Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated Karen Burnham and informed Karen that her professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in their name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Karen gave a presentation to the chapter on April 18, 2024 entitled: Overview of EMC Standards
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated Mr. Barry Steltz and Nick Cotton and informed them that their professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in their name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Barry and Nick gave a presentation to the chapter on March 21, 2024 entitled: Integrated Circuit EMC Testing.
Mr. Michael Kirkhart showed his professional commitment to the education of chapter members and will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Michael gave a presentation to the chapter on February March 15, 2024 entitled: Nano VNA.
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated Mr. Barry Steltz and informed him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Barry gave a presentation to the chapter on November 2, 2023 entitled: RF Sniffer Probe Maker Event.
Jim Woodyard, Vice Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8,
congratulated Mr. Leonard Wilson and informed him that his professional commitment
to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the
IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Leonard gave a
presentation to the chapter on September 21, 2023 entitled: Utilizing Dynamic Road
Condition Scenarios to Automate Battery-Electric Vehicle Testing.
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated
Dr. Cheung-Wei Lam and informed him that his professional commitment to the
education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE
EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Dr. Lam gave a presentation to
the chapter on August 17, 2023 entitled: Common Misconceptions about Inductance &
Current Return Path.
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated
Mr. Louis Feudi and informed him that his professional commitment to the education of
chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society
President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Feudi gave a presentation to the chapter
on June 28, 2023 entitled: Designing a Chamber for Multiple Use.”
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated
Mr. Fletcher Turner and informed him that his professional commitment to the education
of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society
President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Turner gave a virtual presentation to the
chapter on April 27, 2023 entitled: Modeling an EMC Issue.
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated
Brian Ho and informed him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter
members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society
President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Ho gave a virtual presentation to the
chapter on March 16, 2023 entitled: Calibrating a Vector Network Analyzer with a
Fixture.
Garth D’Breau
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated
Garth D’Abreu and informed him that his professional commitment to the education of
chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society
President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. D’Abreu gave a presentation to the chapter
on February 23, 2023 entitled: ADAS EMC Testing and Vehicle Antenna Measurement.
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated
Garth D’Abreu and informed him that his professional commitment to the education of
chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society
President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. D’Abreu gave a presentation to the chapter
on February 23, 2023 entitled: ADAS EMC Testing and Vehicle Antenna Measurement.
Jerry Ramie
Steve Tomba of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated
Jerry Ramie and informed him that his professional commitment to the education of
chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society
President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Ramie gave a virtual presentation to the
chapter on January 19, 2023 entitled: Testing Requirements for Devices with
Communications Functions Used with Electric Power Apparatus.
Dr. Candace Suriano, Vice Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8,
congratulated Mr. Cyrous Rostamzadeh and informed him that his professional
commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his
name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr.
Rostamzadeh gave a virtual presentation to the chapter on November 17, 2022 entitled:
The Superconducting Super Collider.
Drs. Candace (center) and John (left) Suriano gave a presentation to the chapter on October 20, 2022 entitled: Make Your Own RF Current Probe. Mark Steffka (right) was our meeting host from the University of Detroit Mercy.
The speakers are appreciated for their professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in their names to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Scott Lytle (center) , Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated Mr. Jason Ruffing (left) and Jeremy Cline (right) and informed them that their professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in their names to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Cline and Mr. Ruffing gave a presentations to the chapter on September 15, 2022 entitled: Trimming Test Time using Today’s Trending Technology.
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated
Cheung-Wei Lam and informed him that his professional commitment to the education
of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society
President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Dr. Lam gave a virtual presentation to the
chapter on August 18, 2022 entitled: Common Misconceptions about Inductance and
Current Return Paths.
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated Dr. Andy Marvin and informed him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Dr. Marvin gave a virtual presentation to the chapter on June 16th, 2022 entitled: Circuit Board Shielding Effectiveness Issues and Measurements.
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated Mr. Mark Steffka and informed him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Mr. Steffka gave a virtual presentation to the chapter on April 21, 2022 entitled: Antennas and Transmission Lines.
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated
Mr. Kimball Williams and informed him that his professional commitment to the
education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE
EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Mr. Williams gave a virtual
presentation to the chapter on February 17 th , 2022 entitled: Amateur Radio Beginnings.
