USC: Civil Engineering Faculty Updates

Engr. Ramon Gitamondoc
Department Chairman
Email:
cedept@usc.usc.edu.ph
rgitamondoc@yahoo.com

Erwin Calo [currently in Japan for his PhD]
MS Hydrology Engineering-IHE (Delft, The Netherlands)
Hydrology Engineering

Pericles Dakay
MSCE, PhD- University of Missouri-Rolta (USA)
Operations Research, Engineering Management

Mario De Leon [currently in Japan for his PhD]
MEng Environmental Science and Technology-TU Delft (The Netherlands)
Environmental Science and Technology

Giovanni Enecio [currently in Dubai]
MSCE- De La Salle University, Philippines
Structural Engineering

Ruperto Faelnar
MEng - University of San Carlos (Philippines)

Ricardo Fornis
MS-IHE, PhD Candidate – TU Delft (The Netherlands)
Hydrology, Erosion and Soil Loss

Ramon Gitamondoc
MEng – University of San Carlos, Philippines
Structural Engineering

Geoffer Gonzaga
MS Soil and Water – Wageningen University (The Netherlands)
Soil Erosion

Janice Jamora
MEng - University of San Carlos (Philippines)
Solid Waste Management

Nenita Jumao-as
MS Integrated Water Resources and Management-IHE (The Netherlands)
Water Resources Management

Frederick Larida
MEng Candidate - University of San Carlos (Philippines)
Transportation Engineering

Jerry Maratas
MEng University of San Carlos (Philippines)
Structural Engineering

Alex Melchor
MEng Candidate - University of San Carlos (Philippines)
Water Resources and Environment

Ruena Mendoza
MS Geological Engineering-ITC (The Netherlands)
Geological Engineering

Brian Reroma
MEng – University of San Carlos (Philippines)
Transportation Engineering

Ronilo Saguit
MA Urban and Regional Planning – UP Diliman
Urban and Regional Planning

Eric Ariel Salas [currently in the U.S. for his PhD]
MS Geo-Information Sciences – Wageningen University (The Netherlands)
GIS and Remote Sensing

Nestor Sy, MSCE-DLSU, PhD Candidate-TU Delft (The Netherlands)
Hydrologic Processes

Inocito Trinidad, MS Geotechnical Engineering –AIT (Thailand)
Geotechnical Engineering

Xavier Veloso, MS Water Resources and Environment – USC (Philippines)
Water Resources and Environment

What is a Carolinian? -- interesting finds

If you google the word "Carolinian", it will point you to few websites. Interestingly, Carolinian is more associated with websites from North Carolina. One is the student weekly paper of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro - The Carolinian Online.

Then there's the Carolinian AMTRAK route that travels daily between Charlotte and New York City. The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada has a feature in their Botanical Garden called the Carolinian Forest.

Above all, Carolinian is a language spoken in the Northern Mariana Islands. According to wiki, it is most closely related to Satawalese, Woleaian, and Puluwatese. It has 31 characters in its alphabet.

Do you know of other meanings of "Carolinian"?

Upcoming USC events/seminars

"Democracy and the Electoral Process in the U.S."
Dr. David Plotke of New York City
October 3, 2008, 6.30-8.30 pm
Law and Graduate Business Building AVR
Main Campus


MCLE- ACCREDITED SEMINAR
October 23 - 24, 2008, 6.30-8.30 pm
Casino Español de Cebu
V. Ranudo St., Cebu City

Registration starts at 7:30 a.m.; Seminar proper: 8:00 a.m.- 6 p.m.
Seminar fee: Early birds (up to Sept. 15, 2008) P2,500.00 only (for the two-day seminar, inclusive of A.M. & P.M. snacks, lunch & seminar kit)

September 16- October 15 P2,800.00
October 16 - October 22 P3,000.00
On-site P3,500.00
EARLY REGISTRATION ENCOURAGED.

For registration and/or inquiries, please contact USC College of Law at (032) 253-1000 local 170 or 317 or email at lawdean@usc.edu.ph or visit us at 4th Floor, Law and Business School Building, Pelaez St., 6000 Cebu City.

Random USC video: Ken Dixie

The 3rd Student Advertising Congress presents Ken Dixie at the University of San Carlos - Talamban Campus

Thanks to fayesigrid.

