Oklahoma State University

Oklahoma State University received awards in 2014 and 2017. 

Division of Engineering Technology, Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology

NIST Standards Services Curricula Development Cooperative Agreement Program Awardee (2014)

Emergency Egress Standards Film

OSU, the oldest fire safety academic program in North America, will design and produce a film, suitable for instructional use, on emergency building egress system design.  Working closely with the OSU Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence, which supports the creation of state-of-the-art instructional technology, the film will introduce students in a creative way to the challenges of egress design while emphasizing specific aspects of documentary standards that contribute to safe building egress.

The Emergency Egress Standards Film is available on YouTube: 

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bKLrl_CBHo (non-captioned)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9PTRHgxtzY (open captioned)

Final Report, July 2016

Presentation: Understanding the Significance of Integrating Codes & Standards into the Learning Environment, November 2019

A paper was published about this award in the SES Journal: Emergency Egress Standards, Bryan L. Hoskins and Jeanne Homer, Oklahoma State University (Jul/Aug 2017)

The contacts for this award are Bryan Hoskins, bryan.hoskins [at] okstate.edu (bryan[dot]hoskins[at]okstate[dot]edu) and Jeanne Homer, Jeanne.Homer [at] outlook.com (Jeanne[dot]Homer[at]outlook[dot]com).

NIST Standards Services Curricula Development Cooperative Agreement Program Awardee (2017)

Understanding the Significance of Standards in Fire Protection and Related Fields

To design and produce a series of short videos on the importance of standards and codes to mitigating the risk of fire to the built environment. These new learning resources will describe the standards development process and the applications of codes and standards to fire safety and the relationship of standards and codes. The videos will address product standards, installation and maintenance standards, and model building codes. The videos are intended to be used in undergraduate, graduate, professional development, and continuing education programs.

OSU Fire Protection and Safety videos on codes and standards:

• https://www.youtube.com/@oklahomastatefireprotectio3128/videos 

Final Report, February 2020

A paper was published about this award in the SES Journal: Integrating Codes and Standards into the Learning Environment, Bryan L. Hoskins and Virginia R. Charter (Mar/Apr 2020) 

The contacts for this award are Bryan Hoskins, bryan.hoskins [at] okstate.edu (bryan[dot]hoskins[at]okstate[dot]edu) and Virginia Charter, virginia.charter [at] okstate.edu (virginia[dot]charter[at]okstate[dot]edu). 

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