YP Ambassador
Karthik Vepuri
Young Professional Ambassador
Karthik Vepuri
Term 2025-2026
Technical Manager / EMC Test Engineer
NCEE Labs
Lincoln, NE, USA
Karthik Vepuri is an experienced iNARTE certified EMC Engineer. He currently serves as a Technical Manager for NCEE Labs in Lincoln, Nebraska. He oversees day to day technical operation of the lab. Engineering professional with MSEE from Wichita State University. He is in the EMC field for 12 Years. He served EMC community for the last 12 years as a voluntary photographer specializing in making videos for the symposiums.
Talk 1: Birth of EMC Standards – Know the Story Behind Standards in US and Europe
Abstract: The fundamental need for standards has been the need to reduce inconsistencies in testing. However, there are a lot of inconsistencies and questions around why a regulator would choose a particular standard to be used to regulate the industry. It’s important to know the difference between who writes the EMC standards and who regulates the EMC requirements. The end goal of this talk would be to educate the audience on when a standard becomes a regulation. The talk will be focused on USA and EU regulations primarily. It will start with brief History and then move into different standard committees and how regulators adopt these standards. For example, why do you have CISPR 32 and EN 55032? These kinds of questions will be asked and answered during the talk.
Talk 2: Test Plan – How do you Create One for EMC Testing?
Abstract: Everyone who is in EMC needs to know what a test plan is. The objective of the talk is to provide resources and guidance on how to create a test plan. There will be a few sample test plans that will be discussed for unintentional radiators and intentional radiators. There will be discussion about EU requirements along with FCC requirements for the same product. The takeaway from this would be to give enough confidence to the listeners to try creating their own test plan with confidence. There will be some specific discussions about Part 15.247 requirements, as it’s a common use case for most of the basic wireless technologies out there in IOT world.
NCEE Labs
Lincoln, NE, USA
Karthik Vepuri is an experienced iNARTE certified EMC Engineer. He currently serves as a Technical Manager for NCEE Labs in Lincoln, Nebraska. He oversees day to day technical operation of the lab. Engineering professional with MSEE from Wichita State University. He is in the EMC field for 12 Years. He served EMC community for the last 12 years as a voluntary photographer specializing in making videos for the symposiums.
Talk 1: Birth of EMC Standards – Know the Story Behind Standards in US and Europe
Abstract: The fundamental need for standards has been the need to reduce inconsistencies in testing. However, there are a lot of inconsistencies and questions around why a regulator would choose a particular standard to be used to regulate the industry. It’s important to know the difference between who writes the EMC standards and who regulates the EMC requirements. The end goal of this talk would be to educate the audience on when a standard becomes a regulation. The talk will be focused on USA and EU regulations primarily. It will start with brief History and then move into different standard committees and how regulators adopt these standards. For example, why do you have CISPR 32 and EN 55032? These kinds of questions will be asked and answered during the talk.
Talk 2: Test Plan – How do you Create One for EMC Testing?
Abstract: Everyone who is in EMC needs to know what a test plan is. The objective of the talk is to provide resources and guidance on how to create a test plan. There will be a few sample test plans that will be discussed for unintentional radiators and intentional radiators. There will be discussion about EU requirements along with FCC requirements for the same product. The takeaway from this would be to give enough confidence to the listeners to try creating their own test plan with confidence. There will be some specific discussions about Part 15.247 requirements, as it’s a common use case for most of the basic wireless technologies out there in IOT world.