Faculty Highlight: Engr. Luis Cabatingan

Engr. Luis Cabatingan
Chemical Engineering
Faculty

Faculty Profile

Academic Qualification
M.S. Chemical Engineering
University of the Philippines - Diliman
1995

B. S. Chemical Engineering
University of San Carlos
1993

Teaching Experience
Teaching undergraduate (chemical) engineering students in USC since June1995. Courses taught include transport phenomena, chemical engineering thermodynamics, separation processes, process equipment design, chemical engineering laboratory, applied mathematics for ChE and differential equations. Graduate course taught include advanced engineering mathematics, advanced transport phenomena and downstream processing.

Administrative Assignment/s
Graduate Program coordinator Department of Chemical Engineering, USC
April 2003 - March 2006

ChE Review Program coordinator Department of Chemical Engineering, USC
Jan 2004 - Nov 2005

Publications
* Cabatingan, L. K., Agapay, R. C., Rakels, J. L. L., Ottens, M., van der Wielen, L. A. M. (2001) Potential of Biosorption for the Recovery of Chromate in Industrial Wastewaters. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 40, 2302-2309.

* Van der Wielen, L. A. M., Cabatingan, L. K. (1999) Fishing products from the sea - rational downstream processing of marine bioproducts. J. Biotechnol. 70, 363-371.

Scientific Presentations
Oral

* “Potential of Biosorption for the Recovery of Chromate in Industrial Wastewaters” 1st Chemistry Research Symposium, Sept 13, 2003, SMED-AVR, USC-TC, Cebu City

* “Integration of Sodium Lactate Conversion and Lactic Acid Product Purification in a Simulated Moving Bed Equipment” 63rd PIChE National Convention, Feb 7-9 2002, UP-Los Banos, College, Laguna USC Charter Day Research Forum, Jul 1 2003, SMED, USC-TC, Cebu City

Poster

* “Simultaneous Conversion and Purification of Organic Acids in a Simulated Moving Bed Chromatographic Reactor” SPICA 2000 Conference, Oct 9-11, 2000, Federal Institute of Technology-Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

* “Studies on the Mechanism of Cr(VI) Sorption by Sargassum sp.” International Seaweed Symposium, April 12-17, 1998, Cebu Plaza Hotel, Cebu City

* “Biosorption of Cr(VI) by Biomass of Marine Algae” 2nd Asia-Pacific Marine Biotechnology Conference and 3rd Asia-Pacific Conference on Algal Biotechnology, May 7-10, 1997, Phuket Arcadia Hotel and Resort, Phuket, Thailand

Research Project Supervision
M.S. Thesis

* Acidification of Organic Salts through Fixed-Bed Cation Exchange (2006)

B.S. Project Studies

* Sorption-based Separation of Water-Ethanol Mixtures using Iota-and Kappa-Carrageenan (2006)
* Separation of Water-Isopropanol Mixture using Carrageenan (2005)
* Decolorization of Yeast Fermentation Wastewater using Dried Biomass of Sargassum sp. (2004)
* Development of a Unit Operations Laboratory Equipment for Studying the Kinetics of Extraction of Sugar from Sugarcane by Water (2004)
* Biosorption of Iron by Sargasssum polycystum (1998)
* Selection of Marine Algae for Biosorption of Chromium (VI) (1998)

Awards and Recognition

* CHED 2004 Regional Republica Award (Region VII)
May 18, 2004, Century Park Hotel, Malate, Manila

* Corazon J. Cabahug Award for Outstanding Teaching Performance in the Field of Chemical Engineering.
November 28, 2003, Grand Convention Center, Cebu City

* Best Research Paper (USC Charter Day Research Forum)
July 1, 2003, SMED AVR, University of San Carlos, Cebu City

USC website is up

Finally, the USC website is back online. But what really happened? No word from the website admins nor a note posted on the homepage stating the sudden inaccessibility of the site that stayed for many days.

What happened?

Schools, Universities run by SVDs

Aside from the University of San Carlos, do you know of other schools/universities that are run by the Divine Word Missionaries, also known as the Society of the Divine Word (Societas Verbi Divini)?

There are only two others. One is the Holy Name University in Tagbilaran, Bohol. The academic programs include courses in graduate school, arts and sciences, education, nursing, commerce and accountancy, computer science, engineering, and law.

