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems There were many more EECS attendees than there were EECS officers critiquing resumes. The two EECS officers who did show up ended up having to critique many more resumes than the other officers. In the future efforts should be made to encourage more officers from the more populated majors to help out with this event. VI. Overall Evaluation

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Overall the attendees seemed to find the critiques helpful and get a lot out of it. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Hamilton Nguyen, Robert Tang-kong, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Michael Suey, Matt Quan, Vivian Shen, Peter Su, Nate Bailey, Kevin Chan, Peng Tieng Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Nathan Mailoa, Kristine Rezai, Shir Nehama, Ian Lin, Roy Park, Adithyavairavan Murali, Robert Ou, Varun Naik, Emily Lutz, Michael Chen, Sagar Karandikar, Lulu Li, Allen Li, Alexander Runke, Anita Cheung, Ashley Tsai, Halbert Chong, Anya Garachtchenko, Cheng Yuan, Elise Lim, Bryan Wang, Sean Ho, Jack Hendershott, Weier Wan, Vaibhav Agarwal, Felicia Angesti, Albert Lin, Noah Goldman, Jin Zheng, Jack Qiao, Alex Chu, Yoobin Oh Non-TBP Participants: 3

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Boeing Resume Workshop

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Date of Project: April 4, 2013 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 6 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Gave students from TBP and other engineering organizations tips and tricks from professional engineers/recruiters at Boeing. These tips included polishing their resumes, making a pitch at career fairs, interacting with different representatives, and learning how to master the interviews. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Prepare engineering students to pitch themselves to industries in the most effective manner. Many of these skills are not well emphasized in the engineering curriculum, so bringing in a group of professionals from Boeing helped give the students a wide range of tips and experiences. III. Organization and Administration Erik Bertelli was initially in charge of the event and handed it off to me. Boeing already had a set plan for how they wanted to conduct the event, so we just needed to make sure it was well-advertised and prepared food for them. I also made sure to offer any help they wanted, but as previously described, they had taken care of most of the organization, reserving the room and everything as well as making a flyer. Activities helped tremendously with the food, and Treasurer helped with the PayPal account. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $188 + 3% PayPal fee = $193.54 for the burritos from La Burrita, but Boeing informed us they will reimburse us fully plus an extra $100 as thanks for helping to set it up. V. Special Problems

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There was supposed to be mock interviews earlier that day as well, but communication between Boeing and me was awful. In the future, there needs to be a way to get in more direct contact to try to set up mock interviews, as ProDev tried earlier in the semester to contact other companies and it fell through as well. It also made it tough to predict how many people would show up, so I didn't know exactly how much food to prepare. Other than that, the Resume Workshop itself went great! No real problems to report. VI. Overall Evaluation Event proceeded smoothly and successfully! Boeing representatives seemed satisfied, and many students stayed considerably after to talk with the representatives. The representatives were extremely nice and helpful, and there were no real problems. P.s., if anyone orders food from La Burrita again, they typically don't provide enough paper plates, but that was literally the only real problem. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Melinda Chen, Pritha Hait, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey, Kevin Chan, Daisuke Kazama Non-TBP Participants: 35

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Kaplan Graduate School Admissions & GRE Strategy Seminar

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Date of Project: April 9, 2013 Project Area: Education/Prof. Dev Number of Members Involved: 4 Number of Electees Involved: 6 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description A speaker, Michael Endler, from Kaplan came and talked about tips for grad school application and GRE. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To inform students about the grad school application process and what they can do to improve their application. III. Organization and Administration Workshop was held in 380 Soda and key card access was obtained the day before. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems The only problem was ensuring that no late candidates or members were locked out of Soda during the workshop. VI. Overall Evaluation It was successful. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Matt Quan, Peter Su, Andrea Dickey, Peng Tieng Tau Beta Pi Candidates:

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David Yermian, Sahar Mesri, Minchao Lin, Cheng Yuan, Makoto Lalwani, Michael Forsuelo

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E-Futures #2

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Date of Project: April 14, 2013 Project Area: Education/Prof. Dev Number of Members Involved: 6 Number of Electees Involved: 32 Organization Hours: 4 Participation Hours: 3 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description E-Futures was on Effective Presentation Skills. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To improve impromptu and group presentation skills. III. Organization and Administration Since this E-Futures session required more participation from the audience, the workshop was held in two separate rooms simultaneously. They were held in 380 Soda and 373 Soda. There was a lot of trouble because it was originally arranged for 3110 Etcheverry, but I had forgotten to pick up the keycard for the room on Friday. We got lucky in the sense that one of our officers had keycard access to 380 Soda, and another faculty member who just happened to stop by had a key to 373 Soda. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Cost for breakfast (food, juice, cream cheese, fruits). $48.75 V. Special Problems This session was supposed to be 4 hours long but it was advertised as 3 hours long so we could not cover the group presentation. VI. Overall Evaluation Overall a success. List of Participants:

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Tau Beta Pi Officers: Hamilton Nguyen, Pius Lau, Eric Xiao, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey, Peng Tieng Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Kristine Rezai, Ian Lin, Adithyavairavan Murali, Emily Lutz, Albert Zheng, Jimmy Lee, Dante Natoli, Michael Chen, Sagar Karandikar, Ena Hariyoshi, Ben Zhang, Lulu Li, Alexander Runke, Minchao Lin, Roshena Macpherson, Lucy Hu, Ashley Tsai, Halbert Chong, Jon Allen, Anya Garachtchenko, Kevin Korner, Elise Lim, Eric Oh, Jackson Hung, Michael Forsuelo, Jack Li, D.J. Weeks, Albert Lin, Shawn Gao, Daniel Lu, David Liu, Yoobin Oh

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Internship Panel

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Date of Project: April 16, 2013 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 9 Number of Electees Involved: 16 Organization Hours: 4 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description For this panel, we invited four TBP alumni who have had internships in the past to come and talk about their experiences. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To connect students with alumni who can provide advice and answer questions about finding and choosing internships, and recruiting in general. III. Organization and Administration The panelists were asked questions from a prepared list of general questions for the first 45 minutes. After that point, time was given to the audience to ask any other specific questions they had. The audience questions continued for another 45 minutes. Our panelists were Aaron Alpert, Ryan Julian, William Li, and Lina Zhu (MechE, 2 EECS, and ChemE). IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $60 for panelist gifts $145 for food Total = $225 V. Special Problems There happened to be a concert in Berkeley at the same time, so some of the panelists had trouble finding parking. There was also a separate internship panel being held by another student organization on the same day. In the future we should be more careful when deciding on a day and time. VI. Overall Evaluation

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All the audience members were attentive and engaged the whole time, in large part due to our excellent panelists. Many audience members even stayed after the event to ask more questions. Overall the event was a great success. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Aaron Alpert, William Li, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Stephanie Su, Eric Xiao, Vivian Shen Tau Beta Pi Members: Ryan Julian, Lina Zhu Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Joseph Hui, Don Mai, Emily Lutz, Allen Li, Jon Allen, Kevin Korner, Cheng Yuan, Bryan Wang, Sean Ho, Jack Hendershott, Jerry Cheng, Jack Li, Noah Goldman, Daniel Lu, Jin Zheng, Andrew Sabour

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Cultural Awareness Workshop

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Date of Project: April 17, 2013 Project Area: Education/Prof. Dev Number of Members Involved: 19 Number of Electees Involved: 13 Organization Hours: 10 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): New

I. General Description Representatives from several cultures each gave a short presentation on the following: Greetings, Concept of Group vs. Individual, Concept of personal space, Food and dining etiquette (including drinking culture), Differences in working environment, and Building relationships. The representatives had the option of also covering any other topic they felt was important. The representatives were Miltiadis Vratimos (Greece), Pritha Hait (India/Kuwait), Hunjoo Kim (Korea), Tony Hung (Taiwan/China), Erik Bertelli (U.S. of A.). After the presentations, we split in to two groups for a cultural exercise based on activity from a Prodev officer's undergraduate business class. We also served Indian food (from Momo Masala), Korean food (from Gonmaru), and fried rice. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of this event was to help educate candidates and current TBP members of the wide range of cultures they may encounter in their careers and in life. III. Organization and Administration Finding representatives of several different cultures. Ordering food from several different restaurants. Reserving 380 Soda. Creating/finding content, including developing the activity. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $100 for food/drink V. Special Problems The biggest hurdle was finding/developing content for this event. We spent several OM's

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working out how to do the event. Initially, we thought about making it kind of a lecture with a few interactive activities. We then decided to set aside time for representatives of different cultures to present. We also created some scenario cards for a role playing activity, but they were never used. The week before the event, Prodev officer Eric Xiao shared an interesting activity he participated in for a UGBA class. We decided to dedicate half of the workshop to this. VI. Overall Evaluation We had pretty good turnout, reaching the capacity of 380 Soda with ~30 people. The presenters were entertaining and shared a lot of good insight. The activity was pretty fun, but because of some of the rules of the activity, ladies reported feeling lonely/bored. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Stephanie Su, Eric Xiao, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Lawrence Huang, Nate Bailey, Andrew Wingard, Kevin Chan, Peng Tieng, Hunjoo Kim Tau Beta Pi Members: Miltiadis Vratimos Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Joseph Hui, Allison Vuong, Roy Park, Ena Hariyoshi, Lucy Hu, Cheng Yuan, Bryan Wang, Jackson Hung, Noah Goldman, David Liu, Jack Qiao, Lev Tauz, Kunal Marwaha

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Undergraduate Research Panel

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Date of Project: April 22, 2013 Project Area: Education/Prof. Dev Number of Members Involved: 16 Number of Electees Involved: 17 Organization Hours: 6 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Several professors, graduate students, and undergraduates who are heavily involved in engineering research were invited to speak on behalf of TBP's panel. The event focused on giving an overview to research on campus--why it is so important, the different opportunities available, and how to get involved. The majority of the event (~70 minutes) was spent on a guided set of questions for the panel, then an open Q&A from the audience (~10 minutes), and then the professors and students were free to mingle afterwards. The professors included Clayton Radke (ChemE), Alexandre Bayen (CivE) and Krste Asanović (CS). TBP member Kevin Haninger (MechE) was our grad student, and Hamilton Nguyen (EECS) was our undergrad. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of this event is to provide undergraduates interested in research an opportunity to ask any questions and receive answers from a variety of perspectives. Undergraduates thinking about graduate school or looking for opportunities have much to benefit from the opinions of experts in the field as well as fellow students as well, and it can really help them learn more about research before actually joining a lab. III. Organization and Administration HP Auditorium was reserved two months in advance using the bConnected calendar. We started planning late, so the date was chosen because it was the only free day left. Ideally the event should be scheduled for early March in order to give students enough time to look and apply for research positions and REUs. We sent out ~20 professors about a month and a half before the event, however it would be a better idea to start earlier and email only a few at time. Out of all these professors, we

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had ~6 positive responses, so we had to turn down a few. Our grad student was chosen because he was a TBP member and MechE, and we needed a MechE representative. Our undergrad was an officer and volunteered for the role. The event itself was organized as described earlier, with a set of pre-typed out questions which one of us used as a guide to ask the panelists, then open Q&A, finally followed by the food session which was open for the students to chat with panelists. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements We spent ~$160 for pizza, soda, and bottled water. We spent $50 for 5 $10 gift cards Peet's Coffee gift cards for each of the panelists. V. Special Problems We started late, so to ensure we would get enough professors, we email ~20 of them. This was way too many. Don't do this. Start early. Also, Prof. David Attwood initially confirmed his attendance, but did not reply to our efforts to remind/reconfirm him a day before the event. Because of this, we asked another professor to take his place. Prof. Attwood ended up showing up to our event, but we had already filled the spot. We had to politely turn him away. Some professors were very responsible, others were not. Also, we didn't feel like the event was publicized much, or maybe it was just late in the semester so the turnout was much lower than for previous semesters. VI. Overall Evaluation The event was a great success! We were lucky to have the great panelists that we did, as they gave great answers to questions about research and kept it very entertaining. Although students didn't ask many questions of their own, the panelists all seemed to enjoy the experience, as feedback from them was very positive. Hopefully in the future we can get more feedback from students themselves. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Robert Tang-kong, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Stephanie Su, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Peter Su, Nate Bailey, Kevin Chan, Yike Qin, Peng Tieng, Kevin Cho Tau Beta Pi Members: Kevin Haninger Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Joseph Hui, Allison Vuong, Ian Lin, Martin Thompson, Robert Ou, Michael Tsang, Ben Zhang, Allen Li, Roshena Macpherson, Ashley Tsai, Cheng Yuan, Jerry Cheng, Daniel Lu, Jin Zheng, Lev Tauz, Andrew Sabour, Kunal Marwaha Non-TBP Participants: 5

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Industrial Relations

Apple Infosession

Bain & Co. Infosession

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Fall 2012 Industrial Relations Projects

Number Number of of Organization Participation Old or Project Title Members Electees Hours Hours New Involved Involved

View From The Top 8 0 4 4 New

Bain Infosession 20 0 4 4 Old

Yelp Infosession 10 0 2 2 Old

Fitbit Infosession 13 0 2 2 Old

FindTheBest 10 0 2 2 Old Infosession

Counsyl Infosession 11 0 2 2 Old

Dinner with Dow! 8 0 1 2 Old

Accenture 8 0 4 3 Old Infosession

Apple Infosession 13 0 2 2 New

Acxiom Infosession 7 0 2 2 New

Facebook Infosession 8 1 2 2 New

Oracle Infosession 5 0 3 3 Old

Zazzle Infosession 10 0 2 2 Old

EMC Infosession 2 0 3 3 Old

Intuit Infosession 4 0 2 2 New

Stryker Infosession 7 0 4 2 Old

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View From The Top

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Date of Project: August 30, 2012 Project Area: University/College Number of Members Involved: 8 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 4 Participation Hours: 4 Type of Project (old or new): New

I. General Description View From the Top is a lecture series hosted by the College of Engineering where they invite leaders in industry and technology to speak on the Berkeley campus. CA Alpha was asked to help with publicity and staffing the event. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The CoE offered a donation to CA-A in return for our services. We accepted the task to help with funding as well as strengthen our relationship with the college. III. Organization and Administration The president was originally contacted with this opportunity by Jayne Anderson of ESS. Our responsibilities included: picking up flyers and posting them on campus, sending out emails to other student organizations inviting them to the event, and calling for officer volunteers to staff the event. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems None VI. Overall Evaluation Turn out at the lecture was excellent and the college was very happy with our job. List of Participants:

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Tau Beta Pi Officers: Sebastian Ruf, Michael 2012 Chang, Hamilton Nguyen, William Wheeler, Erik Bertelli, Pritha Hait, Jeff Sun Tau Beta Pi Members: Aditya Yellapragada

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 219 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Bain Infosession

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: September 4, 2012 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 20 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 4 Participation Hours: 4 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Tau Beta Pi hosted an infosession for a consulting company Bain. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To provide opportunities for engineering students in a consulting firm. III. Organization and Administration Communicated via email, reserved room, order food and drinks, set up room, cleaned up. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements TBP is expecting $500 donation for hosting. Bain pays for the cost of food. V. Special Problems Had problem publicizing event, Facebook event was set up day of. Drinks/cups/utensils/plates were not prepared, had to buy before infosession. VI. Overall Evaluation Successful despite of problems. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Amy Fu, Hamilton Nguyen, Robert Luan, Robert Tang-kong, William Wheeler, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Alex Tang, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Henry Pham, David Doan, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Lawrence Huang, Eric Zhou

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 220 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Tau Beta Pi Members: Peter Su, Peter Nakamoto Non-TBP Participants: 40

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 221 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

Yelp Infosession

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: September 4, 2012 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 10 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description We hosted Yelp with their Infosession. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To allow Yelp to recruit on campus. III. Organization and Administration We worked with the ILP to set this up. Yelp brought a lot of free things to give away. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements We received $500 in donation for hosting this. V. Special Problems None VI. Overall Evaluation Everything went smoothly. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Hamilton Nguyen, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Lawrence Huang, Karim Merchant Non-TBP Participants: 80

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 222 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

Fitbit Infosession

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: September 11, 2012 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 13 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Tau Beta Pi hosted an infosession for a startup company Fitbit. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To provide opportunities for engineering students. III. Organization and Administration Communicated via email, reserved room, order food and drinks, set up room, cleaned up. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Tau Beta Pi receives $500 from the company. V. Special Problems Had problem communicating food. Fitbit and TBP both brought food. We paid for the food we brought. VI. Overall Evaluation Good turnout even though it is a startup company. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Michael Chang, Hamilton Nguyen, Robert Tang-kong, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Alex Tang, Vicki Ni, George Yiu, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Lawrence Huang, Karim Merchant Non-TBP Participants:

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 223 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 224 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

FindTheBest Infosession

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: September 12, 2012 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 10 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Tau Beta Pi hosted an infosession for FindTheBest. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To provide opportunities for engineering students. III. Organization and Administration Communicated via email, reserved room, order food and drinks, set up room, cleaned up. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements TBP is expecting $500 donation for hosting. V. Special Problems None VI. Overall Evaluation Successful. Presenters seem satisfied. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Steven DeMartini, Tammie Kuo, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Eric Xiao, George Yiu, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Lawrence Huang, Karim Merchant Non-TBP Participants: 19

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 225 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

Counsyl Infosession

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: September 13, 2012 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 11 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Counsyl did an infosession in 3110 Etcheverry. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The company was looking to recruit for summer internships and possible job opportunities. III. Organization and Administration Went smoothly. We got cheeseboard for food- 7 pizzas. Andrew from Activities committee helped bring the food. We set up the room before the company got there. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Including food and the donation for the infosession, the total cost to the company came out to be: $642.25 V. Special Problems None VI. Overall Evaluation The infosession went fine. The company handed out free shirts to some people. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Amy Fu, Sebastian Ruf, Robert Tang-kong, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Tony Hung, Nate Bailey, Andrew Wingard, Eric Zhou, Karim Merchant Non-TBP Participants:

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 226 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 227 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

Dinner with Dow!

