Almost Time to Say Goodbye

These past few days at BSC, Carolyne and I have deviated from our normal tasks to help another PD team test multiple batches of guidewires. We started by doing rotation tests, which involve placing the guidewire in a simulated gastrointestinal tract (a thin tube...

Week Six Updates

As I mentioned in a previous blog, I’ve spent significant time at BSC these past two weeks researching the pros and cons of liquid propane gas (LPG) and electric ovens. Last Friday, I presented my findings to Jeff and argued in favor of the latter. In short, electric...

Biomedical Engineering in Latin America

Something that I learned while interning in Nicaragua last year is that “biomedical engineering”, as we call it in the United States, isn’t really an established phrase within Central America.  In the U.S., the term “biomedical engineering” (BME) usually refers to the...

Making Progress

In last week’s blog, I discussed my “revelatory” moment and its effect on my mentality toward the medical guidewire fixture I started designing.  Since then, I’ve made quite a bit of progress and have several updates I’d like to share.  In my attempt to make this...

Fail Fast to Succeed

An idea I’ve been hearing more of lately, especially in the context of biodesign, is that failure is truly a key part of success.  While this might sound obvious or even cliché, I feel like I couldn’t really learn it and ingrain it in my head until I started working...