Written by: Jose Miguel Ballecer, John Carlo Urbano, Aundrea Levanza, Zein Ady Advincula, Mary Andrew Dalogdog, Aldous Dale G. Caballero, Hannah Andrea Romerosa, JF Nichols Cortez, Carl Tristan Gile, Laurence Gabriel Arellano, Nikole Valdecañas, and Jamie Lopez
Photo by: Daxia Rigor, Hannah Domingo, Bea Caranto, and Tori Lopez
To celebrate its 115th founding year, the UST Civil Engineering (CE) Department started the week-long festivities with its opening ceremony, “Civil Engineering Week Grand Exhibit and Ribbon Cutting,” last April 6 via Zoom and Facebook Live.
The event began with a mass presided by Rev. Fr. Roberto L. Luanzon Jr., O.P., Faculty of Engineering’s Regent.
The Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Asst. Prof. Anthony James C. Bautista, and the CE Department chair, Rajiv Eldon E. Abdullah, MEngg., also graced the department week’s opening event with their welcoming remarks. An awarding ceremony for Civil Engineering students who won in different events during Engineering Week followed afterward.
Maria Clarisse B. Guzman, the Junior Vice President of UST Association of Civil Engineering Students (ACES), then presented the events to be expected during CE Week.
Webinars
The first webinar lined up for the week was “Total Station,” which took place on April 6 via Zoom and Facebook Live. The webinar’s keynote speaker, Engr. Roberto Siccion from Geotech Mercantile Corporation discussed a total station’s purpose, how it works, and its importance in the civil engineering field.
UST-ACES also conducted a two-day webinar with the theme “One More ChanCE: Leading the Future to Sustainable Living” last April 7 and 8, via Zoom and Facebook Live.
Day one of the two-day webinar, entitled “CleanCE: Nurturing One's Life Through Clean and Accessible Waters,” featured UST Engineering alumna Assoc. Prof. Marla Maniquiz-Redillas, Ph.D. In her talk, she highlighted the importance of managing water in accomplishing the goal of achieving sustainable urban water.
Concluding the webinar series was the webinar entitled “Be ResponCEble: Accountability and Awareness on Proper Management of Solid Waste.” The invited speakers, Prof. Marisa S. Jovellanos-Sobremisana, PhD, Mrs. Emelita Aguinaldo, and Mr. Jan-Vincent P. Mercado, shared their knowledge on the topic of proper solid waste management.
The organization also held a webinar entitled “Engineering on Business (EngBnB)” to discuss different ways to improve entrepreneurial skills last April 8.
The invited speakers, Melvin Dave S. Jordan, UST alumnus, gave tips to students who are just beginning their business journey; John Karol Angeles, currently a third-year Industrial Engineering student in UST and owner of Zeke Mats PH, shared his tips on how to start a business; and Engr. Neil Kendrick Sy, UST Civil Engineering instructor, discussed how to handle a construction firm as a civil engineer.
Litrato
With the theme “How can you explain Civil Engineering to people outside your field?,” UST-ACES launched Litrato, a photo “meme” competition open to all Civil Engineering students last April 6, 2022.
The participants of the event and the title of their works are as follows: John Orelle A. Mangahas, Engineering Stress; Crystal Angeli Grace G. Mercado, Hat Hard Mo ‘to; Jeffrey C. Alfonso, CE Job; Justin Ian M. Magallanes, Pangarap; Michael G. Mercado, What Engineering Students Really Do; and Gwyne Audrey R. Ugalino, Marx Multiverse of Madness (1).
Jeffrey C. Alfonso of 4CE-C placed first with his work entitled “CE Job.” Along with him were Gwyne Audrey R. Ugalino, and Michael G. Mercado, who placed second and third, respectively. Winners of the competition were decided based on the entries’ number of likes on Facebook.
Truss Me!
To start the 2nd day of CE Week, UST-ACES arranged Truss Me!, a bridge-building competition open to all students in the department.
The competition was divided into three rounds: the easy round, which had a one-point system per weight increase and five minutes to construct the bridge; the average round, which had a three-point system per weight increase with seven minutes to prepare; and lastly, the difficult round, with a five-point system per weight increase and ten minutes allotted time.
After three intense rounds, Group 9 consisting of Larie Andre Lansangan, Marie Meleeza Marquez, and Jerimae Las Piñas l, bagged the championship title with 181 points. Group 2, comprising Albert Gulla Jr, Lourd Neo Malaluan, and Orelle Mangahas, came in second with 174 points, and completing the top three were Sophia Nicole Austria, Gwyne Audrey Ugalino, and Benneth Jazmine Ugay from Group 1 with 166 points.
Palaicepan
Mico Joshua Melina of 3CE-F bagged the championship with 24 points in the third-year’s individual category of PalaiCEpan held on the fourth day of CE Week via Zoom, Discord, and Facebook Live.
Joining Melinas on the podium were Toby Miguel Orduna of 3CE-B who scored eight points, and Stephen Gregory Morales of 3CE-E with seven points.
In the third-year group category, HinD Nagreview from 3CE-D emerged victorious with 25 points. They were followed closely by Parokya ni Anog from 3CE-A and Section Bee from 3CE-B, both finishing second with 24 points. With a final score of 23 points, H4HB from 3CE-H landed the third spot.
Due to the lack of participants from the second-year students and the ongoing thesis of the fourth-year students, only third-year students were able to participate in this event.
LaRUAŇO
To make CE Week more interesting and fun, the UST ACES introduced laRUAÑO to bring out the sportsmanship and competitiveness of both students and CE faculty members last April 7, 8, and 11.
The event is comprised of three e-sports and two mini-games: Call of Duty: Mobile (CODM), Mobile Legends (ML), VALORANT, Stumble Guys, and Tetris.
