Missouri S&T hosted the 2025 District 9 Conference for Tau Beta Pi, an engineering honor society, on March 7-8. The event was organized by the university’s Missouri Beta Chapter and welcomed over 40 attendees from 10 university chapters and three alumni chapters across Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma.

The program featured a welcome address by Dr. David Borrok, dean of the College of Engineering and Computing, a keynote speech by Dr. James Sterling, dean of the Kummer College of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development, and an address by Tau Beta Pi President Marla A. Peterson.

The organizing committee was led by S&T’s chapter president Rylie Miller, an architectural engineering junior; vice president Evonne Siampos, a computer engineering senior; and chapter officer Joshua Perkins, also a computer engineering senior. Faculty advisors for S&T’s chapter are Dr. Steve E. Watkins, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Dr. David Bayless, professor and chair of mechanical and aerospace engineering.

The conference provided a platform for participants to strengthen chapter management skills and foster collaboration among Tau Beta Pi members in District 9.