Hear from our SEED Interns
Week 2: A Taste of Home, A World Away
It’s hard to believe that two weeks have already passed in the SEED internship program here at Rice University. While the first week was about settling in and getting introduced...
Week 6: Final Fabrication, Testing, and Sharing Our Work
As the summer came to a close, our team reached an exciting milestone presenting our projects at the Summer Showcase. It was a week full of final testing, fabrication, poster...
Week 5: High Fidelity Prototyping and Refined Testing
This week marked a transition from proof-of-concept to high-fidelity design as we advanced both the Kangaroo Cable Management and Giant Cheetos Machine projects. With deeper...
Week 5 at SEED: Molding, CAD, Art and Riding Around Houston.
Molding for iKMC(Immediate Kangaroo Mother Care) – Hands-On Fabrication! I finally got to apply molding skills I learned a while back—this time for our Kangaroo Mother Care...
Week 5 Recap: Building, Testing, and Recharging
Hey there, and welcome back to my blog! If you’re new here or need a quick refresher, you can catch up on my earlier updates. This summer, I’m diving into two really exciting...
Week 4: From Design to Function
As we move further into our projects, this phase has been all about turning design concepts into physical prototypes, testing their performance, and making critical engineering...
Week 3: Parallel Prototypes: Puffing Snacks and Supporting Newborns
Over the past two weeks, our team has been actively engaged in two parallel projects: refining the Cheetos puffing machine and advancing the iKMC Cable Management system for...
Week 2: Why and How in Engineering Design
Cable Management for iKMC : Designing for Simplicity, Comfort, and Clinical Efficiency Our first project focuses on developing a cable management system to support integrated...