IEST
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The Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (IEST) is a non-profit, technical
society. Information on ISO 14644
and ISO 14698
Standards can be found through this organization.
Founded in 1953, the organization is headquartered in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Its members are internationally recognized in the fields of design, test, and evaluation; contamination control
; product reliability; and aerospace
.
and associated controlled environments. This committee writes the ISO 14644 Standards. IEST is also a founding member of the ANSI
-accredited US TAG to ISO/TC 229 - Nanotechnologies
.
The IEST also distributes to the public all ISO 14644
and ISO 14698 Standards
.
, MIL-STD-781, MIL-STD-810, and MIL-STD-1246 (now IEST-STD-1246D).
IEST is currently in the works of developing Nanotechnology
Recommended Practices. IEST Working Group 200 members have been meeting for many months to determine the structure of these documents.
publishes peer-reviewed technical
papers and free TechTalk articles related to the fields of contamination control
; design, test, and evaluation; and product reliability. The online Journal
provides never-before-available access to an entire decade of technical articles and peer-reviewed technical papers on simulation
, testing, control
, current research, and teaching of environmental science
s and technologies. The Journal of the IEST
is the official publication of IEST, the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology, of archival quality with continuous publication since 1958.
November 5–8, 2012,
Annapolis, Maryland
IEST Fall Conference (contamination control conference):
November 14–17, 2011,
Durham, North Carolina
ESTECH 2012:
April 30–May 3, 2012,
Orlando, Florida
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
society. Information on ISO 14644
ISO 14644
ISO 14644 Standards were first formed from the US Federal Standard 209E Airborne Particulate Cleanliness Classes in Cleanrooms and Clean Zones. The need for a single standard for cleanroom classification and testing was long felt...
and ISO 14698
ISO 14698
The ISO 14698 Standards features two International Standards on Biocontamination control. IEST, the Secretariat and Administrator of ISO Technical Committee 209, helped develop this series of ISO 14698 Standards....
Standards can be found through this organization.
Founded in 1953, the organization is headquartered in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Its members are internationally recognized in the fields of design, test, and evaluation; contamination control
Contamination control
Contamination control is the generic term for all activities aiming to control the existence, growth and proliferation of contamination in certain areas...
; product reliability; and aerospace
Aerospace
Aerospace comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding space. Typically the term is used to refer to the industry that researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through air and space...
.
International standards
The organization is the Secretariat of ISO/TC 209: cleanroomCleanroom
A cleanroom is an environment, typically used in manufacturing or scientific research, that has a low level of environmental pollutants such as dust, airborne microbes, aerosol particles and chemical vapors. More accurately, a cleanroom has a controlled level of contamination that is specified by...
and associated controlled environments. This committee writes the ISO 14644 Standards. IEST is also a founding member of the ANSI
American National Standards Institute
The American National Standards Institute is a private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States. The organization also coordinates U.S. standards with international...
-accredited US TAG to ISO/TC 229 - Nanotechnologies
Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is the study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally, nanotechnology deals with developing materials, devices, or other structures possessing at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometres...
.
The IEST also distributes to the public all ISO 14644
ISO 14644
ISO 14644 Standards were first formed from the US Federal Standard 209E Airborne Particulate Cleanliness Classes in Cleanrooms and Clean Zones. The need for a single standard for cleanroom classification and testing was long felt...
and ISO 14698 Standards
ISO 14698
The ISO 14698 Standards features two International Standards on Biocontamination control. IEST, the Secretariat and Administrator of ISO Technical Committee 209, helped develop this series of ISO 14698 Standards....
.
Recommended practices
IEST publishes and disseminates up-to-date, reliable, technical information within each of its divisions known as IEST Recommended Practices. These Recommended Practices provide procedures based on peer-approved applications. These documents are then formulated by IEST Working Groups. IEST has also revised such Federal Standards as FED-STD-209EFED-STD-209E
FED-STD-209 E Airborne Particulate Cleanliness Classes in Cleanrooms and Cleanzones was canceled on November 29, 2001 by the U.S. General Services Administration...
, MIL-STD-781, MIL-STD-810, and MIL-STD-1246 (now IEST-STD-1246D).
Contamination control recommended practices
- IEST-RP-CC001.5: HEPAHEPAHigh-Efficiency Particulate Air or HEPA is a type of air filter. Filters that are awarded the HEPA accolade are used in various locations, whether in medical facilities, automotive vehicles, airplanes, home filters, or wherever very pure air is sought. The filter must satisfy certain standards of...
and ULPA Filters - IEST-RP-CC002.3: Unidirectional Flow Clean-Air Devices
- IEST-RP-CC003.3: Garment System Considerations in Cleanrooms and Other Controlled Environments
- IEST-RP-CC004.3: Evaluating Wiping Materials Used in Cleanrooms and Other Controlled Environments
- IEST-RP-CC005.3: Gloves and Finger Cots Used in Cleanrooms and Other Controlled Environments
- IEST-RP-CC006.3: Testing Cleanrooms
- IEST-RP-CC007.3: Testing ULPAULPAULPA is an acronym for "ultra-low penetration air". An ULPA filter can remove from the air at least 99.999% of dust, pollen, mold, bacteria and any airborne particles with a size of 120 nanometres or larger...
