Jeremy Campbell wasn’t really sure what he wanted to do in high school, so he signed up for a vo-tech industrial electricity class. Well, he loved the class and the instructor loved his potential. Jeremy got his Journeyman’s Electrician License in 1995 and, with a little encouragement from that teacher, his B.S.E.E. from the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in 1999. His first job was with the Department of Defense performing modeling and simulation of electric power infrastructure. Meanwhile, Jeremy and his neighbor became fast friends over a ham radio (a potential gold mine of electrical power issues waiting to be solved). After a few years on the job, Jeremy decided to go back to school for a M.S.E.E. in power electronics, which he got in 2004 from the University of Tennessee. While earning his master’s, Jeremy worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory doing everything from writing Matlab/Simulink code to preparing research inverters, converters and motors for testing equipment. In 2006, Jeremy moved to General Motors where he is responsible for EMC for motor drives and various design and testing issues with power electronics.
Jeremy believes this is a unique time to be involved in EMC as we become more aware of the importance of including potential issues around electrical compliance in the design phase of products. It offers an opportunity to change corporate culture for the better. His advice to young engineers is to keep fundamentals first. He recommends the pursuit of EMC because it is never dull, but is always evolving and always providing new challenges.
