Your Guide to ASM Member Benefits and Resources. The value of ASM is. Juan Villegas Senior Packaging Engineer Intel Corporation

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1 Your Guide to ASM Member Benefits and Resources The value of ASM is something that I use every day. Juan Villegas Senior Packaging Engineer Intel Corporation

2 ASM International benefits the materials community by providing scientific, engineering and technical knowledge, education, networking and professional development. More than that, we re here to benefit YOU by keeping you up-to-date, current and connected. This summary provides a quick reference to ASM membership benefits. For details, visit FREE ASM Points Redeem your points for FREE access to ASM s premium online content, including more than 35,000 articles from the best of ASM s information resources FREE online, full-text access to Metallurgical Transactions A & B, going back to the first issue FREE online, full-text access to 10 Springer materials journals FREE online access to reference collections ASM Handbook Desk Edition Engineered Materials Handbook Desk Edition FREE subscriptions to Advanced Materials & Processes magazine and AM&P enews, including online access Exclusive member savings on ASM products, services, events and education/training at Access to ASM Affiliate Societies Now more than ever before, it pays to be an ASM member. 2

3 new ASM Points The innovative points program exclusively for ASM members Here s more value exclusively for ASM members! ASM Points is a rewards program that generates points when you join or renew your membership. Your points can be redeemed for FREE access to premium online content at the ASM global community website! How does it work? When you join or renew, your account is automatically awarded points based on your membership type. When you join ASM or renew your membership, you earn 100 points! Each Affiliate Society you join adds 50 points to your account. For example, if you are a member of ASM and the ASM Heat Treating Society SM, you earn 150 points! Your ASM Points can be redeemed to download documents. Most premium content articles (which have a value of $20 for members) are available for 20 points. This means that you can download up to $100 worth of documents with your 100 points! Visit us online at and click on Materials Information for the premium content that you need. Search by keyword, publication type, date, author, collection, etc. Available document types include: ASM Handbook articles Data sheets Book articles Journal articles Conference and Magazine articles technical papers Phase diagrams Once you have found your document, click on the detail page as though you were going to buy it. A window will appear showing the cost to download the document as well as the points redemption value. Click on ASM Points to use your points and download the document immediately! No credit card required. Fast and easy access. Accessing ASM membership benefits is as simple as visiting & Networking, or call ASM Customer Service at , ext. 0. 3

4 new FREE Online Journals including Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A & B We re proud to announce that access to two of the most respected journals in the materials field Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A & B is a new benefit of ASM membership. You receive full-text, online access to Met Trans, going back to the first issue published in Met Trans A emphasizes the relationships among processing, structure and properties of materials, and contains only critically reviewed and original research. Main topics are mechanical behavior, alloy phases and structure, transformations, environmental interactions, physical chemistry and transport phenomena. Met Trans B contains only original, critically reviewed research on primary manufacturing processes, from extractive metallurgy to the making of a shape. Contributions are published bimonthly on the theoretical and engineering aspects of the processing of metals and other materials. In addition to Met Trans A & B, members receive full-text, online access to 10 other highly respected materials journals published by our partners at Springer: Journal of Materials Science Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing International Journal of Fracture Journal of Non-Destructive Evaluation International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design Metal Science and Heat Treatment Oxidation of Metals Tribology Letters Accessing ASM membership benefits is as simple as visiting & Networking, or call ASM Customer Service at , ext. 0. 4

5 Make ASM Your Homepage and get full value from your ASM membership ASM DESK EDITIONS ONLINE ASM Members enjoy free online access to two of ASM s most popular reference resources, the Metals Handbook Desk Edition and the Engineered Materials Handbook Desk Edition. HEAT TREATER S GUIDES Members of the ASM Heat Treating Society enjoy free online access to the extensive heat treating process and performance data provided in the Heat Treater s Guides. ASM BOOKSTORE Members get discounted pricing on the largest collection of metals and materials related books, software, journals and courses on the Internet. More than 1,000 titles are currently offered. NETWORK Through the online Membership Directory. Connect to the global network of ASM members and correspond via . RESEARCH Use your ASM Points and access the article archives of ASM s journals and magazines. ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER Delivered weekly right to your inbox. Industry and society updates. Advanced Materials & Processes and Heat Treating Progress Current issues and entire archived content can be viewed any time. MyASM Go to ASMinternational.org and click on MyASM to set up your individualized portal to ASM s online services. Request news on industries, topics of interest, set up and other contact preferences, sign up for ASM enews, and more. myasm 5

