by lxc1 | Jun 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
This week, we went to UCIMED and immersed with other Costa Rican engineering students through a BioDesign Medical Innovation Bootcamp. The UCIMED campus was very pretty; it was located on a hilly terrain and you could see the mountains across the road from UCIMED. As...
by Katy Garn | Jun 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
Another week done and another experience had! Tuesday through Friday this week has been spent at UCIMED (Universidad de Ciencias Medicas) in San Jose participating in the Medical Innovation bootcamp (photo alert!). I was not sure what to expect going into this week...
by jnm6 | May 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
Hello! My name is Jhalak Mehta and this is the beginning of my blog posts about my time in Costa Rica for the GMI program. I am from Chicago and recently graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology with a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering. The...
by Katy Garn | May 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
Day Zero: Arrival in Costa Rica Wow, it’s hard to believe my third full day in Costa Rica is coming to a close on top of the disbelief that I’m actually here! After a quick orientation in Houston Thursday and Friday, our group of eight boarded a short...
by kal15 | May 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
We hit the ground running Thursday, when our group of eight made our way to the GMI space at the Bioscience Research Collaborative in Houston. With a brief orientation, we were off to Costa Rica the following day. Arriving in San Jose we breezed through customs,...
by Haruto Sasajima | May 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
¡Hola a todos! This is my first blog post while abroad in Costa Rica for my Master’s of Bioengineering in Global Medical Innovation (GMI) at Rice. I’ll be using this blog to keep track of my experiences and thoughts while on this exciting trip. I thought...
by vjs2 | May 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
About Me Hello! I’ve never written a blog before, but I’m super excited to have a way to share my experiences with all of you. To start, I’ll give you some background about myself. My name is Vanessa, and I was born and raised in Arkansas. I recently graduated from...
by Asma Farooqui | May 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
It has only been three days since we’ve been in Costa Rica, but it feels like much longer! We arrived on Friday night (May 27th), and it has been non-stop since then. On Friday after arriving from the airport, we had a late dinner with Dr. Wettergreen’s...
by lxc1 | May 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Hola! My name is Laurel Chen, and welcome to my first blog post, where I touch upon our cohort’s arrival in Costa Rica, and the first few days of our trip. As a brief introduction, I recently graduated from Rice University with a major in Bioengineering and a...
by Razi | Aug 7, 2018 | Ahmad
This is it. The home stretch. The final countdown. The last stand. The last week in Costa Rica. It has been an experience unlike any other I’ve had. On the internship side of things, I am pulling out all the stops to wrap up my work and hand it off to the next...
