From Human Egress to Animal Egress
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Igor Sikorsky
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Colloquy (June)
Open agenda; Not Too Organized. Whatever anyone wants to talk about.ย We do this once at irregular points every month.ย Use the login credentials at the upper right of our home page.
“A Day in June” 1913 George Bellows
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What is the #USNC and how does it impact #standards for #electrotechnology?
Learn more about the U.S. National Committee to the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in a new video: Welcome to the USNChttps://t.co/hsKfDrxaVO pic.twitter.com/qA8WEYsIg8
โ ANSI (@ansidotorg) June 21, 2024
THE COLLEGE CRISIS
A massive number of colleges and universities have shut down within the last couple of years, or will shut down in the next few.
Many of these colleges have cited financial hardship or enrollment decline as reasons for closure. But whatโs really going on? ๐งต pic.twitter.com/MoF1Iiejzd
โ Alec Bianco (@alecmbianco) June 18, 2024
Happy Midsummer! ๐บโ๏ธ๐ธ๐ช๐
We had so much fun celebrating the magic of this Swedish tradition by making flower wreaths, dancing around the maypole, enjoying a smorgasbord buffet and music with our American friends, families and allies here in DC. pic.twitter.com/NC9tEKa4RS
โ Embassy of Sweden USA (@SwedeninUSA) June 21, 2024
In honor of Charles-Augustin de Coulombโs birthday, we would like you to know that 1 coulomb is equal to the charge of 6.24 quintillion (billion billion) electrons! pic.twitter.com/VnrLu0Lb0P
โ National Institute of Standards and Technology (@NIST) June 14, 2024
What is the #USNC and how does it impact #standards for #electrotechnology?
In honor of Charles-Augustin de Coulombโs birthday, we would like you to know that 1 coulomb is equal to the charge of 6.24 quintillion (billion billion) electrons! pic.twitter.com/VnrLu0Lb0P
โ National Institute of Standards and Technology (@NIST) June 14, 2024
Learn more about the U.S. National Committee to the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in a new video: Welcome to the USNChttps://t.co/hsKfDrxaVO pic.twitter.com/qA8WEYsIg8
โ ANSI (@ansidotorg) June 21, 2024
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MSU Observatory will be open for public observing twice a month between April and September. Stay tuned for our public events schedule.. ๐ญ๐๐ช๐ซ@MSUNatSci @michiganstateu
Video credit: EA Photography
Audio credit: Epicomposer pic.twitter.com/hGF9oEidqdโ MSU Observatory (@MSU_Observatory) March 6, 2023
Showing him my roots in the showmestate โค๏ธ pic.twitter.com/KDwGaKKfCj
โ Beth Hoover (@Bethalma7) May 25, 2024
The IEEE P3119 draft standard is designed to help strengthen AI procurement approaches, using due diligence to ensure that agencies are critically evaluating the AI services and tools they acquire.https://t.co/ujVJxZqjEm @InstituteIEEE
โ IEEE Standards Association | IEEE SA (@IEEESA) May 19, 2024
โ Standards Michigan (@StandardsMich) May 25, 2024
The word #standard is commonly used in daily language, so much so that people do not always reflect on its definition. Learn how ASTM Internationalโs Regulations Governing ASTM Technical Committees (aka โGreen Bookโ) defines them. #standards See https://t.co/oSBmwh1lbX pic.twitter.com/ynk87XDr7D
โ ASTM International (@ASTMIntl) May 21, 2024
I taught these boys (grown men!) when they were just 6 and now they are graduating from college ๐ฎ pic.twitter.com/eNmVf6HiXy
โ Sarah Oberle (@S_Oberle) May 21, 2024
The ICC Pulse’s 50th episode, Building Safety as Told by Kids, features children of Code Council staff exploring building safety in their homes. #BuildingSafetyMonth2024 #BuildingSafety365 https://t.co/Hllb1jo9j7
โ IntlCodeCouncil (@IntlCodeCouncil) May 23, 2024
“Abide withe Me” | Clare College Choir@ClareChoir @mrgrahamross
.https://t.co/9u1ASZ90MMhttps://t.co/aCNGzZGLJwhttps://t.co/rq3Z9P69E3 pic.twitter.com/J28NhRppBWโ Standards Michigan (@StandardsMich) May 19, 2024
“Freebird” Lynyrd Skynyrd Cover | Jacobs University Graduation Band@jacobs_bremen @constructor_uni @IEEECampushttps://t.co/uJD4vqwuLehttps://t.co/wOd3uDeAgZ pic.twitter.com/PQOVYsj8w7
โ Standards Michigan (@StandardsMich) May 18, 2024
๐ We applaud the brilliant minds shortlisted for the 2024 IEEE PES Power Engineering Education Committee (PEEC) Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award!
