Publications of Don Heirman, 1973-2018 (Archived)

Archived from donheirman.com (2019). This page preserves the publication and workshop list exactly as Don Heirman published it on his consultancy website. The citations are reproduced verbatim, apart from typographic normalization (dashes and stray formatting); numbering gaps in the original (for example items 8 and 9 in section C) are preserved as they appeared. Don Heirman died on October 30, 2020; see his biography for career context.

This is the archived publication record of Don Heirman covering 1973 to 2018. It documents 45 years of work in commercial EMC, with a major emphasis on methods of measurement of emissions, open area test sites, measurement uncertainty, and international standards harmonization. Most items can be located through IEEE Xplore; his broader professional papers are held at Purdue University Libraries Special Collections.

Workshops and Papers authored by Don Heirman

The original introduction, as published on the site:

The list below comprises the major publications and workshops that Don Heirman has given starting in 1973. It is comprised of several year segments to show the work that was of particular interest or had the most impact during these years. There were several ground breaking papers that are still to this day considered ground breaking. They are cited and of interest to show historical references of use in conducting research in commercial EMC activity with a major emphasis on methods of measurement of emissions and interaction with particular products. Don has pointed out particular publications/workshops that he believes were well received or most helpful in determining where we have progress in today’s EMC standards environment in particular.

To point out these special items, here is the search code comprised of two alpha numeric characters, i.e. the first letter will be either A, B, C, D or E with the next character a number followed by a half parenthesis symbol ”)”. For emphasis of the more recent work (2013 to present), a superscript asterisk follows A, B, C, D, or E.

Don’s selection of what he believes are his key contributions follows, in date order starting with publications in the 1970’s. The emphasis is on the early work that may be more difficult to find but many are still referenced in peer review open publications, largely those in IEEE and other symposia workshops/tutorial presentations. Most if not all should be found using search engines in IEEE Xplore.

Key contributions selected by Don Heirman

1973-2001	2002-2005	2006-2007	2007-2012	2013-present
D 35), D 18)	C 5)	B 2)	A 2)	E* 1)
D 34), D 15)	C 1)	B 1)	A 11)	E* 2)
D 32), D 10)			A 17)	E* 6)
D 29), D 9)				E* 11)
D 27), D 5)
D 25)
D 23)
D 22)
D 21)

E* - 2013 to present

D. N. Heirman, “Basic Measurement Sites, Methods, and Associated Errors”, IEEE EMC Symposium, Long Beach, California - July 2018
D. N. Heirman, “Application of selected EMC standards by the SEPA EM Interoperability Issues Working Group (EMIIWG) and its Association with the SEPA testing and certification Committee (TCC)”, IEEE EMC Symposiumn, Long Beach, California - July 2018
D. N. Heirman, “Application of selected EMC standards by the SGIP EM Interoperability Issues Working Group (EMIIWG)” IEEE EMC Symposium, Washington DC, August 2017
D. N. Heirman, “US NIST Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP 2.0) and its Testing and Certification Committee”, IEEE EMC Symposium, Washington DC, August 2017
D. N. Heirman, “Basic Measurement Sites, Methods, and Associated Errors”, IEEE EMC Symposium, Washington DC - August 2017
D. N. Heirman, “Expanding C63 Test Site Validation techniques and frequency coverage”, IEEE EMC Symposium, Washington DC - August 2017
D. N. Heirman, “Application of selected EMC standards by the SGIP EM Interoperability Issues Working Group (EMIIWG)” IEEE EMC Symposium, Ottawa, Canada, July 2016
D. N. Heirman, “US NIST Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP 2.0) and its Testing and Certification Committee”, IEEE EMC Symposium, Ottawa, Canada, July 2016
D. N. Heirman, “Basic Measurement Sites, Methods, and Associated Errors”, IEEE EMC Symposium, Ottawa, Canada, July 2016
D. N. Heirman, “Uncertainty Considerations in Stating Pass/Fail”, IEEE EMC Symposium, Ottawa, Canada, July 2016
D. N. Heirman, et. al, “EMCS Standards Update and the IEC Standardization Process.” IEEE EMC/EMC Europe Symposium, Dresden, Germany, August 2015
D. N. Heirman, “NIST Smart Grid, SG Interoperability Panel (SGIP) 2.0 and the EM Interoperability Issues Working Group Activities”, IEEE EMC/EMC Europe Symposium, Dresden, Germany, August 2015
D. N. Heirman, et. al, “EMCS Standards Update and introduction to the IEC Standardization Process.” IEEE EMC Symposium, Santa Clara, CA, March 2015
D. N. Heirman, “International Standards View of Smart Grid EMC”, IEEE EMC Symposium, Santa Clara, CA, March 2015
D. N. Heirman, “Introduction to Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) 2.0 Activity”, IEEE EMC Symposium, Santa Clara, CA, March 2015
D. N. Heirman, “Measurement Facilities and Associated Errors,” 2014 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop - Raleigh, August 2014
D. N. Heirman, “Introduction to Smart Grid Interoperability Panel-2.0 Activities, 2014 IEEE EMC Symposium - Raleigh, August 2014
D. N. Heirman, “International Standards View of Smart Grid EMC” 2014 IEEE EMC Symposium - Raleigh, August 2014
D. N. Heirman, “Measurement Facilities and Associated Errors,” 2013 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Denver, August 2013

