Alpha Omega Epsilon (ΑΩΕ) is a social and professional sorority for women in engineering and technical sciences.

[3] It also enjoys a close working relationship with its male counterpart, Sigma Phi Delta (ΣΦΔ).

Alpha Omega Epsilon promotes ideals and objectives to help further the advancement of female engineers and technical scientists, while at the same time encouraging bonds of lifelong friendships among members.

They decided to form a sorority, and Alpha Omega Epsilon was founded by 27 female engineering students on November 13, 1983.

Additionally, the then-local sorority Alpha Sigma Kappa at the University of Minnesota was accepted as the Epsilon Prospective chapter, but withdrew the following year to form its own new national.

The sorority's first National Convention was held in Rapid City, South Dakota during the summer of 1992 with the Alpha, Beta, and Gamma chapters in attendance.

[4] In November 1994, Alpha Omega Epsilon, Inc. received 501(c)(7) designation as a tax-exempt organization from the Internal Revenue Service.

In March of that same year, the Alpha Omega Epsilon National Foundation received 501(c)(3) designation as a tax-exempt charitable organization from the IRS, retroactive to the date of founding.

On December 4, 1999, a prospective chapter of Alpha Omega Epsilon was established at Trine University in Angola, Indiana.

During the summer of 2001, a constitutional change was approved which changed references in the National Constitution and Bylaws from “national” to “international” to recognize the sorority’s status as an international organization due to the installation of the Eta chapter at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

On December 5, 1996, the Alpha Omega Epsilon National Foundation was established as a nonprofit organization by four members of the sorority.

[8] In February 2003 the Degree Recognition Committee was formed as a joint effort between the sorority and the National Foundation to ensure that all technical science majors accepted for admission into the sorority qualified for the scholarships the National Foundation awards to engineers and technical scientists.

[9] The National Foundation opened its Rings of Excellence Scholarships to sorority members and their families in Canada.

In honor and remembrance of the sorority's fallen Sister, the National Foundation established the Maxine Shelley Turner Memorial Scholarship,[10] and the Rho chapter created a philanthropic event called Take it to the Max.