View the announcement & list: https://t.co/jRBmleowel#ieeepes #ieeepesgm #PEEC #powerengineering #electricalengineering pic.twitter.com/Tl6zhCYITY
โ IEEE Power & Energy Society (@ieee_pes) May 23, 2024
There’s still time to enter ANSI’s 2024 Student Paper Competition! Win a cash prize by sharing how standards impact #AI. Check out the details:https://t.co/DjXcqf3yRP#studentcompetition #studentnews pic.twitter.com/4IB52fNccm
โ ANSI (@ansidotorg) May 24, 2024
Last Families meeting of the year and we are looking forward to big and small adventures this summer! ๐ pic.twitter.com/CvQxtNt1ol
โ Mrs. Riley (@MrsRiley_MVES) May 17, 2024
Standards June
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Father Marquette Catholic Academy | Marquette County Michigan
Anglo-americkรก vysokรก ลกkola, z.รบ. Czech Republic
University of Michigan Nichols Arboretum
Universiteit Twente | Overijssel Nederland
IMI International Management Institute Switzerland
Louisiana State University
Upper Wharfedale Primary Federation School District Yorkshire Dales
Oxford’s Living Libraries: Botanic Garden and Harcourt Arboretum
Washington University in St. Louis Missouri
University of Kansas | Douglas County
Notre Dame Kylemore Abbey
University College Cork
Northern Michigan University | Marquette County
Lake Superior State University | Chippewa County Michigan
2025-2026 Student Paper Competition
ANSI Rebrands Flagship Conference: ANSI Innovation Summit Replaces World Standards Week
ANSI’s 2025/2026 Student Paper Competition challenges high school & college students to investigate the invisible standards that keep our world runningโfrom smartphone compatibility to food safety.
๐นTheme: “Imagine a World Without Standards or RulesโWhat Would Happen?”โฆ pic.twitter.com/9WDaevWvQ8
โ ANSI (@ansidotorg) September 17, 2025
“Boy Writing with Sister” 1875 Albert Anker
ANSI Student Paper Competition paused for 2025
No award for the 2024 cycle (per COE Chairperson)
“A Girl Writing; The Pet Goldfinch” 1870 Henriette Browne
The Society for Standardization Professionals Paper Competition 2025
Updated January 7, 2024
For nearly twenty years now,ย the American National Standards Institute Committee on Education administers a student paper competition intended to encourage understanding of the global standards system that also provides a solid prize — in the $1000 to $5000 range.ย The topic of the 2024 Student Paper Competition will be What Role Do or Could Standards Play in Safe and Effective Implementation of Artificial Intelligence Applications/Systems?
Student Paper Competition Flyer 2024 – Entries due 7 June 2024
For the past six years Standards Michigan has hosted Saturday morning workshops to help students (and faculty) interested in entering the contest.ย ย We will soon post those dates on our CALENDER.ย We typically host them — three sessions ahead of the deadline — on Saturday mornings.
We provide links to previous paper winners and refer you to Lisa Rajchel: lrajchel@ansi.org for all other details.
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ANSI Accredited Standards Developers | Contact Information
ANSI 2019 Student Paper Winner: Cybersecurity & Ukraine Power Grid Attack
2019 Student Paper Winner / Standards in Crisis Prevention & Response:
2016 Student Paper Winner | Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness
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UT Extensionย |ย Other Recipes
The UT Extension was established as part of the national Cooperative Extension System created by the Smith-Lever Act of 1914. Tennesseeโs legislature authorized its Agricultural Extension Service in 1913, with operations beginning around 1914 as the outreach arm of the University of Tennesseeโs land-grant mission.ย It helps Tennesseans improve their quality of life and solve practical problems by delivering research-based knowledge in agriculture and natural resources, family and consumer sciences, 4-H youth development, and community economic development.
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Fashion Technology
Art presents a different way of looking at things than science;ย
one which preserves the mystery of things without undoing the mystery.
