Alpha Sigma Mu

Alpha Sigma Mu is an international professional honor society dedicated to encouraging and recognizing excellence in the materials science and engineering field. Each spring, undergraduate and graduate students from the MSE department are inducted into the UAB chapter of ASMu.

American Foundry Society

The American Foundry Society (AFS) is an organization for students and professionals interested in the metalcasting industry. UAB has a very active student chapter of AFS, which receives significant support from the local professional AFS chapter. The UAB chapter participates in a variety of hands-on activities occur throughout the year, including Open Foundry Day, a regional student casting competition, and outreach to local schools through Foundry in a Box demonstrations.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, today's ASME promotes the art, science & practice of mechanical & multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences around the globe.

ASHRAE

ASHRAE, founded in 1894, formerly known as the American Society for Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (now, just ASHRAE) is an International professional society focused on building systems, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, refrigeration and sustainability within the building technology industry.

Material Advantage

Material Advantage is the largest national professional society for students in the materials science and engineering field. It is an umbrella organization for four prominent professional societies:

• ACerS - The American Ceramic Society
• AIST - Association for Iron & Steel Technology
• ASM International - The Materials Information Society
• TMS - The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society

Pi Tau Sigma

Pi Tau Sigma is the International Mechanical Engineering Honor Society. Members are chosen on a basis of sound engineering ability, scholarship (upper 35%), personality, and probable future success in their chosen field of Mechanical Engineering.

Society of Automative Engineers (SAE)

SAE International is a global association of more than 128,000 engineers and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive and commercial-vehicle industries. SAE International's core competencies are life-long learning and voluntary consensus standards development. SAE International's charitable arm is the SAE Foundation, which supports many programs, including A World In Motion® and the Collegiate Design Series.

SPE & SAMPE

Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) and Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) UAB Chapters are professional member societies dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and education in plastics and composite material fields for our students.