A. 2007 to 2012 (in order of earliest date to end of 2012)

D. N. Heirman, “Measurement Sites and Associated Errors,” 2012 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Pittsburgh, PA, August 2012
D. N. Heirman, “Archiving Professional Records”, 2012 IEEE EMC Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA, August 2012
D. N. Heirman, “Smart Grid Interoperability Panel and Testing and Certification Committee”, 2011 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Long Beach, CA, August 2011
D. N. Heirman, “Measurement Sites and Associated Errors,” 2011 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Long Beach, CA, August 2011
D. N. Heirman, “Uncertainty Considerations in Stating Pass/Fail,” 2011 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Long Beach, CA, August 2011
D. N. Heirman, “Measurement Sites and Associated Errors,” 2010 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, July 2010
D. N. Heirman, “Uncertainty Considerations in Stating Pass/Fail,” 2010 IEEE3EMC Symposium Workshop, Lauderdale, FL, July 2010
D. N. Heirman, “Uncertainty Considerations in Stating Pass/Fail,” 2009 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Austin, August 2009
D. N. Heirman, “Measurement Sites and Associated Errors,” 2009 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Austin, August 2009
D. N. Heirman, “Uncertainty Considerations in Stating Pass/Fail,” 2009 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Austin, August 2009
D. N. Heirman, “CISPR SC A Activity for measurements above 1 GHz”, three IEEE EMC Symposium Sessions in Portland. OR (2006), and Hawaii (2007)
D. N. Heirman, “Overview of International Standardization on EMC measurements above 1 GHz, IEEE EMC symposium in Austin, TX (2009).
D. N. Heirman, “Measurement Sites and Associated Errors,” 2008 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Detroit, August 2008
D. N. Heirman, “Uncertainty Considerations in Stating Pass/Fail,” 2008 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Detroit, August 2008
D. N. Heirman, “Measurement Sites and Associated Errors,” 2007 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Hawaii, July 2007.
D. N. Heirman, “Uncertainty Considerations in Stating Pass/Fail,” 2007 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Hawaii, July 2007.
D. N. Heirman, “CISPR SC A Activity”, 2007 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop on “Advancements in Site Validation Techniques above 1 GHz”, Hawaii, July 2007
D. N. Heirman, “Introduction to IEC/ACEC” workshop,” 2007 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Hawaii, July 2007.

B. 2006 - 2007

D. N. Heirman, “Measurement Sites and Associated Errors,” 2006 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Portland, Oregon, August 2006.
D. N. Heirman, “Uncertainty Considerations in Stating Pass/Fail,” 2006 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Portland, Oregon, August 2006.
D. N. Heirman, “CISPR SC A Activity”, 2006 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop on “Advancements in Site Validation Techniques above 1 GHz”, Portland, Oregon, August 2006
D. N. Heirman, “IEEE Standards Association and Standards Development Process”, 2006 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Portland, Oregon, August 2006
D. N. Heirman, “ANSI C63.5 Antenna Calibration Workshop”, Portland, Oregon, August 2006.
D. N. Heirman, “Measurement Sites and Associated Errors,” 2007 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Hawaii, July 2007.
D. N. Heirman, “Uncertainty Considerations in Stating Pass/Fail,” 2007 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Hawaii, July 2007.
D. N. Heirman, “CISPR SC A Activity”, 2007 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop on “Advancements in Site Validation Techniques above 1 GHz”, Hawaii, July 2007
D. N. Heirman, “Introduction to IEC/ACEC” workshop, ” 2007 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Hawaii, July 2007.

