
The Amp Hour
The Amp Hour is a weekly conversation about electronics and the people who design them.
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Published Aug 19, 2026
Robert FennisRobert Fennis is an RF engineer and consultant from the Netherlands and the creator of EMerge: a free, open-source 3D Finite Element Method (FEM) electromagnetic solver written in Python. He joins Chris to discuss demystifying the black magic of RF engineering, the mathematical and physics foundations of simulation, and how Emerge is “the IKEA of FEM solvers” in that it makes electromagnetic simulation accessible to everyone. Timeline Chris welcomes Robert Fennis, creator of EMerge, to discuss R