Tau Beta Pi

The Engineering Honor Society

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Annual Conventions

Upcoming Conventions

Year City, State Host Chapter Summary Minutes Group
2026 Tucson, AZ AZ Alpha

Previous Conventions

Year City, State Host Chapter Summary Minutes Group
2024 Rapid City, SD SD Alpha Summary TBA Image | Hi-Res
2023 Atlanta, GA GA Alpha & Atlanta AC Summary Minutes Image | Hi-Res
2022 Knoxville, TN TN Alpha & Great Smoky Mountains AC Summary N/A Image | Hi-Res
2021 Cancelled   N/A N/A N/A
2020 Unvention Virtual Event Summary N/A N/A
2019 Columbus, OH OH Gamma, Delta, & Iota Summary N/A Image | Hi-Res
2018 Denver, CO CO Alpha, Beta, Epsilon & Front Range AC Summary Minutes Image | Hi-Res
2017 Ann Arbor, MI MI Gamma & Ann Arbor Area AC Summary Minutes Image | Hi-Res
2016 San Diego, CA CA Xi, Psi, AE & Greater San Diego AC Summary Minutes Image | Hi-Res
2015 Providence, RI RI Alpha, Beta & MA Alpha, Delta, Epsilon Summary Minutes Image | Hi-Res
2014 Spokane, WA WA Delta Summary Minutes Image | Hi-Res
2013 Ames, IA IA Alpha Summary Minutes Image | Hi-Res
2012 Lexington, KY KY Alpha Summary Minutes Image | Hi-Res
2011 Indianapolis, IN IN Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, & Epsilon Summary Minutes Image | Hi-Res
2010 Valley Forge, PA PA Alpha Summary Minutes Image | Hi-Res
2009 East Brunswick, NJ NJ Beta Summary Minutes Image
2008 Sacramento, CA CA Upsilon & California Lambda Summary Minutes Image
2007 Dearborn, MI MI Iota Summary Minutes Image
2006 Denver, CO CO Beta Summary Minutes Image
2005 Salt Lake City, UT UT Alpha, Beta & Gamma Summary Minutes Image
2004 Orlando, FL FL Alpha & Delta Summary Minutes Image
2003 Lubbock, TX TX Beta Summary Minutes Image
2002 Detroit, MI MI Epsilon Summary Minutes Image
2001 Columbus, OH OH Gamma Summary Minutes Image
2000 San Francisco, CA CA Alpha, Zeta & Eta Summary Minutes Image
1999 Madison, WI WI Alpha Summary Minutes Image
Year Host Documentation
2022 Knoxville, TN
Tennessee Alpha & Great Smoky Mtns AC
Image
2021 Cancelled N/A
2020 Virtual Event Summary
2019 Columbus, OH
Ohio Gamma, Delta, & Iota
Image
2018 Denver, CO
Colorado Alpha, Beta, Epsilon, & Front Range
Summary
Minutes
Image
2017 Ann Arbor, MI
Michigan Gamma & Ann Arbor Area AC
Summary
Minutes
Image
2016 San Diego, CA
Greater San Diego AC, CA Xi, Psi, & AE
Summary
Minutes
Image
2015 Providence, RI
RI Alpha, Beta & MA Alpha, Delta, Epsilon
Summary
Minutes
Image
2014 Spokane, WA
Washington Delta
Summary
Minutes
Image
2013 Ames, IA
Iowa Alpha
Summary
Minutes
Image
2012 Lexington, KY
Kentucky Alpha
Summary
Minutes
Image
2011 Indianapolis, IN
Indiana Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, & Epsilon
Summary
Minutes
Image
2010 Valley Forge, PA
Pennsylvania Alpha
Summary
Minutes
Image
2009 East Brunswick, NJ
New Jersey Beta
Summary
Minutes
2008 Sacramento, CA
California Upsilon & California Lambda
Summary
Minutes
2007 Dearborn, MI
Michigan Iota
Summary
Minutes
2006 Denver, CO
Colorado Beta
Summary
Minutes
2005 Salt Lake City, UT
Utah Alpha, Beta & Gamma
Summary
Minutes
2004 Orlando, FL
Florida Alpha & Delta
Summary
Minutes
2003 Lubbock, TX
Texas Beta
N/A
2002 Detroit, MI
Michigan Epsilon
Image
2001 Columbus, OH
Ohio Gamma
N/A
2000 San Francisco, CA
California Alpha, Zeta & Eta
Minutes
1999 Madison, WI
Wisconsin Alpha
Minutes

