Recently graduated engineers now in industry can give insights into what the students can expect. Effective programming is not a real problem, particularly if you organize your ideas and time. Remember, stimulating forums, discussions and lectures initiate membership development. The student chapter should take pride in its membership record, and should strive for growth. As with the entire society, growth is not sought for its own sake, but for the strength it gives.
New members bring new ideas and new enthusiasm.
The larger the chapter is, the more it can do. The membership chairman should make a point of obtaining application forms and distributing them widely. These forms point out the direct benefits of membership in TMS . Cordial relations with freshmen can be a strong point of any membership program. Many chapters organize a Freshman Night of the chapter - designed to introduce the students to minerals, metals and materials engineering.