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Are you graduating soon and wondering what to do?  Material Advantage Student Members are eligible for a one-year free membership in ACerS, AIST, ASM, and TMS following graduation.  

Learn more about it and apply today!

All members of the Florida International University Material Advantage Chapter work very hard to reach their goal, “Prepare Tomorrow’s Materials Scientists Today”.   Read all about what FIU did to reach their goal.  

Read all Chapter Spotlights on the Chapter Spotlights web page. 

Prepare now for the Material Advantage Fall Membership Challenge.  Your chapter could win up to $500. 

The Membership Challenge is intended to challenge student members to recruit new Material Advantage Student Members.  There are two categories for your chapter to participate in:

1. Most Creative Recruitment Strategies:  Cash Prize = $250
2. Most Students Recruited:  Cash Prize = $500

To learn more about participating and the rules/procedures, visit the Membership Challenge web page.

All submissions for the fall challenge must be postmarked by November 1, 2010.

Alpha Sigma Mu Annual Meeting will be held on Monday, 18 October, 2010, at 3 p.m. (CST) at the MS&T Meeting in Houston, Texas, USA.  The Alpha Sigma Mu Lecture is entitled “The Future of Materials Technology: Design, Failure Analyses & Societal Impact” and will be presented by Dr. Fred E. Schmidt Jr. PE, FASM.  Fred is Technical Director-Materials Engineering/Senior Managing Constant, Engineering Systems Inc.

Read more about it.

The Material Advantage society partners that belong to the International Organization of Materials, Metals and Minerals Societies (IOMMMS) have organized a World Materials Day award that is available to up to three Material Advantage chapters engaged in outreach to grades K - 12 in their local community. Winning Material Advantage Chapters will each receive a check for $500 and a plaque from IOMMMS.

The 2010 World Materials Day Winners are:

Georgia Tech
Missouri S&T
Iowa State University

Congratulations to all!

If you would like more information regarding the World Materials Day Competition, visit the official contests page.