Written by Justine Keith Moises, John Carlo Urbano, Yitzhak Osei Bumanlag, Laurence Gabriel Arellano, Mary Andrew Dalogdog, Carl Christian Calderon, Zein Ady Advincula, Patricia Valdecañas, Aundrea Joy Levanza, Patrick Ryan Sarte, Jamie Franchesca Lopez, and Szarina Julia dela Paz
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The UST Electronics Engineering (ECE) Department officially commenced its annual ECE Week with the theme “MARAHUYO: Hiwaga sa likod ng husay ng Pilipinong Inhinyero” on March 7, 2022, via Zoom.
"Tanglaw: ECE Week Opening Mass and Keynote Address" decked the first day with a mass presided by Rev. Fr. Roberto L. Luanzon Jr., O.P., Faculty of Engineering’s Regent.
The ECE Department’s chairperson, Asst. Prof. Edison A. Roxas, Ph. D., PECE, formally initiated the ECE Week with his opening remarks. It was then followed by the discussion of the guest speaker and a Thomasian alumnus, Dr. Aaron Don Africa, Ph. D, PECE, presenting his study entitled “Development of an Expert System for Diagnosing Information System Communication Networks Using Rough Set Theory and Its Application in Systems in the Philippines”, which mainly focuses on an expert system algorithm.
The UST Network of Electronics Engineering Students (NECES) Internal Vice President, Claudelle Fajardo, formally concluded the program with her closing message wherein she mentioned the upcoming events for the entire week.
Webinars
The first webinar conducted in the week-long celebration was the “ELEVATE: The Fundamentals of Career Readiness” which took place on March 7, via Zoom. The invited guest speakers were Engr. Xiorence J Cai, from STAMIN4SPACE, discussing the diverse ECE careers under Space Science and Technology, and Dr. Aaron Don M. Africa, tackling the development of careers in Artificial Intelligence and Expert Control Systems.
On March 8, the UST NECES facilitated a webinar entitled “Sa Likod ng Gadyet” that tackled different topics related to the use of gadgets and the mental health of students. The keynote speakers were Ms. Lovely Ana V. Aguas, MP, RPSY from the Department of Psychology, and Ms. Khristine Lorraine C. Lim, MA, RGC, a guidance counselor in the Faculty of Engineering.
To orient the third-year ECE students on the three specializations offered by the UST ECE Department, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - UST Chapter (UST-IEEE) Student Branch hosted a webinar entitled “SpECEalizations: Choose Your Class” on March 9 via Microsoft teams. The specializations discussed were (1) microelectronics, (2) instrumentation and control, and (3) communications.
The UST NECES also held a webinar entitled “What’s in my ECE toolkit?” to discuss the equipment utilized by Electronics Engineers on March 10, wherein Engr. Gabriel Rodnei M. Geslani, M.Sc introduced the different equipment utilized by Electronics Engineers such as VOM, breadboard, perfboard, soldering iron, DC adapter, resistors, and potentiometers. An actual demonstration of operating the instruments followed the presentation.
Furthermore, The UST Cisco Networking Academy Gateway Engineering partnered with UST - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Student Branch to bring Huawei Roadshow, a webinar about Information and Communication Technology. Engr. Emil Fulleros, an On-site Engineer for Projects and Maintenances for Huawei, bared information on the role of Huawei in the booming ICT industry in the country.
On the last day of ECE Week, the UST-IEEE Student Branch, in coordination with the USTCisco Networking Academy Gateway Engineering, conducted a Python workshop entitled “FIGHT-ON!: Gaining Python to Your Arsenal of Programming” via Microsoft Teams.
The workshop was led by Engr. Ma. Madecheen Pangaliman, instructor in the UST ECE Department and UST Engineering Student Academic Advising and Services (SAAS) co-coordinator. The workshop consisted of a brief introduction to Python, coding demos and exercises, and its many applications to software development. The workshop also emphasized the vitality of simple programming languages such as Python as it can be used for web development, scientific/numeric computing, data mining, and game development.
