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vol. 3 no. 1 MUST update 1

Volume 3No. 1

Sustaining Service Improvements in the Campus

[Energy and Environment]

Operating Within the Renewable Energy Paradigm of the Philippines

[R and D/Extension]

Going Beyond Targets on Paper Publication

[Resource Generation/Infrastructure Development]

Raising STFs Higher

President’s Desk

Sustaining Service Improvements in the Campus

Operating Within the Renewable Energy Paradigm of the Philippines

Going Beyond Targets on Paper Publication

Profi le of New Employees

Prof. Romeo M. De Asis, MTE Outstanding Volunteer 2010

Raising STFs Higher

International Peace Education Among the Youth

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Energy and Environment

R & D/Extension

Resource Generation/Infrastructure Development

Student Welfare

Organizational Chart

Outstanding Human and Organizational Development

Editorial:

MUST Update (Magazine)The Offi cial Publication of Mindanao University of Science & Technology, Vol. 3 No. 1

The Board of Regents

The University Key Offi cials

Dr. Ricardo E. RotorasPresident

Dr. Ruth G. CabahugVP- Academic Affairs

Dr. Nenita D. PalmesVP – Research, Extension Development and Educational Advancement Services

The Editorial Board

Ms. Maria Consuelo R. Del CastilloExecutive Editor

Ms. Joan J. SabaloMs. Maria Salome (Marisa) M. ManlapigEditors

Ms. Maria Salome (Marisa) M. ManlapigWriter

Mr. John Paul M. de la RamaGraphic Artist

Contributors Ms. April D. TalampasMr. Reuel C. PallugnaMr. Nolan D. CaliaoDr. Oliva P. Canencia

Cover Photos:Trailblazer

___________ MUST Update (Magazine) is published twice in a year by the Planning, Monitoring and Communication Offi ce of Mindanao University of Science & Technology, CM Recto Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City. Tel. Nos. (88)856-1738/856-1739; Fax (88) 8564696. Website: www.must.edu.ph. Its contents are valuable reads for the University’s internal and external audiences, and may be reproduced for information sharing purposes. Any error, or omission inadvertently committed, may be brought to the attention of the Editorial Board for inclusion in the next issue’s errata.


We started Year 2011 with a lot of hard work. After an intensive year-end evaluation of our fi rst

round of implementation with Strategic Plan 2010 to 2014, we tried to galvanize our Annual Work and Financial Plan, by requiring our executives to produce their best in consultation with their respective constituents. Together with our tremendous accomplishments in the past were also a lot of areas for improvement that we now gear towards working on for better procedures to follow.

Next as fast tracked was revisiting our old College Code to formalize a University Code. This Code has to be consistent with the new Organizational Structure approved by the Board last December 17, 2010. For your use, we have attached a copy of this structure here so you can look at it always and ponder on what we have primarily discussed during the 2011 Mid-Year Assembly.

As you know, the old structure was used when we were yet a small organization. Now that we have grown, we have to defi ne properly the units and functions which in the past were lumped into one offi ce only. As small as the motor pool and repair and maintenance units, they have to be defi ned properly for you to know whom to see for your particular work demands in a day.

As a long standing SUC IV, we have to always remember our quest for excellence in SUC prescribed areas, if not even surpass them. We have to assert our leadership in the area of scientifi c and technological

education so we achieve our projections in the near future. Surely, everybody gets inspired if we are serious in our journey towards becoming the University for Science and Technology in the Philippines (USTP). The bill for this is already in Congress.

Our active participation in MASCUF and PASUC manifests our determination to achieve our ends. With you, your great minds and contributions for a better University, we will surely go a long way.

All these we hold as ideals may not just be a dream. I must say that they are scientifi c projections because they have been outlined from our plans at the start of my presidency. If we unite in great prayers, nothing will be impossible. To our God be the glory.

MUST update vol. 3 no. 12

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Sustaining Service Improvements in the CampusBy Marisa M. Manlapig and April D. Talampas

Another school year opens and the University is geared towards giving the usual all-

out support for its most important clientele – the students. Latest fi gures show an increasing number of admission applicants. What attract them could be many, but on top are the upgraded student services and facilities, and low tuition fees that are made in exchange to quality education. The latest total count of enrollees from different places of Mindanao and other parts of the country for the main campus and its three external campuses is expected to be more than the 8,527 of last school year’s fi gure.

To review the highlights of the University’s latest charter

anniversary celebration, we see from a nutshell the take-off point from where students can be best served this school year. The University Days 2010-11 displayed what the school has become two years after it achieved universityhood, and 83 years after it was created an educational institution. It showcased the best as achieved by students, educating and entertaining not only themselves but also their teachers, administrative personnel and guests from many parts of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

No less than the CHED Chair Patricia Benitez-Licuanan, past CHED Chair William C. Medrano, and CHED Commissioner for

Mindanao Hadja Luningning Misuarez-Umar were impressed on the unprecedented development of the University. With them also were Congressman Rufus Rodriguez – the alluded Father of MUST, and Congressman Juan Edgardo M. Angara -- the Committee Chair on Higher and Technical education.

