Phi Sigma Rho occurs as social sorority for women in engineering and engineering technology. A sorority was founded around 1984 at Purdue University by two young women. A foremost chapter of Phi Sigma Rho was created September 24, 1984, with X charter members.

Chapters
Names found from either [http://www.phisigmarho.org/Chapters.htm nationals website resource]. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (1984) Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (1988) University of Dayton, Dayton, OH (1989) University of Toledo, Toledo, OH (1992) University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (1999) University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (2000) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (2001) University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (2001) Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH (2001) University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (2002) Penn State University, State College, PA (2002) University of Washington, Seattle, WA (2002) University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (2003) Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Camden, NJ (2003) Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (2003) University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA (2004) University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO (2004) Oregon State University - Corvallis, OR (2005)