Summary
Martin Burns is an Associate Director for Testbed Science at NIST with more than three decades driving standards and implementations for the Smart Grid, home and building automation, and the wider Internet of Things. He combines deep electronic engineering and systems experience with program-level leadership to advance data interoperability, IoT architecture, and federated testbeds that help U.S. industry scale resilient cyber-physical ecosystems. Before joining NIST he led Hypertek, a contract R&D firm that delivered embedded communications and real-time systems across commercial, military, and utility domains—work that ranges from 8-bit micros to carrier-grade systems. Trained as a chemical engineer with a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, he brings a rare cross-disciplinary lens to IoT standards and testbed science. Based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, he is known for translating rigorous standards work into practical, deployable systems that interconnect legacy infrastructure with emerging smart technologies.
11 years of coding experience
BS ChE, Chemical Engineering, BS ChE, Chemical Engineering at Cornell University
PhD, Chemical Engineering, PhD, Chemical Engineering at University of Pennsylvania