Niños Week 5 (Project Choice!) & Cartago Trip

Welcome back (to exactly how many people beyond the 3 I know read it, I’m unsure, but happy to have you all the same)! This past week was more in office consultations with Bogantes. A very special thank you to the mom who gave me another pen when mine died, and...

Colin’s end of week 6, onto week 7

Hi everyone! Super exciting stuff to share this week. At work, I spent a lot of the week preparing my final literature that will be due at the end of the summer, just to get a head start on it while waiting for the procurement of the rest of my components necessary...

Hospital de Amor Week 5

This week has been a very productive week. We started off working on one of our side projects with the Unnawave team. Our main task with this particular project was to conduct research on other light spectra that the team could use for the diagnosis of skin cancer and...

Kenya Week 6

Welcome back y’all! I can’t believe I’m over halfway done with my internship at Medevice and my time in Kenya! This past week has been busy. First, my parts finally arrived on Monday, so I was able to set up the circuits I had designed in my...

Brazil Week 5 One Project Down

This week we completed our first project. The project was a research project in collaboration with a startup medical device company named Unnawave. We helped them do research on different imaging spectrums that aim to detect skin cancer in primary care unit or within...

Adventure and Solidworks – Costa Rica Week 4

Hey everyone (for all those who read), this past week was a fun one here in Costa Rica. To start off, a little update on work at Resonetics. I am wrapping up the two initial projects I was tasked with at the start of the internship and got the opportunity to take on...

Scurrying Around Niños, F1, and the Rainforest

I can’t believe it’s already the last day of June! I feel like this experience has been going by so fast. Last week was a change of pace from what we’ve been doing. Dr. Bogantes needed to check on inpatients, so Apple, Alex, and I were running around...

Niños Week 4 & Manuel Antonio Trip

Welcome back and happy halfway mark! This past week at Ninos looked a little bit different as we spent the majority of the time with Dr. Bogantes in the admitted patient wing, doing more clinical assessments and consults with other departments. If you’ve ever...