LCDR Benin graduated in 2001 with a B.S.E.E. with High Honors from the Coast Guard Academy, having served as the Regimental Honor Officer and Chairman of the Cadet Standards of Conduct Board. He then served as the Electrical and Electronics Officer aboard the USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) while completing his Engineer-Officer-In-Training (EOIT) qualifications. In 2003, he began graduate studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology, was selected as an adjunct MacArthur Fellow, and ultimately earned a Master of Science Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a Master of Science Degree in Information Security. In 2005 he was selected as a member of the Permanent Commissioned Teaching Staff (PCTS). He is presently pursuing his Ph.D at Georgia Tech.  

• M.S.I.N.F.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, May 2005
• M.S.E.C.E., Georgia Institute of Technology, May 2005
• B.S.E.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy, May 2001

• Introduction to Computer Programming
• Signals, Systems, and Transforms
• Computer Control Systems
• Computer Communications and Networking
• Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering Advisor
• Electrical Circuits and Machines

• Benin, J.; Nowatkowski, M.; Owen, H.; , "Framework to Support Per Second Shifts of Pseudonyms in Regional VANETs," Vehicular Technology Conference Fall (VTC 2010-Fall), 2010 IEEE 72nd , 6-9 Sept. 2010
• Benin, J.; Nowatkowski, M.; Owen, H.; , "Unified pseudonym distribution in VANETs," Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob), 2010 IEEE 6th International Conference on , pp.529-533, 11-13 Oct. 2010
• J. Benin and P. DiPetro, “Ubiquitous Computing: Video-Audio Support for Therapy of Children in the Classroom,” Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, April 2005
• J. Benin, “Radio Frequency Identification Tags and Their Implications to Container Security,” MacArthur Fellowship Thesis. Georgia Institute of Technology, April 2004. Re-released as USCGA Center for Advanced Studies Report 09-05
• J. Benin and D. Kowalczyk, “Engineering Plant Monitoring Aboard the HEALY,” Systems Times, Winter 2003
• K. Gross, R. Hartnett, M. McKaughan, K. Shmihluk, J. Benin and C. Oates, “USCG Academy's Efforts in Digital VHF Direction Finding,” Proceedings of The Fourth SwRI Symposium on Radiolocation and Direction Finding, San Antonio, TX, May 2002
• J. Benin, “Digital VHF Direction Finding,” Scholar’s Project Paper, United States Coast Guard Academy, May 2001

• Professional Engineer, State of Washington
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Club Advisor)
• Institute of Navigation
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)