by Sarah | Aug 7, 2018 | Sarah
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....
by Hannah | Aug 7, 2018 | Hannah
A New Family Before getting onto the plane from Chapel Hill, NC to Houston TX, I did not know what to expect. The only impression of my 11 soon-to-be classmates I had was through GroupMe discussions about housing or Rice University’s mandatory health checkup. On top...
by Christine | Aug 7, 2018 | Christine
Many people asked me at the beginning of the summer if I was a bioengineer and in response, I would say no. Two months later, I’m at the end of my first experience in a real-world medical technologies company, but I still find myself occasionally Googling phrases like...
by Drew Hendricks | Aug 7, 2018 | Drew
Most groups follow the same pattern in Tuckman’s stages of group development (forming -> storming -> norming -> performing) when learning to work with one another and the GMI Cohort is no different. If anything, the fact that we all lived together for...
by Annie | Aug 7, 2018 | Annie
Wow I can’t believe this is the last blog of summer! While I have loved my time here, I am so excited to get home and see my family and friends for a couple days before hopping in the car for a nice 20-hour drive down to Houston. My last days at my internship have...
by Sylvie | Aug 6, 2018 | Sylvie
Our last week is underway and I have a lot to look forward to! I am excited to see my family and road trip from New York to Houston with my sister. I’m eager to get started on our design and implementation projects and I am looking forward to getting settled in and...
by pl34 | Aug 3, 2018 | Paula
Last week at Boston Scientific was full of practical experiences for me to reflect on. One notable topic was time management in a corporate setting. My two main projects are the supplier investigation and my team’s focus on finishing the test method validation phase...
by Theresa | Aug 1, 2018 | Theresa
My introduction to medical device companies through the internship at Boston Scientific this summer has allowed me to understand and learn more about medical devices. This final week here I am focusing on wrapping up and handing off the supply risk matrix. I was also...
by Carolyne | Aug 1, 2018 | Carolyne
As we near the end of the Costa Rica portion of GMI, it is time to start focusing on our implementation projects! Thus, at the beginning of the week, the MilkyWaves team (Hannah, Christine, Theresa, and me) made a trip to visit Dr. Vargas at Hospital Mexico. We...
by Kevin | Aug 1, 2018 | Kevin
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...
