Dr. William G. Duff
Associate Editor
Antonio Orlandi is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of L’Aquila in Italy.
Antonio describes L’Aquila as “a nice town in between the mountains called Appennini in the district of Abruzzi.”
Antonio became involved in EMC during his Laurea thesis on electromagnetic coupling effects on cables under the guidance of Professor M. D’Amore at the University of Roma “La Sapienza”. The enthusiasm of his tutor on EMC steered his research interests on this subject. After two years at the University of Roma “La Sapienza”, he accepted the position of Assistant Professor at the University of L’Aquila. With Professor S.Cristina (now at the University of Roma) and Associate Professor Orlandi at the helm, the EMC activities in L’Aquila started to grow as did the number of members of the EMC group (now including Professor M. Feliziani, Dr. Buccella and Dr. Antonini). In particular, Antonio has concentrated his efforts into developing the EMC Laboratory of the Department, now a valued facility for research and teaching activities.
In the last ten years, Antonio has spent at least two months every summer in the United States, studying and collaborating in different universities and engineering institutions. He has been a “Visiting Scientist” at the Radiation Laboratory at M.I.T. in 1991 and 1993, and a “Visiting Engineer” at the Kaman Science Corp. (Santa Monica, CA) in 1992. Antonio credits the summers he spent at two leading EMC universities, the University of Kentucky and the University of Missouri-Rolla, with providing a fundamental role in his EMC education. In addition, he appreciates the relationships he developed at these universities and institutions, saying “I have made a lot of wonderful friends in the United States.”
Antonio is a senior member of the IEEE, Vice-Chairman of the Central and South Italy Section IEEE EMC Chapter, Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on EMC, member of the IEEE EMCS Technical Committee-9 (Computational EMC) and member of the EMCS Education Committee where he is coordinating the EMC University Survey.
Antonio and his wife Antonia are expecting their first baby, due in October.
In his spare time (which will be limited come October!), he likes to ski, play tennis and soccer.