EMC Education in the world and in IsraelJacob Gavan Life Fellow IEEE

Moshe Rousseau RAFAEL

IEEE, Eilat, November 2012

HeadlinesDefinition of EMCEMC interdisciplinary Technology

ImportanceEMC (Fundamental) BasicEMC AppliedEMC Education in the WorldEMC Education in IsraelConclusions

Definition of EMCElectro Magnetic Compatibility (EMC).IEEE EMC Society Definition:Origin, Control and Measurements of EMC

Effects on Electric, Electronic and Biological Components, Subsystems and Systems.

Several Experts Opinion is that EMC is More an Art than a Technology.

EMC ImportanceEMC has become increasingly important

because of its wide ranging industrial and more general social (for instance medical) implementation. Meeting EMC standards is a basic requirement for any electric and electronic device, circuit or system before placement on the market and use.

EMC problems are thus one of the main concerns of the telecommunication, electronics, automobile ,space industry, etc.

EMC interdisciplinary Technology Importancewithout Efficient and Drastic EMC Regulations

Policies Radio Services and Systems will Mutually Disturb Each Other and Chaos May Prevail.

Comparison Between EMC and Space (Satellites) Technologies:

EMC technology is Connected only to Electric or Magnetic Effects.

Space technology is connected also to Mechanic, Chemistry and Aeronautical effects. However Electrical, Electronic and Radio Com. Systems are of the most importance.

Main Advantages from EMC Specialists Designing ProductsShort time to MarketCheaper CostsSuperior Product QualityMore Benefits

Urgent requirement of EMC specialists in Quantity and with Quality

EMC (Fundamental) BasicElectromagnetic fields ,Transmission linesConduction, Radiation, Shielding, Grounding, PCB, Testing, Measurements, Simulations. Shielded, Reverberation and Anechoic

Chambers. Filtering.Nowadays Signal Integrity (SI) become an

important part of EMC

EMC APPLIEDTelecommunication and Radio com.:

Spectrum utilization, noise sources, interference(EMI),

etc.Power Engineering: HEMP, ESD, Lightning,

Corona, etc.Biology: Non –Ionized radiation hazards,

Radio and ELF thermal effects ,etc.

EMC Education in North AmericaThe first EMC specialists were formed in the US army

beginning around 80 years ago .Now good undergraduate and graduate programs in

EMC are in the following U.: Missouri-Rolla, Michigan,Kentucky, Syracuse, Florida, Concordia Oklahoma-

state U., etc.Strong support from the: IEEE EMC society

grants ,DL and advisers, NIST, FCC ,NASA ,DARPA.The INARTE EMC accreditation organization and the

EMC U. centers are in the US.Several short courses and Lab. Training are

organized by world leaders in the EMC field.

EMC Education in EuropeA lot of EMC activities and education programs in most

European countries. In the lead is the UK with York. and Hull U. common under and graduate EMC programs, Surrey, etc.

Switzerland with Zurich and Lausanne high technical U. Italy LAquila U. has received an IEEE grant for an outstanding EMC program. Provided also high level EMC academic programs in France ,Russia ,Nederland ,etc.

Yearly EMC conferences especially in Zurich and Wroclaw.

ITU,URSI,CENELEC,CISPR,ETSI,EN involved in EMC standards are operating from Europe.

EMC Education in AsiaChina: U. of Post and Telecommunication in Beijing

around 15k students (Prof. Gao Yougon) and in Nanjing around 10k students have strong EMC departments. In Tshingua U. and in several other engineering U. also several EMC courses and labs.

Japan: is also very advanced in EMC technology and have several technical U. with a good program in EMC.

Singapore: Strong ties with Israel and the Nanyang Tech. U. is leading in the field of EMC.

All Asian Tiger Countries: Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, etcAustralia ,New Zealand and India.

EMC Education in IsraelLack of University EMC courses.Except than an EMC oriented course of 3h

weekly in the EEC Engineering faculty in HIT only between 2005 to 2008.

The EMC specialists operating in Israel are trained abroad, or are EECC engineers or graduated in physics receiving short EMC courses abroad, in Israel or on the job.

RAFAEL was pioneer in the field of EMC in Israel.

EMC course Syllabus in HITThe EMC Standards and RegulationsThe EMC Lab.Signal SpectraRadiation Emissions and SusceptibilityConducted Emissions and SusceptibilityCrosstalkShieldingThe system link budget EquationsInter-System EMI Prediction and Control 

Formation of EMC Specialists

EMC Engineering

EECC Engineering

Physics BSc

EECCTechnicians

Short Courses in EMC or in job Training

Short Courses in EMC or in job Training

INARTE Certification

MSc in EMC

Phd in EMC

Qualified EMC Technicians

EMC Scientists R&D

Qualified EMC

Engineers

Undergraduate

INARTE Certification

Requirements for the formation of Academic EMC SpecialistsAcademic EMC Specialist Teachers.Accredited courses in the U. Syllabus.Attract Students to the Complex EMC

subject.Well Equipped Laboratories.Support from the Industry and the

Authorities.Support from the IEEE EMC society using

the U. grant program.

ConclusionsEMC Expertise is Extremely Important for all

industry and Systems Including Electric, Magnetic or Electronic Elements and Effects.

Therefore Undergraduate and Graduate U. Formation of EMC Specialists is Very Beneficial for Students and the Industry.

In the World Several U. Have Good Programs in EMC In Israel not any U. or Institute Have to Date a Special Program in EMC, However we Have Some Outstanding Experts in EMC but not Enough.

Therefore the Establishment of a Theoretic and Practical EMC Programs in some Israelis U. will be Beneficial.

Selected Books in EMCC. R. Paul, “ Introduction to Electromagnetic Compatibility”, J. Wiley, 2006.R. Perez, Editor; “Handbook of Electromagnetic Compatibility”, Academic

Press, 1995.M. Ianoz, Editor; “Electromagnetic Compatibility in Electrical and

Electronic Apparatus and Systems”EEC-Cost243 final Report, 2000.M. Montrose, E.Nakauchi; “Testing for EMC Compliances: Approaches

and Techniques”, J.Wiley, 2004. O.Hartal, “Electromagnetic Compatibility by Design”, R&B Enterprises,

1992. M. Mardiguain, “Controlling Radiated Emission by Design” Kluwer Academic Pub., 2001.D. White, “Electromagnetic Interference and Compatibility” (Vol. 3)

Selected Reviews in EMCIEEE Transactions on EMCURSI Radio Science Bulletin (RSB)ITU JournalElectronics LettersEMC Conference & Symposium Proceeding

Selected Articles in EMC EducationT. Hubing, A.Orlandi; “ A Brief History of

EMC Education”, IEEE Trans. On EMC, pp(94-

98),May 1995N.G. Riley, M. Darnell, A.C. Marvin, J. Tealby;

“A University Post Graduate Course in EMC”J. Shapira; “EMC from Garbage of Electronics

to Global Intersystem Compatibility”, May 2008 ,COMCAS.

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