Associations in the Physical Sciences and Engineering

This is a short list of societies in the mathematical/physical sciences and engineering.  To find other societies, try the resources below the list or search the Web.

• American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• American Astronomical Society (AAS)
• American Ceramic Society (ACS)
• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• American Concrete Institute (ACI)
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
• American Institute of Mining, Metallugical, & Petroleum (AIME)
• American Institute of Physics (AIP)
• American Iron & Steel Institute (AISI)
• American Mathematical Society (AMS)
• American Nuclear Society (ANS)
• American Petroleum Institute (API)
• American Physical Society (APS)
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Airconditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• American Statistical Association (ASA)
• American Welding Society (AWS)
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Association for Iron and Steel Technology (formerly ISS) (AIST)
• ASM International (ASM)
• ASTM International (ASTM)
• Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)
• Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
• The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• IEEE Computer Society
• Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
• Institution of Electrical Engineers (formerly IEE) (IET)
• International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
• Materials Research Society (MRS)
• Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
• Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) of AIME
• National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
• Optical Society of America (OSA)
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
• Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. (SME) of AIME
• Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
• Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
• Society of Plastics Engineers,Inc. (SPE)
• Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
• The Welding Institute, Great Britain (TWI)

More societies and professional organizations can be found in: Scholarly Societies Project (maintained by the University of Waterloo Library) TechExpo Directory of Hi-Tech Organizations in the Engineering and Medical/Life Sciences (restricted to scholarly or professional societies).