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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