COLIN
BRENCH (M’80-SM’07) is currently with Southwest
Research Institute (SwRI) where he is a staff engineer. Previously
he had been working for Hewlett-Packard (formerly Compaq and Digital
Equipment Corp.) for 22 years, where he was a Master Engineer
on the Technical Staff. At SwRI, his responsibilities include
developing new EMC technologies, providing consulting, participating
in internal and external research programs, and collaborating
with the EMC community at large.
His early training began in England where he received his B.Sc.
in Electronic Engineering at The City University, London, in 1975.
Mr. Brench has been particularly active in the area of antenna
and shielding behavior since the early 1970’s when he was
involved in amateur radio. After moving to the United States in
1978, his experience grew as he worked with waveguides and antennas,
power supplies, FCC compliance of computer systems, and EMC design
and testing. In addition to his work at HP, for the past 10 years
Mr. Brench has been presenting numerous EMC training classes that
embrace a broad range of topics including microprocessor packaging,
printed circuit module issues, system design, grounding and shielding,
and computational modeling for EMC. In many of these classes,
explanations are clarified with a combination of simulations and
data from product related measurements. Mr. Brench is a co-author
of the book, EMI/EMC Computational Modeling Handbook (Kluwer Academic,
2nd Edition 2001), and has authored over 20 technical papers and
articles. In addition, he holds over ten patents for various methods
of EMI control, and a similar number are in process. He has been
a NARTE certified EMC Engineer since 1990, and has been active
in ANSI ASC C63 since 1991. He was Chairman of a working group
under ANSI C63.1 from 1992 to 1997, working on the development
and design of a new international reference antenna for EMI measurements.
Mr. Brench became a member of the IEEE EMC Society (EMCS) in 1980.
He was appointed an EMCS Distinguished Lecturer from 2001 to 2002
and gave talks to 12 EMCS Chapters; he remains an active speaker
at Chapter meetings. In 2002, he was awarded the Certificate of
Technical Achievement by the IEEE EMCS for his contributions to
the development of EMC modeling directed to understanding EMI
shielding and antenna behavior. He was Treasurer for the 2003
EMC Symposium and the Experiments/Demonstrations Coordinator for
the 2007 EMC Symposium. Mr. Brench has also been an active member
of the IEEE EMCS Technical Committee 9 (EMCS TC-9) since its inception
in 1994. TC9 is a committee focused on all aspects of computational
EM for EMI and EMC work.
ROBERT
DAVIS (S’72-M’73-M’80) has been an
EMI/EMC Engineer for 32 years. Mr. Davis has been working for
Lockheed Martin Corporation, located in Syracuse, New York, for
the past 17 years as a Lead E3 Engineer on various DoD related
programs. His efforts focused on both design and test. Prior to
working for Lockheed Martin Corporation, Mr. Davis worked with
American Electronic Laboratories (currently BAE), located in Allaire,
New Jersey, as manager of the EMI/EMC and TEMPEST department.
In addition to managing both EMI and TEMPEST design and test activities,
Mr. Davis was responsible for managing a major EMI/EMC engineering
support contract with the Army’s CECOM organization located
at Fort Monmouth. Prior to this, Mr. Davis worked for Data Products
Corporation, located in Wallingford, Connecticut, where he provided
both design and analysis support in the area of EMI/EMC, TEMPEST
and EMP. Prior to this, Mr. Davis worked for Hamilton Standard
Corporation, located in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, on the NASA
Space Shuttle program where he had EMI/EMC design and test responsibility
for the Space Suit and several electronic modules for the shuttle.
Prior to this, Mr. Davis worked for the Electromagnetic Compatibility
Analysis Center (ECAC) in Annapolis, Maryland where he performed
EMC co-site analysis for deployment of radar systems at various
locations abroad.
