Welcome to the Southeastern Michigan IEEE EMC Society Past Meeting History Page!
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From the SEM EMC Society WABAC Machine
2008 Detroit International EMC Symposium
Back Row:
Dr. M. Shirdhar, Keith Frazier, Robert Neff, Scott Lytle, Poul Andersen, Vino Pathmanathan, Tom Jerse, Mark Ciechanowski, Phil Fanson, Kimball Williams
Front Row:
Amy Pinchuk, Breanne Scherbaty, Rob Kado, Trisha Taylor, Mary Lou Williams, Elaine Fanson
Not pictured:
Mark Steffka, Sreeniwas Ranganathan, Candace Suriano, John Maas, Thomas Holmes, Bogdan Adamczyk, Rich Wiese, Scott Mee, Andrew Shune, Kin Moy, Kendra Pridemore
Janet O’Neil, Kin Moy and Kimball Williams wayback in 1999
11/21/2024 Principles Involved with EM Shielding Bureau Veritas Scott Piper
10/17/2024 Antenna Workshop MPS John and Candace Suriano
9/19/2024 Oktoberfest Hilton Garden Inn – Southfield Dr. Vignesh Rajamani – R&S
6/20/2024 EV Radio EMI Zoom Keith Frazier
5/16/2024 EMC Fest Embassy Suites Ken Wyatt
4/18/2024 Standards Updates Zoom Karen Burnham
3/21/2024 Integrated Circuit EMC Monolithic Power / AE Techron Barry Steltz
2/15/2024 Nano VNA MPS Livonia Michael Kirkhart
1/20/2024 Basics+ EMC Workshop MPS Livonia Multiple Speakers
11/2/2023 Sniffer Probe Maker Event Monolithic Power Systems Barry Steltz
9/21/2023 Oktoberfest Utilizing Dynamic Road Condition Scenarios to Automate Battery-Electric Vehicle Testing – Leonard Wilson R&S
8/17/2023 Common Misconceptions About Inductance and Current Return Path Dr. Cheung-Wei Lam
6-Jun-23 Designing a Chamber for Multiple Uses Monolithic Power Systems – Louis Feudi
25-May-23 EMC Fest 2023
27-Apr-23 Modeling an EMC Issue Zoom – Fletcher Turner
16-Mar-23 Calibrating VNA with Fixture Zoom & Keysight Novi – Brian Ho
2-Feb-23 Distinguished Lecturer Vehicle Antenna Lecture Zoom Garth D’Abreau
19-Jan-23 Smart Grid EMC Standards – Zoom – Jerry Ramie
December – no meeting
17-Nov-22 Superconducting Super Collider – Zoom – Cyrous Rostamzadeh
20-Oct-22 Make your own RF Current probe U of D Mercy – Drs. Candace and John Suriano
15-Sep-22 OktoberFest Hilton Garden Inn – Southfield – Jeremy Cline and Jason Ruffing – R&S
18-Aug-22 Common Misconceptions about Inductance & Current Return Path – Virtual – Cheung-Wei Lam
21-Jul-22 EMC Picnic CANCELLED Auburn Hills
16-Jun-22 Circuit Board Shielding Effectiveness Issues and Measurements – Andy Marvin
12-May-22 EMC Fest 2022 www.emcfest.org
21-Apr-22 Antennas DL Presentation – Mark Steffka
17-Mar-22 Memorable EMC Struggles – Multiple Speakers
February 17, 2022 – Amateur Radio Beginnings – Kimball Williams
January 20, 2022 – Application of Thrifty Test Equipment for EMC Testing – Arnie Nielsen
December 2021 – No Meeting
November 18, 2021 – E3 Changes Due to the Loading of Shipboard Antennas
October 21, 2021 EMC Testing Challenges Beyond 40 GHz – Jeremy Cline R&S
August 19, 2021 – EMI Fundamentals and EMC Filtering – Hideo Yumi – KGS
July 15, 2021 – Optimizing EMC and RF Test Chamber Design and Performance – Zhong Chen
June 17, 2021 – Proposed changes to SAE ARP-958 E. Ken Javor – EMC Compliance
May 20, 2021 – Software Defined Radio – EMC Applications – Zoom Meeting – Karen Burnham
February 25, 2021 – EMC Antenna Calibrations: Maximizing Your Calibration Experience – ETS
November 19, 2020 EMC aspects of wireless power transfer system – Professor Seungyoung Ahn – IEEE EMC Society Distinguished Lecturer
October 15, 2020 Nano Vector Network Analyzer – W. David Treharne of Ford Motor Company
October 10, 2020 SYFY Virtual Conference report – co-sponsored by the chapter via Kimball Williams
May 21, 2020 – Real Time Scanning for EMC troubleshooting – Brian Ho – Keysight – ZOOM Meeting
March 19, 2020 – Importance of time domain analysis as part of debugging and testing – Brian Ho – Keysight – Novi MEETING CANCELLED. RE-SCHEDULED FOR MAY 21.
