Dr. Radasky has been involved in the analysis and testing of high power electromagnetic transients for more than 41 years, starting as an officer in the U.S. Air Force and working for several consulting companies. In 1984 he founded a new company known as Metatech Corporation, where he serves as President. Metatech has offices in Goleta, California, Albuquerque and Colorado Springs. He has also been actively involved in the development of commercial electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) standards with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in Geneva, Switzerland to protect commercial systems from all types of electromagnetic threats, including those from the high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) and high-power electromagnetic weapons (IEMI). He has served as Chairman of SC 77C, “EMC-High Power Transient Phenomena,” since the subcommittee was established in 1991. He was also the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on EMC (ACEC) for the IEC for 12 years, ending his service in December 2008. In October 2004, Dr. Radasky was awarded the Lord Kelvin Medal in Seoul, South Korea by the IEC for exceptional service in the development of international standards. He was also recently appointed to convene a working group for Cigré dealing with the protection of high-voltage substations from the effects of high-power EM transients.

Dr. Radasky is a registered Professional Engineer in Electrical Engineering in the State of California and is a Fellow of the IEEE participating in the Antennas and Propagation, Power Engineering and EMC Societies. He is also a member of the Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu honor societies, and he was selected as an EMP Fellow in 1988. He has published over 380 company and government reports, conference papers and popular press articles. He is the holder of two best paper awards in 1973 (NEM) and 1984 (HEART Conference). He served as the guest editor for the August 2004 IEEE EMC Transactions Special Issue on Intentional EMI (IEMI) and High Power EM (HPEM). Dr. Radasky also serves as the Chairman of TC-5 (High-Power Electromagnetics) for the IEEE EMC Society.

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