Dr. Ralph Showers

2 Information  Ralph Showers passed away peacefully in his sleep on 9 September 2013  He is survived by his wife—Beatrice— and his three daughters  The Funeral Service will be held on 12 October to allow colleagues, friends, and relatives to attend.

Dr. Ralph Showers. Biography  Ralph M. Showers, Ph.D., emeritus professor of electrical engineering, University of Pennsylvania, had an esteemed career dedicated to improving electronic communications by controlling electronic interference.  He was both a national and international technical leader whose contributions have had tremendous impact on standardization in the field of electronic interference

Dr. Ralph Showers. Biography  Since the 1940s he was active in research on measurement of noise, weapons systems communications, aerospace microwave technology, space shuttle RF experiments, stabilization of cable radiation characteristics, and cable coupling models. Among innumerable accomplishments, he worked for NASA, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army, and IBM, and supervised 38 master theses and 10 Ph.D. dissertations. He authored and contributed to numerous articles in his field, as well as presented at seminars and moderated technical sessions.

Dr. Ralph Showers. Biography  Dr. Showers gave outstanding long-term commitment to the voluntary standards process. He served as vice president of the U.S. National Committee (USNC) of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), and as a member of its Executive Committee. He served as Technical Advisor for the USNC Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs) for IEC Technical Committee (TC) 1, Terminology; IEC TC 77, EMC and the International Special Committee on Radio Interference (CISPR). He also served as chairman of ANSI-accredited committee C63 on Radio- Electrical Coordination.

6 Dr. Ralph Showers. Contributions  Developed standards for EMI measurements starting in late 1940’s  Introduced the CISPR subcommittee structure in 1973 in Long Branch NJ USA  Consultant to US Navy on EMC standards  Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania

7 Dr. Ralph Showers. Key EMC Positions Held  Chairman of Accredited Standards Committee C63—USA  Chairman of CISPR  Chairman of CISPR Subcommittee A (measurement instrumentation and measurement methods)  Chairman of the IEC Advisory Committee on EMC

8 Dr. Ralph Showers. Key EMC Positions Held  Member of US National Committee of the IEC  Technical Advisor of US “Mirror committees” for  CISPR  TC77  SC77B  President of the US EMC Standards Corporation  Past President of the IEEE EMC Society  Registered professional engineer in Pennsylvania,  Life member of IEEE,  Honorary life member of the USNC

Dr. Ralph Showers. Awards  ANSI Astin-Polk International Standards Medal,  IEEE Standards Medallion,  IEEE Steinmetz Award,  IEEE Centennial Medal,  IEEE Life Fellow Award,  IEC Lord Kelvin award  EMC Society Richard Stoddart Award.

Three CISPR chairs Don Heirman, Ralph Showers, Peter Kerry