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: September 13, 2012 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 8 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Craig McDonald from Dow wants to have dinner with Chem E's from TBP. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Small infosession on opportunities for co-op and internship at Dow. III. Organization and Administration Communicated via email, reserved Barney's Gourmet Hamburger. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements TBP is expecting $500 donation for hosting from Dow, however food expenses was paid by TBP. V. Special Problems None VI. Overall Evaluation None List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Matt Quan, Tony Hung, Lawrence Huang Tau Beta Pi Members: Nathan Ellebracht, Caleb Alexander, Peter Su

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 228 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

Accenture Infosession

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: September 25, 2012 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 8 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 4 Participation Hours: 3 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Hosted an infosession with Accenture, an international consulting company. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To provide students with the opportunity to learn more about full time positions with Accenture. III. Organization and Administration Communicated via email, reserved room (3110 Etcheverry), order food and drinks, set up room and met with representatives, cleaned up. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements TBP will recieve a $500 donation. V. Special Problems TBP will not be reimbursed for the food money because of Accenture recruiting budget, however we will be compensated in other forms later on. VI. Overall Evaluation Successful communication and execution, definitely opportunities for future partnerships. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Robert Tang-kong, Tammie Kuo, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Vicki Ni, David Doan, Tony Hung, Lawrence Huang

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 229 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Non-TBP Participants: 25

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 230 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

Apple Infosession

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: October 1, 2012 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 13 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): New

I. General Description Hosted infosession for Apple. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Help people find jobs at Apple. III. Organization and Administration Contacted Lily about ILP companies. I got in contact with Apple through Drew. Bought Thai food from Thai house and drinks from Walgreens.Cleanup afterwards. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Cost of food around $340. V. Special Problems The food arrived a little bit late, but not that big of a problem. VI. Overall Evaluation Great turn out, Apple seems satisfied. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Michael Chang, Hamilton Nguyen, Robert Luan, Robert Tang-kong, Tammie Kuo, Pius Lau, Vicki Ni, Tony Hung, Lawrence Huang, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Ella Putihprayogi Pek, Karim Merchant Non-TBP Participants:

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 231 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 232 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

Acxiom Infosession

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: October 4, 2012 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 7 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): New

I. General Description VP of engineering from Acxiom talks about her book "Myths of the promotion" that discusses the 10 steps to a successful career. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To recruit for Acxiom but also inform engineers on the ways to become successful in their career. III. Organization and Administration We contacted the company, ordered food, and set up. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $500+ ~$200 food V. Special Problems Attendance was not very good. VI. Overall Evaluation The presentation was very interesting. They gave out books for free for everyone who stayed until the end. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Tammie Kuo, Pius Lau, Alex Tang, Robinson Kuo, Tony Hung, Lawrence Huang, Karim Merchant

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 233 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Non-TBP Participants: 8

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 234 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

Facebook Infosession

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: October 11, 2012 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 8 Number of Electees Involved: 1 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): New

I. General Description Facebook comes to Berkeley to deliver a tech talk. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Give Berkeley engineers a more in-depth understanding of the technical aspects of Facebook and provide opportunities for internships and jobs. III. Organization and Administration Contacted through EECS department. Bought food and drinks. Set up Woz lounge, and clean up. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Food cost ~ $500 V. Special Problems None VI. Overall Evaluation Pretty successful, great turnout. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Hamilton Nguyen, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Eric Xiao, Tony Hung, Lawrence Huang, Karim Merchant Tau Beta Pi Candidates:

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 235 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Kevin Chan Non-TBP Participants: 60

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 236 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

Oracle Infosession

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: October 15, 2012 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 5 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 3 Participation Hours: 3 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Hosted an infosession with Oracle. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To provide students with the opportunity to learn more about full time and internship opportunities with Oracle as well as new technologies being developed by their engineers. III. Organization and Administration Co-hosted with the Industrial Liaison Program (ILP), communicated via email, ordered food and drinks, set up room and met with representatives, cleaned up after. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements TBP will receive a $500 donation from Oracle and food costs will be reimbursed. V. Special Problems None VI. Overall Evaluation Successful communication and execution, with a good student turn out. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Tammie Kuo, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Lawrence Huang, Eric Zhou Non-TBP Participants: 60

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 237 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

Zazzle Infosession

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: October 16, 2012 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 10 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Zazzle hosted an infosession. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To provide students with opportunities for internships and fulltimes at Zazzle. III. Organization and Administration Contacted through Lily, set up food, and clean up. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements ~$200 food costs V. Special Problems Food arrived a little bit late, but was not a problem. VI. Overall Evaluation Infosession went smoothly. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: William Li, Michael Chang, Robert Tang-kong, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Tony Hung, Lawrence Huang, Nate Bailey, Eric Zhou Non-TBP Participants: 35

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 238 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

EMC Infosession

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: October 17, 2012 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 2 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 3 Participation Hours: 3 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Hosted an infosession with EMC. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To provide students with the opportunity to learn more about full-time and internships opportunities with EMC. III. Organization and Administration Co-hosted with the Industrial Liaison Program (ILP), communicated via email, set up room and met with representatives, cleaned up after. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements TBP will receive a $500 donation from EMC. V. Special Problems None VI. Overall Evaluation Good communication and execution contributed to a successful event. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Tony Hung, Lawrence Huang Non-TBP Participants: 30

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 239 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

Intuit Infosession

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: November 1, 2012 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 4 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): New

I. General Description Intuit Infosession II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Provide opportunities for engineering students to learn about Intuit. III. Organization and Administration Contacted through email, ordered food and set up, and cleanup IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Food ~$230 V. Special Problems The event was not publicized well apparently, very few people showed up. VI. Overall Evaluation Interesting infosession, but very low turnout. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Tony Hung, Lawrence Huang Non-TBP Participants: 6

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 240 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

Stryker Infosession

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: November 5, 2012 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 7 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 4 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Infosession for Stryker, a biomedical device company. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To provide students with access to Stryker Recruiters and to inform them about the technical and non technical aspects of the company. III. Organization and Administration Stryker IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $174.36 for food. V. Special Problems Recruiters stayed past 8pm to look at resumes. Needed to wait around for them, but it was hard to get them to leave. VI. Overall Evaluation Very good turnout. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Robert Tang-kong, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Vicki Ni, Tony Hung, Nitish Padmanaban, Eric Zhou Non-TBP Participants:

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 241 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 242 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Spring 2013 Industrial Relations Projects

Number Number of of Organization Participation Old or Project Title Members Electees Hours Hours New Involved Involved

Agilent Infosession 16 0 2 2 Old

SanDisk Infosession 18 0 3 2 Old

SAP Infosession 15 0 8 2 New

10gen Infosession 9 0 4 2 Old

FindTheBest 18 0 3 2 Old Infosession

EMC Tech Talk 9 2 4 2 Old

Bosch Infosession 11 0 3 2 Old

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 243 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

Agilent Infosession

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: January 31, 2013 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 16 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Agilent infosession through the ILP program. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Agilent recruiting for intern and full time positions. III. Organization and Administration Organized through the EECS Industrial Liaison Program (ILP), TBP was contacted about co-hosting. Agilent ordered and had the pizza delivered, ILP reserved the room. Publicity posted flyers, chalked, and advertised through facebook. Indrel setup and tore down the event. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems None VI. Overall Evaluation Great event, with many students staying late to talk to the presenters. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Zoey Huang, Erik Bertelli, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Stephanie Su, Tony Hung, Lawrence Huang, Nitish

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 244 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Kevin Chan, Kevin Cho Tau Beta Pi Members: Robert Luan Non-TBP Participants: 25

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 245 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

SanDisk Infosession

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: February 12, 2013 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 18 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 3 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Infosession for SanDisk to discuss their company culture and opportunities. There was also a drawing for some SanDisk products (provided by SanDisk). II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP SanDisk recruiting for intern and full time positions. III. Organization and Administration Indrel organized the event and reserved the room, Activities ordered and delivered the food, and Publicity...well...publicized. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $270 for Gypsy's, soda, and paper products paid for by SanDisk V. Special Problems SanDisk requested Italian food. However, it takes a bit more time/effort to serve than pizza or burritos, so a bit of a line formed. SanDisk was not in a hurry to get started and spent the time talking to the students, so it was not a huge problem. VI. Overall Evaluation SanDisk was happy with the event. There was pretty good turnout as well. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Zoey Huang, Robert Tang-kong,

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 246 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Erik Bertelli, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Stephanie Su, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Lawrence Huang, Nate Bailey, Kevin Chan, Daisuke Kazama, Prithvi Bomdica Non-TBP Participants: 15

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 247 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

SAP Infosession

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: February 19, 2013 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 15 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 8 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): New

I. General Description SAP software engineers gave a talk about their company. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To recruit software engineers for SAP. III. Organization and Administration We started communicating with the SAP representative about a month beforehand. Everything was pretty typical: reserved room 3110 Etcheverry, ordered food, held infosession, cleaned up. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $500 dollar donation from SAP to TBP, plus approximately $275 worth of food (Chipotle and soda). V. Special Problems Attendance was fairly poor. At its peak, we had about 20-25 people in the room, but many left before the end of the presentation. By the end, the only people remaining were approximately 17 TBP officers. We also had excess food, but with officer meeting, that's not really a huge problem. VI. Overall Evaluation The event could have gone better if we had better attendance. The presenters opted for a freestyle, open Q&A type session, which went pretty well considering the number of people there.

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 248 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Zoey Huang, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Stephanie Su, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Lawrence Huang, Nate Bailey Non-TBP Participants: 10

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 249 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

10gen Infosession

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: February 20, 2013 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 9 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 4 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description 10gen gave a tech talk about MongoDB and the differences between their platform and other databases. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Offer Berkeley students an insight into what MongoDB is and perhaps recruit a few of them to work for 10gen. III. Organization and Administration We had communicated with 10gen the semester before about working together on an infosession. We reserved 3117B Etcheverry (smaller conference room, about 20-30 capacity), ordered pizza for the event, and used the fliers that 10gen designed for advertising. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $500 donation to TBP, food costs (covered by 10gen) were about $230. V. Special Problems Attendance wasn't too bad considering the size of the room, but a good number of non-TBP people left before the end. VI. Overall Evaluation Overall, considering that its size as a start-up, the event went decently well. The 10gen reps seemed content with the turnout. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 250 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Tau Beta Pi Officers: Zoey Huang, Erik Bertelli, Pius Lau, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Stephanie Su, Eric Xiao, Yike Qin, Peng Tieng Non-TBP Participants: 12

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 251 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

FindTheBest Infosession

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: February 21, 2013 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 18 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 3 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Infosession for FindTheBest on the night after the Career Fair. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP FindTheBest was recruiting for intern and full time positions. III. Organization and Administration Kevin Davis contacted Indrel about holding the event. Indrel reserved 3110 Etch and Activities ordered Chipotle and delivered the food. Publicity printed flyers which FindTheBest distributed at the Career Fair. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $400 for Chipotle, sodas, and paper products paid for by FindTheBest V. Special Problems None VI. Overall Evaluation Excellent turnout (best of the semester). I believe it was due to the publicity provided by having FindTheBest distribute flyers to interested students at the career fair. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Kevin Davis, Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Zoey Huang, Erik Bertelli, Melinda Chen, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Michael Suey, Stephanie Su, Tony

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 252 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Hung, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Kevin Chan, Yike Qin, Kevin Cho Tau Beta Pi Members: Robert Luan Non-TBP Participants: 30

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 253 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

EMC Tech Talk

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: March 19, 2013 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 9 Number of Electees Involved: 2 Organization Hours: 4 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description EMC software engineer gave a tech talk about EMC's backup recovery system. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To present EMC's product and to recruit software engineers for EMC. III. Organization and Administration We confirmed with EMC to host a infosession/tech talk during winter break. Specifics of the event were communicated through email about 1 month before the tech talk. Food was ordered by EMC and room was reserved through ILP so we only took care of publicity. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $500 donation from EMC V. Special Problems Except for the first confirmation email, the EMC contact person did not reply to our inquiry about food and flyers when we tried to contact them through ~4 emails. The original date of the event was about one month earlier. As the original date of the event approached, they finally rescheduled through ILP to the current date due to lack of speakers. VI. Overall Evaluation The attendance was fairly decent. The presentation was lecture-like but questions were encouraged. The audience seems interested in the topic that a large percentage stayed until the end of the tech talk.

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 254 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Steven DeMartini, Erik Bertelli, Pius Lau, Robinson Kuo, Matt Quan, Stephanie Su, Vivian Shen, Lawrence Huang, Nate Bailey Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Michael Chen, Jerry Cheng Non-TBP Participants: 20

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 255 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

Bosch Infosession

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: April 10, 2013 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 11 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 3 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Bosch infosession to publicize their many opening in their Energy sector. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Bosch recruiting for intern and full time hires. III. Organization and Administration Bosch contacted Indrel about providing publicity for their upcoming infosession at the career center. Publicity posted flyers and Activities ordered and delivered Chipotle. Indrel helped setup and serve food. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $270 for Chipotle, soda, and paper products paid by Bosch. V. Special Problems Career center food has to come from an accepted list (for insurance purposes), so in the future we need to clear our food choice with them if the event is being held at the Career Center. VI. Overall Evaluation Good event with good turnout. Unclear if due to TBP or Career Center publicity, but probably a combination of both. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers:

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 256 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Erik Bertelli, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Stephanie Su, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Lawrence Huang, Andrew Wingard, Kevin Chan, Marc Zajac Non-TBP Participants: 20

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 257 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

Texas Instruments Infosession

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: April 23, 2013 Project Area: Profession/Engineering Number of Members Involved: 16 Number of Electees Involved: 2 Organization Hours: 3 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Texas Instruments infosession. They are looking to increase their presence on campus after funding a new lab in Cory Hall. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP TI recruiting for intern and full time positions in the Sales Engineering Department. III. Organization and Administration Indrel reserved the room and hosted the event, Activities ordered and delivered the food, and Publicity did flyers, chalking, and facebook advertising. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $270 for Chipotle, Soda, and paper products paid by TI V. Special Problems There was a good deal of confusion about the specificity of the position that TI was seeking to fill. This can be fixed with better advertising or just asking companies to hold more general events. Low turnout, due to lateness in the semester. VI. Overall Evaluation Good event, but lower than expected turnout. However, a good number of students stayed to talk. In general, TI's presentation could have been improved by being more interactive. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers:

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 258 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Robinson Kuo, Stephanie Su, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Lawrence Huang, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Andrew Wingard, Andrea Dickey Tau Beta Pi Members: Karim Merchant Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Kevin Korner, Lev Tauz Non-TBP Participants: 10

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 259 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Inter-Chapter Relations

District 15

While our chapter

has grown over

the years, we

shared our

experiences with

the other chapters

during the district

Little Big Game 15 conference

and also learned

how to run and

organize our

chapter from our

district director.

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 260 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Inter-chapter Relations Projects

Number Number of of Organization Participation Old or Project Title Members Electees Hours Hours New Involved Involved

BBQ with SJSU 12 0 5 5 New

The Little Big Game 14 1 1 2 Old

District 15 12 0 1 8 Old Conference Fall District 15 11 0 0 5 Old Conference Spring

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 261 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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BBQ with SJSU

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: October 5, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 12 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 5 Participation Hours: 5 Type of Project (old or new): New

I. General Description The TBP chapters from San Jose State University and UC Berkeley got together at Fremont Central Park for a BBQ to socialize and get to know each other. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP This event was meant to establish contact and build relations between the two chapters. This way in the future, we can help each other if need be. The event also allowed members to meet other engineers outside of our home university. III. Organization and Administration It took about a week of emailing and coordination between the two chapters to decide on where, when, and what to bring. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Both chapters split the cost of food and supplies evenly ($50 each). Transportation costs have not been calculated yet. V. Special Problems The plans were finalized only about a week in advance so it was very rushed getting things together. In addition, it was the first weekend back to school and PiE retreat was this weekend so some members couldn't make it. If possible, try to have this event actually in the summer then? VI. Overall Evaluation Everyone had a lot of fun and ate a lot of food. We grilled hot dogs and corn. It was sunny

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 262 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

in the park and we mingled together well. Brought a frisbee and played with that for awhile. The timing of the event was just about right (11-2). Had a bit of trouble getting a table though, might have to go earlier next time. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Members: William Li, Michael Chang, Han Givens, Robert Tang-kong, William Wheeler, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, Nitish Padmanaban, Andrew Wingard

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 263 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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The Big Game

Project Summary Table

Date of Project: October 20, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 14 Number of Electees Involved: 1 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description The Tau Beta Pi chapters of UC Berkeley and Stanford had their annual game of two hand touch football at Berkeley this year for possession of the Little Axe. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of Little Big Game is to encourage inter-chapter relations with our neighbors at Stanford and to have fun based on the rivalry between the universities. III. Organization and Administration Attempted to reserve Hearst North Field for the morning of Big Game, requested that Activities bring water and snacks to the game, and made sure we had the axe and a football to play with. Stanford's social chair handled transportation of their students. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Activities spent ~$45 on snacks and drinks. V. Special Problems Field reservation person never responded to emails for trying to reserve the field, and there weren't cones to mark the boundaries. Field reservation wasn't much of a problem; there was no one that had reserved the field and it was empty when we first arrived, so we simply claimed it. Stanford's people were a bit late to arrive, partially due to parking issues. VI. Overall Evaluation A fun 7 on 7 game, that showcased the amazing two hand touch football skills of the engineers of both chapters. We won the axe with a score of 3-1 after a 50 minute long

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game. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Sebastian Ruf, Michael Chang, Paul Drazin, Hamilton Nguyen, Erik Bertelli, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Robinson Kuo, Michael Suey, Matt Quan, Nitish Padmanaban, Tracy Margarettha, Andrew Wingard Tau Beta Pi Members: Ian Herbert Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Kevin Chan

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District 15 Conference Fall

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Date of Project: November 3, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 12 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 8 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description District 15 conference is a semesterly event organized by the district directors and an elected host chapter. Members and alumni from chapters across Northern California and Nevada are invited to join together to participate in social and professional development activities in order to foster networking between chapters and clarify how Tau Beta Pi operates on the district and national level. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of this conference is to educate members on the operations of TBP and give individual chapters the opportunity to discuss problems and successes with other chapters who can offer advice, empathy, and experience. III. Organization and Administration Very little organization was required on our part, as the district directors and the Stanford host chapter took care of the activities, location, and food. We mostly just needed to coordinate rides, but luckily we already had just enough drivers interested in attending. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $0 to our chapter- food, gas, and other expenses are covered by the district. V. Special Problems There was a time conflict between this event and E-Futures 2, but luckily the Professional Development committee took charge and we were able to pull off good attendance at both events simultaneously. VI. Overall Evaluation Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 266 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

We had a significant number of CA-A attendees, including a number of first timers, and were able to learn a lot about TBP as a national organization. The event ran very smoothly and was enjoyed by all. We also had quite a few alumni and advisers in attendance, which was good in helping discuss and build our growing alumni resources. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Aaron Alpert, William Li, Sebastian Ruf, Michael 2012 Chang, Paul Drazin, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Pritha Hait, Eric Xiao, Tony Hung, Nate Bailey Tau Beta Pi Members: Han Givens

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District 15 Conference Spring

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Date of Project: April 6, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 11 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 0 Participation Hours: 5 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description The District 15 Conference is an event organized by the district directors and the host chapter. It is an all-day event where members from all chapters in the district are invited to participate in some fun activities, learn more about how Tau Beta Pi operates on the district and national level, and network with officers and alumni from other chapters. This year San Jose State hosted the conference. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP D15 serves as an opportunity to educate members of TBP about the national organization's activities on a higher level, while discussing issues and solutions encountered by the various chapters of the district. III. Organization and Administration Almost none. We just had to organize rides from Berkeley to SJSU. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None, the event is completely sponsored by the district. V. Special Problems None VI. Overall Evaluation The event went smoothly, and our members had a great time. Our members got to connect with fellow TBP members from other chapters in district 15 and share how we do things. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 268 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Tau Beta Pi Officers: Aaron Alpert, Sebastian Ruf, Yu-Han Chen, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey, Kevin Chan Tau Beta Pi Members: Michael Chang, Lina Zhu

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Chapter Operations

General Meeting

Retreat

Initiation

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Fall 2012 Chapter Operations Projects

Number Number of of Organization Participation Old or Project Title Members Electees Hours Hours New Involved Involved

Officer Retreat 64 0 10 72 Old

Envelope Stuffing 24 0 1 4 Old

Candidate Meeting 38 44 5 5 Old

Packet Turn-In 1 24 49 1 6 Old

General Meeting 1 30 43 3 3 Old

Bent Polishing 1 31 37 1 5 Old

General Meeting 2 36 40 2 4 Old

General Meeting 3 27 33 3 3 Old

Bent Polishing 2 30 16 1 5 Old

Packet Turn-In 2 20 0 1 7 Old

Member’s Potluck 31 0 1 2 Old

Initiation 57 0 5 1 Old

Banquet 98 0 20 5 Old

Officer Elections 51 0 1 6 Old

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Officer Retreat

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Date of Project: August 31, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 64 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 10 Participation Hours: 72 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description This fall we traveled to Yosemite National Park for our officer retreat. Cars left Berkeley on Friday and we left the cabin on Monday morning. On Saturday, we went hiking at Mariposa Grove with all officers and alumni in attendance. Saturday night was the retreat meeting, with each committee giving a 5-minute presentation on their goals for the semester. Each committee presentation was followed by a Q&A session. This meeting format was introduced for the first time this retreat. Sunday was a free day with various options, including hiking the 4-mile trail, hiking to Dewey Point, and swimming in the Merced river. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP There are three main goals with retreat. First, retreat serves as a bonding opportunity for all the officers. Second, with the retreat meeting, all officers learn about the organization's projects and goals for the semester, and the newer officers are given a sense of our history and a high-level view of our mission. Finally, retreat serves as an opportunity for officers to interact with our alumni and former officers. III. Organization and Administration This semester, the president booked the reservation for both the officers and alumni cabin. The president was also responsible for organizing the day activities, including the day hike on Saturday and putting various people in charge of the multiple activities on Sunday. Finally, the committee chairs were each responsible in preparing their committee's presentation for the retreat meeting. These were sent to the president to be organized into one presentation. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 272 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Costs: $2415 for the cabin rental, $779 for food, and $963 for gas and travel. This came out to $94 per officer. V. Special Problems On both hikes, there were issues with groups getting lost. This can be improved by making sure every attendee understands clearly the directions for each event. Additionally, because there was no cell reception in Yosemite, buying walkie-talkies for future retreats has been suggested. During the retreat meeting, discussion was dominated by older officers and alumni. Care should be taken to ensure new officers participate as well. VI. Overall Evaluation Overall, retreat was a success. All attendees had fun and the new format for the retreat meeting was well-received. Additionally, the per officer cost was kept under $100. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: William Li, Amy Fu, Wes Hunt, Tony Dear, Sebastian Ruf, Chris Tandiono, Michael 2012 Chang, Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Robert Luan, Anne Huang, Robert Tang-kong, William Wheeler, Erik Bertelli, Matthew Fong, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Alex Tang, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, Matt Quan, Stephanie Su, Eric Xiao, George Yiu, Shawn Li, Henry Pham, David Doan, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Cam Bates, Lawrence Huang, Nate Bailey, Ling Yeung, Tracy Margarettha, Ella Putihprayogi pek, Andrew Wingard, Eric Zhou, Karim Merchant Tau Beta Pi Members: Walter Li, Andrew Lee, Aloni Cohen, Xiao-Yu Fu, Andy Hoac, Kevin Davis, Chris Heckman, Austin Bly, Larissa Korach, Amanda Chou, Haiyang Chen, Jared Porter, Ryan Julian, Joy Yeh, Han Givens, Lina Zhu, Zoey Huang, Aditya Yellapragada, RJ Sheperd, Peter Nakamoto

