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Marc T. Thompson

Adjunct Associate Professor

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Office: Atwater Kent Laboratories, 316
marctt@wpi.edu

Related Information

A bibliography of references related to inductance calculation methods

Educational Background

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992
Electrical Engineer’s Degree, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997

Research & Teaching Interests

Video circuits and systems; Electromechanical actuators; High speed Analog design; Power electronics; Magnetic design and magnetic suspensions; Control system design; Superconducting magnet design; High frequency power conversion; Laser drivers and optoelectronics; Mechanical design; High efficiency magnetic design; System Modeling and simulation

Recent Publications

"Eddy Current Magnetic Levitation --- Models and Experiments," IEEE Potentials, vol. 19, no. 1, Feb./March 2000, pp. 40-44
"Sizing the MOSFET Gate Damping Resistor," Newsletter of the IEEE Power Electronics Society, Volume 11, No. 4, October 1999, pp. 2
M. T. Thompson and R. D. Thornton, "Scale Model Flux-Canceling EDS Maglev Suspension --- Part II: Test Results and Scaling Laws," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 35, no. 3, May 1999, pp. 1964-1975
M. T. Thompson, R. D. Thornton and A. Kondoleon, "Scale Model Flux-Canceling EDS Maglev Suspension --- Part I: Design and Modelling," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 35, no. 3, May 1999, pp. 1956-1963
"Guess timating Inductance of Wire Loops," Newsletter of the IEEE Power Electronics Society, Volume 11, No. 2, April 1999, pp. 3

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Professional Societies/Memberships

S.M.P.T.E., 1986
I.E.E.E., 1991
Firefighter, Harvard Fire Department, Harvard, MA

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