Patrick G. André

Patrick G. André received his physics degree in 1982 from Seattle University, with post graduate work in Electrical Engineering and Physics. He has worked in the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) field over 30 years. He is a NARTE Certified Engineer in both EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) and ESD (Electrostatic Discharge). He has worked in the military and aerospace environment for his entire career, and worked with commercial electronics since 1995. Projects worked on vary from semiconductors, satellite equipment, industrial test equipment and cellular installations, to writing the procedures and reports, and performing or supervising EME testing of many panels for the flight deck of the 787 and other aircraft. He has successfully worked with, and given input to, all branches of the military and NASA, as well as several of their subcontractors. He has a strong ability in the test, measurement, and troubleshooting of EMC. He is president of André Consulting, Incorporated. Patrick has published numerous articles for a variety of magazines, his latest appearing in In Compliance 2014 Annual Reference Guide. He is the coauthor of EMI Troubleshooting Cookbook for Product Designers. Patrick has been a senior member of the IEEE EMC Society which he joined in 1984, serving as chairman, vice chairman, secretary, and arrangements chairman of the Puget Sound Section, and has received The Legends of the IEEE Seattle Section Award in 2010. He also been on the Board of Trustees of the Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society where he also works as the sound engineer and. He enjoys audio and video recording musical groups, mostly in the Seattle area, and has engineered and mastered several CD’s. And when he is not busy with all this, he can be found hiking somewhere with his camera.