About Sigma Phi Delta

Sigma Phi Delta is a Fraternity open to students of an Engineering background. It attends to both the social and professional sides of Engineering, in the school and at the workplace. It is an organization that fosters Brotherhood, comraderie, leadership and teamwork: Men join as individuals and graduate as lifelong members in a very special, close-knit group. Becoming a part of Sigma Phi Delta greatly helps a man develop the skills, confidence, morality, and sense of teamwork necessary to become an excellent Engineer.

Sigma Phi Delta was founded at the University of Southern California on April 11, 1924. Delta Chapter was founded on January 25, 1928 at the University of Illinois by a group of Engineering students that included a brother of an Alpha Chapter Founder and an Alpha Chapter Alumnus in graduate school.

The Object of The Fraternity

The object of the Sigma Phi Delta fraternity shall be to promote the advancement of the Engineering Profession; to foster the advancement of Engineering Education; to instill a greater spirit of cooperation among Engineering Students and Organizations; to inculcate in its members the highest ideals of virtuous manhood, good Citizenship, obedience to law, and Brotherhood; and to encourage excellence in scholarship."

The Code of Ethics

The Code of Ethics of Sigma Phi Delta is founded upon the basic principles of truth and honesty. The quotation 'Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest' should be the light guiding the footsteps of Engineering toward srvice and success. An Engineer should at all times be mentally, physically, and morally clean, and should conduct himself as a gentleman. He should be courageous in following his own convictions, mentally awake to make use of every opportunity, and should consider the welfare of others before his own. To his superiors, an Engineer should be dutiful; to his co-workers, helpful; to his subordinates, generous; to all men, brotherly. An Engineer should take a good grip on the joys of life. He should play the game like a man. He should fight against nothing so hard as his own weaknesses, and should endeavor to gain in strength. He should live life so that his actions shall never besmirch his own honor, and thus maintain the honor of the Engineering Profession."

Our Fraternity Motto

Pro Bono Professionis"
For the good of the profession.