The Early Years -- Getting Established

1904 - Eta Kappa Nu founded
1906 - Electrical Field Published Annually, which would later become the BRIDGE
1907- Beta Chapter established at Purdue University
1910 - The BRIDGE published annually
1927- The HKN Shield and Coat-of-Arms Adopted
1928 - First Paid Staff (Executive Secretary)
1932 - Outstanding Chapter Award established

HKN -- Continued Growth

1936 - Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer Award established (now know as the Young Professional Award)
1949 - First Woman inducted into Eta Kappa Nu
1950 - Eminent Member Recognition Established
1951 - HKN Incorporated
1955 - Engineering A Career for Tomorrow film produced
1964 - Outstanding Senior Award established (now known as the Outstanding Student Award)
1964 - 100th Student Chapter Charter
1967 - Engineering: the Challenge of the Future film produced

Recognizing Excellence

1971- Distinguished Service Award established
1972 - Outstanding Educator Award established (now known as the Outstanding Teaching Award)
1992 - Karapetoff Outstanding Technical Award established
2002 - First Student Leadership Conference at Iowa University
2004- HKN Centennial Celebration

HKN goes global!

2010 - Merger with IEEE
2012 - First Chapters Chartered outside U.S. in Hong Kong, New Delhi, and Nova Scotia
2012 - BRIDGE transitioned from a print publication to a digital Magazine
2013 - First Founders Day Celebrated
2014 - Key Chapter recognition created
2014 - First Student Governor elected to serve on HKN Board of Governors
2018 - Debut of Pathways to Industry Conference
2019 - Asad Madni Outstanding Technical Achievement & Excellence Award established
2020 - Alumni Newsletter launched

Serving Students and Alumni on every step of their career journeys!

2021 -Debut of on-line HKN Experience now known as TechX conference
2021 - Pilot of Alumni-Graduate Student Mentoring program
2022 - HKN 10th consecutive year of winning APEX Awards for the BRIDGE Magazine
2022 - Pilot of Alumni-Graduate Mentoring Program, and Graduate Student Newsletter launched
2022 - GradLab Webinar Series, HKN Connection and Career Conversations Podcasts launched
2022 - First Chapter Support Grants given
2023 - Madni Family Scholarship Program established
2024 - Frank & Shelly Chang Scholarship and Outstanding Young Scholar Award established
1925 San Francisco Alumni Photo
Outstanding Chapter Awards presented to Gamma Theta 1953-54
Steve Watkins, HKN 2018 President, receiving his Outstanding Student Award in 1983.
Lambda Iota Installation, University of Hong Kong, 13 January 2012
Recruitment Fair at the 2022 Student Leadership Conference in Charlotte, NC
Group Photo at the 2023 Student Leadership Conference, University of Houston