Mr. Davis supported the ANSI ASC C63.4 committee in the early
1980’s in developing a medical device standard. Mr. Davis
has been an IEEE EMC member for close to 30 years. He is presently
an active member of the P299 (Enclosure Shielding Effectiveness
Measurement Techniques) and PAR1688 (EMI Standard for Replaceable
Electronic Modules) standard development working groups. He is
also a member of the TC-4 and TC-6 technical committees. He is
presently Secretary for the 2010 IEEE EMC Symposium. Mr. Davis
is also very active in the GEIA G-46 EMC Subcommittee, where he
has served as Chairman for the past five years and Vice-chairman
for two years prior. Mr. Davis has been actively attending BoD
meetings for the past three years.
FRED
HEATHER (M’88-SM’98) is the Electromagnetic
Environmental Effects (E3) Lead for the US government’s
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program. He is responsible for the E3
technical management of the F-35 air system. He provides the systems
integration engineering management for the air system contractor,
the DoD Services and the international coalition country partners.
His office is located at the Naval Air System Command, Patuxent
River, Maryland where he has been employed since 1977. He holds
a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Rochester Institute
of Technology, and is a NARTE certified Senior EMC Engineer. As
an EMC Society Board member, he has opened the board meetings
to others by facilitating teleconferencing and internet sharing
of visuals, is a member of the 50th Anniversary Committee and
actively works behind the scenes on Society membership surveys.
Beyond the Board, Mr. Heather also serves at the RAC Chair, PAR-1688
Replaceable Electronic Module Working Group Chair and Chair for
the 2010 IEEE International Symposium on EMC.
RANDY
J. JOST (S’77-M’82-SM’93) received
his BSEE (1978), MSEE (1980) and Ph.D. (1988) from the University
of Missouri-Columbia. He has been involved in the area of applied
electromagnetics for over 35 years, dating back to when he received
the FCC First Class Radiotelephone Operators License while still
in high school. He is also the holder of an Amateur Extra license,
call sign N8NAZ.
From 1984 to 1988, he taught at the Air Force Institute of Technology
(AFIT) in Dayton, Ohio, having received a commission as a Second
Lieutenant in the US Air Force in 1982. While assigned there,
he was instrumental in developing the Low Observables Technology
Master’s Degree program. Upon leaving AFIT, he worked for
the Air Force Research Laboratory, in the Signature Technology
Directorate, at Wright-Patterson AFB until 1991. His duties there
included responsibility for overseeing the development of new
technology in the areas of electromagnetic measurements, antennas
and the integration of sensors into aerospace platforms. From
1991 to 1996, he worked as a Program Manager for SRI, International
in Rosslyn, Virginia. While there he was a program manager, responsible
for research into ultra wideband measurement systems and the characterization
of electromagnetic measurement facilities. During this period,
he also served as an IPA for the Office of the Secretary of the
Air Force for two years, where he performed similar duties. In
1996, he moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico and took a position as
the Technical Director/Director of Engineering for Johnson Controls,
the operations and maintenance contractor at the National RCS
Test Facility, located at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
While there, he was responsible for the operation, maintenance
and system improvements for the measurement ranges located at
the facility. During this time, he was one of the leaders of the
successful effort to establish a national characterization program
for RCS measurements. He served in that capacity from 1996 through
2000. Dr. Jost recently retired as a Lieutenant Colonel from the
US Air Force Reserve, where his last assignment was with the Directed
Energy Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland
AFB, New Mexico, investigating the effects of high power EM signals
on aerospace systems. Dr. Jost is currently a Senior Scientist
for the Space Dynamics Laboratory at Utah State University (USU)
in Logan, Utah, as well as an adjunct professor in the Department
of Electrical & Computer Engineering as well as the Department
of Physics at USU. His areas of research interest include electromagnetic
compatibility, computational electromagnetics, the calibration
and characterization of electromagnetic ranges, the measurement
of dielectric, magnetic and optical materials, radar and microwave
engineering, and remote sensing. He recently published a book
on electromagnetics and has taught numerous short courses, both
in the United States and overseas in the areas of electromagnetic
signatures, radar and antenna measurements, and the propagation
of EM energy, especially wireless signals. He has hosted a series
of workshops on the calibration and characterization of electro-optical
systems, in conjunction with the National Institute of Standards
and Technology.
