The American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES) is an
umbrella organization
An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry-specific) institutions who work together formally to coordinate activities and/or pool resources. In business, political, and other environments, it provides resources and ofte ...
of
engineering societies
An engineering society is a professional organization for engineers of various disciplines. Some are umbrella type organizations which accept many different disciplines, while others are discipline-specific. Many award professional designations, s ...
in the US, founded by a group of 43 societies in 1979.
After several disputes,
and a change in focus in the mid-1980s from speaking for the
societies
A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Societ ...
to coordinating between the societies, its membership was reduced to 22 societies by 1993,
[.] and 17 societies . In 2019, AAES announced that the organization was dissolving as of early 2020
[.]
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American engineering organizations
Engineering societies based in the United States
Organizations established in 1979
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