Accredited Status

* Level III PAASCU
1. College of Arts and Sciences
2. College of Commerce and Accountancy
3. College of Education

* Level II PAASCU
1. High School Department

* Level I PAASCU
1. Grade School Department
2. Civil Engineering

The other school is the Liceo del Verbo Divino (formerly Divine Word University) in Tacloban City, Leyte. DWU was closed down in 1995 due to a disagreement with its labor union, causing severe dislocation in its region. It was reopened in 2006 under a new name.

Liceo del Verbo Divino reopened its doors to Grade 1 pupils and First Year High School students in 2007.

USC website is not working

Something is wrong with the University of San Carlos website. Have you visited it lately? The website is www.usc.edu.ph, but when you visit that it will point to its webmail page, like the image below.

We will see how long will this redirection last. The mistake must be corrected.

USC, one of the top performing schools in the recent Chemist Board exam

The Professional Regulation Commission announced last night that 227 out of 481 passed the chemist licensure examination given by the Board of Chemistry in Manila earlier this month.

The top performing schools, with five or more examinees passing the board examinations, were the Ateneo De Manila University-Quezon City, University of San Carlos and UP-Los Baños.

To see the complete list of 2008 passers / topnotchers, proceed here.

USC Civil Engineering Graduate Tops Master Plumber Board Exam

USC Civil Engineering Graduate Tops Master Plumber Board Exam!

Congratulations to GREGORIO PAULO ALFANTE NARCISE for placing first, along with another student from Bohol, in the recent Master Plumber Licensure Exam given by the Board for Master Plumbers in the cities of Manila, Cebu and Davao last August 2008.

Out of 451 examinees, only 152 passed the exam.

Two more places in the top 10 were occupied by University of San Carlos CE graduates. LANCE ADRIAN GO CUBILLAN placed 3rd while NAPOLEON LOUIE LUMAPAT PE ranked 9th.

Here is the complete list of the Master Plumber Board Exam Top 10 examinees.

1. RYNO DACULLO BUGAHOD - CENTRAL VISAYAS STATE C.A.F.T.-TAGBILARAN CITY, BOHOL - 77.70

GREGORIO PAULO ALFANTE NARCISE - UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS - 77.70

2. JOHN MICHAEL SILVA VILLAGONZALO - NEGROS ORIENTAL STATE UNIVERSITY (CVPC)- DUMAGUETE - 77.60

3. LANCE ADRIAN GO CUBILLAN - UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS - 77.50

4. ABRAHAM TARIO TABO - MANUEL L. QUEZON UNIVERSITY - 77.00

5. CHRISTIAN GEORGE BANTILAN PAL-ING - NEGROS ORIENTAL STATE UNIVERSITY (CVPC)- DUMAGUETE - 76.80

6. JOAN MARIE MACADINI PALMA - CENTRAL VISAYAS STATE C.A.F.T.- TAGBILARAN CITY, BOHOL - 76.70

7. REY CAMOCAMO DE LA CRUZ - COR JESU COLLEGE (HOLY CROSS OF DIGOS) - 76.50

8. PAULO FREDERICK RIMANDO CADUNGON - TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES-QUEZON CITY - 76.40

ADRYAN PAUL MANLAWE GONZALES - UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHEASTERN PHILIPPINES-DAVAO CITY - 76.40

9. NAPOLEON LOUIE LUMAPAT PE - UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS - 76.10

10. ERLINDA ANUTA ARCAYA CENTRAL VISAYAS STATE C.A.F.T.- TAGBILARAN CITY, BOHOL - 76.00

Featured Student Video

Our featured video today is from 2 CE student having fun, singing "The Gift". Enjoy.

If you have videos to share and if you want to be featured here, just leave a comment with the video link.

Ciao!

Email USC for Transcript/Diploma assistance

Are you planning to get a copy of your transcript of records from the USC Registrar's office? Are you so far away from Cebu that you cannot be at the Main Campus to get the records yourself?

Worry not. The University of San Carlos is extending its services online to those who need Transcript/Diploma assistance. The best way to get a fast reply is to email them directly here: recordsection [at] usc.edu.ph

Also, international students wanting to study in USC, you can get more information by emailing reyap [at] usc.edu.ph.