Dedicated to advancing the science of rheology:
the study of deformation and flow of matter
The Society of Rheology was founded in 1929 to foster the study of the mechanical
properties of deformable materials. Through its Annual
Meetings and the publication of the Journal of Rheology,
the Society provides a forum for engineers, chemists, physicists, polymer scientists, food
scientists, material scientists, biologists, and applied mathematicians to communicate
current research in rheology. The present membership of about 1700 is sufficiently small
that the Society is able to respond quickly to their needs. The Society brings together a
broad spectrum of individuals from academic, industrial, and governmental organizations
whose interests include experimental methods, constitutive equations, material processing,
flow of non-Newtonian fluids, mechanical behavior of solids, and theoretical and applied
mechanics. Materials of interest include, among many others, polymers, paints, foods,
biological fluids, and petroleum production fluids. The approach ranges from mathematical
theory to industrial practice. A primary objective of the Society is to facilitate
communication among rheologists interested in a wide variety of materials; between
engineers and academics; between theoreticians and experimentalists.
The Society of Rheology is one of five founding members of the American Institute of Physics, which
provides administrative services to the Society. By virtue of this affiliation, all
members of The Society also automatically enjoy membership in the
American Institute of Physics
and thus receive Physics Today
at no extra charge. The Society is also a member of the International Committee on
Rheology, which organizes the International Congress on Rheology, held every four years.
Meetings
The Annual Meeting of the
Society is normally held in mid-October. This meeting attracts about 300 registrants and
is organized in such a way as to promote interactions between rheologists interested in
different materials and in taking different approaches to solving rheological problems.
There are normally no more than four simultaneous sessions, and the program includes
plenary lectures, special symposia, informal evening discussions, and instrument exhibits.
A banquet is held to honor the recipients of the Society's awards:
the Bingham Medal,
the
Arthur B. Metzner Early Career Award, the
Journal of Rheology Publication Award,
and the Distinguished Service Award,
all for outstanding contributions to rheology. The Annual Meeting for those years during
which an International Congress occurs (1996, 2000, etc.) is held early in the following
year.
Publications
The Journal of Rheology,
published six times per year, is the archive publication of the Society and evolved from
the Transactions of The Society of Rheology, which first appeared as an annual
publication in 1957. The Journal maintains a high standard of quality and
endeavors to carry out its review process with minimum delay. The Rheology Bulletin
is published twice a year and carries news of Society activities and other items of
interest to rheologists. All members receive both the Journal and the Bulletin
at no extra cost. Members also receive, in advance, the program and abstracts for the Annual Meeting. The Society
publishes a membership directory at regular intervals.
An Invitation
If you have an interest in rheology, you are invited to apply for membership using the
enclosed application form. To help us
make our membership directory as useful as possible, please supply all the information
requested on the form. Dues are for a calendar year. You may start your membership on
January 1 of either the present year or next year. In the former case, you will receive
all the issues of the Journal for your first year of membership. If you have
questions about the Society, please contact one of the officers
on the enclosed list. |