Burkhard Huhnke

Who is Burkhard Huhnke?

Burkhard Huhnke is the Executive Director at Volkswagen of America, Inc.'s Electronics Research Laboratory (VW-ERL) in Palo Alto, CA. Since March 2007, he has been leading this group of highly motivated employees. The VW ERL staff includes a team of 45 engineers, social scientists, product designers, and up to 20 interns. Before his transfer to Volkswagen of America, Inc., Burkhard Huhnke held management positions in various departments (research and technical development) of Volkswagen AG, Germany. After Volkswagen's successful involvement in Stanford's 2005 Grand Challenge entry, Burkhard Huhnke will continue consulting the Stanford Racing Team in vehicle build-up, testing, sponsoring and communications. Burkhard Huhnke received his degree in 1993 in electrical engineering at TU Braunschweig, Germany and obtained his PhD in engineering in 1999. For his thesis he was awarded the 1999 German measurement Award.