Written by: Carl Tristan Gile
Photo Courtesy of the UST Department of Industrial Engineering and Engr. Angelito A. Silverio, PhD
Professors and alumni researchers from the Faculty of Engineering were recognized in the Nagoya City University (NCU) Contact Points in Asia Symposium held virtually last August 25-26, 2021.
The symposium, with the theme "Think about SDGs - Designing Healthy Work Environment," showcased various research topics related to the “Hub for Work Environment Design” of the NCU.
The Industrial Engineering (IE) Department exhibited two studies in the event.
Winning the Excellence Poster Award (Audience Choice) is the research, entitled “A Comparative Study on the Human preference and the Nutritional Value between Mung Bean Chips and Common Commercial Snack Food” by IE alumni Adonis Clet, David Lorenz Dometita, Fredric Go, and Ericson Niones. The team’s adviser, Assoc. Prof. Carlos Ignacio P. Lugay, Jr, PhD, PIE, ASEAN Engineer, presented the said research.
Meanwhile, the study, entitled “Establishing a Procurement Model in Philippine Barangay Health Centers using Integer Linear Programming” by IE alumni Glenn Gerald Castañeda, Keziah Marella Cueto, Clara Franchesca Mendoza, and Angeline Nicole Regalado, was presented by their adviser, Engr. Gabriel C. Bucu, CIE, AAE, and won fourth place for the Excellence Poster Award.
Engr. Angelito A. Silverio, PhD of the Electronics Engineering (ECE) Department, also participated in the poster session and garnered second place in the Best Poster Award.
His presentation focused on the opportunities, deployment, and challenges of wearable technologies for chronic health care monitoring.
Engr. Silverio led the exhibition of the following on-going studies funded by the Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD): “Design of a Wearable Sweat Rate Sensor using Calorimetric Flow on a Microfluidic Patch,” co-authored by Kiara S. Esguerra, Jerard Vincent R. Ang, and Ho Tatt Wei; and “Development of a Wearable System for Fall Detection and Physiological Signs Monitoring,” co-authored by Mhar Ian Estayan, Edgardo Giuseppe G. Catambing, and Carl Anderson Lei Yee.
When asked about his experience in joining the symposium, he expressed that it was a great honor and privilege for him to be one of the representatives of the University of Santo Tomas in the event.
Aside from the participants mentioned above, Asst. Prof. Ruth Marie I. Equipaje, MS, and Assoc. Prof. Lilia C. de Jesus, PhD of the UST Research Center for Culture, Arts and Humanities (RCCAH), also partook in the event.
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