Celestica Corporation / Toshiba America Information Systems / Underwriters Laboratories / Northern Telecom / National Semiconductor / Julie Industries Inc. / IBM Canada Ltd / Alcon Manufacturing Ltd. / Advanced Static Control Consulting / Seagate Technology / Stephen Halperin and Associates / ESD Sensitivity Trends Semiconductor / Denso / Advanced Energy Inc. / Working Group / IBM Corporation / 3M Corporation / /
Country
United States / Canada / / /
EntertainmentAwardEvent
the ESD Association’s Outstanding Contributions award / /
Event
Product Issues / M&A / /
Facility
Colorado State University / /
IndustryTerm
electrical products / adjacent equipment / control products / grounded metal frame / semiconductor devices / telecommunications equipment / electronics manufacturing facilities / material supplier / repair services / metal pipe / stereo equipment / manufacturing processes / footwear systems / manufacturing process / unprotected electronic products / footwear/flooring systems / cont. equipment / safety devices / footwear/flooring products / manufacturing production lines / conductive footwear/ flooring systems / manufacturing / manufacturing operations / electronic manufacturing / electrical equipment / metal conveyors / powered customer equipment / protection systems / /
Organization
Technical Program Committee / Standards Council of Canada / ESD Association / Association’s Standards Committee / SCC’s Canadian subcommittee / International Electrotechnical Commission / Colorado State University / Association Board of Directors / IEC Technical Committee / EOS / /
Person
Ronald Gibson / Ron / / /
Position
Program Manager / President / Secretary and Treasurer / Vice President / Manager Certification program / Officer / Global Engineering Consultant / author / General Chairman / chairman / Sr. Vice President / member / Global Engineering Consultant and Corporate ESD Program Manager / /
Background information - Electrical Shock Hazards First, let’s look at what is generally considered to represent an electrical safety shock hazard to people. The following table