February 13, 2020 Meeting Cancelled – to be re-scheduled
January 16, 2020 – Normalized Site Attenuation – Louis Feudi – Raymond EMC – NEW VENUE: i3 Detroit Event Slides
September 19, 2019 EMC SOCIETY OKTOBERFEST MEETING & THE ABC’S OF EMC TESTING SOLUTIONS SEMINAR – Sponsor – Rohde & Schwarz
No July Meeting
May 9, 2019 EMC Fest 2019 – Embassy Suites – Farmington Hills, MI
February 21, 2019 – Raspberry PI – Multiple uses! – Jim Baskla KD8HFX – Keysight
February 17, 2019 – 49th Annual Livonia Amateur Radio Club Swap & Shop
November 15 – Matt Diessner – Boonton – Bosch 15000 Haggerty, Plymouth, MI
October 25 – Oktoberfest – Scott Niemiec – Rhode & Schwarz – Hilton Garden Inn – Southfield
February 15, 2018 Arduino Maker Workshop – Teledyne – Farmington Hills
October 19, 2017 – Maker Meeting – HD TV Antennas! – Bosch
September 28, 2017 – “Oktoberfest” – Hilton Garden Inn – Southfield, MI
July 20, 2017 – Radio Astronomy for the Amateur with Tom Hagen, Ken Redcap and Jim Abshier
June 15, 2017 – Spectrum Analyzer Pre-selection – Scott Niemiec – Rhode & Schwarz – Al Ameer – Canton Slides: http://www.emcsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/The-Value-of-Pre-Selection-in-EMC-Measurements-06-15-17_v1_Print.pdf
May 11, 2017 – EMC Fest – Embassy Suites – Livonia
February 16, 2017 – “WHAT CAUSES ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION AND CONSEQUENT EMC/EMI IMPLICATIONS?” – Omar Ramahi – University of Waterloo – Al Ameer Restaurant in Canton. TO BE RE-SCHEDULED
January 19, 2017 – Statistical Process Control in the EMC Laboratory – Kimball Williams – Al Ameer Restaurant in Canton
December 15, 2016 – Role of Electromagnetic Simulations in Product Design – Dr. C. J. Reddy – Altair 1820 E. Big Beaver Road, Troy, MI 48083
November 17, 2016 – Electromagnetic Engineering for Automotive Applications – Bryon Neufeld – EMA3D – Al Ameer Restaurant in Canton
October 17, 2016 – Dr. Naoki Shinohara, MTT distinguished lecturer – WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER VIA RADIOWAVES – Embassy Suites – Livonia – Joint meeting with Chapter IV.
September 15, 2015 – Automotive Time Domain Reflectrometry – Jon Kinney – Keysight – Location: Al Ameer in Canton Event Slides
August 18, 2016 – High-speed SI Fundamentals – Chunfei Ye – Location: Al Ameer – Canton
May 5, 2016 EMC Fest 2016 – Embassy Suites – Livonia – Lee Hill & Bruce Archambeault
March 17, 2016 – Chris Semanson – U of M Dearborn – FEKO Demos Location: UM Dearborn IAVS Building Modeling Demo Video Simulation Demo Powerpoint
January 21, 2016 – Mike Hertz – Teledyne LeCroy – New Techniques for Automotive EMC/EMI Testing Using Oscilloscopes – Fairlane Center South – Dining Room D
October 15, 2015 – Jun Fan – Power distribution network design for high-speed printed circuit boards – UM Dearborn FCS Dining Room D
July 16, 2015 – Low EMF design of Wireless Power – UM Dearborn FCS Dining Room D – Joungho Kim Slides
June 18, 2015 – Keith Frazier – Mismatch Error on Cellular Phone Simulation – UM Dearborn FCS Dining Room D Slides
May 7, 2015 – EMC Fest 2015 – Elya Joffe – Embassy Suites – Livonia, MI
February 19, 2015 – EMC For Business managers – Joanna Hill – UM Dearborn Fairlane Center South – Dining Room D Pizza Sponsor: AE Techron www.aetechron.com SLIDES
January 15, 2015 – Verifying EMC Numerical Modeling Results using Measurements – Scott Piper – U of M Dearborn Event Slides 9 MB PDF
October 16, 2014 – Cyrous Rostemzedah – “Operational Field Coupled ESD Susceptibility of Magnetic Sensor IC’s in Automotive Applications” – Meeting Location: UL Novi SLIDES MOVIE
