Professional Societies are organizations formed among those sharing similar professions for the purpose of exchanging information, ideas, and other important information applicable to their profession. Some professional societies offer training, certification and standardization within their profession.
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- Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
Woodbury, NY - (516) 576-2360
- Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI)
Arlington, VA - [703) 524-8800
- Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA)
Washington, DC - (202) 483-9370
- Alliance of Pile Testing Laboratory Engineers (APTLY)
Orinda, CA - (510) 254-0461
- American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE)
Annapolis, MD - (410) 266-3311
- American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS)
St. Petersburg, FL - (813) 896-8626
- American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
Washington, DC - (202) 728-0200
- American Association of Drilling Engineers (AADE)
Metairie, LA - (504) 888-4177
- American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES)
Washington, DC - (202) 296-2237
- American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Tulsa, OK - (918) 560-2639
- American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA)
Alexandria, VA - (703) 684-5700
- American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums (AAZPA)
Silver Spring, MD - (301) 562-0777
- American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC)
Edgewater, MD - (410) 956-1050
- American Boatbuilders and Repairers Association (ABRA)
New York, NY - (212) 396-2646
- American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)
New York, NY - (212) 839-5000
- American Coastal Coalition (ACC)
Washington, DC - (202) 775-1796
- American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM)
Bethesda, MD - (301) 493-0200
- American Consulting Engineers Council (ACEC)
Washington, DC - (202) 347-7474
- American Fisheries Society (AFS)
Bethesda, MD - (301) 897-8616
- American Gas Association (AGA)
Washington, DC - (202) 824-7000
- American Geographical Society (AGS)
New York, NY - (212) 422-5456
- American Geological Institute (AGI)
Alexandria, VA - (703) 379-2480
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Washington, DC - (202) 462-6900
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICE)
New York, NY - (800) 242-4363
- American Institute of Chemists (AIC)
Alexandria, VA - (703) 836-2090
- American Institute of Hydrology (AIH)
St. Paul, MN - (612) 484-8169
- American Institute of Mining Metallurgical & Petroleum Engineers (AIME)
New York, NY - (212) 705-7695
- American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG)
Westminster, CO - (303) 412-6205
- American Littoral Society (ALS)
Highlands, NJ - (908) 291-0055
- American Maritime Congress (AMC)
Washington, DC - (202) 842-4900
- American Maritime Officers (AMO)
Dania Beach, FL - (800) 362-0513
- American Meteorological Society (AMS)
Boston, MA - (617) 227-2425
- American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
New York, NY - (212) 842-4900
- American Petroleum Institute (API)
Washington, DC - (202) 682-8000
- American Public Works Association (APWA)
Washington, DC - (202) 393-2792
- American Shipbuilding Association (ASA)
Washington, DC - (202) 544-8170
- American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA)
Oakland, CA - (310) 305-9537
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
Washington, DC - (202) 331-3600
- American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
Bethesda, MD - (301) 493-0290
- American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
Conshohocken, PA - (610) 832-9566
- American Society of Certified Engineering Technicians (ASCET)
Flowery Branch, GA - (770) 967-9173
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Reston, VA - (800) 540-2723
- American Society of Engineering Management (ASEM)
Annapolis, MD - (703) 998-0140
- American Society of Engineering Technology (ASET)
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- American Society of Heating Refrigerating & Airconditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
Atlanta, GA - (404) 636-6400
- American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
Walla Walla, WA - (509) 527-5948
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
New York, NY - (800) 843-2673
- American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE)
Alexandria, VA - (703) 836-6727
- American Society of Petroleum Operating Engineers (ASPOE)
Arlington, VA - (703) 684-7472
- American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)
Des Plaines, IL - (847) 699-9929
- American Technical Education Association (ATEA)
Wahpeton, ND - (701) 671-2240
- American Water Resources Association (AWRA)
Herndon, VA - (703) 904-1225
- American Water Works Association (AWWA)
Denver, CO - (303) 794-7711
- American Waterways Operators (AWO)
Arlington, VA - (703) 841-0389
- American Welding Society (AWS)
Miami, FL - (800) 443-9353
- Aquacultural Engineering Society (AES)
Shepherdstown, WV - (304) 876-1606`
- Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE)
Alexandria, VA - (800) 826-9972
- Association for Electronic Manufacturing-SME (EM/SME)
Dearborn, MI - (313) 271-1500
- Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI)
Washington, DC - (202) 857-1899
- Association of American Geographers (AAG)
Washington, DC - (202) 234-1450
- Association of Commercial Diving Educators (ACDE)
Santa Barbara, CA - (805) 965-0581
- Association of Diving Contractors (ADC)
Houston, TX - (281) 893-8388
- Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)
Atlanta, GA - (770) 447-5083
- Association of Engineering Geologists (AEG)
College Station, TX - (409) 845-0142
- Association of Exploration Geochemists (AEG)
Napean, Ontario, CAN - (618) 828-0199
- Association of Practicing Prof. Firms in the Geosciences (ASFE)
Silver Spring, MD - (301) 565-2731
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- IEEE Ocean Engineering Society (IEEE)
Washington, DC -
- Independent Liquid Terminals Association (ILTA)
Washington, DC - (202) 659-2301
- Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA)
Washington, DC - (202) 857-4722
- Industrial Research Institute (IRI)
Washington, DC - (202) 296-8811
- Industrial Safety Equipment Association (ISEA)
Alexandria, VA - (703) 525-1695
- Inland Rivers Ports and Terminals (IRPT)
Jefferson City, MO - (573) 634-2028
- Inland Seas Education Association (ISEA)
