CS Seniors Bag 2nd & 3rd Place in URC ‘05
By Carlos Miguel Lasa (http://carlooos.i.ph)
The Department Computer Science (DCS) won two awards in the 2005 Undergraduate Research Competition held last April 21 at the 2nd Floor Lobby of Melchor Hall.
A field of twenty-nine competing research groups from various fields was narrowed down to ten finalists, four of which were declared the contest winners.
DCS seniors Alfonso Miguel Mante, Mark Alvin Ligaya and Isabel Casas grabbed second place with their thesis called “e-NoDeS: Early Nodule Detection Software,” while Kevin Manansala, Karen Desiree Tan, and Pauline Rodriguez won third for “AMASSIS: A Multi-Agent System Simulation of the Immune System.”
Coming in first place was a group from the Department of Chemical Engineering (DChE), with the project entitled “The Pyrolysis of Waste Polystyrene and Used Motor Oil to Diesel Additive”. Tied at third place with the DCS group was another DChE project entitled “A Preliminary Investigation on the Development of Nanocomposites from Recycled Polycarbonate and Organo-Montmorillonite.”
The four winners were given Php 50,000, Php 30,000 and Php 20,000, respectively, along with glass trophies. Both e-NoDeS and AMASSIS were projects developed for the past year under the DCS and Prof. Prospero Naval, Jr advised both projects.
“We never expected it at first because originally our group, GroupAIM/e-NoDeS, was given an INC. We still worked during the summer while everyone else was job hunting or on vacation,” Mante relating his URC experience. “Then a day or two before the contest we found out that Prof. Naval gave us our grades and we would be able to graduate on time, and then we won! We were so happy!” he added.
Mante also encouraged the incoming seniors taking CS 198 to always have regular consultations with their advisers, listen very well and always jot down notes.
By Carlos Miguel Lasa (http://carlooos.i.ph)
The Department Computer Science (DCS) won two awards in the 2005 Undergraduate Research Competition held last April 21 at the 2nd Floor Lobby of Melchor Hall.
A field of twenty-nine competing research groups from various fields was narrowed down to ten finalists, four of which were declared the contest winners.
DCS seniors Alfonso Miguel Mante, Mark Alvin Ligaya and Isabel Casas grabbed second place with their thesis called “e-NoDeS: Early Nodule Detection Software,” while Kevin Manansala, Karen Desiree Tan, and Pauline Rodriguez won third for “AMASSIS: A Multi-Agent System Simulation of the Immune System.”
Coming in first place was a group from the Department of Chemical Engineering (DChE), with the project entitled “The Pyrolysis of Waste Polystyrene and Used Motor Oil to Diesel Additive”. Tied at third place with the DCS group was another DChE project entitled “A Preliminary Investigation on the Development of Nanocomposites from Recycled Polycarbonate and Organo-Montmorillonite.”
The four winners were given Php 50,000, Php 30,000 and Php 20,000, respectively, along with glass trophies. Both e-NoDeS and AMASSIS were projects developed for the past year under the DCS and Prof. Prospero Naval, Jr advised both projects.
“We never expected it at first because originally our group, GroupAIM/e-NoDeS, was given an INC. We still worked during the summer while everyone else was job hunting or on vacation,” Mante relating his URC experience. “Then a day or two before the contest we found out that Prof. Naval gave us our grades and we would be able to graduate on time, and then we won! We were so happy!” he added.
Mante also encouraged the incoming seniors taking CS 198 to always have regular consultations with their advisers, listen very well and always jot down notes.