Kent H. Lundberg, Ph.D

My 2011-2012 Reading Blog: Reading Jim Williams
I also have written some more notes about Jim Williams

Visiting Professor of Engineering
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

President
Keeling Flight Hardware, Ltd.
PO Box 281
Weston, MA 02493

Recent Positions

Visiting Lecturer
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fall 2011 6.331 Recitations
Fall 2011 6.301 Recitations

Associate Editor for History (2004-2011)
IEEE Control Systems Magazine

Consulting

Design, research, and educational services. Inquire within.

Industry seminars on topics in analog circuit design.

Profile on LinkedIn.

Research

My research interests are in classical feedback control systems and analog circuit design. I am currently working on educational items (applets, web labs, lecture demos, student DIY kits, books, course notes, and the Control Systems Concept Inventory) for feedback systems and classical control engineering.

History

Analog and hybrid computing have left an indelible mark on electrical engineering, and I am interested in this technological legacy. I edited a special issue of IEEE Control Systems Magazine on the history of analog computing in June 2005 and have worked on a virtual reconstruction of Vannevar Bush's differential analyzer. I am also interested in the history of analog-circuit-design techniques (such as "What is the earliest reference to a cascode topology using transistors?").

Publications

My publications, presentations, invited talks, and unpublished materials are summarized on my publications page.

Teaching

Advanced Circuit Techniques (MIT 6.331). Sample-and-hold circuits, digital-to-analog converters, analog-to-digital converters, high-speed amplifiers, power conversion, and phase lock loops. Last taught Fall 2011.

Solid State Circuits (MIT 6.301). Transistor circuits from the common emitter amplifier to op amps, multipliers, references, and high speed logic. Open-circuit time constants, translinear principle, charge control model. Last taught Fall 2011.

Feedback Systems (MIT 6.302). Root locus, Nyquist, Hall, Nichols, and Bode. Compensation techniques. Internal and external compensation of operational amplifiers. Servomechanisms, power coverters, and thermal systems. Last taught Fall 2003.

Fundamentals of Analog Filter Design (IEEE Boston Section, Fall 2010)

Feedback Circuit Techniques (IEEE Boston Section, Fall 2009)

Courses at Olin College.

Vanity

Other pages and links about me:
This page (well, the page has changed, so technically, this filename) has been accessed at least several times since November 4, 1997.
Kent H Lundberg (email address)
Last updated 14 January 2012.