Faculty Directory

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008
• M.S./B.S., Seoul National University, 1999/1997

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Best Bio-Systems and Healthcare Paper Award, ASME DSCD Bio-Systems and Healthcare TC, 2020
• IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Most Impactful Paper Award (3^rd Place), IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2019
• Outstanding Gemstone Mentor Award, University of Maryland Gemstone Honors Program, 2019
• Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, US National Science Foundation, 2018
• Best Bio-Systems and Healthcare Paper Award, ASME DSCD Bio-Systems and Healthcare TC, 2017
• Young Investigator Program Award, US Office of Naval Research, 2014 
• Young Investigator Grant Award, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association, 2013
• Gold Prize, Samsung Human-Tech Thesis Award, 2008

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Fellow, ASME 
• Senior Member, IEEE
• Professional Member, American Heart Association
• Member, KSEA
• ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, Bio-Systems and Healthcare Technical Committee: Past Chair (2018-2019), Chair (2017-2018), Vice chair (2016-2017), Secretary (2015-2016), Publicity Chair (2013-2015)
• IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Technical Committee on Cardiopulmonary Systems: Member
• IEEE Control Systems Society, Technical Committee on Healthcare and Medical Systems: Member
• Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems (ICROS); Member, International Cooperation Committee (2014-2016)

NOTABLES

• [08/2022] Dr. Hahn was re-appointed as an Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control.  Dr. Hahn's appointment period will be 2022-2025.
• [04/2022] The article presented at the American Burn Association Annual Meeting “Tracking Cardiac Output during Burn Resuscitation via Pulse Wave Analysis” was selected for a Top 5 Abstracts.
• [04/2022] Dr. Hahn was awarded an R03 Grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH: NIBIB).
• [04/2022] Ghazal ArabiDarrehDor was awarded an Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship from University of Maryland.
• [03/2022] Dr. Hahn was appointed as an Associate Editor for the ACM Transactions on Computing for Healthcare.  Dr. Hahn's appointment period will be 2022-2025.
• [02/2022] Dr. Hahn’s patent, “US 11,241,170: Monitor for Blood Pressure and Other Arterial Properties” was issued.
• [01/2022] Dr. Hahn received an MII Grant from the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) as Co-I [Lead: University of Maryland School of Medicine, PI: Dr. Shelby Stewart].
• [12/2021] Dr. Hahn received a research grant from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory as Co-I [PI: Dr. Jae Kun Shim].
• [12/2021] Dr. Hahn received a CDMRP Grant from the US Army as Co-I [Lead: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, PI: Dr. David Burmeister].
• [12/2021] Yekanth Chalumuri was selected as a Future Faculty Fellow in the A.J. Clark School of Engineering at University of Maryland.
• [11/2021] Dr. Hahn was invited to speak at the Asan International Biomedical Engineering Symposium.
• [10/2021] The article presented at the Modeling, Estimation, and Control Conference “Observer Design and Analysis for Non-Invasive Hemorrhage Detection” was selected for a Finalist for the Best Student Paper Award.
• [10/2021] Dr. Hahn served as Co-Organizer and Chair for an Invited Session at the Modeling, Estimation, and Control Conference (Virtual).
• [09/2021] Dr. Hahn received a GCR Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) as Co-PI [PI: Dr. Hosam Fathy].
• [08/2021] Dr. Hahn received an R21 Grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH: NIBIB) as Co-I [Lead: University of Pittsburgh, PI: Dr. Ramakrishna Mukkamala].
• [07/2021] Dr. Hahn served as Special Session Co-Organizer and Co-Chair at the IEEE Biomedical Health Informatics Conference (Virtual).
• [06/2021] Ali Tivay received an INTERN Supplememtal Funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
• [05/2021] Dr. Hahn was awarded a Young Investigator Fellowship from Robert E. Fischell Institute at University of Maryland [Co-PIs: Dr. Joseph Friedberg, Dr. Hosam Fathy, & Dr. Miao Yu].
• [04/2021] Dr. Hahn gave an invited talk at Villanova University.
• [04/2021] Dr. Hahn was elected a Fellow of ASME.
• [12/2020] Dr. Hahn was awarded a research grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), in collaboration with Georgia Institute of Technology.
• [12/2020] Ali Tivay was awarded a Graduate School’s Outstanding Research Assistant Award from University of Maryland.
