Written by Szarina dela Paz and Luis Raphael Daoang
Photo by Sophia Andrea Sonthithai
Chemical Engineering students, Cristelle Diane S. Diaz, Miyami B. Tamaki, and Lindsay Odyssey L. Timbre's paper on Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) processing won Best Paper & Best Presenter in the Student Research Colloquium held on March 3, 2022, via Zoom.
The winning paper was written with Prof. Lola Domnina B. Pestaño, Ph.D., their thesis adviser. The paper discovers how VCO can be produced efficiently even in a small-medium scale setting and discusses how VCO is mainly produced by small-medium businesses, wherein they need to produce a large quantity of VCO while also ensuring quality in just a short period of time. Another point of focus is the review of VCO production technologies that utilize the combined low-pressure oil extraction and modified kitchen methods.
Each department selected one group of students to present their paper at the Student Research Colloquium. Student researchers were allotted eight to ten minutes for their recorded presentation, followed by a five-minute question and answer segment with the panel, namely, Engr. Rhowel M. Dellosa, D.Eng, Asst. Prof. Timothy M. Amado, M.Sc, and Asst. Prof. Eugenia Ramirez Zhuo, DIT.
A Faculty Research Colloquium was also held last February 28, 2022, via Zoom and streamed via the UST Faculty of Engineering YouTube channel. All engineering departments took part in the colloquium. One professor per department was in attendance to discuss the contents of their research either live or through a pre-recorded video. The judges were Prof. Michael Francis de Jesus Benjamin, Ph.D., and Assistant Prof. Angelito A. Silverio, Ph.D., to decide for the title of Best Presenter.
Winning the Best Presenter award was Engr. Ryan A. Ramirez, MS’ paper entitled, “The Application of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) on Damaged Area Mapping: The Case of the 2020 Taal Volcano.” The InSAR-derived outcome of the paper can be utilized as a damage proxy map for disaster monitoring and assessment. In addition, answering a panel question, Ramirez said that the study “can be used as a near real-time warning tool or can be used to develop early warning systems [for geohazards].”
The paper was also presented during the 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) and a follow-up paper in collaboration with Engr. Rajiv Eldon E. Abdullah, MEngg, CE department chair, was penned and submitted to an international journal for review.
Industrial Engineering Professor Marilyn C. Mabini placed second with her paper, entitled, “Managing Repairable Inventories of Critical Parts in Mass Transport Systems.” Tied in third place was the paper titled, “2SIR-VD Model to Compare Idealized COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Strategies in the Philippines,” presented by Engr. Allan Paolo Almajose from the ChE department, and paper, entitled, “Imaging Transmission Line Impedance Profiles Using Passband Signals and Adaptive Sequence Design,” by Engr. Jehiel D. Santos from the Electronics Engineering department.
The table shown below displays the title of the papers, along with their authors, of those who participated in the Faculty Research Colloquium.
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