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For directions and maps to the University of Portland please visit:

• About UP: Directions and Maps

Our Fall/Winter 2009 Program: 

Monday, December 14, 2009

• Winter Social Event - (link to flyer)
• Location: Who Songs and Larry's Restaurant - (upstairs room with a view of the river has been reserved)
• Time: 6PM - 10PM (social hour 6:00 - 7:00 PM)
• Cost: $5.00 per person - please bring cash to be collected at the door
• Special Entertainment: The Christmas Ship Fleet will be parading directly in front of the restaurant that evening.
• White Elephant Gift Exchange: Bring a gift (under $10) to exchange.
• RSVP: sidney.chan@hp.com (make your reservations early - maximum of 30 guests)

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

• Topic: Extracting Useful Information from Radiated Emission Test Site NSA and VNSA Data Sets
  Paper presented at the 2007 IEEE EMC Symposium
  Authors: Ed Blankenship, David Arnett, and Gary Town
• Abstract: This paper explores historical and technical details of the radiated emission site attenuation techniques. We give an example of additional information beyond pass/fail that can be gleaned from the results. Our research demonstrates two ways to investigate test site anomalies, using variations on the standard site attenuation method.
• Speaker: Ed Blankenship
• Location: TBD
• Time: Food at 6:30PM; Presentation begins at 7:00PM

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

• Topic: The use of magnetics in EMC covering the basics of induction, coupling mode, filter topologies, simulation tools, measuring and application
• Speaker: Dean Huumala of Wurth Electronics
• Location: TBD
• Time: Food at 6:30PM; Presentation begins at 7:00PM

Related EMC Events:

December 10th, 2009

• Pacific Northwest ERA Holiday Party - follow the link to see the flyer
• Reservations due by December 1st
• Location: Portland Zoo Skyline Room
• Date and Time: December 10th, 2009 from 6 to 10 PM
• The evening features:
  • Zoo Lights train rides (starting at 5:30 PM)
  • Multi-course dinner and no-host bar
  • Dancing to the music of the Cyndy Duerfeldt Trio
  • Raffle with many prizes (including a two-night stay at a house on the beach, golf packages, restaurant gift certificates and more)
• Costs: $65 per person ... plus at least two non-perishable food items (or a donation check) for the Food Bank.
• Questions? - contact Tom Enfield - President, Pacific Northwest ERA

January 6 through March 17, 2010

• ECE012 Electrical Engineering Review for Professional Engineering License
• Classroom: FAB-10, Portland State University
• Time: Wednesday Evenings 6:40 - 9:20 PM
• http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~fli/pe-ee.html

Past 2009 Fall Presentations: 

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

• Topic: 3M discussing shielding and other products

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

• Topic: Utilizing Surveillance Techniques for EMC
• Speakers: Applications Engineers Jim Blattner and Jeff Poole from Agilent
  • Every EMC department is in the same bind; A huge workload, limited range time, tight time to market schedules and limited budgets.  New, radically different receiver block diagrams utilized for surveillance work can be employed to find emissions thousands of times faster than traditional receivers and therefore greatly improving workload throughput.  This presentation will discuss these techniques and include a demonstration of a surveillance receiver.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

• Topic: "Searching for the Elusive Correction Factor between 3m and 10m Radiated Emissions Tests"
  A paper presented at the 2009 EMC symposium in Austin written by Ed Blankenship, Dave Arnett and Sidney Chan.