2011 IEEE EMC Symposium in Long Beach

August 14 – 19, 2011

EMC Symposium 2011The 2011 symposium in Long Beach is rapidly approaching and we hope to see all our chapter members in attendance.

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Special Half-Day Presentation in Long Beach

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Bruce ArchambeaultBruce Archambeault, PhD, IEEE Fellow, and IBM Distinguished Engineer will discuss the true meaning of inductance and how it applies to the EMC world. It will also introduce partial inductance, explain what partial inductance can be used for, and more importantly, when partial inductance is not meaningful. Dr. Archambeault will also discuss the main areas of presentations, including delivery skills, presentation materials and finally, the content.

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Alexander Rivera: In Memoriam

Alexander Rivera

Alexander Rivera of The Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, CA passed away on Friday, April 30th 2010. He was 52.

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3-Day Electromagnetic Compatibilty Engineering Course

San Francisco – April 28 – 30, 2010

Guest Lecturer – Henry Ott

Henry OttHenry Ott will be presenting a 3-day EMC Engineering course in San Francisco on April 28-30, 2010. All attendees to the course will receive a copy of his new 872 page book “Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineering” (Wiley, 2009). Note also, that there is a special early registration discount for those signing up by February 26, 2010.

More information on the course is available at Henry Ott’s website www.hotconsultants.com

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Demystifying Radio Frequency Fields and Radio Frequency Components

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Guest Lecturer – Tom Mullineaux

Tom MullineauxRadio frequency engineering is often seen as a black art filled with baffling phenomena and components such as propagation modes, quarter wave stubs and mismatch ratios. This presentation aims to remove the bafflement by taking a lighthearted look at the history of the discovery of RF fields (EM waves), how they were predicted, how they were discovered, their behavior, and finally how the more common RF components actually work. Continue reading

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