• [10/2020] Dr. Hahn gave an invited talk at IEEE EMBS Baltimore Chapter Technical Meeting.
• [10/2020] The article presented at the American Control Conference “Virtual Patient Generation using Physiological Models through a Compressed Latent Parametrization” was selected for the 2020 Best Bio-Systems and Healthcare Paper Award from Bio-Systems and Healthcare Technical Committee, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division.
• [08/2020] Dr. Hahn gave an invited talk at Seoul National University.
• [06/2020] Dr. Hahn received a CMMI EAGER Grant related to COVID-19 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) as Co-PI [PIs: Dr. Hosam Fathy & Dr. Joseph Friedberg].
• [05/2020] Dr. Hahn gave an invited talk at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
• [04/2020] Dr. Hahn served as Technical Program Committee Member at the International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS; Sydney, Austrailia).
• [04/2020] Azin Mousavi was awarded an Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship from University of Maryland.
• [02/2020] Dr. Hahn's work on “Novel Devices to Unobtrusively Determine Cardiovascular Function” was nominated as a Finalist for 2019 University of Maryland Invention of the Year Awards.
• [12/2019] Ali Tivay was selected as a Future Faculty Fellow in the A.J. Clark School of Engineering at University of Maryland.
• [12/2019] Azin Mousavi was awarded a Graduate School’s Outstanding Research Assistant Award from University of Maryland.
• [12/2019] Dr. Hahn was invited to speak at the International Robotic Surgery Live (IRSL) 2019 (Seoul, Korea).
• [12/2019] Dr. Hahn gave an invited talk at Chonnam National University.
• [11/2019] The article “Towards Ubiquitous Blood Pressure Monitoring via Pulse Transit Time,” published in IEEE TBME in 2015, was selected to receive a 2019 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Most Impactful Paper Award (3^rd Place).
• [10/2019] Dr. Hahn gave an invited talk at Seoul National University.
• [10/2019] Dr. Hahn gave an invited talk at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology.
• [09/2019] Dr. Hahn gave an invited talk at Pohang University of Science and Technology.
• [09/2019] Dr. Hahn received a CDMRP FORwARD Grant from the US Army as Co-I [Lead: University of Texas Medical Branch; PI: Dr. George C. Kramer].
• [08/2019] Dr. Hahn was awarded a research grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
• [08/2019] Dr. Hahn was appointed as an Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control.  Dr. Hahn's appointment period will be 2019-2022.
• [07/2019] Dr. Hahn served as Mini Symposium Organizer at the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (Berlin, Germany).
• [07/2019] Dr. Hahn served as Organizer for Invited Sessions at the American Control Conference (Philadelphia, PA).
• [07/2019] Dr. Hahn received a research grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) as Co-I [Lead: Georgia Institute of Technology, PI: Dr. Omer Inan].
• [05/2019] Dr. Hahn received the Outstanding Gemstone Mentor Award from the Gemstone Honors Program at University of Maryland.
• [05/2019] Dr. Hahn served as Special Session Co-Organizer, Co-Chair, and Presenter at the IEEE Biomedical Health Informatics Conference (Chicago, IL).
• [04/2019] Dr. Hahn gave an invited talk at the University of Houston.
• [04/2019] Zahra Ghasemi was awarded a 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) Finalist Award at University of Maryland.
• [01/2019] Ramin Bighamian joined the George Mason University as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
• [12/2018] Xin Jin was awarded a Graduate School’s Outstanding Research Assistant Award from University of Maryland.
• [12/2018] Azin Mousavi was selected as a Future Faculty Fellow in the A.J. Clark School of Engineering at University of Maryland.
• [11/2018] Dr. Hahn’s patent, “US 10,136,823: Methods and Apparatus for Determining Cuff Blood Pressure” was issued.
• [11/2018] The article “Ballistocardiogram (BCG)-Based Approach to Cuff-Less Blood Pressure Monitoring: Proof-of-Concept and Potential Challenges” was selected as a Featured Article in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
• [11/2018] Dr. Hahn will serve for the Bio-Systems and Healthcare Technical Committee in the ASME’s Dynamic Systems and Control Division as Past Chair during 2018-2019.
• [10/2018] Dr. Hahn served as Co-Organizer for Invited Sessions at the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (Atlanta, GA).
• [10/2018] Zahra Ghasemi was invited to attend the Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering Workshop at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• [09/2018] Dr. Hahn was awarded a research grant from the FDA to develop test methods for assessing the accuracy of NIBP monitors.