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Envelope Stuffing

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Date of Project: September 18, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 24 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 4 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Officers gathered in O'Brien Breezeway to help fill envelopes with letters, bookmarks, and pamphlets to send to the eligible candidates. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To supplement the email in notifying the students of their eligibility. Officers are invited to help to get this process done as fast and efficiently as possible. III. Organization and Administration VP's had to make sure the eligibility list was free of initiated members, write the letter, and order additional materials from nationals. The letters were printed out and signed before hand as the President couldn't be there for the event. We also requested addresses from the Engineering Student Services but din't receive them on time. We used mail merge in word to personalize both these labels and the letters themselves. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Donuts and bagels were about $40 and the envelops and the envelops + supplies cost about $30 from nationals. No stamps were pasted so that reduced costs. V. Special Problems The biggest issue that came up was that the addresses weren't available for printing. Typically, the Engineering Student services gives us the name and address of the eligible candidates and these are printing and stamped. Unfortunately, the University was changing policies and we had to send in an additional request to get this information which was $82/year. Fortunately the fee was waived since it was unexpected but the addresses din't

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reach us till a month later by when it was too late into the semester. This may have been a reason as to why the candidate class later turned out to be much smaller. A lot of money was wasted of the supplies since they were never mailed out an we also ran out of various supplies eventually. VI. Overall Evaluation Many officers came out to help and after a few hours of work. Individual letters were personalized so the names were written in pencil. Unfortunately the addresses never arrived and the letters along with all the wonderful things had to be recycled. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Michael Chang, Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, Michael Suey, Matt Quan, Henry Pham, Vivian Shen, Cam Bates, Nate Bailey, Andrew Wingard Tau Beta Pi Members: Andy Mohapatra, William Li, Larissa Korach, Sebastian Ruf

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Candidate Meeting

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Date of Project: September 27, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 38 Number of Electees Involved: 44 Organization Hours: 5 Participation Hours: 5 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description The candidate meeting is offered as an introductory session to Tau Beta Pi where all the eligible students are requested to attend to find out how to become Tau Beta Pi members for life. Candidate packets are handed out during the candidate meeting as well and there is a short activity after the presentation to get candidate to enjoy being around TBP. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of the candidate meeting is to create an opportunity for these eligible student to find out about what Tau Beta Pi is, what it offers them and how to become a member. It also gives us a chance to show student how we are much more beyond just an elitist society and explain to them how joining TBP will give them an opportunity to give back to the engineering community and as the same time get more exposure. III. Organization and Administration Candidate meeting organization came is man y parts. Before the event: Since it is the first of all the meetings and it is the first time students are seeing you. It was very important to give a very impressive presentation with the right balance of information and fun. The President was out of town so we had him skype in at the end of the meeting to give his routine CM speech. Activities was also contacted several times before and during the event to double check what time the food was to get there and if there were enough supplies of plates, cups, and utensils. The activity for the CM was the same as Fall 2011 since we were running out of time. The necessary paper had been printed. Officer name tags had to be prepared and sign-up sheets along with the candidate packets had to be printed. During the event: Officers helped us set-up the speakers and move chairs around. We also

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called in help from some officers for the activity. The food arrival status had to be checked from time to time as well. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Cost included: Printing money for all the Candidate Packets and various miscellaneous things like the activity print-outs, officer name tags,etc budged around $80. Food for the event was burritos from Remes at $300 total. V. Special Problems There were fewer candidates who showed up to the meeting. This was mainly because we didn't have the mailing addresses in time and had to contact them only via e-mail. A new activity was hard to come up with. Candidate packets had error in dates of certain events due to confusion on the final document to be printed. VI. Overall Evaluation Overall the meeting ran smoothly and officers did a great job of talking to the newer candidates and making them want to join. People were happy with the food, presentation and the interactive activity. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Aaron Alpert, Michael 2012 Chang, Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Steven DeMartini, Robert Luan, Anne Huang, Robert Tang-kong, Dennis Wai, Erik Bertelli, Matthew Fong, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Alex Tang, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Michael Suey, Matt Quan, Stephanie Su, Eric Xiao, George Yiu, Shawn Li, Henry Pham, David Doan, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Cam Bates, Lawrence Huang, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Ella Putihprayogi pek, Andrew Wingard Tau Beta Pi Members: Larissa Korach, Zoey Huang, Albert Lu Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Robert Gleichman, Keegan Mann, Kevin Chan, Caleb Wang, Yike Qin, Robert Claus, Yunsie Chung, Eric Yu, Jerry Zhu, Alicia Zecherle, Atsu Kakitani, Brandon Sie, Caleb Boyd, Chih Hu, Christina Sun, Peng Tieng, Daisuke Kazama, David Chang, Dodge Williams, Dylan Paddock, sophia Dai, Hunjoo Kim, Jonathan Kim, Jonathan Wang, Joe Jankowski, Jyoti Narayanswami, Karen Cheng, Kelan Dammers, Kevin Cho, Kevin Yeun, Mara Minner, Marc Zajac, Maxwell Mileck, Moonsoo Choi, Nisha rohit Mair, Nolan Wagener, Pranjali Beri, Prithvi Bomdica, Shaya Shahsavarani, Sherry Zhang, Steve Yadlowsky, Xingchen Fan, Eric Wang, Nikita Kitaev

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Packet Turn-In 1

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Date of Project: October 5, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 24 Number of Electees Involved: 49 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 6 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Candidates turn in completed last 2 pages of their candidate packet and along with the first installment of their candidates fees to begin the process of becoming a member. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP This event gives us a head count of how many candidates we are having that semester and also the reasons mentioned above like collected parts of the candidate packets and first set of candidate fees. III. Organization and Administration Activities had to be contacted for donuts and bagels a week in advance. O'brien breezeway had to be cleared for the event and organized with laptops and treasurer table. Officers and candidates were e-mailed for reminders. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Donuts and bagels along with milk and orange juice cost about $50 V. Special Problems Not enough officers showed up in the morning when there was rush. Further, the officers there didn't know what was expected of them which can be straightened out in the future. One candidate who was interested forgot about the event so we had to track him down later. Officers were unhappy with the bagel flavors chosen and as usual they ran out early. VI. Overall Evaluation Packet turn in went well and we had 80% of students at candidate meeting show up (which

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is the same as every semester). List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Sebastian Ruf, Michael 2012 Chang, Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Anne Huang, Dennis Wai, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, Michael Suey, Matt Quan, Stephanie Su, Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey, Ella Putihprayogi pek, Andrew Wingard Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Keegan Mann, Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan, Caleb Wang, Yike Qin, Miltiadis Vratimos, Robert Claus, Yunsie Chung, Eric Yu, Jerry Zhu, Alicia Zecherle, Atsu Kakitani, Brandon Sie, Caleb Boyd, Chih Hu, Christina Sun, Peng Tieng, Daisuke Kazama, David Chang, Dodge Williams, Dylan Paddock, Eric Katz, Giovanni Gajudo, sophia Dai, Hunjoo Kim, Ivan Gozali, John Her, Jonathan Kim, Jonathan Wang, Joe Jankowski, Jyoti Narayanswami, Karen Cheng, Kelan Dammers, Kevin Cho, Kevin Yeun, Kevin Zhang, Mara Minner, Marc Zajac, Maxwell Mileck, Moonsoo Choi, Nisha rohit Mair, Nolan Wagener, Pranjali Beri, Prithvi Bomdica, Shaya Shahsavarani, Sherry Zhang, Sio Wong, Steve Yadlowsky, Xingchen Fan

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General Meeting 1

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Date of Project: October 8, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 30 Number of Electees Involved: 43 Organization Hours: 3 Participation Hours: 3 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description General Meeting 1 is the first official meeting from packet-turn in 1. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of the event is to mainly show the candidates their requirements more in depth. VPs typically show them past events, future important upcoming events, and have an activity for them. This is also the first time candidates know who their fellow initiates are going to be for the semester. Also, this is a great opportunity for them to learn more about officers and tbp in general. III. Organization and Administration Organization involved preparing slideshow for the meeting. For the activity, we had trivia night along with an art & craft activity of coming up with a house logo. Food was coordinated with activity beforehand as well with a schedules time for delivery. Reminder emails were sent out to officers and candidates. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Food cost about ~$300. In addition to that, all of the arts & craft works purchased from the dollar store and staples cost $25 which was our initial budget as well. V. Special Problems There were no catastrophic problems for the most part. One of the co-VPs had to leave midway through the trivia game to proctor a mid-term which left the other VP with most of

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the responsibilities including running the show and cleaning up afterwards. VI. Overall Evaluation The meeting was a great success with a very good turnout. Candidates and officers appreciated the activities a lot and the logos were very creative. They are now used to decorate the office. Delphini won the game of jeopardy and these points were later counted towards house cup. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Amy Fu, Sebastian Ruf, Michael 2012 Chang, Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Robert Tang-kong, Dennis Wai, Erik Bertelli, Matthew Fong, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, Stephanie Su, George Yiu, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Cam Bates, Nitish Padmanaban, Jeff Sun, Nate Bailey, Ling Yeung, Tracy Margarettha, Ella Putihprayogi pek, Andrew Wingard Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Robert Gleichman, Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan, Caleb Wang, Yike Qin, Miltiadis Vratimos, Robert Claus, Yunsie Chung, Eric Yu, Jerry Zhu, Atsu Kakitani, Brandon Sie, Christina Sun, Peng Tieng, Daisuke Kazama, David Chang, Dodge Williams, Dylan Paddock, Eric Katz, Giovanni Gajudo, sophia Dai, Hunjoo Kim, Ivan Gozali, John Her, Jonathan Kim, Jonathan Wang, Joe Jankowski, Jyoti Narayanswami, Karen Cheng, Kelan Dammers, Kevin Cho, Kevin Yeun, Mara Minner, Marc Zajac, Maxwell Mileck, Nisha rohit Mair, Nolan Wagener, Pranjali Beri, Prithvi Bomdica, Sherry Zhang, Sio Wong, Eric Wang, Jason Won

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Bent Polishing 1

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Date of Project: October 19, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 31 Number of Electees Involved: 37 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 5 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description The candidates take some time to each polish the Bent in front of McGlaughlin hall. Candidates were also given officer challeneges for going through the event. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To make the Bent shiny and provide time for the candidates to socialize with the officers. III. Organization and Administration Activities brought food. We used leftover supplies and borrowed a table from Bridges. We also purchased one extra bottle of polish in case we needed. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $50 for Donuts and Bagels. $6 for polish. V. Special Problems We did not fully know the amount of polish we had or needed, so we ended up buying some that we did not need. All of the supplies are now consolidated. VI. Overall Evaluation The bent was shiny and we had excellent candidate turn out, with over half attending. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Sebastian Ruf, Michael 2012 Chang, Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Katie Mclaughlin, Anne Huang, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau,

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Alex Tang, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, Michael Suey, Matt Quan, Stephanie Su, David Doan, Zack Hargreaves, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Lawrence Huang, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Ella Putihprayogi pek, Andrew Wingard Tau Beta Pi Members: Aaron Wienkers, Peter Nakamoto Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Andrea Dickey, Yike Qin, Miltiadis Vratimos, Robert Claus, Eric Yu, Alicia Zecherle, Atsu Kakitani, Brandon Sie, Chih Hu, Christina Sun, Peng Tieng, Daisuke Kazama, Dodge Williams, Eric Katz, Giovanni Gajudo, sophia Dai, Hunjoo Kim, Ivan Gozali, John Her, Jonathan Kim, Jonathan Wang, Jyoti Narayanswami, Karen Cheng, Kelan Dammers, Kevin Yeun, Mara Minner, Marc Zajac, Moonsoo Choi, Nisha rohit Mair, Pranjali Beri, Prithvi Bomdica, Shaya Shahsavarani, Sherry Zhang, Sio Wong, Steve Yadlowsky, Eric Wang, Nikita Kitaev

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General Meeting 2

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Date of Project: October 31, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 36 Number of Electees Involved: 40 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 4 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Candidates and members gathered to socialize and eat food. VPs gave a presentation to update everyone on past events and remind candidates of the status of their requirements. Since it was Halloween, a lot of the candidates were dressed up. They were asked to choreograph 3-4 minutes of a song of their choice with their houses and perform. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To remind candidates of their requirements and for everyone to have fun and socialize. III. Organization and Administration VPs prepared the presentation and bingo cards, and asked candidates to dress up as a candidate challenge. Activities ordered food. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $350 on food. V. Special Problems The performances were much shorter than expected and hence the meeting ran a lot shorter. Activities weren't expecting to be ready to serve food till 30 minutes later. VI. Overall Evaluation Meeting ran smoothly and on time. Candidates were reminded of the requirements knowing what they would have to do. List of Participants:

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Tau Beta Pi Officers: Aaron Alpert, Sebastian Ruf, Michael 2012 Chang, Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Joy Yeh, Katie Mclaughlin, Robert Tang-kong, Dennis Wai, Erik Bertelli, Matthew Fong, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Alex Tang, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, Michael Suey, Stephanie Su, Eric Xiao, George Yiu, Shawn Li, Henry Pham, David Doan, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Lawrence Huang, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Ella Putihprayogi pek, Andrew Wingard Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Keegan Mann, Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan, Yike Qin, Miltiadis Vratimos, Robert Claus, Eric Yu, Jerry Zhu, Alicia Zecherle, Atsu Kakitani, Brandon Sie, Caleb Boyd, Chih Hu, Peng Tieng, Dodge Williams, Dylan Paddock, Eric Katz, Giovanni Gajudo, sophia Dai, Hunjoo Kim, Ivan Gozali, John Her, Jonathan Kim, Jonathan Wang, Joe Jankowski, Karen Cheng, Kelan Dammers, Kevin Yeun, Mara Minner, Moonsoo Choi, Nolan Wagener, Pranjali Beri, Prithvi Bomdica, Shaya Shahsavarani, Sherry Zhang, Sio Wong, Steve Yadlowsky, Xingchen Fan, Eric Wang, Nikita Kitaev

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General Meeting 3

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Date of Project: November 13, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 27 Number of Electees Involved: 33 Organization Hours: 3 Participation Hours: 3 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description The third GM of the year was, as per tradition, the semesterly talent show. We also made use fo the time to encourage candidates to become officers and issue a final reminder of their upcoming events and requirements. We also went over initiation and banquet information (ie wear business casual attire and don't be late). Afterwards, officers were encouraged to mingle with the rest of the candidates and encourage them to become officers by answering their questions or directing them to someone who can. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To provide an opportunity for candidates, members, and officers to show off their talents and entertain everyone else. It was also an opportunity to go over candidate requirements and the specifics of initiation and banquet. III. Organization and Administration VPs prepared the presentation and organized the performances while Activities ordered the food. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $340 for food V. Special Problems The presentation was a little dry and probably too long. In the future, we should rethink the importance of the PowerPoint presentation in the context of the general meeting. Erik's rendition of George Strait's "Easy Come, Easy Go' was out-shined by several other acts. In the future, the VPs should make sure that they are the best act...

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VI. Overall Evaluation An extremely successful event with some surprisingly talented performances. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Aaron Alpert, Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Hamilton Nguyen, Robert Luan, Dennis Wai, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Alex Tang, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Matt Quan, Stephanie Su, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Cam Bates, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Ling Yeung, Tracy Margarettha, Ella Putihprayogi pek, Andrew Wingard Tau Beta Pi Members: Larissa Korach Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan, Yike Qin, Miltiadis Vratimos, Robert Claus, Yunsie Chung, Eric Yu, Alicia Zecherle, Atsu Kakitani, Caleb Boyd, Chih Hu, Daisuke Kazama, David Chang, Eric Katz, Giovanni Gajudo, sophia Dai, Hunjoo Kim, Ivan Gozali, John Her, Joe Jankowski, Jyoti Narayanswami, Kevin Cho, Marc Zajac, Maxwell Mileck, Moonsoo Choi, Nisha rohit Mair, Pranjali Beri, Shaya Shahsavarani, Sio Wong, Steve Yadlowsky, Xingchen Fan, Eric Wang, Nikita Kitaev

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Bent Polishing 2

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Date of Project: November 16, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 30 Number of Electees Involved: 16 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 5 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description The candidates take some time to each polish the Bent in front of McLaughlin hall. Candidates were also given officer challenges for going through the event. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To make the Bent shiny and provide time for the candidates to socialize with the officers. III. Organization and Administration Activities brought food, Hamilton got the pop-up and Pritha brought supplies. We used a table from Bridges. Afterwards, Erik and Andrew V (from PiE) returned the pop-up. No cost for supplies, already had enough in storage in 101A Obrien. We also found additional Bent Polishing supplies in 120AB, which gives us enough for maybe two years. The supplies have been consolidated in 101. During the same time, we also helped PiE collect votes for their Zipcar competition by handing out cookies and asking people to vote for PiE on Facebook. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements No cost for supplies. $50 for donuts and bagels. V. Special Problems Rain! We solved this by borrowing a pop-up from the ASUC. Some candidates were missing at 2pm, so we called them and got them to come out. Additionally, Erik is still unable to climb through the Bent. Will have to wait for a (very) warm day when the brass will have sufficiently expanded. VI. Overall Evaluation Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 288 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Bent was shiny, all candidates completed the requirement, and PiE won the Zipcar contest. Coincidence? I think not... List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Amy Fu, Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Robert Tang-kong, Dennis Wai, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Alex Tang, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, Stephanie Su, Shawn Li, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Lawrence Huang, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Ella Putihprayogi pek, Andrew Wingard, Karim Merchant Tau Beta Pi Members: Raymond Yang, Aaron Wienkers Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Kevin Chan, Yunsie Chung, Jerry Zhu, Brandon Sie, Caleb Boyd, David Chang, Dylan Paddock, Jonathan Kim, Joe Jankowski, Kevin Cho, Maxwell Mileck, Nolan Wagener, Shaya Shahsavarani, Steve Yadlowsky, Xingchen Fan, Eric Wang

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Packet Turn-In 2

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Date of Project: November 26, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 20 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 7 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Packet turn in 2 is the last requirement that candidates attend before initiation and banquet. They turn in the second and final installment of their candidate fees, completed quiz, and officer biographies. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of the event as mentioned above is to collect the remaining fees, the completed quiz, bios and signed officer challenge confirmation. This gives us a chance to check the exact number of candidates that will be initiating. Officers also inform candidates about regulations with dress code, importance to be on time for initiation and get them excited for banquet. III. Organization and Administration Organization included emptying O'Brien breezeway and organizing chair, tables and boxes to streamline the entire process of paperwork submission. Activities had to be contacted for Donuts and Bagels. Officers and candidates were sent reminders the day before the event. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Donuts and Bagels along with mil and Orange Juice came up to $50 V. Special Problems No significant problem occurred. Since this was the day school re-opened from thanksgiving, a lot of candidates showed up at the end of the day and needed help with missing quiz questions or bios. VI. Overall Evaluation Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 290 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Packet Turn in 2 went smoothly with 44 candidates turning in all their completed paperwork. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Robert Tang-kong, Dennis Wai, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Vicki Ni, Michael Suey, Matt Quan, Stephanie Su, Tony Hung, Cam Bates, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey

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Member’s Potluck

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Date of Project: November 28, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 31 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Member's Potluck is a social event for our chapter to celebrate the final week of classes. Members bring food to share, and we exchange gifts and vote on various awards. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To provide members another social event and celebrate the final week of classes. III. Organization and Administration The president selects the time and location. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems None VI. Overall Evaluation The event was well-attended and everyone had fun. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: William Li, Amy Fu, Sebastian Ruf, Michael 2012 Chang, Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Robert Luan, Anne Huang, Robert Tang-kong, Dennis Wai, Erik Bertelli, Matthew Fong, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Matt Quan, Stephanie Su,

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Eric Xiao, David Doan, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Cam Bates, Nitish Padmanaban, Jeff Sun, Nate Bailey, Andrew Wingard

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 293 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Initiation

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Date of Project: November 30, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 57 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 5 Participation Hours: 1 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Initiation ceremony where candidates become Tau Beta Pi members for life. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To inform candidates of the history and purpose of Tau Beta Pi and seek their commitment to uphold our values before they join our society. III. Organization and Administration Exec ensured that we had all the required supplies during the weeks prior. Early in the day, exec and a few officers helped prepare the pins and other important materials. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems The light box once again was being temperamental, and in the couse of trying to fix it the bulb burnt out. As a result, we had to use an alternate light source (flashlight) to illuminate the bent. There was also one candidate who was late and had to miss initiation. Another had a conflicting Bio 1A midterm and has to initiate at another chapter or next semester. VI. Overall Evaluation All candidates except one showed up on time and were initiated. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers:

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Larissa Korach, Paul Drazin, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Erik Bertelli, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Michael Suey, Matt Quan, Stephanie Su, Vivian Shen, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan, Yike Qin, Eric Yu, Atsu Kakitani, Peng Tieng, Daisuke Kazama, Giovanni Gajudo, Hunjoo Kim, Joe Jankowski, Kevin Cho, Marc Zajac, Pranjali Beri, Steve Yadlowsky, Eric Wang Tau Beta Pi Members: Dennis Wai, Miltiadis Vratimos, Robert Claus, Yunsie Chung, Jerry Zhu, Alicia Zecherle, Caleb Boyd, Chih Hu, Dodge Williams, Dylan Paddock, Eric Katz, sophia Dai, Ivan Gozali, John Her, Jonathan Kim, Jonathan Wang, Jyoti Narayanswami, Karen Cheng, Kelan Dammers, Kevin Yeun, Mara Minner, Maxwell Mileck, Moonsoo Choi, Nisha rohit Mair, Nolan Wagener, Shaya Shahsavarani, Sherry Zhang, Sio Wong, Xingchen Fan

