Alpha Sigma Mu () is a scholastic
honor society
In the United States, an honor society is a rank organization that recognizes excellence among peers. Numerous societies recognize various fields and circumstances. The Order of the Arrow, for example, is the National Honor Society of the Boy S ...
recognizing academic achievement among students in the fields of
Metallurgy
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 sc ...
and
Materials Engineering.
The society was founded at
Michigan Technological University
Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech, MTU, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Houghton, Michigan, founded in 1885 as the Michigan Mining School, the first post-secondary institution in the Upper Peninsula of Michiga ...
in January, 1932. After expanding to three campuses, it maintained these three chapters without further growth until the society was reorganized in 1957 with the assistance of the American Society for Metals. By 1963 the Society had grown enough to continue on its own. It later expanded internationally, with recent chapters installed in India and Russia.
Alpha Sigma Mu was admitted to the
Association of College Honor Societies in 1965.
Alpha Sigma Mu honor society has 34 active chapters across the United States, and a total membership of over 8000.
See also
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Association of College Honor Societies
References
External links
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Alpha Sigma Muat Association of College Honor Societies