Portable Medicine Cooler
Jean Lemeau (Engineering and Computer Science)
Portable medicine cooler
A portable cooler that uses ice to absorb the heat and maintain the interior temperature may help central medical centers in third world contrives distribute medicine to victims. A study shows that between the years of 2000 and 2009, there has been a 233 percent increase in natural disasters. Natural disasters have been, for many years, the source of epidemic outbreaks. The outbreaks are often caused by the unacceptable diet of people living in those predicaments. Bad water, rotten food, or no food at all leads to sickness and death. Victims have to travel sometimes long distances to receive medicine. Helping victims receive treatment can prevent spreading of disease and death. A more efficient way of supplying medicine to victims may prevent outbreaks such as the outbreak in Haiti after the earthquake. A portable cooler would increase the number of people receiving treatment by allowing medics to reach victims who cannot travel to medical centers and those located in remote areas. Knowledge in mechanical and electrical engineering is required to to conduct the experiments needed to complete this design.