Guest lecture at the OTH Amberg-Weiden

Goran Madzar

07/06/2015

Last Monday (June 1, 2015), I was privileged to give a guest lecture on my favorite subject, Systems Engineering, at the Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule (OBT) in Weiden. In Professor Clemens Bulitta's Master's program in Medical Engineering, I gave the students practical insights into the field of Systems Engineering. I spoke about:

  • Career of a systems architect
  • Approach to the development of medical devices
  • Roles and people in a development project
  • Why system architects are needed and what they should be able to do
  • Model-based development and tools
  • Creation of a system architecture
  • Joint creation of an architecture based on a product example

The guest lecture consisted of two 90-minute sessions. In the second part, the students worked in three teams to identify the product's interfaces, functions, and components based on a medical technology product. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing how the students mastered the tasks assigned to them, and I'm delighted that the topic of systems engineering is being addressed early on at universities.

It was a great pleasure for me to share my experience in this field with motivated and interested students. I believe that systems engineering will become increasingly important in the future.

Here are some pictures and impressions from the university and the event.

OTH-AW150601Link to the university:

https://www.oth-aw.de/informieren-und-entdecken/aktuelles/neuigkeiten/news/201506232860-masterstudiengang-medizintechnik-systems-engineering/

 

Best regards

Goran Madzar


Written by Goran Madzar

A passionate MEDtech engineer! My team and I provide engineering services to medical technology manufacturers to help them develop and market their products! Feel free to contact me via LinkedIn or email. I look forward to meeting you.


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