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated Mr. Arnie Nielsen and informed him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Nielsen gave a virtual presentation to the chapter on January 20, 2022 entitled: Application of Thrifty Test Equipment for EMC Testing. YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psEforM4ohY
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated Dr. Amy Pinchuk and informed her that her professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in her name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Dr. Pinchuk gave a virtual presentation to the chapter on November 18, 2021 entitled: E3 Changes Due to the Loading of Shipboard Antennas.
Jeremy Cline
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated Jeremy Cline and informed him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Jeremy gave a virtual presentation to the chapter on October 21, 2021 entitled: EMC Testing Challenges Beyond 40 GHz.
Hideo Yumi
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated Mr. Hideo Yumi and informed him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Hideo gave a virtual presentation to the chapter on August 19, 2021 entitled: EMI Fundamentals and Filtering.
Zhong Chen
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated Dr. Zhong Chen and informed him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Dr. Chen gave a virtual presentation to the chapter on July 15, 2021 entitled: Optimizing EMC and RF Test Chamber Design and Performance.
Ken Javor
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated Ken Javor and informed him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in her name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Ken gave a virtual presentation to the chapter on June 17, 2021 entitled: Antenna Calibration Method SAE ARP-958 REV E – Proposed Changes.
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated Karen Burnham and informed her that her professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in her name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Karen gave a virtual presentation to the chapter on May 20, 2021 entitled: Software Defined Radio (SDR) – EMC Applications.
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated Dr. Andreas Hardock and informed him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Dr. Hardock gave a virtual presentation to the chapter on April 15, 2021 entitled: ESD Protection for Automotive Interfaces.
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated Mr. Lukas Droemer and informed him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Droemer gave a virtual presentation to the chapter on April 15, 2021 entitled: ESD Protection for Automotive Interfaces.
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated Karen Burnham and informed her that her professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in her name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Karen gave a virtual presentation to the chapter on February 18, 2021 that was entitled: Lightning Protection of Aircraft: Simulation & Test
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated Joanna Hill McLellan and informed her that her professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in her name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Joanna gave a virtual presentation to the chapter on March 18, 2021 entitled: Three phase power transfer, the automotive nightmare too expensive and too noisy.
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated Karen Burnham and informed her that her professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in her name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Karen gave a virtual presentation to the chapter on February 18, 2021 that was entitled: Lightning Protection of Aircraft: Simulation & Test
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated Mr. Louis Feudi and informed him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Feudi gave a virtual presentation to the chapter on January 21, 2021 entitled: Design Characteristics and Verification of Chambers for Testing to CISPR 24 and ISO 11452-2.
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Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society Chapter 8, congratulated Professor Seungyong Ahn and informed him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Professor Ahn gave a virtual presentation to the chapter on November 19, 2020 entitled: Electromagnetic Compatibility for Wireless Power Transfer.
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter 8), congratulated David Treharne and informed him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Treharne gave a virtual presentation to the chapter on October 15, 2020 entitled: Nano Vector Network Analyzer.
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Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter 8), congratulated Jeremy Cline and informed him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Cline gave a virtual presentation to the chapter on September 17, 2020 entitled: 5G and Modern Test Receivers.
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter 8), congratulated George Barth and informed him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Barth gave a virtual presentation to the chapter on August 20, 2020 entitled: Benefits of Multi-Tone EMC Immunity Testing.
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter 8), congratulated Chris Ball and informed him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Ball gave a virtual presentation to the chapter on July 16, 2020 entitled: Automotive Ethernet EMC.
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Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter 8), congratulated Matt Maxwell (above left) and James Lewis (above right) and and informed them that their professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donations in their names to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Lewis and Mr. Maxwell gave a joint online presentation to the chapter on June 18, 2020 entitled: Pre-Compliance EMI Debugging.
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter 8), congratulated Brian Ho and informed him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Ho and Hank Shie gave a joint online presentation to the chapter on May 21, 2020 entitled: Real Time Scanning for EMC Troubleshooting.
