Volunteer Opportunities

Be at the forefront of integrating materials and manufacturing innovation by volunteering with TMS. A variety of avenues and activities are available to you that fit your schedule and professional interests. The success of TMS has been built on its strength of convening a wide range of talents and perspectives around common goals. So, however you choose to become involved, you will be able to establish linkages and relationships with individuals, organizations, and industries that are helping advance new thinking and approaches to accelerating the development and commercialization of materials.

This page features a selection of volunteer openings related to Materials Innovation @ TMS topics and issues. New projects and opportunities are added on a regular basis, so check back often!

Volunteer Spotlight

Participate Today in Digital Materials Data Survey

Gaining insights as to how the international materials community views and currently handles key issues related to the generation, sharing, and long-term management of digital research data is the purpose of an online survey that was jointly develope

Current Volunteer Opportunities and Resources

Find out how you can join a technical committee, present at a symposium, submit a journal article or participate in a special project, to name just a few volunteer possibilities.

COMMITTEE: Advanced Characterization, Testing, and Simulation [VISIT]
With a focus on structural materials, this TMS Technical Committee examines advances in characterization and modeling, as well as development of computational tools.

COMMITTEE: Computational Materials Science & Engineering [VISIT]
This TMS Technical Committee focuses on fostering research and development associated with the mathematical and computational determination of the physical and engineering properties of materials.

COMMITTEE: Education [VISIT]
A TMS Administrative Committee, this group contributes to the preparation of future materials science and engineering professionals through outreach, educational resource development, and cooperative efforts with other interested societies and committees.

COMMITTEE: Integrated Computational Materials Science and Engineering (ICME) [VISIT]
This TMS Technical Committee is responsible for promoting the emerging discipline of ICME through an array of educational and outreach activities.

COMMITTEE: Materials Characterization [VISIT]
Focusing on the materials characterization aspect of process research and development, this TMS Technical Committee encompasses product evaluation, process design, and trouble-shooting.

COMMITTEE: Process Technology and Modeling Committee [VISIT]
This TMS Technical Committee explores the fundamental principles for materials production, the design of controls, and analysis and modeling of material synthesis and processing.

PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITY: Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation (IMMI) [VISIT]
TMS's new Open Access journal, IMMI combines the peer review rigor of scholarly publications with enhanced digital content to bring the latest in innovations, from materials discovery through manufacturing.

PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITY: JOM [VISIT]
JOM is the monthly technical journal of TMS exploring the many aspects of materials science and engineering. View the Technical Emphasis Calendar for topics related to ICME and integrating materials and manufacturing innovation.

PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITY: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions [VISIT]
Jointly published by TMS and ASM International, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A and B are highly respected, peer-reviewed archival journals for metallurgy and materials science.

For More Information

Visit TMS Volunteer Central or e-mail volunteer@tms.org for additional information on the wide range of volunteer opportunities that TMS offers, as well as access to volunteer tools and support.