John G. Webster

John G. Webster is an American electrical engineer and a founding pioneer in the field of biomedical engineering. In 2008, Professor Webster was awarded the University of Wisconsin, College of Engineering, Polygon Engineering Council Outstanding Instructor Award.
Books.
"Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design" is considered the classic textbook in the field.
Honors and awards.
Webster is 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.
In his spare time, Webster works with undergraduate biomedical engineering design teams at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, including ongoing projects with impedance cardiography and atrial fibrillation.