Upcoming Events:
Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2013
5:30pm: Networking/light dinner
6:30pm: Presentation
7:45pm: Adjourn
Light dinner is sponsored by MET Laboratories 
Location: Agilent Technologies
Title
A Practitioners Approach to EMC Testing with Reverberation Chambers
Speaker
Vignesh Rajamani, Oklahoma State University
Abstract
This talk discusses the efficiency of reverberation chambers to perform emissions and immunity tests. The statistically isotropic, randomly polarized, and uniform electromagnetic environment present inside a well stirred reverberation chamber enables a robust, all aspect angle test. The controllable uncertainty of a reverberation chamber test method provides the test engineer options to design a test depending on whether the test is a simple product qualification test or a mission critical system test.
Biography
Dr. Vignesh Rajamani received his Ph. D. degree in Electrical Engineering with emphasis on Statistical Electromagnetics at Oklahoma State University in 2010. He obtained his M.S. degree in electrical engineering with emphasis on computational Electromagnetics from Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, in 2004 and B.E. degree in Electronics and Communication engineering from the University of Madras, Chennai, India, in 2002. From 2003-2010, he worked as a Research Assistant at the REFTAS Lab, Oklahoma State University. His research focuses on statistical electromagnetics, antenna engineering, RFID, reverberation chamber operations, validation, and optimization techniques. He was also involved in building the reverberation chamber at Oklahoma State University and his current research focuses estimating probability of failure of electronic systems due to electromagnetic interference and compatibility. He is an active member of IEEE EMC Society and involved with several technical committees and educational activities through EMC Society and Oklahoma State University. He is a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Kappa Phi and Golden Key and a Senior member of IEEE. He is also one of the distinguished lecturers for the IEEE EMC Society for term 2013-2014. Dr. Vignesh Rajamani is the instructor of record for the Design of Engineering Systems – Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone Design course and Introduction to Electrical Science - Sophomore level electric circuits class at Oklahoma State University.
NOTICE:
EMC SVC Chapter is looking for pro-active volunteers to help out for the 2015 IEEE EMC and Signal Integrity Symposium in Santa Clara from March 30th – April 3rd, 2015. Positions include Secretary, Volunteer Coordinator, Registration Chair, Arrangements Chair, Publications Chair, Marketing, Youth Technical Program, Companion Program Co-Chair, Webmaster, or nominate yourself to a position and we will see if we can accommodate. If interested, please send an email to Caroline Chan with details including the position, experience in any past symposium/conference event as a volunteer or if you have participated in an EMC Symposium.
Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2013
5:30pm: Networking/light dinner
6:30pm: Presentation
7:45pm: Adjourn
Light Dinner and beverages will be served for a fee. Coffee, tea, and snacks are served free of charge.
Location: Agilent Technologies
Title
BRIC: Overview of the Emerging Markets
Speaker
Mark Maynard, SIEMIC, Inc.
Abstract
The growing markets in Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) now are responsible for a sizable portion of the profits for most global companies. Working against this prize is a formidable maze of culture, laws, and overlapping regulations, causing confusion surrounding the regulatory requirements. If you are considering entering the BRIC marketplace with your electrical and electronic products, you need knowledge of how to obtain the necessary approvals. Whether your product is for telecommunications, computing, wireless, consumer electronics, or household appliances, you will face some distinct and unique obstacles, for which you need to be prepared. Distance, language, unfamiliar culture, and unsophisticated commercial market conditions can make this a difficult and expensive procedure for the uninformed. Come to this presentation so you can gain some insight into the processes, and learn sources of information and allies to help you navigate a safe path to compliance.
Biography
Mark Maynard is the Director of Marketing and Business Development at SIEMIC, Inc., a leading third party compliance testing and certification company, with 9 global locations. At SIEMIC Mark is responsible for compliance consulting, business and brand development, working with standards committees, professional societies and government agencies, maintaining the SIEMIC regulatory standards database, and conducting training seminars. Mark holds two degrees from Texas State University, a Bachelor of Science in Pure Mathematics and Physics, and a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences in Marketing and Business. Mark was inducted as a Senior Member of the IEEE by the Central Texas EMC Society in 2005, and is NARTE Certified Product Safety Engineer. His career in electronics began in 1978 as an Electronics Warfare Intercept Systems Repairman in the US Army Intelligence and Security Command. After his honorable discharge from the Army in 1982, he worked as a chief engineer at a radio station in Lufkin, Texas, and then worked for various companies in Texas and California as a field service engineer, installing and repairing mini-computers and PC networks. Mark joined Dell, Inc. in 1988, where he worked for 20 years in international regulatory compliance and product certifications, with various positions including wireless/telecom certification engineer, EMC engineer, product safety engineer, environmental engineering program manager, and lead environmental and quality auditor. In 2008, Mark left Dell to pursue teaching mathematics and science at the university and high school levels, and this year returned to the regulatory compliance field by joining SIEMIC, Inc.