LOS BAŇOS, Laguna -- Millennial inventors, innovators and future scientists were among the awardees in the regional Science and Technology (S&T) “Filipinovation” competition hosted by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Calabarzon regional office here.
DOST-Calabarzon Regional Director Dr. Alexander Madrigal has encouraged inventors, innovators, senior high schools, colleges, S & T organizations and institutions in the region to continuously innovate and to start creating own name to influence and contribute S&T development to the local scene.
The S&T regional agency bared on Friday the list of winners of the 2017 Regional Invention Contests and Exhibits (2017 RICE) themed “Science for the People: Fostering Invention for an Innovative Nation” they staged last month at Robinsons Place, Dasmariñas City.
The S&T event is in line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s 0 + 10 socio-economic agenda “to promote science, technology and the creative arts to enhance innovation and creative capacity towards self-sustaining inclusive development.”
Among the regional top three winners for Outstanding Student Creative Research for College or the “Sibol” Award are the champion -- “MCU-Based Automatic Anti-Drunk Driving Device for Motorcycle” of coeds Jerome Arenas and Jeanie Matibag of Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU)-Batangas;
1st Runner Up -- “Three-Pass Enhanced Solar Desalinator with Parabolic-Through Concentrator” of Romart Paulus Gerona, EdnalynPedrosa, Nimrod Kelvin Placino and Milo Placino of Southern Luzon State University (SLSU); 2nd Runner Up -- “Wheezing Inhalator” of Jan Neil Olfato, John Cyrus Pedraja and Maria Monica Angelica Garcia of First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities.
For the Outstanding Student Creative Research for High School (“Sibol” Award), the regional winners include “Development of Low Cost Subcutaneous Vein Detector for IV Fluid Insertion (Veinuino)” of Kristianne Otiong, John Michael Pacis and John Cairu Ramirez of Rizal National Science High School;
1st Runner Up -- “Sound Energy Harvesting and Converting Device” of James Loius de Luna, Butch Malicsi, Ma. Angelica Claire Florida, Melvin Boco and Salvador de Guzman of Tagaytay City Science National High School; 2nd Runner Up -- “Locate Alert Bot of Patricia dela Peña and Claude Simon Naco of Colegio de San Juan de Letran -- Calamba.
Outstanding Utility Model: 1st Runner Up: A Movement Aiding Assembly for Orthopedic Patient of Alfredo Gonzales and Marcelo Gonzales; and 2nd Runner Up: Multi-Commodity Heat Pump Dryer of Lorcelie B. Taclan.
The Outstanding Creative Research (“Likha” Award) regional winners are “Development and Utilization of Actinomycetes as Biocontrol Agents Against Panama Wilt Causing-Fusariumoxysporum TR4 in Cavendish Banana (ACTICon)” of Irene Papa and Teofila Zulaybar; 1st Runner Up -- “Classified Calcium” of Lyle Christian Herbosa;
2nd Runner Up -- “Ultra High Temperature/High Temperature Short Time Pasteurizer for Milk, Coconut Water and other Juices” of Allan De Villa, Erma Quinay, Shirley Cabrera, Donnalyn Cabaces, Maria Lourdes Balansay, Servillano Gardiano, Divina Gracia Ronquillo, Nora Magnaye, and Mary Rose Persincula.
Eleven regional winners received their certificates and cash prizes and will represent the Calabarzon region in the National Invention Contests and Exhibits (NICE) next year.
The winners emerged following meticulous criteria-based selection, deliberation, interviews, presentations and demonstrations of the contenders’ inventions by the panel of jurors composed of Dr. Freddie Bulauan, Engr. Rogelio Reyes and Dr. Jose Tomas Cabagay.
RICE is a biennial celebration of the DOST as the country’s premier S&T institution through its Technology Application and Promotion Institute (TAPI) and the DOST Regional Offices.
It provides an outlet for local inventors to feature their works and to recognize the indispensability of Filipino inventors in the Philippine society and in the landscape of national economic development.
The competition also aims to encourage the country’s local inventors and the corresponding government assistance provided for these S&T special sectors. (PNA)
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