Professional Membership

 

Professional membership is designed for individuals who are actively involved with materials science, materials engineering, and/or application. Annual or lifetime memberships are available in the following categories:

 

Full Member Category

To be a full member of the society, a candidate must hold a baccalaureate degree from a recognized university in metallurgy, metallurgical engineering, materials science, materials engineering, or another science or engineering discipline related to the field or the candidate must have at least five (5) years of experience and be a practicing professional in materials science and engineering or a closely related field.

 

Associate Member Category

While not possessing the academic or technical experience of a professional member, the associate member is active in fields that are sufficiently related to the advancement of materials science and engineering and its affiliated industries.

 

Retired Member Category

Retired membership is open to individuals who possess 20 years of continuous TMS membership, are 66 years of age or older, and who are fully retired from their career (including consulting).

 

Senior Member Category

Reflecting an achieved rank with the society, a senior member is a professional of vast experience both within the field and within TMS. Senior membership is open to individuals whose age and continuous years of TMS membership, when added together equal 100 or more, or retired professionals age 65 (or older) with 30+ years of continuous membership in TMS. Senior members do not pay membership dues and receive complimentary electronic subscriptions to JOM. If a senior member wishes to receive JOM in print format, they can subscribe to the print version of the journal for $60 per year. Senior members may contact a TMS membership representative at members@tms.org or by phone at 1-724-776-9000 to request a print subscription.

 

Economic Hardship Member Category

Any individual who is dealing with a temporary setback in their career—job loss, employer funding cuts, working reduced hours, etc.—can apply for an economic hardship membership from TMS. This free membership allows you to use TMS resources to find a new position, to reach out to colleagues about new opportunities, and to stay up-to-date on research during this transition phase of your career, at no cost to you. Please contact the TMS Membership Department, with a brief description of your situation to request this category of TMS membership.

 

Dues 

 

 

 

Membership Benefits

As a full, associate, retired, or senior member of TMS, you will have access to all of the following member benefits. For a comparison of the types of benefits that come with each level of membership, view the TMS Member Benefits Chart.

 

Read Journals, Publications, and Online Libraries

 

 

Network with Colleagues

 

 

Access Professional Resources​

 

 

Additional Membership Opportunities

 

 

Reinstatement

Members who may have allowed their dues to lapse may be reinstated into the same membership grade as when they left by submitting a new application and paying the current dues. If the applicant wishes to have the original year of joining TMS reflected, back dues must be paid to date (half the annual dues for each year of lapsed membership); otherwise, the membership year will be the year of reinstatement.

 

Contact Us

We would be happy to assist you in choosing the appropriate membership level and in completing the TMS membership application or reinstatement process. Please contact a TMS membership representative by e-mail or by phone at 1-800-759-4867 (U.S. and Canada only) or 1-724-776-9000 (all other countries). Press '1' to speak to customer service.