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Travel Incubator📈📈📈[Andy]
Technical Updates We really hit the ground running in the first weeks of our internship! We started with orientations and refreshers on some foundational prototyping skills: 3D...
Incubators & Islands
Hello and welcome back to my blog! These last 2 weeks have been nothing short of spectacular, both with the internship and exploring Tanzania. The first few days of week 1, we...
First Week in Tanzania: Getting Settled, Learning a Lot, and Loving the Food
My first week in Tanzania has been a mix of adjusting, learning, and enjoying little everyday moments. I’m starting to get used to how things work here, especially when it comes...
First Days in Dar!
My name is Melissa Mar, and I recently graduated from Rice, where I majored in Statistics and minored in Data Science. Most of my academic and professional experience has been...
About Me – Shreya
Hi everyone! My name is Shreya, and I am a rising junior from Baker majoring in Bioengineering with a minor in Neuroscience. Growing up in India, I’ve seen firsthand the...
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Greetings from Dar es Salaam! [Andy]
Yesterday, my plane landed in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania! I’m Andy Corliss, a rising senior at Hanszen college studying bioengineering with a minor in global health technologies....
Overcoming Adversity Before the Final Week!
Karibuni Tena! Welcome back everyone! Although Week 7 had its challenges, it was filled with even more unforgettable memories and more progress on all of our projects as we head...
Scientific Conferences and Street Markets!
Hello everyone, and welcome back to my blog! Our fourth week was amazing, and marked a shift from the brainstorming/designing phase of our projects to the prototyping phase! The...