Xuan Kong
He / him / his
Adjunct Instructor
education
- Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
- MBA, Boston University
select courses taught
- Introduction to Sensors, Instrumentation and Measurement
- Modeling and Simulation of the Physical World
research
- Digital Signal Processing Theory and Applications
- Machine and Adaptive Learning Algorithms
Dr. Kong is an accomplished medical device engineering leader with extensive experience in bio-signal analysis and processing, statistical analysis, pattern recognition, embedded system algorithm design, implementation, verification, and physiological system modeling.
Applications include biosensor-enabled peripheral nerve diagnosis and therapeutic solutions, diabetic retinopathy screening, spinal cord injury assessment, gait analysis and activity monitoring for digital health applications, assistive devices for people with disabilities. He has published extensively in numerous papers in leading signal processing, biomedical engineering, and clinical neurophysiology journals. He is an inventor with over 60 patents.
Prior to his industrial career, Dr. Kong was a tenured associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Northern Illinois University (Dekalb, IL). As a principal investigator, he successfully led many federally and industrially funded projects in signal processing research and bio-electric signal analysis applications.
Xuan received his Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University and MBA from Boston University. He is certified as professional risk manager by PRMIA. He is a senior member of IEEE and a member of Eta Kappa Nu and Beta Gamma Sigma.