Standards for Region 5A look on the Inside

Jeffry Handal

jhandal@ieee.org

Standards

• What is a standard?• A standard is a document, established by consensus that

provides rules, guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results.

• Why are standards important?• Standards play an important role in everyday life. They may

establish size or shape or capacity of a product, process or system. They can specify performance of products or personnel. They also can define terms so that there is no misunderstanding among those using the standard.

SOURCE: http://www.ansi.org/about_ansi/faqs/faqs.aspx?menuid=1

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Access to Standards

• GET Program• IEEE 802 Communications Standards• IEEE 1622™ Standard: Electronic Distribution of Blank Ballots for Voting Systems• IEEE 1666™ Standard: Open SystemC Language Reference Manual• IEEE 2600™ Standards: Hardcopy Device and System Security• IEEE C95™ STANDARDS: Safety Levels with Respect to Human Exposure to Radio Frequency

Electromagnetic Fields• IEEE/ANSI N42 Standards: Radiation Detection Standards

• Universities

• Standards Association Membership• Individual• Corporate

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Participation Rights

• As an Individual• Shape the future• Express a passion• Learn

• As a Company• Big and small, equal voice• Collaborate

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Standards Education

• Access to IEEE Standards Education Speakers Bureau.

• eZine - IEEE Standards Education e-Magazine

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Standards Education (2)

• TryStandards.org

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IEEE Standards Education Grantsfor University Student Design Projectswith Student Application Papers

• The IEEE is offering Grants to both students and faculty mentors to help with student design projects with an industry standards component. IEEE will publish the results as a Student Application Paper.

• $500 Grants for Students with additional $300 Grants for Faculty Mentors

• Deadlines for 2012 student grant applications:• 30 January• 15 March• 15 June• 15 October

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Region 5 Initial Stats

• 716 Individual Members

• 1 SA Speaker Booked• New Orleans Section

• 15 of 17 grant applications accepted (2009-2012)

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Standards can be the entrée to IEEE.

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Contact Information

Jeffry Handal

jhandal@ieee.org200 Computing Services BuildingBaton Rouge, LA 70803Office: 225-578-1966

http://standards.ieee.org

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