Muhamad Amir Thaqif Shah S/O Muhd Iskandar Shah Ta, Thanmaya Sivadasan, Wong Jin Fu Shaun, Zhang Xiaoyu, Zhao Wenqi
Academic Advisor: Prof. Adekunle Adeyeye
In the increasingly high-profile battle against food wastage, a prominent culprit would probably be surprising to many—schools. Data collected by past GEQ groups (GEQ Group 31, 2016; GEQ Group G01-B, 2017) demonstrate that a noticeable percentage of food waste come from school meal plans, with an estimated 15% of the meals prepared in Ridge View Residential College (RVRC) being thrown away because they are unserved. As such, our group aims to design a solution to better match meal demand and supply in RVRC through the development of a digital platform that allows residents to pre-indicate their meal choices. Our methodology comprises an online survey evaluating user receptivity towards our mobile application, as well as a beta testing period in weeks 10 – 11. After which, we will analyse the findings from our beta test in order to evaluate the feasibility of our prototype. Preliminary results indicate that an overwhelming majority of RVRC residents were open to the concept of a new and more efficient mobile app system where they could pre-indicate their meals up to 7 days in advance. This entails that there is an existing market of users who would be willing to participate in our trial tests and thus drive adoption in the future. However, due to the time-intensive nature of our mobile application development, we will only be able to do our evaluation in week 11 and therefore will only be able to draw conclusions later in the semester.
Keywords: Food, Food Waste, Mobile App, Mobile Application