Overview
Personal Profile
Dane Christensen is a laboratory program manager for NLR's national security research portfolio. Previously, he was a group manager for the laboratory's cybersecurity research and a senior researcher for smart buildings. Since joining NLR in 2008, Christensen primarily has studied Internet of Things, data-driven controls and analytics, and cybersecuring grid-edge technologies. He led pioneering work in home energy management, resulting in a 2018 R&D 100 award for the foresee™ technology. Christensen has more than 50 peer-reviewed publications, four issued patents, and numerous software copyrights, patents pending, and other innovative ventures.
Research Interests
Virtual power plants
Energy-sector cybersecurity
Energy innovation
Education/Academic Qualification
Bachelor, Mechanical Engineering, Rice University
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Demonstrating the Transient System Impact of Cyber-Physical Events Through Scalable Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Co-Simulation
Cai, M., Wang, W., Fang, X., Florita, A., Ingram, M. & Christensen, D., 2025, In: CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems. 11, 1, p. 329-339 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator: Cohort 2 - Asimily Public Report: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER)
Amoresano, K., Balamurugan, S. P., Blair, N., Christensen, D., Davis, M., Gonzalez, P., Guerra, J., Hasandka, A., Howard, B., Koul, N., Neely, C., Pailing, C., Urlaub, N., Wallace, A. & Williams, G., 2024, 53 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator: Cohort 2 - runZero Public Report
Amoresano, K., Balamurugan, S. P., Blair, N., Christensen, D., Guerra, J., Hasandka, A., Howard, B., Koul, N., Neely, C., Pailing, C., Urlaub, N., Wallace, A. & Williams, G., 2024, 72 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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Field Test Best Practices
Norton, P., Earle, L., Sparn, B., Barker, G., Barley, D., Cautley, D., Christensen, D., Fang, X. & Phillips, L., 2023, 95 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report