Society Collaborations

The Spanish Materials Society (SOCIEMAT) is a nonprofit association based in Madrid. Among the members of SOCIEMAT are researchers of practically the entire range of areas of activity of Materials Science that actively use the society.

Its goal is the scientific, engineering, and technological development of materials within an educational framework and an industrial application through the promotion and dissemination of important research and development work being carried out in Spain in collaboration with government, local, national, and international research and development programs. The overall objective of these activities is to promote cooperation in the field of research and development of materials and to establish, within the existing infrastructure, business partnerships to foster coordination and cooperation with entities working in the field of materials.

SOCIEMAT also develops educational programs in the areas of materials science and engineering, including the organization of national and international conferences, workshops, and seminars. There is also a special interest in disseminating the materials science among young students and other potentially interested groups through, for instance, schools of materials, grants, photography competitions, experiment shows.

SOCIEMAT publishes a scientific journal, Material-ES, every three months and provides foundation contributions for national awards in the field of materials science.

The CNMAT series (Spanish Materials Conference) is organized by SOCIEMAT every two years, with an average number of delegates of around 400.