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Everything you wanted
to know about joining SPS!
Hopefully this page will
answer many of your questions. If you do not find the answers here,
check out the National
SPS website.
The following information
is borrowed from the National
SPS website.
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| What
is SPS? |
The Society of Physics Students
is a professional association explicitly designed for students.
Membership, through collegiate chapters, is open to anyone
interested in physics. The only requirement for membership
is that you be interested in physics. Besides physics majors,
our members include majors in chemistry, computer science,
engineering, geology, mathematics, medicine, and other fields.
Within the SPS, Sigma Pi Sigma, a nationally recognized scholastic
honor society, elects members on the basis of outstanding
academic achievement. This two-in-one Society operates within
the American Institute of Physics (AIP).
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| Why
join SPS? |
The SPS exists to
help students transform themselves into contributing members
of the professional community. Course work develops only one
range of skills. Other skills needed to flourish professionally
include effective communication and personal interactions, leadership
experience, establishing a personal network of contacts, presenting
scholarly work in professional meetings and journals, and outreach
services to the campus and local communities. Locally, regionally,
nationally, and internationally, the SPS offers the opportunity
for these important enrichments to the student’s experience.
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| How
much does it cost? |
To cover in part,
the cost of the Society’s services, members pay annual national
dues of $20.00. Dues for those with non-US addresses is $30.00.
The remaining costs are covered by AIP funds. Members receive
a membership card and may purchase lapel emblems or pins. Local
dues are set by the individual chapters. |
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good stuff: |
Upon payment of your $20.00 dues,
you will receive:
The AIP's ten member societies are:
- The American
Physical Society (APS)
Promotes the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge
of physics and all branches of fundamental and applied physics.
- Optical
Society of America (OSA)
Devotes itself to the advancement of optics, pure and applied,
in all its branches.
- Acoustical
Society of America (ASA)
Seeks to increase and diffuse the knowledge of acoustics
and to promote its practical applications.
- The
Society of Rheology (SoR)
Promotes the advancement and applications of rheology, the
science of deformation and flow of matter, and its applications.
- American
Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
Promotes enhancing the understanding and appreciation of
physics through teaching.
- American
Crystallographic Association (ACA)
Promotes the study of the arrangement of the atoms in matter,
its causes, its nature, and its consequences, and the tools
and methods used in such studies.
- American
Astronomical Society (AAS)
Promotes the advancement of astronomy and closely related
branches of science.
- American
Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
Seeks to promote the application of physics to medicine
and biology.
- AVS Science
and Technology Society
Promotes communication, dissemination of knowledge, recommended
practices, research, and education in the use of vacuum
and other controlled environments to develop new materials,
process technology, devices, and related understanding of
material properties for the betterment of humanity.
- American
Geophysical Union (AGU)
Promotes the scientific study of the Earth and its environment
in space.
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| How do I join? |
Apply
online using a credit card and a secure membership application
form.
-OR- Download
the membership application form to print and mail in with
a check, money order, or credit card information. (This file
is in PDF format which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).
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