American Chemical Society Society founded in 1876, now claiming to be the world's largest scientific society, with a membership of over 155,000 chemists and chemical engineers. The Society fosters scientific education and research, and promotes public understanding of science. A multi-disciplinary professional and technical society concerned with research and development, design, manufacture, and measurement of high accuracy components and systems. ASPE activities encompass relevant aspects of mechanical, electronic, optical and production engineering, physics, chemistry, and computer and materials science.
Membership is open to anyone interested in any aspect of precision engineering.
The learned society for chemistry and the professional body for chemists in the UK with 46,000 members worldwide. It is a major publisher of chemical information, supports the teaching of chemistry at all levels, organises hundreds of chemical meetings a year and is a leader in communicating science to the public.