A mark of great distinction, this award recognizes a chapter's service to their fellow students, school, university, and the surrounding community during 2010-11.The award will be formally presented at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association Annual Meeting in March 2012 at the University of Texas at Austin.

HKN is one of the largest honor societies in the country, with 173 active university chapters, a variety of committees, many active member volunteers, and thousands of student members. There are only five other chapters that have received the Outstanding Chapter Award seven years in a row.

"This is a tremendous achievement for our chapter of HKN, led by Viki Sherman and Alex DeFreese, during this time period and their advisor, Tom Gaylord," said Douglas B. Williams, professor and interim school chair for ECE. "Please join me in congratulating them on earning this award once again and for their hard work and dedication to making ECE and Georgia Tech a better place."