Agenda

Webinar instructions will be emailed 24-48 business hours before the date of the webinar.
Please log into the webinar 15 – 30 minutes before start time.


Tuesday, November 18, 2025
9:00 am – 5:00 pm CST


Agenda:
Presented by David Romano

Newtonian/Classical Mechanics Isaac Newton’s Laws of Motion

  • Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics
  • Comparison of Newtonian and Quantum Mechanics
  • Key equations: velocity, force, acceleration, momentum and energy

Electromagnetic Field Theory Coulomb, Ampere, Faraday and Gauss Laws (18th and 19th centuries)

  • Maxwell’s Equations
  • Electric and magnetic fields
  • Relationship between electricity, magnetism and speed of light
  • Limitations of classical EM Field Theory

Electromagnetic Radiation

  • Near, transitional and far fields
  • Electromagnetic spectrum
  • Transverse traveling EM waves
  • Propagation of Ground, Skywave and Line of Sight waves
  • Example of LOS satellite-to-earth transmission

Relativity

  • Aristotelian and Galileo’s early theories
  • Newtonian vs. Relativity theories
  • Maxwells’s and Michelson’s “luminiferous aether”
  • Maxwell-Hertz vs. Maxwell-Lorentz equations
  • Pointcare’s matter and energy
  • Einstein’s Special and General Relativity theories

Quantum Physics and Mechanics

  • The “Ultraviolet Catastrophe” (Black-body radiation)
  • Planck’s “wave-particle duality”
  • Failure of Classical Mechanics at atomic and subatomic levels
  • Historical developments from Bohr to Schrodinger equation
  • Heisenberg “Uncertainty Principle”
  • Copenhagen’s Interpretation (Bohr and Heisenberg)

Quantum Physics Key Principles

  • Quantization, wave-particle duality, uncertainty, superposition and entanglement
  • The “Multiverse Theory” of Quantum Entanglement
  • The “Many-Worlds Interpretation” of Quantum Entanglement

 

Webinar Instructions 
 
All attendees must log-on through their own email – attendees may not watch together if they wish to earn continuing education credit. HalfMoon Education Inc. must be able to prove attendance if either the attendee or HalfMoon Education Inc. is audited. 

Certificates of completion can be downloaded in PDF form upon passing a short quiz. A link to the quiz will be sent to each qualifying attendee immediately after the webinar. The certificate can be downloaded from the Results page of the quiz upon scoring 80% or higher. 

Webinars are presented via GoToWebinar, an easy-to-use application that can be run on most systems and tablets. Instructions and login information will be provided in an email sent close to the date of the webinar. It is highly recommended that you download, install and test the application before the webinar begins by clicking on the link in the email. 

GoToWebinar App requirements:  
Windows 10 or higher, macOS 11 or higher, Linux, Google Chrome OS 

Web Browser:  
Google Chrome (most recent 3 versions) 
Microsoft Edge (most recent 3 versions) 

Internet connection: 1 Mbps or better 

Hardware:  2GB of RAM (minimum), 4GB or more of RAM (recommended) 

For more information, visit the Support section at www.gotowebinar.com 

Credits

Engineers
7.0 PDHs*

 

Continuing Education Information

This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 7.0 PDHs for professional engineers in most states that allow this learning method. *This course is not approved in New York; please refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida (Provider License No: CEA362), Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, and New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00049300).

Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the webinar for those who attend the entire course and score a minimum 80% on the quiz that follows the course (multiple attempts allowed).

*On-Demand Credits*

The preceding credit information only applies to the live presentation. This course in an on-demand format is not pre-approved by any licensing boards and may not qualify for the same credits; please consult your licensing board(s) to ensure that a structured, asynchronous learning format is appropriate.

Speakers

David Romano

Electrical Engineer

Mr. David Romano is a degreed Electrical Engineer with extensive experience in the specification, design, analysis, and testing of analog, digital, and RF/IF circuitry and subsystems. Over the course of his career, he held key engineering roles at Boeing Satellite Systems and Hughes Space and Communications in Los Angeles, California, where he contributed to the design and analysis of analog, digital, and intermediate-frequency circuitry for communication satellite payloads.

Mr. Romano’s most recent role at Boeing Satellite Systems was as a Technical Subcontract Manager. In this position, he was responsible for the specification and procurement of microwave units spanning L- to Ka-band frequencies from both domestic and international vendors. His technical responsibilities included drafting specifications at the subsystem and unit levels, reviewing Statements of Compliance, participating in internal and vendor Design Reviews, evaluating technical data, and overseeing the delivery and integration of units into communication satellites.

As part of his supply chain management duties, Mr. Romano traveled extensively across Europe, Asia, and the United States to monitor development schedules and assess the performance of various units and subsystems. He has in-depth knowledge of the specification and performance of Low Noise Amplifiers, Receiver Downconverters, IF and Limiting Amplifiers, and Solid-State Power Amplifiers.

Mr. Romano retired from Boeing Space and Communications in June 2015. Since 2022, he has been authoring and delivering online interactive webinars on topics including Electromagnetic Radiation, Electromagnetic Interference, Fourier Analysis, and AC-DC Circuits. He has also presented programs on Harmonic Generation, Variable Frequency Drives for AC motors, Fuses and Circuit Breakers, and 3-Phase Power for industrial applications.

Mr. Romano attended Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, on scholarship from 1964 to 1969.