And just like that, six weeks are up. It really seems like yesterday that I was introducing myself to my new teammates and just starting to get to know them. In the blink of an eye, we have come together to make something that we are very proud of. I am proud of the...
Week Five: Deliverables
At the beginning of this week it actually hit me: there are only two weeks left. It is crazy to me how quickly these weeks have flown by. We realized that after all of the work that we had done, it was now time to put everything together into the suggestions that we...
Week Four: Interviews and Feedback
This past week can only be described as a whirlwind. After weeks of breaking down the problem at hand, researching, brainstorming, and more, we were finally ready to talk to stakeholders about our prototypes. While we were excited to present our work and to get...
Week Three: Diving Deeper
At the halfway point in the internship, there are varying versions of a similar thought floating in my head: it’s only been three weeks, it’s already been three weeks, there are still three weeks left, but there are only three weeks left. It seems like...
Week Two: Wrapping up the Prototype Phase
As I write my blog for week two, I realize that I feel very different from how I felt at this same time last week. Last week everything was new. The project was new, the team was new, the virtual internship experience was new, everything was new. This week I feel more...
Introduction
My name is Andrew Abikhaled and I am an intern from Rice. I am a Neuroscience major on the Premed track minoring in Global Health Technologies, Business, and (probably) Biochemistry & Cell Biology. I am very energetic, and I love doing anything outside. I also...