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter 8), congratulated Scott Piper and informed him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Piper gave a presentation to the chapter on April 16, 2020 during our chapter’s first ZOOM virtual meeting which was entitled: Using Electromagnetic Simulation for Developing Automotive EMC Design Guidelines.
Jim Woodyard, Awards Vice-Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter 8), congratulating Mike Hertz and informing him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Hertz gave a presentation to the chapter on February 20, 2020 which was entitled: DDR Measurement Tips and Techniques.
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter 8), congratulating Louis Feudi at i3Detroit and informing him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Feudi gave a presentation to the chapter on January 16, 2020 which was entitled: Basic Parameters of the Normalized Site Attenuation Method for Open Area Test Sites and Semi Anechoic Chambers.
Kimball Williams, Past Chair of the IEEE EMC Society, congratulating Mr. Mike Hawes informing him that his professional commitment to the education of the IEEE SEM EMC Chapter 8 members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mike Hawes gave a presentation to the chapter on December 12, 2019 entitled: Addressing the Testing Challenges of Today’s Power Semiconductors and Systems.
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter 8), congratulating Dr. Amy Pinchuk and informing her that her professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Dr. Pinchuk gave a presentation to the chapter on November 21, 2019 which was entitled: Computational Electromagnetics in an Imperfect World
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Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter 8), congratulating Professor Andy Marvin and informing him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Professor Marvin gave a presentation to the chapter on October 17, 2019 which was entitled: Shielded Enclosure Metrics
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Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter 8), congratulating Chris Semanson and informing him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Chris’ presentation was on August 15, 2019 and entitled: Designing with Capacitive Touch for Commodity Applications.
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Jim Woodyard, EMC Chapter 8 Awards Vice-Chair, presenting Scott Lytle, EMC Chapter 8 Chair, with a Leadership Award on behalf of the Chapter for his many years of service. Under Scott’s leadership, the Annual EMC Fest Conference has grown from a few Chapter members to drawing over two-hundred attendees, and several exhibitors. The presentation was made during the awards ceremony at the 2019 EMC Fest Conference held in Livonia, Michigan on May 9, 2019.
Jim Woodyard, EMC Chapter 8 Awards Vice-Chair, presenting Candace Suriano, EMC Chapter 8 Technical Activities Vice-Chair, with the 2019 Excellence in Service Award Leadership Award on behalf of the Chapter for “for over 15 years of Service to the Chapter and continued pursuit of excellence in all that she undertakes especially for youth STEM Programs in local libraries and schools. The presentation was made during the awards ceremony at the 2019 EMC Fest Conference held in Livonia, Michigan on May 9, 2019.
Matt Feusse, EMC Chapter 8 Treasurer, congratulating Dr. Eric Bogatin and informing him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored with a donation in his name to the University of Colorado-Boulder Foundation for supporting student research. Dr. Bogatin was the 2019 EMC Fest Conference speaker; the title of his presentation was “Illustrating Signal and Power Integrity Principles through Measurement Examples”. The Conference was held on May 9, 2019 in Livonia, Michigan.
That the Wayne County Commission salutes and commends KIMBALL WILLIAMS for his community service and career in engineering; and be it further resolved on this 9th day of May 2019, that this resolution be spread at length upon the journal of this day’s proceedings to endure as a lasting record of acknowledgement and that a suitable copy be presented to KIMBALL WILLIAMS, with our best wishes for many years to him and his wife Mary Lou.
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), congratulating Zhong Chen and informing him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Zhong’s presentation was on April 18, 2019 and entitled: Optimizing Results from Electric Field Probes during EMC Testing.
Kimball Williams, Past Chair of the IEEE EMC Society, congratulating Mike Hertz and informing him that his professional commitment to the education of Chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mike gave a presentation to the Chapter on March 21, 2019 entitled: Probing Power Electronics Circuits.
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Raspberry Pi?
Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), congratulating Mr. Jim Baksa and informing him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a $100 donation in his name to the Motor City Radio Club.
Mr. Baksa gave a presentation on February 21, 2019 to the chapter entitled: Raspberry PI – Multiple uses! The attendees were treated to real raspberry pie and whipped cream!
