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The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the induction of Professor Jin-Oh Hahn into its College of Fellows.
Hahn, a professor in the University of Maryland’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and a Fischell Fellow at the Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices, was nominated and elected for his “seminal contributions to the understanding of autonomy in physiological system monitoring and closed-loop control,” the organization said.
Being elected an AIMBE Fellow is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to medical and biological engineers, with only the top two percent of engineers in these fields receiving the honor. Their ranks include four Nobel Prize laureates and 27 Presidential Medal of Science and/or Technology and Innovation awardees.
Additionally, 248 Fellows have been inducted to the National Academy of Engineering, 120 inducted to the National Academy of Medicine, and 56 inducted to the National Academy of Sciences.
A formal induction ceremony took place as part of the AIMBE Annual Event in Arlington, Virginia on April 13, 2026.
“I’d like to express my thanks and gratitude to AIMBE for this recognition, not only on my own behalf, but also that of my postdoctoral and graduate trainees and collaborators,” Hahn said. “We have all worked together to bring about the advances that are being honored by AIMBE.”
Hahn has been a member of the UMD faculty since 2012. He directs the Laboratory for Control and Information Systems, which works to advance technologies in health monitoring and maintenance methodologies applicable to a wide range of dynamical systems by exploiting control, inference, and machine learning, with priority emphasis on bio-systems, health and medicine.
His work has brought him numerous distinctions, including a National Institutes of Health NIBIB Trailblazer Award (2023), a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award (2018) and a U.S. Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program Award (2014), as well as several best paper awards. In 2021, he was named an American Society of Mechanical Engineers Fellow.
Founded in 1991, About AIMBE serves as an authoritative voice and advocate for the value of medical and biological engineering to society. Its mission, which drives advocacy efforts that include interactions on Capitol Hill and beyond, is to recognize excellence, advance public understanding, and accelerate medical and biological innovation.
April 24, 2026
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