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ment the P7 Million budget for the establishment of Cara-ga Regional Center for Mech-atronics and Robotics. At pre-sent, the CEIT already spent P3.55 million which was used for the first (1st) cont. on page 5.

In the quest for academic

The College of Engi-neering and Information Technology (CEIT) with the support of Caraga State Uni-versity’s dynamic President, Dr. Joanna B. Cuenca, was able to seal the year 2013 with multi-million-worth pro-jects in partnership with the Commission on Higher Education and other na-tional line agencies. It is anticipated that sophistica-tion of engineering facilities is nearing to CSU’s hands as the following projects are implemented: (1)the estab-lishment of Caraga Regional Center for MECHATRONICS and ROBOTICS amounting to P9 Million, the SOLAR ELEC-TRIFICATION and ENERGY EFFICIENCY LIGHTING Project

for the University with P3.22 Million budget and (3)Mechatronics/Robotics Equipment that is worth P3.5 Million summing up to a total of 16 Million pesos. Just this January, the CEIT allocated P2 Million from the Lab Share to aug-

With Dr. Joanna B.

CEIT Implements Multi-Million Projects thru Partnership

with CHED, DBM and other Line Agencies

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CEIT Implements Multi-Million Projects

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CEIT Faculty Mem-bers attend and pre-sent Papers

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MOA Signing for Rural Electrification in Sitio Patagon, Brgy.

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CEIT Faculty Mem-bers Attend and Pre-sent Papers

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AE Faculty Members Participated and Presented Papers during the 64th PSAE National Convention

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CSU CEIT Faculty Member Present Research Papers

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CSU-CEIT in HGST 2nd Annual Conven-tion

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The 3rd issue of the

College of Engineering

and Information Technol-

ogy’s (CEIT) “Gitlib”

highlighted the imple-

mentations of the differ-

ent partnership projects

with the different line

agencies. Also, it was

stressed here the paper

presentations of the

college’s prominent

faculty members to the

different seminars and

conferences in the Philip-

pines.

Solar Panels with 4.8kW capacity

installed at the S&T Complex

The Official Bulletin of

the College of Engineering and Information

Technology

CARAGA STATE UNIVERSITY

College of Engineering and

Information Technology

G itlib

CEIT Faculty in the 2nd HGST IUP Nat’l Convention

Engr. Jerry B. Halibas and Engr. Alexander T. Demetil-lo, both faculty members from the College of Engi-neering and Information Technology (CEIT), have attended and presented a research paper titled “Effects of Partnerships be-tween HGST and CSU” dur-ing the 2nd Annual HGST

Integrated University Pro-gram (IUP) National Con-vention last march 13-14, 2014 at Bicol University Amphitheater, Legazpi City. The theme of the conven-tion was “Showcaasing In-dustry-Academe partner-ships as a Strategy to En-hance the Quality of Science, Engineering and Technolo-

gy Education. Cont. on page 6.

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On this photo are

Datu Tumutuwas II

(left), Mr. James V.

Presbitero (center),

and Datu Hawudon

Buhay (right) during

the MOA signing of

Rural Electrification

Project. CEIT Faculty Members Attend and Present Papers

during the 2nd Philippine Geomatics Symposium

MOA Signing for Rural Electrification Project in Sitio

Patagon, Barangay Anticala

As part of CEIT’s commit-ment to conduct relevant extension programs to its stakeholders, the college came up with a proposal that desires to provide electricity to remote com-munities through Rural Electrification. For its first implementation, the tar-get beneficiaries were the residents of Sitio Pata-gon,Dogyaman, Brgy. Anti-cala, Butuan City. Spearheaded by Mr. James V. Presbitero, Project Leader, MOA Signing for

the Rural Electrification project came about last June 10, 2014 at Barangay Center, Barangay Anticala as witnessed by the ba-rangay officials leaded by Datu Hawudon Buhay, Chieftain of Anticala Coun-cil of Elders and Leaders Assoc. Inc. and Datu Tu-mutuwas, sector Datu of Patagon. Together with Mr. Presbitero were Engr. Jobelle M. Jayoma (AE), Engr. Anamarie J. Pondog (AE), Engr. Jefrey M. Ba-gasbas (AE), Engr. Jerry A.

