Written by: Mary Dalogdog, Szarina dela Paz, Eunice Abayon, Laurence Arellano, Yitzhak Bumanlag, Carlo Castilo, Niña Eblamo, Erwin Foronda, Doroteo Prudenciano II, and Patricia Valdecañas
Photos by: Jeremy Edera, Bea Galvez, MJ Monforte, Khristel Penoliar, and Sophia Sonthithai
“Daybreak: The ChE Week Opening Ceremony,” spearheaded by the UST Chemical Engineering Society (UST ChES), kicked off the week-long celebration with the theme “A Myriad of Dreams: Unflattering Aspirations and Limitless Imaginations,” last April 5, 2022, via Zoom.
Engr. Nathaniel R. Orillos. ASEAN ENG, FPICHE, from the UST Chemical Engineering Alumni Batch ‘81, gave his keynote speech on college years and work experiences, career pathways, personal traits, attitudes, and skills essential for chemical engineers in the workplace.
Daybreak guests, Engr. Rose Mardie Pacia, M.Sc. and Asst. Prof. Edsel B. Calica, M.Sc., both faculty members of the ChE Department shared their college experiences, answered why they chose the chemical engineering program, and gave advice and messages to their students.
Webinars
With the goal of raising awareness of the importance of mental health and the value of peer support, the first webinar, "Homeostasis: A Personal Development Workshop,'' was conducted on the first day of the ChE week via Zoom. Ms. Riechell Enad-Testor, one of UST's guidance counselors and guest speaker, gave a lecture entitled "Gaining Strength through Peer Support: A Guide to Basic Helping Skills," which aimed to boost communication through basic helping skills. Student participants were then divided into breakout sessions to participate in various group activities to achieve the said goals.
Also, a two-day webinar entitled "Lucid: ChExploring the Dream Space of Opportunity" was held to help students explore the endless possibilities and shed light on different opportunities for future chemical engineers last April 6 and 7 via Zoom.
The first day tackled waste management and nuclear technology with guest speakers Engr. Kim Geo P. Bernal, RChE, a former intern of the “Hazardous Waste Management Section” of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), and Engr. Ronald Edic Piquero, M.Sc., Senior Science Research Specialist at the DOST-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI).
With the theme “ChEW IT! A Food and Medicine Webinar,” the second day focused on food manufacturing and pharmaceuticals with guest speakers Engr. Rose Lynn Anne Besa, Senior Operations Analyst of the South Luzon Region Supply Chain at San Miguel Foods, Inc., and Engr. Arnel Cabungcal, Assistant Vice President of Manufacturing Operations Services and Technology at Unilab, Incorporated.
ChEno ‘To Season 2
Following the success of the first season last ChE Week 2021, ChEno ‘To Season 2: Odd Man Out was back with another season last April 5 via Zoom and Facebook Live. The game was composed of three rounds with a twist called the “Pi-pol” segment where the audience could help the guest players by answering the poll provided in the Livestream.
For each round, the following guest players judged the participants based on their appearance: Engr. Noel Sabarillo, and Asst. Prof. Cristina Tiangco, Ph.D., head of the ChE department. Participants consist of Kimberly Wong (1-20), Sophia Sonthithai (4CHE-A), Solomon Shekatkar (4CHE-B), Mykah Tan (1-20), Sethe Sim (4CHE-B), and Miyami Tamaki (4CHE-A).
During the game, a starting pocket prize of Php 2,400 and Php 400 will be deducted for every wrong answer. After the third round, the guest players won Php 1,600 which leaves Php 800 for the student participants. However, the former decided to split the prize among the participants.
Kemikalan Cup 2022
A quiz competition entitled Kemikalan Cup 2022: The Annual Chemical Engineering Quiz Contest was held to test the knowledge and skills of the chemical engineering students last April 6 via Mentimeter and Zoom. The questions revolved around mathematics, chemistry, and chemical engineering which were formulated by the event’s project heads and reviewed by the faculty and alumni of the ChE department.
After three rounds, team ChEmpion, was hailed champion with Darrenatics and Laab's Law awarded as the 1st and 2nd runner up, respectively. The winning team was composed of Aaron Acebedo, John Robert Yu, and Kenzo Cirujano. Mayumi Calpotura, Darren Cerado, Paul Matthew Gomez, and Vincent Guellen for Darrenatics while Jejomar Laab, Sebastian Andrei David, and Fraulien Quianah Delos Reyes for Laab's Law.