Convention Sites & Dates (1895-1998)

Number Host City Dates
First Cleveland, Ohio May 28, 1895
Second Buffalo, New York May 23, 1896
Third Cleveland, Ohio May 22, 1897
Fourth Cleveland, Ohio May 21, 1898
Fifth Cleveland, Ohio December 2, 1899
Sixth Cleveland, Ohio November 30, 1901
Seventh Cleveland, Ohio November 28, 1903
Eighth Cleveland, Ohio November 25-26, 1904
Ninth Urbana, Illinois December 1-2, 1905
Tenth Urbana, Illinois Nov. 30 - Dec. 1, 1906
Eleventh West Lafayette, Indiana November 29-30, 1907
Twelfth Syracuse, New York November 27-28, 1908
Thirteenth Bethlehem, Pennsylvania June 9-11, 1910
Quarter-centennial celebration of the founding of the Association
Fourteenth Madison, Wisconsin June 13-15, 1912
Fifteenth Ithaca, New York June 11-13, 1914
Sixteenth Berkeley, California September 2-4, 1915
Seventeenth Chicago, Illinois September 7-9, 1916
Eighteenth Ames, Iowa September 6-8, 1917
Nineteenth Cincinnati, Ohio September 16-18, 1920
Twentieth Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 8-10, 1921
Twenty-first Ann Arbor, Michigan October 12-14, 1922
Twenty-second Lexington, Kentucky October 18-20, 1923
Twenty-third Ames, Iowa October 16-18, 1924
Twenty-fourth West Lafayette, Indiana October 15-17, 1925
Twenty-fifth Columbia, Missouri Sept. 30, Oct. 1-2,1926
Twenty-sixth Columbus, Ohio October 13-15, 1927
Twenty-seventh St. Louis, Missouri November 1-3, 1928
Twenty-eighth Iowa City, Iowa October 10-12, 1929
Twenty-ninth Bethlehem, Pennsylvania October 9-11, 1930
Thirtieth Cleveland, Ohio October 8-10, 1931
Thirty-first Washington, D.C. October 13-15, 1932
Thirty-second Chicago, Illinois October 12-14, 1933
Thirty-third New York, New York October 11-13, 1934
Thirty-fourth Detroit-East Lansing, Michigan October 10-12, 1935
Semi-centennial celebration of the founding of the Association
Thirty-fifth Syracuse-Ithaca, New York October 8-10, 1936
Thirty-sixth Austin, Texas October 14-16, 1937
Thirty-seventh Cincinnati, Ohio October 6-8, 1938
Thirty-eighth Columbia, Missouri October 12-14, 1939
Thirty-ninth Lexington, Kentucky October 3-5, 1940
Fortieth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 2-4, 1941
Forty-first Columbus, Ohio October 3-5, 1946
Forty-second New York, New York October 9-11, 1947
Forty-third Austin, Texas October 14-16, 1948
Forty-fourth West Lafayette, Indiana October 13-15, 1949
Forty-fifth Boston, Massachusetts October 19-21, 1950
Forty-sixth Boulder-Denver, Colorado October 11-13, 1951
Forty-seventh Norman, Oklahoma October 2-4, 1952
Forty-eighth Clemson, South Carolina October 8-10, 1953
Forty-ninth Ames, Iowa October 21-23, 1954
Fiftieth East Lansing, Michigan October 3-5, 1955
Fifty-first Lawrence, Kansas October 11-13, 1956
Fifty-second Madison-Milwaukee, Wisconsin October 10-12, 1957
Fifty-third Boston, Massachusetts October 9-11, 1958
Fifty-fourth West Lafayette, Indiana October 15-17, 1959
Fifty-fifth Bethlehem, Pennsylvania October 13-15, 1960
Fifty-sixth Cincinnati, Ohio October 12-14, 1961
Fifty-seventh Long Beach, California October 17-20, 1962
Fifty-eighth Rolla, Missouri October 16-19, 1963
Fifty-ninth Chicago-Evanston, Illinois October 21-24, 1964
