23 November 2004                                                                

Confederation of

European Environmental

Engineering Societies.

 

                              CEEES Newsletter 2004/3

 

 

CEEES Newsletter collects information of general interest for people dealing with Environmental Engineering Sciences and Technologies.Each contribution from the National Member Societies is welcome.

This CEEES Newsletter is distributed by e-mail to the National Member Societies and is also put on the web site www.ceees.org

 

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1. General Assembly (Stockholm 16 September 2004)

         (the complete report is available at the CEEES website)

 

- Summary:

-       26 members, delegates from member associations participated in the 42nd General Assembly. There was no representative from NACEI and SSEE.

-       in the morning the three Technical Advisory Boards met and the chairmen reported in the afternoon to the G.A.,

-       there is still no consensus on one article of the draft by-laws. A new proposal will be examined next G.A.

-       Gunnar Ruding,CEEES treasurer reported on the current financial situation which is sound,

-       an offer for collaboration in drafting “Recommended Practices”with IEST was approved. Further details will be worked out during next IEST-   CEEES meeting in May,

-       in order to answer quickly at calls for a STREP program, a list of people interested in research programs will be built up,

-       a first draft of EUREKA Project Form has been circulated,

-       a report on the CEEES activities within the CEN 125 Workshop was presented,

-       a proposal for creating a new Technical Advisory Board on Numerical Simulation was discussed, a decision was not yet taken,

-       some contacts have been made with the European Space Agency.

 

-       Resolution:

Resolution 01-42-2004: From now on the Secretariat will be in charge of website responsibility.

 

2. CEEES WORKSHOPS.

 

-       Dynamic Test Data Evaluation and Acquisition.

This workshop took place September 27th in Karlsruhe.

For more information and report: Sonja.holatka@gus-ev.de

-       Which polymers are biodegradable?

This workshop took place November 4th in Brussels.

For more information and report: Thomas.reichert@ict.fhg.de

 

3. CEEES CONFERENCES

 

-       An internal CEEES conference will be organised in Brussels on 18 February 2005.

-       “Methods and Benefits of Environmental Testing and Engineering”

This international conference is scheduled the 11th and 12th May,2005 in Nürnberg (Germany) in cooperation with SENSOR & TEST 2005.

Contact information: GUS Mrs. Sonja Holatka

                                      Phone +49 (0)721-4640391

                                      Fax +49 (0) 721-4640345

                                      e-mail  Sonja.holatka@gus-ev.de

 

4. CALL for PAPERS

 

-       ESTECH 2005

The 51st annual technical meeting of IEST will take place in Schaumburg, Illinois(suburb of Chicago) on May 1-4, 2005.

         Specific themes are:

                   Design,Test,and Evaluation,

                   Product Reliability,and

                   Contamination Control.

Papers must be current, technically sound, free of promotional material, and not previously published.

Papers can be submitted online at www.iest.org

-       2nd European Weathering Symposium EWS, Gothenburg, Sweden, 15-17 June 05

Main topics are:

         - weathering of Polymeric Products-Plastics & Coatings

         - determination &simulation of relevant climatic quantities

         - new test procedures & devices

         - weathering reference materials

         - analysis of polymer degradation

         - service life time prediction.

Papers can still be presented till end of January 2005.

This international symposium is organised on behalf of CEEES by the German Society for Environmental Engineering(GUS) and will be held at the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg.

 

 

More information:

                   Mrs.Sonja Holatka

                   Phone: +49(0)721/4640-391

                   Fax: +49(0)721/4640-345

                   e-mail: Sonja.holatka@gus-ev.de

 

5. Courses

 

See updated “List of relevant training and education opportunities“ prepared by Aad van Dorp (CEEES/PLOT) dorpav@nlr.nl

That list is also published on the CEEES website http://www.ceees.org

 

6. Books and Publications.

 

“Natural and Artificial Ageing of Polymers”

This CEEES/GUS publication is the compilation of the papers presented during the 1st European Weathering Symposium that took place in Prague 25 and 26, 2003.

This book offers the reader more than 400 pages of technical information on weathering tests.

It is available at a price of €60 (€45 for CEEES members) and can be ordered at:

German Society for Environmental Engineering (GUS)

         Mrs. Sonja Holatka

         Phone: +49(0)721/4640391

         Fax: +49(0)721/4640345

         e-mail: Sonja.holatka@gus-ev.de

 

“CEEES/Climatics Technical Advisory Board-Stockholm 2004”

The technical contributions presented during this meeting are now available on CD-Rom.

For more information please call the chairman Mr. Thomas Reichert at the “Fraunhofer Institut-Chemische Technologie” in Pfinztal(Berghausen)

+49(0)721/4640 or thomas.reichert@ict.fgh.de

 

“ISO 14644-5 Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments-Part 5”

is now available as an international standard.

The new standard provides information paramount to establishing a sound operational cleanroom program. ISO 14644-5 defines essential requirements for maintaining cleanliness during cleanroom operation. Topics covered in this ISO include: management systems that must be in place to oversee critical cleanroom functions; selection and administration of appropriate cleanroom garments;  training and monitoring of personnel and activities; installation of major equipment; requirements for materials and small equipment used in cleanroom, and determining and establishing an effective cleaning program.

To order ISO 14644-5 or for more information, visit the IEST website at http://www.iest.org

 

“IEST –RP-CC006.3 TESTING CLEANROOMS”

The experts of IEST Working Group CC006 have finished the revision of “IEST-RP-CC006.3 Testing Cleanrooms”.

This updated edition of the document provides methods to assist planners,  designers, manufacturers and customers in preparing detailed specifications for cleanroom procurement and for assuring cleanroom operational compliance.

This Recommended Practice(RP) describes a set of recognized, standardised test procedures for determining cleanroom and clean zone performance. The principal purpose of performance testing is characterization of airborne particulate cleanliness in accordance with “ISO 14644-1 Cleanrooms and associated Controlled Environments-Part 1: Classification of air cleanliness”.

Additional tests such as those related to airflow characteristics, sources of particles, room pressurization, and environmental issues, provide a more complete characterization.

To order this RP or for more information,visit the IEST website at http://www.iest.org

 

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