The strengthened pool of faculty members has continuously been made to improve instruction. Many attend trainings and workshops here and abroad. To improve on their scholarship, they work towards fi nishing the highest degree they can achieve, and indulge themselves into research works that send them to present papers in national and international research arenas.


“The MUST Utilities found in the University’s website provide enormous benefi ts to both students and employees in the University.”

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global edifi ces continue to rise. The new Science Complex is now open to house new classroom and science laboratories. Four more will be started this year.

Over the past few months, the MUST ICT Department has also been improving the University’s various systems. The MUST Utilities found in the University’s website provide enormous benefi ts to both students and employees in the University.

The MUST Utilities: http://util ities.must.edu.ph/must_utilities/.

Note: Virtual Classroom is also a utility website but its link is found on the home page of the University site.

Through the MUST Student Information System (SIS): http://sis.must.edu.ph/sis/home.aspx, the chaos of college life can be simplifi ed with this cool new system. Students can check their schedules, grades, evaluations and ledgers, view their transcript of records and update their personal information. Using SIS, parents also are able to keep track on their child’s progress.

Through the Virtual Classroom: http://www.must.edu.ph/vle/, virtual Classrooms are created. Students here may get online class management tools such as assignments, lectures and online quizzes as uploaded by their professors. This tool allows both the students and professors to be more productive with their

time. Professors can easily keep track which students did not make the assignments or take the required online quiz.

To avail of SIS and Virtual Classroom, students (or parents for SIS) log in to the system with the student’s ID number and password. Students should get their passwords from their professors.

Callers as well from outside the campus who could not connect immediately to the intended employee do not have to worry if their calls were wasted

through the MUST Customer/Client Relationship Management (CRM): http://crm.must.edu.ph:84/login.aspx. Any employee who receives the call will just log the caller’s information and message in CRM and the intended employee’s CRM information will be automatically updated and the intended employee also receives a notifi cation via email.

These systems are secure and up-to-date. Perhaps the most important advantage to these systems is their accessibility. As long as the student has web connection and with the right


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The academic and research exhibits demonstrate understanding of what the world needs today – innovations and inventions whose patents just require more attention and discovery. The Chorale Serenade, MUST Next Top Models, hip-hop and modern dances, Circulo de Entablado and other academic and cultural presentations and competitions illustrate the variety of potentials unleashed. Students likewise listen to new trends of S & T in prestigious lecture series and research reviews as they are tracked down by graduate studies colleagues, faculty members and guest lecturers. They are also witnesses to the blessing of the Php 134M fi ve-storey Science Complex that provides additional state of the art classrooms and laboratories for chemistry, physics, microbiology, computational chemistry, food science, environmental science, analytical instruments, miscellaneous accessory facilities, thesis research, analytical services, biotechnology and others. In the groundbreaking of four more buildings, they are further promised of an ambiance that can be more conducive for learning.


News Briefs

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username and password, he/she can login to these sites anytime, anywhere. This means it’s time saving, cost saving and convenient. No more calling the University’s offi ce to inquire for grades or schedule information. There is no need to travel to the university to get these academic contents. As with all new systems, students and employees should take time to learn and familiarize these tools in order to utilize their full capabilities.

With all these support, students are expected to do their share. They have to put their

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hearts and minds to their studies. Should problems in fi nances and relationships arise, they need to persevere to achieve their dreams. Good study habits should be formed, minimizing time spent on gallivanting, texting, and playing computer games. Interests in their chosen courses should

also be sustained, lest they shift the soonest time possible to avoid waste of resources from parents and sponsors. The offi ce of the guidance counselors would just be too willing to accommodate them should they slip on their decision making at times.

CIIT Industry TIE-Ups

The MOA signed between MUST through CIIT Dean Concorcio S. Namoco, Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation (MMPC), and Fast Autoworld Philippines Corporation (FAPC) have now started to trickle down its effects on the very system of MUST.

Before classes started for June 2011, three faculty members, Arnelo Naelga, Demetrio Castro and Similo Dumat-ol received free automotive training updates in Cebu. Three automotive graduates from MUST likewise got priority slots in the companies’ recruitment programs, thus were immediately hired against the graduates of other schools.

This MOA signed as another breakthrough in MUST’s industry-academe tie-up happened in an MMPC- Dealer-School Tie-up Symposium held at Cainta Rizal on May 19, 2011. Its prime intention is to enhance and upgrade the theories, skills and competencies of faculty

MMPC Executives, Mr. Carlo Magno -FAPC and Dr. Namoco Jr. - Mindanao University of Science and Technology signing the MOA.

members as they learn the best practices in the automotive industry, as well as provide effective and essential vocational-technical instruction and training for OJT students.

Stipulated in the MOA were the specifi c functions and roles of the three agreeing parties. MMPC shall provide the training venue and trainers for the areas of automotive electricity and electronics, electronic controlled fuel injection, engine overhauling and performance testing, automatic transmission, power train and others. It shall also provide training materials, and meals and snacks of trainees during the duration of the training.

