Commonly shared, standardized rules defining how various utility workers of different disciplines and regions can work together safely are critical for a long list of good reasons. Their value in disaster recovery is near the very top.
Language, engineering controls and other aspects can vary substantially …
International Software Engineering Standards Applied in Undergraduate and Graduate Software Quality Assurance Courses
Abstract
At the École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), an 8000-student engineering school, software quality assurance (SQA) is taught in the undergraduate and graduate software engineering curricula. The course includes a 10-week project in which …
This cartoon appears in the book “Ten Commandments of Effective Standards” by Karen Bartleson. Reproduced with permission from Rick Jamison. © Rick Jamison.
What do VRRP, FEMA ICS-400, and IEEE 379-2014 have in common? They are all standards designed to mitigate some kind of emergency/failover situation.
Safety First!
A Closer Look at National Electrical Safety Code® (NESC) Standard and Dealing With Disaster Recovery
We are back after a long break. No, we were not goofing off on a long summer break; to the contrary, we have been quite busy with the preparation for …
The IEEE Standards Education eZine Editorial Board invites contributions from industry practitioners, educators and students on topics related to education about technical standards.
Interested parties may submit an inquiry or article abstract for consideration to the Editorial Board at any time throughout the year via email to: ezine-eb@listserv.ieee.org.
Abstracts should …
As technology evolves, so does education and training. Adapting to new venues and communication tools is a constant challenge for all stakeholders, especially for professional organizations that foster technological innovation and excellence, such as IEEE and other standards development organizations (SDO).
In anticipation of the publication …
It all began on April 1, 2009 at the Doble Clients Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, with a curious visit by George Wood of Dominion Virginia Power Company (DVP). The company where I am President and CEO, Advanced Power Technologies, manufactures transformer monitoring equipment sold to …
The IEEE has long been a custodian of electrical safety standardization, but none more so than when it became Secretariat to the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) committee in 1972. Work began on the NESC at the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) in 1913, and …
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Student application papers applying industry standards are papers submitted by students, or their faculty mentors on their behalf, in which an industry technical standard(s) was applied (analyzed and implemented). Each paper highlights specific design choices in the application of various technical standards and describes the …
NIST Awards Funding to Advance Standards Education
Source: NIST website
For Immediate Release: Oct. 6, 2015
Media Contact: Jennifer Huergo, 301-975-6343
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded seven grants totaling more than $490,000 to universities in five states to advance standards education.
Under the Standards …