Stumble Guys
In a total of six rounds, twenty-six players from different year levels fought for their spot on the podium in a Stumble Guys tournament held last April 8 via Discord.
Similar to the PC game version, Fall Guys, the players raced through various obstacles in each round to reach the finish line. Surviving the most number of rounds, Mark “Briiiii02” Magpayo was crowned the victor, while Cyrenne "sAAqzY" Maralit and Kyle "KyleDane" Robles grabbed the silver and bronze, respectively.
Tetris
The civil engineering students were tested on their puzzle-solving skills with the nostalgic game Tetris, held on April 7, and 11, via Zoom and Tetr.io.
The tournament started with 14 players who showed their ability to work under pressure as they avoided getting knocked out and battled their way through the elimination round.
On the first day, James Reinier S. Aquino emerged on top, while Josh Martin B. Hipolito snatched the second place from Michael Lawrence M. Origenes. Manuel Lorenzo C. Muhi ruled the second day over Kirov Vonne V. Concepcion and Coby Sebastian D.J. Balajadia, who got the silver and the bronze, respectively.
VALORANT
After an intense fight against 30 Bombs, Wrong Direction was dubbed as champions of the Valorant Tournament with a final tally of 2-0 in a best-of-three series, scoring 13-6 in the first round and 13-3 in the second.
With their tight defense during their defending phase and aggressive push in their attacking phase, Wrong Direction was able to hold their score advantage between the games, which led to them winning the match-up.
Nine teams competed in the double-elimination tournament, with Wrong Direction being the first team to make it through the final round. Despite being in the losing bracket, 30 Bombs was able to advance to the final round after a battle with Big Baby Cholo for the last spot.
ACES vs CE Profs
To take a break from the ensuing competitions between the students, the ACES vs CE Profs Mobile Legends Match was held, where the ACES came on top after three thrilling games, two games to one.
The CE Profs were composed of Engr. Jervin Kent C. Nava, BSCE, Engr. Franz Geronimo, Engr. Jonah Anne C. Casillan, BSCE, Engr. Andre del Rosario, MSCE, and Engr. Leonardo Olalo.
The ACES students, led by Rin Tohsaka's Benedetta, controlled the first game from the early stages, capped off with Adeinr.'s Kimmy's ace. To tie the series at 1-1, the CE Prof completed their own wipeout, led by Engr. Del Rosario's Freya. The ACES squad was able to take the first lord at 11 minutes but was easily defended by the CE Profs. In the third game, the ACES dominated, powered by Johnnnn's Vale, scoring 35 kills against 7 of the CE profs, closing the match at 15 minutes.
Call of Duty: Mobile
After securing a slot in the finals, RG Gadz bested their rival and captured the Call of Duty Mobile (CODM) Championship title after pulling down Team qt with a 2-0 sweep in a best-of-three series.
In the championship battle, the best-of-three series consists of a hardpoint mode for game one, a search and destroy mode for game two, and another hardpoint mode for a do or die round.
With good rotation play and positioning, RG Gadz took game one and sealed the game at 135-200 as the Team qt started slowly in hardpoint mode. In the second game, with a longshot and a headshot, RG Gadz had an inclination to close the championship match, 4-8, with a 4v1 situation. RG Gadz’s Joaqin "CP KuroRG" Castillo scored 7,105 with a total of 60 kills and 12 assists and was named the Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP).
Mobile Legends
Ecko’s Angels and AMOY POCH, the clash of second-year levels, competed for the victory in a best-of-three final round of the Mobile Legends tournament.
In the first match, the latter team secured the turtles and Lord in the early game with a double-marksman strategy of Moskov on the gold lane and Karrie as their core or jungler. However, the Ecko’s Angels conquered the mid to late game with Cecilion’s (mage) magic burst damage, resulting in a 14-20 victory. With the same mage retained in the second match, and a double-tank strategy of Uranus on the exp lane (off-lane) and Franco as their roam, the team secured a 2-0 sweep in the championship round.
Ecko’s Angel’s Cecilion was recognized as the most valuable player (MVP) for both matches, with a KDA (kill-death-assist) of 8-2-10 and 7-1-17, respectively.
CE Got Talent
UST-ACES started the last day of the week-long celebration with a battle of performances in the "CE Got Talent: Online Edition" via Zoom and Facebook Live.
All participating representatives were given a maximum of five minutes to showcase their performance.
Luis Teylan and Jessi Mae Allyson Co from 2CE-A, Jan Patrick Bergonio from 2CE-B, Francesca Leigh Estorel from 2CE-C, Pocholo Miguel Abeleda from 2CE-D, John Mark Limbo from 2CE-D, Alexandra Mendoza from 2CE-E, and Gio Ruazol from 2CE-F are among the participants from the second year department.
The third year department's contenders include Tricia Pacao of 3CE-A, Jan Joshua Fetil of 3CE-B, Marial Tinimbang of 3CE-D, Isabella Mendoza and 3CE-G dancers, and representatives from 3CE-H.
Tricia Pacao from 3CE-A took first place in the talent show. Completing the top three spots with her were Jessi Mae Allyson Co and Luis Antonio Teylan who ranked third, and Gio Ruazol who placed second.
CEnergy
Finishing the week-long celebration was the organization’s awards night entitled “CEnergy: UST Civil Engineering Awards Night” which happened last April 12, 2022, via Zoom and Facebook Live.
The event was to officially announce and reward the winners of the various events held throughout the week-long celebration.
The new members of each committee were also recognized at the event. This was led by their respective officers-in-charge and team heads. The executive board members were also acknowledged at this juncture.
Further, the recognition of the winners of special awards, both faculty and students, took place shortly after. The nominations and voting happened throughout the CE Week, where students were given the chance to vote for both students and faculty members to be recipients of various special awards.
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