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Banquet

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Date of Project: November 30, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 98 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 20 Participation Hours: 5 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Following initiation, we had a banquet at Fisherman's Grotto near Pier 39 in San Francisco. The mean began a little after 8, after which we did an awards presentation and end of semester slideshow. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To celebrate the end of the candidate semester, recognize the officer corps, and welcome new members into TBP. III. Organization and Administration At the start of the semester we looked up suitable venues on event websites and past semesters lists of possible restaurants. We then visited the restaurants and/or called them to find out if they could meet our price point. We eventually were only left with a few restaurants, and decided on Fisherman's Grotto after we visited. We put down a deposit and then left the project alone for some time. About 2 weeks before Banquet, we confirmed with the venue, started organizing rides, and began collecting cheques from the officer corps/attending members. We put together the banquet packet and got the awards engraved during the week of initiation. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $35 a person (including tax and tip) paid for with candidate dues and by each officer/member in attendance. Total of about $600 for parking, bridge toll, and BART for those who we did not have rides for. V. Special Problems

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Once again, we were short on drivers so about 14 officers/old members had to take BART and then be shuttled to the restaurant. They did not arrive til around 8pm. Our directions were not completely clear, so some people parked at the wrong parking lot and could not get their ticket validated, raising the cost The restaurant also mixed up some people's food, but it eventually got sorted out. VI. Overall Evaluation Overall, a successful banquet that was enjoyed by the officers that I spoke too. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Aaron Alpert, William Li, Larissa Korach, Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Zoey Huang, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, Michael Suey, Matt Quan, Stephanie Su, Eric Xiao, Henry Pham, Vivian Shen, Aaron Wienkers, Tony Hung, Cam Bates, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Andrew Wingard, Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan, Yike Qin, Eric Yu, Atsu Kakitani, Brandon Sie, Peng Tieng, Daisuke Kazama, Giovanni Gajudo, Hunjoo Kim, Joe Jankowski, Kevin Cho, Marc Zajac, Pranjali Beri, Steve Yadlowsky, Eric Wang Tau Beta Pi Members: Andy Hoac, Amy Fu, Wes Hunt, Tony Dear, Amanda Chou, Michael 2012 Chang, Jared Porter, Han Givens, Lina Zhu, Robert Luan, Anne Huang, Dennis Wai, Kevin Haninger, Matthew Fong, Aditya Yellapragada, Or Weizman, George Yiu, David Doan, Ella Putihprayogi pek, RJ Sheperd, Peter Nakamoto, Andrew Vanderburg, Miltiadis Vratimos, Robert Claus, Yunsie Chung, Jerry Zhu, Alicia Zecherle, Caleb Boyd, Chih Hu, Dodge Williams, Dylan Paddock, Eric Katz, sophia Dai, Ivan Gozali, John Her, Jonathan Kim, Jonathan Wang, Jyoti Narayanswami, Karen Cheng, Kelan Dammers, Kevin Yeun, Mara Minner, Maxwell Mileck, Moonsoo Choi, Nisha rohit Mair, Nolan Wagener, Shaya Shahsavarani, Sherry Zhang, Sio Wong, Xingchen Fan

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Officer Elections

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Date of Project: December 1, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 51 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 6 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description The chapter meets to vote on the leadership for the next semester. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To determine next semester's officer roles. III. Organization and Administration The president sent out elections procedures and a description of the roles to all members and candidates a week before elections. The president also reserves the room beforehand. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements About $75 for food. V. Special Problems None VI. Overall Evaluation All officer positions were fulfilled. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Sebastian Ruf, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, Michael Suey, Matt Quan, Stephanie Su, Eric Xiao, Henry Pham, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Cam Bates, Lawrence Huang, Nitish Padmanaban,

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Nate Bailey, Andrew Wingard, Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan, Yike Qin, Eric Yu, Atsu Kakitani, Brandon Sie, Peng Tieng, Daisuke Kazama, Giovanni Gajudo, Hunjoo Kim, Joe Jankowski, Kevin Cho, Marc Zajac, Pranjali Beri, Prithvi Bomdica, Steve Yadlowsky, Eric Wang Tau Beta Pi Members: Amy Fu, Michael Chang, Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Joy Yeh, Anne Huang, Matthew Fong, Tammie Kuo, George Yiu, Karim Merchant

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Spring 2013 Chapter Operations Projects

Number Number of of Organization Participation Old or Project Title Members Electees Hours Hours New Involved Involved New Old Officer 34 17 1 4 Old Mixer

Officer Retreat 53 0 10 48 Old

Candidate Meeting 43 60 8 2 Old

Packet Turn-In 1 31 75 2 6 Old

General Meeting 1 43 61 6 2 Old

Bent Polishing 1 25 59 1 5 Old

General Meeting 2 34 51 4 2 Old

General Meeting 3 35 48 5 2 Old

Bent Polishing 2 21 19 1 5 Old

IT Hack Day 5 1 1 8 Old

Packet Turn-In 2 27 67 1 3 Old

Member’s Potluck 29 0 1 3 Old

Initiation 23 68 5 1 Old

Banquet 55 65 16 4 Old

Officer Elections 36 33 0 8 Old

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New Old Officer Mixer

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Date of Project: December, 2012 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 34 Number of Electees Involved: 17 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 4 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description The New Old Officer Mixer is an event at which the past semester's officers meet the next semester's officers. The president gives a presentation designed to introduce the new officers to their responsibilities and expectations. Both semesters of officers brainstorm ideas on what went wrong and what could be improved for the next semester. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The New Old Officer Mixer is an opportunity for past officers to give advice to new officers. There are often small tricks and tips which aren't put on the wiki that past officers are able to pass on. Also, new officers need to be introduced to the website, wiki, project reports, etc. The event also gives an avenue through which officers can talk about successes and failures of the semester. III. Organization and Administration The president put together a presentation to orient the officers with their duties and resources. IT put together slides for new officers to get familiar with the website as well. The Activities committee purchased food for the event and organized the feeding process. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $275 for food which included pizzas and drinks. V. Special Problems Activities got confused with this event and the other finals study lounge food requests. It was also quite challenging to fit everyone in 240 Bechtel since the Wozniak lounge which is where the event is typically held wasn't available.

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VI. Overall Evaluation The new officers were introduced to the resources and responsibilities of being an officer. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Amy Fu, Wes Hunt, Sebastian Ruf, Michael 2012 Chang, Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Robert Luan, Robert Tang-kong, Dennis Wai, Erik Bertelli, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, Stephanie Su, Eric Xiao, Henry Pham, David Doan, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Cam Bates, Lawrence Huang, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Andrew Wingard Tau Beta Pi Members: Larissa Korach, Aaron Wienkers, Peter Su Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan, Yike Qin, Eric Yu, Atsu Kakitani, Brandon Sie, Peng Tieng, Daisuke Kazama, Giovanni Gajudo, Hunjoo Kim, Joe Jankowski, Kevin Cho, Marc Zajac, Pranjali Beri, Prithvi Bomdica, Steve Yadlowsky, Eric Wang

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Officer Retreat

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Date of Project: January 25, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 53 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 10 Participation Hours: 48 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description The winter officer retreat is an opportunity for officer bonding, held at a cabin along North Lake Tahoe, over the weekend of the first week of instruction. Activities including hanging out over various board games, movies and food, as well as snow sports at both a nearby ski resort and a local park. The central event during retreat is the officer meeting - a lengthy meeting held Saturday night during involving officer and alumni introductions, committee presentations, and in-depth discussion. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The officer retreat is intended to provide three main functions. First, and most importantly, it is an opportunity for the officers to bond with each other, and for the newer officers to be welcomed into the officer community. It is essential that the officers gain the sense of being comfortable with each other, as it will set the tone for the semester. Second, it is an opportunity for the officers and alumni to mingle, interact, and swap stories. Finally, the retreat meeting gives each officer an overview of what the chapter as a whole will be working on during the semester, while also making them aware of the issues facing the chapter. III. Organization and Administration Because the time between the end of the fall semester and the beginning of the spring semester is short, the cabin is actually reserved prior to the end of the fall semester, by one of the alumni advisors. Beyond that, the president was responsible for organizing rides to cabin, making reservations with the ski resort, and putting together each committee's contribution to the retreat meeting. Different cabins were contacted to see which ones had the most favorable group rates. Mt. Rose was picked as the best option, and an estimate for

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lift tickets were discussed 3 days before arrival. Emails were sent out to committee chairs to send in presentations for the retreat meetings. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Around $4250 was spent on food, lodging, and rides which was split among the officers that attending. The lift tickets and rentals for skiing and snow boarding was $56 + $35 paid by the participating officers. V. Special Problems The most challenging thing was the shortage of rides available for driving. In general, lesser officers had cars that could be driven upto Tahoe. Further, PiE decided to have their retreat at the same time as ours, which led to shortage of few more cars. This was made up by the fact that PiE had rented out a bus, and could accommodate about 10 TBP officers. Even with this arrangement, it was harder to communicate with the PiE folks about rides to skii resort/return to Berkeley. As before, there was still a divide between newer and older officers with the older officers participating significantly more in discussions. Some of the older officers went to the fogey cabin on Saturday night after the meeting and there was a divide again. Saturday morning events for the non-skiers could have been planned better. More time and attention was given to figuring out logistics regarding lift tickets and rentals. Finally, the cost of retreat was higher than in past Spring semesters again and the most significant reason for that was the added cost of rental cars. The car service used, Rent A Relic, added fees for insurance that we didn't ask for and added money for extra miles. One of the cars was rented from enterprise, which turned out to be the better bet. Rentals should be use as an absolute last resort, and a different rental service should be used. Also contributing were the cost of additional chains that had to be purchased. VI. Overall Evaluation The officers enjoyed themselves; in general the officers seemed to bond very well. The meeting and following discussion was productive and set a good tone for the semester. Many of the problems were identified after the fact, and there has been significant discussion on new projects and ideas. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Aaron Alpert, William Li, Larissa Korach, Sebastian Ruf, Yu-Han Chen, Bernie Lin, Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Zoey Huang, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Michael Suey, Matt Quan, Stephanie Su, Eric Xiao, Vivian Shen, Aaron Wienkers, Tony Hung, Peter Su, Cam Bates, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Andrew Wingard, Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan, Yike Qin, Eric Yu, Atsu Kakitani, Peng Tieng, Daisuke Kazama, Hunjoo Kim, Joe Jankowski, Kevin Cho, Marc Zajac, Pranjali Beri, Steve Yadlowsky, Eric Wang Tau Beta Pi Members:

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Joanna Chen, Andy Hoac, Wes Hunt, Amanda Chou, Michael 2012 Chang, Han Givens, Robert Luan, Dennis Wai

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Candidate Meeting

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Date of Project: February 20, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 43 Number of Electees Involved: 60 Organization Hours: 8 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Candidate Meeting is the first exposure that candidates get to Tau Beta Pi. It is where we introduce what we do, and hopefully convince people who are unsure to join. Candidates signed in and received packets in the beginning. We just played the Candidate Meeting slideshow from last semester while people were trickling in. We began with a short intro of ourselves, then icebreaker (so people can get to know other candidates and officers earlier on), then presentation. Through the powerpoint, and showing different aspects of TBP (service, historians, president) we hope candidates will see the benefits of becoming part of TBP. Then we released people for food and talking to officers. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To introduce what TBP is to new candidates, go over requirements, and get them excited to join. III. Organization and Administration We had to update the Candidate Packet (make sure committees were finalizing dates) and print them. We had to decide on an icebreaker to do in the beginning that wouldn't take too long. We made a powerpoint (similar to last spring's) with president's speech, historian video, and PiE introduction. We also had to get officer nametags ready, as well as officer sign in sheet and candidate sign in sheet. On the day of, we had to set up tables and speaker system. There were also multiple filming sessions for the video. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Printing 90 candidate packets (11 pgs. each) from Vick Copy cost a total $73.58. Food cost 397.36 + 14.95 (drinks) = $412.31. Extra batteries (2) for the wireless microphones cost

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$7.22. Officer nametag holders cost $20. Color coded dots (intended to group officers by house but we ended up not using them) cost $8. Tax was $3. Grand total= $524.11 V. Special Problems We found out later that there was a CS70 midterm that night, so candidates either left early or just couldn't come. Many emailed us about it beforehand though. The room just wasn't ideal for ice breakers because HP Auditorium doesn't allow for easy movement, but we anticipated the problem and it ended up working out ok. Releasing people for food didn't go as smoothly as we wanted. This is difficult to do in HP, but in the end everyone enjoyed the food. We forgot to get the key for HP and 380 Soda (room for food) beforehand so we had to find an unlocked room (320 Soda) for the food. 320 Soda is too small, and only has one door. Funneling people through to get food was difficult, and there was not much room to sit down and talk. Also, ideally we have a line at each side of the table to be more efficient, but we could not have that so the line was really long. Also, we seemed to have lost the old name tag holders (the dangling by a string ones) so Nate had to go buy the pin kind before CM. Slight problem with the video because it was in Mac format and I was using my PC to for the entire meeting so we had to transfer it onto a USB and use some file converter to make it work. We didn’t make sure all officers were on the candidate packet. I found out later that a candidate who was at CM hadn’t signed in with us, so we need to keep better track of people who came in late or missed the sign-in sheet in the future. People set (icebreaker game) was slightly confusing for the candidates, but officers helped out. VI. Overall Evaluation We had a great turnout (our sign in sheet indicated 89 people but there were probably more). We only had one candidate packet left at the end of it. In talking to people during food, they all seemed like they wanted to join. For the future, VPs should remind officers to talk with candidates more during food time instead of with other officers. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Aaron Alpert, Larissa Korach, Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Zoey Huang, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, Michael Suey, Matt Quan, Stephanie Su, Eric Xiao, Vivian Shen, Aaron Wienkers, Peter Su, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Andrew Wingard, Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan, Yike Qin, Eric Yu, Atsu Kakitani, Brandon Sie, Peng Tieng, Daisuke Kazama, Giovanni Gajudo, Hunjoo Kim, Joe Jankowski Tau Beta Pi Members: Robert Luan, Dennis Wai, Matthew Fong, George Yiu, Ella Putihprayogi pek Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Joseph Hui, Nathan Mailoa, Allison Vuong, Don Mai, Sahar Mesri, Byron Ho, Kristine Rezai, Shir Nehama, Ian Lin, Glen Liang, Roy Park, Adithyavairavan Murali, Stephen Yu, Martin Thompson, Robert Ou, Emily Lutz, Jimmy Lee, Dante Natoli,

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Michael Chen, Sagar Karandikar, Ena Hariyoshi, Ben Zhang, Lulu Li, Allen Li, Alexander Runke, Minchao Lin, Roshena Macpherson, Lucy Hu, Anita Cheung, Ashley Tsai, Jon Allen, Anya Garachtchenko, Jason Cramer, Omar Ali ramadan, Cheng Yuan, Elise Lim, Jeffrey Dong, Bryan Wang, Sean Ho, Joey Moghadam, Jack Hendershott, Eric Oh, Makoto Lalwani, Jackson Hung, Phillip Ding, Weier Wan, Stephen Susantyo, Felicia Angesti, D.J. Weeks, Andrew Richard, Noah Goldman, Shawn Gao, Abhishek Gupta, Jin Zheng, David Liu, Lev Tauz, Ivan Fok, Andrew Sabour, Kunal Marwaha, Yoobin Oh

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Packet Turn-In 1

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Date of Project: March 1, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 31 Number of Electees Involved: 75 Organization Hours: 2 Participation Hours: 6 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description People who are committed to initiating into TBP come to turn in their preliminary paperwork. This includes the liability waiver, Bent Buddies form (optional), and first installment of fees. Candidates also set up their account for the website as well as fill out some get to know you questions. Candidates also receive t-shirts and their first trading card. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To give eligible candidates the opportunity to commit themselves to TBP and fill out the necessary paperwork. III. Organization and Administration We just had to make sure we had extra hard copies of the waiver and Bent Buddies form. We had 20 of each but only ended up needing a couple (around 5). Getting food turned out to be overcomplicated, but Activities got it. We also had to make sure historians would be there, and that we had enough trading cards for the candidates. Treasurer was there to deal with money; and passed off knowledge to others when he couldn't be there. Multiple laptops were set up so that when a rush of candidates came, they could all be making accounts rather than standing there with nothing to do. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $70 for donuts, bagels, drinks, and cream cheese. V. Special Problems It would be easier in the future if the google form for getting to know candidates was sent

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out to officers who had computers before the rush. Otherwise it becomes hard to keep track of who filled out that form and who didn't. Also, including a place for their name is necessary but wasn't implemented until about a hour into the event. Some candidates kept clicking back while making the account, so we directed them to edit an existing account. In the future, make sure to tell candidates not to click the back button. VI. Overall Evaluation 75 eligible candidates turned in their packets to join! We even had 4 people already do their trading card challenges. Food was all gone by the end, although there was a lot of milk and orange juice left over. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Larissa Korach, Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Zoey Huang, Robert Tang-kong, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, Michael Suey, Matt Quan, Stephanie Su, Henry Pham, Vivian Shen, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Kevin Chan, Yike Qin, Eric Yu, Daisuke Kazama, Giovanni Gajudo, Kevin Cho, Pranjali Beri, Steve Yadlowsky, Eric Wang Tau Beta Pi Members: Dennis Wai Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Joseph Hui, Nathan Mailoa, Davina Smith, Allison Vuong, Don Mai, Sahar Mesri, Byron Ho, Kristine Rezai, Shir Nehama, Ian Lin, Glen Liang, Roy Park, Adithyavairavan Murali, Stephen Yu, Martin Thompson, Robert Ou, Kenneth Lin, Varun Naik, Emily Lutz, Albert Zheng, Jimmy Lee, Michael Tsang, Dante Natoli, Michael Chen, Sagar Karandikar, Ena Hariyoshi, Ben Zhang, Lulu Li, Allen Li, Alexander Runke, Minchao Lin, Roshena Macpherson, Lucy Hu, Anita Cheung, Ashley Tsai, Halbert Chong, Jon Allen, Anya Garachtchenko, Jason Cramer, Kevin Korner, Omar Ali ramadan, Cheng Yuan, Elise Lim, Jeffrey Dong, Bryan Wang, Sean Ho, Joey Moghadam, Jack Hendershott, Eric Oh, Jerry Cheng, Makoto Lalwani, Jackson Hung, Michael Forsuelo, Phillip Ding, Weier Wan, Jack Li, Vaibhav Agarwal, Stephen Susantyo, Felicia Angesti, D.J. Weeks, Albert Lin, Andrew Richard, Noah Goldman, Shawn Gao, Daniel Lu, Abhishek Gupta, Jin Zheng, David Liu, Jack Qiao, Lev Tauz, Alex Chu, Ivan Fok, Andrew Sabour, Kunal Marwaha, Yoobin Oh

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General Meeting 1

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Date of Project: March 5, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 43 Number of Electees Involved: 61 Organization Hours: 6 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description GM1 was the first meeting that people attended now that they were officially candidates. It focused on the basics of being a candidate, such as how to use the website, details on requirements a little bit more, and how trading cards work. Each house also got to bond a little by creating a house chant. Finally, more information was revealed about the house project competition for the semester and let the houses meet and start brainstorming for that. Everyone then ate dinner. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose was mainly to help candidates more knowledgeable about what being a candidate entails. Bonding was also encouraged within houses with the activity and brainstorming. III. Organization and Administration The VPs created a presentation, and asked the IT chair and a Publicity officer to speak. The Historians also created officer spotlight videos that featured interviews with two officers. The VPs printed out a sign-in sheet for officers and candidates, and brought name tags for officers. Additionally, the ProDev committee assigned mentors/mentees in the Bent Buddies program, and a sheet pairing those up was also brought. Another room (380 Soda) was reserved for serving food, since it's not allowed in HP. Finally, the VPs wrote up a sheet detailing the house project rules and judging policies, and printed 90 copies to pass out to all officers/candidates present. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $347.93 for Gypsy's

