International Academy for Medical and Biological Engineering

Program Workshop on Biomedical Engineering Education


22 July 2000

8:30 a.m. - Welcome, Introductory Remarks

8:45 a.m. - Keynote Address:John Linehan Whitaker Foundation

9:30 a.m. - The Vanth Center – A National Center for Biomedical Engineering Education: Robert Linsenmeier (USA)

10:00 a.m. - Break

10:30 a.m. - Experiences at Linkoping, Sweden: Åke Öberg (Sweden)

11:00 a.m. - Biomedical Engineering Education in Australia: Klaus Schindhelm (Australia)

11:30 a.m. - A New Master’s Program in Milan, Italy: Antonio Pedotti (Italy)

12:00 p.m. - Lunch

1:30 p.m. - Biomedical Engineering Education in Japan: Fumihiko Kajiya (Japan)

2:00 p.m. - A New BME Program at Imperial College, London: Richard Kitney (UK)

2:30 p.m. - New Educational Initiatives at MIT: Douglas Lauffenburger (USA)

3:00 p.m. - Break

4:30 p.m. - Panel Discussion – BME Education in the Emerging European Countries: To be organized by Åke Öberg

7:00 p.m. - Reception and Dinner

23 July 2000

8:30 a.m. - A New Program at Maastricht, The Netherlands: Frank Gijsen or Fons Sauren (The Netherlands)

9:00 a.m. - Use of Problem-Based Learning in Sweden: Goran Salerud (Sweden)

9:30 a.m. - The New Georgia Tech/Emory Ph.D. Program: Ajit Yoganathan (USA)

10:00 a.m. - International Doctoral School in Biomedical Science andEngineering: Johannes Strujik (Denmark)

10:30 a.m. - Break

11:00 a.m. - Panel Discussions: To be organized by Robert Nerem

12:30 p.m. - Adjournment.