AET was founded with the aim to promoting international collaboration between academia and industry. AET recruits members all over the world. AET has Fellows who are internationally recognized. Due to the limited number of AET Fellows, the election of a Fellow is a lengthy, rigorous process ensuring the high academic standards. AET is an international organization and providing technical resolution-oriented services that operates via networks.

AET, not only an academic organization, rather encourages the participation of industry in its activities. There are increasing corporate members who follow the research work of the academic members of AET, and very often contribute to the information exchange within AET by presenting their views on industrial needs and perspectives. Moreover, corporate members are motivated to publish funding within AET.

Participating AET is an excellent chance to develop your innovation into practice and increase the influence of your products and services on industry. Moreover, efficient and effective solution could be found for the tough issues you are encountering in a wide range of fields. The strong cooperation between prestigious researchers and industrialists would establish a broader stage to fulfill your creativity.

 
In a recent development, there is work under way to establish an AET Network of young scientists active in manufacturing research and development, mainly by AET Symposiums and AET Academic Camps.