ACI- American Concrete Institute
The Maryland Chapter of the American Concrete Institute is composed of contractors, engineers, educators, concrete material suppliers and manufacturers of concrete related products. Chapter membership provides the opportunity to work with other Chapter members to further engineering and technical education, scientific investigation and research and development of standards for the design and construction of concrete structures.
www.aci-int.org

AFE - Association for Facilities Engineers
Established in 1954 to promote better ways of communicating between management and fellow workers; and encourages the growth of professional pride and competence.
www.afe.org

AIChE- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Maryland Section, promotes the social and professional interaction of chemical engineers with each other and with students. Meetings are typically held monthly. They generally include dinner and a plant tour or speaker presentation related to chemical engineering and the profession. Each year graduate students from either John Hopkins University or the University of Maryland Baltimore County make presentations about the research in which they are involved at a monthly meeting. The AIChE- Maryland Section also supports local students through scholarship awards and by encouraging their participation in our monthly meetings with reduced meeting registration costs.Additional information is available on our web site at
www.aiche-md.org.

ASCE- American Society of Civil Engineers/Maryland Section
Founded in 1852, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) represents more than 123,000 members of the civil engineering profession worldwide, and is America's oldest national engineering society. ASCE's vision is to position engineers as global leaders building a better quality of life. The Maryland Section, ASCE, has more than 1,200 members. Monthly meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month from 6 PM to 9pm at the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion (September through May).
Visit our website at, sections.asce.org/maryland/index.htm

ASHE- American Society of Highway Engineers
The purpose of ASHE is to procure the latest data on the techniques and methods in design and construction of highways; to disseminate this procured information among the members of the Society; to exercise the Code of Ethics; and to foster and publicize new and advanced ideas and devices developed by the members after being studied by the Technical Committee; and for the general welfare of the highway industry. www.highwayengineers.org

ASHRAE- American Society of Heating, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning
ASHRAE will advance the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration and related human factors to serve the evolving needs of the public and ASHRAE members. ASHRAE's goals are to provide comprehensive education programs that enhance opportunity for professional growth, respond to current and emerging heating, ventilating, air-conditioning and refrigerating issues, ensure timely transfer of information, and provide for diverse global growth. www.ashrae.org

ASME- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASME International's vision is to be the premier organization for promoting the art, science and practice of engineering throughout the world. Our goal is to promote and enhance the technical competency and professional well being of our members, and through quality programs and activities in mechanical engineering, better enable its practitioners to contribute to the well being of humankind. www.asme.org

ASPE- American Society of Plumbing Engineers
ASPE'S goals are to improve the profession of plumbing engineering and thereby benefit the general public, and generally advance the plumbing profession through research, cooperation, participation and problem solving. www.aspe.org

COUNT- Contractors and Unions Together
The COUNT program is comprised of the Mechanical Contractors association of Maryland and Plumbers and Steamfitters U.A. local union 486 in Baltimore and Plumbers and Pipefitters U.A. local union 782 in Seaford Delaware. We are a joint labor management organization established to promote, stimulate and sustain healthy business environment for the Mechanical contracting industry. www.countprogram.org

ECM- Engineering Council of Maryland
ECM was organized in 1976, taking over the work of the former Engineers Joint Council. ECM's purpose is to coordinate the public interests and activities of Maryland engineers. It strives to present factual, technical information to legislative bodies and to protect legitimate interests of engineers while upholding the welfare of the public.

IEEE- Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
IEEE's goals are continuing education, technical excellence, public service and awareness, recognition of outstanding achievement, dissemination of information, and the overall advancement of the theory and practice of electrical engineering for improved member and public welfare. www.ieee.org

IMA- Institute of Management Accountants, Inc.
Provide to members personal and professional development opportunities through education, association with business professionals, and certification in management accounting and financial management skills. Ensure that IMA is universally recognized by the financial community as a respected institution influencing the concepts and ethical practices of accounting, financial and information management skills. IMA's vision is "Global Leadership in education, certification, and practice of management accounting and financial management" www.imanet.org

ISA- Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society/Baltimore Section
The ISA- the Society, is a technical, scientific, and educational organization dedicated to enhancing the technical capabilities of practitioners involved with the design, manufacture and use of instrumentation in industry and science. www.isa.org

IAESTE United States- International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience, United States
AIMS: IAESTE United States is a society for globally prepared engineers and scientists. Membership activities focus on providing engineers and scientists leadership, technical and international experienced needed to compete in the global marketplace. IAESTE United States promotes the study of engineering and science in order to solve critical local and global issues. www.iaesteunitedstates.org.

