Education
Öberg received his Master of Surgery in Electrical Engineering in 1964 from Chalmers University of Technology and his Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering in 1971 from Uppsala University.
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Ake Oberg
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Career
In 1963-1972 he worked as a Research Associate at Uppsala University. He is since 1972 Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Linköping University. He is also active at the Linköping University Hospital.
Öberg"s research interests are in circulatory physiology, bio-optics, biomedical instrumentation, sensors and clinical engineering.
He has published over 400 scientific papers and books in these areas. Öberg is the founding chairman of the Clinical Engineering Division of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering.
This same organization has also elected him as an honorary life member. He is a former president of the Swedish Society of Medical Physics and Medical Engineering and a former chairman of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering within the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering.
Achievements
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Vladimir K. Zworykin Award, International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering, 2003. Honorary Life Member, International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering, 2000 Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Engineering, 1994. Honorary Member of the Finnish Society for Medical Physics and Medical Engineering, 1988 Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1987. Fernström Prize, Lund University, 1981 Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, 1980. Erna Ebeling Prize, Swedish Society for Medical Engineering and Medical Physics, 1977.
Membership
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]
Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Engineering, 1994. Honorary Member of the Finnish Society for Medical Physics and Medical Engineering, 1988
Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1987. Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, 1980.
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Nationality
Sweden