Abstract
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee (TC) 209’s first meeting was held in November 1993.The focus was on cleanrooms and controlled environments and the activities within cleanrooms. The TC has moved in recent years to generic operations documents such as a systematic approach for procuring disposables and particle deposition rate monitoring to improve the quality of products manufactured in a cleanroom. ISO stresses development of standards with requirements to support sustainability. A recently published standard on energy management in a cleanroom supports that need. ISO has a range of publication formats with different rigor in balloting to reduce document development being considered by the TC. ISO/TC 209 begins its third decade taking a more integrated approach to standardization with the goal of responding to the needs of industry.
About the Authors
David S. Ensor, past Chair ISO/TC 2091, serves as an expert in ANSI’s Delegation to ISO/TC 229 Nanotechnologies. Dr. Ensor retired from RTI international in 2014 as a Distinguished Fellow in aerosol science and nanotechnology. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, USA.
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Robert Mielke, Committee Manager, ISO/TC 209, IEST Fellow has been an active part of ISO/TC 209 since its inception and is one of the longest serving members of the TC. In addition to managing the work of the TC as Secretary, Mr. Mielke has served as an expert in several Working Groups.
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Jennifer Sklena, Manager, Technical Programs, Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology, has served on the ISO/TC 209 Secretariat leadership team since 2011. She is also the Administrator of the US Technical Advisory Group to ISO/TC 209, and oversees the volunteer-led standards development program for IEST.
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