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Jim Woodyard, Vice-Chair Awards, Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter 8), congratulating Joanna McLellan and informing her that her professional commitment to the education of Chapter members will be honored by a donation in her name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Joanna gave a presentation to the Chapter on January 17, 2019 entitled: How Resonant Structures Affect Power Distribution Networks and Create Emissions.
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Scott Lytle (l.) Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter 8), congratulating Matthew Diessner upon informing him that his professional commitment to the education of Chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. He gave a presentation to the Chapter on November 15th entitled: RF USB Power Sensors and Broadband Noise Sources.
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Scott Lytle (l.) Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter 8), congratulating Scott Niemiec upon informing him that his professional commitment to the education of Chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. He gave a presentation to the Chapter on October 25, 2018 entitled: The Value of Time Domain Scan Wireless.
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Joanna McLellan, IEEE EMC Society Director-at-Large, and Jim Woodyard, EMC Society Chapter 8 Vice-Chair Awards, presenting the 2018 EMC Chapter of the Year Award Certificate to Scott Lytle, Chair of the IEEE SEM EMC Society Chapter 8. The award recognizes ”the outstanding performance by a Chapter organization in serving its members and establishing goodwill for the Society.”
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Scott Lytle (l.) Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter 8), congratulating Steve Laya upon informing him that his professional commitment to the education of Chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. He gave a presentation to the Chapter on August 16, 2018 entitled: Wireless Connectivity and Transmitter Regulatory Compliance.
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Scott Lytle (r.) Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter 8), congratulating Joanna McLellan upon informing her that her professional commitment to the education of Chapter members will be honored by a donation in her name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. She gave a presentation to the Chapter on June 21, 2018 entitled: Make EMC a Team Sport.
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Jim Woodyard (l.), Awards Director of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter 8), congratulating Mr. Colin Brench upon informing him that his professional commitment to the education of Chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Mr. Brench gave series of talks during the EMC Fest 2018 Conference entitled: The Art and Science of EMC Design. The talks explored the strengths and weaknesses of many tools, including traditional rules, common design guidelines, analytic techniques, and computational modeling.
Over two hundred engineers and vendors attended the one-day conference held on May 10, 2018 at the Embassy Suites, Livonia, Michigan.
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Bob Neff (r.), Chair of the IEEE Southeastern Michigan Section, presenting the Excellence in Service Award to Malcolm Lunn at the EMC Fest 2018 Conference “For Sustained Service to the Chapter from a grateful IEEE community for his continued pursuit of excellence in all he accomplishes and especially for his outstanding audio visual support at our events.”
The conference was held on May 10, 2018 at the Embassy Suites, Livonia, Michigan.
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Scott Lytle (r.) Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter 8), congratulating Mr. Mike Hertz upon informing him that his professional commitment to the education of Chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Hertz gave a presentation to the Chapter on April 19, 2018 entitled: Measurement and Analysis of Switched-Mode Power Supplies.
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Scott Lytle (l.), Chair, and Steve Tomba (r.), Secretary, officers of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), congratulating Dr. Omar Ramahi. They informed him that his professional commitment to the education of Chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Dr. Ramahi’s gave a presentation to the Chapter on March 15, 2018 entitled: What Causes Radiation?
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Steve Tomba, Secretary of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), congratulating Larry Stempnik and informing him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Stempnik’s lecture was on the Arduino single board micro-controller which was followed by a maker contest event using four teams to create a project using a Arduino, photo resistor and LED lights.
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Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), congratulating Michael Kirkhart and informing him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Kirkhart’s lecture was entitled: HACKING A $10 ISM BAND RADIO INTO A VIABLE SATELLITE TRANSCEIVER: $50SAT AND THE RFM22B
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Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), congratulating Mr. Jerry Begel and informing him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Begel lecture was entitled: A Brief History of Military Communications
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Kimball Williams (l.), Director of Speaker Arrangements, Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), presenting letters to Candace Suriano (c.) and John Suriano (r.). The letters acknowledge their professional commitment to the education of chapter members and that a donation will be made in their names to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. They spoke at the October 19, 2017 chapter “Maker Meeting”.
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Kimball Williams (r.), Director of Speaker Arrangements, Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), presenting letters to Mr. Tom Hagen (c.) and Mr. Jim Abshier (l.). The letters acknowledge their professional commitment to the education of chapter members and that a donation will be made in their names to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. They spoke at the July 20, 2017 chapter meeting on “Radio Astronomy for the Amateur.”
