📢 Winners of the 2025 Undergraduate Project Competition: Dr. Francis Chua Innovation Awards
On behalf of the College of Engineering Executive Board, our generous sponsors and judges from the UP Engineering Research and Development Foundation, Inc. (UPERDFI), as well as alumni from the UP Alumni Engineers, Inc. (UPAE) we are thrilled to announce the winners of the Undergraduate Project Competition (UPC) 2025!
Special thanks to Ambassador Francis Chua and Dr. Beatrice Jane Ang, sponsors of the Francis Chua Innovation Awards, as well as UPERDFI President Angelito Bermudo, UPERDFI Executive Director Alfonso Aliga Jr., and our distinguished panel of judges for making this event possible.
🏆 Design Category
✨ First Place:
Tidal Measurements in Limay, Bataan Using GNSS Interferometric Reflectometry (GNSS-IR)
by Leila Micahella D. Cruz and Jasper B. Molleno
Advised by Luis Carlos Mabaquiao and Dongju Peng
✨ Second Place:
Project BILANG: A Biomechanical Implementation for a Lightweight, Adaptive, and Non-Electric Grip
by Marylen T. De La Cruz, Alfred Bennete N. Dexter, and Bill Andrew A. Saret
Advised by Joan Cyril A. Calub and Louis Angelo M. Danao
SAMPA: Specific, Articulating, and Modular Pediatric Ankle-Foot Orthosis (AFO)
by Sheine Gabrielle R. Buhay, Joseph Christian D. Cabrera, and Beatrix R. Guanio
Advised by Joan Cyril A. Calub and Louis Angelo M. Danao
Braille Brick: Programmable Braille Dots for Visually Impaired Children
by Winona Angela M. Ong, Aaron Roge M. Perido, and Charles Aaron E. Saac
Advised by Hannah Erika D. Macaspac
✨ Finalist:
Design of Climate-Smart Permeable Pavement Systems for Sustainable Urban Runoff Control
by Leener Kate B. Alucilja
Advised by Gil Cruz Jr. and Lea Bronuela-Ambrocio
🏆 Research Category
✨ First Place:
Effectiveness of Recycled Construction Materials as Partial Replacement for Pavement Subgrade
by Dana Nicole E. Barluado and Keanu Lanz C. Guerra
Advised by Lea Bronuela-Ambrocio
✨ Second Place:
Unlocking Hidden Water: A Sustainable Solution from the San Juan River for Metro Manila’s Future Water Security
by Tricia Mae M. Villanueva
Advised by Eugene Herrera
✨ Finalists:
Correlation of Land Subsidence with Groundwater Extraction and Urbanization in Hagonoy and Calumpit, Bulacan from 2015 to 2021-Q1
by John Dave C. Maclang and Alexi Mae Y. Narca
Advised by Rosalie B. Reyes and Luis Carlos S. Mabaquiao
In-Silico Screening of Phytochemicals from Philippine Medicinal Plants as Potential Inhibitors of Xanthine Oxidase, Interleukin-17A, and Glucose Transporter-9 for Gout Treatment
by Maria Kazandra B. Cruz, Cris Magdalene L. Dela Cruz, and Ronn Cyrano O. Tullao
Advised by Arthur A. Gonzales III
Effect of Grinding Parameters on the Metal Liberation and Recovery from Waste Printed Circuit Boards
by Nathan P. Bumanglag
Advised by Bryan Patrick Carrasco
🎉 The awarding of the finalists and winners will be held at the UPD College of Engineering Recognition Rites on July 7, 2025.
Congratulations to all the winners for your outstanding innovation and contributions! 💡👏
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