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CE Students Attend Chi Epsilon District Conference

POSTED ON: November 11, 2018

[Left to Right] Aaron Fink (CE'20); former Cooper Chi Epsilon chapter member, Andrew Pena (CE'18); Ian Lee (CE'19); Mohammed Hossain (CE'19); Jeahoung David Hong (CE'20)

[Left to Right] Aaron Fink (CE'20); former Cooper Chi Epsilon chapter member, Andrew Pena (CE'18); Ian Lee (CE'19); Mohammed Hossain (CE'19); Jeahoung David Hong (CE'20)
CE students presenting student chapter reports

CE students presenting student chapter reports
CE students at the career fair as part of the conference

CE students at the career fair as part of the conference
[Left to Right] Mohammed Hossain (CE'19), Jeahoung David Hong (CE'20), Ian Lee (CE'19), and Aaron Fink (CE'20) in front of Chi Epsilon Banner

Jeahoung David Hong (CE'20), Mohammed Hossain (CE'19), Ian Lee (CE'19), and Aaron Fink (CE'20) in front of Chi Epsilon Banner

Four Civil Engineering undergraduate students in the Chi Epsilon student chapter at Cooper Union attended the 31st Pacific District Conference at University of California Berkeley on November 9th - 11th, 2018.

Ian Lee CE'19 and Mohammed Hossain CE'19 attended the conference as the current secretary and treasurer of the Cooper student chapter, and Aaron Fink (CE'20) and Jeahoung David Hong CE'20 went as members of the chapter. 

The conference consisted of many events including chapter reports/presentations, professional development sessions, committee meetings, social events, and outreach networking fairs.
 

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