Biomedical Engineering Desk Reference

A one-stop Desk Reference, for Biomedical Engineers involved in the ever expanding and very fast moving area; this is a book that will not gather dust on the shelf. It brings together the essential professional reference content from leading international contributors in the biomedical engineering field. Material covers a broad range of topics including: Biomechanics and Biomaterials; Tissue Engineering; and Biosignal Processing

Practicing Clinical Engineers, Biomedical Engineers, Mechanical engineers; electrical engineers who work within biomedical engineering; Researchers and developers in Biomedical Engineering;

Buddy D. Ratner, Michael L. and Myrna Darland Endowed Chair in Bioengineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington, received his Ph.D. (1972) in polymer chemistry from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. From 1985-1996 he directed the NIH-funded National ESCA and Surface Analysis Center for Biomedical Problems (NESAC/BIO), and in 1996 he assumed the directorship of University of Washington Engineered Biomaterials (UWEB), an NSF Engineering Research Center. He is the editor of the Journal of Undergraduate Research in Bioengineering, a past president of the Society for Biomaterials and author of 400 scholarly works. Ratner is a fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), the American Vacuum Society and a Fellow, Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE). He served as president of AIMBE, 2002-2003. He is vice president of the Tissue Engineering Society International (TESI) 2003-2005. In 2002 Ratner was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering, USA, and in 2004 he won the Founder’s Award for the Society For Biomaterials. His research interests include biomaterials, tissue engineering, polymers, biocompatibility, surface analysis of organic materials, self-assembly, nanobiotechnology and RF-plasma thin film deposition.

Summary of Buddy Ratner’s awards and honors:

1989 Clemson Award for Contributions to the Biomaterials Literature
1990 Burlington Resources Foundation Faculty Achievement Award for Outstanding Research
1991 Perkin-Elmer Physical Electronics Award for Excellence in Surface Science
1991–1992 President, Society For Biomaterials
1993 Founding Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
1993 Fellow, American Vacuum Society; Vice President, AIMBE
1993 Fellow, Society For Biomaterials; Van Ness Lecturer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1998 C.M.A. Stine Award in Materials Science (AIChE); American Vacuu

* A hard-working desk reference providing all the essential material needed by biomedical and clinical engineers on a day-to-day basis * Fundamentals, key techniques, engineering best practice and rules-of-thumb together in one quick-reference sourcebook* Definitive content by the leading authors in the field, including Buddy Ratner, Joseph Dyro, Sverre Grimnes, Richard Kyle and Bernhard Preim