Faculty & Staff Directory

Dr. Jon Youn

Jon Youn

  • Professor
  • Computer Science
  • Peter Kiewit Institute 282E
  • Tel: 402.554.2187
  • Email: jyoun@unomaha.edu

Teaching Interests
CS Principles, App Inventor, Android App Development, Mobile Computing, and Wireless Communications
Research and Creative Interests
Mobile Computing and Wireless Communications, Wireless Sensor Networks, Wearable Activity Monitoring System, Wearable Gait Monitoring System, Wireless Communications in Medical Applications
Education

Ph D - Computer Science
Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR) 2002

M S - Computer Science
Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR) 1999

Honors & Awards

Co-PI, Center for Mobile Computing Research, NSF-EPSCoR RII, $500,000, Feb. 2004 – Jan. 2007.

Co-PI, Design and Development of Secure and Robust Network Infrastructure for Critical Medical Applications: Achieving Medical Quality Care through Advanced IT, Nebraska Research Initiative (NRI), $368,135, Aug. 2006 – July 2008

Principal Investigator, Nebraska Bioengineering Innovation: A Novel Wireless Mobility Monitoring System, Nebraska Research Initiative (NRI), $367,406, Feb. 2009 – Feb. 20011

Principal Investigator, Research Experiences for Undergraduates Sites: Site for Extensive and Collaborative Undergraduate Research Experience (SECURE), NSF Division of Computer and Network Systems, $328,496, Apr. 2011 – Mar. 2014

Co-PI, ITEST: Strategic Problem-based Approach to Rouse Computer Science (SPARCS), NSF Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL), $1,144,424.00, Jan. 2015 – Dec. 2017

Principal Investigator, Research Experiences for Teachers Sites: Site for Wearable Research for In-service STEM Teachers (WRIST), NSF Division of Computer and Network Systems, $598,539, Mar. 2017 – Mar. 2020

Courses Taught
  • CSCI 1200 CS Principles
  • CSCI 3320 Date Structures
  • CSCI 8210 Advanced Communication Networks
  • CSCI 8620 Mobile Computing and Wireless Networks