I can’t believe that it’s already my last week interning with Rice 360°! This week, I’m compiling all of my final documentation so that people can access my work in the future. I also started working on the temperature display code! Previously, the incubator displayed the baby’s temperature at a 1 Hz frequency. I’ve changed that in the Arduino code. I think that it would be more beneficial to have the temperature display more frequently when the baby’s temperature is too cold or hot, and less frequently when it’s in the normal range. Conceptually, I understood how I wanted to make this happen, but it took me some time to understand the existing code and figure out which part of the code I needed to change and how to change it. I’ve gotten the code to work and have tested it to see if this temperature display occurs at the correct frequency by manually timing how often the temperature reading changes based on what range the temperature is in.

This summer, I’ve learned a wide range of valuable skills from electronic prototyping to user interface development and usability testing. This experience has motivated me to consider pursuing the minor in Global Health Technologies and has confirmed my interest in developing medical devices. I’d like to thank the Rice 360° tech team for welcoming me into the team and supporting me throughout the internship. I’d like to thank Kelley Maynard and Mary Kate Hardy for being my mentors, supporting me, and giving me feedback on my work. Finally, I’d like to thank Dr. Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Dr. Maria Oden, Dr. Veronica Leautaud, our sponsors, and the rest of Rice 360° for making this program possible.