Mark Steffka is with the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Engineering Group of General Motors (GM) Powertrain and is a faculty member at two universities in the Detroit, Michigan, area. He has over 25 years of industry experience in the design, development, and testing of military, aerospace and automotive electronics. He teaches continuing education courses on “Automotive EMC” and “Antennas”. He is a co-author of the book Automotive Electromagnetic Compatibility and the recipient of faculty and alumni awards from the University of Michigan - Dearborn for his contributions to engineering education and the EMC curriculum. He is a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and is the Technical Program Co-Chair for the upcoming 2008 IEEE EMC Symposium, which will be held in Detroit this August.

Dr. Vicente Rodríguez holds BSEE, MSEE and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Mississippi. In June 2000, he joined EMC Test Systems (now ETS-Lindgren) as an RF and Electromagnetics engineer. During this time he was involved in the RF anechoic design of several chambers, including rectangular and taper antenna pattern measurement chambers, some operating from 100 MHz to 40 GHz. In September 2004, Dr. Rodríguez took over the position of Senior Principal Antenna Design Engineer, placing him in charge of the development of new antennas for different applications and improving the existing antenna line. The antennas he’s developed include new broadband double and quad-ridged guide horns with a single lobe pattern and high-field-generator horns for the automotive industry.

Scott Mee received his BSEE in 1998 from Michigan Technological University (MTU) with a focus in the RF communications and electromagnetics areas. He has been working for Johnson Controls for 9 years in EMC testing, analysis and design. While at Johnson Controls he has developed EMC test laboratory capability, achieved AEMCLRP accreditation status, and currently leads the EMC design and pre-compliance testing capability. He is a NARTE certified EMC Engineer and his interests include EMC design, pre-compliance testing and product debugging.

Dr. Todd Hubing is the Michelin Professor of Vehicular Electronics at Clemson University. He holds a BSEE from MIT, an MSEE from Purdue, and a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University. He began his career as an EMC engineer for IBM in 1982, where he did EMC testing and troubleshooting on a variety of computer and network communications products. In 1989, he became a faculty member at the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) where he worked with other faculty and students to analyze and develop solutions for a wide range of EMC problems affecting the electronics industry. Since coming to Clemson in 2006, he has continued his work in electromagnetic compatibility and computational electromagnetic modeling, particularly as it is applied to automotive and aerospace electronics.

Dr. Daryl Beetner is an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly University of Missouri - Rolla), where he is also the associate chair for computer engineering. He performs research on a large number of topics, including electromagnetic compatibility at the chip- and system-level.

Dr. Julian Weber is the Manager, CoC Strategy E/E and Driver Environment for the BMW Group in Munich, Germany. He assumed this position in 2006. Prior to 2006, he was BMW’s Manager, Purchasing Strategy and Innovation Management North America in Spartanburg, South Carolina. In 1997, he received the Doctor of Mechanical Engineering, conferred by the Technical University Karlsruhe, Germany, Prof. Dieter Spath. His thesis title was “Evaluation of Design and Development Results by Virtual Scenarios” Karlsruhe, Germany. In 1992, he received his Master in Mechanical Engineering/Design and Development, conferred by the Technical University Munich, Germany, Prof. Klaus Ehrlenspiel.