The MIT chapter of Chi Epsilon, the national civil engineering honor society, formally initiated eight new members April 27, and will welcomed them at a banquet May 5. Chi Epsilon recognizes students who are in the top third of their junior or senior class and possess scholarship, character, practicality and sociability, which the society calls the “four primary requirements of a successful engineer.” New members are seniors Derek Chang, Sidhant Pai, Priscilla Soto, Katherine Spies and juniors Michelle Dutt, Noor Khouri, Shante Stowell and Ashley Wheeler.