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Engineering Standards News
March 1, 2007
NIST Report Addresses Scientific, Technical Measurement Challenges
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released An Assessment of the U.S. Measurement System (USMS): Addressing Measurement ... more
February 28, 2007
NIOSH Releases Nanotechnology Research Progress Report
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released a new progress ... more
February 27, 2007
Frost: Escalating Orders, Production Output in Euro Shipbuilding Industry Boosts Welding Equipment, Consumables Market
The highly mature European welding equipment and consumables market for shipbuilding applications is facing mounting competition from suppliers ... more
February 26, 2007
ASTM Int'l Creates Subcommittee, Revises Silica Standard - ASTM E 1132
An important standard that is used to help protect the health of workers where there may be occupational exposure to quartz dust was revised ... more
February 24, 2007
ISO/FDIS 14644-6 'Cleanroom Vocabulary' Available from IEST
The final draft international standard (FDIS) version of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard ISO 14644-6 - Cleanrooms ... more
February 24, 2007
ASTM Int'l 3rd Edition Standards on Emergency Medical Services Available on CD-ROM
The CD-ROM version of ASTM Standards on Emergency Medical Services, 3rd Edition, is available from ASTM International. ... more
February 24, 2007
ASTM Int'l Develops Zinc Standard - ASTM B 949
A project originally intended to develop a uniform template for the language within a series of standards resulted in the approval of a new standard, ... more
February 23, 2007
ISO's 26000 Social Responsibility Standard Reaches Positive Turning Point
The development of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 26000 standard giving guidance on social responsibility has reached ... more
February 23, 2007
U.S. Stakeholders Prioritize Standards-related Policy Activities in China
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) issued a summary report of its recent survey on key U.S. policy priorities related to standards, ... more
February 19, 2007
Frost: Consumer Awareness Key to N. American Portable Power Solutions Market
While the North American portable power market has traditionally focused on commercial applications, there exists considerable potential in the ... more
February 19, 2007
Relevance of ISO Network to Global Challenges Highlighted at Davos
A shift of power is at hand, according to economic and industry experts at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. ... more
February 19, 2007
MSU: Careful Management Needed to Reap Environmental Benefits of Ethanol Production
Compared to gasoline, producing and using corn ethanol adds fewer greenhouse gases to the environment, but producing ethanol from corn grain ... more
February 19, 2007
ANSI Panel Needs Stakeholder Input on Identity Standards
The Identity Theft Prevention and Identity Management Standards Panel (IDSP) is looking for input from interested stakeholders that will help ... more
February 19, 2007
USTR Seeks Comment on IPR Enforcement in China
To assist in a special review of intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement in the People's Republic of China, the office of the U.S. Trade ... more
February 19, 2007
Frost: Remote Area Access Boosts Wireless Technology in Euro Health Care IT Market
Despite numerous restraining factors, the application of wireless technology will experience high growth in the European health care information ... more
February 19, 2007
Frost: Regulations Lead to Advances in Hazardous Waste Management
Due to stringent government regulations, the use of landfill and incineration is slowly decreasing, especially in the case of hazardous waste ... more
February 19, 2007
NIST Develops Air Contaminants Databases
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed searchable databases of relevant product emission studies in an effort to ... more
February 19, 2007
Biomedical Engineers Advance 'Smart Bladder Pacemaker' Research
Duke University biomedical engineering researchers announced research advances into a "smart bladder pacemaker" that might one day restore bladder ... more
February 19, 2007
Frost: Mature U.S. Artificial Heart Valve Industry Seeks New Opportunities
Improved manufacturing techniques and materials have enhanced the durability of tissue-based heart valves - extending them 20 years longer, far ... more
February 19, 2007
NIST Uses Nanomagnets to Enhance Medical Imaging
Nanoscale magnets in the form of iron-containing molecules might be used to improve the contrast between healthy and diseased tissue in magnetic ... more
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