Hi everyone! My name is Art and I am a junior from Duncan College majoring in Bioengineering with a minor in Engineering Design. I grew up in Atlanta, GA, and am really excited to learn all the different prototyping techniques from this class! At Rice, I am part of a few clubs on campus. I am a member of the Rice Biomedical Engineering Society, Rice Medical Design Club, and the Rice All-Starts Club. I am also one of the Spirit Committee Heads at Duncan, which means I help plan and organize all of our FITQs and any other small events that are not the yearly public. So far, what I am most proud of is my ENGI 200 project from last semester where my team and I built a noninvasive, compressive belt for neonates with respiratory issues undergoing CPAP treatment. I really enjoyed that project not only because it was a unique problem, but more importantly because the project had the ability to save lives and really create a tangible impact on other people’s lives. For me, that was the most rewarding part of the entire experience; being able to speak with respiratory professionals and learn how the work we are doing could actively save lives.  Thus, something that I want to make in the future is a medical device that has the same ability to create lasting, tangible impacts on a consumer’s lives. Although I am not sure which area specifically this could look like, I know that this is something I am passionate about. I hope to sharpen my 3D modeling skills and apply some of that knowledge to the prototyping principles we will learn in this class. In ENGI 210 as a whole, the biggest fabrication technique that I want to learn is how to use the CNC machine as I have seen other engineering groups use it before, and to me, it seems really interesting and something that could be really useful.