Implementing a new model Reading Literature… Some months have passed since I started working a new version of the Eikonal model. Creating a computational model to solve a biological question has many steps. First it is important to understand the problem at hand. If you don’t have too much experience in the subject, it might …

Ready to work in three fronts Main Project  The core of openCARP is complicated and it has many layers. For that reason, it took me a bit to understand the code. However, my understanding has significantly improved in the last weeks. I have also implemented a big part of the eikonal model part in openCARP …

Supervising student projects Today, I will tell you a bit about supervising students being a PhD candidate. Here at KIT, research assistants have the opportunity to help supervising projects for bachelor or master’s thesis. I will talk the beginning of this experience for me. Work with openCARP …  In the last post I talked about …

New year new challenges… Fresh start after holidays.. The first month of the year has finished. I was in holidays before so there is not too much to update. Unfortunately I was not able to visit my parents in Colombia. Nonetheless,I had a nice time during Christmas and New Years eve with my girlfriend in …

Second month of my project is over… Last week, I completed my second month of work… I have discovered that I am very lucky to work at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at KIT. All my colleagues have been super friendly and helpful during my first weeks. They have even made some calls in German …

On the Bridge between medicine and mathematics My journey from having a double life in Colombia to doing research in Germany… Hi there! Let me introduce myself. My name is Cristian and I am from Colombia, a place of warmhearted people and beautiful nature. For most of my life, I have been involved with two …