To build off what you said, the venture supervisor can be a surprising huge motivator. To know that someone believes in what you can do so much to put forth a lump sum to create a product greatly vali...

In Dr. Simon's Lecture from last week, he points out the disconnect in how the industry rewards motivation as compared to our own perspective. As employees, we hope for 'teamwork', 'achieving challeng...

So, this is essentially a follow-up to my previous post of 'Why do people work?'. On one of the lectures Dr. Simon posted, there was a survey that said "'limited recognition and praise' was cited as t...

What motivates me is the fact that one day I know the work I put it in will have a meaningful impact on someone else. I may never meet that person, know that person, or perhaps even like that person, ...

For the lecture this week, I was fascinated by the results of the study Dr. Simon referenced. The study asked employees why they stayed and worked at the company they are employed at. What motivates t...

When a project reaches clinical trials, I can imagine the morale of the project team being very high as they have created a working device that was proven to work and sent off for "testing". Sometimes...

For my project, the smart-cast, integration was the toughest challenge to overcome! Simply put, our project had several components from both a hardware and software perspective. It's very easy to get ...

In order to see if a vendor will meet our requirements, we actually did significant research on the vendor itself and looked to see if they actually made products to ISO standards, ASTM standards, so ...

During the initial design phase of our capstone project, we laid out what we wanted to accomplish in the limited amount of time we had. Our scope at the beginning was actually too large so we cut it d...

A combination device is a device with multiple components that serve different purposes. Typically for a combination device, it is reviewed by the department in the FDA based on its primary mode of ac...

During a design review meeting, the project team meets to approve documents and decide on whether to move on to the next stage. Documents are reviewed beforehand, and any changes are brought up during...

I'm about to finish up a senior project and about to demo it very soon. One of the assignments I needed to complete was to classify the device based on what the FDA would think of my device. At first ...

During the monitoring & controlling phase, you can perform variance analysis to determine the worth of your project at certain points of the schedule. Schedule variance is the difference between e...

The FDA is a regulatory institution and therefore can do some serious damage to your company/employees if the audit uncovers irregularities that weren't accounted for. I don't have any examples person...

For our capstone project, we have to write code for sensor components in the design. It was my responsibility as well as another team member to take care of the code. At first, we would constantly tal...