• [09/2018] Dr. Hahn was awarded a CMMI Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
• [07/2018] The article “Data Mining Investigation of the Association between a Limb Ballistocardiogram and Blood Pressure” was selected as a Featured Article in Physiological Measurements.
• [07/2018] Dr. Hahn served as Mini Symposium Organizer, Co-Chair, and Presenter at the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (Honolulu, HI).
• [07/2018] Dr. Hahn was awarded an Innovative Project Award from the American Heart Association (AHA).
• [07/2018] Dr. Hahn was awarded a UM Ventures Seed Grant from University of Maryland.
• [06/2018] Dr. Hahn was invited to speak at the Samsung Mobile Healthcare Forum.
• [05/2018] Ramin Bighamian (PhD 2017) was awarded the UMD Department of Mechanical Engineering Best Dissertation Award.
• [03/2018] Dr. Hahn was awarded a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
• [11/2017] Dr. Hahn was featured on the IBM Business of Government Podcast (http://www.businessofgovernment.org/interview/jin-oh-hahn-and-monifa-vaughn-cooke).
• [11/2017] Dr. Hahn will serve for the Bio-Systems and Healthcare Technical Committee in the ASME’s Dynamic Systems and Control Division as Chair during 2017-2018.
• [10/2017] The article presented at the Dynamic Systems and Control Conference “Estimation of Central Aortic Blood Pressure from Non-Invasive Cuff Pressure Oscillation Signals via System Identification” was selected for the 2017 Best Bio-Systems and Healthcare Paper Award from Bio-Systems and Healthcare Technical Committee, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division.
• [10/2017] Dr. Hahn served as Co-Organizer and Co-Chair for Invited Sessions at the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (Tysons Corner, VA).
• [08/2017] Dr. Hahn served as Mini Symposium Organizer, Chair, and Speaker at the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (Jeju, Korea).
• [07/2017] Dr. Hahn gave an invited talk at Seoul national University (School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), Sogang University, Hanyang University, and Seoul National University (Department of Biomedical Engineering).
• [07/2017] Dr. Hahn served as Technical Program Committee Member at the IEEE/ACM Conference on Connected Health: Applications, Systems and Engineering Technologies (Philadelphia, PA).
• [07/2017] Dr. Hahn was awarded a research grant from the FDA to develop test methods for assessing the accuracy of NIBP monitors.
• [07/2017] Dr. Hahn was awarded a UM Ventures Seed Grant from University of Maryland.
• [05/2017] Dr. Hahn served as Technical Program Committee Member at the American Control Conference (Seattle, WA).
• [04/2017] Dr. Hahn served as Technical Program Committee Member at the International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS; Pittsburgh, PA).
• [03/2017] Chang-Sei Kim (Post-Doc 2013-2017) joined the Chonnam National University as Assistant Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering.
• [12/2016] Zahra Ghasemi was selected as a Future Faculty Fellow in the A.J. Clark School of Engineering at University of Maryland.
• [12/2016] Dr. Hahn made a Research Collaboration Agreement with the FDA on the Development and Evaluation of Pre-Clinical Test Methods for Physiological Closed-Loop Controlled Medical Devices.
• [11/2016] Dr. Hahn will serve for the Bio-Systems and Healthcare Technical Committee in the ASME’s Dynamic Systems and Control Division as Vice Chair during 2016-2017.
• [10/2016] Dr. Hahn gave an invited talk at the University of Connecticut.
• [10/2016] Dr. Hahn gave an invited talk at the University of Washington.
• [10/2016] Dr. Hahn served as Co-Organizer for Invited Sessions at the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (Minneapolis, MN).
• [10/2016] Dr. Hahn received a Small Business Innovation Research Grant from the US Army as Co-I [Lead: Arcos Medical, PI: Mr. Chris Meador].
• [09/2016] Dr. Hahn was invited to participate in the US Frontiers in Engineering Symposium organized by the National Academy of Engineering (Irvine, CA).
• [08/2016] Dr. Hahn served as Mini Symposium Organizer, Chair, and Speaker at the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (Orlando, FL).
• [07/2016] Dr. Hahn served as Technical Program Committee Member as well as Organizer and Chair for Invited Sessions at the American Control Conference (Boston, MA).
• [06/2016] The article “Patient-Specific Oscillometric Blood Pressure Measurement” was selected as a Featured Article in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
• [04/2016] Dr. Hahn served as Technical Program Committee Member at the International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS; Vienna, Austria).
