Dr. Johnson has been active in bioengineering professional activities since the early 1970s. He has served in numerous leadership positions and served as cochair of the project to establish the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 1991. This has given him perspective on the field from a unique combination of experiences.
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- A Biological Engineering Curriculum That Works
- A Call To Arms
IBE Newsletter (Spring 200)3
- The Age of the Cowboys
- A Fight Worth Fighting
BMES Bulletin, Vol. 32 No. 4 (2008)
- A Horror Story
IBE Newsletter, Vol. 12 No. 1 (2008)
- A Little Separation, Please
IEEE-EMBS Pulse, Vol. 3 No. 6, p. 72 (November/December 2012) and
NAS Issues in Science and Technology, Vol. 29, No. 1, p. 16 (Fall 2012)
- A Lot to Think About, A Lot to Understand
BMES Bulletin, Vol 30 No. 2
- A Matter of Balance
AIMBE News (June 2006)
- A Noble Activity
- A Rose by Any Other Name is a Different Rose
Appeared in IEEE Pulse Vol. 2 No. 1, p. 50 (2011)
- AIMBE as the Reliable Source
AIMBE News (September 2007)
- Allowing Them to Fail
BMES Bulletin, Vol. 33 No. 2 (2009)
- Are Biomedical Engineers Doing Their Jobs?
BMES Bulletin, Vol. 33 No. 4 (2009)
- ASABE As the Biosystems Engineering Society
ASABE Resource, Vol. 19 No. 5, p. 4 (September/October 2012)
- ASAE Biological Engineering Initiative
ASABE Resource, Vol. 9 No. 11
- Aspire to Greatness
IEEE-EMBS Pulse Vol. 4(4), page 36 (Jul/Aug 2013)
- Attracting Industry
BMES Bulletin, Vol. 32 No. 1 (2008)
- Back Track on Dual Track
ASABE Resource (August 2005)
- Bioengineering in the U.S.: The Rush Is On
- Biology Should Not Be Divided
IBE Newsletter, Vol. 9 No. 1 (2005)
- Biological Engineering Elaboration
ASABE Resource (Jan./Fe.b 2009)
- Biological Engineering: What It Means to Me
ASABE Resource, Vol. 19 No. 4, pp.14-15 (July/August 2012)
- Biology Taught to Engineers
IEEE Pulse, Vol. 1 No. 2 (Sept./Oct. 2010)
- Bookcases Empty of Old Friends
IEEE-EMBS Pulse, Vol. 3 No. 4, p. 66, (July/August 2012)
- Bringing Life to Engineering: Biological Engineering at the Graduate Level
European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 28 No. 1, pp. 37-46 (2003)
- Can the Chasms Be Bridged?
AIMBE News (August 2006)
- The Care and Nurturing of Biological Engineering
IBE Newsletter, Vol. 8 No. 1 (Spring 2004)
- Caution: Medical Technology Can Be Dangerous to Your Health
BMES Bulletin, Vol. 34 No. 1 (2010)
- Choosing Good Graduate Students
IEEE-EMBS Pulse, Vol. 4 No. 3, pp. 42 p. 52 (May/June 2013)
- Choosing to Play with the Big Boys
Biomedical Engineering News (January 2011)
- Dollars is Not an Output
IEEE-EMBS Pulse, Vol. 2 No. 5 (Sept./Oct. 2011)
- Engineering Applied to Biology
ASABE Resource
- Essential Concepts for Biological Engineers
Biological Engineering Transactions, Vol. 3 No. 1, pp. 3-15 (2010)
- Evolution and "Biology for Engineers"
University of Maryland Faculty Voice, Vol. 22 No. 3 (2009)
- Faith in Science
IEEE-EMBS Pulse Vol. 5(1): pp. 68, 80 and in IBE E-Life newsletter Jan/Feb
- The Fallacy of Genetic Selection
IEEE-EMBS Pulse Vol. 5(2), page 66
- Finally Begun
BMES Bulletin, Vol. 31 No. 2
- Fostering Biological Engineering
- Fostering Creativity
BMES Bulletin, Vol. 34 No. 1 (2010)
- Gazing Into the Crystal Ball
AIMBE Newsletter (2008)
- Genetic Discrimination and Racism
IEEE Pulse, Vol. 5, No. 6, pages 46,47 (Nov./Dec.)
- Going Solar
IEEE-EMBS Pulse Vol. 6, No. 1 pp 36, 51 (Jan.-Feb.)
