It also publishes a student journal which is received by all student members. Each year AIAA conducts numerous meetings and conferences throughout the country. The student chapter at UB serves the interests of both undergraduate and graduate students of aerospace engineering. The student section runs a variety of activities including field trips, guest speakers, and design projects. Each year a meeting is held for all the student chapters in the northeast region and many of UB's students have participated in thesee meetings.
Dues provide the students with all the privileges of the parent society.
ASME organizes meetings of researchers and designers throughout the country and publishes numerous reports, conference proceedings, and journals, as well as the monthly magazine Mechanical Engineering, which is received by all members. Here at UB, the student chapter coordinates, plans and runs a variety of student activities, including the invitation of guest speakers, organization of field trips, department open house for the Buffalo community, student paper contests, an annual picnic and banquet, and participation in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Student Conference. Dues guarantee all the privileges of the parent society. BMES is a national organization with 2000 members, approximately half of whom are students. Members include engineers as well as physiologists and other health scientists with interests in Biomedical Engineering.