Hossein Mirinejad, Ph.D.
School of Engineering
Associate Professor
Campus:
Kent
Office Location:
ATB 220U
Office Hours:
Fall 2025: Wednesdays, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Biography
Hossein Mirinejad, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering at Kent State University, Kent, OH. Prior to joining Kent State, he was a Research Fellow at the Food and Drug Administration from 2017 to 2019 and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan—Ann Arbor from 2016 to 2017.
Research Interests:
Dr. Mirinejad’s research advances autonomous systems by integrating AI, machine learning, control theory, and dynamical systems modeling. With primary applications in healthcare and robotics, his work develops safe and explainable autonomy for human life-support systems and contributes to fundamental advances in digital-twin modeling and learning-based control.
Education
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 2016
Awards/Achievements
- NSF CAREER Award (2024–2029)
- NSF Engineering Research Innitation (ERI) Award (2022-2026)
- HCRI Faculty Fellowship (2024–2025)
- NSF Smart and Connected Health (SCH) Aspiring PI Travel Award (2019)
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Research Fellowship (2017-2019)
- Electrical Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Award (2016)
- Theobald Scholarship Award (2015)
- University of Louisville Doctoral Fellowship (2011-2013)