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Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), presenting a letter to Mr. Scott Niemiec. The letter acknowledges his professional commitment to the education of chapter members and that a donation will be made in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Niemiec spoke at the June 15, 2017 chapter meeting on “Spectrum Analyzer Pre-Selection.”
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Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), congratulating Mr. Kenneth Wyatt and informing him that his professional commitment to the education of chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Wyatt spoke at the chapter’s EMC Fest, May 11, 2017, on the following topics: EMC Essentials, Common EMC Issues, Developing an EMC Troubleshooting Kit and Pre-Compliance Testing & Case Studies.
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Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), congratulating Mr. Ed Hare and informing him that his professional commitment to the education of the chapter members will be honored by a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Hare spoke at the April 20, 2017 chapter meeting on “The ARRL Lab: Trials, Tribulations and (Tall?) Tales.”
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Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), presenting a letter to Mr. Scott Piper. The letter acknowledges his professional commitment to the education of chapter members and that a donation will be made in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Piper spoke at the March 16, 2017 chapter meeting on “Electromagnetic Shielding for EMC.”
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Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), presenting a letter to Mr. Kimball Williams. The letter acknowledges his professional commitment to the education of chapter members and that a donation will be made in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Williams spoke at the January 19, 2017 chapter meeting on “EMC Laboratory Statistical Process Control (SPC).”
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Steve Tomba, Secretary of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), presenting a letter to Dr. C. J. Reddy. The letter acknowledges his professional commitment to the education of chapter members and that a donation will be made in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Dr. Reddy spoke at the December 15, 2016 chapter meeting on “The Role of Electromagnetic Simulations in Product Design.”
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Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), presenting a letter to Dr. Bryon Neufeld. The letter acknowledges his professional commitment to the education of the chapter members and that a donation will be made in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Dr. Neufeld spoke at the November 17, 2016 joint meeting of the chapter on “Electromagnetic Engineering for Automotive Applications.”
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Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), presenting a letter to Dr. Naoki Shinohara. The letter acknowledges his professional commitment to the education of the IEEE SEM EMC Chapter VIII and Trident Chapter IV members and that a donation will be made in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Dr. Shinohara spoke at the October 17, 2016 joint meeting of the chapters on “Wireless Power Transfer via Radiowaves.”
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Akio Fujimaki, Vice-Chair of Professional Activity, Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), presenting a letter to Mr. Jon Kinney. The letter acknowledges his professional commitment to the education of chapter members and that a donation will be made in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Kinney spoke at the September, 15, 2016 chapter meeting on “Automotive Time-Domain Reflectometry.”
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Frank Sabath, President EMC Society, presenting to Mark Steffka the 2016 Laurence G. Cumming Award for Outstanding Service. The award plaque citation is “For outstanding service to the EMC community, significantly in the area of EMC education.” The award was presented at the EMC 2016 Conference on July 28, 2016 at The Westin Hotel in Ottawa, Canada.
Mark has been a significant contributor to the EMC society since 2001. He chaired the first IEEE Southeastern Michigan EMC Fest which is now held annually by the EMC Chapter with more than 100 in attendance. He has served the EMC Society as chair of a number of symposia and technical sessions; chaired the Education & Student Activities Committee for over four years; and served as an Distinguished Lecturer.
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Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), presenting a letter to Dr. Chunfei Yi. The letter acknowledges his professional commitment to the education of chapter members and that a donation will be made in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Dr. Yi spoke at the August 18, 2016 chapter meeting on “High-Speed Signal Integrity Fundamentals.”
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Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), presenting a letter to Dr. Kate Remley. The letter acknowledges her professional commitment to the education of chapter members and that a donation will be made in her name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Dr. Remley spoke at the July 21, 2016 chapter meeting on “An Introduction to Free-Field Measurements of Wireless Devices in Reverberation Chambers (RCs): A general overview of wireless tests in RCs.”
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Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), presenting a letter to Mr. Arnie Nielson. The letter acknowledges his professional commitment to the education of chapter members and that a donation will be made in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Nielson spoke at the June 16, 2016 chapter meeting on “Automotive EMC Consulting – An Improv Approach, How Hard Can It Be?”
