TIME TO WRITE AN ORIGINAL EXPERIMENT

The week of April 10 to April 16 marked more accomplishments in my Independent Study and Mentorship journey, especially those with my final product, which is now conducting an experiment to test many variables and measure energy loss of various aortic valves. The main accomplishments in this week was effectively researching some of the quantitative measures that I will be experimenting with Dr. Brinkman and Professor Tae-Youl Choi. I have decided to measure the orifice areas of the valves, pressure of blood flow through the valve, simple mechanical energy through the valves and Bernoulli's Equation, which combines the pressure, gravitational, and kinetic energy through the valves. After discussing with Professor Choi, I will need to take some other factors into consideration as I begin the experimentation process. Along with success, there have also been some setbacks. Since the experimentation aspect of my final product has been so time- consuming, I have decided that for my final product I will write a report on my results and develop that into a publication over the summer. Some of the concerns and questions that I have had this week is that how am I going to write the experiment? What equipment will I need to use? What liquid can I use to mimic blood for testing the valves? Along with the final product, I am also struggling with writing the speech for final presentation night. There is so much information to add, with my mentorship experiences and the progression of the final product. In the future, I would like to effectively write and present my final presentation night speech to my ISM class as well as progress with my final product. Lastly, I would also like to watch some more different unique surgeries to expand my knowledge of cardiothoracic surgery.