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V. Special Problems Wozniak Lounge wasn't able to be reserved for GM1 because the EECS department had already reserved it, which meant that we had to use HP Auditorium. HP is unfortunately a much worse room for group activities, and so planning the chant was slightly difficult, made even more so by the sheer quantity of people at the meeting. VI. Overall Evaluation Very good turnout by both officers and candidates. The presentation seemed helpful, and people were very enthusiastic in both creating the chant and brainstorming for house project. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Aaron Alpert, Larissa Korach, Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Zoey Huang, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, Michael Suey, Matt Quan, Stephanie Su, Eric Xiao, Henry Pham, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Peter Su, Cam Bates, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Andrew Wingard, Kevin Chan, Yike Qin, Eric Yu, Atsu Kakitani, Daisuke Kazama, Giovanni Gajudo, Hunjoo Kim, Joe Jankowski, Kevin Cho, Steve Yadlowsky, Eric Wang Tau Beta Pi Members: Narayanan Kidambi, Dennis Wai Tau Beta Pi Candidates: David Yermian, Davina Smith, Allison Vuong, Don Mai, Sahar Mesri, Byron Ho, Kristine Rezai, Ian Lin, Roy Park, Adithyavairavan Murali, Stephen Yu, Martin Thompson, Robert Ou, Kenneth Lin, Varun Naik, Emily Lutz, Albert Zheng, Jimmy Lee, Michael Tsang, Dante Natoli, Michael Chen, Ena Hariyoshi, Ben Zhang, Lulu Li, Allen Li, Alexander Runke, Minchao Lin, Lucy Hu, Anita Cheung, Ashley Tsai, Halbert Chong, Jon Allen, Anya Garachtchenko, Jason Cramer, Kevin Korner, Omar Ali ramadan, Cheng Yuan, Elise Lim, Jeffrey Dong, Sean Ho, Jack Hendershott, Jerry Cheng, Makoto Lalwani, Phillip Ding, Weier Wan, Vaibhav Agarwal, Felicia Angesti, Albert Lin, Andrew Richard, Noah Goldman, Shawn Gao, Daniel Lu, Jin Zheng, David Liu, Jack Qiao, Lev Tauz, Alex Chu, Ivan Fok, Andrew Sabour, Kunal Marwaha, Kate Rakelly

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 312 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Bent Polishing 1

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Date of Project: March 15, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 25 Number of Electees Involved: 59 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 5 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description The candidates help polish the Bent in front of McLaughlin. Many of them went through the Bent for an officer challenge. Candidates also were given officer trading cards to encourage interaction and many used them right away. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Candidates are officially introduced to the Bent's location and also get to socialize with officers while enjoying some food. III. Organization and Administration We had to set up beforehand. Activities could not get into O'Brien so the food was left in 120AB Betchel. Table, banner, food, and utensils were set up along with the rags and polish for polishing the Bent. All supplies (including the table) came from O'Brien . IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Food cost $72.94. [$43.50(Noah's bagels)+ $24.00(Kingpin donuts)+ $5.44(milk & OJ)] V. Special Problems Milk was not very good after sitting out in the sun for the day, so we ended up throwing the leftover amount away. We also ran out of food around 12:30pm. VI. Overall Evaluation We had great turnout from the candidates. Many went through the Bent and did the officer trading cards. Officers stopped by as well and interacted with the candidates. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 313 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Tau Beta Pi Officers: Paul Drazin, Hamilton Nguyen, Zoey Huang, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Vicki Ni, Michael Suey, Stephanie Su, Henry Pham, Vivian Shen, Aaron Wienkers, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Andrew Wingard, Kevin Chan, Daisuke Kazama, Kevin Cho, Steve Yadlowsky, Eric Wang Tau Beta Pi Members: Tony Dear Tau Beta Pi Candidates: David Yermian, Joseph Hui, Nathan Mailoa, Davina Smith, Don Mai, Sahar Mesri, Byron Ho, Kristine Rezai, Shir Nehama, Ian Lin, Glen Liang, Roy Park, Adithyavairavan Murali, Stephen Yu, Martin Thompson, Robert Ou, Varun Naik, Emily Lutz, Albert Zheng, Michael Tsang, Dante Natoli, Michael Chen, Sagar Karandikar, Ena Hariyoshi, Ben Zhang, Lulu Li, Alexander Runke, Minchao Lin, Roshena Macpherson, Lucy Hu, Anita Cheung, Ashley Tsai, Halbert Chong, Jon Allen, Anya Garachtchenko, Jason Cramer, Kevin Korner, Omar Ali ramadan, Cheng Yuan, Elise Lim, Jeffrey Dong, Sean Ho, Eric Oh, Makoto Lalwani, Phillip Ding, Vaibhav Agarwal, Felicia Angesti, Albert Lin, Andrew Richard, Shawn Gao, Daniel Lu, David Liu, Jack Qiao, Lev Tauz, Alex Chu, Ivan Fok, Andrew Sabour, Kunal Marwaha, Kate Rakelly

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 314 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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General Meeting 2

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Date of Project: March 20, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 34 Number of Electees Involved: 51 Organization Hours: 4 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description GM2 was the second general meeting of the semester. Candidates and members came to socialize and eat food. We planned a small talk on updates for the candidate semester, as well as talks by our service chair and E98 coordinator, and a fun activity (Bunny Bunny and a "Photo Scavenger Hunt"). The historians also created another officer spotlight video for the meeting. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP This was a fun meeting to just help people relax and enjoy themselves during midterm season. III. Organization and Administration The VPs reserved the Woz at the beginning of the semester. A slideshow was also prepared, partly by requesting the service chair and E98 coordinators to make some slides for their slideshow as well. The VPs also asked the historian chair to take pictures for the "Photo Scavenger Hunt".On the day of, the VPs printed out the sign-in sheets and brought nametags for officers. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $317.89 for Thai food. V. Special Problems No real problems, the event went smoothly. It was a little awkward to play Bunny Bunny with all the chairs in the room, but people managed and it worked out well. VI. Overall Evaluation Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 315 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Everyone who came seemed to enjoy the presentation, the activity, and the food. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Aaron Alpert, Larissa Korach, Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Matt Quan, Stephanie Su, Eric Xiao, Vivian Shen, Peter Su, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Andrew Wingard, Kevin Chan, Yike Qin, Daisuke Kazama, Kevin Cho, Marc Zajac, Pranjali Beri, Eric Wang Tau Beta Pi Members: Dennis Wai, Nolan Wagener Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Joseph Hui, Nathan Mailoa, Davina Smith, Sahar Mesri, Byron Ho, Kristine Rezai, Shir Nehama, Glen Liang, Roy Park, Stephen Yu, Kenneth Lin, Varun Naik, Michael Tsang, Dante Natoli, Michael Chen, Sagar Karandikar, Ena Hariyoshi, Ben Zhang, Lulu Li, Allen Li, Alexander Runke, Minchao Lin, Lucy Hu, Anita Cheung, Ashley Tsai, Halbert Chong, Anya Garachtchenko, Kevin Korner, Cheng Yuan, Jeffrey Dong, Bryan Wang, Jack Hendershott, Eric Oh, Jerry Cheng, Makoto Lalwani, Michael Forsuelo, Phillip Ding, Weier Wan, Jack Li, Vaibhav Agarwal, Felicia Angesti, Albert Lin, Shawn Gao, Daniel Lu, Jin Zheng, David Liu, Jack Qiao, Lev Tauz, Alex Chu, Ivan Fok, Yoobin Oh

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 316 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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General Meeting 3

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Date of Project: April 11, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 35 Number of Electees Involved: 48 Organization Hours: 5 Participation Hours: 2 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description At GM3, we went over the final details of the candidate semester including initiation, banquet, and officer elections. We also held the semesterly talent show, where Tau Bates get the opportunity to show off their various talents and perform! II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To brief candidates on procedure for the end of the semester, and get candidates thinking about becoming an officer next semester. The talent show aims to provide an entertaining show for everyone. III. Organization and Administration At the beginning of the semester, HP Auditorium was reserved. Midway through the semester, the VPs checked the calendar for the Woz lounge and saw that the room was available for this week, so the room was switched because the Woz is a much better space for a talent show. After GM2, we sent out a Google form to candidates and officers soliciting signups for the talent show. The VPs also created a slideshow, and the historians prepared a video to show everyone. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $440 for House of Curries V. Special Problems There were not a ton of signups for the talent show, but the acts that did exist seemed to entertain everyone okay. In the future, the VPs may want to emphasize that minor acts are OK and even encouraged - in the past people have recited digits of pi and done simpler

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things like that. Also, the doors of the Woz were locked, which was an unusual thing to happen. This meant that there weren't quite enough chairs to seat everyone and some had to stand, which was unfortunate. VI. Overall Evaluation Everyone seemed to have a good time, and candidates after the meeting had learned a lot about the process to end the semester and initiate. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Larissa Korach, Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Zoey Huang, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, Michael Suey, Stephanie Su, Henry Pham, Vivian Shen, Aaron Wienkers, Cam Bates, Lawrence Huang, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Andrew Wingard, Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan, Yike Qin, Eric Yu, Daisuke Kazama, Kevin Cho, Pranjali Beri, Eric Wang Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Joseph Hui, Nathan Mailoa, Davina Smith, Allison Vuong, Don Mai, Sahar Mesri, Byron Ho, Shir Nehama, Ian Lin, Roy Park, Adithyavairavan Murali, Martin Thompson, Robert Ou, Varun Naik, Emily Lutz, Albert Zheng, Jimmy Lee, Michael Tsang, Dante Natoli, Michael Chen, Ben Zhang, Roshena Macpherson, Anita Cheung, Halbert Chong, Jon Allen, Kevin Korner, Cheng Yuan, Elise Lim, Bryan Wang, Sean Ho, Eric Oh, Jerry Cheng, Michael Forsuelo, Jack Li, Vaibhav Agarwal, Felicia Angesti, D.J. Weeks, Albert Lin, Andrew Richard, Noah Goldman, Daniel Lu, David Liu, Jack Qiao, Alex Chu, Andrew Sabour, Kunal Marwaha, Yoobin Oh, Kate Rakelly

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 318 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Bent Polishing 2

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Date of Project: April 19, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 21 Number of Electees Involved: 19 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 5 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description The candidates helped polish the Bent in front of McLaughlin, stopping by for about 15 minutes each. We also served donuts and bagels to members that stopped by. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Candidates learn about the Bent, and interact with other officers. Everyone in attendance gets some food. III. Organization and Administration The Activities committee once again could not get into 101 O'Brien (the door was locked to protect the roller coasters) so they left food in 120AB Bechtel. A table, the banner, food, rags, and polish were all brought to the Bent. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $82.98 for bagels, donuts, and drinks to give to members. V. Special Problems There were not many problems. The milk started to taste really bad due to sitting outside so long again. VI. Overall Evaluation All of the candidates who needed to showed up, and the Bent was much cleaner at the end of the day. Lots of candidates made progress on their officer interviews and candidate quiz. List of Participants:

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Tau Beta Pi Officers: Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Zoey Huang, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Vicki Ni, Michael Suey, Vivian Shen, Aaron Wienkers, Tony Hung, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Andrea Dickey, Daisuke Kazama, Kevin Cho, Steve Yadlowsky Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Nathan Mailoa, Allison Vuong, Roy Park, Martin Thompson, Robert Ou, Jimmy Lee, Allen Li, Bryan Wang, Jack Hendershott, Jerry Cheng, Jackson Hung, Michael Forsuelo, Weier Wan, Jack Li, D.J. Weeks, Noah Goldman, Jin Zheng, Kunal Marwaha, Yoobin Oh

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 320 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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IT Hack Day

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Date of Project: April 21, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 5 Number of Electees Involved: 1 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 8 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description The IT committee held a small scale hackathon to work on website features for the new TBP website in progress. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The hackathon helps us make significant progress on building up the new TBP website. The new website will hopefully be made open-source and plug-and-playable for other TBP chapters around the country within the next few months. III. Organization and Administration Required finding when most IT members were available for an extended period of time during a given day, since the event was about 8 hours total. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None. The IT committee was able to get lunch at the Engineering Open House, since there was enough to accommodate a few extra people. V. Special Problems One officer did not attend because he was too busy. VI. Overall Evaluation We merged 7 commits, with about 1800 lines of code added. Each current IT officer also ended up with at least one commit up for review at the end of the day. Everyone who attended got their development site up and running for additional testing, which will be beneficial in the coming weeks. In addition, one candidate attended, and he is a prospective

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IT officer for next semester. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Steven DeMartini, Tony Hung, Atsu Kakitani, Giovanni Gajudo, Eric Wang Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Alexander Runke

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 322 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Packet Turn-In 2

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Date of Project: April 30, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 27 Number of Electees Involved: 67 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 3 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Packet Turn In is the last candidate event before they become members. They turn in the rest of their fees, candidate quizzes, and creative biographies. They also complete the end of semester survey. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP This is the deadline for candidates to turn in all their paperwork and finish up their non-event requirements. We also make clear the expectations for Initiation. They survey helps us plan better for the future. III. Organization and Administration VPs got there early to set up computers for the surveys. Activities brought donuts, bagels, and drinks. We also brought out the toaster. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Donuts, bagels, and drinks cost ~$80. V. Special Problems A few candidates turned in their stuff before PTI2 because they could not make it but it was arranged beforehand so it was fine. A few candidates also forgot so we had to call them to remind them to come but they did make it and ended up completing their requirements. VI. Overall Evaluation All the candidates who came are ready to be initiated into members.

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List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Larissa Korach, Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, Michael Suey, Matt Quan, Stephanie Su, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Andrea Dickey, Daisuke Kazama, Kevin Cho, Eric Wang Tau Beta Pi Members: Robert Luan, Ella Putihprayogi pek Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Joseph Hui, Nathan Mailoa, Davina Smith, Allison Vuong, Don Mai, Sahar Mesri, Byron Ho, Kristine Rezai, Ian Lin, Roy Park, Adithyavairavan Murali, Stephen Yu, Martin Thompson, Robert Ou, Varun Naik, Emily Lutz, Albert Zheng, Jimmy Lee, Michael Tsang, Dante Natoli, Michael Chen, Sagar Karandikar, Ena Hariyoshi, Ben Zhang, Lulu Li, Allen Li, Alexander Runke, Minchao Lin, Roshena Macpherson, Lucy Hu, Anita Cheung, Ashley Tsai, Halbert Chong, Jon Allen, Anya Garachtchenko, Kevin Korner, Cheng Yuan, Elise Lim, Jeffrey Dong, Bryan Wang, Sean Ho, Jack Hendershott, Eric Oh, Jerry Cheng, Makoto Lalwani, Jackson Hung, Michael Forsuelo, Phillip Ding, Weier Wan, Jack Li, Vaibhav Agarwal, Felicia Angesti, D.J. Weeks, Albert Lin, Andrew Richard, Noah Goldman, Shawn Gao, Daniel Lu, Jin Zheng, David Liu, Jack Qiao, Lev Tauz, Alex Chu, Ivan Fok, Andrew Sabour, Kunal Marwaha, Yoobin Oh

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 324 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Member’s Potluck

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Date of Project: April 30, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 29 Number of Electees Involved: 0 Organization Hours: 1 Participation Hours: 3 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Member's potluck is an event which is held instead of the last officer meeting. Members, officers bring food to the event for the potluck. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP During member's potluck, all who are present read officer biographies written by the candidates, are involved in secret Zombie Jeebuz gift exchange and eat lots of good food. The reason that this isn't an OM is because we wanted all the members who are interested in reading essays to feel invited as well. This also serves as an end of the semester celebration for all. III. Organization and Administration Organization involved inviting all the members for the event, requesting them to bring food. Requesting people interested in the gift exchange, emailing out their secret zombie Jeebus and coordinating with the Vice Presidents to ensure that the cadidate's officer biographies would be available. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements There was no cost involved other than regular utensils for eating. V. Special Problems The biggest problem was that there weren't enough interested people for the Secret Zombie Jeebus which is why it had to be cancelled. Some people were a little upset about that. Apart from that, the top few essays that are read in front of everyone took a while as the best essays seemed to be the longest. Unfortunately, a lot of the people weren't interested in

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listening to the essays any more so the VPs had to decide the winners. VI. Overall Evaluation The event went well with lots of food, people and essays. Things learnt from the potluck was that secret gift exchanges work much better in the Fall. Also something to note is that if the candidate class is large, then fewer essays should be read in front of all and fewer options for voting works better. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Larissa Korach, Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Zoey Huang, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, Stephanie Su, Eric Xiao, Henry Pham, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Peter Su, Nate Bailey, Kevin Chan, Eric Yu, Atsu Kakitani, Daisuke Kazama, Kevin Cho, Eric Wang Tau Beta Pi Members: Robert Luan

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 326 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Initiation

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Date of Project: May 5, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 23 Number of Electees Involved: 68 Organization Hours: 5 Participation Hours: 1 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description This is the initiation ceremony where we welcome new members into TBP for life. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To explain to the new initiates the history and purpose of TBP, and how they should continue to uphold these values once initiated. Then, we confirm their joining the society. III. Organization and Administration The president collected all the necessary materials, the corresponding secretary obtained the pins and certificates, and other officers helped to prepare everything as needed. We also got a new lightbulb to put in the light box. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems We lost the candles that we have traditionally used, so we lost that aspect of the ceremony. Additionally, and partially because we lacked candles, the lighting situation in HP Auditorium was difficult to figure out. Additionally, one candidate from the previous semester who had deferred initiation was unable to be reached and failed to show up. VI. Overall Evaluation All candidates were initiated successfully. List of Participants:

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Tau Beta Pi Officers: Larissa Korach, Yu-Han Chen, Paul Drazin, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, Stephanie Su, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Nate Bailey, Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan, Brandon Sie, Kevin Cho, Pranjali Beri, Eric Wang Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Joseph Hui, Nathan Mailoa, Davina Smith, Allison Vuong, Don Mai, Sahar Mesri, Byron Ho, Kristine Rezai, Shir Nehama, Ian Lin, Roy Park, Adithyavairavan Murali, Stephen Yu, Martin Thompson, Robert Ou, Varun Naik, Emily Lutz, Albert Zheng, Jimmy Lee, Michael Tsang, Dante Natoli, Michael Chen, Sagar Karandikar, Ena Hariyoshi, Ben Zhang, Lulu Li, Allen Li, Alexander Runke, Minchao Lin, Roshena Macpherson, Lucy Hu, Anita Cheung, Ashley Tsai, Halbert Chong, Jon Allen, Anya Garachtchenko, Kevin Korner, Cheng Yuan, Elise Lim, Jeffrey Dong, Bryan Wang, Sean Ho, Jack Hendershott, Eric Oh, Jerry Cheng, Makoto Lalwani, Jackson Hung, Michael Forsuelo, Phillip Ding, Weier Wan, Jack Li, Vaibhav Agarwal, Felicia Angesti, D.J. Weeks, Albert Lin, Andrew Richard, Noah Goldman, Shawn Gao, Daniel Lu, Jin Zheng, David Liu, Jack Qiao, Lev Tauz, Alex Chu, Ivan Fok, Andrew Sabour, Kunal Marwaha, Yoobin Oh

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 328 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

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Banquet

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Date of Project: May 3, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 55 Number of Electees Involved: 65 Organization Hours: 16 Participation Hours: 4 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description After Initiation, everyone carpooled to Dragon 2000 in Walnut Creek for a night of festivities. We have our End-of-Semester video as well as House Cup award. We also gave out senior gifts. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Banquet is our way of formally wrapping up the candidate semester. Here we dress up and eat as well as present all the awards for candidates, members, officers, and faculty. III. Organization and Administration VPs contacted several potential places in East Bay when school started. A location was finalized after visiting and paying the initial deposit. We gave them an exact headcount by 5/1. We invited Members and Alumni to come, as well as our district directors at the D15 conference. Joe Burnett came to Banquet. We also had to plan the schedule for the night, figure out the ride situation for so many people, and print programs as well as write speeches for the awards. The program for the night was alternated between candidate and officer awards: Outstanding Faculty, Officers of the Semester, Candidate Essays, Member of the Semester, The Rock, Candidate of the Semester, Bowling Pin, Video, House Cup, and finally the TBP Yell. The engraving was done 2 weeks beforehand, but due to some delay we did not get the award plaques until the day of Banquet. House Cup was engraved on time, which was 2 days before Banquet. It was cutting it close but worked out. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements

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Banquet at Dragon 2000 in Walnut Creek cost $4113 plus the initial deposit of $200. Printing programs for the night cost $110, engravings for member/candidate of the semester and House Cup cost $36, and new power cord for the wireless mics cost $20. Faculty of the Year award frame cost $24. Driving reimbursements cost $150. V. Special Problems We did not have enough drivers until the night before. Some people could not drive last minute, but then some people could drive last minute so we ended up having just enough drivers to get everyone there. Vegetarian food was initially a problem in the appetizer because it was touching the meat foods. We did have 2 vegetarian options out of 8 total dishes so it worked out, but in the future make sure there are plenty of vegetarian options beforehand. Another thing was that the cost only included water, which came out slowly when refilling. Different reviews of the location; on one hand there was plenty of food leftover and people were happy to be full. On the other hand, some people said the quality of food was not so great; however quantity is more important than quality is the general consensus I got. We were pretty behind schedule. I was in the last car and we didn't leave Berkeley until it was almost 7pm (we had planned on leaving at 6:30). We arrived around 7:40pm, and then the presentation didn't start until 9:30pm. The last car was out of the restaurant around midnight. We only had one working microphone. The battery was low on the wireless ones so we had to share. VI. Overall Evaluation Despite the small problems, Banquet was a great success! There wasn't the traffic we anticipated. People all had plenty to eat, and everyone enjoyed talking and watching the amazing End-of-Semester video even though it was 40 minutes long. Professor O'Reilly and his daughter were very thankful and Joe Burnett enjoyed it as well even though they both left early. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Aaron Alpert, William Li, Larissa Korach, Sebastian Ruf, Yu-Han Chen, Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Zoey Huang, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, Michael Suey, Matt Quan, Stephanie Su, Eric Xiao, Henry Pham, Vivian Shen, Aaron Wienkers, Tony Hung, Cam Bates, Lawrence Huang, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey, Tracy Margarettha, Andrew Wingard, Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan, Yike Qin, Eric Yu, Peng Tieng, Daisuke Kazama, Giovanni Gajudo, Kevin Cho, Marc Zajac, Pranjali Beri, Steve Yadlowsky, Eric Wang Tau Beta Pi Members: Joanna Chen, Aloni Cohen, Amanda Chou, Michael 2012 Chang, Lina Zhu, Robert Luan, Dennis Wai, Kevin Haninger, Ella Putihprayogi pek Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Joseph Hui, Nathan Mailoa, Davina Smith, Don Mai, Sahar Mesri, Byron Ho, Kristine