• [04/2016] Ramin Bighamian was awarded a Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship from University of Maryland.
• [04/2016] Bryce Yapps was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
• [12/2015] Ramin Bighamian was selected as a Future Faculty Fellow in the A.J. Clark School of Engineering at University of Maryland.
• [11/2015] Dr. Hahn will serve for the Bio-Systems and Healthcare Technical Committee in the ASME’s Dynamic Systems and Control Division as Secretary during 2015-2016.
• [10/2015] Ramin Bighamian was selected one of 5 Finalists for the DSCC Best Student Paper Award at ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference for the paper entitled “A Control-Oriented Model of Blood Volume Response to Hemorrhage and Fluid Infusion”.
• [10/2015] Dr. Hahn served as Co-Organizer and Co-Chair for Invited Sessions at the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (Columbus, OH).
• [10/2015] Dr. Hahn served as Speaker and Panelist at the FDA Public Workshop on Physiological Closed-Loop Controlled Medical Devices (Silver Spring, MD).
• [09/2015] The article “Ballistocardiogram as Proximal Timing Reference for Pulse Transit Time Measurement” published in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering was selected as an Editor’s Choice Article in Science Translational Medicine.
• [08/2015] Dr. Hahn served as Mini Symposium Organizer at the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (Milan, Italy).
• [08/2015] The article “Towards Ubiquitous Blood Pressure Monitoring via Pulse Transit Time” was selected as a Featured Article in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.  It was also the most downloaded article in August 2015 in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
• [06/2015] Shiva Ebrahimi was awarded the Best Oral Presentation Award (Session 2: Biomedical Engineering) from the FGSR Symposium at the University of Alberta.
• [04/2015] Dr. Hahn served as Program Committee Member and a Panelist at the Medical CPS Workshop, a part of International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (Seattle, WA).
• [11/2014] Dr. Hahn gave an invited talk at the University of Missouri.
• [10/2014] Dr. Hahn served as Organizer and Chair/Co-Chair for Invited Sessions at the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (San Antonio, TX). Dr. Hahn was also invited to present at a Frontiers Session at the same conference.
• [09/2014] Dr. Hahn received a SCIRTS Grant from the Craig. H. Neilsen Foundation as Co-I [Lead: MGH, PI: Dr. Andrew T. Reisner].
• [08/2014] Dr. Hahn presented in a Mini Symposium at the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (Chicago, IL).
• [08/2014] Dr. Hahn was awarded an IIS Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), in collaboration with Michigan State University.
• [08/2014] Dr. Hahn received a U-01 Grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH: NIBIB) as Co-I [Lead: Michigan State University, PI: Dr. Ramakrishna Mukkamala].
• [07/2014] Dr. Hahn was awarded a CMMI Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
• [04/2014] Dr. Hahn was awarded a Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR).
• [03/2014] Dr. Hahn gave an invited talk at the Catholic University of America.
• [03/2014] Ramin Bighamian attended the ‘2014 NSF Early Career Professionals Workshop on Exploring New Frontiers in Cyber-Physical Systems (Washington, DC).
• [02/2014] Dr. Hahn attended the ‘2014 National Workshop on Research Frontiers in Medical Cyber-Physical Systems (Arlington, VA).
• [01/2014] Dr. Hahn was awarded a Short-Term Innovative Research (STIR) Grant from the Army Research Office (ARO).
• [12/2013] Dr. Hahn will serve as a Member of the International Cooperation Committee for the Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems during 2014-2016.
• [11/2013] Dr. Hahn will serve for the Bio-Systems and Healthcare Technical Committee in the ASME’s Dynamic Systems and Control Division as Publicity Chair during 2013-2015.
• [10/2013] Dr. Hahn served as Organizer and Chair of Invited Sessions at the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (Palo Alto, CA).
• [08/2013] Dr. Hahn gave an invited talk at the University of Pennsylvania.
• [06/2013] Dr. Hahn was awarded a Young Investigator Grant (YIG) Award from the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA).
• [10/2012] Nima Fazeli was selected one of 5 Finalists for the DSCC Best Student Paper Award at ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference for the paper entitled “Active Non-Intrusive System Identification for Cardiovascular Monitoring Part I: Excitation and Measurement Protocol Design”.
• [08/2012] Dr. Hahn served as Session Chair at the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (San Diego, CA).