 |
|
| | ECE and Beyond:2009 - Resurgence
Johnny C. Sy President - DLSAA COE Chapter
This is a national convention for Electronics & Communications
Engineering students nationwide and is organized by the ECE Society of
DLSU in cooperation with the College of Engineering (COE) Chapter of
the DLSAA.
The Event was held from August 13-15, 2009 at DLSU. A total of
534 students participated during the 3-day event. There were
also 14 schools, aside from DLSU, who participated in all the seminars
as well as the inter-school competition. Out of the 534
participants, 333 were from DLSU and the rest came from the 14 other
schools.
The 14 schools included:
- First
Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities
- Technological
Institute of the Philippines – Manila
- Far Easter
University-East Asia College
- University of Perpetual Help
System – Las Pinas campus
- Bulacan State University
- Central Colleges of the Philippines
- Lyceum –
Northwestern University
- Ateneo de Manila University
- Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila
- Technological
Institute of the Philippines – Quezon City
- University of
San Carlos – Cebu
- Mapua Institute of Technology
- AMA
Computer Center
University of the East – Caloocan campus
There were 84 designated participants in the inter-school
competition, dubbed Ultimate ECE Challenge. The format was
patterned on The Amazing Race where the contestants were required to
answered questions related to ECE topics before they are given their
next clues. The top 3 teams in the Ultimate ECE Challenge were:
- 1st place – Ateneo de Manila University
- 2nd
place – Bulacan State University
- 3rd place –
Technological Institute of the Philippines – Manila
Note
that being the host school, DLSU did not participate in the Ultimate
ECE Challenge. Instead, they were the ones who supervised the
execution of the contest. Ateneo is now a 2-year winner of the
event.
Aside from the inter-school competition, there were
also Career Discussions and Seminars on different topics. There
was also a 5 day Trade Exhibit in support of the event.
Trade
Exhibitors include:
- SkyCable (featuring
SkyBroadband and HD)
- Cignal TV
- PowerMac
- Excel Review Center
- Moldex - Grand Towers Manila
- Edge Engineering Review Enter
- Hyundai
The DLSAA COE Chapter supported the event through the identification
of appropriate topics and speakers and the actual invitation to the
different speakers. The Companies, Speakers and Topics were:
- Johnny Sy, ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, Digital
Terrestrial Television
- Rodrigo Montinola, SkyCable,
Digital Cable TV, SkyBroadband and High Definition Television
- Eng.
Erwin Galang, Cignal TV, Digital Satellite Television
- Mark
Ruiz, Inovent, Philippine Television Industrial Design
- Christopher
Syling, Level-Up Philippines, State of Computer Gaming in the
Philippines
- Liezl Milan, Microsoft Philippines, Windows 7
- Marnie Tolosa, Cisco Philippines, Internet as the 4th
Utility and Connected Home
This event represents a
continuing focus of the DLSAA COE Chapter on Industry and Academe
linkages. The COE Chapter will endeavor to strengthen ties with
all the different College of Engineering student organizations and to
organize sub-chapters according to the Engineering Majors. This
will then be the vehicle for further strengthening of the
Industry-Academe linkage programs.
Thank you very much to all
those you helped and supported the project. |
| |
|
|
|
|
