September 28 thru 30, 2010: East Hanover, New Jersey

This course covers the practical aspects of noise and interference control in electronic systems and provides a working knowledge of EMC principles. Emphasis is on cost effective design for analog & digital systems. Commercial and industrial aspects of EMC are emphasized.

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September 22-23, 2010: Boston MA

Join the experts with ATCB and Washington Laboratories for a comprehensive overview of methods and requirements of EMC and Radio Regulations. This seminar will cover methods of testing, evaluation and certification requirements for commercial equipment with demands for EMC compliance.

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Gaithersburg, Maryland
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This course presents practical design-oriented methods for maintain signal integrity on complex and high speed circuit board and methods of designing electronics systems for Electromagnetic Compatibility.

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Washington Labs, Gaithersburg, MD

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Join ATCB for a comprehensive overview of methods and requirements for EMC and Radio Regulations. This seminar will cover methods of evaluation and certification requirements for equipment with demands for EMC and radio compliance, with specific focus on radio regulation compliance.

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This workshop is intended to cover a new standard, ANSI C63.10, containing procedures for testing compliance of a wide variety of unlicensed wireless devices.

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Since 1957, artificial satellites and launch vehicles have created an ever growing number of orbiting debris objects, from a few microns to several meters in size. This special and timely course attempts to explain the dangers and the options associated with the growing debris problem.

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Two-Course Sequence:

Grounding & Shielding of Electronic Systems (2 days)
This course explains fundamental grounding, shielding, and signal routing principles; clarifies troublesome terminology; and demonstrates many techniques for identifying and fixing electrical interference problems. The principles will be described as concepts rather than theoretical equations. The emphasis on concepts will make the course useful for people with a wide range of experiences. Several interference mechanisms and shielding techniques will be demonstrated.

Printed Circuit Board Layout for EMC and Signal Integrity (1 day)
This course is a training session on the design and layout of high speed printed circuit boards. The course will stress the fundamental concepts that board designers must understand to avoid electromagnetic compatibility and signal integrity problems.

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Find out how to use hands-on techniques to measure and troubleshoot EMI problems before shipping your product (and design staff) to the EMI test laboratory. We'll review our list of “Top 10 EMC Problems” that we have seen in electronic products and discuss how to select, purchase and/or build your own near-field probes and will describe many other low-cost troubleshooting tools.

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This workshop will review the standardization work of the IEC, the IEEE, the ITU-T and Cigré. In addition, the major features and conclusions of the EMP Commission will be reviewed.

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This course offers a detailed look and the launch vehicle payload integration process,  starting at the beginning of a space mission and continuing through launch, with a detailed look at the expendable launch vehicle (ELV) payload and mission integration process.

The course educates the attendee on deliverables, schedules, critical  interfaces, requirements and verification management, and describing the roles and responsibilities required of key individuals and organizations involved in a spacecraft  project. The mission integration systems engineering process is explored and the launch campaign including ground processing and critical events leading up to launch are discussed. Understanding and managing the critical  interfaces, data, deliverables, schedules and requirements that the successful integration manager must implement are explored in detail.

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Learn techniques to reduce trace radiation, crosstalk, power supply emissions, proper decoupling and filtering. Test and compliance requirements for international markets.

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This course explores the technologies required for the successful design of moving mechanical assemblies in the space environment and offers a detailed look at many of the key components common to most mechanisms, such as ball bearings, motors and feedback devices. With this background, the high-performance materials required for operation in space are reviewed, emphasizing compatibility with the space environment and offering some background in the metallurgy, chemistry, and fabrication of those materials. Examples of some of the many types of mechanism will be included for illustration.

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Today and in the near future we protectively install commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment in our flight, land vehicles and shipboard locations where vibration and shock can be severe. We laboratory test the protected equipment (1) to assure twenty years equipment survival and possible combat, also (2) to meet commercial test standards, IEC documents, military standards such as STANAG or MIL-STD-810G, etc. Few if any engineering schools teach about such protection or such testing. Hence this specialized course.

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iNARTE, (The International Association for Radio, Telecommunications and Electromagnetics) is an independent, non profit association which provides certification to qualifying individuals in the fields of Telecommunications, Unlicensed Wireless Systems Installation, Electromagnetic Compatibility/Interference, Electrostatic Discharge Control., and Product Safety.

iNARTE, Inc. was founded as a non-profit membership/certification organization in 1982.  With the advent of deregulation and the Federal Communications Commission "encouragement" for private industry to establish certification standards to fill the licensing void, iNARTE initiated and developed a comprehensive certification program for telecommunications engineers and technicians.

Dr. Van Doren received the BSEE, MSEE, and PhD degrees from the University of Missouri- Rolla (UMR) in 1962, 1963, and 1969, respectively. He spent two years in the military as a Lieutenant with the Army Security Agency and then worked with Collins Radio Company as a Microwave engineer for three years in the late 1960s. He has worked as a Professor of Electrical Engineering at UMR for the past 33 years. He is now a Professor Emeritus at UMR.

Tom has a passion for both learning and teaching. At the University of Missouri-Rolla, he leads research projects, supervises graduate students, teaches short courses, and contributes significantly to a wide range of projects. He has initiated several new courses and education projects that have been highly successful.

Washington Laboratories
Gaithersburg, Maryland

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