Assignment 1: Video Summary

Assignment 1, Part 2: Reason for Taking the Class

As a bioengineer, I am exposed to many different areas of engineering. Bioengineering is very diverse field, and it can include a little bit about mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, materials science, etc.  I am passionate about innovation in the medical devices and healthcare fields. Last semester, I worked with a team to prototype a design for noninvasively measuring venous oxygen saturation, which is the percentage of oxygen in the blood after your body has used up as much oxygen as it can (so basically, right before it goes back into the heart/ lungs). Currently, the gold standard for doing this is using a catheter and sampling the venous blood. However, catheterization is invasive and takes about 30 minutes to an hour to insert. Also, once the blood is sampled, it needs to be taken into the laboratory for analysis, which adds to the time required to provide results. Thus, my team researched possible alternatives to find this value noninvasively. We also built a prototype to test out our ideas. As an engineer, I will be working with a team to invent medical devices. Thus, I felt that taking a patenting class in college was a good way to start learning about the process of protecting one's intellectual property. I am excited to learn more in the class! Looking forward :) 

Assignment 1, Part 1: About Myself!

Hi! My name is Manali and I am a fourth year undergraduate student studying Bioengineering at UC Berkeley. I'm graduating in May, and I'm pretty excited about that. :) This is my second time doing a blog, but I have never done a blog that incorporated videos-- so I am pretty excited about this!

First, a little bit about me:  Some of my hobbies include painting, beading, and pottery. I paint large windows at the Foothill Dining Commons. I also really like to swim (although, I haven't swam in a while). I have always really wanted one of those endless pools, which cost a couple thousand dollars. So, I got to save up for that! In terms of food, I don't really have a favorite food, and I 'm a pretty picky eater.  I love drinking cold milk. Pretty random, I guess. Let's see…what else. I love candles! And ribbons too. And silk or pashmina scarves. And shopping-- that is definitely my favorite past time. I also love foggy and misty weather. It makes me feel so cheerful for some reason. It is as if the entire world feels so clean and calm. Yup, so that is pretty much all anyone needs to know about me…jk there is so much more. Talk to me! I love talking about the most random things and meeting new people.