Other Affiliated Programs: Collaborative project with the Civika Asian Development Academy and the Development Academy of the Philippines

Students on Summer Project Team:
Xiaowei Chen '21, Statistics
Zerui Fang '22, Chemical Engineering
Danny Inroon '23, Industrial & Systems Engineering
Wei Ngai '22, Biological Sciences
Yanqiu Shen '22, Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Faculty Mentor(s): Ganesh Balasubramanian, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics; Elmer Soriano, Managing Director, Civika Asian Development Academy; Dominic Vincent Ligot, Founder and CTO, Cirrolytix; Fatima dela Cruz, Project Manager, DAP Mindanao

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Project description:
This project is working closely with a team from the Civika Asian Development Academy and the Development Academy of the Philippines, both Philippines-based organizations that through projects develop public and private sector leaders throughout Southeast Asia. The direct focus of this project is the creation of a “Food Highway,” using data-driven and data-centric approaches to alleviate ongoing disruptions to food and medicine supply chains throughout the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mindanao Food Highway, named for the second-largest island in the Philippines archipelago, explores innovative, data-driven, and technology-based solutions to food security challenges during COVID-19 disruptions. Achieving this objective will result in reducing transitory food insecurity and increasing community resilience during this pandemic.