Candid Student Reports

The following (emails) were written by members of the Medicine and Biosciences during the second day of the program. Some elements may have been removed for various reasons, but the text that remains is in the student's own words.

Today we did more work on the program called stella. 
Beacause of this program I think that It would be 
sort of cool to be in a career with computer science. 
Also for lunch some of us went to 9th Street.


 Alex
 

Today's activities improved my understanding of 
modeling a lot.Using stella to solve the algorithms 
for the models made big equations a lot less 
intimidating.
We modeled a dog heart, which was a lot more 
complicated than it looked, but turned out really 
neat.


 Aimee
 

 Hi!  Today I had great fun in the Medicine and 
Biosciences Workshop.  We used the Stella program to 
do more modeling in subjects such as Pharmacokinetics 
and Physiology.  I enjoyed the Phsiology model we did 
of a dog's heart.  I understood that in order to make 
the model you must use the algorithms. Duh!  I think 
I would like to do my project on a Physiology model. 
That would be great fun!  I love Stella!  I want a 
Stella t-shirt!  I am amazed at how many different 
ways we can make math models to model our world!  I'm 
learning sooooooooooooooooo much at the Medicine and 
Biosciences Workshop!


 Paula
 

 I would like for you to know that all that I have 
learned so far is very beneficial. I would like to 
receive copies of the STELLA and MACSPARTAN programs 
to use in college. These are wonderful learning tools. 
They breakdown the complicated math, such as Calculus, 
to easy to understand terms. Thank you very much for 
this once in a lifetime opportunity.


 Kismit
 

Today we worked more with STELLA. We did a pharmaco 
kinetic model. We also did a cardiovascular physiology 
model. Since both of these models were done 
independently, i know how to use STELLA much better.
We've also learned about different aspects of medicine. 
Through this program, I feel even more inspired to go 
further in medicine. I've learned more about what 
actually goes into different processes, such as 
prescribing medication. The field of medicine is very 
complicated. There is so much to learn and explore. 
STELLA is a great way of exploring one aspect of 
medicine. 


 Ashmi
 

Since I had 12 hours of sleep last night, I found it 
easier to concentrate.  I better understood how to 
construct models on STELLA. but I have trouble with 
figuring out what parts of the algorithm are on the 
models.  Nonetheless, the class is fun, and I am most 
definitely learning. 


 Margaux
 

Today we investigated serveral models using STELLA.  
We were exposed to some new and intersting features 
that STELLA contained.  I enjoyed the part when we 
took the equations and transferred them to STELLA 
format.  We modeled drugs, hearts, and proper dosage 
of medicines.  We learned how to quickly change 
variables in a STELLA model to change things such as 
weight, dosage, and drug type.  I loved using STELLA, 
what else could be more fun?


 Monte
 

Hello,
Today was very interesting.  During the Physology part 
we made a model of a dogs heart.  During the pharmaco 
kinetis part of the morning we made a model of drug and 
metabolite absorbtion and disposition.  My favorite 
part was doing the madel of the dog heart.  I would 
like to contenue this program once I return back to 
ohio and I would also like to keep using STELLA.  Is 
there anyway I could receive a copy of the STELLA 
program?  Do you know of any programs in or near 
Cleveland that I could participate in during the 
summer or possibly intern at?  Please send me some 
information at Appolonia24@yahoo.com  about my 
questions.  I really enjoy this program and would like 
to participate in a similar one.  Thanks for reading 
this.  Please write me.  Bye now


  Nwakaego