This week I learned how to read an x-ray. I can identify each organ. I learned the difference between an x-ray, ct, and many different tests. I learned about what chemo is and how to do patient exams. I saw an orthopedic surgery where they...
This week I got a taste for different specialties like general. I saw two hernia repairs one endoscopic and one open. A closed procedure is sometimes preferable but it depends on the severity of the tear. The open hernia repair was much worse it had...
This week was very informative. I learned a lot, like how to read a Coronary angiogram. This is where a catheter is inserted into a major artery and threaded through the vessels to the heart. A dye is inserted and x-ray machines can see the...
Last week of my internship, I gave a presentation to some undergraduate students as well as some doctoral students to show them my research methods and the process before handing the project over to them. The presentation was moved up to Monday when is supposed to...
On the Monday of my last week, I started to build the inflatable-winged airplane. I cut the fuselage nose and tail as well as the v-tail pieces on the laser cutter and then built the body up. I decided to reinforce the fuselage by adding...
Hi everyone! My name is Cynthia Barboza and I’m spending my internship this summer in Howell Michigan at Camp Tall Tree. I’m only going to spend a week here so this will be my first and last post.Camp Tall Tree is an overnight camp for children with autism. I’m an intern and a camp counselor here and will be staying in one of the cabins with a couple other counselors helping out.
This week, I spent my time working on a presentation that I am supposed to give to a group of undergraduates before handing my research over to them. While researching, I have had to think about the reproducibility of my work, patterns, and methodology. I...
On Monday we implemented the motor into the middle piece of the plane. We felt this method of squishing the foam between two plates would be a sturdy way of binding the motor to foam. I designed and laser cut a piece of wood to...
This week was my final week at OSU and I did a lot of work involving RC planes such as building, designing, and flying. On Monday, we starting building the Biplane design that we had decided on last week. We started by building the fuselage, which...
This week was great! It was extremely productive and I got to break out of my usual work routine. To start of the week, I attended a meeting at the Institute of Behavioral Science, then in the middle of the week I attended another meeting...