FOUR students from the Electronics Engineering Department grabbed the top three places in the PLDT Summer Camp 2018 held at the Innolab Mandaluyong, last July 24, 2018.
Marinelle Esteban bagged the overall championship with her project 'Long-Distance Voice Activated Home Automation System'. Kiko Del Rosario landed second with his project 'Digitized Systematic Project Management Tool'. While, Angelika Ong and Pauline Sotta won third place with their project 'QOS & Customer Experience Metrics: Android Application Prototype'.
Esteban, together with a student from Ateneo de Manila University and from the University of the Philippines, came up with an idea that can be productized by PLDT. The project aims to provide voice activated home automation system that does not require the use of internet. She stated that the 'Internet of Things' is already a reality and one of the most prevalent applications are smart phones.
“We want to make it accessible in a setting of an ordinary Filipino home and to maximize the use of existing PLDT products and services especially its landline,” Esteban shared.
The summer camp, which lasts from June 13 to 27, 2018, was a special internship offered by PLDT to students from different universities. This included special activities such as trainings, seminars, and community development activities that engaged and gave students a glimpse of the corporate world.
Additionally, each students were assigned to respective departments of PLDT and within 240 hours they must come up with their own unique and innovative ideas that applies the things they learned in their respective majors. The highlight of the summer camp is the 'Project Expo' and 'Revalida' where the students were given an opportunity to exhibit their innovative projects to PLDT employees and top executives. The chosen top three presented their project to the Chairman of PLDT, Manuel V. Pangilinan.
Esteban shared her experiences from the camp, “Meeting new people from the actual field and sharing views and perspectives with them will be my best and memorable experience.” She also emphasized that the people they met gave them some hint on what it is like to work and how vast their opportunities can be. Camille Mosqueda and John Anthony Yumul
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