American Association of Engineering Societies

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The American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES) is a former umbrella organization of engineering societies in the US, founded by a group of 43 societies in 1979. [1] After several disputes, [1] and a change in focus in the mid-1980s from speaking for the societies to coordinating between the societies, [2] its membership was reduced to 22 societies by 1993, [1] and 17 societies as of 2015. [3] The AAES dissolved in 2020. [4] [5]

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  2. Basta, Nicholas; Price, Wilma (May 27, 1985), "AAES narrows its scope, gives up unifying role", Chemical Engineering, 92 (11): 13.
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