FAPC shall do the coordination work between MMPS and MUST, and assist MUST in the physical improvement of its training center.

MUST, on the other hand, shall recommend and send automotive instructors to the training, shoulder trainees’ per diem for board and lodging, and secure payment of trainees’

accident insurance.

The said symposium likewise tackled targets and directions, and scholarship programs that can benefi t the University and its industry partners. FAPC, a Mitsubshi dealer company, holds offi ce in Cagayan de Oro and Ozamis City.

Gearing up for HITS: IT Capability Trainings for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

One of the big external projects with CIIT in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry is HITS which means Harnessing IT for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). This evolved after a MOA was signed by MUST President Ricardo E. Rotoras during the 4th RMSMEDC Meeting at Pearlmont Hotel on June 9, 2011.

The php 450,000 project is aimed for the effective management of records, product promotion and advertisement, real-time business communication and market research and analysis for SME entrepreneurs, through proper and adequate know-how on the use of information technology.

MUST has pre-training, training proper and post-training duties as stipulated in the MOA. It is in-charge of the design, implementation and evaluation of training materials and methods. DTI likewise shall provide the funds and contact the SMEs. It is also obliged to duly acknowledge MUST in all press releases and advertisements made by SMEs in relation to the training.)


“Renewable energy (RE) is that energy generated from natural resources—such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides and geothermal heat—which are naturally replenished.”

Operating Within the Renewable Energy Paradigm of the Philippines By Reuel C. Pallugna, REE and Nolan D. Caliao, PhDCenter for Research in Engineering and Architecture

The University has long responded to the country’s quest of harnessing

renewable energy in the light of providing solutions to the strongly felt energy crisis today. The ways to harness, however, have to be harmless to environment, thus help mitigate climate change, or the long-term change in weather patterns, that at many times can be destructive to human kind. Renewable energy (RE) is that energy generated from natural resources—such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides and geothermal heat—which are naturally replenished.

To meet this need, the Philippine government has recently released its policy


on Feed in Tariff (FIT) that guarantees payments per kilowatt-hour to renewable energy developers for the electricity they produce. National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) head Pedro Maniego Jr., revealed the FIT rates (in Php/kwh) as: 17.95 for solar, 17.65 for ocean, 10.37 for wind, 7 for biomass, and 6.15 for hydro.

The government has offered these FIT rates in order to encourage investments in RE (renewable energy) technologies to meet installation targets of 830 MW. Of these, the hydro and biomass can put up a total of 500 MW, wind of 220 MW, solar of 100 MW, and ocean of 10 MW.

Not only the government’s FIT rates are attractive but also recent installation costs for RE technologies have shown a downward trend.

The Department of Energy of the Philippines has given a map of the available RE potential in the Philippines, providing a direction where

A proponent of the Impasug-ong Pico-Hydro Project tends to the requirements of the study.



these RE potentials are. In summary, these four concerns are: shortage of energy supply, availability of RE resources, downward trend of the costs of RE technologies, and attractive FIT rates all point out to the viability of pursuing the knowledge and investment in RE.

MUST, as an institution of higher learning in science and technology is also directed toward and actively participating in the promotion of RE technologies, in fact a number of undergraduate and master’s researches are engaged in RE technologies.

Also its Master’s in Engineering Program has a number of courses on RE technologies. Recently, even before the Center for Renewable Energy of MUST has been offi cially opened, two new RE projects (run-of-the river hydro) were already ongoing. One in Impasug-ong,

Bukidnon (see picture on page 6) involving a pico-hydro (3 kw) power plant project, which is already on its prototyping stage and another one, in Mapawa, Cagayan de Oro City (see picture above), which has the ideal potential of micro-hydro (4 × 5 kw), solar, wind, and biomass in just one location. The Mapawa project is still in its hydrologic study phase. It is hoped that both projects could be commissioned this year.

Formal Memorandum of Agreements (MOA) with the land owners is underway for both projects. It is the goal of MUST in engaging these projects to provide an experimental set up and an actual prototype of RE technologies for academic, research, and economic purposes. Through CREA and the Center for Renewable Energy, MUST can take the lead in contributing to the research and implementation of RE technologies in the region.

CREA research team conducts hydrologic study in Mapawa Micro-Hydro Project.

News Briefs

Albina in the States

Engr. Dionel O. Albina, associate professor of CEA, traveled to Columbia University, New York, USA to present a paper during the 2011 Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference on May 4-20. The event geared towards Moving Towards a Sustainable Future: Opportunities and Challenges. Engr. Albina is likewise fi nishing his doctorate degree in the same university. A member of the Board of Regents, he represents the faculty of MUST.

IT mentor in Faculty Immersion and Conference

Cebu Mitsumi, Inc. hosted a Faculty Immersion and Conference to give faculty members fi rst-hand experience in the electronic industry, as well as strengthen their academe-industry partnership.

Engr. Maricel Exclamado, instructor of IT, represented MUST. While in the training, she also met the MUST graduates currently working there. All she has learned from there will be incorporated as updates to the IT curriculum.Her transportation, accommodation and meals were shouldered by the company from May 23-30.