CARPS? Sa ECE-Sports 2022
The UST NECES organized two exciting games for the ECE students during the “CARPS? ECE-Sports 2022.”
The first game of the ECE-Sports 2022, the Valorant Tournament, was held last March 8–9. After several breathtaking matches in the semi-finals, 3D Jang’s Angels and 2C Tussy controlled the battleground and captured the slot for the finals. During the championship battle, both teams displayed dominance in a best-of-three matchup, but in the end, 3D Jang’s Angels were crowned as the Valorant Champions.
Inspired by the Korean series "Squid Game," the "Crab Game" from Steam was one of the thrilling and entertaining games that were held last March 9. After a series of challenging games, Joshua Jake "Astaroth.057" Benitez of 2C dominated the first game. In "Hat King," Juan Carlos "The Cheesecake Guy" Castro from 3A was able to make a fair victory, while Martin Praz "pwazi" De Guzman from 1–27 grabbed the "crabstick" in classic bomb tag at the end of the third challenge.
PalaECEpan: Pasiklabin ang Talinong Angkin
The annual PalaECEpan with the theme “Pasiklabin ang Talinong Angkin” organized by the UST-NECES was held on March 8, via Zoom. The competition had two categories, the Quiz Bee and the Programming Cup, where Team D and Team C won, respectively.
The quiz bee was composed of three rounds with 20 participating students separated into five competing teams. The winning team for the event, team D, comprised Danna Karylle Clavio, Julian Canlas, Patrick Emmanuel Andres, and Marc Michael Nitro.
They were followed by Team C consisting of Allen Gabriel Estorque, Danielle Marcelino, and Eldywyn Jaiven Sevilla as first-runner up, Team A with Aryzza Antonette Aperocho, John Earl Patrick Sandoval, Aliah Nicole Brillante, and Richie Brillo as second-runner up, and Team B composed of Kurt Louis Marian, Ira Mariamme Santiago, Paolo Nicolas, and Lanz Adrean Yap as third-runner up.
Also, a programming competition entitled “Clash of Codes” was conducted wherein Diether Ong and Mikaela Santos from Team C bagged first place while Ken Mercado, Tristan Cueto, and Luke Paner from Team D placed second, and Jonel Umbal, James Patrick Lagmay, and Beaver Abellera from Team E got the third spot. It is a programming competition where participants were divided into five groups with three members each, giving them an allotted time of 3 hours to solve the problems given to them.
Magpasikat: The UST-ECE Variety Show 2022
UST-NECES concluded the week-long celebration with a talent competition entitled “Magpasikat: The UST-ECE Variety Show 2022” on March 11 via Zoom and Facebook live.
The board of judges was composed of Rossa Jhunilla Bucsit, former Vice President of Communications of UST-NECES in the year 2019-2020, Mernard Ellizer Mendoza, former Executive Secretary of UST NECES year 2019-2020, Andrew John Padua, former Vice President of Audit of UST-NECES in the year 2019-2020, Dither John Nabor, former President of UST-NECES for the academic year 2018-2019, and former UST-NECES Vice President of Communications in 2018-2019, Viel Ellison Tan.
All participating sections were given a maximum of 8 minutes to showcase their talents. A short interview with the participants was then conducted after each performance.
The victors of Magpasikat: The UST-ECE Variety Show 2022 were the representatives from 1ECE-11, 2ECE-A, 3ECE-D, and 4ECE-B.
Moreover, the winners of ECEnema: The ECE Film Fest 2022 were John Corgado, from 1ECE-11, Patrick Andres, Laurence Arellano, Xyra Arquillo, Ghiro Guanlao, Aundrea Levanza, Jose Nicolas, Hannah Quinonez, Alyssa Ragodon, and Tom Yabut, from 3ECE-B, and Rochelle Abalus, Joaquin Montenegro, and Beatriz Bagalay from 4ECE-A.
1ECE-11 was hailed as this year's ECE Week overall champion.
