ReCool Technologies bags 1st Runner-up
By Diane Therese C. Esmade, USTP System STRATCOMM
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The ReCool Technologies from the College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA) of the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP) in Cagayan de Oro won 1st Runner-up for the QOMPETE Intercollegiate Technopreneurs Challenge 2022.
The team’s innovation, targeted at fishermen, is called The ReCool Smartbox, a renewable cooling storage for fish that eliminates the need for ice and single-use plastics. With the ReCool Smartbox, you only need seawater and the sun!
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Mr. Lenard Greg Ybañez during the QOMPETE Intercollegiate Technopreneurs Challenge 2022 Final Pitch
The ReCool Technologies team is composed of Mechanical Engineering and Electronics Engineering students:
- Engr. Nelson Corbita
- Jhumarianne Yongco
- Lenard Greg Ybañez
- Jose Ignacio Taculayan
- Engr. Diogenes Armando Pascua
The QOMPETE Intercollegiate Technopreneurs Challenge 2022 was organized by QBO Philippines. They aim to develop, grow, and scale a competitive startup ecosystem in the Philippines and provide an avenue for collaboration and innovation with the vision of helping Filipino startups change the world.