Academic Outreach For Members

Give a scholarship. Hold a Social or Networking Event. Host a Guest Lecture.

All ASTM International members and committees are encouraged to help promote and take advantage of the Academic Outreach program resources.

Also, consider these examples for your committee to connect directly with students and universities.

Our Future Is in School

ASTM International needs committee support to take advantage of Academic Outreach activities or to begin new ones. We want to connect technical committees with universities, students, professors, and researchers in your industry.

Committee members are invited to expand ASTM International’s academic partner network, which currently reaches over 5,000 student members and active members from universities around the globe.

Promote Awareness of Standards and the Process

Technical committees are key to promoting awareness of the consensus standards development process at ASTM International. With support from Academic Outreach, committees can:

Increase awareness of standards and consensus standards development

Encourage collaboration between members and professors/students

Include the use of standards in university coursework

Tap into university expertise for research that supports standards

Learn More

Become familiar with benefits for students and for professors by following links below:

What You Can Do

Committee members are invited to expand ASTM International’s academic partner network, which currently reaches over 5,000 student members and active members from universities around the globe. Consider any of the following:

Give a Scholarship

The committee on metallography (E04), for example, sponsors the Mary R. Norton Memorial Scholarship Award for Women that provides $1,000 to women college seniors or first-year graduate students to pursue physical metallurgy or materials science. Click here to learn more about scholarships, grants, and awards for students.

Sponsor a Student Paper Competition

Competitions further awareness of how standards relate to their technical fields. For example, the committee on fatigue and fracture (E08), for example sponsors and awards the E08 Best Student Paper Award for research papers in the field of fracture and subcritical crack growth. Click here to learn more.

Host a Social or Networking Event, Meet on Campus, or Give a Guest Lecture

Invite area students to an event that give your committee members the opportunity to socialize with them. Consider adding a class visit or a lab tour. And when your committee meets near a university, check whether you might provide a guest lecture on a technical topic, an introduction to ASTM International, or the importance of standards to their future careers.

Questions?

Contact Travis Murdock at tmurdock@astm.org to discuss the many opportunities available for members who want to work with students.