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Rezai, Shir Nehama, Roy Park, Adithyavairavan Murali, Stephen Yu, Martin Thompson, Robert Ou, Varun Naik, Emily Lutz, Albert Zheng, Jimmy Lee, Michael Tsang, Dante Natoli, Michael Chen, Sagar Karandikar, Ena Hariyoshi, Ben Zhang, Lulu Li, Allen Li, Alexander Runke, Minchao Lin, Roshena Macpherson, Lucy Hu, Anita Cheung, Ashley Tsai, Halbert Chong, Jon Allen, Anya Garachtchenko, Kevin Korner, Cheng Yuan, Jeffrey Dong, Bryan Wang, Sean Ho, Jack Hendershott, Eric Oh, Jerry Cheng, Makoto Lalwani, Jackson Hung, Michael Forsuelo, Phillip Ding, Weier Wan, Jack Li, Vaibhav Agarwal, Felicia Angesti, D.J. Weeks, Albert Lin, Andrew Richard, Noah Goldman, Shawn Gao, Daniel Lu, Jin Zheng, David Liu, Jack Qiao, Lev Tauz, Alex Chu, Ivan Fok, Andrew Sabour, Kunal Marwaha, Yoobin Oh Non-TBP Participants: 3

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 331 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

The Tau Beta Pi Association Chapter: CA Alpha Chapter Project Report

Officer Elections

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Date of Project: May 4, 2013 Project Area: Chapter/Social Number of Members Involved: 36 Number of Electees Involved: 33 Organization Hours: 0 Participation Hours: 8 Type of Project (old or new): Old

I. General Description Elections for the officers of Fall 2013 was conducted. Each candidate for every position was given an opportunity to present themselves and their goals, and answer questions from the audience. Election participants then had a chance to discuss which candidates would be most suitable for each position. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To determine the leadership of the chapter for the next semester. III. Organization and Administration All members, candidates and current officers were e-mailed and encouraged to attend elections along with the officer positions and election procedures.. Members who wished to run but could not attend were given an opportunity to email the VP/President a speech to read on their behalf. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements The only cost incurred was for lunch, which was around $75. V. Special Problems Elections ran 2 hours above the expected time because there were a large number of qualified candidates running for many positions. As a result, we expanded a lot of committees and doing this isn't necessarily the best option. This increased both speech and discussion time. We also din't follow elections for the cataloger and decided based on choice. VI. Overall Evaluation Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 332 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

All officer positions were successfully filled after sufficient discussions. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Larissa Korach, Sebastian Ruf, Paul Drazin, Steven DeMartini, Hamilton Nguyen, Katie Mclaughlin, Robert Tang-kong, Erik Bertelli, Tammie Kuo, Melinda Chen, Pius Lau, Pritha Hait, Boss Nuntaworanuch, Robinson Kuo, Vicki Ni, Michael Suey, Matt Quan, Eric Xiao, Henry Pham, Vivian Shen, Tony Hung, Cam Bates, Lawrence Huang, Nate Bailey, Andrea Dickey, Kevin Chan, Yike Qin, Eric Yu, Peng Tieng, Giovanni Gajudo, Kevin Cho, Marc Zajac, Steve Yadlowsky, Eric Wang Tau Beta Pi Members: Michael Chang, Karim Merchant Tau Beta Pi Candidates: Joseph Hui, Davina Smith, Kristine Rezai, Shir Nehama, Ian Lin, Roy Park, Adithyavairavan Murali, Robert Ou, Emily Lutz, Albert Zheng, Michael Chen, Ena Hariyoshi, Ben Zhang, Allen Li, Alexander Runke, Minchao Lin, Roshena Macpherson, Anita Cheung, Ashley Tsai, Halbert Chong, Jon Allen, Anya Garachtchenko, Cheng Yuan, Bryan Wang, Jerry Cheng, Jackson Hung, Weier Wan, Felicia Angesti, Shawn Gao, Daniel Lu, David Liu, Ivan Fok, Kunal Marwaha

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Semester: Fall 2012 President

I. General Description The role of the president is to lay out the goals and responsibilities of the chapter, ensure that these plans are executed, and represent the chapter to other student groups, the university, and TBP nationals. The president must make clear to every officer his or her responsibilities and expectations, and ensure that each officer has the resources and support necessary to perform those duties. Finally, the president leads the weekly executive team and officer meetings. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The president serves both a visionary and organizational purpose. As a visionary, the president must guide the chapter in seeking out new projects and brainstorming ways to improve existing ones. The president must engage the chapter to create a vision of how they would like the chapter to evolve. As an organizer, the president must stand at the center of all the different committees and officer positions and ensure that all of the roles are coordinated and communicating well. III. Organization and Administration Planning for the semester begins well before the school semester starts up. Immediately after elections, the president should begin thinking about his or her goals and priorities for the semester. It is a good idea to reach out to committee chairs and other key officers before the semester begins to individually discuss their own goals for the semester. All of these ideas, goals, and priorities are summarized at the chapter retreat, which is arguably the president's most important event. The president should take advantage of this opportunity to bring the rest of the officer corps on board with the big ideas for the upcoming semester. Throughout the semester, the president is responsible for organizing the weekly executive and officer meetings. Agendas should be planned well in advance and the president must remain attentive during the meetings to ensure discussion is efficient and meaningful. There are a number of required submissions to Nationals that the president is ultimately responsible for, and he or she should be careful to keep their deadlines in mind throughout the semester. Finally, the president also has a number of miscellaneous logistical responsibilities during the semester. This includes submitting information to University administration, room reservations for meetings, maintaining the meeting agenda pages, communicating regularly

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with the officers and members mailing lists, and fulfilling his or her role as a student group signatory. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements About $25 was spent on various chapter materials. V. Special Problems There was a small issue during the summer with cabin reservations since retreat planning started later than it should have, however all issues were eventually resolved. We have continually had organizational issues with our finances in the past, and these issues persisted into this semester. In particular, bookkeeping in the past has not been timely, and many of our checks from company sponsorships were delayed. However, most of these issues were resolved by the Treasurer working with the Exec team to track down any loose ends. VI. Overall Evaluation We had a very successful semester. We introduced our new capstone STEM outreach event - our Engineering Open House and Overnight Stay program, an event that required coordination of the entire officer corps. Many committees were able to try out new projects, and we made a serious commitment to planning for the future with our new brainstorm sessions - a new series of events to come up with exciting new ideas in the areas of member benefits and student services. We made significant headway in our effort to become an incorporated 501c3 organization. Finally, we had started our "One on Ones", a president-specific projects in which the president meets with every officer individually to discuss their goals and motivation for the semester. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Hamilton Nguyen

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Semester: Fall 2012 Vice President

I. General Description The VPs (VP and Cataloguer) run the Candidate Semester, especially the large candidate events. As the VPs are the public face of TBP to the candidates, at least one VP also attended every candidate event. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The VPs' work is centered on the candidate semester. They ensure that as many candidates as possible initiate by designing fun and entertaining large scale events. III. Organization and Administration In additions to setting the candidate requirements, the VPs directly plan the following events: Envelope Stuffing, Candidate Meeting + 3 General Meetings, 3 Big Socials, 2 Bent Polishings, Packet Turn-Ins 1 & 2, and Banquet. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements All costs are detailed in their respective events project reports. V. Special Problems Bent Buddies took too long to get off the ground, partially because it took too long to match candidates to officers. In the future these should be ready by GM1 (after packet turn in 1). The college delayed giving us the addresses for the candidates, so the physical letteres did not get out on time. This may have contributed to our lower than expected attendance at Candidate Meeting and therefore a smaller than desired candidate class. As always, there were a number of candidates who had difficulty meeting requirements. This is partially due to the changing of the Big Social requirement to be 2/3 by relabeling House Cup as a Big Social. This removed a potential make up event if a candidate happened to miss a meeting. VI. Overall Evaluation The candidate semester went quite well overall. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers:

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Semester: Fall 2012 Recording Secretary

I. General Description The recording secretary is a member of the executive committee who oversees the production of the project report and takes notes at meetings. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP This is a position required by nationals and serves as the official note-taker at the executive and general officer meetings. In addition, the recording secretary produces the project report book that is sent to the nationals. As this was the fall semester, no project report book is generated yet. The following semester's recording secretary will. III. Organization and Administration Notes were taken on a personal laptop belonging to the recording secretary that was brought to all meetings. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements

None. All notes were taken on personal computers.

V. Special Problems The recording secretary had to miss one of the executive meetings because of a midterm. Another person on the executive committee took notes for that meeting. VI. Overall Evaluation A smooth and successful semester for the recording secretary. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Anne Huang

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Semester: Fall 2012 Activities Committee

I. General Description The Activities committee is in charge of planning many fun events throughout the semester as well as getting food for larger events, such as General Meetings and Big Socials. This semester, the Activities Committee planned 10 events, 3 of which was for members only. We fulfill food requests made by other committees of their events. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of the Activities Committee was to provide food and to promote a fun and sociable atmosphere within TBP. The fun events promoted candidate and member bonding and provided candidates with a lasting impression of the joys of being a part of TBP. III. Organization and Administration E-mails were exchanged to brainstorm for events over summer break. The Activities Committee held a large 2-3 hour meeting at the beginning of the semester. At this meeting, we created a general plan for the semester, including a preliminary list of possible events, scheduling, budgeting, and a division of labor. We also planned food for officer retreat on the following weekend. Once the events and event dates were finalized, each event was planned individually by one member of the committee. Assistance with planning these events and any other organization for the events and food took place at the weekly officer meetings. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements The Activities Committee budgeted about $2290 total for supplies and snacks for fun events and meals for the big events. Most events stayed under budget, but a few went slightly over budget by small amounts. Overall, we stayed under our target budget for the semester. V. Special Problems The fifth member of Activities dropped out to focus on his studies and be a Teacher Assistant. Big Social 0, a large social event between TBP officers and PiE Officers, was largely unplanned by Activities but was able to be organized last minute. Oakland A's baseball game had only two participants, most likely due to lack of interest. A member's only event, paintball, was expensive ($30/person) and far away and thus had very low attendance. Rollerskating was canceled due to very low attendance. This could all be

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because of ill timing and a smaller candidate semester. Access to the locker was once again very limited. ESC, despite their promises of key card access, did not fulfill their promise until very late into the semester nor gave access to the Activities Chair once they did. However, since TBP will have more reliable office access in the O'Brien Building, locker access should not be a problem. VI. Overall Evaluation Overall, Activities Committee planning went well this semester. Food for events came in a timely manner. Committees were very good in filling out a food request form. Cooking at retreat also went well and the majority of people seemed to enjoy the two dinners which was Chicken Alfredo with sides and build-your-own burrito. The semester was a success. All of the Activities Committee members worked very hard especially with the lack of the 5th member. Although there some events that had lower attendance, the events were well organized and fun. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Robinson Kuo, David Doan, Cam Bates, Andrew Wingard

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Semester: Fall 2012 E98

I. General Description Engineering 98: The Insider's Guide to Berkeley Engineering is a student-run course that was formerly part of Tau Beta Pi CA-Alpha Chapter and is now organized by a group separate from TBP. The purpose of the course is to teach incoming freshmen engineers the skills necessary to succeed at UC Berkeley as an engineering student. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The E98 officer position in TBP maintains a liaison with the current E98 coordinators and assists in the organization and running of the course. III. Organization and Administration The position entails contacting the past E98 coordinators and and working with the two other E98 coordinators to recruit instructors, schedule rooms, revise lesson plans, and handle administrative tasks (filling out forms, etc). Most of this work was done during the end of the spring semester and all throughout the summer. A lot of effort was put into advertising the class during Cal Day and CalSO in order to have incoming students enroll. During the fall, the E98 position facilitates and supports the course by holding instructor meetings and collecting feedback from students and instructors to improve the course in the future. TBP's Publicity committee helped with advertising for instructor recruitment and student enrollment. TBP's Professional Development committee helped with creating three new lesson plans focused on professional development from writing resumes, attending career fairs, and mock interviews. TBP's Student and Alumni Relations committee provided support in the planning of the Major Madness event, designed for E98 students and undeclared engineering students to talk to representatives from all of the different engineering majors offered at UC Berkeley. Several TBP officers and members were instructors for the course. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $200 from Engineering Student Council for printing costs. V. Special Problems There were some issues with over-enrollment, but we were able to expand some of the class sizes to accommodate for more students. It was also a little difficult to manage all 13 sections where some sections were on different schedules than others due to school

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holidays, but this is unavoidable. VI. Overall Evaluation E98 ran smoothly with a lot of students enrolled in the courses. This Fall 2012, we had around 250 students enroll in the course, which is the highest number in the history of E98. There were 13 sections, a total of 37 instructors, and around 20 students per class. Students seemed to like the new revised lesson plans that were improved to make the class more interactive. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Melissa Milder

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Semester: Fall 2012 Historian Committee

I. General Description The historian committee takes pictures and videos at every TBP event, and also creates slideshows for candidate meeting and banquet. There are four historians in the committee. Every historian is assigned to a house and is responsible for documenting the house in every activity and event. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The main responsibility of the historian committee is to document every TBP event by taking pictures and recording videos. The committee also introduces TBP to the candidates through the slideshow, which gives a general idea of the TBP community. The end of semester slideshow also gives officers, members, and new initiates an opportunity to look back into the semester. III. Organization and Administration The historian committee generally met for the first meeting of every important tasks, such as planning for slideshows, to effectively exchange ideas and bring up questions. Almost all other communication was done via Whatsapp and email. Events coverage is done by assigning events weekly to each historian. At least 1 historian is at every TBP event. All historians were presented at Big events such as Big Social and House Cup. An After Effects tutorial was held by the chair at the beginning of the semester to help the historian committee learn the program, which is the software that the committee uses to create slideshows. Slideshow session was held once for the candidate slideshow to ensure the slideshow can be done in time. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $0 All historians used their own camera and computer. V. Special Problems The sound quality of the interviews in the candidate semester slideshow can be improved by purchasing a microphone for the historians if videos documenting is preferred for later semesters. VI. Overall Evaluation All pictures were uploaded to TBP gallery and videos were uploaded to the TBP Youtube

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channel. 1 candidate meeting slideshow and 1 end of semester slideshow were created by the committee. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Michael Chang, Tracy Margarettha, Ella Putihprayogi pek

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Semester: Fall 2012 House Leaders

I. General Description This semester, in addition to being active at Big Socials, House Cup, and General Meetings, the house leaders held four events for the candidates: Sushigami, Trivia Night, Dodgeball, and a Mafia/Ice Cream social. The first three events had a competitive aspect to them in order to facilitate house bonding. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The House system is meant to provide candidates with a smaller, more fun and informal setting in which to get to know officers and other candidates. As house leaders, we aim to help all the candidates get involved in TBP so they can have the most rewarding experience possible. III. Organization and Administration Each of the four house events was held by two of the houses, so at the beginning of the semester we split up which events we were going to be in charge of and communicated with the other house leaders to work out details. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements The cost of sushi-making materials for Sushigami was about $100. Trivia Night was free, but snacks would have been appreciated. Dodgeball was free (we used the dodgeballs TBP already has). Ice cream was about $10. V. Special Problems There was a lack of applicants for the house leader positions, but luckily four current or former officers accepted the challenge. This position should be advertised better in the future. VI. Overall Evaluation Skylos won the House Cup, but it was agreed that all houses were equally awesome. There was a large amount of positive response from candidates who continue to enjoy the smaller-scale social atmosphere the house system provides. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers:

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Semester: Fall 2012 Industrial Relations Committee

I. General Description Industrial Relations hosted 15 industry infosessions this semester and sold 2 standalone resume books. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To provide students in TBP and the engineering community with exposure to various industry professionals and possible employment opportunities. III. Organization and Administration Approximately 4 hours planning for each infosession. Additional time required for maintaining invoice records, coordinating between committee members, and maintaining followup correspondence with employers. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Food and utensils cost between $150 and $300. This cost is passed on to the company. Total net revenue was $500 per infosession, $200 per standalone resume bank subscription. V. Special Problems For future reference, it is a good idea to check the Career Center and EECS infosession calendars to avoid conflicting with popular campus events. We also want to make sure that we keep internal e-mails internal. VI. Overall Evaluation We were able to fill the quota for infosessions. It has been proposed that a career fair can replace several infosessions as a revenue stream. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Tony Hung, Lawrence Huang, Eric Zhou, Karim Merchant

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Semester: Fall 2012 IT Committee

I. General Description The Fall 2012 IT committee contained three new IT members and two returning members. Its goals, aside from the purpose of the committee, were to educate the new IT members as quickly as possible in order for them to be able to do meaningful work over the semester, to captivate the interest of the members to return to the committee through meaningful projects, to reduce our dependency on our knowledgeable alumni, and to improve the website code as efficiently as possible. Our major projects were the first committee "infocasts", the nationals website redesign, the server relocation, and the start of the code merge project between the PiE and TBP websites. At the beginning of the summer, the server suffered a hard drive crash. Much effort was spent restoring our server from backups, but now the server is set up more robust than before. During the semester, TBP also helped PiE on projects including implementing a new frontend layout of their site and the addition of a django-powered blog. Since members of both groups were often present during code sessions, there was greater TBP-IT bonding than before. This is vital, since both groups work on the same server and it is better to have many knowledgeable people as possible in the event of a failure. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of the IT committee is to maintain and improve the chapter's server. The server houses the website of the chapter and of our sister organizations, our mailing lists, wikis, and various IT tools. III. Organization and Administration During the Summer, weekly "infocasts" took place virtually. The purpose of the infocasts was to educate new IT members about the server, refresh the memories of old IT members, and promote intra-committee bonding. The most common recurring problem with IT is the very steep learning curve required in order to do the job, and the infocasts were designed to help solve this issue. Each week featured a different topic pertaining to the TBP server taught by IT members and alumni. Topics included how to use version control, how to keep the server secure, and how mail servers worked. There were weekly one-hour code sessions throughout the semester, where the committee got together and worked on the website for at least an hour. These code sessions were very

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effective because help could be given to others right away and in person. A 12-hour hackathon took place to kick off the "quark" project, or the code merge between the PiE and TBP websites. This project was started to run our sites more efficiently, since there is a lot of overlapping and redundant code between the two sites. Furthermore, the project also involves a cleanup and rewrite of all our current code. There are a lot of bugs and inefficiencies in our current code. The code will also be rewritten such for that our website framework could easily be used by other TBP chapters in the future. The nationals website project, codenamed "potato", was largely done by IT alumni outside of the committee. A representative from IT went to national convention to present the site redesign. During the semester, we got a nicer room on campus and thus our server needed to be relocated. Our servers were moved across two nights to minimize downtime. However, due to a mislabeling of the ethernet ports in the room, there was over 24 hours of downtime during the move. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems The steep learning curve to be able to be productive in the committee still posed a problem, since it usually takes a semester for a committee member to learn enough information to be able to do projects efficiently. There was also a motivation issue with some members, and a bulk of the work was still done by alumni. VI. Overall Evaluation Recovery from the server crash, successful server move, start of code merge, webcasts, weekly code sessions, one 12-hour hackathon. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Amy Fu, Wes Hunt, Steven DeMartini, Eric Xiao, Jeff Sun

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Semester: Fall 2012 Professional Development Committee

I. General Description The ProDev committee can be seen as having two distinct functions - planning events and providing student services. Past events have included GRE and resume workshops, panels of professors and industry professionals, and 1-on-1 resume critiques. The main service ProDev provides to the student body is resume critiques, which any student can use by sending their resume directly to the committee. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP ProDev exists to help students achieve their professional goals. Many of our events aim to assist industry-focused students in getting a job or internship, and graduate school-bound students in boosting their applications. In addition, we try to hold at least a few events each semester geared toward students who have not yet decided on their future plans. These include workshops to develop soft skills, which can be useful for all students regardless of whether they eventually end up in industry or academia. III. Organization and Administration This semester each committee member was assigned either a large panel or two smaller workshops to plan. Most of these events were news. The committee head was in charge of maintaining relationships with workshop facilitators we worked with in the past, and brought back events that worked well in past semesters. Everyone pitched in to help edit resumes for the resume critique service and the candidate resumes, though similar to previous semesters, due to the high volume of resume requests close to the candidate resume deadline, we enlisted the help of the rest of the officers. The approach was taken in the hopes that the new committee members could come up with new event ideas and take ownership of the new projects. It worked well to some extent, but it might also be a good idea to distribute some more well-established projects to the new officers, and have the chair and any returning officers use their previous experience to come up with new ideas. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements We budgeted $420 for food and guest speaker gifts. Actual cost was slightly less than that, as we were able to cut costs for a few events. V. Special Problems

