Student Name(s): Brianna Cimaglia, Jakob Donoghue, Michelle Hu, Larissa Lozano, Ngoc Minh Tri Nguyen, Samantha Powers, Brianna Wanbaugh, Ami Yoshimura, Rozhin Zahrouni

Course: CINQ 388-389 – Inquiry to Impact Projects

Faculty Member: Sabrina Jedlicka, Christina Haden

Project Details: Link here

Project description:
Copra, the dried sections of the meat of coconuts, is valued for its many uses including coconut oil extract, but is also a major agricultural export for the Philippines. It is often processed using traditional, time-consuming and inefficient methods including sun-drying and smoke-drying, before being processed into its various products. This project’s goal is to improve copra processing and process streamlining for increased income of copra farmers in the Philippines. Identified needs include a faster, all-weather processing technique that yields better copra quality compared to manual methods, and a way for farmers to communicate over long distances.