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 - 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
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Zero Export Feeder Through Transactive Markets
Balamurugan, S. P., Cutler, D., Kwasnik, T., Elgindy, T., Munankarmi, P., Maguire, J., Blonsky, M., Ghosh, S., Chintala, R. & Christensen, D., 2022, 40 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report