Computer Engineering partners with Freescale Semiconductor

Computer Engineering signs partnership with Freescale Semiconductor

Freescale Semiconductor Inc., a leading semiconductor company based in Texas, U.S.A., provided student learning kits, microcontroller boards and various equipments for the newly opened “Freescale Embedded Systems Laboratory” under the Department of Computer Engineering.

The establishment of the said laboratory is part of Freescales’s University Program and the Department of Computer Engineering’s effort to strengthen the Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering curriculum.

The formal turnover ceremony was held last May 26, 2007 with the Letter of Understanding signed by USC President, Fr. Roderick C. Salazar Jr., SVD and Francis Ng, Freescale Singapore Regional Sales Manager, in behalf of Andy Mastronardi, Director of the University Program.

Under the partnership, the laboratory will serve as a training facility for students in the field of embedded systems design. The initial set of donated equipment includes microcontroller student learning kits, application modules, ColdFire and Zigbee Student Learning Kits.

Present during the ceremony were Freescale Philippines Manager Jim P. Reyes; Nicanor S. Buenconsejo Jr., Ph.D., Dean, College of Engineering; Engr. Rosana J. Ferolin, Assistant Dean; Engr. Christine D. Bandalan, Chair, Department of Computer Engineering; Engr. Alberto S. Bañacia, Chair, Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics and Communications Engineering and faculty members and students of the Department of Computer Engineering.

Author: R. J. Ferolin
10 / July / 2007