Tim Hansen
Associate Professor
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolTim Hansen is an Associate Professor and researcher with 11 years of experience at the intersection of optimization, high-performance computing, and electric power systems, now based in Fort Collins, Colorado. He has led academic and applied work on distributed controls, low-inertia grids, and electricity market applications, translating PhD-level research into scalable studies using HPC platforms such as NREL’s Peregrine. His career blends deep technical expertise—from embedded systems and compiler debugging to resource-allocation optimization—with teaching and endowed professorship experience. Known for tackling cyber-physical-social challenges in smart cities and sustainable energy, he brings a rare combination of hands-on computational performance skills and power-systems domain knowledge that informs both research and practical grid solutions.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Colorado State UniversityB.S., Computer Engineering, B.S., Computer Engineering at Milwaukee School of Engineering
Github Skills (4)
simulations5
grid4
benchmark1
benchmarking1
Github contributions (5)
NREL/buspy
Jun 2015 - Jul 2017
Contributions:1 release, 7 commits, 4 PRs in 2 years
communication-interfacecommunicationsimulationsgriddistribution-grid
hansentm/sdsubot-library
Sep 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:1 release, 2 PRs, 7 pushes in 4 days
arduino-librarysoutharduino
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