American Association of Engineering Societies

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^[update].^[3] The AAES dissolved in 2020.^[4][5]