Entrepreneurship Workshop for Scientists and Engineers in the Philippines

Dr. Concorcio S. Namoco, CIIT dean and Engr. Ruelson Solidum, chair of the Department of Physics found many ways of becoming an entrepreneur while staying as scientists and engineers. This they confi rmed after they had attended the workshop meant to encourage commercialization of scientifi c inventions at the University of San Carlos in Talamban, Cebu.

The Physics Society of the Philippines which sponsored the workshop, in coordination primarily with University of San Carlos, Cebu and Ateneo de Manila University, introduced new topics such as process of innovation, generation and protection of intellectual property, technology transfer, institutional roles for commercialization, and commercialization of inventions, among others.

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Going Beyond Targets on Paper PublicationBy Oliva P. Canencia, Ph.D.

One remarkable achievement of the University’s R & D division

is superseding its target for paper publication. Producing these extra-ordinary outputs is one of the University’s strategies to enhance its visibility in the national and international arena.

If in a year it has to publish at least one in a refereed journal, for the fi rst quarter this year, it has already published fi ve. Three of the journals involved are of the International Scientifi c Refereed Journals, or ISI Journals. Refereed means the authors’ manuscripts were reviewed, critiqued and given with recommendations by other science experts before journal editors consider them for publishing. Doing so increases the credibility of

these journals from readers or users.

ISI is short for Institute for Scientifi c Information. It is a database of international journals, books and proceedings in the sciences, social sciences and arts and humanities. It provides comprehensive coverage of the world’s most important and infl uential research. With about 8,600 international journals covered on an annual basis, it includes indexes of bibliographic data for English-language author abstracts, author and publisher addresses, and cited references of its journals.

The fi ve refereed papers already published are:

1. Dr. Nolan D. Caliao. “Dynamic Modelling and Control

of fully Rated Converter Wind Turbines,” Renewable Energy International Journal, Vol. 36 Issue a (2011), ISSN 0960-1481, 2011. Elsevier Ltd. USA (ISI Journal)

The paper describes the steady state, dynamic models and control strategies of wind turbine generators. The dynamic models are presented in the dq frame of reference. Different control strategies in the generator side converter and in the grid side converter for fault ride through requirement and active power frequency and reactive/voltage control are presented for variable speed wind turbines.

2. Dr. Rhoda A. Namoco. “Convex Expected Residual Models for Stochastic Affi ne Variantional Inequality Problems and Its Application to the Traffi c Equilibrium Problem,” Pacifi c Journal of Optimization, Vol. 6 No. 1,

R & D/Extension


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“ISI is short for Institute for Scientifi c Information. It is a database of international journals, books and proceedings in the sciences, social sciences and arts and humanities.”


pp. 3-19, ISSN 1348-9151, Yokohama Publishing, Japan (ISI Journal)

3. Dr. Oliva P. Canencia, et al. “Agroforest Landscape Ecosystem Analysis in Mindanao Philippines: Current Status and Perspectives for Watershed Restoration,” Agroforestry as a Tool for Landscape Restoration, ISBN 978-1-61731-225-1, New York, USA (International Journal)

The study deals on the dynamics of the agroforest landscape ecosystem, and watershed protection and rehabilitation from the upperstream or uplands going to downward stream or marine areas in Cagayan de Oro. Found in the area are 36 agroforest species, classifi ed as economically important, endemic, rare and endangered. Its phyplanktons are pollution-tolerant and red-tide causing toxins harmful to fi shes. Its soil is appropriate for subsistence crops.

4. Maria Luisa B. Salingay and Dr. Romeo M. del Rosario. “Applicable Masking Agents in the Dichromate Chemical Oxygen Demand Determination,” Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment, ISSN 0972-0626, Thailand (ISI Journal)

The study shows the oxidizability of common halides, and other agents which can effectively suppress chlorides and bromides and minimize the usage of mercuric sulfate in waste waters and natural waters

Prof. Romeo M. De Asis, MTE Outstanding Volunteer 2010

He can be your typical next door friend. When he comes to school, he can take only his motorbike, despite owning perhaps other types of vehicle. If he sees you at the campus gate, he will not bat a lash to smile, greeting as if you too are indeed important. In meetings, he can be quiet, a soft spoken guy who speaks loudly only when necessary, sometimes even in poetic lines only he can mutter from within.

None of the familiar braggadocio of an executive can be found in this current director of ICET, who also has been the dean of CIIT for many years. In one orientation meeting he conducted, he spoke briskly of every detail freshmen should know about the university, like a concerned elder brother.

The kind of aura that Prof. Romeo M. De Asis, MTE projects, did not surprise anyone when he was acclaimed the country’s Outstanding Volunteer for 2010 for the individual youth and adult category.

The said program upholds on the cultural tradition of volunteerism that permeate humanitarian values in the national psyche of Filipinos. For 2011, President Benigno S. Aquino, III declared the year as the 10th Anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers (IYV+10) in the Philippines, in support of the global theme “Volunteering for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).” With the Philippines as a UN-member country, Filipinos are likewise enjoined to heighten awareness and appreciation of

volunteerism and make it a useful instrument for achieving the agenda of MDGs.

