AMSE to AMSET : History at a Glance

AMSE Leadership and Friends at the turn of the Century.

The Behinnings
•Association of Muslim Scientists and Engineers (AMSE) is formed in 1969 outline paper.
The Early Years
•Dr. M. Moin Siddiqui became the first president – professor of statistics at Colorado State U., Forth Collins, CO.
•AMSE started publishing a journal, The Muslim Scientist in 1970.
•Several prominent professors took over as president over the years, including Dr. Ahmad El-Abiad of Purdue University.
Early Conferences / Publication
•Main early activities of AMSE were:
• Annual conferences
• The journal The Muslim Scientist
• AMSE started holding co-located conferences with Association of Muslim Social Scientists (AMSS), including one at Purdue University.
• AMSE held a conference with IIIT on values and attitudes in science and engineering. Proceedings were published as a book.
Transformations
• AMSE became member of the Council of President, which helped the transition from MSA to Islamic Society of North America (ISNA).
• Council of Presidents founded Foundation for International Development (FID) with AMSE as the lead organization.
• The Muslim Scientist was discontin
ued and replaced by International Journal of Science and Technology (IJST).
Later Conferences
• FID/AMSE co-sponsored a conference on ethics and values in science and engineering at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).
•Proceedings were published as a special issue of IJST.
•IJST stopped publication due to lack of funds.
•AMSE started co-locating its annual conferences with the annual conventions of ISNA, with three to four sessions during the ISNA convention.
Reorganization
•Inability to sustain support staff or office caused loss of membership, even as the annual conference continued to attract an audience.
•The current executive committee decided that it was time to re-organize AMSE and adopt a new strategy for growth.
•AMSE has been incorporated in the State of Indiana as AMSET, successor to AMSE, this year. The letter ‘T’ recognizes and invites technology professionals.

AMSET-Indiana 2013 award recipient: Dr. M. Razi Nalim. He is Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Programs and Professor of Mechanical engineering at Indiana University – Purdue University of Indianapolis (IUPUI). From left: Dr. M. Razi Nalim, Dr. Iqbal Unus, Dr. S. Masroor Shah