The Hemholz Institute in Aachen was awesome! It's a school for applied engineering in medicine. What makes it so cool, is that the medical engineering companies are located right next to the campus. Students are constantly interacting with companies and applying what their learning in their courses. We got to take a look at some of the equipment built to test heart valves and related devices. We even had a chance to see a total artificial heart! Although, one of my favorite things there was their 3D printer. They have the technology to print almost anything with almost any material. For example, an aortic arch made of chocolate. That's right ladies and gents, deliciously sweet and tasty chocolate arteries. It was nice to FINALLY see some engineering related stuff on this trip. I realize this is a biosciences trip, not a bioengineering trip, and that there are students pursuing med school, or vet school, or dental school. But there seemed to be a heavy emphasis on recruiting bioengineers for this program. Seeing how devices are built and tested was a good experience, and hopefully next years' engineering students will be able to see more of that.
The Aachen Cathedral was nice as well. It's home to the shrine of Charlemange and the tallest gothic windows in the world. That's all I really have to say about that.
So I went online to see some of the professional photos taken from the Bonn Marathon and would like to share some. Needless to say, I was having an intense moment towards the finish line. Kudos to the photographer for catching this.
until next time...
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