Sanraj's and Xuan Wei's experience (week 2: Drug Coating)
Well today's the last day we were going to step into a lab in NTU during this work-attachment. We were beginning to grow a closer bond to our mentor and did not want to leave when the clock struck 5pm. Anyways, the first half of the day, we worked with the Hydrogel that was used yesterday.
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| A sample of the hydrogel inside a valve. |
The hydrogel has a cylindrical shape and is transparent. We were going to set up the hydrogel with the rheometer to find out the stiffness of the hydrogel after finding out the expansion of the hydrogel yesterday.
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| The rheometer |
This is the rheometer where the hydrogel will be placed to find out its stiffness.
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| The rheometer in action with the hydrogel |
As you can see, the hydrogel is squeezed in this picture on the left using the rheometer. This process is done several times before we can determine the stiffness of the hydrogel by plotting a graph of pressure against frequency on a computer.
Well, the rest of the day we were planning on what were going to present for the following's day presentation. It seemed as if it was like a subject named "Project Work" back at JC where we had to scratch our skulls to come up with the best idea. It is pretty nerve-wrecking but I hope we can pull it off tomorrow. Well, this experience is like no other and we will cherish it till our deathbeds. Thank you Nanyang Technological University for this amazing opportunity. And thank you mentors!
Thank you Mr Wei Shan from Sanraj! You gave me a lot of good advice for my career.
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