ALEX CHRISTENSON

6749 KENNASTON DR NE, FRIDLEY, MN 55432 – 763-568-3540 – ACHRISTENSON11 @GMAIL.COM

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OBJECTIVE Full-time employment as an electrical engineer, ideally with electronics or

control systems.

EDUCATION Iowa State University – Ames, IA

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
GPA: 3.63

PROFESSIONAL MidAmerican Energy Company – Davenport, IA

WORK Substation/Protection Engineering Intern
EXPERIENCE  Completed two substation design projects with subsequent cost estimates
June to  Calculated settings for SEL protective relays abiding by NERC reqs.
August 2017  Used CAPE software to perform N-1 contingency analysis
 Composed documentation for electrical contractors

PMX Industries Inc. – Cedar Rapids, IA

Electrical Engineering Intern
May to  Executed project management while meeting deadlines
August 2016  Programmed Allen Bradley PLCs for plant safety sensors
 Collaborated with engineers of different disciplines
 Exercised troubleshooting for plant PH sensor

SELECT Drone Flight Controller Circuit board Project:

ACADEMIC  Integrated sensors, microcontroller, and switch-mode power supply with
PROJECTS open source MultiWii flight controller code to create a working drone.
 Assisted in soldering components.
Senior Design Project: Home Assistant Television Remote
 Programmed TV remote that can send multiple protocols.
 Designed PCB to house microcontroller and IR blaster.
 Enabled serial communication from RaspberryPI.

RELEVANT Hardware: Oscilloscopes, circuit assembly and troubleshooting, soldering,

SKILLS circuit board design
Software Applications and Languages: MATLAB, SPICE, CAPE, PSSE,
Atmel AVR, C, Java, PLC logic, Microsoft Office

HONORS, Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society

LEADERSHIP Teaching Assistant: Signals and systems II
& ACTIVITIES ISU marching band