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Cyrous Rostamzadeh receiving the 2015 IEEE Region 4 Outstanding Professional Award from Bob Parro, R4 Director. The award was presented on January 30, 2016 at the 2016 IEEE Regions 4, 5 & 6 Joint Meeting which was held in Las Vegas.
The award citation is “Who, through his technical abilities and leadership has made significant contribution to the engineering profession. His example and dedication to the profession has inspired all who know him, and to lead them in the furthering of the high standards of the engineering profession as prescribed by the IEEEE.
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Steve Tomba (left), Secretary, and Scott Lytle (right), Chair, of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), presenting letters to Dr. Bruce Archambeault and Mr. Lee Hill indicating that each of them will recognized for their professional commitment to the education of our chapter members with a donation to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Their names will be listed in a future issue of the IEEE EMC Magazine as a donor to the fund. They gave presentations at the EMC Fest 2016 on May 5th which was held at the Embassy Suites, Livonia, MI with over 200 attendees.
Dr. Archambeault topics were “The Ground Myth: The term ‘ground’ is probably the most misused and misunderstood term in EMC engineering” and “Decoupling PCB’s for EMC and Functionality in the Real-World.”
Mr. Hill spoke and gave demonstrations on “EMC Troubleshooting tools and techniques for emissions and immunity.”
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Mr. Chris Semanson received an award for his professional commitment to the education of chapter members with a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Semanson spoke at the March 17, 2016 chapter meeting on “LTSpice simulation and FEKO EMC modeling and simulation.
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Akio Fujimaki, Vice Chair for Professional Services, Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), presenting a letter to Mr. Jason Smith for his professional commitment to the education of chapter members with a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Smith spoke at the February 18, 2016 chapter meeting on “High Power Amplifier Proper Use, Care and Selection.”
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Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), presenting a letter to Mr. Mike Hertz for his professional commitment to the education of chapter members with a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Hertz spoke at the January 21, 2016 chapter meeting on “New Oscilloscope Techniques for EMC/EMI/ESD Testing.”
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Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), presenting a letter to Dr. Robert Scully for his professional commitment to the education of chapter members with a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Dr. Scully spoke at the December 17, 2015 chapter meeting on “Lightning Protection for the Orion Space Vehicle.”
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The Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), chapter recognized Dennis Schwaiger’s professional commitment to the education of the chapter members with a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Dennis spoke at the November 19, 2015 chapter meeting on “EMC Interplay Between the Engine Cooling Fan and the Heat Exchanger.”
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The Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), chapter recognized Dr. Jun Fan’s professional commitment to the education of the chapter members with a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Dr. Kim spoke at the October 15, 2015 chapter meeting on “Power distribution network design for high-speed printed circuit boards.”
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The Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), chapter recognized Bill Wangard’s professional commitment to the education of the chapter members with a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Wangard spoke at the October 6, 2015 chapter meeting on “Capturing Pulsed / Intermittent Signals with Frequency Swept, Frequency Stepped, and Time Domain Scan Methodologies.”
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Congratulations to Scott Lytle for Receiving the IEEE 2015 Sustained Service to the EMC Society Award
Jim Woodyard, EMC Chapter VIII Awards Director, presenting to Scott Lytle, on behalf of the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society, the 2015 Sustained Service to the EMC Society Award. The award was presented at the October 7th IEEE SEM EMC Chapter VIII meeting. The award was announced in August at the EMC 2015 Symposium held in Dresden. The award citation reads: For service since 2000, successfully leading the Southeastern Michigan EMC Chapter to become the most successful Chapter in the Section and also spearheading each year’s very successful “EMC Fest.” Scott is the current chair of the chapter and has served continuously as chair for the past 15 years.
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Mr. Cyrous Rostamzadeh received the IEEESEM Section Outstanding Member Award for contributions to the EMC Chapter VIII and the SEM Section. The award was presented at the 2015 Spring Conference of the IEEESEM Section on April 28th.
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Kimball Williams received The Jack Sherman Outstanding Member Award for significant professional and technical contributions to the Institute. His example and dedication to the profession has inspired all who know him to further the high standards prescribed by IEEE. The award was presented at the January 24, 2015 IEEE Region 4-6 Meeting in San Diego.
