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Education is the ESD Association's first priority. By actively sponsoring and encouraging various educational programs and activities, the Association provides ESD professionals with the knowledge and tools needed to meet the challenges of ESD in their companies. For example, the Association co-sponsors regional tutorials with local chapters, conducts a national tutorial and education seminar in conjunction with the annual EOS/ESD Symposium, and publishes and distributes numerous educational materials on ESD.

On-site Tutorials

In addition to the numerous tutorial offerings provided worldwide, The ESD Association will bring tutorials to your location. This helps organizations that need to provide educational offerings to many employees by saving the costs associated with traveling.

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Educational Opportunities/Certification

2009 Education Schedule

Air Ionization: Theory and Practice, October 8, Online

Grounding in an Electrostatic Protected Area, October 27, Online

IEW- International Electrostatic Workshop

The 4th International Electrostatic Workshop is being planned for
May 10-13, 2010, Evangelische Akademie in Tutzing, Germany.

The Tutzing castle is surrounded by wild vines and lush verdant ivy clinging to the yellow facade, coats of arms decorate the archway, old wrought-iron windows on the ground floor, weathered baptismal fonts and late Roman sarcophagus give a special flair to the park and the castle.

Call for Papers - available soon

2009 IEW Gallery

Computer-delivered Training

ESD Association and Automated Learning Corporation® offer a new training course in electrostatic discharge (ESD) control. The course is intended for electronics manufacturers that require controls for ESD sensitive components and assemblies, and can be custom-tailored to meet company specific ESD control program needs. Principles of ESD Control is the first computer-delivered ESD training to provide this content-tailoring feature.

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Tailorable LAN Course: The following is a demonstration of the LAN-format ESDA Principles of ESD Control course.
You can custom-tailor the content of this course to meet your specific requirements.
Principles of ESD Control-Demo
This demo is in Windows Media Video (.wmv) format, and requires the Windows Media player application and a broadband connection for viewing. Image quality has been reduced slightly to permit streaming internet delivery.

ESD On Campus Program

University Program

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Electrostatic discharge control methods, Polymer Voltage Suppressors (PVS), Electronic system failures

Presented by Charvaka Duvvury on Monday, January 28, 2008, at Georgia Tech

Magazine Contributions

The ESD Association contributes a monthly article, ESD Open Forum, in Conformity magazine. Also, a quarterly column, ESD Basics, is featured in Circuits Assembly magazine. To view articles in both Conformity and Circuits Assembly magazines, click the links below. For further information please contact the publisher.

Circuits Assembly Magazine-ESD Basics 2006

March 2006: Mitigating Electrostatic Charges on Nonconductors by David E. Swenson