
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
Y3, Mechanical Engineering
Design & Ergonomics
UI design, crafts
Amar Sham
Y2, Mathematical Sciences
App Development & UX
Full-stack dev, fitness
Dylan Phua
Y2, Mechanical Engineering
Circuitry & Sensors
Prototyping, electronics
Dakshita Sardana
Y2, Applied Physics & Med Phys
Data Science & Research
Biotech, neuroscience