by admin | Aug 10, 2022 | Throwback Thursday
Meeting EMC Requirements for Digital Systems Authors: Mike Violette and Steve Ferguson Article first appeared in Nuclear Plant Journal, March 2010 Abstract The integration of digital systems in Nuclear Power Plants has been the subject of much scrutiny for (at least)...
by Mike Violette | Feb 24, 2022 | Throwback Thursday
With the closing of the 2022 Beijing Olympics, thoughts turn to, uh, different times. When cooperation and collaboration seemed to be more accessible. Here’s a look-back to 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing. Beijing Brief: The Da Shui Gua (The Big Watermelon) By...
by Mike Violette | Apr 22, 2021 | Throwback Thursday
By Mike Violette Article first appeared in EMC Magazine, Volume 4, Quarter 2. 2015 I grabbed an old copy of The French Connection from my mother’s bookshelf. The paperback, doggy and yellowed, is a chronicle of “The World’s Most Crucial Narcotics Investigation.” It is...
by Mike Violette | Nov 12, 2020 | Throwback Thursday
When I was a kid and found out that my dad was an ‘engineer,’ the vision of him driving a train popped into my head because the word engineer was firmly associated with driving a locomotive. It was a few years until that image became disassociated as I learned the...
by Mike Violette | Oct 21, 2020 | Throwback Thursday
I’ve been a member of the “EMC Society” for several decades, working and communing with fine folks aplenty. This throwback goes back a while and features our EMCS Historian Dan Hoolihan, who is keen to protect the memories of our Society’s glorious past and...
by Mike Violette | Aug 6, 2020 | Throwback Thursday
Combining our Interest in Lighting and our Fascination with China Lightning Catches Bullet Mike Violette Pan frantically pulled on the emergency lever, but too late and to no avail. Traveling just over 30 meters per second, the nacelle of high speed Train D301 closed...