September 18, 2014 – Dale Becker – IEEE EMC Distinguished Lecturer – Integrated Signal and Power Integrity for High-Speed Channel Design – UM Dearborn – Fairlane Center North
July 17, 2014 – Practical EMI Mitigation Methods – Hiro Ikeda – Intermark USA
Slides1: 1TD05-1.1e – EMI Debugging with the R&S RTO and R&S RTE Oscilloscopes
Slides2: Debugging EMI problems with an Oscilloscope_June2014
April 17, 2014 – Signal Integrity Characterization – Jay Diepenbrock EMCS DL – U of M Dearborn Slides: SI Electrical Quantities & Meas IEEE3a
March 20, 2014 – ISM Band Transmitters & New ETSI Standards – James Young – Rohde & Schwarz – U of M Dearborn Fairlane Campus North
Slides: ESTI ISM Band Standards Update – IEEE
February 20, 2014 – Introduction to Antenna Parameters and Antennas for EMC -Vince Rodriguez – ETS-Lindgren – University of Michigan Dearborn
Slides: http://tinyurl.com/l4gud2m
January 16, 2014 Dr. Christopher L. Holloway: “Atom Based Self-Calibrating E-field Sensors and Probes: The Next Generation in Field Measurements” **University of Michigan Ann Arbor**
December 19, 2013 – Gary Fenical – Board Level Shields – U of M Dearborn – Sponsor: Laird Technologies
Slides: http://www.emcsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/BLS Technology Advancements Dec 2013.pdf
November 21, 2013 – Introduction to Radio Astronomy – Tom Hagen & Ken Redcap Sponsor: Yazaki Job Fair
October 22 – Effective Presentations – CST & IEEE SEM Chapter 8 (EMC) will host a Reception in honor of Dr. Archambeault
September 19, 2013 – Automated EMC Design Rule Checking: Past, Present, and Future – Samuel Conner – at U of M Dearborn – Sponsor: Rohde & Schwarz
August 15, 2013 – Jack Black – DLS – RoHS Requirements Effect on CE Requirements – U of M Dearborn
June 20, 2013 – Dennis Lewis – at U of M Dearborn – Sponsor – Amplifier Research
May 9, 2013 – EMC Fest – Canton Summit on the Park
Event Video: http://youtu.be/Pki5uFZBWo0
April 25, 2013 – Madhavan Swaminathan – SEM Section Conference – U of M Dearborn
March 21, 2013 – Vignesh Rajamani, Ph.D. – “A practitioners approach to Reverb Chamber Testing.” – U of M Dearborn
February 21, 2013 – EMC failure mitigation in Impedance land, Oh my. Joanna Hill – U of M Dearborn
January 24, 2013 – Uwe Flor – EMTest – Electric Vehicle EMC Testing
January 24, 2013 – Uwe Flor – EMTest – Electric Vehicle EMC Testing
November 14, 2012 – Fall Section Meeting Ed Hare ARRL and Real World EMC Problems
October 18, 2012 – “VAC Nanocrystalline Components – The EMI Solution” – Rodney Rodgers – Vacuumschmelze – U of M Dearborn
July 19, 2012 – Jerry Meyerhoff – Why does my design fail EMC & How to fix it?
June 21, 2012 – Cyrous Rostamzadeh – Ford CS-2009 Radiated Emissions test techniques.
May 16, 2102 – Todd Hubing – EMC Fest 2012 – Canton Summit on the Park
April 24, 2012 – Rhode & Schwarz mobile training seminar on “Modern Concepts in Electromagnetic Immunity Testing” – Yazaki North America
March 15, 2012 – AIRCRAFT ELECTROMAGNETIC ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS AND SAFETY: PART 2 – Doug Hughes – U of M Dearborn
February 16, 2012 – EMI Modeling using NEC program 4NEC2 – John and Candace Suriano
January 18, 2012 (Wednesday) – George Barth – Amplifier Research – U of M Dearborn
December 15, 2011 – EM Simulation Methods – Scott Piper – U of M Dearborn Fairlane Center North
November 10, 2011 – ESD Topics – Takeshi Ishida from NoiseKen U of M Dearborn Fairlane Center North
September 14, 2011 – Wireless Aboard Aircraft, Why All The Fuss?
