Asthma Allies team photo

Meet the Asthma Allies

Engineering empathy, one breath at a time

We’ve all seen someone have an asthma attack. Some of us have been that someone. It’s scary, random, and weirdly silent, like your lungs just ghosted you!

As four mildly sleep-deprived students with just enough coding, soldering, medical and 3D printing knowledge to be dangerous, we thought: what if tech could make it easier?

We’re not doctors. But we are lazy, and if there’s one thing lazy youth are great at, it’s building stuff to avoid effort. So instead of waiting around for a wheeze to get worse, we built something that could warn asthma patients early, track their data, ‘vibe-check’ their lungs.

AsthmaAlly is our answer to that late-night “what if…” spiral deciding where this project is going. It’s part sensor, part app, part over-engineered wearable. However, it is most importantly, a love letter to the idea that tech should be built with care rooted in humanity.

Our Team

A team of hallmates-turned-tinkerers, brought together by curiosity, late-night discussions, and a shared goal to build something meaningful this summer.

Vanessa Low

Vanessa Low

Y3, Mechanical Engineering

Design & Ergonomics

UI design, crafts

Amar Sham

Amar Sham

Y2, Mathematical Sciences

App Development & UX

Full-stack dev, fitness

Dylan Phua

Dylan Phua

Y2, Mechanical Engineering

Circuitry & Sensors

Prototyping, electronics

Dakshita Sardana

Dakshita Sardana

Y2, Applied Physics & Med Phys

Data Science & Research

Biotech, neuroscience