Faculty & Staff

Byeol (Star) Kim

Education
Research
Awards
Publications

Assistant Professor

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Education

  • Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, 2022, Johns Hopkins University
  • M.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2020, University of Maryland, College Park
  • B.S. Bioengineering (Minor in International Engineering), 2015, University of Maryland, College Park

Research Areas

Extended Reality (VR/AR), Human-Centered Medical Systems, Machine Learning, and 3D Printing

Awards & Honors

  • Johns Hopkins University 2024 Career Impact Award, Nov 2024
  • Johns Hopkins University #100 Alumni Voices, Dec 2022
  • University of Maryland Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition Winner, Apr 2020
  • A. James Clark School 3MT Competition Winner, Mar 2020
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering 3MT Competition Winner, Mar 2020
  • Best Presenter Award at the Korean Graduate Student Symposium, Nov 2018
  • Best Use of Capital One’s API Hack at Technica (Hackathon), Nov 2016
  • Best Watch Dogs® Device Privacy Hack at Technica (Hackathon), Nov 2016
  • Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Fellowship, Aug 2016
  • University of Maryland PhD Dean’s Fellowship, May 2015
  • Best Booz Allen Hamilton Hack at Bitcamp (Hackathon), Apr 2015
  • Best Environmental Protection Agency Hack at Bitcamp (Hackathon), Apr 2015
  • Seymour and Faye Wolf Scholarship in Bioengineering, Oct 2014
  • Best Twilio’s API Hack at Bitcamp (Hackathon), Apr 2014

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

[J13] Hu, A., Lee, M., and Kim, B., Real-Time AI-Powered Virtual Patient Personality Simulations for Enhanced Clinical Training in Health Professions Education, Journal of Medical Internet Research (Manuscript in Preparation)

[J12] Kim, B., Kim, M., Kwon, H., Park, J., Shin, J., & Shim, J., Effect of Botulinum Toxin A on Stroke Patient’s Hand Functionality and Maximum Distal Flexion Force Production (Manuscript in Preparation)

[J11] Kim, B., Kim, M., Kwon, H., Park, J., Shin, J., & Shim, J., Strength and Functionality Comparisons Between the Stroke Patient’s Less-Affected Hand and Healthy Subject Hand (Manuscript in Preparation)

[J10] Snyder, S. J., Bell, E. M., Oh, S., Ehsani, H., Kambhamettu, A., Kim, B., Bera, A., Miller, R. H., & Shim, J. K. (2025). Walking While Acting Sad and Happy Emotions Influences Risk Factors of Knee Osteoarthritis. Journal of applied biomechanics, 1–8.

[J9] Kim, M., Nam, S., Kim, B., Park, I., Park, J., & Shim, J., (2023) Anthropometric, Physical Activity, and Psychological Characteristics of Korean Adults With and Without Developmental Coordination Disorder. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.

[J8] Sinha, P., Contento, J., Kim, B., Wang, K., Wu. Q., Cleveland, V., Mass, P., Loke, Y.H., Krieger, A., & Olivieri, L. (2023). The convergent cavopulmonary connection: A novel and efficient configuration of Fontan to accommodate mechanical support. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Open. 

[J7] Kim, B., Nguyen, P., Loke, Y. H., Cleveland, V., Liu, X., Mass, P., Hibino, N., Olivieri, L., & Krieger, A. (2022). Virtual Reality Cardiac Surgical Planning Software (CorFix) for Designing Patient-Specific Vascular Grafts: Development and Pilot Usability Study.  Journal of Medical Internet Research Cardio, 6(1), e35488.

[J6] Liu, X., Aslan, S., Kim, B., Warburton, L., Jackson, D., Muhuri, A., Subramanian, A., Mass, P., Cleveland, V., Loke, Y. H., Hibino, N., Olivieri, L., & Krieger, A. (2022). Computational Fontan Analysis: Preserving Accuracy While Expediting Workflow. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, 13(3), 293–301.

