Written by: Jhoana Fidel
Photo by: Jayvee Fulgencio
November 20, 2019 — The UST Faculty of Engineering Team A ranked 2nd Runner Up in UP Circuit’s intercollegiate category in “squEEEze: The National EEE Competition and Convention” last November 9.
Senior Electrical Engineering (EE) students Austine Rico Wong and Christian Sales, and Senior Electronics Engineering (ECE) student Ryan Rey Corpin, composed UST’s Team A. Instructors Engr. Reymond Serafica from the ECE department and Engr. John Carlo Perion from the EE department were the team’s coaches.
The team, even though faced with struggles in preparation for the quiz show, garnered nine points in the final round and managed to a podium finish among 10 competing schools after a three-year dry spell in the competition.
"squEEEze" is a national competition organized by students that focuses on electronics and electrical engineering and has various categories such as high school quiz bee, college quiz bee, circuit sprint, and technological design contest.
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