{"id":155,"date":"2025-04-28T09:17:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T13:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/?page_id=155"},"modified":"2025-09-29T15:18:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:18:58","slug":"jindong-tan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/faculty\/jindong-tan\/","title":{"rendered":"Jindong Tan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small)\">Jindong Tan<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide has-medium-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:0\"><em><em>Professor and Associate Department Head<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-columns-reverse alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading orange-mark\">Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2015-present<br><\/strong>Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2012-2015<br><\/strong>Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2008-2011<br><\/strong>Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2002-2008<br><\/strong>Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1995-1998<br><\/strong>Assistant Professor, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PhD, 2002, Michigan State University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MS, 1995, Northeastern University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BS, 1992, Lanzhou University of Technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Medical\/Surgical robotics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Human robot interactions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wearable sensors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Control and systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mechatronics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Service<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Robotics &amp; Automation Society<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Association for Computing Machinery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 15%;height: 16px;margin-bottom: 24px;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff8200\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For a complete list of recent publications, see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=ZhvOqsMAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao\">Google Scholar<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ya Tian, W.R. Hamel, and&nbsp;<strong>Jindong Tan<\/strong>. Accurate human navigation using wearable monocular visual and inertial sensors. Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on, 63(1):203\u2013213, Jan 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wei Liang, Yinlong Zhang,&nbsp;<strong>Jindong Tan<\/strong>, and Yang Li. A novel approach to ecg classification based upon two-layered hmms in body sensor networks.&nbsp;<em>Sensors<\/em>, 14(4):5994\u20136011, 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zhenzhou Shao, Yong Guan, and&nbsp;<strong>Jindong Tan<\/strong>. Visual reality aided positioning of mobile c-arms for imageguided surgery.&nbsp;<em>Journal of Mechanical Engineering<\/em>, June 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zhenzhou Shao, Jianda Han, Wei Liang,&nbsp;<strong>Jindong Tan<\/strong>, and Yong Guan. Robust and fast initialization for intensity-based 2d\/3d registration.&nbsp;<em>Journal of Mechanical Engineering<\/em>, 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jie Zhang, Yuntao Peng, William NN Hung, Xiaojuan Li,&nbsp;<strong>Jindong Tan<\/strong>, and Zhiping Shi. A case study on formal analysis of an automated guided vehicle system.&nbsp;<em>Journal of Applied Mathematics<\/em>, vol. 2014, Article ID 327465, 10 pages, 2014. doi:10.1155\/2014\/327465<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lufeng Shi and&nbsp;<strong>Jindong Tan<\/strong>. Two-tier target tracking framework in distributed sensor networks.&nbsp;<em>International Journal of Sensor Networks<\/em>, Vol.16, No.1, pp.32 &#8211; 40, 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fanyu Kong and Jing Tan Tan. Dietcam: Automatic dietary assessment with mobile camera phones. Pervasive and Mobile Computing, 8(1):147\u2013163, 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hongxing Wei, Youdong Chen,&nbsp;<strong>Jindong Tan<\/strong>, and Tianmiao Wang. Sambot: A self-assembly modular robot system. IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics, 16(4):745\u2013757,2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Huaming Li and&nbsp;<strong>Jindong Tan<\/strong>. Heartbeat-driven medium-access control for body sensor networks. IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedcine, 14:44\u201351, January 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fanyu Kong and&nbsp;<strong>Jindong Tan<\/strong>. Dietcam: Regular shape food recognition with a camera phone. International Conference on Body Sensor Networks (BSN), , pages 127 \u2013 132, 2011.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hongxing Wei, Jin He, Jindong Tan. Layered hidden Markov models for real-time daily activity monitoring using body sensor networks. Knowledge Information Systems, 29(2):479-494, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Huaming Li, Jindong Tan, and Mingjun Zhang. Dynamics modeling and analysis of a swimming microrobot for controlled drug delivery. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 6(2):220-227, 2009.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Atul Verma, Hemjit Sawant, Jindong Tan. Selection and navigation of mobile sensor nodes using a sensor network, Pervasive and Mobile Computing, 2(1):65-84 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fanyu Kong and Jindong Tan. A 3d object model for wireless camera networks with network constraints. Third ACM\/IEEE International Conference on Distributed Smart Cameras, Aug 2009.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jindong Tan, Ning Xi, and Yuechao Wang. Integration sensing, task planning and control of mobile manipulators. International Journal of Robotics Research, 22(5):337\u2013354, 2003.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Huaming Li and Jindong Tan. Heartbeat driven medium access control for body sensor networks. In Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGMOBILE international workshop on Systems and networking support for healthcare and assisted living environments (HealthNet &#8217;07).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column pull-right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull utkwds-stack-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dbf27b9b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column utkwds-stack has-light-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-146c2e40 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Jindong-Tan-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"Jindong Tan\" class=\"wp-image-145\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--orange);border-bottom-width:5px;aspect-ratio:2\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Jindong-Tan-headshot.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/Jindong-Tan-headshot-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4c0ddf3a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Contact Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>315 Perkins Hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phone<\/strong><br>865-974-5250<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Email<br><\/strong><a href=\"mailto:tan@utk.edu\">tan@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jindong Tan Professor and Associate Department Head Biography 2015-presentProfessor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 2012-2015Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 2008-2011Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931 2002-2008Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":60,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"no-title","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-155","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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