EMC Consulting Services

Braxton EMC Consulting, LTD.
Tom Braxton
Bolingbrook, IL 60440
630-697-8258
teb@braxtonemc.com
www.braxtonemc.com

Braxton EMC services include design consulting, EMC test plan development, documentation support, EMC training, electrostatic discharge consulting, EMI/RFI troubleshooting.

Tom Braxton has been an EMC engineer for over 20 years. He was the lead EMC & ESD engineer for the network switching organizations of AT&T and Lucent Technologies from 1980 to 2001. He is NARTE certified as an EMC engineer and an ESD engineer. He holds an MSEE from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and a BSEET from Purdue University.

Leventhal Design & Communications
Signal Integrity & Semiconductor Modeling
Roy Leventhal
Arlington Heights, IL
847-590-9398
Roy.Leventhal@ieee.org


Mr. Roy Leventhal is an independent consultant specializing in simulation, signal integrity, EMI, RF circuit design, SPICE, S-Parameter & IBIS semiconductor modeling, device physics, quality, component reliability and failure analysis.

Roy earned his MSEE at Illinois Institute of Technology and did postgraduate studies in semiconductor device physics at Santa Clara University and Fairchild Semiconductor R&D. His postgraduate studies include RF microwave circuit design at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

During his career, Roy has worked as a RF designer in military electronics, as a component engineer with GE Medical, as a reliability and failure analysis specialist at Tektronix, and as a Signal Integrity Engineer at Cadence Design Systems and at 3Com.

Electrical Safety Consulting Services

Gerald Lee Schmitz-Technical Consultant (Electrical Safety)
Winnetka, IL
847-446-8775
g.l.schmitz@ieee.org

Lee Schmitz is an independent consultant specializing in the design, testing, and approval of manufactured products that must meet safety, shock, fire hazard, and EMC standards. The requirements include those of the Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories (NRTL) in the U.S., and the European Union "CE Mark" directives.

Mr. Schmitz has over 25 years of experience assisting manufacturers achieve recognition for their products through the following testing agencies:
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL) (ULc)
Factory Mutual (FM)
Intertek Testing Services (ETL)
Canadian Standards Association (CSA)



Elite Associate Laboratories

Failure Analysis and Organic Materials Analysis Laboratory

Advanced Materials Center, Inc.
Ottawa, IL
815-433-1495
ron_walling@amc-testlabs.com
http://www.amc-testlabs.com

Advanced Materials Center, Inc. is an independent laboratory providing a wide range of unique services including: consulting polymer formulation & synthesis, physical & chemical testing, materials analysis, DSC Thermal Analysis, Spectrophotometry (UV, VIS, Infrared/FTIR, ATR, MIR)

Ron Walling founded the Advanced Materials Center in1989. Previously he was the Plastics Consultant, Product Engineer, Manager Industrial Marketing for Sears Roebuck - Sears Laboratories. Ron holds a MS degree from Marquette University in Inorganic Chemistry and a BS degree in Chemical Engineering.

Metallurgical Failure Analysis and Metals Laboratory

Materials Engineering Incorporated
Bill Durako
Virgil, IL
630-365-9060
info@materials-engr.com

Materials Engineering, Inc., located in Northern Illinois, is an independent materials and metallurgical engineering consulting and A2LA accredited testing laboratory. With a fully equipped metallurgical laboratory, including scanning electron microscope, EDS with light element detection, metallography, microhardness, photography and video capabilities, MEI can provide failure analysis, process analysis, QC inspection, contamination identification, and many other materials-related services.

Bill Durako is the chief scientist. Previously he has 12 years of experience Sundstrand Aerospace (now UTC) in the Materials Engineering Department. He holds 2 patents and is the author of 17 papers and technical presentations.