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It was an honor and of great privilege to be one of the participants on the 7th Annual Philippine Manufacturing Conference, which happened last August 18, 2017 at the SMX Convention Center Manila – Mall of Asia Complex. The said event was hosted by the SME Manila Chapter 165 and the invitation for the SME BulSU SC was accepted by the MfE faculty, Engr. Nancy M. Santiago, Engr. Rachel D. Cunanan and Engr. Cyrus Lawrence C. Bual, with the students, Kate G. Francisco, Agatha DP. Domingo and Aira Ronalie P. Santos. The speakers were all professionals and known in the field of Manufacturing Industry.
The theme was “Manufacturing Innovation – Key to Philippine Industrial Competitiveness” and the topics covered were Overview of the Philippine Manufacturing Conference, Innovation for Industry Development Comprehensive National Industrial Strategy, Building Successful Tech Startups on Academic Environments, Understanding INDUSTRY 4.0, Automating the Production Line.
MFE MADE IT TO THE 7TH ANNUAL PHILIPPINE MANUFACTURING CONFERENCE
Bane or Boom, Risk Management OR Bank Financing Opportunities for the Manufacturing Industry, Cloud Computing in Manufacturing, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Challenges for Innovation: An Industry Perspective and many more. Other SME Student Chapters – De La Salle University, University of the Philippines Diliman, Mapua University and Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila were invited as well, as the participants of the said conference. The first speaker was Mr. Oscar D. Lunas of De La Salle University who presented videos pertaining to the future of manufacturing and the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship. “We need to be innovative to be competitive,” he said.
SME BulSU-SC Takes the Pride of Place in the ‘Goldberg or Go Home’ Competition and ‘Student Innovation and Exhibition’
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers – Student Chapters held their annual celebration in line with the annual celebration of Manufacturing Technology World last August 17-19, 2017 at World Trade Center, Pasay City.
This prestigious event aims to test the academic intelligence and technical skills of the SME Student Members by the different conducted categories namely; Goldberg or Go Home Competition, hosted by De La Salle University on the 18th of August; and Student Innovation Exhibition, a three day event hosted by Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, which showcases variants of technology along the lines of manufacturing materials, process, and operations that reveals the widest range of manufacturing engineering and technology.
.The Student Innovation Exhibition has given a way to unveil different researches for the Student Chapters of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Mapua Institute of Technology, De Lasalle University, and Bulacan State University. PLM took the 1st Place, however, BulSU bragged both the 2nd Place and the 3rd Place, through “The Bambusa Blumeana Schult F. As Filament For Locally Fabricated 3D printer”, categorized in Factory Automation presented by Adrian DR. Buenaobra, Nharish Khumar M. Cardona, Danielle Louise J. Cudia, Precious Rose F. Galvez, and Jenelyn V. Piedragoza, 4th year Manufacturing Engineering students; and “Comparison of the Process of the Production of Water Hyacinth (Eichhorniacrassipes)
Briquettes And Charcoal: Analysis of their Effectivity and Efficiency”, categorized in Manufacturing Management and Processes presented by Ethel Ruth C. Adriano, Louis Alfredo M. Alfon, Abegail C. Masocol, Levireina R. Paras, and Aries V. Rafael, 3rd year Manufacturing Engineering students, respectively.
On the other hand, Goldberg or Go Home competition examined the strategic skills of the participants from BulSU, DLSU, MAPUA, and PLM. This event comes the alternative for Robotics Competition to attain more student members to participate and collaborate variants of technological ideas. PLM goes to be the 1st Placer, however, the SME BulSU-SC bags both the 2nd Place, participated by the group of 5th year Manufacturing Students, namely, Neal Albert Acuña, John Adams Aguilera, Kevin Alfaro, John Kenneth Dela Cruz, Arex Christian Dela Cruz, and Joseph Earl Espiritu with special participation of Romer Surio and King Alfred Zapata, and the 3rd Place, participated by Jetriv Bautista, Joenella Grace Mangaliman, Lorelie Malabon, Emmanuel Tecson, and Jan Michael Salazar, 4 th year Manufacturing Engineering students, also Joealvin Bautista and Francis Vincent Garcia, both 3 rd year Manufacturing Engineering students.
The said events has given opportunities to the student members of Society of Manufacturing Engineers to expose the fruits of their hard work, their researches, and to develop their critical thinking, analyzation skills, and imaginative minds in the wide world of manufacturing as the SME-BulSU-SC gone all-out to be competitive with the top schools in Manila and took the Pride of Place to our beloved Bulacan State Univeristy.
UNITED ONCE AGAIN
The SME General Assembly 2017 was held last November 27 with a theme, “Ignite: Burning as One” at BulSU Valencia Hall with a safari themed concept. It was participated by all the students of Manufacturing Engineering, which are all divided into five animal groups namely, Troops of Kangaroos, Aerie of Eagles, Zeal of Zebras, Sault of Lions and the Pack of Wolves. The said event started by an invocation and the singing of the National Anthem given by the MfE Chorale led by Ms. Roma Renzie Maglente. It was followed by the opening remarks of the SME BulSU adviser, Engr. Rachel D. Cunanan.
The event was properly commenced by the lighting of the torch, participated by the leaders of each group; Mr. King Alfred Zapata for the Troops of Kangaroos, Mr. Adams Aguilera for the Aerie of Eagles, Mr. Romer Surio for the Zeal of Zebras, Mr. Edward Jann Libiran for the Sault of Lions and Mr. Neal Acuna for the Pack of Wolves. The Manufacturing Engineering students enjoyed the Camaraderie Games, as well as the Audio Visual Presentations for the MfE Faculty and the SME BulSu officers S.Y. 2017- 2018. The MfE Dance Group and a special duet number by Ynna Marie Alto and Jerico Bernardo, from the MfE Chorale, all showcased their talent during the Intermission Numbers in between the program.
The groups exerted so much efforts in the contests – Best Banner Making, Best Chant, Best Appearance/Costume and the Best Mascot. There is also the highlight of the event, which is the Roaring Race, wherein all groups were needed to unite as one to get the goal of winning. It was a live indication of the group’s unity and oneness, thus, giving it a much higher points than the general pointing scores.
The general pointing system that was observed for all the games and contests were 50 points for the Champion, 30 points for the 1st Placer and 20 points for the 2nd Placer. There were also raffle draws brought by the generous sponsors of the event, the HJ’s Shoppe and the Doughy Delights. The fight was tough for all the groups. Everyone deserved to win but as the rule implies, there must be one winner. And due to many circumstances that is unavoidable to any event, there had two sets of winners giving all the groups the chance to compensate the efforts exerted to all the contests.
The Troops of Kangaroos was declared as the SME Best Group Champion, the Zeal of Zebras for the 1st Place, the Pack of Wolves for the 2nd Place, and the Aerie of Eagles and Sault of Lions for the 3rd and 4th Place repectively. Thus, for the Major Contests Winners, the Aerie of Eagles was acknowledged as the Champion, the Sault of Lions for the 1st Place, the Troops of Kangaroos for the 2nd Place, and the Pack of Wolves and Zeal of Zebras for the 3rd and 4th Place, respectively.
The SME BulSU Officers were very grateful to everyone for all the support and efforts they have showed, which made the event successful. Truly, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers – BulSU SC members were once again united for the said event