From among the volunteer qualities of Prof. de Asis, his commitment to sustain projects, his leadership to infl uence and mobilize others to serve as well, and his adaptability to sustain diffi culties and ability to teamwork brought him the honors he deserves.

In his volunteerism he has spontaneously dedicated himself to touching various helpless, hopeless, care less lives – to include those of the prisoners, out-of-school youths, youth leaders, fathers, teachers, students, fellow faculty members, friends, and other random individuals whom he thought were in need of his care.

His consistent advocacy of sharing his expertise in numerous trainings, seminars, workshops, team building activities, retreats, and gatherings upon which he willingly submits himself best attest his veracity of his plight as a volunteer.

He was nominated to various awards and recognitions to include being a national fi nalist in the Metro Bank Search for Outstanding Teacher in 1998, Most Outstanding Teacher in 2004-2005, and Outstanding Parent of City central School in 2000-01.

We can just imagine what government work would be if everyone like Prof. de Asis would heartily gives oneself for the service of his fellow men.


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Outstanding Human and Organizational DevelopmentProfi le of New Employees

The year has the usual new appointments to show that the University is continually moving towards its claim for a rightful place in the academic circle of the country.

Complementing the regular teaching force are the highly competent lecturers from similar academic institutions, and progressive industrial companies.

Some fi ve temporary appointees were also sworn to be part of the MUST roster of employees:

ATTY. ALVIN G. SUASO

A practicing lawyer, and a former partner of Barba and Associates Law Offi ce, he is appointed as the acting Board Secretary V. He fi nished his Bachelor of Laws at Liceo de Cagayan University, and passed the Bar Examination on March 2008. Prior to joining MUST, he was Vice Chairman of the Board of Balingasag Local Government Employees Cooperative, and was the Executive Assistant in the Offi ce of the Municipal of Balingasag, Misamis Oreintal. He was also an instructor of St. Peter’s College in the same locality.

MR. CORDULO P. ASCANO II

A consistent scholar under the CHED Scholarship Program and Mindanao Advanced Education Program (MAEP), he acquired his master’s degree in Biology at the Ateneo de Davao University in 2006. He is currently working on his dissertation for his doctorate degree in Biology, entitled

Green Leaf Hopper and Its Implications in the Deployment of Rice Variety and Management at Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology. A previous instructor of Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and Technology of Bunawan, Agusan del Sur, he is currently a faculty of the Environmental Science and Technology Department with the College of Arts and Sciences.

MR. JO MARK M. LIBRE

The Student Affairs Welfare coordinator is a Bachelor of Arts major in Political Science from, and university scholar of, Ateneo de Davao University. Lately, he fi nished two master’s degrees from Ateneo de Manila University: Master of Arts in Political Science major in Global Politics, as a CHED-HEDP scholar, and Master of Public Administration. Committed and highly driven, he started his teaching career at Kong Hua School, Cagayan de Oro where he was faculty member for high school. continued to page 14

L to R: Rojien V. Morcilla, Mr. Jo Mark M. Libre, Maria Cecilia Pangan, Mr. Cordulo Ascano II, Atty. Alvin G. Suaso and Dr. Nenita D. Palmes, administering the oath taking.

ROJIEN V. MORCILLA

Being top in his class made him earn a slot in the First Light Scholarship Grant of MPSC. After he fi nished his BS in Electrical Engineering, he proceeded to take higher studies. At a young age, he fi nished his Master of Engineering degree from MUST. Before becoming a full-time faculty of the University, he worked as the Graduate Research Assistant of the College of Engineering.

MARIA CECILIA L. PANGAN

The head of Human Resource Management is a BS in Psychology graduate from Xavier University, and holds two master’s degrees: Master in Management, major in Human Resource Management from Liceo de Cagayan University, and Master in Business Management from Xavier University. She was head of Human Resource Development of Republic Biscuit Corporation in Bukidnon before joining MUST. Earlier, she was a


“The amount may go only to the payment of regular employees and other predictable expenses, that to squeeze a budget for its development and modernization would not be manageable.”

Raising STFs HigherBy Marisa M. Manlapig and Joan J. Sabalo

The unprecedented infra development of the University takes

into account its aggressive resource generation. If GA funds amounting to 112, 658 millions for 2011 for example are to be the only funds, this University, like any other SUCs in satisfying its needs , could have gone lackluster. The amount may go only to the payment of regular employees and other predictable expenses, that to squeeze a budget for its development and modernization would not be manageable.

When R.A. 8292 known

as the Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997 was established, its Section 4 empowered SUCS “to enter into joint ventures with business and industry for the profi table development and management of the economic assets of the college or institution, the proceeds from which to be used for the development and strengthening of the college or university.” Subsequently, its Section __ also says, : ___.