Halibas (EcE), Ms. Jester-lyn Q. Timosan (CS), Mr. Junrie A. Matias (CS), Mr. Edgar A. Cuenca (IS), and Ms. Betchie Clair M. Lua-rez (IS). Present also were Mr. Singrid D. Sy and Avelina Tindugan, DTI representatives. This activity marks the start of a new community partnership with its commitment to-wards sustainable devel-opment.

Charis Joy T. Mayo. The PhilGeos is an annual event organized and hosted by the Depart-ment of Geodetic Engi-neering of the University of the Philippines-Diliman. This year’s PhilGeos was held at the National Insti-tute of Physics, University of the Philippines, Dili-man, Quezon City last No-

vember 27-29, 2013 with the theme “Geomatics for a Resilient Agriculture and Forestry”. It was at-tended by around 100 participants from the aca-deme, industries and gov-ernment agencies. The 2nd Philip-

pine Geomatics Symposi-

um includes (continuation on p. 5)

Five faculty mem-bers of the College of Engi-neering and Information Technology of the Caraga State University attended the 2nd Philippine Geomat-ics Symposium (PhilGeoS). These are Engr. Meriam M. Santillan, Engr. Michelle V. Japitana, Engr. Arnold G. Apdohan, Engr. Arthur M. Amora and Ms.

CEIT Faculty

members

attending

PHILGEOS

2013

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AE Faculty Members Participated and Presented Papers

during the 64th PSAE National Convention

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Engr. Anamarie J. Pondog, Engr. Jobelle M. Jayoma, Engr. Jefrey M.

Bagasbas, and Engr. Arnold G. Apdohan participated and presented during the 64th PSAE National Convention that was held at VSU, Baybay, Leyte. Concurrent with the annual convention, 11th Agri-cultural Engineering Confer-ence and Exhibition and 25th Philippine Agricultural Engi-neering Week were also high-lighted during the week-long celebration with the theme, “Agricultural Engineers: Harnessing Renewable En-

ergy Technologies for Food Se-curity and Climate Change Miti-gation” dated April 21-25, 2014. The event also includes series of plenary sessions, AE up-dates, six (6) simultaneous Tech-nical presentations, exhibits and poster presentation. The participation of such event was made possible through the unceasing support (continuation on p. 4)

Adivising System” to Interna-tional Research Conference in Higher Education 2013 (IRCHE 2013) on October 3-4, 2013 and International Scientific & Engineering Forum (ISEF) 2013 on July 17-19, 2013 respective-ly. Recently, Gleen Dalaorao, Rolyn Daguil, and Ma. Besa Joy Ortuyo presented two papers entitled “Intelligent System for Academic Course Advising Sys-

excellence, IT Department of the College of Engineering and Information Technology (CEIT) responded by presenting pa-pers and research outputs in the international conferences. Gleen A. Dalaorao presented his paper entitled “eSubjAdvisor: An Automated Academic Subject Advisor“ and “Design and Implementation of a Rule-Based Academic Course

tem” and “Academic Clearance as a Service: a Rest-based Online Clearance System for Higher Education Institutions” in the International Research Conference on Innovations in Engineering, Science and Tech-nology (IRCIEST) at Batagas State University, Batangas City on November 27-29, 2013 (continuation on p. 5)

(HNICEM) last November 12-14, 2013 at Henry Sy Sr. Hall, De La Salle University (DLSU), Manila. The international con-ference was hosted by the De La Salle University (DLSU), Neuronemech, Institute of Electrical and Electronics En-gineers Inc. (IEEE) – Philip-pine Section and IEEE CIS-RAM, with the theme

“Bridging Technologies to the Community”. The HNICEM conference is also co-located with IEEE Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems (CIS) and Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (RAM) confer-ences in order to facilitate the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas from from the fields of (continuation on p. 6)

Engr. Jerry B. Halibas a faculty member from the College of Engineering and Information Technology (CEIT), has at-tended and presented two research papers during the 6th International Conference Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology Com-munication and Control, Envi-ronment and Management

AE faculty

members

during the

64th PSAE

National

Convention

CSU CEIT Faculty Member Presents Research Papers

At HNICEM Conference

IT Department Faculty Presents Paper in the International Conference

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...2nd Philippine Geomatics

AE Faculty Members….

