As part of the reorganization of the EMCS Standards Committee, the Standards Education/Training Committee (SETCom) was formed. This new committee was established to provide more formal training opportunities for working groups involved in the development of IEEE EMC standards. Traditionally, working groups “learned by doing” and via informal exchanges between the EMC Standards Committee and with previous working groups. This occasionally resulted in unnecessary delays and often caused much extra work for the working groups and the chair, in particular.
The purpose of the SETCom is to “develop working group processes to assure that EMC standards are prepared in accordance with IEEE policies and procedures.” The goals of the committee are to (1) prepare and conduct seminars for Working Groups on the development, coordination, balloting, and support of IEEE EMC Standards Committee Reorganizes EMC standards, and (2) enhance the awareness of IEEE EMC standards throughout the EMC community and demonstrate how these standards can be effectively applied to the development, production and use of equipment and systems.
To accomplish these goals, SETCom will be developing guidelines for working groups, illustrating and clarifying IEEE standards development and adoption requirements, preparing information materials on IEEE EMC standards, and coordinating standards educational activities with the EMCS Education Committee.
The SETCom expects to periodically organize and present seminars at the annual IEEE EMC Society Symposia on the requirements and recommended procedures for active and newly formed working groups, and when appropriate, take the lead in organizing special sessions on standards at the symposia.
The SETCom officers currently are Hugh Denny, Chair, and John Kraemer, Secretary. In addition, Kimball Williams, Dale Sventanoff, Bill Ritenour, and Ahmad Fallah are committee members. Persons interested in participating in SETCom and assisting in achieving the goals of the committee are invited to contact Hugh Denny at 404-644-9464 or via email at hugh.denny@gtri.gatech.edu.