ASM/TMS


Everybody is highly encouraged to join ASM/TMS as you will enjoy many great perks and help support our club! 

Joint ASM/TMS Student Membership benefits, determined by each sponsoring society, include but are not limited to:

  • Membership in local Joint ASM/TMS Student Chapter
  • Scholarship eligibility
  • Society journals
  • Free or highly reduced conference registration fees, at the option of either society
  • Reduced student publication prices
  • Eligibility for student competitions
  • Networking opportunities: Meet future employers and colleagues through regional and national conferences and events

Current Student Membership benefits and opportunities offered by ASM and TMS include:

  • Participation in ASM and TMS Scholarship Programs
  • Eligibility to compete in ASM Student Paper Contests
  • Eligibility to compete in the International TMS Student Paper Contest
  • Eligibility to compete in the annual Materials Design (MaD) Contest
  • Monthly subscriptions to Advanced Materials & Processes magazine (including ASM News) and JOM
  • Reduced conference registration for annual meetings, including "Student Night", an evening designed specifically for Joint Student Members incorporating career information exchange and a lot of fun!
  • Reduced rates when registering for other ASM and TMS national meetings
  • Paid Room Monitor positions at society meetings to help defray the costs of attending
  • Savings on ASM and TMS technical books and journals, including the well-known ASM-Handbook series and the TMS video library series
  • Custom searches through the ASM Library
  • Place position wanted ads in AM&P for a minimal charge, and in JOM for two months free!
  • ASM and/or TMS Visa card through MBNA
  • Insurance available at a low rate through ASM and/or TMS
  • Access to ASM materials library and document delivery service
  • Unlimited, free use of Linda Hall Library, the largest technical library in the world, with TMS membership
  • Upon graduation, one year free membership in ASM with access to the extensive ASM Professional

Chapter Network and one year free membership with TMS

  • Choice of free TMS or other AIME member society book upon graduation, with advancement to the grade of Automatic Junior Member
  • Networking Opportunities: Meet future employers and colleagues through regional and national conferences and meetings