…HNICEM Conference

Computational Intelligent Systems, Robotics, Mecha-tronics, Controls and Com-munication, Nanotechnol-ogy, Manufacturing Man-agement, Energy, Environ-ment, Information and Communication Technolo-gy. During the scientific paper presentations there were thirteen (13) parallel ses-

sions for the HNICEM and twelve (12) parallel ses-sions for CIS-RAM that were conducted in two (2) consecutive days for a total of twenty-five (25)

categories. Engr. Jerry B. Halibas presented his re-search papers entitled “Implementation of Relay Pulse Counter and Timer Using Non-programmable

and Programmable IC Op-tions to the Electro-pneumatics Instructional System” and “Developing Computer Numerical Con-trol (CNC) for Printed Cir-cuit Board (PCB) Milling Using an Open Source Ap-proach” during the second day of parallel session under the Microelectron-ics track.

Below were the paper presented: 1. Design and Evalua-

tion of “Togsok”-making Machine

of CSU and CEIT through its faculty develop-ment program.

2. Design and Evaluation of Mechanically-driven Rice Field Weeder

3. Biophysical and Bio-climatic Characteriza-tion of Sago Palm (Metrroxylon sagu) Habitats in Some Provinces of Visayas and Mindanao

4. Design and Develop-ment of Semi-Automated Biomass Pellet Mill

Titles of the research projects presented:

1. Integrating SMS and

Application Programming Interface (API) for Web-based GIS Mapping of Real Property Units of Butuan City, Philippines.

2. Development of a Land

Property Registry System Application and Dynamic Database Management for

Web-based GIS Mapping: A Case of Butuan City, Philip-pines.

3. ArcGIS Customization

using VBA for the Real Property Units Query and Impact Assessment in Bu-tuan City. The participation was made successful through the unending support of CSU and CEIT.

pre-symposium workshop on Free and Open-source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G), plenary ses-sions, poster presenta-tion/exhibit and oral presentations of the duly selected research projects. Three out of the nine post-ers in the exhibit were from the Caraga State Uni-versity.

Engr. Jerry A. Halibas

on his Paper presenta-

tion during the

HNICEM Conference

Agricultural Engineering Faculty

members in their paper

presentation

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Outcomes-Based Education Program Assessment and Evaluation Training Workshop

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A training-workshop on Outcome-Based Education Program Assessment and Evaluation Training Work-shop was conducted last No-vember 21-22, 2013 at the University of Mindanao, Mat-ina Campus, Matina Davao City.

Dr. Alberto Laurito gave his aperture message and presented the Rationale of the event. Series of discus-sions was deliberated by dis-tinct speakers. CMO 37, S.2012 was delivered by Dr. Laurito. He then discussed the Policies, Standards and Guide-lines in the Establishment of

an Outcomes-based Education (OBE) System in Higher Educa-tion Institutions Offering Engi-neering Programs. Additionally, he also discussed the back-ground and rationale, objectives and purpose, general policies and standards, and implement-ing guidelines of an OBE System for Academic Year 2013-2014.

OBE Assessment and Evaluation was delivered by Dr. Bonifacio Doma from Mapua In-stitute, one of the CHED-TPET OBE Mentors. He discussed and illustrated the elements of OBE. Also elaborated the specific com-ponents of OBE with examples cited. PATE Module 103: Ele-

ments of OBTL was also discussed by Dr. Cyn-thia C. Llanes. Basic concepts of OBTL was her topic. A workshop on OBE Syllabi mak-ing was facilitated and evaluated by Dr. Florante Magnaye, COE Dean of TIP, for CSU. The activity was substantial for we acquired many ideas and infor-mation. It was well appreciated since CSU will be soon es-tablishing a full OBE System implementa-tion.

