Alpha Sigma Mu () is an international scholastic honor society recognizing academic achievement among students in the fields of metallurgy and materials engineering. It was established in 1932 at Michigan Technological University.
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 metallurgy, metallurgical engineering, and materials engineering.
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 Association of College Honor Societies 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 Houghton, Michigan.
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.
ChapterCharter date and rangeInstitutionLocationStatusMichigan AlphaMichigan Technological UniversityHoughton, MichiganActiveAuburn UniversityAuburn, AlabamaActiveBoise State UniversityBoise, IdahoInactiveCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, CaliforniaActiveCalifornia State Polytechnic University, PomonaPomona, CaliforniaActiveCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaInactiveCase Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OhioInactiveColorado AlphaColorado School of MinesGolden, ColoradoActiveCornell UniversityIthaca, New YorkActivePennsylvania AlphaDrexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaActiveGeorgia TechAtlanta, GeorgiaInactiveIndia Alpha2016IIT BombayMumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaActiveIowa State UniversityAmes, IowaInactiveLafayette CollegeEaston, PennsylvaniaInactiveLehigh UniversityBethlehem, PennsylvaniaActiveMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MassachusettsInactiveMichigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MichiganActiveMissouri University of Science and TechnologyRolla, MissouriActiveMontana Technological UniversityButte, MontanaInactiveNew Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, New JerseyInactiveNew Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologySocorro, New MexicoInactiveNorth Carolina State UniversityRaleigh, North CarolinaInactiveNorthwestern UniversityEvanston, IllinoisInactiveOhio State UniversityColumbus, OhioInactivePennsylvania State UniversityState College, PennsylvaniaInactiveRussia AlphaPeter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic UniversitySaint Petersburg, RussiaActivePurdue UniversityWest Lafayette, IndianaActiveRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New YorkActiveSouth Dakota School of Mines and TechnologyRapid City, South DakotaInactiveAustralia AlphaSwinburne University of TechnologyMelbourne, Victoria, AustraliaActiveTexas A&M UniversityCollege Station, TexasActiveUniversity of AlabamaTuscaloosa, AlabamaInactiveUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, AlabamaActiveUniversity of California, IrvineIrvine, CaliforniaInactiveUniversity of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles, CaliforniaInactiveUniversity of CincinnatiCincinnati, OhioInactiveUniversity of ConnecticutStorrs, ConnecticutActiveUniversity of FloridaGainesville, FloridaInactiveUniversity of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana, IllinoisInactiveUniversity of Kentucky Lexington, KentuckyActiveUniversity of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park, MarylandActiveMichigan GammaUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor, MichiganActiveUniversity of North TexasDenton, TexasActiveUniversity of Notre DameNotre Dame, IndianaInactiveSpain Alpha2013University of OviedoAsturias, SpainActiveUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaInactiveUniversity of PittsburghPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaActiveUniversity of Texas at El PasoEl Paso, TexasActiveUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonMadison, WisconsinInactive19xx ? – 1988; May 2009Virginia TechBlacksburg, VirginiaActiveWorcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MassachusettsActiveWright State UniversityFairborn, OhioInactive
Notable members
Y. Austin Chang, material engineering researcher and professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Anthony G. Evans, professor of materials and mechanical engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara Mukta Farooq, metallurgical engineer for IBM Julie Schoenung, materials scientist who is a professor at the University of California, Irvine
See also
Professional fraternities and sororities
References
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