doctoral_advisor death_place death_date birth_place citizenship awards nationality fields workplaces birth_date residence article_title name alma_mater
boris rajewsky pennsylvania , usa 17 march 2005 aachen , germany germany ieee edison medal -lrb- 1983 -rrb- d'arsonval award german bioengineering biophysics max naval base aeromedical equipment laboratory university of pennsylvania planck institute for biophysics university of frankfurt us 7 august 1915 radnor , pennsylvania herman p. schwan
 herman p. schwan university of frankfurt
herman p. schwan

herman p. schwan -lrb- 7 august 1915 -- 17 march 2005 -rrb- was a biomedical engineer and biophysicist , recognised as the `` founding father of biomedical engineering '' .
he was born in aachen , germany , and died in his home radnor , pennsylvania .
