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Johnson, Arthur T.

Johnson, Arthur T.

Professor Emeritus
Fischell Department of Bioengineering
1429 Animal Science/Agricultural Engineering Building

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Cornell University, 1969

BACKGROUND

Arthur T. Johnson attended Cornell University for his undergraduate and graduate degrees. His Ph.D. was awarded in 1969, and he immediately began serving as an officer in the U.S. Army, eventually serving in Viet Nam at the rank of captain. He was awarded the Army Commendation Medal and Bronze Star Medal. He joined the faculty of the University of Maryland in 1975, and was Professor from 1986 until 2009, when he became Professor Emeritus. He was cochairman of the committee to found the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) from 1988 to 1992, and served as the Executive Director of AIMBE in 2004. He has been President of the Alliance for Engineering in Medicine and Biology (1984-1988), Institute for Biological Engineering (1998), and International Society for Respiratory Protection (2004-2006). He was the Secretary of the Biomedical Engineering Society from 2004 to 2009. He has been on the Board of Directors of the American Society for Agricultural and Biological Engineers (1995-1997). He is a Founding Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (1992), Life Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education (1996), Life Fellow of the American Society for Agricultural and Biological Engineers (2002), Fellow of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (2005), Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society (2005), Fellow of the Institute for Biological Engineering (2009), and the Life Fellow of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2010). He is a member of the honor societies Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, and Alpha Epsilon. He has written three books: Biomechanics and Exercise Physiology: Quantitative Modeling, Biological Process Engineering, and Biology for Engineers. His research interests are human performance wearing respiratory protective masks, respiratory mechanics and measurement, and transport processes. He has been most recently active in teaching electronic design, transport processes, and engineering in biology courses, and working to continue development of the Airflow Perturbation Device as a noninvasive measurement of respiratory resistance.

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Fellow, American Society for Agricultural Engineers
  • Fellow, American Industrial Hygiene Association
  • Founding Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
  • Fellow, American Society for Engineering Education
  • Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society
  • Fellow, Institute of Biological Engineering
  • Life Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Excellence in Teaching Materials Award, Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division, American Society for Engineering Education, 1992
  • Woody Everett Award, ASEE, 1986

Bioengineering, instrumentation, transport processes, modeling, exercise physiology, respiratory stress.

Professor Johnson has taught engineering design, transport processes, electronics, instrumentation, and bioengineering to students from the freshman to graduate student levels. His passion for his work in the classroom has earned him the Excellence in Teaching Materials Award in the Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division from the American Society for Engineering Education; and the American Society for Engineering Education's Woody Everett Award.

Courses taught include:

  • BIOE 332 (formerly ENBE 454): Biological Process Engineering
  • BIOE 455: Basic Electronic Design
  • BIOE 484: Engineering in Biology
  • ENBE 601: Instrumentation Principles
  • ENBE 603: Transport Processes in Biological Systems

For related course materials, please visit Professor Johnson's web site

Professor Johnson maintains an extensive, career-spanning catalog of publication lists with abstracts, software, and essays. For a complete list, please visit his web site

 

Johnson to Receive 2020 McCormick Medal

The award is granted by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). 

Fisher Named Biomedical Engineering Society Fellow

Election to 2016 BMES Class of Fellows marks milestone for Fischell Department of Bioengineering.

BioE Capstone 2016: New Projects Focus on Improved Healthcare for Underserved Communities, Pediatric Patients, and More

Affordable RT-PCR for clinical diagnostics, fear mitigation device for pediatric MRIs tie for first place.

Johnson Elevated to IEEE Fellowship

Professor recognized for leadership in bioengineering education.

BioE Senior Named Merrill Presidential Scholar

Awojoodu cites Johnson as a passionate mentor.