Meet the AIP Member Societies
American Institute of Physics
When you join SPS as an undergraduate, you get free membership in two of ten other physics societies, all of which are members of the American Institute of Physics (AIP). AIP serves this federation of physical science societies in a common mission to promote physics and allied fields.
Since you can do this for up to three years, you might consider joining different societies each year, trying out acoustics, crystallography, rheology, medical physics, or optics just to see what those societies have to offer. In any case, SPS is eager for you to see the breadth of physics through these societies, so indulge!
Purpose: To increase and diffuse the knowledge of acoustics and to promote its practical applications.
Benefits: Journal of the ASA online, Acoustics Today magazine, discounted registration at ASA meetings, special events for students at meetings.
Purpose: Seeks to promote the application of physics to medicine and biology.
Benefits: Medical Physics online journal.
Purpose: Promotes enhancing the understanding and appreciation of physics through teaching.
Benefits: Member discounts on AAPT products, access to members-only portion of AAPT homepage, student registration at AAPT meetings, online access to The American Journal of Physics and The Physics Teacher. Also access to local AAPT sections and more. See
