John G. Webster

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John G. Webster was an American electrical engineer and a founding pioneer in the field of biomedical engineering. [1] In 2008, Professor Webster was awarded the University of Wisconsin, College of Engineering, Polygon Engineering Council Outstanding Instructor Award. In 2019, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers awarded him its James H. Mulligan Jr. Educational Medal for his career contributions. Professor Webster died on March 29, 2023.

Contents

Education

Educational Experiments

Industrial Experiments

Professional Society Activities

Books

  1. Jacobson, B., and J. G. Webster, Medicine and clinical engineering, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1977.
  2. Webster, J. G. and A. M. Cook (eds.), Clinical engineering: principles and practices, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1979.
  3. Tompkins, W. J., and J. G. Webster (eds.), Design of microcomputer-based medical instrumentation, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1981.
  4. Cook, A. M., and J. G. Webster (eds.), Therapeutic medical devices: application and design, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1982.
  5. Webster, J. G., A. M. Cook, W. J. Tompkins, and G. C. Vanderheiden (eds.), Electronic devices for rehabilitation, Wiley, New York, 1985.
  6. Tompkins, W. J., and J. G. Webster (eds.), Interfacing sensors to the IBM PC, Prentice all, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1988.
  7. Webster, J. G. (ed.), Tactile sensors for robotics and medicine, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1988.
  8. Webster, J. G., Transducers and sensors, An IEEE/EAB Individual Learning Program, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, 1989.
  9. Webster, J. G. (ed.), Electrical impedance tomography, Adam Hilger, Bristol, England, 1990.
  10. Webster, J. G. (ed.), Teaching design in electrical engineering, Educational Activities Board, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, 1990.
  11. Webster, J. G. (ed.), Prevention of pressure sores: engineering and clinical aspects, Adam Hilger, Bristol, England, 1991.
  12. Webster, J. G. (ed.), Design of cardiac pacemakers, IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ, 1995.
  13. Webster, J. G. (ed.), Design of pulse oximeters, IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK, 1997.
  14. Pallás-Areny, R., and J. G. Webster, Analog signal processing, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1999.
  15. Webster, J. G. (ed.), The measurement, instrumentation and sensors handbook, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1999.
  16. Webster, J. G. (ed.), Encyclopedia of electrical and electronic engineering, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1999.
  17. Webster, J. G. (ed.), Mechanical variables measurement: solid, fluid, and thermal, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2000.
  18. Pallás-Areny, R., and J. G. Webster, Sensors and signal conditioning, Second edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2001.
  19. Webster, J. G. (ed.), Minimally invasive medical technology, IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK, 2001. John G. Webster 17
  20. Webster, J. G. (ed.), Electrical measurement, signal processing, and displays, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2004.
  21. Webster, J. G. (ed.), Bioinstrumentation, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2004.
  22. Webster, J. G. (ed.), Encyclopedia of medical devices and instrumentation, Second edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2006.
  23. Webster, J. G. (ed.), Medical instrumentation: application and design, Fourth edition, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 2009.

Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design is considered the classic textbook in the field.

Honors and awards

Webster was currently professor emeritus in the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He last taught Biomedical Engineering 310: Introduction to Bioinstrumentation during spring 2015.

He first proposed the idea of electrical impedance tomography as a medical imaging technique in a publication in 1978. [3]

In his spare time, Webster worked with undergraduate biomedical engineering design teams at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, including ongoing projects with impedance cardiography and atrial fibrillation.

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References

  1. ↑ Ziemer, Tom. "Remembering Professor Emeritus John Webster". University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering Blog. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  2. ↑ Honors And Awards,.
  3. ↑ Henderson R.P. and Webster J.G. (1978) "An Impedance Camera for Spatially Specific Measurements of the Thorax". IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 25: 250-254.
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