Since 2001, when Dr. Elliott joined the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) M1 - Biometrics, he has been committed to educating students on the standards process and the importance and necessity of the work done by standards organizations such as the IEC, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), ANSI, and INCITS by incorporating standards development and strategy into the university’s curriculum. He is a member of the ANSI Committee on Education, serves as project editor for several ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee (JTC) 1 Subcommittee (SC) 37 standards on biometrics, and serves as editor for the ISO/IEC JTC 1 Supplement to the ISO/IEC Directives.