Sigma Phi Delta is the Premier International Fraternity of Engineers. It was founded at University of Southern California on April 11, 1924, and currently has 13 active chapters worldwide.
Phi Chapter was founded on May 04, 1991 at South Dakota State University. We have proven year after year that the Phi Chapter excels as a brotherhood and professional organization. Nationals have recognized our efforts and provided us with multiple awards of efficiency throughout our years as a chapter. Continually we strive for the betterment of the brotherhood, chapter, and national organization.
Sigma Phi Delta enjoys a close working relationship with its female counterpart, Alpha Omega Epsilon.
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 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 an Engineer towards service 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 that his actions shall never besmirch his own honor, and thus maintain the honor of the Engineering Profession.