Scenes from the 2009 IEEE International Symposium on EMC

<strong>Scenes</strong> <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>2009</strong> <strong>IEEE</strong> <strong>International</strong><strong>Symposium</strong> on EMCDennis Camell of NIST, Kimball Williams ofDenso, Lee Hill of SILENT, Pat André of AndréConsulting and Yulung Tang (<strong>from</strong> left) of ETS-Lindgren (Taiwan) visit during a social event heldat EMC <strong>2009</strong>.Vignesh Rajamani (left) and Chuck Bunting ofOklahoma State University joined Lesly Bunting,Chuck’s lovely wife, for an evening out in Austin.ALL PHOTOS BY JANET O’NEIL UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTEDIt’s a who’s who of IEMI at <strong>the</strong> TC-5 Committee meeting.In attendance (<strong>from</strong> left) were TC-5 Chair Bill Radaskyof Metatech, Wayne Martin of ETS-Lindgren, Bill Priceof Boeing, Daniel Månsson of High Voltage Valley andRajeev Thottappillil of <strong>the</strong> Royal Institute of Technology.Leo Smale and Cindy Catlin of Lionheart Northwestand Tom Mullineaux (<strong>from</strong> left) of Milmegawere big winners at <strong>the</strong> <strong>Symposium</strong> Gala Casino.PHOTO BY KEN WYATTThe Austin ConventionCenter announces EMC <strong>2009</strong>.Dr. and Mrs. MahmoudEl Sabbagh enjoyed a visitto Austin for EMC <strong>2009</strong>.Dr. Sabbagh is with <strong>the</strong>University of Arkansas.Bruce McAllister of Tech-Etch wasall smiles during <strong>the</strong> exhibition atEMC <strong>2009</strong>.50

David Schramm, Kevin Conley andHope Mascott (<strong>from</strong> left) of Intertekwere thrilled to be in Austin forEMC <strong>2009</strong>.Kevin Queen (left) andDouglas Shepherd ofAR RF/MicrowaveInstrumentationenjoyed <strong>the</strong> booth trafficin <strong>the</strong> exhibit hall.ETS-Lindgren’s Dale (left) and Cody Stone organized<strong>the</strong> <strong>Symposium</strong> Gala Casino. Texas Hold‘Em was one of <strong>the</strong> popular games enjoyed by all,of course!Antonio Orlandi (left) of L’AquilaUniversity caught up with JimKnighten of Teradata Corp. at <strong>the</strong>Hilton, host hotel for EMC <strong>2009</strong>.That’s one lively casino table with (<strong>from</strong> left) ahappy dealer (nice shirt!), Mary Ellen and JimBlaha (he’s with Ingenium Testing), Dan Hoolihanof Hoolihan EMC Consulting, Bob Davis of LockheedMartin, John Kraemer of Rockwell Collins andEMC Society Founder Milton Kant.Espresso Engineering provided ahot shot of engineering expertiseduring <strong>the</strong> symposium with liveinterviews. Graham Kilshaw(left) of Interference Technologyand Mike Violette of WashingtonLabs prepare to go “live” on <strong>the</strong>exhibit floor.PHOTO BY KEN WYATT51

Bob Scully of NASA visitedwith Joe Stanfield,Travis Samuels and ArtCohen of A.H. Systems,as well as KanaiyaMahendra (<strong>from</strong> left) ofAerospace Corp. whileat EMC <strong>2009</strong>.Reverberation chamber gurus compared notes duringEMC <strong>2009</strong>, including (<strong>from</strong> left) Noel Sargent ofAnalex, Kurt Shalkhauser of NASA Glenn ResearchCenter, and Mike Hatfield of <strong>the</strong> Navy Dahlgren.Henry Ott of Henry Ott Consultants caught up withJoe and David Fischer (<strong>from</strong> left) of Fischer CustomCommunications during a break in <strong>the</strong> exhibit hall.Martin Rowe of Test & Measurement World, MarcoKlinger of Peugeot Citron, and Harry Gaul (<strong>from</strong>left) of General Dynamics took a quick break in <strong>the</strong>exhibit hall at EMC <strong>2009</strong>.Experts at <strong>the</strong> “Above 1 GHz” tutorial included (<strong>from</strong>left) Tim O’Shea of Northwest EMC, Mike Windler of UL,Vince Rodriguez of ETS-Lindgren, Bob Johnk of <strong>the</strong> Institutefor Telecommunication Sciences, Don Heirman ofDon HEIRMAN Consultants, and Werner Schaefer ofCisco Systems.Live music was featured at <strong>the</strong> <strong>Symposium</strong>Gala since Austin is well known as <strong>the</strong>“Live Music Capital of <strong>the</strong> World.”PHOTO BY JERRY RAMIE52

Texas-based Cynthia Hightower of Jacob’sEngineering and Charles Brooks of NASAtook advantage of <strong>the</strong> technical educationoffered at <strong>the</strong> <strong>2009</strong> <strong>IEEE</strong> EMC <strong>Symposium</strong>in nearby Austin.Sharon Smith, Lorie Nichols, and Erin C.Feeney (<strong>from</strong> left) launched <strong>the</strong> new INCompliance magazine at EMC <strong>2009</strong> with <strong>the</strong>debut of <strong>the</strong> August issue.Contrary to popular belief, <strong>the</strong> Friday sessionsat EMC <strong>2009</strong> are full of activity.(From left) Takeo Yoshino of <strong>the</strong> Univ. ofElectro-Communications, Nobuo Kuwabaraof <strong>the</strong> Kyushu Institute of Technology, NaotoOka and Takeshi Uchida of Mitsubishi ElectricCo. and Hiroshi Inoue of Akita Universityenjoyed <strong>the</strong> live music in <strong>the</strong> exhibit hall.Achim Gerstner (left) and Hans-PeterBauer ably staffed <strong>the</strong> Rohde &Schwarz booth.Todd Hubing (left) of ClemsonUniversity chaired <strong>the</strong> GlobalEMC University at EMC <strong>2009</strong>.Pat André of André Consultingwas his able administrativeassistant.PHOTO BY KEN WYATTAn all-star band performed at EMC <strong>2009</strong>, including (<strong>from</strong> left) JeffSilberberg of <strong>the</strong> FDA, Mark Steffka of <strong>the</strong> University of Michigan-Dearborn and GM, Clayton Paul of Mercer University, Carol Paul,and John Maas of IBM.53