Newsletter Editor Janet O’Neil joins FIAT’s Saint’ Clair Nunes (left) and Rávisson Amaral Almeida (right) at the EMC Society outreach event in Brasilia, Brazil on April 4, 2011. The gentlemen attended to hear a full day of presentations on various EMC topics. See page 10 for more information on this successful event.

Welcome Kye Yak See! This issue features our new Technical Editor, Kye Yak See, of the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Dr. See brings a wealth of applied experience to the Practical Papers section of this Newsletter. He succeeds Flavio Canavero of the Polytechnic of Turin who served as the Newsletter’s Technical Editor for several years. The EMC Society is indebted to Professor Canavero’s service to the Newsletter as Technical Editor. You can learn more about our new Technical Editor on page 68.
     Coincidentally, this issue starts and ends with a reference to the formal review IEEE conducts of its Societies every five years. In her President’s Message starting on page 4, Francesca Maradei discusses the outcome of the EMC Society’s review in February 2011. In his article on the IEEE Society on the Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) starting on page 93, Kimball Williams tells us why the IEEE initiated the five year review of all Societies. I think you will find this connection interesting.

Following the EMC Society outreach event in Brasilia, the speakers took a “field trip” to the National Institute of Metrology, Normalization and Industrial Quality (INMETRO), the metrology lab of Brazil. INMERTO is located in Xerem, Brazil. Facilitating the tour of this progressive facility were (from left), Benjamim Galvão (independent consultant), Edson Afonso of INMETRO and André Kavaliéris Galvão of AK Telemedia. Benjamim and André were instrumental to the success of the EMC Society outreach event in Brasilia.

     In other interesting news, learn about Frank Leferink on page 30 and why I curtsied when I recently saw him at the Asia Pacific EMC conference in Korea. Dan Hoolihan provides a post earthquake report related to a past article he provided on the Museum of Communications in Tokyo, Japan (Spring 2010). One year later, it’s gratifying to know an earthquake-resistant case worked and saved a technical treasure. Read about this treasure on page 44.
     We honor several prominent
members of the IEEE and EMC Society who passed away since our last issue starting on page 32. I knew each of these members and appreciate the effort of Don Heirman and his colleagues to pay them the tribute they deserve. Risaburo Sato, featured on our cover, was truly the “Father of EMC” in Japan. From my earliest days in EMC, I recall the respect he commanded from his peers when he would enter the room. Always humble and modest, despite his tremendous accomplishments in EMC, he was a pleasure to know.
     There can never be another Risaburo Sato, Rudi Vahldieck, Bob Howland and Carl Baum who have all completed their careers. The ability to cross paths with gentlemen such as these makes membership in the IEEE and EMC Society rewarding. May their souls rest in peace.                        EMC