[J5] Liu, X., Hibino, N., Loke, Y. H., Kim, B., Mass, P., Fuge, M., Olivieri, L., & Krieger, A. (2022). Surgical Planning and Optimization of Patient-Specific Fontan Grafts with Uncertain Post-Operative Boundary Conditions and Anastomosis Displacement. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 69, no. 11, pp. 3472-3483.

[J4] Liu, X., Kim, B., Loke, Y. H., Mass, P., Olivieri, L., Hibino, N., Fuge, M., & Krieger, A. (2022). Semi-Automatic Planning and Three-Dimensional Electrospinning of Patient-Specific Grafts for Fontan Surgery. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 69(1), 186–198.

[J3] Kim, B., Loke, Y. H., Mass, P., Irwin, M. R., Capeland, C., Olivieri, L., & Krieger, A. (2020). A Novel Virtual Reality Medical Image Display System for Group Discussions of Congenital Heart Disease: Development and Usability Testing. Journal of Medical Internet Research Cardio, 4(1), e20633.

[J2] Yeung, E., Inoue, T., Matsushita, H., Opfermann, J., Mass, P., Aslan, S., Johnson, J., Nelson, K., Kim, B., Olivieri, L., Krieger, A., & Hibino, N. (2020). In vivo implantation of 3-dimensional printed customized branched tissue engineered vascular graft in a porcine model. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 159(5), 1971–1981.e1.

[J1] Loke, Y. H., Kim, B., Mass, P., Opfermann, J. D., Hibino, N., Krieger, A., & Olivieri, L. (2020). Role of surgeon intuition and computer-aided design in Fontan optimization: A computational fluid dynamics simulation study. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 160(1), 203–212.e2.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Full Papers

[C5] Wu, Q., Cleveland, V., Aslan, S., Liu, X., Contento, J., Mass, P., Kim, B., Pollard, C., Sinha, P., Loke, Y., Olivieri, L. & Krieger, A. (2023) Hemodynamics of Convergent Cavopulmonary Connection with Ventricular Assist Device for Fontan Surgery: A Computational and Experimental Study. Proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies.

[C4] Kim, B., Nguyen, P. D., Nar, P., Liu, X., Loke, Y.-H., Mass, P., Hibino, N., Olivieri, L., & Krieger, A. (2020). CorFix: Virtual Reality Cardiac Surgical Planning System for Designing Patient Specific Vascular Grafts. 26th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology.

[C3] Kim, B., Loke, Y.-H., Stevenson, F., Siallagan, D., Mass, P., Opfermann, J. D., Hibino, N., Olivieri, L., & Krieger, A. (2019). Virtual Cardiac Surgical Planning Through Hemodynamics Simulation and Design Optimization of Fontan Grafts. Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention.

[C2] Kim, B., Schwartz, W., Catacora, D., & Vaughn-Cooke, M. (2016). Virtual Reality Behavioral Therapy. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 60(1), 356–360.

[C1] Kohani, M., Berman, J., Catacora, D., Kim, B., & Vaughn-Cooke, M. (2014). Evaluating Operator Performance for Patient Telemetry Monitoring Stations Using Virtual Reality. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 58(1), 2388–2392.

Refereed Symposium and Abstract

[S3] Olivieri L, Kim B, Wang K, Liu X, Aslan S, Cleveland V, Mouzakis N, Mass P, Loke YH, Krieger A, Sinha P. (2022) Convergent cavopulmonary connection (CCPC): A novel, efficient design to accommodate mechanical TCPC support. Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) Scientific Sessions.

[S2] Olivieri L, Kim B, Liu X, Aslan S, Cleveland V, Mouzakis N, Mass P, Loke YH, Krieger A, Sinha P. (2022) Patient-specific, convergent total cavopulmonary connection (CCPC): A novel, efficient inverted ‘Y’ design to accommodate mechanical TCPC support. American Association for Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting.

[S1] Loke, Y., Kim, B., Mass, P., Opfermann, J. D., Krieger, A., Hibino, N., & Olivieri, L. (2019). Abstract 9911: Hemodynamic Contributions of Computer Aided Designs and Surgeon’s Unconstrained Modelling to the Fontan Operation: A Computational Fluid Dynamic Simulation Study. Circulation.