In the EMC Society, Dr. Jost has served on the Education and Student
Activities Committee since 2001 and is currently the Vice-Chair
of that committee. Additionally, he is an active member of TC-9
and also serves as the Sister Societies representative. He is
active in several other IEEE Societies, and currently reviews
papers for the APS, MTT, GRSS and Education Societies. He has
also served as the Student Branch advisor at Utah State University
and is currently the Region 6 NE Area Student Activities Chair.
FRANCESCA
MARADEI (M’94-SM’06) is an Associate Professor
at “La Sapienza” University in Rome, Italy. She has
a Degree in Electrical Engineering from “La Sapienza”
University, a Diplome d’Etudes Approfondies (DEA) in Electrical
Engineering from the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble,
France, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from “La Sapienza”
University. Ms. Maradei joined the Department of Electrical Engineering
at “La Sapienza” University, Rome in 1996 where, before
becoming an Associate Professor, she served as an Assistant Professor
until 2000. She is the author of more than 100 papers in the field
of numerical techniques and their application to EMC problems.
She has also been invited to present papers at several international
conferences including: IEEE CEFC’94, Aix les Bains, France,
1994; 11th Annual ACES Conference, Monterey, California, USA,
1995; COMPUMAG, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1997; IEEE International
Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Austin, Texas, USA,
1997; PIERS’98, Nantes, France, 1998; URSI’99, Toronto,
Canada, 1999; PIERS’04, Pisa, Italy, 2004; EMC’04,
Sendai, Japan, 2004; and URSI’2005, New Delhi, India, 2005.
Since 1993, Ms. Maradei has been teaching courses on Principles
of Electrical Engineering, EMC, and Numerical Procedures for Solving
EMC Problems. From 1997 to 2000, she was a lecturer for the Erasmus
Intensive Course on EMC supported by the ERASMUS ICP 1054/B/06
and addressed to Ph.D. students.
Ms. Maradei is currently the Chapter Coordinator for the IEEE
EMC Society. She served as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions
on EMC from 1999 to 2000. She is a member of the IEEE EMC Society
Technical Committee on Computational Electromagnetics and for
the past several years, she has served as a technical paper reviewer
for the IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, IEEE
Transactions on Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on Microwave
Theory and Techniques, and IEEE Transactions on Magnetics.
MARK
I. MONTROSE (S’76-M’82-SM’93) graduated
from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo,
California with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering
and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science, both in
1979. He received a Master of Science Degree in Engineering Management
from the University of Santa Clara, California in 1983. Mr. Montrose
is the owner and principal consultant of Montrose Compliance Services,
Inc. specializing in international regulatory compliance with
an emphasis on applied EMC engineering, training, testing, certification,
printed circuit board design and layout, signal integrity and
product safety. Before becoming a consultant, Mr. Montrose was
the principal EMC engineer and manager of regulatory compliance
departments at several major companies in the Silicon Valley,
California.
His professional experience includes nearly 27 years of applied
EMC engineering and consulting in addition to teaching professional
training courses and being a guest speaker at EMC venues worldwide.
He is the author of several books published by Wiley-IEEE Press,
including Printed Circuit Board Design Techniques for EMC Compliance–A
Handbook for Designers, 1st ed.–1996/2nd ed.–2000;
EMC and the Printed Circuit Board–Design, Theory and Layout
Made Simple, 1999; Testing for EMC Compliance – Approaches
and Techniques, 2004. He has also authored and presented applied
(hands-on) technical papers at IEEE EMC Society conferences in
Europe, Asia and the United States in addition to being published
in the IEEE Transactions on EMC.
Mr. Montrose is the recipient of the EMC Society’s Certificate
of Technical Achievement and Laurence G. Cumming Award. He is
a life member of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) with the
Amateur Extra Class license of K6WJ. Continuing professional activities
within the EMC Society include promoting EMC education using a
simplified approach, performing sophisticated EMC research on
PCB design and layout for signal integrity and EMI, and presenting
technical papers on various aspects of EMC engineering. EMC
