Duke Global Design Challenge - Semi-Finalists
Skills: User Research, Design Thinking, Stakeholder Validation, Storytelling, Prototyping, Product Design and Development
Most vaccines need to be stored at a precise temperature range - usually 2 - 8 Celsius - in order to remain viable, but vaccine delivery systems in many developing countries fail to do so
In a collaborative venture between Duke and Makarere University in Uganda, I was on a joint student team (MEDVAC) that developed a human-centered solution to address vaccine delivery in Uganda which involved travel to Kampala to conduct user research and generate local stakeholder feedback
After discussions with governmental agencies, NGOs, and vaccine manufacturers, we realized the real need was obtaining real-time data for vaccine delivery, so we built an Internet of Things (IoT) platform that tracks vaccines by temperature and location