by Anna | Jul 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
This week presented me with the challenge of time: too much of it! Both of my projects hit a speed bump, and I found myself with more autonomy than expected. On Monday morning I converted my potential solutions for Project 2 into a Powerpoint presentation I would give...
by Anna | Jul 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
In last week’s blog I did some research on ideas to solve Project 1- adjusting various elements of a process to change the color of wires from brown to silver. This week my coworker Veronica and I got to test one of those ideas, and we’re happy to say the process...
by Anna | Jul 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
This week I began my internship as a Quality and Process Development(QAPD) Engineer at Boston Scientific. I would describe the environment at the QAPD department as friendly, cohesive and extremely welcoming. Everyone in the QAPD department eats lunch together, and...
by Anna | Jul 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
This past week we began our final short course with Costa Rican professionals from various companies. I was looking forward to this course as it contained a broad overview of all divisions of medical devices: Research & Development, Legal, Manufacturing,...
by Anna | Jun 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
This past week was completely devoted to our implementation project! The implementation project was created by last year’s Rice students who identified a need with peritoneal dialysis patients. We were given their background research and Solidworks designs with...