The document discusses standards and their importance, providing examples of IEEE standards. It outlines how individuals and companies can get involved with standards development through membership or participation. The document also describes education resources available through IEEE, such as grants for student design projects, speakers, and an e-magazine.

1. Standards for Region 5
A look on the Inside
Jeffry Handal
jhandal@ieee.org

2. 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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3. 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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4. 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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5. Standards Education
• Access to IEEE Standards Education Speakers Bureau.
• eZine - IEEE Standards Education e-Magazine
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6. Standards Education (2)
• TryStandards.org
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7. IEEE Standards Education Grants
for University Student Design Projects
with 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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8. 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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9. Standards can be the entrée to IEEE.
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10. Contact Information
Jeffry Handal
jhandal@ieee.org
200 Computing Services Building
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Office: 225-578-1966
http://standards.ieee.org
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