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> On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 04:26:05AM +0000, Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 4:16 AM, Larry Doolittle
> > <ldoolitt AT recycle DOT lbl DOT gov> wrote:
> > > Crosstalk, VSWR of microwave circuits and high-speed serial routing.
> > > They are hard problems.  Even with ideal software, getting good data on
> > > a PCB process can be tough.  Lots of people make test boards for their own use,
> > > and then hope (and check) that the manufacturer doesn't change the process.
> > Ok. Do you have a background with FEM and do you think it is worth pursuing?
> 
> Yes, some background.  Urmel, Superfish, meep, S parameters,
> waveguides, series solutions.
> 
> Worth pursuing, yes.  I can't promise much time of my own.
> And I recommend trying to keep expectations low, at least at first.

I have taken a course in partial differential equations but unfortunately I passed the course after registration went out though it make no practical difference. I however think other simpler tasks are more urgent, for example possibility to build pins/footprint for the ordinary drawing primitives though the old style via/pin/pad could stay as a macro.