6 STAY UP-to-DATE and COMPETITIVE CHAPTERS Many of our members find their local ASM Chapter provides opportunities to network with other professionals, gain knowledge, stay up to date and get involved in your community. Affiliation is free for ASM members and all Chapters are listed online by city at Click on Membership and Networking to find an ASM Chapter and learn more about activities and events in your area. CONFERENCES AND EXPOSITIONS New products, techniques, processing and materials are changing the way we work. To keep you current, ASM and our Affiliate Societies organize conferences, expositions, symposia and other events that bring together the experts in the field. Visit for details and special registration fees for ASM members. EDUCATION To help you to stay competitive in a challenging market, ASM offers many ways to keep your technical knowledge and skills up to date. If you have a gap in your experience that needs to be filled, take advantage of special member pricing on ASM Education programs including seminars, onsite, homestudy and online. Visit and click on Education and Training for details. ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES Written by industry experts and considered the definitive magazine for the Materials Science and Engineering professional, ASM members receive 12 monthly issues of Advanced Materials & Processes and weekly updates via AM&P enews. Want to read AM&P on your PC? Access the Digital Online Version at amp.asminternational.org. ASM CAREER CENTER Visit the ASM Global Community site at and click on Career Center for useful tools that can help you take the next step in your professional life. Job seekers can post their resumes confidentially at no cost. Prospective employers can use the Career Center to find the right fit for otheir open positions. 6

7 Affiliate Societies HEAT TREATING SOCIETY SM The premier society for heat treating professionals is comprised of members from the captive, commercial, supplier, research, manufacturer and customer sectors. HTS serves as a central clearinghouse for heat-treating information that is distributed through conferences, seminars, books and electronic media. ASM members who join HTS receive Heat Treating Progress magazine seven times a year and unlimited online access to ASM s Heat Treater s Guide. THERMAL SPRAY SOCIETY SM Members who specialize in this exciting, evolving technology can network and share information through TSS. ASM members who join also receive 4 issues of International Thermal Spray & Surface Engineering, the official society newsletter magazine. ELECTRONIC DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS SOCIETY SM Members work for technology advancement and the improved performance and reliability of devices and materials for the electronic industry. All members of this affiliate receive Electronic Device Failure Analysis TM magazine. INTERNATIONAL METALLOGRAPHIC SOCIETY SM IMS serves those involved in the examination, analysis, characterization, structure and evaluation of materials. Members are interested in techniques for microstructural examination and analysis including light, electron and acoustical microscopy, quantitative computer-aided microstructural analysis, metallography, ceramography and resinography. Membership includes your subscription to Slip Lines, the official IMS newsletter, published quarterly. SHAPE MEMORY AND SUPERELASTIC TECHNOLOGIES TM SMST is made up of industry professionals dedicated to disseminating technical education on the unique class of materials which exhibit shape memory and superelastic properties, especially Nitinol alloys. Accessing ASM membership benefits is as simple as visiting & Networking, or call ASM Customer Service at , ext. 0. 7

8 ASM Membership: Giving You More All of us have an asset in our professional portfolio that won t depreciate with the stock market, the price of oil, tight credit or the numerous challenges facing our world economy. It s our ASM membership. And these days, we can count on it to provide value that s highly useful particularly during unpredictable times. Whether we re on the front-end of our careers or we ve been at this for years, we need to stay current and stay connected. Our ASM membership can help us to do this in numerous ways. When times are the most challenging, our ASM membership is even more valuable to us. I encourage you to take advantage of the many opportunities that ASM provides for staying up-to-date and in touch with our materials profession. Roger J. Fabian, FASM ASM President, MEGN0902