Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology

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.^[1]

1 International standards
2 Recommended practices
3 Journal of the IEST
4 Education courses and meetings
5 References
6 Related links

International standards

The organization is the Secretariat of ISO/TC 209: cleanroom 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.^[2]

The IEST also distributes to the public all ISO 14644 and 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-209E, MIL-STD-781, MIL-STD-810, and MIL-STD-1246 (now IEST-STD-1246D).^[3]

Contamination control recommended practices

IEST-RP-CC001.5: HEPA 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 ULPA Filters
IEST-RP-CC008.2: High-Efficiency Gas-phase Adsorber Cells
IEST-RP-CC011.2: A Glossary of Terms and Definitions Relating to Contamination Control
IEST-RP-CC012.2: Considerations in Cleanroom Design
IEST-RP-CC013.2: Calibration Procedures and Guidelines for Selecting Equipment Used in Testing Cleanrooms and Other Controlled Environments
IEST-RP-CC014.2: Calibration and Characterization of Optical Airborne Particle Counters
IEST-RP-CC016.2: The Rate of Deposition of Nonvolatile Residue in Cleanrooms
IEST-RP-CC018.4: Cleanroom 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 HEPA and ULPA Filter Media
IEST-RP-CC022.2: Electrostatic Charge in Cleanrooms and Other Controlled Environments
IEST-RP-CC023.2: Microorganisms in Cleanrooms
IEST-RP-CC024.1: Measuring and Reporting Vibration in Microelectronics Facilities
IEST-RP-CC026.2: Cleanroom 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 Compounds from Cleanroom Materials and Components
IEST-RP-CC034.3: HEPA and ULPA Filter Leak Testing
IEST-G-CC035.1: Design Considerations for AMC Filtration Systems in Cleanrooms
IEST-STD-CC1246D: Product Cleanliness Levels and Contamination Control Program

Design, test, and evaluation recommended practices

IEST-RP-DTE009.1: Vibration Shaker System Selection
IEST-RP-DTE011.1: Mechanical Shock and Vibration Transducer Selection
IEST-RP-DTE012.2: Handbook for Dynamic Data Acquisition and Analysis
IEST-RP-DTE019.1: Vibration Controller Selection
IEST-RP-DTE026.1: Using MIL-STD-810F, 519 Gunfire
IEST-RP-DTE032.1: Pyroshock Testing Techniques
IEST-RP-DTE040.1:; High-Intensity 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 ESS Process

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.

Journal of the IEST

The online Journal of the IEST 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 sciences 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.

Education courses and meetings

27th Annual Space Simulation Conference: November 5–8, 2012, Annapolis, Maryland^[4]

IEST Fall Conference (contamination control conference): November 14–17, 2011, Durham, North Carolina^[4]

ESTECH 2012: April 30–May 3, 2012, Orlando, Florida^[4]

References

^ "About IEST". IEST. Last updated 2007-12-03. http://www.iest.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3277. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
^ "IEST Technical Services". IEST. Last updated 2007-12-03. http://www.iest.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3295. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
^ "IEST Recommended Practices". IEST. Last updated 2007-12-03. http://www.iest.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3280. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
^ ^a ^b ^c "IEST Calendar of Events". IEST. Last updated 2008-08-03. http://iest.org/i4a/calendar/?pageid=3375&showTitle=1. Retrieved 2008-09-29.