Professional Society

[dblk22vball]

Hello all,

 

My company pays for annual dues for a Professional Organisation (IEEE, etc).

 

I am an Electrical Engineer by degree, but I have worked most of my career as a Test Engineer/Software developer working mostly in LabVIEW.  As such, I work heavily in the Manufacturing world, both in electronics manufacturing as well as non-electronics manufacturing (mostly with water related products).

 

IEEE is obviously the biggest organisation for EE's and the most recognized.  But it seems to be focused on new product development and not much on manufacturing.

 

SME seems to be focused on machining and more mechanical aspects.

 

There is the American Test Engineer Society, but that does not seem to be very active. (http://www.astetest.org/)

 

There is also the International Test and Evaluation Association, which seems to be more active. (http://www.itea.org/)

 

Has anyone had any involvement with any of the groups?  Are you part of any professional organisation?

[Neil Pate]

Hello all,

 

My company pays for annual dues for a Professional Organisation (IEEE, etc).

 

I am an Electrical Engineer by degree, but I have worked most of my career as a Test Engineer/Software developer working mostly in LabVIEW.  As such, I work heavily in the Manufacturing world, both in electronics manufacturing as well as non-electronics manufacturing (mostly with water related products).

 

IEEE is obviously the biggest organisation for EE's and the most recognized.  But it seems to be focused on new product development and not much on manufacturing.

 

SME seems to be focused on machining and more mechanical aspects.

 

There is the American Test Engineer Society, but that does not seem to be very active. (http://www.astetest.org/)

 

There is also the International Test and Evaluation Association, which seems to be more active. (http://www.itea.org/)

 

Has anyone had any involvement with any of the groups?  Are you part of any professional organisation?

 

I am a member of the IEEE, and have been since I was a student (so about 18 years in total). But honestly I do not really get much from it, other than a magazine each month which occasionally have some interesting articles.