MEMBERSHIP

SES membership will be offered to professionals with appropriate academic and work experience. College students in all disciplines with a in-depth interdisciplinary involvement will also accepted.  Qualified individuals should submit their applications with membership dues to the SES for review and processing. The SES membership will consist of Corporate membership, Associate Member, Member, Senior Member, Fellow, Honorary Member. In addition, there will be Student members. Note that, one time SES membership fee will be charged to SDPS members if they wish to be SES member.

1.Corporate Membership

Corporate membership will be given to legal entities such as corporations and organizations.

2. Associate Member

Associate Membership will be given to technical and non-technical individuals who do not presently meet the qualifications for Member grade, but would benefit by participating in SES activities. Associate Members can progress through continuing education and work experience to Member grade.

3. Member

The Member grade is given to those who have demonstrated professional competence in design and process science. For admission or advancement to the grade of Member, a person should hold a baccalaureate degree, or its equivalent from a recognized educational program in any field. An Associate Member who has five years of engineering experience in design and process improvement may apply for transfer to the grade of Member.

4. Senior Member

Senior Member is the highest grade of SES membership given to candidates who have been active in professional practice for 10 years or member of SES for five years at the time of admission or advancement to Senior Member.

5. Fellow

A Fellow, a membership grade of distinction in SES related professions, is elected by the Board of Directors based upon a candidate having been responsible for significant engineering achievements in design and process improvement. Normally, a candidate should have ten years of active practice and should hold Senior member grade at the time of nomination. Ten years of membership requirement may be waived for a Fellow candidate who has 15 years of professional practice (as needed to qualify for Senior member grade) and who has demonstrated significant achievements or truly outstanding contributions in at least one of the following categories:

1. Integration of disciplines, theories and methodologies.

2. Development scientific principles and methods for design and process science as applied to traditional disciplines of engineering.

3. Industrial leadership and innovation.

4. Educational leadership and creativity.

A nomination for promotion to Fellow must be initiated by a Fellow of any other society or a Member of SES and supported by at least five additional sponsors. The candidate and at least 3 out of 5 sponsors must be Members of SES at the time of nomination.

6. Honorary Member

The grade of Honorary Membership recognizes unusual accomplishment in engineering, science, or public service and other allied pursuits beneficial to the design and process science.

7. Student Member

An undergraduate or graduate students regularly enrolled, in a university program who feels the need for interdisciplinary involvement at a professional level will meet the requirements for appointment to Student grade.

FEES AND DUES

1. The annual dues for all SES members, other than students, shall be sixty-five dollars ($65). Dues for students (must be full time student) shall be fifteen dollars ($15). Student members transferring to a higher grade without interrupting their membership shall pay thirty-five dollars ($35) until they are 30 years of age at which time the regular membership dues of sixty-five dollars ($65) will be applicable. Membership dues shall be waived for those elected to SES Honorary membership

2. A fifty percent reduction in SES dues shall be made for :

a) members who did not exceed the minimum income level for the prior year (less than; 150x$65=$9750/year), and

b) retired members (over 65 years old) not holding any kind of job.

A. 9. 8. 3. Members from countries listed in Table 1 shall pay membership dues of twenty five dollars, 40% ($10.0) of which shall be allocated to the respective country’s chapter account for the purpose of supporting chapter activities. Student members from countries listed in Table 1 shall pay membership dues of $5. All other countries’ membership dues shall be sixty five dollars ($65), 30% ($19.50) of which shall be allocated to their respective chapters.

A. 9. 8. 4. Dues for regular membership (members who pay reduced membership fee are included) include quarterly published “Design and Process World” and “SDPS-SES Transactions: Journal of Integrated Design and process Science.” >

A. 9. 8. 5. Dues for corporate membership will be a minimum of $2,000.

Services provided will include:

1. promotion of the member corporation through society publications such as SES Journal, Magazine, conference proceedings etc.,

2. one honorary registration a year to ISEC Conference,

3. delivery of publications in electronic form or hard copy.