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The Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), chapter recognized Dr. Joungho Kim’s professional commitment to the education of the chapter members with a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Dr. Kim spoke at the July 16, 2015 chapter meeting on ““Low EMF Design of Wireless Power Transfer Using Magnetic Field Resonance.”
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Steve Tomba, Secretary of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), presenting a letter to Mr. Keith Frazier indicating that the chapter has recognized his professional commitment to the education of the chapter members with a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Frazier spoke at the June 18, 2015 chapter meeting on ““Impact of Mismatch Error on Mobile Phone Simulation for Automotive EMC Testing.”
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Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), presenting a letter to Dr. John Norgard indicating that the chapter has recognized his professional commitment to the education of the chapter members with a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Dr. Norgard spoke at the May 21, 2015 chapter meeting on “Space Exploration: EMI/EMC Problems/Solutions NASA ~ Past/Present/Future Missions ‘Orion’ Mars/Moon Spacecraft”.
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Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), presenting a letter to Elya Joffe indicating that the chapter has recognized his professional commitment to the education of the chapter members with a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Joffe conducted a seminar on “The Grounds for Grounding” at the 2015 EMC Fest that was held on May 7th.
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Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII), presenting a letter to John and Candace Suriano indicating that the chapter has recognized his professional commitment to the education of the chapter members with a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. The Suriano’s conducted a seminar on “Robots with Arduino” at the 2015 Spring Section Conference on April 28th.
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Steve Tomba, Secretary of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII) presenting a letter indicating that the chapter has recognized the professional commitment of Mr. Jerry Ramie to the education of the chapter members with a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Ramie spoke at the April 16, 2015 chapter meeting on “Smart Grid EMC Standards Harmonization”.
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Congratulations to Scott Lytle for Receiving the 2015 ESD Outstanding MemberAward
Dr. Nicholas Langhals, Vice Chair off the IEEE Southeastern Michigan (IEEE SEM) Section, presenting the 2015 ESD Outstanding Member Award to Scott Lytle for outstanding contributions to the success of IEEE SEM activities. The award was presented at the Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD) 2015 Gold Banquet on March 11, 2015. Scott has been chair of the IEEE SEM Chapter 8 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Society since 2008. His leadership has resulted in the chapter being the most successful chapter in IEEE SEM as measured by membership, monthly technical programs and community outreach educational programs. He has spearheaded the chapter’s annual EMCFest which draws internationally known EMC speakers and EMC vendors. The EMCFest serves to generate revenue for the chapter’s programs and maintain a high interest level of the membership.
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Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII) presenting a letter indicating the chapter has recognized the professional commitment of Ms. Joanna Hill to the education of the chapter members with a donation in her name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Ms. Hill spoke at the February 19, 2015 chapter meeting on “EMC for Business Managers”.
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Scott Lytle, Chair of the Southeastern Michigan EMC Society (Chapter VIII) presenting a letter indicating that the chapter has recognized the professional commitment of Mr. Scott Piper to the education of the chapter members with a donation in his name to the IEEE EMC Society President’s Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr. Piper spoke at the January 15, 2015 chapter meeting on “Verifying Numerical Modeling Results Using Measurements”.
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Congratulations to James Muccioli for Receiving the IEEE Region 4 Outstanding Professional Award.
James Muccioli received the 2012 IEEE Region 4 Outstanding Professional Award for the development of innovative EMC testing methods used widely in EMC testing. He has also contributed to the wider technical community through teaching and committee service. The award was presented on April 18, 2013 at the IEEE Southeastern Michigan Spring 2013 Conference.
Biographical Statement
James Muccioli received the B.S.E.E. Degree from the University of Michigan-Dearborn; the M.S.E.E. from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; and is an IEEE Fellow. He held a number of technical positions with Chrysler Corporation; was Chief Technology Officer at X2Y Attenuators, LLC; and is currently a consultant at Jastech EMC Consulting, LLC. He has been active in the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) branch of Electrical Engineering; participated in the Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE); been involved in the development of international EMC standards; participated in numerous symposia; and taught short courses in EMC technology. While at Chrysler Corporation he was a Senior Engineering Specialist and responsible for the development of both the EMC test capability and the current International SAE Automotive EMC Standards.
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