Krina Patel
Ms. Cherney
English 1101
14 September 2015
Literacy Narrative As a child, I always wanted to become a doctor. “What kind of doctor” was the question I asked myself? I was about to start my senior year of high school, but still asked myself the same question. However, senior year in my Biomedical Engineering class I was told each week I had to research an article that was somehow related to the class. I had to read the research/article thoroughly, write a three to four page research paper and present my findings in front of the class. At first I wasn’t so eager about the assignment, because not only I hate writing but also reading. However by doing these research papers helped me shape my career aspiration and also helped prepare me for college level research papers.
The first article I read that grabbed my attention was “Thoughts Control Robotic Hands”. The article talked about how a group of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have implanted an array of electrodes into the motor cortex of a patient’s brain enabling …show more content…
He told me how much he loves his work, and he also said Biomedical Engineers have invented so many life changing inventions, such as x-ray, ventilator, pacemaker, artificial kidney, hip, leg, hand, etc. In my next research paper I wrote down what my teacher and my brother-in-law thought about their field. I also wrote down perspectives from people who have experienced these technologies, such as my grandfather, and how it changed their lives. By writing this paper I found out that this was the field I wanted to major in. Now I can say that I want to become a Biomedical Engineer so I can give a person who can’t walk, the ability to walk and a person whose heart is weak an ability to live