June 16, 2011 – Mark Steffka – Antennas and Transmission Lines – U of M Dearborn – SPONSOR: Underwriters Laboratories
EMC Fest 2011 – May 18, 2011 – Canton Summit on the Park
April 21, 2011 – Automotive EMC Testing; The Challenges of Testing Battery Systems for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles – James P. Muccioli, Dale Sanders & Steve English
April 7, 2011 – Method of Moments – John and Candace Suriano – Spring Section Conference – U of M Dearborn
March 17, 2011 – Gowry Pathmanathan – Benefits and Practical Application of Smith Charts in the Field of EMC – U of M Dearborn – Sponsor: TUV
February 17, 2011 – Cyrous Rostamzadeh – ESD Behavior of Multi Layer Ceramic Capacitors – U of M Dearborn SPONSOR: mk-messtechnik GmbH
January 20, 2011 – Kimball Williams – EMC Test Planning for Customers – U of M Dearborn – SPONSOR: CMP
December 16, 2010 – Greg Senko- ESD Simulator Verification – U of M Dearborn
November 18, 2010 – Mike Hopkins – EMC Scanning – NOT for Emissions Technical – U of M Dearborn – Fairlane Center North
November 4, 2010 – Fall Section Conference – Dr. Omar M. Ramahi – “The exotic world of metamaterialsand its relevance to EMI/EMC engineers – U of M Dearborn – Fairlane Center North
October 21, 2010 – Steve Gladstien & Kimball Williams – Best Practices Workshop: ISO17025 Certification practices & hints – *** Special Venue *** TÜV Plymouth, MI
August 19, 2010 – Kimball Williams – Training an Automotive EMC Engineer & Deciding on a Career Diection- U of M Dearborn – Fairlane Center North
April 22, 2010 – Spring Section Conference – Tom Mullineaux – “Aiding the 17025 Laboratory Accreditation Process by Capturing Key Performance Data on RF Power Amplifiers” and “Demystifying Radio Frequency Fields and Radio Frequency Components”– U of M Dearborn – Fairlane Center North
February 18, 2010 – Chris Semanson – IEEE EMC Society laboratory experiments Manual University of Michigan – Dearborn – EMC Laboratory – ELB Room 227
November 24, 2009 – The Nation’s Leading EMC Educator – Henry Ott – University of Michigan Dearborn –Main Campus
October 15, 2009 – “EMC Means More than Everyone Must Comply” – Candace R. Suriano, John R. Suriano, Vino Pathmanathan – U of M Dearborn
May 21, 2009 – EMC Fest 2009 – Lee Hill – Canton Summit on the Park
February 19, 2009 “Care and Feeding of High Power Amplifiers” – Jason H. Smith – Amplifier Research
January 22, 2009 “Ask the Experts” U of M Dearborn – Fairlane North Campus
November 14, 2008 – Green Technology in the Great Lakes – IEEE Fall Section Conference.
October 2, 2008 – Robert C. Scully – Space Station EMC and Power Distribution Issues. U of M Dearborn – Fairlane North Campus
September 17, 2008 – EMC Tech Tour – U of M Dearborn – Fairlane Campus
August 18-22, 2008 International IEEE EMC Symposium – Detroit, Michigan
May 8, 2008 – EMC Fest 2008 – Doug Smith – Canton Summit on the Park
April 2, 2008 – Cyrous Rostamzadeh – ESD Mitigation Techniques – Spring Section Conference – U of MDearborn – Fairlane Campus
February 26-27, 2008 – Automotive Standards EMC Standards Workshop
U of M – Dearborn – Fairlane Campus
January 24, 2008 – Ask the Experts – U of M Dearborn – Fairlane Campus
October 18, 2007 – Agilent -“Using Digital Oscilloscopes” – U of M Dearborn – Fairlane Campus
September 25, 2007 – “EMC Tech Tour” – U of M Dearborn – Fairlane Campus Quad E
May 3, 2007 – EMC Fest 2007 – Product Filtering for EMC- Canton Summit on the Park
March 29 – Dr. Alfred Hero – Signal processing for sensor networks Section Conference – U of M Dearborn – Fairlane Campus
January 18 – Gary Fenical – Laird – U of M Dearborn – Fairlane Campus – Room 110
October 12, 2006 “Model & Measure” Presented by: George Crumrine, Agilent Technologies Fairlane Campus – U of M Dearborn
