by Scott Roleson
Chairman
EMCS Distinguished Lecturer Program
The EMC Society’s Distinguished Lecturer program has expanded internationally by increasing the total number of lecturers to five, and appointing two lecturers outside of North America. By letter vote in January, the EMCS Board of Directors approved the appointments of Elya B. Joffe of Israel, Michel Mardiguian of France, and Mark Montrose of the U.S.A. to two-year terms as Distinguished Lecturers.
Elya Joffe has worked in EMC and related disciplines for
18 years, and is currently V.P. of Engineering and EMC/E3 Engineering Specialist with
K.T.M Project Engineering in Kfar-Sava, Israel. He is a Registered Professional Engineer,
and holds NARTE certifications as an EMC engineer and ESD Control Engineer. He has
published 29 papers, has lectured widely on EMC, and is fluent in English and Hebrew.
Joffe is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and has been chairman of the Israel EMC Chapter for
more than five years. He acted as Technical Chairman for the 1992 IEEE Regional Symposium
on EMC in Israel.
Michel Mardiguian started his EMC career in 1974 while
working for IBM in France, and was a French delegate to the CISPR working group on
computer RFI in 1976 - 80, participating in what became CISPR 22. From 1980 until 1990 he
was with ICT (a.k.a. Don White Consultants) in Gainesville, VA, during which time he
taught over 160 EMC classes. He has published 21 papers, seven widely sold handbooks, and
co-authored two books with Don White. He has been a private EMC consultant since 1990, is
a Senior Member of the IEEE, and is NARTE certified.
Mark Montrose is principal consultant of
Montrose Compliance Services specializing in EMC and product safety. He prefers using a
simplified approach to educating clients in EMC to allow them to become self-sufficient in
a cost-effective manner. Montrose is a Certified Instructor for Postsecondary Education in
California, is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and is a member of the TC-8 Product Safety
Technical Committee. He is the author of two EMC books published by IEEE Press, and has
written numerous papers on PC board design, theory, layout, and signal integrity issues.
Montrose, Mardiguian, and Joffe join Donald Bush and Robert Dockey as EMC Society Distinguished Lecturers. The terms of Bush and Dockey continue through the end of 1999.
The EMC Society’s Distinguished Lecturer program provides speakers for Society chapter meetings and similar functions. Each speaker typically can offer one of several presentations on various electromagnetic compatibility topics. Speakers may present a maximum of six talks each year under this program. Distinguished Lecturers are appointed by the Board of Directors to two-year terms. Currently the EMC Society has five speakers on alternating terms.
The Society reimburses speakers for their approved traveling expenses up to a recommended limit of $750 per engagement, or up to $1000 for intercontinental engagements with advance approval. Whenever possible, hosting chapters are encouraged to absorb some part of the cost, such as providing local transportation for the speaker, paying his hotel bill, or providing some of his meals.
For more information about the EMCS Distinguished Lecturer Program, see our Web site at URL https://www.emcs.org/lectur.html, or contact the Program Chairman, Scott Roleson, at +1-619-655-4809 or via e-mail to sroleson@ieee.org.