To finalize such a productive and busy fourth week of stakeholder interviews, workshops, and team meetings, I wanted to do something I knew I’d be experiencing if I were to be in Malawi right now as was planned pre-COVID-19 – eating Malawian cuisine. Yesterday, July...
Week 4: Speaking with Stakeholders
This past week has been the most productive yet, full of presentations, interviews, and conversations that has greatly progressed both our understanding of the project and our potential suggestions to the design studios for my team’s two prototypes. Our group...
Week 3: Back to the Basics
Week three is complete and it’s crazy that we are halfway through the internship! Our time in the program has gone by so fast, and I along with my team have begun to learn the importance of looking back on our work and discussions to facilitate greater understanding...
Week 2: Breaking Down the Problem
Two weeks have passed and we have now completed the first phase of the internship, prototype evaluation! Through our work this week, my team and I have started to make progress on our technology projects and deepen our understanding of engineering design. Our first...
Week 1: Zoom-ing Into Design!
It’s hard to believe that we’re already one week into this internship! Before we started, I was curious about how having a virtual internship would go and nervous about not knowing what exactly to expect. Could I still get to know my teammates through a computer...