The easy round consisted of 15 questions each with 10 seconds to answer, average round consisted of 15 questions each with 30 seconds to answer, and the difficult round consisted of 10 questions each with 1 minute to answer. The three finalists with the highest scores proceeded to the last round.
For clarifications and concerns, Engr. Basil James Santos, M. Sc., Engr. Allan Paolo Almajose, M. Sc., and Engr. Joshua Aldave served as judges for the quiz competition.
Chemical Engineering E-Sports
Students and faculty members participated in four e-games in a tournament entitled Utopia: Into the World of E-Sports last April 7 and 8 via Zoom, Discord, and Facebook Live.
After four intense single-elimination matches, the final round of Mobile Legends (ML) tournament opened the two-day E-Sports event with a fight of 3rd year's Mga NaChEktan against 2nd year' R-18. The latter team dominated the battlefield with the crowd control skills of Yve (mage), Belerick (tank), and Baxia (core) during the first game. Earl Guzman's substitution provided a big boost for Mga NaChEktan to turn the waves around in the last two matches to take the victory, 2-1. Despite R-18’s loss, their unique strategy of Johnson (tank) as the team’s “hybrid core” in the last match was also recognized.
This was followed by the Valorant tournament with Truepa ni Ivan and Yumi’s Baby competing in the finals match in a best of three series. During the early phases of each round, both teams had a narrow gap up until the mid-game. However, Truepa ni Ivan widened the gap due to their coordinated attacks, good defenses, and outplays that allowed them to take the winning spot. Having 13-10 in the first round and 13-8 for the second, a clean sweep of 2-0 by Truepa ni Ivan earned their place as champions.
Simultaneously, the Tetris tournament was held only via Zoom with a total of five rounds, including the semi-finals and final round. Players were divided into groups of six where each had a designated breakout room for the first round. The twenty leading players were then split into two breakout rooms for round two, where three winners in each room were selected for the semi-finals. The six semi-finalists competed and went head-on with each other for the podium in the last two rounds where Ron Catuirin was crowned champion, Jio Balingit settled for the second place, and Darren Cerado completed the podium.
The Call of Duty Mobile (CODM) tournament capped off the Utopia E-Sports as Marco and Friends battled it out in the final round against MP Light. Marco and Friends won a landslide victory of 6-0 in the first march while a close fight of 6-2 in the second match. The team's "Char” flanked his way through the enemy ranks to secure a “Fury” or quadruple kill to stop the bleeding before taking the next two games in the said match. Moreover, in an unexpected turn in the losers' bracket, MP Light booked a ticket to the finals as Omicrew was disqualified due to their usage of a tournament-banned CODM utility.
Chemical Engineering Film Fest
To cap off the week-long event, UST ChES hosted the Under the Stars: The ChE Film Festival 2022 with the theme “What is your definition of DREAM?” last April 8, via Facebook Live.
The judges for the film festival were Mr. Fran Omampo, Professional Adviser of Teatro Tomasino, Asst. Prof. Lorico Lapitan Jr. Ph.D., faculty member of the ChE department and member of the Research Center for Natural and Applied Sciences of the university, and Mr. Lloyd Evagelista, Associate Member of the Society of Filipino Archivists for Film.
First year's Pahimakas was the first to perform, followed by the third year's CLASS of 2023 and second year's Kandila, respectively.
CLASS of 2023 won the Popularity Award and the Best Poster while Kandila won Best Film Editing, Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Sofia Nicole Andres), Best Actor (Irvin Runes), and Best Directors (Jeremy Edera and Marjorie Reyes) making them the Overall Champion for this event.
Special award winners were also announced: Best Facebook Profile Picture Change of ChES. Winners were Kyle Erimae Lopez (Minor) and Mark Kenneth Paruli (Major) for the 1st Year, Kristina Recato Dy (Minor) and Loie Alfredrich Ducusin (Major) for the 2nd Year, Annbernadeth Nicerio (Minor) and Steven Mathew Solis (Major) for the 3rd Year, and Carlo Castillo (Minor), Uraina Uriah Tabago (Major) for the 4th Year.
In between movie presentations were song performances by Angelo Sugue and Quianah Delos Reyes, Robert Sanchez, Music Buensuceso, D-Dynamics, and CSTRs.
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