Hello Vic,
In response to your message of 29 Dec, where you said:
> I know that what was tought in the early 70's w.r.t. EMI engineering,
> is not what is practised today. ... Therefore, I question the value of
> spending university time on the "latest" specialist training.
I agree entirely, Vic. Engineering school is where an engineer should
learn the fundamentals, and learn how to learn. IMHO, EMI instruction
at the university level should follow the same principle. For example,
a dipole is a dipole is a dipole, and can be intentionally designed or
unintentionally designed. Same for loop antennas. It's possible to
solve a wide range of EMI problems by looking for structures that are
behaving as one or the other fundamental antenna structures. A basic
understanding about how each works is not going to change as technology
advances, so will be fundamental tools that an engineer can use
throughout her/his career.
> Implicit in every job filled by a University graduate is that it is
> incumbent on that graduate to spend whatever personal and company
> time is necessary, to keep up to date with new technology. Your
> off-time is not your own to do with as you would like, unless you
> want to become staledated.
I'm glad to receive that reinforcement! I think this is sometimes
forgotten in the press to get products to customers and generate profit
to sustain our jobs and companies. Occasionally we all have to "stop
chopping wood and sharpen the axe"!
("Staledated" - ! I like that word! Hope you don't mind if I use it
myself?)
> By the way, it is not uncommon that the marketing department changes
> the initial commercial specification, half way through the design process,
> simply because the market changed on them. C'est la vie. It is the job
> of the design and product integrity engineers to keep up with those
> changes and be familiar with all possible technologies and regulations
> to make the required changes as quick as possible.
Our regs engineers have been know to apply for regulatory approvals for
countries we have no intention of selling to, just in case Marketing
changes their mind (not that they really would, of course!)
-- Scott R.
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