Written by: Mark Rafael Santos, Aldous Dale Caballero, Szarina Julia dela Paz, Justine Keith Moises, Doroteo Prudenciano II, Carl Calderon, and Mary Andrew Dalogdog
Images Taken by: Jan Nacino, Justine Tobias, Hannah Domingo, Ray-b Alunen, Aldea Mendoza, Daxia Rigor
The UST Electrical Engineering Circuit (EEC) spearheaded this year’s Electrical Engineering (EE) Week, which opened to the different events and competitions in its 5-day run from April 19-23.
The mass presided by Rev. Fr. Roberto Luanzon Jr., O.P., officially marked the beginning of the department’s week celebration via Facebook Live.
In his homily, he shared the story of how Mary Magdalene is in the tomb of Christ as he relates this to how people often question where Christ is in times of hardships.
“Not only that we experience Christ in our lives, that we see Christ in our lives, but we also share what we feel and what we experience with Christ because we know how important Christ [is] in our lives,” Fr. Luanzon said.
Fr. Luanzon delivered a message and a prayer of guidance for the UST EE Alumni who took the Board Exam from April 26-27, which concluded the morning event.
Following the opening mass, an Academic General Assembly was conducted via the UST EEC Facebook page, which recognized the EE department’s dean’s listers of the 1st and 2nd term of A.Y. 2020-2021, and the 1st term of A.Y. 2021-2022.
The assembly officially commenced with the opening remarks of EE Department Chair, Asst. Prof. Carlito M. Gutierrez, MS. Gutierrez congratulated the awardees and encouraged all EE students to study diligently.
EE faculty member, Engr. Zane Ninia D. Sallan, REE, motivated students to keep their eyes on the goal of success and congratulated awardees in her concluding speech.
Webinars
The UST Electrical Engineering Circuit (UST EEC) decked the first day of the Electrical Engineering Week with a webinar entitled “PATHWAYS: A Peek into the Industry,” giving the EE students a glimpse of the industry waiting for them via Zoom Cloud Meetings and Facebook Live.
The two guest speakers were Engr. Alyssa Isabella R. Punzlan, REE from Philippines Electricity Market Corporation Enforcement and Compliance Office (PEMC-ECO) and Engr. Jonard Carlo P. Salian, REE from National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).
Compliance Monitoring Senior Analyst Engr. Punzalan presented a quick summary of the energy market in the country. Afterward, she discussed possible career opportunities specifically in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) and the Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC).
Engr. Salian provided an overview of power systems and then shared his experiences working in Electric Power Distribution as a Systems Operations Engineer and in Electric Power Transmission as a Network Operations Principal Engineer. After his talk, he elaborated on the similarities and differences between these fields.
The lone event for the second day of the week-long celebration was the webinar entitled "R U OK: Let's Talk About It Mental Health Seminar,” which aimed to give students tips on how to cope and find comfort in stressful times.
The first speaker for the event, faculty member of the UST Department of Psychology, Lovely Ana V. Aguas, RN, MP, RPsy, helped the students in assessing their mental health status and discussed tips to improve their mental well-being.
Richelle E. Testor, one of the Faculty of Engineering's guidance counselors, discussed maintaining one's mental health and wellness afterward.
Both speakers concluded with a question and answer portion held after each of their discussions that aimed to address the queries of the viewers.
EE Quiz Show 2022
The EE Quiz Show 2022 kicked off the third day of the Electrical Engineering Week where second to fourth-year students from the department participated via Zoom Cloud Meetings and Facebook Live.
The quiz show challenged the participants with 30 questions from different subject areas, namely Mathematics, Engineering and Allied Subjects, Electrical Engineering, and General Information.
The competition was conducted by year level, wherein each participating group answered different questions with varying difficulties ranging from easy, average, and difficult—with each consisting of 15, 10, and 5 questions, respectively.
In the second-year level, the champions are Llyod Von T. Nisnisan and Ma. Cielo P. Galuno, both from 2EEA, Allison Jon Tabuso and Jhan Reginald Supan, also from 2EEA, as the 1st runner-up, Marc Vincent U. Distor and Lance Kasel C. Lasam of 2EEB, both 2nd runners-up.
The third-year winners are Allen Rich A. Pintor from 3EEA and Rizelle Langit from 3EEC, both bagged the championship, Jace A. Tesaluna, and Miguel Adriene G. De Guzman from 3EEA finished as 1st runners-up, and Khelvin Sabangan and Leigh Clement DL Salao from 3EEA being the 2nd runners-up.
Carl Angelo D. Arugay and Vaughn Irvin T. Santos from 4EEC, secured the championship for the event, while Chih-Chieh T. Ho from 4EEB, won 1st runner-up, wrapping up the list of winners for the quiz show.
EE Games
In an intense best-of-five final showdown, Team Kokak Kodak and Team SiMarkTahimikLang battled for the gold in the Mobile Legends tournament, the sole tournament of the Electrical Engineering week.
The first game was rather long as it ended past the 30-minute time with Team Kokak Kodak wiping out the opposing team. Ending past a similar time, the third game ended with a close score of 32-30 given that both teams were left with only the base standing and all nine turrets destroyed.
Throughout the finals round, the marksmen carried the landslide victory of 3-0 for Team Kokak Kodak with Brody (14-4-8 KDA) in the first game and Beatrix (13-0-6 and 15-3-6 KDA) in the last two games.
It was also recognized that both teams used a double-tank lineup with Khufra as a consistent pick for Team SiMarkTahimikLang.
EE BINGO
The Bingo Night held on the last night of the EE week concluded the celebration after its launch via Facebook Live and Zoom Cloud Meetings that offered a chance to win cash prizes to bingo cardholders.
Players enjoyed five rounds with different patterns to form: the first round being a sigma pattern, the second round being an ohm pattern, the third and fourth rounds being in last man standing format, and the final round of the event in blackout format.
The winners of the first to fourth bingo rounds who received an amount of 1000 Php each are Floyd Christian Gali, Reimiel San Roque, Juan Carlos Andres, and Paul Daniel De Jesus, respectively. Alecx Andrei Oliva won the grand prize of 3000 Php for winning the event’s last round.
A raffle draw was conducted in the event, which gave 500 Php to the four winners, namely, Kaitlyn Isabelle Guevarra, Viber Nick Refuerzo, Luisa Marie De Belen, and Justine Cristobal, while Adam Kiane Añonuevo received 1000 pesos for being drawn twice.
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