September 20, 2006 – Utilizing Overlooked Characteristics of Ferrites for Improved Printed Circuit Board EMI Suppression – Presented by Lee Hill – Yazaki Learning Center
July 18, 2006 – TECH TOUR – FREE EMC Workshop – University of Michigan – Dearborn – Fairlane Campus
July 29, 2006 – Leadership Development Workshop – University of Michigan – Fairlane Campus
March 15, 2006 – Howard Johnson Training Video on Power Line Decoupling – X2Y Farmington Hills
March 2, 2006 – Basic Antenna & Probe Use in EMC – Workshop – U of M Dearborn
February 9, 2006 – Bill Gilmore – Mutual Inductance and Loops with Demonstrations
January 30 & 31, 2006 – Automotive EMC Standards Workshop
January 17, 2006 Spectrum Analyzer Basics – Tom Holmes & Vince Woederman
November 9, 2005 – Thomas Jerse – The role of symmetry in minimizing common-mode emissions
October 19, 2005 – Joe Butler – Advances in EMI Gasketing Technology
September 21 & 22- Henry Ott – Electronic Noise and Interference Control – Canton, MI
July 26, 2005 – “Practical Automotive EMC Design and Test Techniques”
University of Michigan – Dearborn
June 15, 2005 – SonATA: SETI on the Allen Telescope Array – Peter Backus – SETI Institute
May 3, 2005 EMCFest 2005 – Henry Ott – Canton Summit on the Park
April 6, 2005 IEEE Spring Section Conference – U of M Fairlane Center North Campus
March 16, 2005 – John Ford – National Radio Quiet Zone – U of M Fairlane Center North Campus
October 13, 2004 – Roy Leventhal – “Simulation of high-speed circuits to design for signal integrity and EMI control” DaimlerChrysler – Auburn Hills
September 28, 2004 “Predicting Radiated Emissions” – Candace Suriano – DaimlerChrysler , Auburn Hills, MI
Discussion the empirical and theoretical transfer function between the EUT and receiving antenna
September 14 & 15, 2004 – Reverberation Testing Workshop – EST Plymouth, MI
March 24, 2004 – IEEE Spring Section Conference Pictures
March 11, 2004 SAE World Congress – EMC Sessions – Cobo Hall Room W2-64 Exhibit Pass
February 3 & 4, 2004 – Automotive EMC Standards Conference
October 29, 2003 James Muccioli – Embedded Circuit Layered Architecture for Internal Noise Cancellation
September 17, 2003 – Bruce Archambeault – Reducing Emissions through PCB Layout and Effective Power / Ground Plane Decoupling
June 6, 2003 EMC Fest – Clayton Paul – Dearborn Inn
April 28-30 Reverberation Chamber, Anechoic Chamber and OATS Users Meeting – Austin, TX
April 30, 2003 – Thomas Chessworth – Electromagnetic News Report – Wine Tasting – CANCELED
March 26, 2003 – Achim Gerstner – Monitoring Complex Devices During EMC Testing – Yazaki North America
November 6, 2002 – “DaimlerChrysler EMC Performance Requirements Changes Overview” – Terry NorthPLUS “High Frequency Motor Measurements in a Gtem” by James Muccioli
September 30, 2002 – Russell V. Carstensen – NARTE EMC Certifications – EST – Plymouth, MI
April 22, 2002 – EMC Fest 2002 at the Dearborn Inn Click Here to See Pictures from EMC Fest 2002
March 27, 2002 – Spring Section Meeting – Kimball Williams – SPC in an EMC Laboratory
“Why Does Your Cell Phone Work?”- Fred Bauer – at Eaton – Southfield March 12, 2002
“Driving Concepts for Automotive EMC Testing” February 7, 2002 – Heri Rakouth – at U of M Ann Arbor
“A Tutorial on ISO EMC Standards Development” Presented by: Kin Moy Date: 10/9/2001
“Signal Detection with EMI Receivers”Werner Schaefer Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2001
“EMC Fest 2001” – April 23, 2001 – Lee Hill & James Muccioli
“ARRL’s role addressing EMC issues for Amatueur Radio “ Presented by: Ed Hare Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2001
“The Ford/Visteon component EMC specification” Presented by: Mike Bosley Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2000
“Comparison of Methods to Evaluate the Performance of a Three-Meter Semi-Anechoic Chamber”Presented by: Robert F. GermanTuesday, January 11, 2000