"International Association on Self-propagating High-temperature Synthesis" (SHS-AS)
President: Prof. Alexander G. MERZHANOV, Institute of Structural Macrokinetics and Materials
Science (ISMAN), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Web site: http://shs-as.ism.ac.ru
E-mail: shs-as@ism.ac.ru

"International Association on Layered and Graded Materials" (LGM-AS)
President: Prof. Chung-Chun GE, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Science and Technology, Beijing, China
Web site: http://www.waceramics.org/lgm.shtml
E-mail: gehome@public3.bta.net.cn

"International Institute for the Science of Sintering" (IISS)
President: Prof. Momcilo M. Ristic, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Web site: : http://www.waceramics.org/iiss.shtml
E-mail: scisint@sanu.ac.rs