Sigma Xi was founded in 1886 as an honor society for science and engineering at Cornell University. Today, it is an international research society whose programs and activities promote the health of the scientific enterprise and honor scientific achievement. There are nearly 75,000 Sigma Xi members in over 500 chapters at colleges and universities, industrial research centers and government laboratories.

In addition to honoring scientific achievement, Sigma Xi also endeavors to encourage support of original work in science and technology and promote an appreciation within society at large for the role research has played in human progress – both within the US and worldwide.

Membership in Sigma Xi is by nomination. Those who have shown potential as researchers are invited to join as associate members. Full membership is conferred upon those who have demonstrated noteworthy achievements in research. Each year the Society initiates nearly 5,000 new members. Over the course of the Society's distinguished history, nearly 200 members have won the Nobel Prize and many more have earned election to the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering.

University of Houston Chapter (No. 157)

Chapter Officers reported for FY2011, July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011

President: Term FY2011

President ID: 20109990089

Fusheng Li Ph.D

Contact Information:

Home Number: 832-626-7909

Business Number: 713-966-3856

Fax Number: 713-625-6795

E-mail Address: fli9@ncsu.edu