ANSI-Accredited U.S. TAG to ISO/TC 229 Nanotechnologies

U.S. Technical Advisory Groups (TAG) formulate positions and proposals on behalf of the United States with response to ISO standardization activities. The U.S. TAGs also provide the delegates and experts who represent the United States at meetings of the respective ISO Technical Committees, Subcommittees and Working Groups.

• Scope of ISO/TC 229 Nanotechnologies
• Current ISO/TC 229 Programme of Work
• TAG Membership
• Organizational Structure
• Meeting Calendar
• News
• Document Library
• Membership in ANSI
• Staff Contacts

Click here to download Brochure on ANSI’s Nanotechnology Standardization Activities

Standardization in the field of nanotechnologies that includes either or both of the following:

• Understanding and control of matter and processes at the nanoscale, typically, but not exclusively, below 100 nanometers in one or more dimensions where the onset of size-dependent phenomena usually enables novel applications
• Utilizing the properties of nanoscale materials that differ from the properties of individual atoms, molecules, and bulk matter to create improved materials, devices, and systems that exploit these new properties

Specific tasks include developing standards for: terminology and nomenclature; metrology and instrumentation, including specifications for reference materials; test methodologies; modelling and simulations; and science-based health, safety, and environmental practices.

ANSI administers the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for ISO/TC 229 Nanotechnologies. The Scope of the U.S. TAG mirrors the above scope of ISO/TC 229.

Membership on the ANSI-Accredited U.S. TAG is open to all materially affected U.S. parties interested in the coordination and development of International Standards related to nanotechnology

 Download a copy of the TAG Membership application

For more information regarding the U.S. TAG, please contact the TAG Administrator Heather Benko

Chairman of the ANSI-Accredited U.S. TAG to ISO/TC 229
Mr. Steve Brown
Intel Global Environmental Health & Safety

Four Working Groups (WG) currently operate under ISO/TC 229 Nanotechnologies:

• Terminology and nomenclature
  leadership assigned to Canada
• Measurement and characterization
  leadership assigned to Japan
• Health, safety and environment
  leadership assigned to the U.S.A
• Materials specifications
  leadership assigned to China

Consistent with the structure selected at the ISO level, the ANSI-Accredited U.S. TAG to ISO/TC 229 mirrors the Technical Committee’s Working Group structure:

• TAG WGs are advisory to the full U.S. TAG to ISO/TC 229
• The full U.S. TAG retains final decision making authority on all U.S. positions and ballots

U.S. TAG Officers:

Chair of the U.S. TAG to ISO/TC 229
Mr. Steve Brown
Intel Global Environmental Health & Safety

TAG Working Group Chairs:

TAG Working Group 1: Terminology and Nomenclature
Ms. Martha Marrapese – Keller and Heckman

TAG Working Group 2: Measurement and Characterization
Dr. Angela Hight Walker – NIST

TAG Working Group 3: Health, Safety and Environment
Dr. Vladimir Murashov - CDC NIOSH

TAG Working Group 4: Materials Specifications
Dr. David Ensor – IEST

For more information about the ISO/TC 229 and U.S. TAG’s organizational structure click here.

The ANSI-Accredited U.S. TAG generally meets 3-4 times per calendar year. For more information, please contact Heather Benko (hbenko@ansi.org)

• Workshop Report on Nanomedicine Terminology and Standards Now Available
  (August 1, 2010)
• ISO Technical Committee on Nanotechnology Opens Plenary in Seattle
  (June 9, 2009)
• New International Guidelines Outline Safe Use of Nanomaterials in the Workplace
  (January 7, 2009)
• New International Specification Helps to Name Nano-Objects
  (October 1, 2008)

In 2008, the American National Standards Institute authored a series of articles for the Nanotechnology Law Report:

• Standards for Nanotechnology Material Specifications
  (October 2008)
• For Good Measure:  Standards for Nanotechnology Measurement and Characterization
  (September 2008)
• Talking the Talk: Standardizing the Language of Nanotechnology
  (August 2008)
• Nanotechnology Standards for Health, Safety, and Environmental Factors
  (July 2008)
• Setting Global Standards for Nanotechnology
  (June 2008)

Access to the ANSI-Accredited U.S. TAG to ISO/TC 229 Document Library is restricted to members of the ISO/TC 229 U.S. TAG only. For access to the Public Documents Library, click here.

If you are not already a company member of ANSI, find out more about the benefits of ANSI membership.

Heather Benko
Senior Manager, Nanotechnology Standardization Activities
American National Standards Institute
25 West 43^rd Street, Fourth Floor
New York, NY 10036
Tel: 1.212.642.4912
Fax: 1.212.840.2298
E-mail: hbenko@ansi.org

Anne Caldas
Senior Director, Procedures and Standards Administration
American National Standards Institute
25 West 43^rd Street, Fourth Floor
New York, NY 10036
Tel: 1.212.642.4914
Fax:1.212.840.2298
E-mail: acaldas@ansi.org