and Robotics. It aims to pro-vide Caraganons the latest training equipment for auto-mation and control which will prepare them for the job re-quirements after graduation. Another valuable project of CEIT is the Solar Electrifica-tion and Energy Efficiency Lighting Project amounting to P3.2 Million. For its imple-mentation, P2.3 Million was allocated for the purchase of

Cont. from pg. 1.... of con-struction of the 2 laboratory rooms having an area of 100 square meters each. The re-maining P5.45 million is un-der bidding process for the next phase of construction of the said building.Another fund amounting to P 3.5 million was depleted for the provision of equipment used for the es-tablishment of Caraga Region-al Center for Mechatronics

the 4.8 KW solar source. This will be utilized to power the lighting system of Computer Laboratories 1 and 2 and power up 50 computers for CL 2. The CEIT saved an amount of P 881,000.00 from this pro-ject and was slated to be used for the CSU’s street lighting and additional electrical mate-rials for the proposed show-room of the newly established CSU Solar Power System.

Design. The conference opens

up new opportunities to ex-

plore and strengthen our fac-

ulty to do research, product

development, innovations and

scholarly works. It provides us

linkages to other institutions

and researchers for future

collaborative partnership to

improve the quality of life in

the Philippines. with the theme “Beyond Bor-

ders: Advancing Engineer-

ing, Science and Technology

for Multidisciplinary Conver-

gence”. The conference was

participated by researchers

around the globe from field of

Nanotechnology, Precision

Agriculture, Robotics, Auto-

mation and Multidisciplinary

IT Department Faculty Presents…

CEIT Implements Multi-Million….

At present, parts of

CSU lanes are already

lighted up and is a

great convenience

and security for the

CSU’s clientele.

“The conference

opens up new

opportunities to

explore and

strengthen ...

faculty to do

research,

product

development,

innovations and

scholarly works.”

At the center: Engr. Michelle V. Japitana, ES Dept. Chairperson and Engr. Anamarie J. Pondog, BSAgEng Program Coordinator together with the CHED-TPET OBE Mentors during the Out-come-Based Education Pro-gram Assessment and Evalua-tion Training Workshop.

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CSU-CEIT in HGST 2nd Annual Convention….

Cont. from page 1... The national con-

vention was initiated by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to sup-port the Integrated Uni-versity Program (IUP) with the Hitachi Computer Products Asia Corporation (HICAP), now known as Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Philippines Corporation (HGST), a Western Digital company. The said national conven-tion was hosted by Bicol University, which is one among the recipients of Robotics & Metrology equipment donated by HGST last year 2013.

The IUP has many initiatives which benefit-ted many universities around the country. In fact, Caraga State Univer-sity is one of the benefi-ciaries of the program being a recipient of Robot-ics & Metrology equip-ment donated by HGST in the year 2010. The IUP program also includes faculty immersion as well as on-the-job training for the students at HGST, in which four (4) faculty and nine (11) students of the College of Engineering and Information Technol-ogy (CEIT) and Physics Division of this institution have already participated.

The intention of

the National Convention for all the HGST beneficiaries and its stake-holders was to showcase the achievements and accomplishments through paper presentation on the following key areas:

1. University Focus Programs: A. Establishment of HGST Re-

gional Laboratories B. Plant Visits

2. Faculty Focus Programs: A. Faculty Immersion B. Faculty Research Grant 3. Student Focus Programs: A. On-the-job Training B. Thesis Direction Sponsorship C. Scholarship Many beneficiary SUC’s and other guest schools have joined and pre-sented their research papers during the national convention, to name a few: Cebu Technological University (CTU), Caraga State University (CSU), Bicol University 9BU), Uni-versity of San Carlos (USC), Pala-wan State University (PSU), Eulogio Amang Rodriguez Institute of Sci-ence and Technology (EARIST), and Eastern Visayas State University (EVSU), wherein Bicol University is the host of the said event. Among the presenters there were two (2) schools awarded as the best re-search papers namely: Cebu Tech-nological University and Caraga State University which was present-ed by Engr. Halibas and Engr. De-metillo with the research ttle ‘Effects of Partnership between HGST and CSU”.

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ENGR. MERIAM M. SANTILLAN

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