Jens Hannemann

Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering Technology

Research Overview

Jens Hannemann is an Assistant Professor for Computer Engineering Technology in the Fujio Cho Department of Engineering Technology at the University of Kentucky. 

Jens has earned a Dipl.-Ing. (Master’s) Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, and a Dr.-Ing. (PhD) Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Christian-Albrechts Universität in Kiel, Germany. His teaching and research interests include software engineering, high-performance and embedded computing, CAN and LIN bus networking, the Internet of Things, and electromagnetic and acoustic wave propagation. He is a Certified Scrum Master and a licensed amateur radio operator.

Before this role, Jens was an associate professor in the School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at Kentucky State University, Assistant Research Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at the University of Kentucky, and an Adjunct Professor in both the Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering departments at the University of Kentucky  

Research Interests

• Scientific Simulation: Computational Fluid Dynamics and Computational Electromagnetics High-Performance Computing
• Software Engineering
• Embedded Systems and Automotive Computing: CAN Bus, LIN Bus
• Cyber Security: Secure CAN Bus, Cryptographic Protocols
• Signal Processing: Acoustics, 3-D Audio Rendering

Education

Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.), Electrical Engineering, Christian–Albrechts–University of Kiel, Germany

M.S. (Dipl.-Ing.), Electrical Engineering, Ruhr–Universität Bochum, Germany

Appointments

2022 – present: Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering Technology, Fujio Cho Department of Engineering Technology, University of Kentucky

2018 – 2022: Associate Professor, School of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Kentucky State University

2013 – 2018: Assistant Professor, Division of Computer Science, Kentucky State University

2012 – 2013: Visiting Assistant Professor, Division of Computer Science, Kentucky State University

2011 – 2012: Adjunct Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Kentucky

8/2011–12/2011: Adjunct Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Kentucky

2008 – 2011: Assistant Research Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Kentucky

2005 – 2008: Senior Scientist – Research Engineer, Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments, University of Kentucky

2004 – 2005: Research Scholar, Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments, University of Kentucky

2002 – 2004: Research Scholar, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Kentucky