Tag Archives: standards development

Boosting India’s Involvement in Global Standards

The IEEE-SA’s Jennie Steinhagen (IEEE-SA), Bob Labelle (IEEE-SA Technology Solutions), Sri Chandra (Chair, IEEE SIG), Dennis Brophy (Chair, IEEE-SA CAG), Pamela Kumar (IEEE-SA BOG) and others participated in a three city workshop outreach in February, 2011. The IEEE-SA is enthusiastic about the flood of interest in standards collaboration by IEEE’s large and expanding constituency in [...]

IEEE-SA Leads Standards Workshop at EnergyCon in Bahrain

IEEE-SA President Elect presents a Speaker Acknowledgment Award to Saleh Al-Amri of Saudi Aramco In December 2010, the IEEE‐Standards Association (IEEE-SA) jointly organized a full day Standards Workshop at IEEE International Energy Conference & Exhibition in Manama, Bahrain to support the activities of IEEE Region 8 and the International community at large.  The event was [...]

IEEE Celebrates Engineering Student’s Contribution

In celebration of National Engineer’s Week (Feb 20-26), the IEEE USA is presenting a $2500 scholarship to IEEE Student Member, Zachary Phillips.  Zachary’s entry took first place in the IEEE’s fourth annual “How Engineers Make a World of Difference” online video competition. Congratulations, Zachary.  We know we’ll be seeing great things from you and other [...]

Insightful Reads – February 2011

Here’s a list of interesting standards-related articles that have crossed our desktops.  We thought they were worth sharing and hope you enjoy. IEEE Smart Grid Newsletter, February 2011 - Check out our NEW Smart Grid Newsletter! The Motion Tech Behind Kinect (The Institute) – Describes how the Kinect Motion would not be possible without IEEE [...]

IEEE-SA Discusses Collaboration in Germany

The IEEE-SA Standards Board (SASB) held its September meeting series in Berlin, Germany. IEEE-SA President Chuck Adams, President-Elect Steve Mills, and  Treasurer Don Wright led teams of SASB members and IEEE staff on outreach meetings with several key German standards development organizations and government institutions. As with previous outreaches in China and India, the sessions [...]

IEEE-SA President-Elect Steve Mills Looks to the Future of Standards

In a recent interview with Steve Mills, IEEE Standards Association president-elect, we asked about the future of Standards.  Mills asserted that, over the next few years, we will see increased cooperation, more competition, more international development, and a broadening of IEEE-SA’s role in standards development. Pointing to IEEE’s increasing relationship with companies in China as [...]

Smart Grid – Smart Links

Dick Deblasio, A Lifetime IEEE Member and Chairman of IEEE’s P2030 Smart Grid Interoperability Working Group wrote a terrific article on the Smart Grid on Intelligent Utility this week.  He highlights some of his group’s activity as a “Missing Link” effort in the creation of the Smart Grid, stressing the importance of interconnection and intra-facing [...]