Thursday, May 14, 2020
Eric Jihoon Song
Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Employer: Maisha Meds
- Recognized for his Spring 2019 work term, where he served as a Software Developer at Maisha Meds.
- Worked on a core Android Application that allowed customers in Kenya to buy the pharmaceuticals they needed.
- Improved the old application by redesigning the basic data models within the app to target user complaints, help with future scalability and ensure full backward compatibility.
- For his capstone, he is interested in the effects of how the sub-Saharan African climate influences the effectiveness and quality of pharmaceutical drugs in East Africa – a notable problem for the public in this region.