Sixtieth College Park, Maryland October 13-16, 1965
Sixty-first Austin, Texas October 19-22, 1966
Sixty-second Ann Arbor-Detroit, Michigan October 11-14, 1967
Sixty-third Columbia, Missouri October 17-19, 1968
Sixty-fourth Houston, Texas October 9-11, 1969
Sixty-fifth Columbus, Ohio October 8-10, 1970
Sixty-sixth Knoxville, Tennessee October 14-16, 1971
Sixty-seventh College Park, Maryland October 19-21, 1972
Sixty-eighth Gainesville, Florida October 25-27, 1973
Sixty-ninth Flint, Michigan September 26-28, 1974
Seventieth Cincinnati, Ohio October 16-18, 1975
Seventy-first College Station, Texas October 28-30, 1976
Seventy-second West Lafayette, Indiana October 6-8, 1977
Seventy-third Syracuse, New York October 19-21, 1978
Seventy-fourth Lincoln, Nebraska October 18-20, 1979
Seventy-fifth Tulsa, Oklahoma October 2-4, 1980
Seventy-sixth Long Beach, California October 22-24, 1981
Seventy-seventh Moscow, Idaho-Pullman, Washington October 14-16, 1982
Seventy-eighth Urbana-Champaign, Illinois October 6-8, 1983
Seventy-ninth Tempe, Arizona October 11-13, 1984
Eightieth Allentown-Bethlehem, Pennsylvania October 3-5, 1985
Centennial celebration of the founding of the Association
Eighty-first College Park, Maryland Oct. 30-31, Nov. 1,1986
Eighty-second Louisville, Kentucky October 22-24, 1987
Eighty-third Ames, Iowa October 13-15, 1988
Eighty-fourth Columbia, South Carolina October 19-21, 1989
Eighty-fifth Albuquerque, New Mexico October 18-20, 1990
Eighty-sixth College Station, Texas October 17-19, 1991
Eighty-seventh East Lansing, Michigan October 8-10, 1992
Eighty-eighth West Lafayette, Indiana October 28-30, 1993
Eighty-ninth Buffalo, New York October 6-8, 1994
Ninetieth Cleveland, Ohio October 12-14, 1995
Ninety-first Rapid City, South Dakota October 24-26, 1996
Ninety-second Minneapolis, Minnesota October 2-4, 1997
Ninety-third Manhattan, Kansas October 8-10, 1998
Ninety-fourth Madison, Wisconsin October 7-9, 1999
Ninety-fifth San Francisco, California October 5-7, 2000
Ninety-sixth Columbus, Ohio October 18-20, 2001
Ninety-seventh Detroit, Michigan October 3-5, 2002
Ninety-eight Lubbock, Texas October 23-25, 2003
Ninety-ninth Orlando, Florida October 7-9, 2004
One hundred Salt Lake City, Utah October 6-8, 2005
One hundred first Denver, Colorado October 5-7, 2006
One hundred second Dearborn, Michigan October 11-13, 2007
One hundred third Sacramento, California October 23-25, 2008
One hundred fourth East Brunswick, New Jersey October 15-17, 2009
One hundred fifth Valley Forge, Pennsylvania October 7-9, 2010
Quasquicentennial celebration of the founding of the Association
One hundred sxith Indianapolis, Indiana October 27-29, 2011
One hundred seventh Lexington, Kentucky September 27-29, 2012
One hundred eighth Ames, Iowa October 31-Nov. 2, 2013
One hundred ninth Spokane, Washington October 2-4, 2014
One hundred tenth Providence, Rhode Island October 29-31, 2015
One hundred eleventh San Diego, California October 6-8, 2016
One hundred twelfth Ann Arbor, Michigan October 12-14, 2017
One hundred thirteenth Denver, Colorado October 11-13, 2018
One hundred fourteenth Columbus, Ohio October 10-12, 2019