Materials Science and Engineering  Tags: materials composites ceramics plastics polymers metals alloys  

Networking with one's fellow scientists and engineers is extremely important for personal and professional development.  And even in the world of Web social networks, professional societies are the most important means of doing so.  Professional societies sponsor the conferences you will wish to attend or at which you will present papers.  They publish journals which you will read, submit papers to, or serve as a reviewer or editor.  They set professional and educational standards.  They provide job and career services for their members.

• American Ceramic Society (http://ceramics.org/)
• American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (http://www.aimehq.org/)
• American Iron and Steel Institute
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) (http://www.asee.org/)
• ASM International  (http://asmcommunity.asminternational.org/portal/site/www/)
• ASTM International (http://www.astm.org/)
• Clay Minerals Society (http://www.clays.org/)
• Federation of Materials Societies (http://www.materialsocieties.org/)
• Materials Research Society (http://www.mrs.org/s_mrs/index.asp)
• Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (http://www.smenet.org/)
• Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering (SAMPE) (http://www.sampe.org/)
• Society of Plastics Engineers (http://www.4spe.org/)
• Society of Rheology (http://www.rheology.org/sor/)
• Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (http://www.stle.org/)
• TMS: The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (http://www.tms.org/TMSHome.aspx)

• International
  • Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
  • European Federation of Corrosion
  • European Powder Metallurgy Association
  • Federation of European Materials Societies
  • International Corrosion Council
  • International Council on Mining and Metals
  • International Organization of Materials, Metals and Minerals Societies
    
• Australia
  • Australian Clay Minerals Society
    
• Austria
  • Austrian Society for Metallurgy and Materials
• Canada
  • Canadian Association for Composite Structures and Materials (English and French)
  • Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (English and French)
• China
  • Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection (Chinese and English)
  • Chinese Society for Metals (Chinese and English)
  • Non-Ferrous Metals Society of China (Chinese and English)
• Czech Republic
  • Czech Society for New Materials and Technologies
• France
  • Association pour les Matériaux Composites (French)
  • Société Française de Métallurgie et de Matériaux (French)
• Germany
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde (German)
  • Deutscher Verband für Materialforschung und -prüfung (German and English)
  • Gesellschaft für Korrosionsschutz (Geman)
• Greece
  • Hellenic Matallurgical Society (Greek and English)
  • Hellenic Society of Rheology (English)
• Hungary
  • Országos Magyar Bányászati és Kohászati Egyesület (Hungarian)
• Italy
  • Associazione Italiana Compositi & Affini (Assocompositi) (Italian)
  • Associazione Italiana d’Ingegneria dei Materiali (Italian)
  • Associazione Italiana di Metallurgia (Italian and English)
• Japan
  • Japan Institute of Metals (Japanese and English)
• Korea (Republic of)
  • Korean Institute of Materials and Metals (Korean and English)
  • Korean Society of Tribologist and Lubrication Engineers (Korean)
  • Materials Research Society of Korea (Korean and English)
• Lithuania
  • Lithuanian Materials Research Society (Lithuanian and English)
• Netherlands
  • Bond voor Materialenkennis (Dutch)
• Norway
  • Norsk Materialteknisk Selskap (Norwegian)
• Poland
  • Polskie Towarzystwo Materiałoznawcze (Polish and English)
• Serbia
  • Materials Researh Society of Serbia (English)
• South Africa
  • Southern Africa Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
    
• Spain
  • Sociedad Española de Materiales (Spanish)
• Sweden
  • Svenska Föreningen för Materialtekniks (Swedish and English)
• Turkey
  • TMMOB Metalurji Mühendisleri Odasi (Turkish and English)
• United Kingdom
  • Institute of Corrosion
  • Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining