Dr. William G. Duff
Associate Editor
Andy Drozd
Many of you may best know Andy Drozd from his work on behalf of the Experiment Demonstrations Special Sessions for the annual EMC symposia since 1992. Together with his Co-Chair Larry Cohen and under the sponsorship of the EMC Society Education Committee, Andy has successfully launched a highly-popular and well-attended forum at the symposia which emphasizes both the technical and educational aspects of EMC. His efforts have added a new dimension to our annual symposia as well as helped to promote our Society’s goals to further EMC education at all levels.
Others know Andy from his work for over 22 years in developing new approaches to computational electromagnetics modeling and simulation, and advancing the state-of- the-art of EMC analysis and prediction tools. He has and continues to be involved in enhancing system-level modeling and analysis codes such as the Intrasystem Electromagnetic Compatibility Analysis Program (IEMCAP). Andy was active in coordinating and conducting IEMCAP training courses for government and industry since 1978. Based on his in-depth knowledge of IEMCAP and other EMC software codes, he has written a number of topical reports and technical papers on the subject, and has implemented many software modifications to enhance the modeling and simulation capabilities of these codes.
More recently, he has investigated the application of artificial intelligence methods, expert system technologies, and knowledge-based approaches to EMC problem solving. These are leading to the development of new tools which automatically mimic the way an EMC engineer performs a modeling and analysis task for a complex system.
Andy has a B.S. degree in Physics with a minor in Mathematics graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1977, and an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering which he received in 1982, both from Syracuse University. He is also a NARTE certified EMC Engineer since the inception of the program in the late 1980s.
Andy is President of and Chief Scientist for ANDRO Consulting Services, a small business which he established in 1994, providing technical and consultation services in EMC and collaborative engineering disci- plines. These services include electromagnetics engineering research and development, EMC test and evaluation support, and independent hardware design evaluations to ensure system/product compliance to electromagnetic environment specifications, in particular, MIL- STD-461/462, MIL-E-6051, and MIL-STD-1818. Very recently, ANDRO expanded and relocated its operations to a technical complex in the city of Rome, NY. The company employs six people.
Andy is currently a Senior Member of the IEEE. He is serving the second of a three- year term on the EMCS Board of Directors. He is also on the EMCS Standards Development Committee Board, and is a member of the IEEE Standards Association. Andy is Membership Development Chair for EMCS Member Services and is Vice Chair of the EMCS Education Committee. Additionally, he is a member of the Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) and is Technical Features Article Editor for the ACES Newsletter.
Andy serves as Senior EMCS Representative for the newly-formed IEEE TAB Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Technical Council which was inaugurated on 1 January 1999. He has supported the ITS initiatives since 1996 while it was still operating as an ad hoc committee. The ITS Council has a key leadership role in addressing technical and societal issues as well as the development of standards that affect the intelligent transportation and wireless telecommunications sectors.
In 1997, he received the IEEE Region 1 Award for Contributions to the 1997 IEEE Dual-Use Technologies and Applications Conference. He was the General Chair of the 1997 conference whose theme centered on information age technologies, systems, and strategies. Andy was responsible for establishing information technology tracks including special sessions devoted to defining the role of electromagnetics and multi-discipline engineering in the evolving information age. He was the Senior Technical Advisor to the 1998 Information Technology Conference Steering Committee.
Andy became Chairman of the IEEE Mohawk Valley EMC Chapter in 1998. His efforts have helped to increase the awareness of EMC at a local level.
Andy lives in Rome, NY with his wife Barbara, a Social Work Manager for NY State, and their son Evan, 2. Andy enjoys recreational travel, occasional hiking, wine tasting, and an eclectic range of musical styles. Especially, Andy enjoys being with his family and playing with his son during those rare quiet times.