The Special Trust Funds, amount raised from student tuition and other fees, donations, income generating projects and loans, has

propelled the University to achieve greater heights. At its expected receipt for 2011-2012, it is estimated to respond to the following needs:

Resource Generation/Infrastructure Development

Top Left: MUST Gym Top Right: MUST DormitoryBottom Left: Engineering Complex Bottom Right: MUST Student Center


Resource Generation/Infrastructure DevelopmentAllotment from STF alone

Capital Outlay: Infra Development

Construction of the Engineering Complex 145 MConstruction of the University Gym 89 MConstruction of University Residences 15 MConstruction of Student Center 14 M

Construction of Oroquieta Campus School Building 15 MRenovation/Repair of Administration Building 5 MRehabilitation of Drainage System 5.5 M ______________ 288.5 M

Personal Services 34.6 MSalaries and wages, honoraria, allowances, benefi ts and like other compensations

Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 65.5 M(MOOE) Traveling expenses, trainings and scholarships,supplies and materials, utility and communications, etc.

An outright view of resource generation is that it is a task carried only by top ranking offi cials, such as when presidents with their top executives from 112 SUCs nationwide gathered during the 2011 PASUC General Assembly to discuss salient matters of steering SUCs to respond to the challenges of global competitiveness.

In it, MUST president Ricardo E. Rotoras , the elected new president for the

next two years, vowed in his valedictory speech to address the needs of SUCs’ clamor for more resources. He wants the SUC policy environment such as the DBM, Congress and Senate to be more sensitive and understanding to SUC conditions. Because normative fi nancing requires improved SUC performance, he implied such would be diffi cult if fi nancing needs are not well sustained, citing among others the timely

News Briefs

CIIT National Training Workshop on Industrial Electronics and Robotics

CIIT, in collaboration with PACUIT, conducted a 5-day National Training on Industrial Electronics and Robotics late week of April 2011.

Its 17 participants from Lucban, Quezon in Luzon; Ilo-ilo City, Leyte, and Samar in Visayas; and Surigao City, Cotabato, Cabadbaran, Ozamis, Davao and Cagayan de Oro in Mindanao were instructors in technology and engineering, particularly handling electronics, electrical, mechanical and mechatronics in higher education institutions.

The topics were Digital Electronics and Sensors as handled by Engr. Erich Abad of MUST; Educational and Entertainment Robotics by Dr. Elmer Dadios of De La Salle and Dr. Noel Gunay of MSU-General Santos; Programmable Logic Controller by Engr. Alex Murial of MUST; and Mechatronics and 3D Modelling by Engr. Ruvel Cuasito, again of MUST.

The speakers from MUST of the self-supporting, self-liquidating training were those who were recently trained in Nanyang Polytechnic University in Singapore. Added in the list were Dr. Dadios and Dr. Gunay who are both respectable fi gures in industrial technology education.

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Engr. Solidum now plans of integrating an entrepreneurship subject to the existing science curriculum. Doing it though as he says will yet have to pass through the academic council and then the BOR.

He also thinks that research centers can do a lot on this respect. They can start evaluating and screening published works that can be patented, and proceed with the plan to create an institutional Intellectual Property (IP) offi ce that can give better insights about existing Philippine IP law (RA 10055). They can also work on the conversion of inventions into products, and on the commercialization of intellectual property rights by researchers.

Personally, Engr. Solidum looks at the seminar as an opportunity to make innovations, but with his current setup as a faculty with full time load as an instructor, he says it could be a barrier to doing innovation. The chair is although hopeful he fi nds the right time for all these.

Entrepreneurship Workshop...



Sir Esquinas was a Bachelor of Science in Commerce graduate, and hailed from Majayjay, Laguna. He spoke greatly in Tagalog and was a good leader, boss and friend. Colleagues describe him to be a quiet and humble person yet was smart and diligent, and very conscientious and fair in dealing with his job and the people in his care. He defi nitely was a wonderful person and an incredible offi cer of the University. There are no adequate words to describe how much he will be missed. In acts of gratitude, the University intends to keep him and his family in their thoughts and prayers.


Profi le of...continued from page 11

faculty member of Assumption Montessori School in Cagayan de Oro, a sales training supervisor in the House of Sara Lee, a Business Development Offi cer of Liberty Telecoms, Inc. and Branch Manager of Skyphone Logistics, Inc. Concurrent with her administrative position is her being a faculty member with the College of Arts and Sciences.

IN MEMORIAM:CESAR C. ESQUINAS, Chief Administrative Offi cerV

The University offi cials, staff, faculty and students of MUST deeply mourn the untimely passing of Sir Cesar C. Esquinas, on July 2, 2011. He served as the College Board Secretary for three years, and as Administrative Offi cer for 30 years. He was 57 years of age and is survived by his loving and devoted wife Edwina (Nene), his children Erwin, Faye, and Giselle.

During his time as chief administrative offi cer and later VP for Administration and Finance, he at many times spearheaded the Bids and Awards Committee that undertook the rigid procedures of realizing many procurement projects of the University. To name some, they were the construction of big buildings such as the ICT, New Admin and Science Complex; the continuation of phase 7 of LRC building, the construction of the SPED center, the procurement of the automated enrollment facilities through PRISM, the other ICT facilities such as the transformers, the supply of instruments and automation control system training module, the yearbook, signage at the gate, books, journals, and Proquest , the school uniform last year, hiring of security guards, the aircon systems of admin building, the Industrial and Technology Building toilet, construction of infrastructure planning and development offi ce, and many others.