- Hands
IEEE-EMBS Pulse Vol. 5(3), pages 69, 75 (May/June)
- The High Cost of Belonging
IEEE-EMBS Pulse Vol. 3 No. 1, p. 74 (Jan/Feb 2012)
- Is It Name or Content that Counts?
IBE E-Life Newsletter, March 2012
- Is It Really Personalized Medicine?
IEEE-EMBS Pulse, Vol 4, No. 6, page 48 (Nov./Dec. 2013)
- It's All Positive
IEEE-EMBS Pulse, Vol. 4 No. 1, p. 40 (2013)
- Jargon is a Barrier
ASEE Prism Vol. 23(7), page 11 (March/April)
- Letter to the Editor
Chronicle of Higher Education
- The Making of a New Discipline
- Math Aversion
IEEE-EMBS Pulse, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 56-57, (May/June 2012)
- Missionaries on a Quest
IBE Newsletter, Vol. 8 No. 2 (2004)
- Mr. or Mrs. Janitor, et. al.
IEEE EMBS Pulse Vol. 4 No. 2, p. 48 (March/April 2013)
- The Next Big Thing
IBE Newsletter, Vol. 10 No. 2 (Summer 2006)
- The Noblest Profession
ASEE Biomedical Engineering Newsletter (Fall 2012)
- The Obvious Answer
IEEE-EMBS Pulse Vol. 5, No. 4, page 62 (Jul/Aug 2014)
- Of Life and Death, Motherhood, and AIMBE
AIMBE News, August 2007
- Oh Momma, Where's My Comma?
IEEE-EMBS Pulse (Nov./Dec. 2011)
- Old Man River
IEEE-EMBS Pulse Vol. 3 No. 2, p.74 (Mar/Apr. 2012)
- One Little Step for an Engineer
AIMBE News, April 2007
- Otto Schmitt and the Afterlife
Engineering in Medicine and Biology (May/June 2005)
- Our Fundamental Commonality
BMES Bulletin, Vol. 30 No. 4
- Philosophical Foundations of Biological Engineering
Journal of Engineering Education (October 1995)
- PPE and Productivity
AIHA Synergist (November 2005)
- Pride in Our Profession
- Refuge Plots
IBE E-Life Newsletter (May 2012)
- Refuge Plots II
IBE E-Life Newsletter (April/May 2013)
- Refuge Plots III: Calibrated Personalized Medicine
IBE E-Life Newsletter (Dec. 2013/January 2014)
- Respirator Selection: Remember the Worker
AIHA Synergist (January 2009)
- Should Bioengineering Graduates Seek Employment in the Defense Industry?
IEEE-EMBS Pulse, Vol. 5, No.5, pages 54,56 Sep-Oct 2014
- Striving for Balance
AIMBE News (June 2006)
- Threshold for Plagiarism
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 29 No. 2 (2010)
- Troubles in the Biology Classroom
BMES Bulletin, Vol. 31 No. 3
- To All Students Everywhere
BMES Bulletin, Vol. 33 No. 1 (2009)
- To Keep the Well
BMES Bulletin, Vol. 32 No. 3 (2008)
- Tribute to Pat Horner
BMES Bulletin, Vol. 34 No. 1 (2010)
- Troubles in the Biology Classroom
BMES Bulletin, Vol. 31 No. 3 (2007)
- Veterans' Day
IEEE-EMBS Pulse, Vol. 3 No. 5, p. 40 (Sept./Oct. 2012)
- Walking Around Hollywood
BMES Bulletin, Vol. 31 No. 4 (2007)
- The Weak Sister
AIMBE News (January 2007)
- What Does it Take to Be a Good Biological Engineer?
IBE Newsletter, Vol. 12 No. 2 (2008)
- What Is AIMBE All About?
AIMBE News (September 2004)
- What Is Life, Really?
IBE E-Life News (December 2011)
- When Scientists Get Involved in Public Policy
BMES Bulletin, Vol. 33 No. 3 (2009)
- Where Do You Get Your Technical Information?
IBE Newsletter (Fall 2007)
- Who Should Belong To AIMBE
AIMBE Newsletter (January 2005)
- Why Ag Engineers May Make Good Biological Engineers
(Submitted for publication.)
- Why Biomedical Engineers Should Study Biology
IEEE-EMBS Pulse Vol. 4, No. 5, page 50 (Sep/Oct 2013)
- The Winning Team
AIMBE News (June 2008)
