Ciao, Costa Rica

What a summer it has been! Upon leaving Costa Rica, I have had some time to reflect on the experience as a whole, and remember all I have learned. The Costa Rica experience was a good mix of working hard at our internships, and relaxing and having fun on the weekends....

Swinging Through Summer (and Monteverde)

Wow, we only have two weeks left in Costa Rica! The summer has gone by so fast, but I am starting to get homesick and am ready to see my family again before moving down to Houston. Last week, Annie and I got to start doing some testing for our guidewire test method...

Exploring Different Career Paths

Although I already have a good idea of what I want to do after graduation, last week I was able to set up a few informational interviews to hear more about the two areas I’d like to work in. Ideally, I’d like to be a clinical specialist or field clinical engineer and...

Diving Deeper

Last week was exciting because Annie and I got to dive deeper into our test method project for the guidewire. We found the perfect testing material from a company called SynDaver Labs (check it out here; it’s super cool). They make synthetic tissues, body parts,...

First Big Task

This week was another week of working hard and learning a lot at my internship. I finished my first big task, which was to correlate the product specifications, to the test methods, to the design verification evidence for the Renegade and Direxion microcatheter...