LAI- Lambda Alpha International/Baltimore Chapter
Lambda Alpha International is an honorary, non-political professional organization whose purposes are: to recognize and honor men and women in all parts of the world whose achievements have contributed, directly or indirectly, to the advancement of the science of land economics, to a better understanding of the principles of land economics, or to the practical application of such principles in the preservation, development or better utilization of the world's land resources; to encourage and support the study of land economics and support the highest ideas of scholarship and integrity for all fields- professional, business, governmental and academic- in which land economics is studied or practiced; to expand the world 's knowledge and understanding of the principles of land economics and encourage and support the application of such principles to both public policy and private endeavor; to take those actions and support those ideas, individually and collectively, which contribute to the enrichment of our urban and rural environment and benefit the quality of human life; and to advance a close working bond and mutual understanding among men and women engaged in all disciplines and activities related to land economics. www.lai.org

MCA- Mechanical Contractors Association of Maryland, Inc.
The Mechanical Contractors Association of Maryland, Inc. is an organization whose contractor members employ members of Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 486 to construct, design/build, install, service, and maintain plumbing, heating, air conditioning, ventilation, process piping, and power piping systems in residential, commercial, institutional, governmental, and industrial settings. www.mcaofmd.org/members.htm

MDSPE- Maryland Society of Professional Engineers - Baltimore Chapter
MDSPE is a society of engineers that joins together members from all professional disciplines in areas of common purpose. Its activities center on advancing (1) the public welfare, (2) the professional, social, and economic interests of the professional engineer, (3) the interests of the engineer-in-training, and (4) the high standards of engineering education. It supports laws that provide for professional registration and the consideration of legislation that affects engineers. Civic consciousness and the maintenance of high ethical standards and practices in engineering undergird the society. The National Society of Professional Engineers chartered MDSPE in 1938. Until 1956 there were no chapters in Maryland, when the first chapter, the Baltimore Chapter, was chartered. There are now seven local chapters in the State of Maryland with a total membership of about one thousand, nearly one third of whom are members of the Baltimore Chapter. www.mdspe.org/balhome.htm

MEMRA- Mechanical Equipment Manufactures Association
The objects of this Association are related to the mechanical equipment industry as used in the heating, ventilating, and air conditioning industry. They are to promote the quality of mechanical equipment marketed locally , to improve the installation, operation, and maintenance procedures of all mechanical equipment in the area, to provide a source of exchange of information for the mechanical equipment industry, to endeavor to improve the bidding ethics in the building industry, to improve the professional standing of its members, to interest students in the mechanical engineering profession at all educational levels, to endeavor to have related courses or subjects included in local college curricula, to train young people in this profession, to encourage the use of codes which will improve our industry, to coordinate with other engineers' groups locally in any of the aforesaid objectives, and to promote the general welfare of its members and those associated with the mechanical equipment industry. www.memra.org

MSHEP- The Maryland Society of High School Engineering Programs
MSHEP brings together education professionals in MD working in high schools with engineering programs for the general promotion of the field among its future workforce.

SAME- Society of American Military Engineers
The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) is a nonprofit professional engineer association, with 143 chapters (called Posts) and 25,000 members from industry, the military, government, and academia worldwide. Founded in 1920, The Society was formed to engage military and federal government engineers with those in private life for the purpose of improving the engineering potential of the United States. SAME brings together professional engineers and those in engineering-related fields to exchange and advance the knowledge of engineering technologies, applications, and practices. The Baltimore Post is consistently one of the top ten Posts with778 members and 117 Sustaining Member firms, including sponsoring the Morgan State and Naval Academy
Student Posts. www.same.org

SFPE- Society of Fire Protection Engineers
The Society of Fire Protection Engineers, established in 1950, represents those practicing the field of fire protection engineering. The Society's purpose is to advance the science and practice of fire protection engineering and its allied fields, maintain a high ethical standard among its members, and foster fire protection engineering education. www.sfpe.org

SMPS- Society of Marketing Professional Services/Chesapeake Chapter
SMPS was created in 1973 by a small group of professional service firm leaders who recognized the need to sharpen skills, pool resources and work together to create business opportunities. Together they created SMPS to help tackle the day to day complexities of marketing in a time when marketing was barely acknowledged as a separate component of professional services firms. Today, SMPS has 4,500 members who are active in 47 chapters across the U.S. Our members are marketing professionals employed by architecture, engineering, planning, interior design, construction and specialty consulting firms. Together, these professionals contribute support for the SMPS mission: "To be the premier resource for education, information and resources in marketing professional services for the built and natural environment". www.smps.org

WARES- Washington Area Railroad Engineers Society
The purpose of the Society shall be to disseminate technical information on the engineering sciences of railway design, construction and maintenance and to promote the exchange of technical knowledge through lectures and seminars on all aspects of railway operations related to track, bridges, buildings, and other fixed facilities for railroads and rail transit.