CATBALOGAN CITY– Samar State University (SSU) coveted for the third time a home run for the Alfredo M. Yao Intellectual Property (AMY-IP) Award by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry on November 5 (21).
Since 2016, SSU consistently qualifies to pitch in the final judging. And this year 2021, SSU College of Engineering student─ Allean Vince Chua’s innovation titled: Sensing Putrefy Occurrence in Leftover Foods (SPOIL) was hailed as the overall champion in the collegiate category of the prestigious award following the same victory for SSU in 2016 and 2019.
SPOIL detects if the food has gone bad using algorithms. It has also a mobile application with warning and data features relative to food spoilage.
AMY-IP Award aims ‘to recognize inventors, entrepreneurs, and students who contribute to the development of innovative and new creative products and services that make doing business productive and economical’.
Serving as the faculty coach, Engr. Nikko Ardel Floretes is happy and grateful of the result of their labors.
“I’m thankful to God for this award, to Madam President─Dr. Marilyn Cardoso─ for her unwavering support, to my students, especially Allean Vince Chua for doing his best in the final judging, and to the College of Engineering and SSU- Intellectual Property & Technology Business Development Office and Innovation & Technology Support Office for assisting us,” expressed Engr. Floretes.
Other engineering students: J.P. Quemaño, A.J. Barcoma, E. Rosco, E. Llarenas, and their teams also joined the competition making them finalists whom SSU is equally proud of as they live the University’s mantra to innovate, build, and serve.
