The IME Student’s Chapter of IIE has won the Gold Award for the fifth time within the past six years. This great accomplishment was made possible by the hard work of the officers led by Ron Nipay the chapter’s president in 2012. By joining the IIE students get access to many benefits including network opportunities, subscription to the IIE magazine, discount price for attending regional and national, free access to webinars conferences, discounted training, awards, scholarships and much more. The student’s chapter works to increase the department’s visibility on campus as well as nationally, schedules visits to industrial facilities, invites speakers from industry and alumni to talk to students about internship and career opportunities, and much more. For more information please contact professor Aboul-Seoud aboulm@rpi.edu or the chapter’s president Daniel Vaz Souza souzad2@rpi.edu. In picture: IME students getting ready for the day-long conference (L-R): Jason Chang, Daniel Souza, Ron Nipay