Awards

2020 Chapter of Excellence Award

The New Jersey Alpha chapter is honored to have received the 2020 Chapter of Excellence award from the national Tau Beta Pi organization. We will continue to push-forward and innovate our STEM outreach, alumni, and student activities. A great thanks to our advisors, members, and the Stevens community for making this possible.

Read more about our STEM outreach programs here

Stevens Program of the Year Award in Service

The New York City Math Tutoring program, which is a cooperative effort between the Stevens chapters of Alpha Phi Omega and Tau Beta Pi, won the 2021 Program of the Year Award in Service. The program works at improving the mathematical proficiency of students in low income New York City middle schools. The program also prepares the students for the national MATHCOUNTS competition.

Read more about our outreach activities here.

Stevens Leadership Award in Service

Our Service Chair, Thomas Agin, was recently awarded the 2021 Leadership in Service Award from Stevens Institute of Technology. In the beginning of 2021, Thomas was elected into the role of service chair previously held by Christine Apostolico. He quickly took command of the role and continued to provide exemplary activities in our Hoboken Youth Outreach program. He also grew our New York City Math Tutoring program to include a numerous amount of Stevens mentors and students in lower income areas of New York City. We wish him the best of luck in pushing our community service and outreach activities to ever greater heights!

2020 Tau Beta Pi Scholarship Recipients

Christine Apostolico

Christine is a chemical engineering major and working on her master’s in pharmaceutical manufacturing at Stevens Institute of Technology. Serving as NJ Alpha Chapter K-12 outreach chair, she is also a student tutor and conducted research in novel breast cancer drugs and nanoparticle catalysts. Christine is interning at Scientific Design in catalyst sales research, and hopes to pursue a career in the catalyst or pharmaceutical field.

Abdullah Hyder

Abdullah is a computer engineering student at Stevens Institute of Technology and serves as the NJ Alpha Chapter vice-president. He is founder of the Stevens Archery club, and president of the IEEE HKN Iota Delta Chapter. Abdullah has interned as a software engineer at L3Harris Technologies and at Network to Code, LLC. He is currently interning at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) under the SULI internship program. He plans to attend graduate school in pursuit of a Ph.D.

Ryan Ludemann

Ryan is going into his 4th year at Stevens Institute of Technology to complete a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering. He is a student-athlete on the men’s swim team and a brother in the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Ryan is also a member of the Pinnacle Scholars Program and is completing research on visual navigation for micro-aerial vehicles. He then plans to pursue a master’s in manufacturing before entering the workforce.

Max Milone

Max is studying electrical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology with a concentration in power engineering and a minor in finance. He is NJ Alpha Chapter treasurer and a member of IEEE-HKN. He wants to work on microgrid or energy storage solutions and is interning with S&C Electric. Max plans to get a master’s degree, obtain a P.E. license, and work in the power and energy industry.

Parker Petroff-Rims

Parker is a chemical engineering major with a graduate certificate in sustainable energy at Stevens Institute of Technology. He serves as New Jersey Alpha Chapter president and had internships with ExxonMobil, British Petroleum, and is interning at Merck in vaccine manufacturing. He also served as an equity analyst in his schools managed investment fund. He plans on pursuing a leadership manufacturing rotational program and an MBA.

Angelina Zaccaria

Angelina is pursuing a degree in software engineering with a music and technology minor at Stevens Institute of Technology. On campus, she is the founder and manager of an a cappella group, copy edits the school newspaper, sound designs theatrical productions, and is a sister of Theta Phi Alpha. Angelina plans to pursue a master’s degree in cybersecurity and work on software development projects that make a difference in people’s lives.