I’m much more partial to the smaller company for employment. I’ve had multiple internships, two with a large company and one with a company of 30 people. I much preferred the company of 30. The pay wasn’t as high but…   Read more»

I think private would be preferable, as it allows the direction of the company to be defined by the company and its higher ups rather than let the public steer the direction of the company. I believe that having the…   Read more»

I think thats a great through, and It’s something I’ve never considered before. I think for the purposes of starting a new company, an MBA may be extremely helpful to lean about things noght taught as an engineer, however, I…   Read more»

Quality control is always a roadblock when it comes to invention and innovation. Instead of just being able to design a new device, you also have to design proven methodoly to test it and perhaps even design the test equipment…   Read more»

I don’t believe there really is a good way to frame an audit, as its now just another deadline you and your team must account for. While yes, teams should constantly keep things up to specification, however that’s not the…   Read more»

Newer technologies throughout history have always disrupted some way of life. It is the nature of society to continuously adapt and overcome new technological advances whether thats by slightly changing the aim of the company or technology or to completely…   Read more»

I believe the current FDA classification makes sense aswell. As pointed out by some, the class is more of a indicator of risk than of what is involved to cause such a risk. Essentially what this comes down to is…   Read more»

That’s a very interesting observation. When I read this prompt what immediately came to my mind was the 99.99% effective GermEx. While 99.99% seems like a large success rate, it still has a 0.01% failure rate. When it comes to…   Read more»

In my experience, the difficulty of an individual to create their own device doesn’t come from the creation of the device itself. I believe it comes from the ability to have the device fulfill FDA requirements to either allow them…   Read more»

I would much rather have a company fund my research, as they are able to secure funds quicker than in an academic setting, and in my experience was able to set their own goals and targets for the research, especially…   Read more»

In addition to the animal model being tested, researchers should also try focusing on subjects with qualities or flaws similar to their target human demographic and whether or not a treatment to that flaw is a good representation of what…   Read more»

I agree that labs need to be highly test oriented. Ive learned that even the slightest change in process could completely change the results of the tested product. One of the key factors I forget time and time again is…   Read more»

Hello Kartikeya, I think it’s a great start to question the heirarchy of importance when it comes to creating new devices. I hope i can provide some insight based on my experience and hope to learn a proper way to…   Read more»