W8 – Cathartic Experience at Volcan Poas

W8 – Cathartic Experience at Volcan Poas

Welcome back to another week in Ravi’s life in Costa Rica. This week took a better turn from the last as me, Sid, and Santi conquered the infamous Poas volcano. First, this week has been my most exciting and hands-on experience at Confluent as I got to characterize...
Week 7: Haemodynamics and Progress

Week 7: Haemodynamics and Progress

July is already mid way through and it feels like my time in Costa Rica is running out. This week Sarah and I got to print the first iteration of our Transcranial Doppler Transducer Holder for the TCD helmet, though we already found issues with dimensions and...
Blog post 8: Heart surgery and hiking

Blog post 8: Heart surgery and hiking

Hi everyone, I have an eventful week to tell you about! Let’s start with the huge group of clowns that Emily and I saw downtown! On Sunday, Emily and I walked to the municipal crafts market for some souvenir shopping. Along the way, we saw a group of people...
Hiking to the Hand

Hiking to the Hand

This week was an extremely busy week. Between getting thrown into multiple projects at work and trying to plan a weekend trip with the group, the week flew by. Exhausting to say the least, so what better way to end it than a Sunday morning 9km hike? The girls and...
A Change in Scenery, but not in Work Ethic!

A Change in Scenery, but not in Work Ethic!

Unfortunately, a family wedding that I needed to attend followed by a Summit for a nonprofit for which I work required me to be away from San José for most of this week. However, my hard work in the previous week in person set me up well to tackle device market and...
Big Grind Week

Big Grind Week

I forgot to submit my week 6 blog earlier, but I wanted to capture the unique work done during this week from July 2nd through 7th! Although I didn’t go anywhere outside of San José, but I was able to make progress on various projects as well as get further on...