It’s the final week here at SEED and (even though its super cliche) it all flew by so quickly! In the beginning of the week, we finished up durability, ease of use, and comfort tests for our device. We identified the mesh seat of our swim support device as the...
This week we settled on our final prototype, shown below: Our goal is to provide a device that allows a user with a lack of muscle control and a tracheal tube to float independently, yet safely in the water. Our design features a U-shaped float tube (originally meant...
We started the week with a BANG! We had a tailgate Sunday, introducing the Malawian interns to typical American independence celebrations. There was plenty of food and laughter had by all, especially when Waheed broke out his newly purchased selfie stick and...
This entire week was devoted to my favorite stage of the engineering design process…PROTOTYPING! We spent almost all morning Tuesday and Thursday at the Rec Center pool (shoutout to Susanna Leonard, head of Rice’s Aquatic Center, for letting us test...
This week, our team was introduced to the newest and most important member of our design team, Mortimer, the inflatable test dummy. Our project’s goal is to design a swim support for a local boy with cerebral palsy and a tracheal tube, a continuation of my...
During the first half of the week, we worked with our teams to research, brainstorm, evaluate, design, and prototype anteater enrichment devices for the Houston Zoo, as part of our five day Engineering Bootcamp. My team was quite proud of our final design, the Fency...
It all started on Tuesday. Students from Malawi, Brazil, and the USA filtered into the classroom early in the morning (okay, it was 10 am, but I’m really not a morning person, so for me that’s early) to exchange greetings and names. We launched into ice...