18.Student Membership in ASME and AIAA

All full-time graduate students are eligible for student membership in the Buffalo Student Chapters of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and/or the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. In addition, graduate students, regardless of society memberships, are eligible to compete in student paper competitions sponsored by the ASME and the AIAA. The ASME award is sponsored by the Mechanical Engineering Department Heads Committee and requires endorsement by the Department Chair. Information on these items is available from the respective student chapter presidents, and the faculty advisors for the student chapters.