Filters - IEST-RP-CC008.2: High-Efficiency Gas-phase Adsorber Cells
- IEST-RP-CC011.2: A Glossary of Terms and Definitions Relating to Contamination ControlContamination controlContamination control is the generic term for all activities aiming to control the existence, growth and proliferation of contamination in certain areas...
- IEST-RP-CC012.2: Considerations in CleanroomCleanroomA cleanroom is an environment, typically used in manufacturing or scientific research, that has a low level of environmental pollutants such as dust, airborne microbes, aerosol particles and chemical vapors. More accurately, a cleanroom has a controlled level of contamination that is specified by...
Design - IEST-RP-CC013.2: CalibrationCalibrationCalibration is a comparison between measurements – one of known magnitude or correctness made or set with one device and another measurement made in as similar a way as possible with a second device....
Procedures and Guidelines for Selecting Equipment Used in Testing Cleanrooms and Other Controlled Environments - IEST-RP-CC014.2: CalibrationCalibrationCalibration is a comparison between measurements – one of known magnitude or correctness made or set with one device and another measurement made in as similar a way as possible with a second device....
and Characterization of Optical Airborne Particle CountersParticle counterA particle counter is an instrument that detects and counts particles. By its very nature a particle counter is a single particle counter, meaning it detects and counts particles one at a time. The nature of particle counting is based upon either light scattering or light obscuration... - IEST-RP-CC016.2: The Rate of Deposition of Nonvolatile Residue in Cleanrooms
- IEST-RP-CC018.4: CleanroomCleanroomA cleanroom is an environment, typically used in manufacturing or scientific research, that has a low level of environmental pollutants such as dust, airborne microbes, aerosol particles and chemical vapors. More accurately, a cleanroom has a controlled level of contamination that is specified by...
Housekeeping - Operating and Monitoring Procedures - IEST-RP-CC019.1: Qualifications for Organizations Engaged in the Testing and Certification of Cleanrooms and Clean-Air Devices
- IEST-RP-CC020.2: Substrates and Forms of Documentation in Cleanrooms
- IEST-RP-CC021.3: Testing HEPAHEPAHigh-Efficiency Particulate Air or HEPA is a type of air filter. Filters that are awarded the HEPA accolade are used in various locations, whether in medical facilities, automotive vehicles, airplanes, home filters, or wherever very pure air is sought. The filter must satisfy certain standards of...
and ULPAULPAULPA is an acronym for "ultra-low penetration air". An ULPA filter can remove from the air at least 99.999% of dust, pollen, mold, bacteria and any airborne particles with a size of 120 nanometres or larger...
Filter Media - IEST-RP-CC022.2: Electrostatic ChargeElectric chargeElectric charge is a physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when near other electrically charged matter. Electric charge comes in two types, called positive and negative. Two positively charged substances, or objects, experience a mutual repulsive force, as do two...
in Cleanrooms and Other Controlled Environments - IEST-RP-CC023.2: Microorganisms in Cleanrooms
- IEST-RP-CC024.1: Measuring and Reporting VibrationVibrationVibration refers to mechanical oscillations about an equilibrium point. The oscillations may be periodic such as the motion of a pendulum or random such as the movement of a tire on a gravel road.Vibration is occasionally "desirable"...
in Microelectronics Facilities - IEST-RP-CC026.2: CleanroomCleanroomA cleanroom is an environment, typically used in manufacturing or scientific research, that has a low level of environmental pollutants such as dust, airborne microbes, aerosol particles and chemical vapors. More accurately, a cleanroom has a controlled level of contamination that is specified by...
Operations - IEST-RP-CC027.2: Personnel Practices and Procedures in Cleanrooms and Controlled Environments
- IEST-RP-CC028.1: Minienvironments
- IEST-RP-CC029.1: Automotive Paint-Spray Applications
- IEST-RP-CC031.3: Method of Characterizing Outgassed Organic CompoundsOrganic compoundAn organic compound is any member of a large class of gaseous, liquid, or solid chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon. For historical reasons discussed below, a few types of carbon-containing compounds such as carbides, carbonates, simple oxides of carbon, and cyanides, as well as the...
from CleanroomCleanroomA cleanroom is an environment, typically used in manufacturing or scientific research, that has a low level of environmental pollutants such as dust, airborne microbes, aerosol particles and chemical vapors. More accurately, a cleanroom has a controlled level of contamination that is specified by...
Materials and Components - IEST-RP-CC034.3: HEPAHEPAHigh-Efficiency Particulate Air or HEPA is a type of air filter. Filters that are awarded the HEPA accolade are used in various locations, whether in medical facilities, automotive vehicles, airplanes, home filters, or wherever very pure air is sought. The filter must satisfy certain standards of...
and ULPAULPAULPA is an acronym for "ultra-low penetration air". An ULPA filter can remove from the air at least 99.999% of dust, pollen, mold, bacteria and any airborne particles with a size of 120 nanometres or larger...