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The main problem we had this semester was communication between committee members. Originally the plan was to have committee meetings coincide with the weekly officer meetings, but it ended up being that on an average week, half the committee would be unable to make it to the officer meeting. One way to solve this problem in the future would be to find a separate time during the week that all committee members can be available. This time would be used if the committee ever needs to call an emergency meeting. If on a given week the separate meeting is not necessary, then the members of the committee who can make it can just meeting during normal officer meetings for the weekly update. VI. Overall Evaluation Overall, attendees of ProDev events this semester found them to be very helpful. From the results of a survey sent out at the end of the semester, students tended to find the small, interactive workshops to be more informative than the large panels. One possible reason could be that the workshops delved deeply into one specific topic whereas the panels were more like broad surveys. In the future we might want to try and hold more workshops and cut down on the number of panels (but at least keep the Undergraduate Research Panel, which has been well attended and become a staple of ProDev the past few semesters). In general, attendees found the balance of events between industry and graduate school to be either just right or leaning too much toward graduate school. This should be kept in mind when planning the number of events for future semesters. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Melinda Chen, Matt Quan, Shawn Li, Ling Yeung

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Semester: Fall 2012 Publicity Committee

I. General Description The committee organized chalking, created and distributed flyers, updated the newsreel on the TBP homepage, and made Facebook events to publicize infosessions and professional development events that were open to all engineering students on campus. In addition, weekly emails were sent to inform candidates and members of upcoming events, two newsletters were made for candidates, officer trading cards were created and distributed to candidates, and a new tshirt design. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP This semester, the committee worked towards improving traditional and online publicizing for Indrel and Prodev events while maximizing exposure to TBP on Facebook. We also tried to facilitate an environment of easy communication between officers and candidates by changing the trading card system so each card asked candidates to interact with the officer in some way. III. Organization and Administration Weekly emails, Facebook page and event administration, newsreel updating, and flyer distribution were split among the committee members at the beginning of the semester. A couple informal meetings were held to discuss our roles more in detail. During the semester, a Google doc was used for most of our communication, with emails used for more important or time-sensitive messages. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Newsletters cost about $30, flyers totaled about $80, printing trading cards cost about $80, and t-shirts cost $579.03. V. Special Problems For a couple infosessions, communication between Publicity, Indrel, and the company was not very clear, resulting in us receiving an updated flyer the day of the infosession or not getting feedback in a timely manner. Another problem on our end was not making Facebook events early enough, so other student groups were not invited to many of the events. Also, departmental emails were not used as much as they should have been, given that almost all the infosessions were with EECS companies. Since this was the first semester that we tried integrating trading cards with the house system, execution did not go

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as well as planned. VI. Overall Evaluation For the most part, working with Indrel and Prodev went smoothly, which allowed Publicity to do our job. Publicizing for events seemed pretty effective, especially with the increased use of Facebook. We were able to satisfactorily complete our goals, though with what we've learned over the course of the semester, most of the problem areas could have been improved upon with better planning. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Matthew Fong, Tammie Kuo, George Yiu, Vivian Shen

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Semester: Fall 2012 Service Committee

I. General Description The service committee organized a variety of community service events for TBP, aimed toward both candidate and member involvement while fulfilling service to the community at large. In addition, to recreating many tradiditonal events, such as the Strawberry Creek clean up, we also invigorated former engineering outreach events, like Engineering Open House, with new ones, like Overnight Stay program. In order to achieve this, we invited a previous TBP member, who has never been an officer, to be a Service committee officer for the extra help. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP As in previous semesters, service events attempted to provide a venue at which candidates can simultaneously bond and better the community. This semester we attempted to focus more on outreach toward the engineering community. To accomplish this, we focused on developing our Engineering Open House (EOH) program, adding an Overnight Host Program (OHP) while expanding collaborations with PiE. III. Organization and Administration The first month of the semester was spent contacting local service agencies and arranging service events. Each member was assigned one or two events to plan and see through to completion. The bulk of the semester was spent organizing EOH and OHP. A timeline was created and utilized with relative success. Although much care was invested into planning EOH and OHP, we did not neglect our duties to allow candidates to fulfill Service requirements. We brought back many traditional events as well as provide new ones, manifested in collaborative projects with Pioneers in Engineering. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Costs for the semester were relatively minimal, with the main expenses falling on food costs for EOH and OHP, which were subsidized by TBP. V. Special Problems Candidates seemed to have significant problems completing their service requirements, due to some unfortunate event timings. In addition, the increased focus on engineering resulted in fewer opportunities for "easy" service events.

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Whatever the reasons, too much of the planning for EOH and OHP was left to the final weeks before the event. Furthermore, the timing of the actual event left much to be desired, with many awkward empty times. VI. Overall Evaluation Overall, the semester was successful. Candidates were able to finish their requirements and made significant contributions to the Berkeley campus and environment Also, EOH/OHP was enormously successful in providing a close-to-college experience to its participants, as evidenced by the positive feedback. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Robert Luan, Robert Tang-kong, Dennis Wai, Henry Pham

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Semester: Fall 2012 Student and Alumni Relations Committee

I. General Description The Student and Alumni Relations committee is responsible for maintaining our relationships with other student groups as well as our alumni. This semester, we put on one event with the SJSU chapter, the (little) Big Game with Stanford, 3 events with alumni, and 4 intersocietal events. We maintain our relationship with the Engineering Student Council and are responsible for maintaining our student services. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The STARs committee maintains external relations with other student groups and internal relations with our alumni. Our alumni have experiences that can really help our younger members, and it is our job to encourage them to share their knowledge. Our interactions with other student groups affect our public image, and it is important to continue to show that we are a professional organization. III. Organization and Administration We put on 15 official Tau Beta Pi events along with numerous events in collaboration with other student groups (e.g. Major Madness with E98). We had several meetings in the beginning of the semester to brainstorm event ideas, finalize event ideas, and establish dates for events. Then throughout the semester, each committee member planned and executed their events. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements We originally budgeted for $1,170 but STARs attempted to reduce the number of fun events after the semester began. AS a result, STARs theoretically had a budget of $590. V. Special Problems For Dave & Busters, we booked a party room (like banquet) which cost us a lot of money. Next time, just have everybody go separately and try to get tables close to each other. Our alumni attendance was much better this semester as we have a lot more of alumni who are in the area (just graduated) but did not see many older attendees. Some events had poor attendance that may have been due to timing and lack of publicity at candidate events. VI. Overall Evaluation

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We began cleaning up and renovating our testbank this semester. The blacklist has been firmly established and STARs has resumed maintenance. Over winterbreak, we plan on further renovating the testbank to remove improper or repeat tests. The events we hosted were very fun and enjoyable. We a few of the events subsidized by ESC! We continued hosting certain events with student groups and possibly may have started traditions. In the future, we may consider planning more inter-chapter events with SJSU and SFSU. The semester was a great success! List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Melissa Milder, Alex Tang, Vicki Ni, Michael Suey, Nitish Padmanaban, Nate Bailey

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Semester: Spring 2013 President

I. General Description The role of the president is to run the chapter and oversee all committees with a pre-planned vision in mind. The TBP officer corps is made up of a number of different committees and positions, and it is the president's job to ensure that everyone is aware of their jobs and responsibilities. The president must also ensure that each officer has everything they need to perform their duties. The president also leads both the weekly executive and officer meetings and officer bonding events. Finally, the president is the representative of TBP to the rest of Berkeley community including other student groups and the College of Engineering. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The President is the voice of the chapter. The President sets a tone for the organization, motivates officers to stay committed and focused in their roles and most of all acts as a visionary leader. In compliance to the vision set by the President after discussion with the past execs, active alumni and new set of execs, goals for the semester are set and conveyed to officers. The President must also keep in mind not just the chapter’s advances but also pay attention to every individual’s growth as a leader. The president is responsible for all chapter-wide issues and needs to remain up-to-date with all issues at hand so ensure quick and effective decision making. Lastly, the President must be approachable at all times and have resources for all the officers if not the solution for their problems. III. Organization and Administration Planning began during winter break with analyzing the previous semesters and figuring out a goal for the end of the semester. Retreat planning also began over winter as well as communication with committee chairs encouraging them to generate a set of goals and offering suggestions. During the semester, organization involved planning agendas for exec meeting and officer meetings. 501c(3) related meetings were also planned along side. There are a number of required submissions to Nationals that the president is ultimately responsible for, and he or she should be careful to keep their deadlines in mind throughout the semester. Finally, the president also has a number of miscellaneous logistical responsibilities during the semester. This includes submitting information to University administration, room reservations for meetings, maintaining the meeting agenda pages, communicating regularly

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with the officers and members mailing lists, and fulfilling his or her role as a student group signatory. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $35 was spent on Thank You cards. $50 was spend on various officer Bonding Events. $75 was spent on food for the Advisory Board Meeting. $70 was spent on Senior gifts and $20 was spent on cap decoration material. V. Special Problems One of the biggest problems of the semester was issues with receiving Honors List for candidates. This was discussed with Chapter Advisers and D-15 Directors and crisis was averted. Apart from that, some issues rose at the end of the semester about decisions made by execs regarding PiE, which was cleared after some effective communication through a meeting. Apart from that, there were problems specific to committees throughout the semester which was worked out quite easily. VI. Overall Evaluation It was a good semester with great improvements in various committees. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Pritha Hait

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Semester: Spring 2013 Vice President

I. General Description The Vice Presidents (technically Vice President and Cataloger) are responsible for making sure that the Candidate Semester runs smoothly, including coordinating the large candidate events (General Meetings, Big Socials, Bent Polishings, and Banquet). As part of this, they also coordinate the House Leaders and, as of this semester, oversee the House Project. They are also members of the Executive Team, and assist the President in overseeing the chapter's operations. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The main purpose of the Vice Presidents are to ensure that as many candidates as possible initiate, and that they all have a great experience so that they may continue to contribute to Tau Beta Pi in the future. III. Organization and Administration The VPs organize the following events over the course of the semester: Envelope Stuffing, Candidate Meeting + 3 General Meetings, 3 Big Socials, 2 Bent Polishings, Packet Turn-Ins 1 & 2, and Banquet. In addition they plan the candidate requirements, create the Candidate Packet, and set the rules and guidelines for the semester's House Project. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements The costs for each event are detailed in their respective project reports. The Vice Presidents entailed no other costs. V. Special Problems The VPs did not face too many problems this semester. Enough organization was done over the break and at the beginning of the semester so that there wasn't too much last-minute scrambling. The House Project went relatively well for its first attempt at implementation. All houses were able to finish roller coasters in time for House Cup, and they were all quite good. There were issues with things not being thought out all the way through, but with improvement in those areas it should be very strong. Additionally, the VPs faced a few problems with candidates who were not that good at fulfilling their requirements promptly. In the future, being more strict and firm about who is able to initiate could be helpful.

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VI. Overall Evaluation The candidate semester went quite well overall. 68 new candidates initiated, and a huge number of them ran for officer positions for the Fall, which indicates that they had a good experience with TBP as a candidate. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Vivian Shen, Nate Bailey

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Semester: Spring 2013 Recording Secretary

I. General Description The recording secretary is a member of the executive committee who oversees the production of the project report and takes notes at meetings. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP This is a position required by nationals and serves as the official note-taker at the executive and general officer meetings. In addition, the recording secretary produces the end-of-year project report book that is sent to the nationals during the spring semester. III. Organization and Administration Notes and attendance were taken during executive meetings and officer meetings. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems It is hard to get people to finish up their project reports, which is needed for the project report book. VI. Overall Evaluation A smooth and successful semester for the recording secretary. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Tony Hung

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Semester: Spring 2013 Corresponding Secretary

I. General Description The Corresponding Secretary (CSec) acts as the interface between the California Alpha chapter and the Tau Beta Pi national organization. He or she is responsible for handing all paperwork and communication in line with Nationals and for serving on the chapter's Executive Committee. CSec is a year long position starting in the fall semester and continuing through the spring. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of this position is to facilitate communication between the California Alpha chapter and the national organization. This involves submitting all required paperwork on time and reaching out if there are any unexpected problems. III. Organization and Administration The main tasks of this position are outlined on the chapter's wiki and National's web system. Any confusion can be easily resolved by communication with older officers and Nationals. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Now that paper Catalog Cards are no longer required, shipping costs have decreased dramatically. The total cost of this position is now the equivalent of about 2 to 3 stamps per semester. V. Special Problems Due to a recent change in policy by the university, we were not able to attain the necessary information on eligible students required for the Report of Eligibility. After working with the Director of Engineering Student Services at UC Berkeley and a number of people at the Tau Beta Pi National level, we were able to reach an acceptable compromise and provide a limited amount of voluntarily provided information, but a long term solution has yet to have been discovered. VI. Overall Evaluation All reports were submitted on time, leading to the successful initiation of 44 new members in the fall and 69 new members in the spring! List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 362 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Tau Beta Pi Officers: Katie Mclaughlin

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Semester: Spring 2013 Treasurer

I. General Description The Treasurer manages the finances of the chapter. He or She needs to ensure that all money that is disbursed to committees is properly spent, and that all the money from events and infosessions are properly accounted for. In addition, the treasurer manages the PiE account funds, and disburses money when needed. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP This position is mandated by nationals to serve as part of the executive team. This year we aimed to become a 501c3 status organization such that we were allowed to claim a tax-free deductions when talking to companies to host infosessions with us. This would also allow us to worry less about income from non-member sources which may play pivotal in the years to come. III. Organization and Administration We mainly organized the money through a cash box which served as the repository. Receipts were issued to candidates over the semester which served also as a log of what we received from them. We set up an online google form for members to submit reimbursement requests, which facilitated a much quicker system. Currently, the application to become an incorporation is in progress, while the 501(c)3 bylaw for the incorporation is being drafted. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems Reimbursements do not have much issue. Regarding 501(c)3 application, we spent a lot of time looking into free ways to get advice on 501c3 incorporation and therefore were not able to get it in on time. In the Fall we spent alot of time with the Boalt law school practicum program, but in the Spring we decided to take the matters into our own hand and applied for the non-profit status independently. VI. Overall Evaluation Overall, as TBP has been relatively stable and the economy has picked up, our financial situation is in fair shape. However, since there are holes in our reporting still, we need to

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make sure to have a complete record of money coming in and out of our accounts. Much work will need to be done in the future to ensure that we attain 501c3 status soon and that all the money is accounted for properly. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Boss Nuntaworanuch

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Semester: Spring 2013 Activities

I. General Description The Activities committee is responsible for various fun activities and getting food for the various events that are held within TBP. You will provide the Google doc for other members to use when they need assistance getting food. This was also the first time we integrated Stars inter-society events under Activities. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To complete some of the candidates free electives and to provide food for events. III. Organization and Administration When planning an event, always plan ahead and try to think of all the essential items. Remember to bring forks, plates, napkins, various utensils. When you need to plan a costco trip, try to establish a date in your committee meeting and then send a reminder the day before as you will need several members to help. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements I have attached the excel document of this semester's costs. We had gone a little over as no committee member had access to a car so we had to use zipcar, and more than expected. Cookies and doughnuts required an hour-long reservation sometimes. Transportation is a big problem when no one has a car. V. Special Problems As I had said before, the biggest problem this semester was the lack of transportation. Zipcar was always a means of resolving this, but I had hesitated to use it due to money. Another note is that I had used text messages a lot, but emails are a preferred method of communication as other members can see the conversations and key in. VI. Overall Evaluation The end result was fairly standard, there were no significant problems with the semester and the STARS events were easy to handle. Good luck. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Andrew Wingard, Yike Qin, Brandon Sie, Daisuke Kazama, Kevin Cho

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Semester: Spring 2013 E98

I. General Description The goals for this semester were to get a feel for what exactly the E98 coordinators do, and then accomplish the necessary objectives in order to make sure E98 runs smoothly in the fall. More specifically, this semester, we needed to start the DeCal paper work, and recruit instructors to teach the class, which were both successfully done. The reason we had to do that this semester was because this is part of the timetable to run E 98. In terms of recruiting instructors, we had to make fliers, and hand them out to people. We also had to email various organizations asking for people to apply. Once people applied, we then interviewed them, and then chose who to accept, etc. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of the E98 committee is to make sure E98 decal, called "The Insider's Guide to Berkeley Engineering" is running smoothly. The decal gives new Berkeley Engineers the tips, the tools, and the resources that are necessary to do well in Berkeley engineering. Another purpose is to manage the relations between Tau Beta Pi and the other E98 coordinators. III. Organization and Administration Since I'm the only officer in Tau Beta Pi who has this position, I did all of the work for the position in that sense. In reality though, I had two non-TBP members (the other E98 coordinators) help me with making fliers, handing them out, and asking organizations to ask their members to apply to be an instructor. We then all participated equally in interviewing the applicants, and deciding who should be instructors. Once this was done, one of the coordinators planned the social, and the other one got the food. Meanwhile, I dealt with the Decal paper work, and with finding a new faculty facilitator. Once I asked Gronsky and he agreed to do it, I then helped him sign all of the necessary paperwork. In other words, all of the coordinators (including myself), contributed equally to the success of this venture. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements We spent approximately 50 dollars for candy for the first instructor social. This was given to us from the ESC, but with a bit of struggle. The president (Anthony Mendoza) would

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not give us the money initially because we were a class, not a student organization. However, after talking to TBP about it, we got it straightened out, and received monies accordingly. V. Special Problems First, our website made via google went down because the administrator of the website closed the website down. Although we tried tracking down the administrator of the website and asking them to reinstate it, it was to no avail, for it was administered by someone several generations back, and we had lost contact with them. The reason why this was crucial was because it could have been used to allow potential instructors to apply via online. To get around this, we just created a google doc website thing and it all worked out. Our next problem was that faculty facilitators can now only facilitate one decal a semester. This meant that our previous faculty facilitator, Professor Lieu, was out of question, because he already does the archery decal. So, we had to find a new faculty facilitator, and we did. This really isn't a problem, but a mistake we made was not BCC'ing the applicants who got rejected. This means that they could tell who got rejected. Hopefully, this wasn't that big of an issue. VI. Overall Evaluation We had a record number of people apply to become E98 instructors, and as a result, we have a record number of instructors as well. We acquired a new faculty facilitator, Professor Gronsky, and are hoping to recruit a record number of freshmen as well to our class this summer. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Marc Zajac

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Semester: Spring 2013 Historian Committee

I. General Description Traditionally, the historian committee's main responsibility has been documenting our chapter's history, primarily through taking photos and uploading them to our gallery. This semester's committee however, made a significant effort to branch out into new projects. We produced videos for our Candidate and General Meetings, for our end of semester banquet, and for Engineering 4 Kids Day and Engineering Open House - two of our biggest community outreach projects. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP Each of these videos serves to make the event more fun, build our chapter's image, and also act as an extended project that many officers can get involved in. One of our goals in making these videos is to deliver professional quality production. At the same time, the videos are entertaining and fun, to get people (both outside of and within TBP) excited about our chapter. III. Organization and Administration Most of our productions had to be planned out at least a week in advance. Our two biggest productions - the videos for the Candidate Meeting and end of semester banquet - were planned out several weeks in advance. We used plenty of documentation to keep track of what needed to be shot, who needed to be present, and what locations were to be used. At the same time, because of the number of new projects we were undertaking, we made an effort to document what we learned in order to pass down the knowledge to the next set of historians. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems This semester the historian committee took on a number of entirely new projects, so there were bound to be hiccups along the way. Most issues were due to lack of sufficient planning ahead of time, resulting in last minute rescheduling of filming and sometimes rushed post-production. Additionally, because our efforts were now much more spread out between a number of projects, historian presence at regular TBP events was lower than past semesters. This also led to an overall decline in number of photos posted to our gallery this semester. Future committees will have to determine the best way to divide up the

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effort. VI. Overall Evaluation Overall, the newly revamped historian committee was a success. Both TBP officers/members/candidates and engineering students of other groups enjoyed our productions and there is plenty of excitement for future historian potential. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Hamilton Nguyen, Zoey Huang, Pius Lau, Tracy Margarettha

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Semester: Spring 2013 House Leaders

I. General Description There were four house leaders this semester, one assigned to lead each house of candidates. This semester, for the first time, a major part of the TBP candidate semester included individual house projects that each house would compete against one another. Along with the Vice Presidents, the house leaders helped design this project, which was to build a roller coaster, and coordinated worksessions to get the projects done. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The job of the house leader is to interface with a smaller group of candidates to get to know them on a better level and to help them further enjoy their semester joining TBP. Through this position, we sought to facilitate interactions between the candidates so that they could also get to know one another and form a sense of comradery and house bonding. As house leaders, we also vie to lead our house to victory and to win the house cup at the end of the semester, showing that our house was the best. III. Organization and Administration At the beginning of the semester, the house leaders met with the VPs to discuss the house projects and decide on the goals and scope of the project. After that, each house leader acted separately to coordinate their worksessions and send out emails to their houses. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements $100 budget for each roller coaster. V. Special Problems There were a few issues that arose from the house projects, as mentioned in each of the house worksession project reports. As this was the first semester implementing such a project, these problems served as a great learning experience to build off of for future semesters. VI. Overall Evaluation Overall this semester, the house system ran very smoothly and candidates really seemed to enjoy both the house projects and participating in house events in general. In addition to the worksessions, house leaders led their houses at several competitive and non-competitive events throughout the semester, including the Big Social events (Amazing

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Race and Easter Egg Hunt), House Cup, and General Meetings. We really feel that the house leaders this semester got to know their candidates well and were able to show them how awesome TBP is. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Larissa Korach, Paul Drazin, Melissa Milder, Tammie Kuo

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Semester: Spring 2013 Industrial Relations Committee

I. General Description Indrel is TBP's face to the corporate world. We represent TBP CA-A to any company looking to get more involved on campus. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP To provide TBP members and CoE students in general with networking and exposure to engineering companies while also providing funding to the chapter. III. Organization and Administration Companies were assigned to each member to contact. Any response of interest would be handled by that point person, including room reservation and food ordering. Once again, TBP volunteered for the Cal Career Fair and once again they greatly overstated their volunteer needs. However, we continue to work with them as it leads to good company contacts (including the Texas Instruments infosession later in the semester).

IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements All food costs payed by companies. Donations: $500x8 Infosessions $250x1 Resume Book Subscriptions $250 Boeing Resume Workshop $500 ESC career fair $200 CalDay Welcome Breakfast Total $5200 received V. Special Problems There were a large number of ILP infosession cancellations this semester, and as a result we were only able to get two such infosessions. In the future we need to work more closely with the ILP department, as they are a great way to get to know more companies. There was a also a noticeable lack of interest in infosessions this semester, as many companies had already completed recruiting. This was unusual, even for the spring. Further, EECS companies dominated the slate (once again). It is unclear how to remedy this, as these companies seem to have much larger recruiting budgets. Prithvi also disappeared after the semester began, and did not answer emails or texts. I did not even see him on campus. VI. Overall Evaluation Overall I would have like to have seen another 4 infosessions this semester, as 12 is

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normally a good target. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Erik Bertelli, Robinson Kuo, Stephanie Su, Lawrence Huang, Prithvi Bomdica

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Semester: Spring 2013 IT Committee

I. General Description The IT committee exists to maintain and improve the website and server and support the officer corp. This semester involved more progress on a new website design (from scratch, front- and back-end) and some bug fixes and minor improvements for the current website. The IT committee also held a hackathon event amongst its officers to make further progress. There were no major setbacks or difficulties this semester, though some administrative difficulties arose in terms of determining the degree of separation between TBP and PiE IT committees and code. A major improvement this semester was renewed interest in the IT committee. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP IT's job every semester is to ensure that the server and website run smoothly, that things are repaired when they break, and that website is improved to make the lives of other officers easier. The projected goal this semester was to work on the new website rewrite, as well as taking care of any issues that current officers brought up. III. Organization and Administration During the winter break between the Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 semester, we held regular weekly meetings via webcam. The meetings helped bring new IT officers up to speed, keep the committee on track, figure out projects for IT members, and facilitate so that IT officers could help each other when questions came up. During the Spring 2013, IT met weekly after the TBP Officer Meetings to work on coding together. There was still some help from IT alumni for TBP. They wrote some code during the winter break (as well as a few small patches during the semester). Mostly, they facilitated code review and approval, taking some load off of the Spring 2013 IT chair. An hackathon was held toward the end of the semester at which all but one current IT officer attended to work together on the new website. Lasting approximately 10 hours, the hackathon was a great way to boost progress. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements None V. Special Problems

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As usual, there is a reasonably steep learning curve for working on IT. Additionally, some IT officers ended up being more busy with school than they anticipated and were unable to help as much as they would have liked. Because much of IT work was focused on rewriting the site from scratch for a new open-sourced version, not very much of the current site was improved or modified. Consequently, the live website underwent little change and few bug-fixes were made. In addition, the IT committee had hoped to launch the new website during Spring 2013, but due to the enormity of the task, the new website is still in development. Although it was decided during Fall 2012 that the TBP and PiE website backends should be merged, it was essentially agreed upon near the end of Spring 2013 that splitting the repositories is not ideal. The reasons included making the repository for the TBP open-sourced website more confusing and convoluted, the membership of TBP and PiE officers/members becoming very distinct, and the minimal interaction between PiE and TBP IT (on IT projects or otherwise). There were few problems with the server or downtime this semester. There was a power outage in the building housing the server one weekend, but it did not cause any significant problems or setbacks. VI. Overall Evaluation Significant progress was made on the new website backend. There is also a decent front-end design currently in the works, which is being used to test and view the current site. Successful IT hackathon held. There was also renewed interest in the IT committee this semester. Some of the IT officers took the initiative to attend more events than past IT officers and in doing so, talked with numerous candidates (and other members) about how fun and worthwhile serving on the IT committee can be. One candidate (since elected to an IT officer position for next semester) even attended an IT meeting and the hackathon, as well as worked on his own time, to help with ht new website front-end design. At elections, more people ran for an IT officer position than any other position. Because not all people who wanted to officers could be elected, a few members who are not officially IT officers will be helping out as well. The coming semester should see an increase in productivity due to such renewed interest and additional support. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Steven DeMartini, Nitish Padmanaban, Atsu Kakitani, Giovanni Gajudo, Eric Wang

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Semester: Spring 2013 Professional Development Committee

I. General Description This semester our goals were to start on several new projects while still maintaining our old ones. We started a brand new event, the Cultural Awareness Workshop, teaching students how to be more conscientious of different cultures. We also established a relationship with Boeing, co-hosting a resume workshop and a mock interview session. In terms of non-event projects, we started our own Peer Mock Interview service, in which any student can fill out a form on our website and request to have a mock interview with an older student. On the internal side, we started a candidate-officer mentor-ship program called "Bent Buddies". This was aimed at increasing officer-candidate interaction and providing a source of advice for candidates both academically and professionally. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The purpose of the Professional Development Committee is to provide professionally focused events and services to the campus community. Events include graduate school workshops, internship panels, 1-on-1 resume critiques, etc. Current services provided are online resume critiques and peer mock interviews. III. Organization and Administration This semester we decided to split up responsibilities with each committee member taking charge of organization for 2-3 events. A few of our larger events were assigned to multiple people. For resume critiques, we continued to use the random assignment of committee members through the website to split up member resume submissions. For external resume submissions, we did not establish any official protocol, but just had committee members volunteer to critique resumes whenever they had time. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements We budgeted $510 for all the events we planned to have at the beginning of the semester. We ended up holding an extra event, the Cultural Awareness Workshop, for which we had to allocate additional funds. However, we also received external funding from the Engineering Student Council Financial Committee (total of $350), so we were still able to stay under budget in terms of actual expenses for the chapter. V. Special Problems Most of the problems we encountered this semester were, not surprisingly, from our new

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projects. After launching our Peer Mock Interview service, we did not receive any requests for mock interviews all semester. Seeing as this is a new service, we should make efforts to increase publicity on this front, advertising the service along with our other older services. For the Bent Buddies program, although some mentor-mentee pairs found the match to be great, other pairs were not able to establish as strong of a relationship. There were various reasons for this, from differing academic priorities to personalities that simply did not fit well together. More thought will need to be put into this program to decide how best to match mentors and mentees. VI. Overall Evaluation Overall we had great success with this semester's professional development events. Similar to last semester, the favorite seemed to be the 1-on-1 Resume Critiques with the Cultural Awareness Workshop coming in a close second. Every member of this committee contributed a significant amount to projects both old and new this semester. We had an excellent team, and as such, a rare opportunity to implement many new ideas with some degree of success. There is still a lot of improvement to be made on certain projects, but the groundwork has been laid, and hopefully future committees will be able to continue building on them. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Melinda Chen, Eric Xiao, Peter Su, Kevin Chan, Peng Tieng

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Semester: Spring 2013 Publicity Committee

I. General Description The committee's responsibility was to update the newsreel, send out weekly emails of upcoming events, organize chalking for infosessions and other TBP events, create trading cards, and order and sell TBP T-shirts II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP This semester, we improved upon the way trading cards were accounted for. We also tried to clear out the shirts in inventory as well as sold new TBP neon shirts. III. Organization and Administration The responsibilities of the Publicity committee were split between committee members at the beginning of the semester. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Flyers: $60 Trading Cards: $80 T-Shirts: $500 V. Special Problems For the most part, things went smoothly. The committee consisted mostly of first time officers, so it was difficult at times to get things going. Eventually, a good rhythm was established. VI. Overall Evaluation The trading cards turned out great, and the t-shirts (thanks to Vicki) were also a huge success. Indrel was really on top of things, which made publicizing easier. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Vicki Ni, Eric Yu, Hunjoo Kim, Pranjali Beri

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Semester: Spring 2013 Service Committee

I. General Description This semester's service committee focused on providing outreach events for TBP candidates to participate in, as well as growing and expanding the Engineering Open House and Overnight Host Programs. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The Service committee is dedicated to outreach related events, the realms of both community service and engineering related outreach. III. Organization and Administration In addition to weekly officer meetings, weekly service committee meetings were also held to help plan and organize events. The first two months were purposed toward organizing the general service events, such as Alameda Wildlife Restoration and Path Restoration events. The remainder of the semester was devoted entirely toward EoH and OHP. Various groups and professors were contacted to help plan events. IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements Costs were minimal, mostly food related and subsidized by ESC. The largest expenses were the Open House and Overnight Host Programs. V. Special Problems The semester suffered from a case of general timing issues, as is becoming typical of semesters involving EOH/OHP. The set of general service events took longer than expected due to unresponsive groups. Much of the committee was extremely busy near the end of the semester, which made planning of EOH/OHP very hectic and somewhat rushed. Furthermore initial events involving PiE went somewhat poorly, with candidates having very little to do. It was determined that PiE as an organization was not in such dire need of TBP's candidate support as in past semesters and TBP-PiE service involvement should be reconsidered. VI. Overall Evaluation Overall the semester went well, with candidates definitely enjoying service events, which

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came together in the end thanks to the collective efforts of the entire committee. With more proactive planning of larger events the semester should go much more smoothly. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Robert Tang-kong, Henry Pham, Andrea Dickey, Joe Jankowski, Steve Yadlowsky

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Semester: Spring 2013 Student and Alumni Relations Committee

I. General Description The Student and Alumni Relations is responsible for maintaining Tau Beta Pi's student services as well organizing alumni and some of the intersocietal events. II. Purpose & Relationship to Objectives of TBP The STARS committee is one of TBP's external links to other engineering organizations and groups, including the Engineering Student Council and CA-Alpha alumni. In addition, STARS maintains student services such as the exam file database, which is an important tools for recruiting and increasing awareness of Tau Beta Pi on UC Berkeley's campus. III. Organization and Administration This semester, STARS hosted 7 events for candidates in addition to a series of "Cookie Supports" in which we gave away cookies to engineering students after their midterms. STARS also took care of many smaller external activities such as organizing TBP's participation in the E-Week Carnival and Cal Day. We received support from House Leader Larissa Korach to help with hosting Alumni Beer Tasting and River Float. Each member of STARS were responsible for the following events: Michael - E4K Aaron - Engineering Sports Night, Finals Study Room Cam - Engineering CTF, Karaoke (Co-Hosted with Activities Committee) Matthew - Alumni Mixer & Potluck, Faculty Dinner

IV. Cost and Personnel Requirements STARS initially requested a budget of $1030 for the semester. The actual cost for STARS events ended up being approximately $515. V. Special Problems Communication was the biggest issue this semester. With STARS Chair Michael unable to make any of the officer meetings, the typically form of committee communication broke down and most communication between the committee was done solely over email. It was difficult to collaborate within the committee and event planning became a very independent process. In addition, we set many goals at the beginning of the semester in terms of working on a big project and made very little progress on them. When trying to start a new project it is

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hard to keep people motivated and moving to a goal when there is lots of flexibility and no deadlines to meet. As a result, improvements to the exam files and any potential start to the syllabi database were not achieved this semester. This was partially due to IT's heavy workload and the desire to not add anything significant to it. VI. Overall Evaluation All events that STARS hosted this semester ended up being successful and were well-attended. Maintenance on the exam files did not progress much over the semester, but will start again this summer. Reaching out to alumni is still an issue as we get mostly the same alumni to come out to events and are unable to reach out to those that don't live in the Bay Area. Overall, the status quo was maintained, but no real new things came out of the STARS committee this semester. List of Participants: Tau Beta Pi Officers: Michael Suey, Matt Quan, Aaron Wienkers, Cam Bates

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Membership Timeline Summary: Fall 2012 Date of Initiation: November 30, 2012 Total Number of Members at Start of Fall 2012: 146 Total Number of Electees at Start of Fall 2012: 52 Total Number of Initiates at Fall 2012: 44

Initiates Participation (out of 79 possible) Name # of Projects Name # of Projects Pranjali Beri 20 Nisha Mair 15 Caleb Boyd 13 Maxwell Mileck 14 Kevin Chan 26 Mara Minner 15 Karen Cheng 13 Jyoti Narayanswami 14 Kevin Cho 15 Dylan Paddock 16 Moonsoo Choi 13 Yike Qin 18 Yunsie Chung 16 Shaya Shahsavarani 15 Robert Claus 17 Peng Tieng 16 Huiyuan Dai 16 Miltiadis Vratimos 14 Kelan Dammers 14 Nolan Wagener 17 Andrea Dickey 17 Eric Wang 18 Xingchen Fan 15 Jonathan Wang 15 Gio Gajudo 14 Dodge Williams 16 Ivan Gozali 16 Sio Wong 15 John Her 16 Steven Yadlowsky 16 Chih Hu 15 Kevin Yeun 14 Joseph Jankowski 17 Eric Yu 18 Atsunori Kakitani 16 Marc Zajac 15 Eric Katz 12 Alicia Zecherle 14 Daisuke Kazama 13 Shuqun Zhang 17 Hunjoo Kim 15 Jiaxi Zhu 15 Jonathan Kim 15

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Officer Participation (out of 79 possible) Name # of Projects Name # of Projects Nathaniel Bailey 39 Karim Merchant 10 Cameron Bates 19 Melissa Milder 14 Erik Bertelli 42 Hamilton Nguyen 37 Michael Chang 35 Vicki Ni 24 Melinda Chen 39 Nattaworn Nuntaworanuch 21 Steven DeMartini 14 Nitish Padmanaban 23 David Doan 14 Henry Pham 11 Paul Drazin 32 Ella Pek 21 Matthew Fong 9 Matthew Quan 22 Amy Fu 11 Vivian Shen 38 Pritha Hait 50 Stephanie Su 32 Zachary Hargreaves 2 Michael Suey 12 Lawrence Huang 20 Jeff Sun 4 Yin Huang 9 Alexander Tang 11 Yu-kao Hung 32 Robert Tang-kong 29 Wesley Hunt 3 Dennis Wai 23 Robinson Kuo 37 Philip Wingard 21 Tammie Kuo 33 Eric Xiao 12 Shen Li 8 Joy Yeh 6 Robert Luan 13 Ling Yeung 8 Tracy Margarettha 22 George Yiu 12 Katharina Mclaughlin 26 Eric Zhou 7

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 385 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Member Participation (out of 79 possible) Name # of Projects Name # of Projects Caleb Alexander 1 Drew Latzke 2 Louisa Avellar 1 Andrew Lee 2 Ran Bi 1 Walter Li 1 Austin Bly 1 William Li 10 Haiyang Chen 1 Albert Lu 1 Joanna Chen 1 Andy Mohapatra 1 Brian Chin 2 Peter Nakamoto 6 Amanda Chou 2 Maxwell Nuyens 1 Aloni Cohen 2 Christian Olinger 3 Kevin Davis 1 Jared Porter 2 Nathan Ellebracht 1 Steven Rhodes 1 Charles Fang 3 Sebastian Ruf 27 Xiao-Yu Fu 1 RJ Shepherd 3 Han Givens 4 Matthew Turner 3 Kevin Haninger 3 William Wheeler 6 Christian Heckman 1 Or Weizman 2 Ian Herbert 1 Aaron Wienkers 5 Andy Hoac 2 Raymond Yang 1 Zoey Huang 3 Aditya Yellapragada 4 Ryan Julian 1 Joy Yeh 6 Larissa Korach 15 Lina Zhu 6

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 386 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Membership Timeline Summary: Spring 2013 Date of Initiation: May 3, 2013 Total Number of Members at Start of Spring 2013: 225 Total Number of Electees at Start of Spring 2013: 73 Total Number of Initiates at Spring 2013: 69

Initiates Participation (out of 71 possible) Name # of Projects Name # of Projects Vaibhav Agarwal 16 Emily Lutz 17 Jonathan Allen 16 Roshena Macpherson 18 Felicia Angesti 20 Don Mai 16 Michael Chen 18 Nathaniel Mailoa 17 Jerry Cheng 20 Kunal Marwaha 17 Anita Cheung 21 Sahar Mesri 15 Halbert Chong 17 Adithyavairava Murali 18 Alexander Chu 16 Varun Naik 16 Fei Ding 16 Dante Natoli 17 Chuqiao Dong 16 Shir Nehama 19 Ivan Fok 15 Jingyu Oh 16 Michael Forsuelo 16 Yoobin Oh 15 Songqi Gao 15 Robert Ou 16 Garachtchenk Anna o 19 Ki Park 23 Noah Goldman 16 Jian Qiao 14 Ena Hariyoshi 17 Kristine Rezai 18 Jackson Hendershott 14 Andrew Richard 16 Byron Ho 16 Alexander Runke 19 Jia Ho 16 Andrew Sabour 16 Lucy Hu 16 Brandon Sie 5 Joseph Hui 20 Davina Smith 17 Wing Hung 16 Lev Tauz 15 Sagar Karandikar 17 Martin Thompson 17 Kevin Korner 17 Ashley Tsai 16 Makoto Lalwani 16 Michael Tsang 15 Hin Lee 14 Allison Vuong 14 Allen Li 16 Weier Wan 17 Jack Li 16 Bryan Wang 17 Lulu Li 15 Daniel Weeks 15 Elise Lim 15 Chaoran Yu 16 Albert Lin 15 Chenghao Yuan 19 Ian Lin 16 Jiahong Zhang 17 Minchao Lin 16 Jingyu Zheng 16 David Liu 17 Yuelin Zheng 14 Daniel Lu 16 Emily Lutz 17

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 387 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Officer Participation (out of 71 possible) Name # of Projects Name # of Projects Nathaniel Bailey 67 Tracy Margarettha 18 Cameron Bates 19 Katharina Mclaughlin 22 Pranjali Beri 10 Melissa Milder 13 Erik Bertelli 45 Hamilton Nguyen 51 Prithvi Bomdica 2 Vicki Ni 22 Kevin Chan 40 Nattaworn Nuntaworanuch 18 Melinda Chen 37 Nitish Padmanaban 16 Kevin Cho 26 Henry Pham 19 Steven DeMartini 40 Yike Qin 18 Andrea Dickey 22 Matthew Quan 14 Paul Drazin 47 Vivian Shen 61 Giovanni Gajudo 10 Brandon Sie 5 Pritha Hait 44 Peter Su 9 Fang Huang 40 Stephanie Su 33 Lawrence Huang 13 Michael Suey 19 Yu-kao Hung 25 Robert Tang-kong 39 Joseph Jankowski 10 Chwei Tieng 15 Atsunori Kakitani 8 Eric Wang 20 Daisuke Kazama 17 Aaron Wienkers 23 Hunjoo Kim 7 Philip Wingard 17 Larissa Korach 34 Eric Xiao 19 Robinson Kuo 31 Steven Yadlowsky 14 Tammie Kuo 18 Eric Yu 17 Pak Heng Lau 53 Marc Zajac 8

Tau Beta Pi California Alpha Chapter 388 Fall 2012 – Spring 2013

Member Participation (out of 71 possible) Name # of Projects Name # of Projects Michael Chang 9 Andrew Lee 1 Joanna Chen 4 Walter Li 1 Moonsoo Choi 1 Robert Luan 13 Amanda Chou 2 Karim Merchant 2 Aloni Cohen 3 Ella Pek 3 Tony Dear 2 RJ Shepherd 2 Xingchen Fan 1 Gurshamnjot Singh 1 Matthew Fong 2 George Sun 1 Han Givens 2 Alex Tang 2 Kevin Haninger 5 Miltiadis Vratimos 2 Ian Herbert 1 Nolan Wagener 1 Andy Hoac 2 Dennis Wai 12 Anne Huang 1 Dodge Williams 1 Wes Hunt 3 George Yiu 3 Ryan Julian 2 Lina Zhu 9 Narayanan Kidambi 1

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