Hiring of Job Order Personnel

The University also opened its doors again to professionals and skilled workers who wish to be a part of this growing University through Job Order (JO) appointments.

Ms. Georgia S. Macabale, Administrative Offi cer IV, says that about 145 secretarial, clerical, wave programmers, science laboratory technicians, ICT technicians and skilled positions were searched to assist executive offi cials who lack manpower resource. However, only 108 JOs were hired. The hiring of professional and skilled workers was prompted by the increased number of enrollees.

Ms. Macabale added the JO personnel enjoy rationalization of wage rates per BOR Resolution No. 058 s., 2010, December 27, 2010 approving the standardized wages for MUST personnel under Job Order basis and its job titles with the corresponding terms of reference and wage of the University.

Approved was the minimum daily wage rate of Php 277.95 plus 20 percent mandatory insurance and PhilHealth benefi ts effective immediately. FMS Director, Ms. Vanessa S. Ascaño said wage rationalization is enjoyed by JOs upon their appointment to service.

The Promotion and Selection Committee was chaired by Dr. Nenita D. Palmes VP-REDEAS with four (4) members charged with screening of applicants.

“He defi nitely was a wonderful person and an incredible offi cer of the University. There are no adequate words to describe how much he will be missed.”


Raising STFs...continued from page 13

Outstanding...

Entrepreneurship Workshop for Scientists and Engineers in the Philippines

Dr. Concorcio S. Namoco, CIIT dean and Engr. Ruelson Solidum, chair of the Department of Physics found many ways of becoming an entrepreneur while staying as scientists and engineers. This they confi rmed after they had attended the workshop meant to encourage commercialization of scientifi c inventions at the University of San Carlos in Talamban, Cebu.

The Physics Society of the Philippines which sponsored the workshop, in coordination primarily with University of San Carlos, Cebu and Ateneo de Manila University, introduced new topics such as process of innovation, generation and protection of intellectual property, technology transfer, institutional roles for commercialization, and commercialization of inventions, among others.

Engr. Solidum now plans of integrating an entrepreneurship subject to the existing science curriculum. Doing it though as he says will yet have to pass through the academic council and then the BOR.

He also thinks that research centers can do a lot on this respect. They can start evaluating and screening published works that can be patented, and proceed with the plan to create an institutional Intellectual Property (IP) offi ce that can give better insights about existing Philippine IP law (RA 10055). They can also work on the conversion of inventions into products, and on the commercialization of intellectual property rights by researchers.

Personally, Engr. Solidum looks at the seminar as an opportunity to make innovations, but with his current setup as a faculty with full time load as an instructor, he says it could be a barrier to doing innovation. The chair is although hopeful he fi nds the right time for all these.

implementation of NBC 461 to attract the best minds that train students. Normative fi nancing appropriates budget for MOOE based on the SUCs’ performance on enrollment, PRC results, researches made, accreditation levels, COD and COE awards, etc.

Senator Allan Peter Cayetano, likewise, who delivered a keynote speech during that event also affi rmed on the need to sustain SUCs well. He said that a country with well-trained adults improve an economy because they become self-suffi cient income earners, and viable tax payers – mendicants for government assistance, especially for medical needs. This runs contrary to the notion that tertiary education is optional to be given a good budget by government.

While presidents and top executives steer the directions for the creation of effi cient and effective policies, still everyone is a resource generator, he or she be a student, maintenance and offi ce staff, or faculty member. By doing his tasks well, he can contribute to the making of a good name for the University, and thus reap a promise for the good welfare and benefi t for everyone.


International Peace EducationAmong the YouthBy Marisa M. Manlapig

Three committed student leaders -- Neil Drandreb P. Vasques, RC Tsini

T. Solis II, and Angelica C. Firme, beamed with joy and inspiration early part of June 2011. They not only have traveled to Hongkong for free to attend the Initiative for Peace Conference 2011 on May 26 to June 1 as sponsored by United World College system. They also were eager to relate their experiences so they start peace education projects that could benefi t communities.

To promote peace, the conference debriefed them on confl ict management and resolution strategies using the framework of the Mindanao confl ict. Its main objective was to bring together young people who can help put the sponsors’ ideals on peace and international understanding into action.

“We learned through our

simulation exercises,” says RC Tsini, “that some confl icts can never be resolved, but just managed through effective strategies.” Most of the simulations in the conference were personal and thus were close to the realities of the young. The participants managed to analyze and act on them through negotiations in time-framed manner.

The group are now thinking of sharing their experience in student leadership training seminars sponsored by the Supreme Student Council. They believe student leaders can be helped to manage more effectively their confl icts inside organizations if they likewise are debriefed.

