Craig Christensen is an Associate Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department of the College of Arts & Sciences.

Research Interests

Education

B. S. Electrical Engineering, M.I.T. 1977
M. S. Electrical Engineering, M.I.T. 1977
Sc.D. Electrical Engineering, M.I.T. 1985

Employment

Employment Summer Instructor, Brown University  July 2004, 2005, and 2006

Assistant Professor, Merrimack College  Jan. 1995 to June 2000

Recitation Instructor, M.I.T.    Sept. 1984 to Dec. 1984

Teaching Assistant, M.I.T.    Sept. 1979 to June 1984

Engineer, M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory   June 1985 to Dec. 1995

Consultant, Photonic Systems, Inc   May 2001 to April 2004

Consultant, American Power Conversion (APC) June 2000 to Jan 2001

Consultant, Polaroid Corp.    June 1998 to March 2000

Consultant, Compaq Corp*    Oct. 1997 to April 1998

Consultant, Scientific Atlanta*   May 1997 to July 1997

Consultant, Gandalf Corp.*    Sept. 1996 to April 1997

Consultant, Teradyne Corp.*    July 1995 to June 1996

 *  work coordinated through KSA (Kalman Saffran Associates

Publications

1. “Impact of Dither Harmonics on Bias Controller Accuracy”,  submitted for consideration by IEEE Trans. Instrumentation and Measurement; Aug 2006.

2.  “Applications Note: Modulator Bias Controllers” for Photonic Systems, Inc. Burlington, MA.  February, 2004.

3. “Powerline Transceiver System Using a Phase-Locked Loop for 5.0 Mhz On/Off Carrier Signal Detection” for American Power Conversion, Littleton, MA.  December, 2000

4. “Attracting Undecided Majors into the Engineering Field” ASEE Conference, Lowell, MA.  April, 2000
5. SPARC CPU-54 Memory Subsystem Timing Simulation” for Force Computers, Germany.  March, 2000.

6. Electronic Deblocker Controllers Reference Manual” for Polaroid Corporation. June 1999

Professional Activities
Faculty Advisor to IEEE student chapter 2000 - 2005

Micro-Mouse Advisor  top 2 places, 2001 and 2004; hosted in 2002; 3rd place in 2005; 2nd & 3rd place 2006.
3-Wheel Race Car  top 3 places 2001, 2002, 2003 hosted in 2002, 2003

Courses Taught

Introduction to Engineering Design

Introduction to Digital Electronics (& lab)

Electronic Devices I (& lab) (analog circuits)

Electronic Devices II (& lab)

Electronic Devices III (& lab)

Circuit Theory I (& lab)

Communication Systems (& lab)

Senior Project

Pic MicroControllers (as part of Embedded MicroProcessors Course)

Harnessing the Giant – Our World of Energy – Freshman Seminar