C. 2002 to 2005 (in order of earliest date to present)

D. N. Heirman, et. al., “Wireless EMC in the Medical Industry: Review of Research and the Impact on EMI Risks”, 2001 IEEE EMC International Symposium, August 2002
D. N. Heirman, “Basic Measurement Sites and Associated Errors” and “Uncertainty Considerations in Stating Pass/Fail”, 2001 IEEE EMC International Symposium Workshop, August 2002
D. N. Heirman, “IEEE Standards Principles, Standards Board, and Support”, 2001 IEEE EMC International Symposium Workshop, August 2002
D. N. Heirman, H. Grant, G. Kuriger, A. Cartwright, “Investigation of Spurious Emissions from Cellular Phones and the Possible Effect on Aircraft Navigation Equipment,” submitted to IEEE EMC Transactions on EMC and under review, 2002.
D. N. Heirman, H. Grant, G. Kuriger, M. Ravindran, “Field Strengths in the Vicinity of Cell Phone Towers” EMC Report. Norman, OK: Center for the Study of Wireless Electromagnetic Compatibility, University of Oklahoma, 2002
D. N. Heirman, H. Grant, G. Kuriger, M. Ravindran, “Preliminary Review of Potential Risk of EMI for Future Medical Devices in Close Proximity to Wireless Devices - EMC Report”. Norman, OK: Center for the Study of Wireless Electromagnetic Compatibility, University of Oklahoma, 2002
D. N. Heirman, “CISPR Subcommittee A Uncertainty Activity”, IEEE Transactions on EMC, February 2002
D. N. Heirman, “Measurement Sites and Associated Errors,” 2002 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Minneapolis, Minn., August 2002.
D. N. Heirman, “Uncertainty Considerations in Stating Pass/Fail,” 2002 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Minneapolis, Minn, August 2002.
D. N. Heirman, et. al., “Changes to FCC Requirements for Unlicensed Radio Frequency Devices,” 2003 IEEE EMC International Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2003.
D. N. Heirman, “EMC International Standards Update,” 2003 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Boston, MA, August 2003.
D. N. Heirman, “Measurement Sites and Associated Errors,” 2003 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Boston, MA, August 2003
D. N. Heirman, “Uncertainty Considerations in Stating Pass/Fail,” 2003 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Boston, MA, August 2003.
D. N. Heirman, “EMC International Standards Update,” 2004 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Santa Clara, CA, August 2004.
D. N. Heirman, “Measurement Sites and Associated Errors,” 2004 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Santa Clara, CA, August 2004.
D. N. Heirman, “Uncertainty Considerations in Stating Pass/Fail,” 2004 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Santa Clara, CA, August 2004.
D. N. Heirman, “Implementing EMC Measurement Uncertainty”, 2004 International Symposium on (EMC’04) Workshop, Sendai, Japan, June 2004.
D. N. Heirman, et. al., “A History of the Evolution of EMC Regulatory Bodies and Standards”, 16th International Zurich Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Zurich, Switzerland, February 2005.
D. N. Heirman, “Overview of Global Standards related to Site Validation and Measurements above 1 GHz”, 16th International Zurich Symposium Workshop on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Zurich, Switzerland, February 2005.
D. N. Heirman, “Measurement Sites and Associated Errors,” 2005 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Chicago, IL, August 2005.
D. N. Heirman, “Uncertainty Considerations in Stating Pass/Fail,” 2005 IEEE EMC Symposium Workshop, Chicago, IL, August 2005.

