EMC Society Meeting Archive

Date Location	Topic	Speaker	Refreshment Sponsor
January 10 ADTRAN Minutes(PDF) Charts (PDF)	MIL-STD-461F Revisions Presentation (PDF) Conformity Article	Jack McFadden Wyle Laboratories	Fair-Rite, Bob Wood
February 21 ADTRAN Minutes(PDF) Charts(PDF)	Sources of Noise, Modes, and Paths of Electrical Noise Generated by Switch Mode Power Supplies Presentation(PDF)	Steve Robinson ADTRAN Inc.	Intertek, Michael Lehmann
March 4 Mindready Systems Minutes(PDF) Charts(PDF)	How to Design to Fail (Presentation Not Available)	Daryl Gerke Kimmel Gerke Assoc.	Coil Craft, Bob Wood
March 13 ADTRAN Minutes(PDF) Charts(PDF)	Updates on RTCA DO-160 Lightning Testing Presentation(PDF)	Mike Hopkins, Thermo Fisher Scientific	Thermo Fisher Scientific, Lou Feudi
Aug 14 ADTRAN Minutes(PDF) Charts(PDF)	EMI Troubleshooting Commandments Presentation(PDF)	Glenn Shelby NASA	Tektronix, Mike Broadwell
Sept. 11 ADTRAN Minutes(PDF) Charts(PDF)	"From Bit Banger to Gigabit Guru" Presentation(PDF) & "The Ten Habits of Highly Successful Board Designers" Presentation(PDF)	Dr. Eric Bogatin, IEEE EMC Society Distinguished Lecturer	Amplifier Research, Don Brown EMC Compliance, Ken Javor ACS/Rubicom Test Labs, Scott Profitt
October 9 ADTRAN Minutes(PDF)	Business Meeting	Doug Parker ADTRAN Inc. EMC Society Chair	HSV EMC Chapter
November 20 ADTRAN Minutes(PDF) Charts(PDF)	“Improving Reproducibility in ESD Testing”	Dr. Stephan Frei Dortmund University of Technology	HSV EMC Chapter

Date Location	Topic	Speaker	Refreshment Sponsor
January 18 ADTRAN Minutes(PDF)	Printed Circuit Board Layout Techniques Aimed at Minimizing RF Emissions	Doug Parker, ADTRAN	Intertek, ETL SEMKO
March 8 ADTRAN Minutes(PDF)	Simplified Methodologies for Controlling EMI/EMC on Circuit Card Assemblies	Dr. Brett Robinson, EMI Solutions	ERC Inc.
May 10 Mindready Systems Minutes(PDF)	Mil/Aero EMI Requirements and Demo of Historic EMI Test Equipment Used to Set Test Limits	Ken Javor, EMC Compliance	EMC Compliance
Aug 9 Mindready Systems Minutes(PDF)	Ferrites in the Suppression of EMI	Jeff Bruce, Steward/Laird Technologies	Steward/Laird Technologies
September 13 ADTRAN Minutes(PDF)	Power Distribution Network (PDN) Design for High-Speed Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs)	Dr. Jun Fan, NCR Corporation	Open
October 11 ADTRAN	Business meeting.	N/A	N/A

Date Location	Topic	Speaker	Refreshment Sponsor
January 12 ADTRAN Minutes(PDF) Charts (PDF)	Radiated Electric Field Control: Where We've Been, Where We're Going	Ken Javor, owner of EMC Compliance	ERC Inc
February 9 ADTRAN Minutes(PDF) Charts (PDF)	Traveling Wave Tube (TWT) Amplifiers	Tom Sertic, Sales Manager for CPI	CPI
March 9 ADTRAN Minutes(PDF) Charts (PDF)	The Mysteries of Grounding	Daryl Gerke, of Kimmel Gerke Associates, Ltd.	Qualis Corp & JE Sverdrup
April 13 ADTRAN Minutes(PDF)	Business Meeting	N/A	N/A
July 11 Bevill Center	Huntsville EMC 2006 Table Top Event	Dr. Clayton Paul	N/A
September 14 ADTRAN Minutes(PDF)	Regular meeting - TBD	IEEE EMCS Distinguished Lecturer	Underwriters Laboratory EMC Chapter
October 26 ADTRAN Minutes(PDF)	Business meeting.	N/A	N/A

Date Location	Topic	Speaker	Refreshment Sponsor
February 24 ADTRAN	Firehawk EMI Testing	Redstone Arsenal, AL -Duane Driver	ADTRAN -Jeff Whitmire
March 17 ADTRAN	EMI Gaskets, Basic Selection Criteria	Schlegel Systems, Inc. -Steve Gilbert	Schlegel Systems -Mike Wohlfahrt
April 19	AR Worldwide, Rhode & Schwarz and ETS-Lindgren will be sponsoring a half day technical session on Tuesday the 19th followed by a social event.	AR Worldwide Rohde & Schwarz ETS-Lindgren
May 19 Beauregard's	Ferrites in the Suppression of EMI	Steward EMI Products -Jeff Bruce (Technical Director)	Waldrop Sales (the local Steward representative) -Mike Waldrop
October 27	Business meeting. Officer discussions and path decisions

Date	Topic	Speaker	Refreshment Sponsor
January 22	Spectrum Analysis vs EMI Test Receivers	Rhode & Schwarz -Dorch Walker	WEMS Electronics -Rodney Boyd
February 19	Resisting Electromagnetic Radiation	RTTC -Dr. Mark Waller	Underwriters Labs -Vic Powley
March 18	High Intensity Radiated Suceptibiliy Testing using Antenna and Quasi-Static Field	TDK RF Solutions -Dr. Jim McLean	ERC Inc. -Tim Travis
April 15	Co-ax Cable Makes a Difference	SEMFLEX -Stan Hardin -Jerry Parson	ADTRAN -Jeff Whitmire
May 20	Shielding - Breaking Entry (Shielding for Military Applications)	Laird Technologies -Mike Lambert -Rick Johnson	Vicor Inc -Gabe Pictromonaco
August 19	Specifying Control of Audio Frequency Conducted Emissions	EMC Compliance -Ken Javor	Intertek Testing - Michael Lehmann
September 16	EMC Management with insight into a commercial operation	ADTRAN Inc. -Jeff Whitmire	Jacobs Sverdrup -Jimmy Fish
October 21	Bulk Current Injection (BCI) Testing	Amplifier Research -Jason Smith	Schlegel Systems, Inc. Mike Wohlfahrt