Week 1: Who are you? What are you doing here?

Hi all! My name is Srushti Vora, and this is me-

Pre-training for F1 tracks in Dubai, UAE.

I am junior studying Operations Research and Bioengineering. I am an international student from Ahmedabad, India, which is a city in Gujarat (the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi). I am an adrenaline junkie and an avid traveller.

I am extremely passionate about creating medical technology that improves healthcare accessibility, especially in rural areas. One of the projects that I am very proud of is ExpressECG, a telemedicine venture that uses portable ECG-machines to wirelessly transmit ECG-data to a smart-device that is accessible to a doctor immediately. If you are interested, visit www.expressecg.in and/or talk to me!

My passion for technology is not limited to healthcare; technology is so dynamic that a process developed in a particular field can be seamlessly applied to another to create something new and useful. I love reading about new inventions as well as participating in the process of creating one, but I have very little knowledge about the step after its creation. I want to specifically understand the US patent system to decide if I should apply for one in my particular case. I am very interested in learning about patents so that the day I create something patent worthy, I won't feel so lost.