Suttons Bay, MI - (616) 271-3077
- Institute for Interconnecting and Packagng Electronic Circuits (IPC)
Northbrook, IL - (847) 509-9700
- Institute of Gas Technology (IGT)
Des Plaines, IL - (847) 768-0500
- Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
Norcross, GA - (800) 494-0460
- Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST)
London, UK -
- Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA)
College Station, TX - (409) 845-6694
- Institute of Navigation (ION)
Alexandria, VA - (703) 683-7101
- Instrument Society of America (ISA)
Research Triangle Park, NC - (919) 549-8411
- International Aquarium Society (IAS)
Maine, NY - (800) 771-8912
- International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR)
Ann Arbor, MI - (734) 665-5303
- International Association for Physical Sciences of the Ocean (IAPSO)
Vicksburg, MS - (601) 634-2012
- International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC)
Houston, TX - (281) 578-7171`
- International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC)
Houston, TX - (281) 578-7171
- International Association of Geophysical Contractors (IAGC)
Houston, TX - (713) 957-8080
- International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (SIL)
Tuscaloosa, AL - (201) 348-1793
- International Communications Association (ICA)
Dallas, TX - (800) 422-4636
- International Loran Association (ILA)
Santa Barbara, CA - (805) 967-8649
- International Navigation Association (PIANC)
Alexandria, VA - (703) 428-6286
- International Oceanographic Foundation (IOF)
Miami, FL - (305) 361-4888
- International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P)
Linthicum Heights, MD - 1-877-667-5522
- International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
Bellingham, WA - (360) 376-3230
- International Society of Certified ElectronicsTechnicians (ISCET)
Fort Worth, TX - (817) 921-9101
- International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers- (ISOPE)
Cupertino, CA - (408) 980-1784
- International Technology Education Association (ITEA)
Reston, VA - (703) 860-2100
- International Underwater Foundation (IUF)
Montclair, CA - (909) 621-5801
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- National Aquaculture Association (NAA)
Charles Town, WV - (304) 728-2167
- National Aquaculture Council (NAC)
Arlington, VA - (703) 524-8883
- National Aquarium Society (NAS)
Washington, DC - (202) 482-2825
- National Association for Industry Education Cooperation (NAIEC)
Buffalo, NY - (716) 834-7047
- National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST)
Colombus, OH - (614) 292-3889
- National Association for the Marine Assistance Industry (C-PORT)
Alexandria, VA - (703) 519-1713
- National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE-INT)
Houston, TX - (281) 228-8200
- National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP)
Jacksonville, FL - (904) 251-9900
- National Association of Marine Laboratories (NAML)
Solomons, MD - (419) 326-7241
- National Association of Marine Surveyors (NAMS)
Chesapeake, VA - (800) 822-6227
- National Association of MaritIme Educators (NAME)
Houma, LA - (504) 652-3087
- National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI)
Tampa, FL - (800) 553-6284
- National Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers (NCATC)
Waco, TX - (800) 518-1410
- National Council for Occupational Education (NCOE)
Columbus, OH - (614) 451-3577
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
Reston, VA - (703) 620-9840
- National Drilling Association (NDA)
Columbia, SC - (800) 445-8629
- National Electric Contractors Association (NECA)
Bethesda, MD - (301) 657-3110
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
Quincy, MA - (617) 770-3000
- National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET)
Alexandria, VA - (888) 4776-4238
- National Marine Educators Association (NMEA)
Ocean Spring, MS - (601) 374-7557
- National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA)
New Bern, NC - (252) 638-2626
- National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA)
Chicago, IL - (312) 946-6200
- National Safety Council (NSC)
Itasca, IL - (800) 621-7619
- National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
Arlington, VA - (703) 243-7100
- National Shellfisheries Association (NSA)
Wachapreague, VA - (757) 787-5816
- National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)
Alexandria, VA - (888) 285-6773
- National Water Resources Association (NWRA)
Arlington, VA - (703) 524-1544
- National Waterways Conference (NWC)
Washington, DC - (202) 296-4415
- North American Lake Management Society (NALMS)
Madison, WI - (608) 233-2836
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- Safety Equipment Institute (SEI)
MacLean, VA - (703) 442-5732
- Sailors' Union of the Pacific (SUP)
San Francisco, CA - (415) 777-3400
- Sea Education Association (SEA)
Woods Hole, MA - (508) 540-3954
- Sea Grant Association (SGA)
Falls Church, VA - (703) 876-0121
- Sea Research Society (SRS)
Charleston, SC - (843) 744-2999
- Seafarers International Union (SIU)
Camp Springs, MD - (301) 899-0675
- Shipbuildeers Council of America (SCA)
Arlington, VA - (703) 351-6734
- Signal Processing Society-IEEE (ASSPC)
Piscataway, NJ - ( 732) 562-3888
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
Philadelphia, PA - (215) 382-9800
- Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration (SMME)
Littleton, CO - (800) 763-3132
- Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE)
Covina, CA - (626) 331-0616
- Society for Underwater Exploration (SUE)
Alexandria, VA -
- Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors (SAMS)
Jacksonville, FL - (800) 344-9077
- Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
Tulsa, OK - (918) 497-5500
- Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
Dearborn, MI - (313) 271-1500
- Society of Marine Consultants (SMC)
Alexandria, VA - (703) 370-7333
- Society of Marine Port Engineers (SMPE)
Avenel, NJ -
- Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME)
Jersey City, NJ - (800) 798-2188
- Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Richardson, TX - (972) 952-9393
- Society of Wetland Scientsts (SWS)
Lawrence, KS - (800) 627-0629
- Software Engineering Society (SES)
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- Specialized Carriers and Rigging Association (SC&RA)
Fairfax, VA - (703) 698-0291
- System Safety Society (SSS)
Unionville, VA - (800) 747-5744
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