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 2003
- AIMBE as the Reliable Source
AIMBE News, September 2007
- 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
- Attracting Industry
- Bioengineering in the U.S.: The Rush Is On
- Biology Should Not Be Divided
IBE Newsletter, Vol. 9 No. 1 (Spring 2005)
- Bringing Life to Engineering: Biological Engineering at the Graduate Level
European Journal of Engineering Education, 2003, Vol. 28, No. 1, 37-46
- Can the Chasms Be Bridged?
AIMBE News, August 2006
- The Care and Nurturing of Biological Engineering
IBE Newsletter, Vol. 8 No. 1 (Spring 2004)
- Finally Begun
BMES Bulletin, Vol 31 No. 2
- Fostering Biological Engineering
- The Making of a New Discipline
- The Next Big Thing
IBE Newsletter, Vol. 10 No. 2 (Summer 2006)
- Of Life and Death, Motherhood, and AIMBE
AIMBE News, August 2007
- One Little Step for an Engineer
AIMBE News, April 2007
- Our Fundamental Commonality
BMES Bulletin, Vol. 30 No. 4
- Philosophical Foundations of Biological Engineering
Journal of Engineering Education, October 1995, 311-320
- Striving for Balance
AIMBE News, June 2006
- Troubles in the Biology Classroom
BMES Bulletin, Vol. 31 No. 3
- Walking Around Hollywood
BMES Bulletin, Vol 31 No. 4
- Where Do You Get Your Technical Information?
IBE newsletter, Fall 2007
- The Weak Sister
AIMBE News, January 2007
- Who Should Belong To AIMBE
AIMBE Newsletter, January 2005