In 1917, the Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE – 中國工程師學會) was founded in US by a group of able, dedicated well educated Chinese engineers. These charter members were graduate students from American colleges and/or were receiving practical training in American railroads and industries. The CIE merged with Chung-Hwa Engineers (中華工程師學會- founded in 1910) in August 1931, at a combined engineering convention held in Nanking.The headquarter was then relocated to Nanking 南京. The organization remained active during the World War II in Chongqing (重慶), re-established the convention in 1938, and formed chapters in Kunming (昆明), Chengdu (成都), Guiyang (貴陽), Lanzhou (蘭州), Guilin (桂林) and Chongqing . (重慶),During the period of Japanese invasion of China, the engineers provided the needed technical services to the government to defend China.

中国工程师学会成立于1917年，发起人是毕业于美国大学或者在美国铁路建设和工业生产中获得丰富实际训练的中国工程师。1931年中国工程师学会与中华工程师学会合并，总部位于南京，二次世界大战期间，学会在重庆重新组建，并在昆明、成都、贵阳等地成立了分会。抗日战争期间，学会的工程师为保卫国家贡献了技术和智慧。

The CIE-NY was re-activated as an independent entity in July 1953 in New York City. The CIE/USA – San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (CIE/USA-SF), 美洲中國工程師學會舊金山分會, was established in 1979.

1953年美洲中国工程师学会在纽约设立独立的分会，1979年在旧金山成立美洲中国工程师学会旧金山分会。

The CIE/USA National Council, a federation organization of CIE/USA, was established in 1986 with the Greater New York and San Francisco Bay Area Chapters as its founding chapters. In the following years, the National Council was expanded to include Seattle Chapter, OCEESA Chapter (海外華人環保學會), Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter and New Mexico Chapter and Southern California Chapter.

1986年，由纽约分会和旧金山分会发起成立美洲中国工程师学会全国委员会。随后，在美洲中国工程师学会中相继设立了西雅图分会，海外华人环保学会，达拉斯-福特沃思分会、新墨西哥分会和南加州分会。

The missions of CIE/USA-SF are to promote technological advancement, networking, and communicating among engineers and scientists, and to promote well-being of engineering community.

美洲中国工程师学会旧金山分会的使命是：促进技术进步，扩大联络，加强科学家和工程师之间的沟通交流，推动工程技术为人类美好生活服务。