After fulfi lling peace objectives in the University, they will go out to their communities. Their peace projects may include a Youth Day celebration from the parish

where they belong so they can talk integrating the peace strategies in workshops. They may likewise be art activities related to peace, wherein even elementary kids can relate, or collaborations with other delegates in conducting other projects, the likes of which are the inter-faith dialogues between youths of Islam and Christian denominations.

With many organizations now just waiting for worthy development proposals to come, those for peace can always have a chance. The far end in view of creating permanent youth-led confl ict management organizations around the world is possible.

“Most of the simulations in the conference were personal and thus were close to the realities of the young.”

Student Welfare


Student WelfareNews Briefs

NYPi-TF-CHED On-Site Program Review

The three engineers who were sent to Nanyang Polytechnic, Ang Mo Kio, Singapore as recipients of the Specialist Training Program in Industrial Electronics and Mechatronics fulfi lled its mission to conduct the so-called On-Site Program Review (OPR) in the University of Southeastern Philippines, Davao City on May 9.

The sponsors, the Temasek Foundation-Nanyang Polytechnic of Singapore and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), subjected the specialists from this University -- Engrs. Ruvel J. Cuasito, Alex L. Maureal and Erich P. Abad to a post training assessment to validate how the NYPi-TF-CHED training in Singapore before has made signifi cant impact to the SUC’s respective constituents and clientele.

Other participating SUC’s in the Visayas Area conducted their OPR in Cebu Technological University, Cebu City on May 10. Those from Luzon Area had it in the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City on May 12. The over-all objective of the OPR is to verify how the program contributed to the technical and technology training capability of the participating institutions.

The Mindanao Area’s OPR highlighted among others the pre-stage and post-stage of the changes implemented to include management inputs from participants of Senior Offi cials Management Programme, the curriculum or pedagogical approaches to learning, and the facilities used. It also tackled the challenges faced during implementation, describing the method of knowledge transfer used such as forums, trainings, and e-learning, as well as the future plans in the teaching and learning modules developed. (Ruvel J. Cuasito)

Series of CIIT Public Lectures: active roads to CIIT’s quest for excellence

How robotics has recently invaded the industry market in terms of education and entertainment, as well as of making machines see to understand and perform tasks well were only two of the three topics in separate public lectures conducted by CIIT for the fi rst two quarters of 2011.

On April 26, Dr. Elmer P. Dadios, University Fellow of De La Salle University-Taft, Manila and president of Mechatronics and Robotics Society of the Philippines spoke about

Updates on BSU Partnership

Considering that MUST is recognized and acclaimed for its excellence in Industry and Technology among others, BSU through President Victor Barroso has contracted with MUST a yearly agreement for its students enrolled in BS in Automotive Technology, electronics Technology and Food Technology to use the facilities of the MUST Laboratories for their hands-on training during summer. The MUST instructors are also expected to rate the performance of the students while they are having their classes at MUST. BSU shall pay the actual salaries of instructors; pay the laboratory fees, supervising cost, and utilities and administrative costs. MUST also allows the students to use the dormitories for a fee.

International research awardee of MUST presents another paper in 2011 international conference

Dr. Concorsio Namoco, CIIT dean and international research awardee of MUST presented another paper entitled “Investigation of Sheet Metals Subjected to Simultaneous Embossing on Both Sides Utilizing Multiple Punches” during the 5th International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Environment, and Management (HNICEM) 2011, in Trader’s Hotel in Manila

used by industries. Chloride is 48.20% oxidized and bromide up to 99.40%.

5. Dr. Victoria O. Sumanpan. “Infl uence of Interactive Science Centrum to Students’ Science Learning and Attitude,” Liceo Journal of Higher education Research – Science and Health Section, Vol. 6 No. 2, December 2010, ISSN 2094-1064, Cagayan de Oro City (National Journal)

The descriptive study reveals there is signifi cant infl uence of the exposure to the interactive science exhibits to students’ learning and attitude towards science, because it provides hands-on and minds-on experiences on science. The students agreed the centrum, although needing more attractive and effective space and exhibits, can promote science and technology in the country.

Educational and Entertainment Robot and Its Applications.

With him that day was Dr. Noel S. Gunay, a Ph.D. in computer science and professor of MSU-General Santos. He spoke about Machine Vision Using OpenCV. The participants were college instructors of engineering, computer technology, and physics. With them were also high school physics teachers, and some undergraduate and graduate students.

On June 16 on the other hand, Mr. Pelegren T. Cardino, Jr., a proud alumnus of MUST and lecturer in Otomotif College of Selangor, Malaysia, talked about practiced craft which is Electronic Fuel Injection Systems (EFI), a way to introduce fuel to an internal combustion engine. Through many sensors and input signals, EFI can pick up engine rpm, throttle position, barometric pressure, air pressure, water and oil temperature and rate of throttle opening to meet the demands of engine operations. He was listened to by undergraduate and graduate students, and faculty members of CIIT.

last March 10-13. The paper attempted to improve the method

of embossing only one side of the sheet utilizing a die, which causes warping in the sheet. The residual stress in both sides of the sheet is seen to be different if only one side is being processed. The study utilized soft aluminum as sheet and verifi ed on the mechanical properties of the sheet thereafter.

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