Edwin Lorenz Carstensen

Background

Carstensen, Edwin Lorenz was born on December 8, 1919 in Oakdale, Nebraska, United States. Son of August Hans and Opal Lois (Norwood) Carstensen.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Nebraska State Teachers College, 1941. Master of Science, Case Institute of Technology, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1955.

Career

Member science staff division war research, Columbia University, 1942-1945; head laboratory section, United States Navy Underwater Sound Reference Laboratory, Orlando, Florida, 1945-1948; research associate, Moore School Elec. Engineering, University Pennsylvania, 1948-1955; assistant professor electrical engineering, Moore School Elec. Engineering, University Pennsylvania, 1955-1956; principal investigator, United States Army Biological Laboratory, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland., 1956-1961; associate professor electrical engineering, U. Rochester, 1961-1973; professor, U. Rochester, 1973-1988; Arthur Gould Yates professor engineering, U. Rochester, 1988-1990; Arthur Gould Yates professor engineering emeritus, U. Rochester, since 1990; director biomedical engineering, U. Rochester, 1971-1983; professor biophysics, U. Rochester, 1981-1990; university mentor, U. Rochester, since 1982; senior scientist in electrical engineering, U. Rochester, since 1990.

Director Rochester Center for biomedical Ultrasound, 1986-1990.

Achievements

• Edwin Lorenz Carstensen has been listed as a noteworthy Biomedical engineer, biophysicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Biological Effects of Transmission Line Fields

Membership

Fellow Acoustical Society of America, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Institute Ultrasound in Medicine. Member Biophysics Society, biomedical Engineering Society, National Academy Engineering.

Connections

Married Pam McDonald, August 1, 1947. Children: Richard Lorenz, Allen Brent, Laura Lee, Loretta Dee, Christina Marie.

Father:

August Hans Carstensen

Mother:

Opal Lois (Norwood) Carstensen

Spouse:

Pam McDonald

child:

Laura Lee Carstensen

child:

Allen Brent Carstensen

child:

Christina Marie Carstensen

child:

Loretta Dee Carstensen

child:

Richard Lorenz Carstensen