D. 2001 and before (in order of latest date to initial date)

D. N. Heirman, H. Grant, G. Kuriger, “Wireless EMC Center Research Concerning Medical Applications: Review of Research and the Impact on EMI Risk,” IEEE Symposium on EMC, Montreal, Canada, August 2001
D. N. Heirman, “CISPR A Activities in Uncertainty Considerations”, 14th International Zurich Symposium and Technical Exhibition on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Zurich, Switzerland, February 2001
D. N. Heirman, H. Grant, G. Kuriger, A. Cartwright, “Investigation of Spurious Emissions from Cellular Phones and the Possible Effect on Aircraft Navigation Equipment, Phase I: An Exploratory Study”, EMC Report, Norman, OK: Center for the Study of Wireless EMC, University of Oklahoma.
D. N. Heirman, H. Grant, G. Kuriger, T. Fry, “Investigation of the Potential for Wireless Phones to Cause Explosions at Gas Stations,” EMC Report, Norman, OK: Center for the Study of Wireless EMC, University of Oklahoma
D. N. Heirman, “EMC in a High-Frequency World”, Compliance Engineering, pp 30-35, January/February 2001
D. N. Heirman, “The Activities of ANSI Accredited Committee C63 (EMC) Subcommittee One (Techniques and Developments)”, IEEE International EMC Symposium, Seattle, WA, August 1999.
D. N. Heirman, “CISPR 22 and CISPR 24 - ITE emission and immunity”, EMC’98 Roma, International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, September 1998
D. N. Heirman, H. Grant, C.K. Lai, and R. Schlegel (1997) “Characteristics of Digital Wireless Telecom Technologies for Use in Determining EMC of Automotive Electronic systems, EMC Report 1997-3. Norman, OK: Center for the Study of Wireless EMC, University of Oklahoma.
D. N. Heirman, H. Grant, R. Schlegel, S. Raman (1997), “Medical Device Research at the University of Oklahoma Wireless EMC Center: Pacemakers, Defibrillators and Hearing Aids,” FDA/AAMI Conference on EMC/EMI: Solutions for Medical Devices, Arlington, Virginia, June 12, 1997
D. N. Heirman, “ANSI C63.4 and CISPR 22 - Harmony at Last?”, IEEE International EMC Symposium, Austin, TX, August 1997
D. N. Heirman, “Developments in Emission and Immunity Testing”, 12th International Zurich Symposium and Technical Exhibition on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Zurich, Switzerland, February 1997
D. N. Heirman, “Progress in ITE Emission Measurement Methods”, 11th International Zurich Symposium and Technical Exhibition on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Zurich, Switzerland, March 1995
D. N. Heirman, S. Crosby and D. Smith, “International mandatory Product Standards, AT&T Technical Journal, March/April 1993
D. N. Heirman, “American National Standard Guide for Construction of Open Area Test Sites for Performing Radiated Emission Measurements”, (principal writer), March 1993
D. N. Heirman, “The Open Area Test Site - Still the Key to Radiated Emission Testing”, 10th International Zurich Symposium and Technical Exhibition on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Zurich, Switzerland, 1993
D. N. Heirman, “Commercial EMC Standards in the United States”, 10th International Zurich Symposium and Technical Exhibition on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Zurich, Switzerland, 1993
D. N. Heirman, “Recent Product ESD and Immunity Developments”, 9th International Zurich Symposium and Technical Exhibition on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Zurich, Switzerland, March 1991
D. N. Heirman, R. Morris and S. Crosby, “Design for Multinational EMC Compliance”, AT&T Technical Journal, May/June 1990
D. N. Heirman, “The Push Towards Emission Limit and Test Techniques International Harmonization:, SOUTHCON, March 1989
D. N. Heirman, “Investigating Open Area Test Site Measurement Differences”. 7th International Zurich Symposium and Technical Exhibition on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Zurich, Switzerland, March 1987
D. N. Heirman, “Definitive Open Area Test Site Qualification”, IEEE International EMC Symposium, Atlanta, GA, August 1987
D. N. Heirman, “Vertical Site Attenuation - A Necessity!”, IEEE International EMC Symposium, San Diego, CA, August 1986
D. N. Heirman and J. A. Onori: Construction Considerations in Building a Permanent All-Weather Open Area Test Site”, 1985 IEEE EMC Symposium Record, Boston, MA, August 1985 (Principal author and technical leader of project.)
D. N. Heirman, “Automated Immunity Measurements”, 6th Symposium and Technical Exhibition on EMC, Zurich, Switzerland, March 1985
D. N. Heirman and J. C. Montavani, “A Spherical Dipole Source for Use as a Transfer Standard between Radiated Emission Test Sites”. 1984 IEEE EMC Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, October 1984
D. N. Heirman, “Proposed Immunity Measurement Techniques Portion of ANSI C63.4”, IEEE EMC Symposium, August 1983
D. N. Heirman, “A Basic All-Weather Open Field EMI Test Facility”, IEEE Electro 83, New York, NY, April 1983
D. N. Heirman, “Radiated Emission Testing to Determine Regulatory Compliance”, 38th Annual National Electronics Conference and National Communications Forum, Chicago, IL, October 1982
D. N. Heirman, “Education and Training of the Industrial Regulatory Compliance Test Team”, IEEE EMC Symposium, Boulder, CO, August 1981
D. N. Heirman, “Measurement of Radiated Computer-like Devices”, Abstract Summary for XXth General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI), Washington, D.C., August 1981
D. N. Heirman, “Broadcast Electromagnetic Interference Environment Near Telephone Equipment”, IEEE National Telecommunications Conference Record, Dallas, TX, 1976
D. N. Heirman, “Time Variation and Harmonic Content of Inductive Interference in Urban/Suburban and Residential/Rural Telephone Plants”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, December 1975
D. N. Heirman, “Time Variation and Harmonic Content of Inductive Interference in Urban/Suburban Telephone Plant of Different Sizes”, IEEE National Telecommunications Conference, San Diego, CA, December 1974
D. N. Heirman and D. W. McLellan, “Mitigation of Extremely Low Frequency Interference on Telephone Lines”, IEEE Transactions of EMC, November 1973
D. N. Heirman, “Time Variation and Harmonic Content of Inductive Interference in Noisy Telephone Plant”, IEEE National Telecommunications Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 1973

The archived site also noted that a more complete listing was available in the CV linked from the original Biography page; that CV is preserved among his papers at Purdue. For the standards these publications helped shape, see the EMC standards section. Related archived pages: Seminars and Major services.