John G. Webster - Honors and Awards

Honors and Awards

• 2010 Emeritus Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society
• 2008 University of Wisconsin, College of Engineering, Polygon Engineering Council Outstanding Instructor Award
• 2005 Fellow, World Innovation Foundation
• 2004 Thomson ISI Highly Cited
• 2001 IEEE EMBS Career Achievement Award
• 2000 University of Wisconsin, College of Engineering, Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award for Excellence in Teaching Engineers
• 2000 University of Wisconsin, College of Engineering, Polygon Engineering Council Outstanding Instructor Award
• 2000 IEEE Third Millenium Medal
• 1999 Fellow, Institute of Physics
• 1999 ASEE/Engineering Libraries Division, Award for Best Reference Work
• 1999 University of Wisconsin, College of Engineering, Polygon Engineering Council Outstanding Instructor Award
• 1999 University of Wisconsin, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Holdridge Award for Excellence in Teaching
• 1996 Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, AAMI Foundation Laufman-Greatbatch Prize
• 1996 University of Wisconsin Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
• 1994 ASEE/Biomedical Engineering Division, Theo C. Pilkington Outstanding Educator Award
• 1993 ASEE Centennial Certificate of Recognition
• 1992 Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
• 1986–90 NIH Surgery and Bioengineering Study Section
• 1986 Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1997 Life Fellow
• 1979 Fellow, Instrument Society of America, 1994 Life FellowJohn G. Webster 3
• 1978 ASEE Western Electric Fund Award
• 1974 ISA Donald P. Eckman Education Award
• 1971–76 NIH Research Career Development Award

Webster is currently professor emeritus in the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He teaches Biomedical Engineering 310: Introduction to Bioinstrumentation.

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

In his spare time, Webster works with undergraduate biomedical engineering design teams at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, including an ongoing project with impedance cardiography.