Filter Leak Testing - IEST-G-CC035.1: Design Considerations for AMC Filtration Systems in Cleanrooms
- IEST-STD-CC1246DIEST-STD-CC1246DIEST-STD-CC1246D, published in 2002,is the latest revision of MIL-STD-1246D. This all came about in 1997, the Army Missile Command commissioned IEST to revise and adopt MIL-STD-1246 as an industry standard as its usefulness had expanded far beyond military applications, and U.S...
: Product Cleanliness Levels and Contamination ControlContamination controlContamination control is the generic term for all activities aiming to control the existence, growth and proliferation of contamination in certain areas...
Program
Design, test, and evaluation recommended practices
- IEST-RP-DTE009.1: Vibration Shaker System Selection
- IEST-RP-DTE011.1: Mechanical Shock and VibrationVibrationVibration refers to mechanical oscillations about an equilibrium point. The oscillations may be periodic such as the motion of a pendulum or random such as the movement of a tire on a gravel road.Vibration is occasionally "desirable"...
Transducer Selection - IEST-RP-DTE012.2: Handbook for Dynamic Data AcquisitionData acquisitionData acquisition is the process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting the resulting samples into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer. Data acquisition systems typically convert analog waveforms into digital values for processing...
and Analysis - IEST-RP-DTE019.1: Vibration Controller Selection
- IEST-RP-DTE026.1: Using MIL-STD-810F, 519 GunfireGunfireGunfire can refer to:* Gunshot, the discharge of a firearm* Gunfire , a DC comic book superhero* Gunfire , a 1934 Western starring Rex Bell* Gunfire , a 1950 Western starring Don "Red" Barry...
- IEST-RP-DTE032.1: Pyroshock Testing Techniques
- IEST-RP-DTE040.1:; High-Intensity AcousticsAcousticsAcoustics is the interdisciplinary science that deals with the study of all mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound. A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician while someone working in the field of acoustics...
Testing - IEST-RP-DTE046.1:; Terms Commonly Used in the Digital Analysis of Dynamic Data
- The History and Rationale of MIL-STD-810
Product reliability recommended practices
- IEST-RP-PR001.1: Management and Technical Guidelines for the ESSEnvironmental stress screeningEnvironmental stress screening refers to the process of exposing a newly manufactured or repaired product or component to stresses such as thermal cycling and vibration in order to force latent defects to manifest themselves by permanent or catastrophic failure during the screening process...
Process
IEST is currently in the works of developing Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is the study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally, nanotechnology deals with developing materials, devices, or other structures possessing at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometres...
Recommended Practices. IEST Working Group 200 members have been meeting for many months to determine the structure of these documents.
Journal of the IEST
The online Journal of the IESTJournal of the IEST
The Journal of the IEST is a peer-reviewed scientific journal and the official publication of the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology . It covers research on simulation, testing, modeling, control, and the teaching of the environmental sciences and technologies. The journal was...
publishes peer-reviewed technical
Technical
Technical may refer to:*Technical , a fighting vehicle based on a pickup truck*Technical analysis, a discipline for forecasting the future direction of prices through the study of past market data*Technical drawing, also known as drafting...
papers and free TechTalk articles related to the fields of contamination control
Contamination control
Contamination control is the generic term for all activities aiming to control the existence, growth and proliferation of contamination in certain areas...
; design, test, and evaluation; and product reliability. The online Journal
Journal of the IEST
The Journal of the IEST is a peer-reviewed scientific journal and the official publication of the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology . It covers research on simulation, testing, modeling, control, and the teaching of the environmental sciences and technologies. The journal was...
provides never-before-available access to an entire decade of technical articles and peer-reviewed technical papers on simulation
Simulation
Simulation is the imitation of some real thing available, state of affairs, or process. The act of simulating something generally entails representing certain key characteristics or behaviours of a selected physical or abstract system....
, testing, control
Control theory
Control theory is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering and mathematics that deals with the behavior of dynamical systems. The desired output of a system is called the reference...
, current research, and teaching of environmental science
Environmental science
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems...
s and technologies. The Journal of the IEST
Journal of the IEST
The Journal of the IEST is a peer-reviewed scientific journal and the official publication of the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology . It covers research on simulation, testing, modeling, control, and the teaching of the environmental sciences and technologies. The journal was...
is the official publication of IEST, the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology, of archival quality with continuous publication since 1958.
Education courses and meetings
27th Annual Space Simulation Conference:November 5–8, 2012,
Annapolis, Maryland
IEST Fall Conference (contamination control conference):
November 14–17, 2011,
Durham, North Carolina
ESTECH 2012:
April 30–May 3, 2012,
Orlando, Florida
Related links
- http://www.iest.org
- http://www.ansi.org
- http://www.iso.org