Abstract: In this talk I will show that the classical way engineers are taught can in no way be considered LEAN and indeed it is very wasteful of the time and resources of both students and teachers. Major reform, restructuring and reengineering is over-due in the education of engineers both in the basic courses and in the more advanced courses. The talk will briefly introduce the notions of LEAN and Reengineering. The classical structure of an entry level Engineering course is taken apart and analyzed in terms of LEAN. Incremental modifications are shown to be ineffective in fixing the basic underlying problems and it is becomes obvious that the structure of teaching has to change. Some suggestions on how this can be achieved are presented. A range of alternatives is explored including case studies of a large physics class run with online problems and a flipped classroom medical imaging course taught by myself, the CDIO (Conceive, Design, Implement and Operate) philosophy and entirely project/problem based curricula. Better solutions than the classical way of doing things exist. They should and can be implemented. Biography: Dr. Brynjar Karlsson is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and leads the EHG-group at the Reykjavík University, School of Science and Engineering (RU-SSE). Dr. Karlsson obtained his PhD in Physics from the Université de Francois Rabelais in Tours, France in 1996 and his Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches from The Université de Technologie de Compiègne in 2012. Brynjar has been involved in developing engineering tools for application in obstetrics for over 20 year. For the first 10 years his main research interest involved using ultrasound techniques principally for fetal monitoring and for the last 10 years he has concentrated on the interpretation of the EHG in predicting pre-term labor. He has also taught various courses on physics, medical physics and medical imagery to engineering students and students of health professions at both undergraduate and graduate levels Brynjar also has extensive managerial experience in academia as he has in the past served as Dean for the Faculty of Health Sciences in the Technical University of Iceland as well as Director for Graduate studies and Director for Research Development in the RU-SSE.
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