You can always be thinner, look better. https://t.co/Rlibaw8U8v pic.twitter.com/oSif9CNDbz
โ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐พ๐ถ (@classicspilled) November 23, 2025
Everyone would basically be 50% happier if everyone dressed a little better. Clothes are everywhere. Everyone doesn’t have to be a clothes hound, but if the girls looked pretty and the guys looked nice, people would be happier and even more optimistic about the future. pic.twitter.com/iQcNPL1cMl
โ O.W. Root (@NecktieSalvage) July 17, 2024
Helpppp! Got a black tie wedding next month ๐ and narrowed the dresses down to four!! But which one?! pic.twitter.com/f4XZmXeJx4
โ Miss Gauld (@miss_gauld) April 5, 2024
Speaking of storms…Photo of an apple orchard in Ireland after a storm.
by Tony Egan pic.twitter.com/EFWQzCtUkzโ Edward Elderman (@edwereddie) October 10, 2024
Animals 300
Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
Kids raised rightโฆ.
โ Carissa (@njoyzgrl81) April 6, 2024
“The Peaceable Kingdom” 1833 Edward Hicks
Today we scan the status of literature that informs the safety and sustainability of the built environment for animals large and small.ย Animals are found in education communities as pets. sporting partners, agricultural research and teaching settings, as medical research subjects and clinical care facilities.ย ANSI-Accredited standards developers with a footprint in this domain are listed below:
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
ASHRAE International
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Animal Kingdom: A Large and Diverse Dataset for Animal Behavior Understanding
International Code Council
National Fire Protection Association
Underwriters Laboratories
Government agencies at all levels borrow from best practice recommendations in the catalog of the foregoing standards developers.ย Conversely, those same standards developers borrow from the best practice recommendations from the same government agencies.
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National Research Council: Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
National Library of Medicine: Regulation of Animal Research
Most education communities use the foregoing regulations upon which to build their own standards.ย For example:
Higher Education Laboratories
Update: October 25, 2025
2024 GROUP A PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE I-CODES: Complete Monograph (2658 pages)
Note the following changes in the transcript above:
Section 702 (Rated Construction), FS44-24 Installer Qualifications (typical marketmaking), Section 3801 (Materials exceeding the Maximum Allowable Quantity), F59-24 (Battery Containment Areas), F81-24 (Health Care Facility Plugs), F112-24 (Lithium Ion Battery Labs), F197-24 (Market making, laboratory oven protection study), F235-24 (Hazardous Materials Classifications & quantity limits).
Safety and sustainability concepts for research and healthcare delivery cut across many disciplines and standards suites and provides significant revenue for most research universities.ย The International Code Council provides free access to current editions of its catalog of titles incorporated by reference into public safety law.ย ย CLICK HERE for an interactive edition of Chapter 38 of the 2021 International Fire Code.
During today’s colloquium we will examine consultations for the next edition in the link below:
2021 International Fire Code Chapter 38 Higher Education Laboratories
We encourage our colleagues to participate directly in the ICC Code Development process.ย ย The next revision of the International Fire Code will be undertaken accordingly to next ICC Code Development schedule; the timetable linked below:
2024/2025/2026 ICC CODE DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE
We encourage directly employed front-line staff of a school district, college or university that does not operate in a conformance/compliance capacity — for example, a facility manager of an academic unit — to join a committee.ย Not the Fire Marshall.ย Not the Occupational Safety Inspector.ย Persons with job titles listed below:
- Fire Safety System Designer
- Fire Alarm Technician (Shop Foreman)
- Building Commissioner
- Electrical, Mechanical Engineer
- Occupational Safety Engineer
These subject matter experts generally have a user-interest point of view.
Contact Kimberly Paarlberg (kpaarlberg@iccsafe.org) for information about how to do so.
A warm welcome to our new master’s student, Prabhakar Bijalwan! Prabhakar enjoys performing new #Autocatalytic #Transamination #Metathesis reactions in our lab! #WasteReduction #Sustainability @UniFAU
Check out our first autocatalytic transamination: https://t.co/ZaA9TD787T pic.twitter.com/RLqrfxD4CR
โ Svetlana Tsogoeva (@Tsogoeva_Group) April 3, 2024
Related:
ย 2021 International Mechanical Code
2021 International Plumbing Code
2021 International Energy Conservation Code
Issue 16-69
Category: Fire Safety, Facility Asset Management
Colleagues: Joe DeRosier, Josh Elvove, Mark Schaufele
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— USPTO (@uspto) July 13, 2023
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