Week 9: Pivotal Week

Back in the Groove I had a short week this week (due to an extended holiday weekend), and so we (Ryan and I) had to continue working on our projects without skipping a beat. For this week, we specified that it would be most important to work on the raw material...

Week 8: Full Steam Ahead

Reviewing Progress Our team made it a key point to review progress weekly, this ultimately ensures that we stay on target with our specific objectives. On Monday, I had presented the previous week’s work, detailing the research I had done. Although the information was...

Week 7: Starting the Project

Project Initiation After having exposure to the processes of manufacturing, I felt as if I had a good understanding of how to implement certain improvements to product-line processes. With that, my supervisors felt comfortable in giving me definite tasks that could be...

Week 6: The Internship Begins

Preparation for Internship Our first phase in Costa Rica is officially over. I think it is a generally good practice to reflect on previous experiences and see how I can apply them going forward. We as a group have seen and experienced so much in these last 5 weeks,...

Week 5: Implementing and Implants

The Importance of Implementation With the Medical Device Industry gravitating towards innovation, optimization and branching out into emerging markets, it is essential as engineers to understand the implementation of a product. We often get caught up in the R&D...