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Over 90 people participated in the one day EMC event organized by the Austria EMC Chapter.
Austria EMC Chapter members, speakers and exhibitors.
Seibersdorf, Austria). In addition to the
symposium, the attendants were informed
about product novelties by the exhibiting
companies Würth Elektronik, Rohde &
Schwarz, UEI, deg and AKG.
Chicago
The Chicago IEEE EMC Chapter’s 2010
opening evening meeting on February
17th was hosted at ELITE Electronic
Engineering in Downers Grove. In addition
to the venue, ELITE also supplied
complimentary pizza for the 30 attendees.
Steve Laya of ELITE urges guests to enjoy pizza at the
Chicago Chapter February meeting.
After a brief general business meeting,
Tom Revesz of HV Technologies spoke on
transient testing. Tom reported on AC
mains CDN improvements and advances
in EFT measurements. Dips and interruptions
also have tighter and more refined
waveforms. ESD improvement efforts and
round-robin tests still show some inconsistencies.
All were encouraged to examine
and closely control the many factors of
their ESD setups. Tom reported advances
in modeling and simulation for ESD
which are driving refinements in high
bandwidth targets and their nearby
structures as well as discharge tip R/C
network waveforms. On February 20, for
the second year in a row, the Chapter supported
the DuPage Engineers Week Expo
at the IIT-Rice Wheaton campus. Hundreds
of young students were exposed to
two full floors of engineering exhibits.
Bob Hofmann and Jerry Meyerhoff displayed
a Van DeGraff generator, radio
noise emissions from dimmers or CFL
bulbs and shielding effectiveness. The
March 9th meeting was generously held
at the IIT-Rice Wheaton campus and cohosted
by the Chicago Chapter of Women
in Engineering (WIE). The featured
speaker was EMC Society President, Francesca
Maradei, Associate Professor at Sapienza
University of Rome. The Chapter
provided a catered complimentary Chicago-Style
buffet dinner of fried chicken,
Italian beef, salads and dessert cookies.
The 35 attendees enjoyed the time to
catch up and share stories. After dinner,
the meeting moved to the comfortable
seating of the auditorium. There was a
brief Chapter open business meeting with
reports from the committees, orchestrated
by Chapter Chair, Jack Black. Ms. Maradei’s
opening talk “The IEEE EMC Society:
The Present Picture and Short Term
Tom Revesz of HV Technologies takes a question at the
Chicago Chapter February meeting.