This week, the time had come. My block lecture "Systems Engineering in Medical Technology" at the Georg Simon Ohm University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg took place. It was an exciting experience for me and a lot of fun. Participants included students from the fields of mechatronics, electrical engineering, and medical technology.
In a three-day block lecture, I introduced the students to systems engineering and tried to spark their interest in the development of embedded systems. I hope I succeeded in doing this for some of them. At least all the students did well in the subsequent written exam :-)
I think it's important that students get exposed to the topics they'll need later in their careers early on. It certainly doesn't hurt to have already heard something about requirements engineering, model-based development, development processes, verification and validation, and many other fascinating topics. It was important to me not to simply present the topics in a dry way, but to work with the students using concrete examples. Whether it's defining requirements for an ECG monitoring system or designing system architectures.
I definitely enjoyed this excursion as a lecturer, and I already have ideas about how I can make the lecture a little better next semester.
I can only encourage anyone who can imagine offering a teaching position to do so. Teaching positions are an important support for universities. Teaching positions bring you into contact with the engineers of tomorrow. If you would like to discuss this topic with me, please just contact me. I would be delighted.
Best regards
Goran Madzar