The Grainger College of Engineering

Brendan M. Kuhns

Brendan M. Kuhns
Brendan M. Kuhns
  • Instructor
(217) 333-3570
Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building

Education

  • Engineering, M.S. | University of Wisconsin Platteville | 2023
  • Technical Systems Management, M.S, | University of Illinois | 2019
  • Technical Systems Management, B.S, | University of Illinois | 2017

Academic Positions

  • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, TSM 262 – Off-Road Equipment Management / Spring 2017
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, TSM 232 – Materials and Construction Systems / Fall 2017
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, TSM 233 – Metallurgy and Welding Processes / Fall 2017
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, ABE 466 – Engineering Off-Road Vehicles / Fall 2017
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, ABE 361 – Off-Road Machine Design / Fall 2018
  • Instructor, TSM 262 – Off-Road Equipment Management / Spring 2018, 2019, & 2021
  • Instructor, ETMA 103 – Agricultural Machinery and Technology / Fall 2019 - Present
  • Instructor, ETMA 399 – Optimization in Engineering Technology and Management / Spring 2023 - Present

Other Professional Employment

  • Partner, January 2018 – Present / On the Implement Intelligent Soil Sensing
  • Product Verification & Validation Engineer (EDP), June 2019 – February 2020 / Body Team, Global Crop Harvesting Product Development Center, Deere & Company
  • Design Analysis & Simulation Engineer (EDP), February 2020 – November 2020 / Design Analysis Team, Global Crop Harvesting Product Development Center, Deere & Company
  • Product Verification & Validation Engineer, December 2021 – Present / Air Seeding, Global Crop Harvesting Product Development Center, Deere & Company

Course Development

  • ETMA 103
  • ETMA 339 / 431

Selected Articles in Journals

  • Gan, H., Mathanker, S., Momin, M.A., Kuhns, B., Stoffel, N., Hansen, A., Grift, T., 2018. Effects of three cutting blade designs on energy consumption during mowing-conditioning of Miscanthus Giganteus. Biomass and Bioenergy 109:166:171.*

Honors

  • Named on the “List of Instructors Ranked as Excellent by Their Students”
  • J. Kent Mitchell Excellence in Teaching Award (Graduate) / Spring 2018
  • Attended College of ACES Teaching and Learning Academy / Fall 2018
  • Louis V. Logeman Graduate Student Teaching Award / Spring 2019
  • Named on the “List of Instructors Ranked as Excellent by Their Students” /Spring 2019
  • North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Graduate Student Teaching Award / Summer 2019
  • J. Kent & Marlene Mitchell Excellence in Teaching Award / Spring 2021

Improvement Activities

  • Completed the Graduate Teaching Certificate at the University of Illinois                                                                                               Spring 2018

Recent Courses Taught

  • ETMA 103 (TSM 103) - Agric Machinery Technology
  • ETMA 339 - Optimization Engrg Tech Mgmt
  • TSM 199 - Ag Machinery & Technology
  • TSM 262 - Off-Road Equipment Management

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