Alpha Sigma Mu () is an international scholastic

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recognizing academic achievement among students in the fields of

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and

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. It was established in 1932 at

Michigan Technological University Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech, MTU, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Houghton, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1885 as the Michigan Mining School, the first post-secondary institution in the Uppe ...

History

Alpha Sigma Mu was founded by the Metallurgy Department of the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University) in January 1932. It was established as a scholastic honor society to recognize academic achievement of students of

metallurgical engineering Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys. Metallurgy encompasses both the ...

, and

. After expanding to three campuses, it maintained these three chapters without further growth. In 1957, the society was reorganized with the assistance of the American Society for Metals. Alpha Sigma Mu was admitted to the

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in 1965. It separated from the American Society for Metals in the 1990s. In the 21st century, it expanded internationally, with chapters installed in Australia, India, Russia, and Spain. In 2012, the society had 34 active chapters, 150 active members, and a total membership of over 8,000. Its headquarters are housed at Michigan Technological University in

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Symbols

The Alpha Sigma Mu badge is a rectangular gold or silver key engraved with a C-curve and the Greek letters . The society's colors are silver and gold. Its symbol is the C-curve. Its publication is ''ASM Blog''.

Membership

Alpha Sigma Mu has three classes of membership: regular (student), honorary, and distinguished life members. Potential student members are nominated by the chapters' faculty advisors. Initiates are juniors and seniors ranked in the top 25 percent of the department, with and a GPA in the top fifty percent. Graduate students are also eligible for membership.

Chapters

Following is list of Alpha Sigma Mu chapters.

Notable members

* Y. Austin Chang, material engineering researcher and professor emeritus at the

University of Wisconsin–Madison The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded in 1848 when Wisconsin achieved st ...

Anthony G. Evans Anthony Glyn Evans (December 4, 1942 in Porthcawl, Wales – September 9, 2009) was Alcoa Professor of Materials, professor of Mechanical Engineering, director of the Center for Multifunctional Materials and Structures and co-director for the Cen ...

, professor of materials and mechanical engineering at the

University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Tracing its roots back to 1891 as an ...

Mukta Farooq Mukta Ghate Farooq is an Indian metallurgical engineer of Marathi descent working for the IBM Corporation in Hopewell Junction, New York. She was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2016 for her ...

, metallurgical engineer for

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* Julie Schoenung, materials scientist who is a professor at the

University of California, Irvine The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Irvine, California, United States. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, U ...

References

External links

* {{authority control Association of College Honor Societies Honor societies Student organizations established in 1932 1932 establishments in Michigan Metallurgy Engineering societies based in the United States Engineering honor societies