SorSU-RET, through its Office of Research and Development, successfully spearheads 25th In-House Review of R&D Projects

To showcase the various research projects and outputs of each unit of the University, Sorsogon State University – Office of Research, Extension and Training (SorSU-RET), through the Office of Research and Development (ORD), led by Prof. Christine H. Ferolino (Director, SorSU-ORD), successfully spearheaded its two-day virtual 25th In-House Review of R&D Projects from July 6-7, 2023, via Zoom Meeting.

Participated by SorSU officials, a distinguished panel of evaluators, esteemed researchers, RET officers & staff, faculty members, and students, the In-House Review formally commenced with the welcome remarks of SUC President III, Dr. Geraldine F. De Jesus, highlighting that the activity is an avenue to showcase the product of academic expertise, intellectual capacity, ingenuity, and diligence of faculty members and researchers in the conduct of scientific, literary, and creative endeavors for the purpose of enhancing instructional delivery and promoting new knowledge to benefit the students and the entire SorSU community.

โ€œ๐˜ผ๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™˜๐™ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™™๐™™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™—๐™ช๐™ง๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ข๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ, ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ช๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™š๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฉ. ๐™’๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™˜๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™–๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™˜๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™ž๐™จ๐™๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ.

๐™๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ช๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ, ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™—๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ข ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ฅ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™. ๐™’๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™›๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™–๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ โ€” ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š.โ€

Meanwhile, following the presentation of participants by Ms. Jeanette A. Diesta (Research Assistant), Dr. Ryan V. Dio (Vice President for Research, Extension and Training) introduced the exemplary ๐™‹๐™–๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ก ๐™ค๐™› ๐™€๐™ซ๐™–๐™ก๐™ช๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ, namely: Dr. Sherwin E. Balbuena (Assistant Professor IV & Research and Development Services-Director, Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa, Sr. Memorial State College of Agriculture and Technology), Dr. Magdalena O. Ocbian (Former SorSU-VPAA, Former Research Director, & Retired Professor VI, SorSU), & Dr. Rebecca Rosario O. Bercasio (Professor VI & Center for Teaching Excellence-Director, Bicol University) ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™œ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ 1: ๐™€๐™™๐™ช๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ; Dr. Jonald B. Sia (Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs & Dean of Graduate School, Osmeรฑa Colleges) in lieu of Dr. Ma. Teresa G. De Ablan (Retired Chief Education Specialist, CHED ROV), Ramona Isabela S. Ramirez (Vice President for Research and Innovation, Central Bicol State University of Agriculture), Dr. Tarcela F. Detera (Former VPAA, Former Research Director, & Former Dean of Graduate School, SorSU) ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™œ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ 2: ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ; Dr. Teddy F. Tepora (Innovation and Technology Support Office (ITSO)-Manager, Cavite State University), Engr. Christopher O. Pacardo (Professor III, Bicol University), & Dr. Francis N. Baleta (Science and Technology Fellow II, DOST-PCIEERD) ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™œ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ 3: ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™™๐™ช๐™˜๐™ฉ & ๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ค๐™œ๐™ฎ ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ; Prof. Rosemarie F. Tabardillo (Extension and Community Services-Director, Partido State University), Dr. Vladimir R. Foronda (Professor VI & Extension Services-Director, Central Bicol State University of Agriculture), & Br. Yosep Undung, SVD (Vice President for Basic Education, Divine World College of Legazpi) ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™œ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ 4: ๐™Ž๐™ค๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™Ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™จ; and Engr. Sandro B. Noguera (Director, DOST V Provincial Science and Technology Office – Sorsogon), Ma. Lourdes G. Pancho (Director, Department of Trade and Industry – Sorsogon), & Prof. Anna May A. Ramos (ITSO Intellectual Property Development-Head, Adamson University) ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™œ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ 5: ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™œ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ, whereas Prof. Christine H. Ferolino (Director, SorSU-ORD) provided and explained the mechanics of the activity. Afterward, the concurrent sessions for paper presentation transpired in different breakout rooms, which included Q&A portions subsequently and the evaluation & tallying of results.

On the other hand, the Day 2 of the event comprised of recapitulation of Day 1 and the continuation of ๐™‹๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ก ๐™Ž๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ, which focused on ๐™‹๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™‹๐™ช๐™—๐™ก๐™ž๐™จ๐™๐™š๐™™ ๐™‹๐™–๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™จ๐™จ๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, and participants in respective breakout rooms were welcome to pose queries and ask clarifications or additional explanations from the presenter following the 10-minute presentation.

Announced by Dr. Ryan V. Dio (VPRET), the respective winners per category are as follows, to wit:

๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ: ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

Best Research Paper – Mr. Nestor L. Lasala (SorSU Sorsogon City Campus-CoTEdM)

2nd Best Research Paper – Mr. Aaron A. Funa, Dr. Jhonner D. Ricafort, Ms. Frances Grace J. Jetomo, & Mr. Nestor L. Lasala (SorSU Sorsogon City Campus-CoTEdM)

3rd Best Research Paper – Prof. Ma. Cecila D. Dy, Ms. Ailyn D. Desengaรฑo, & Ms. Marcy S. Calleja (SorSU Sorsogon City Campus-COT)

๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ: ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

Best Research Paper – Dr. Catherine A. De Castro, Dr. Errol G. De Castro, Dr. Jenet B. Fuentes, Dr. Ana Cristina G. Fortes, Dr. Fely A. Habla, & Prof. Shirley G. Dicen

2nd Best Research Paper – Ms. Janine L. Conde, Dr. Ryan V. Dio, Mr. John Hermel D. Meneses, Ms. Jennifer H. Mercine, & Mr. John Paul Ayo (SorSU-Castilla Campus)

3rd Best Research Paper – Prof. Rialyn L. Dogcol, Prof. Susan Mae G. Apostol, Prof. Jackielyne M. Bosquillos, Prof. Anabell A. Manga, Dr. Alfonso L. Garcia, Jr., Mr. Anthony Madrazo, Mr. Mikko Guardian and Prof. Tara Paulina Martizo. (SorSU Sorsogon City Campus-CoTEdM)

๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ‘: ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

Best Research Paper – Mr. Nestor L. Lasala (SorSU Sorsogon City Campus-CoTEdM)

๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ’: ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž

Best Research Paper – Ms. Cristy T. Jintalan, Ms. Maribel A. Nolla, & Mr. Brian Gabriel J. Buenaobra (SorSU-Castilla Campus)

๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ“: ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ

Best Research Paper – Bernard C. Ontog, Adviser: Mr. Marlon G. Gabelo (SorSU-Castilla Campus)

2nd Best Research Paper – Lorie Joy G. Villa, Rezel Magdaraog, Erica Yvette R. Hacutina, Adviser: Mr. Abel E. Arevalo Jr. (SorSU-Magallanes Campus)

3rd Best Research Paper – Vincent Fresto, Adviser: Mr. Nestor L. Lasala (SorSU Sorsogon City Campus-CoTEdM)

Furthermore, selected participants were given the opportunity to share their insights and observations regarding the activity prior to the conference evaluation report of Engr. Ivy Rose B. Gonzales (Head, SorSU – Intellectual Property-Technology Business Management Services). Prof. Christine H. Ferolino (Director, SorSU-ORD) gave the closing remarks.

๐™†๐™ช๐™™๐™ค๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ, ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™œ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™Ž๐™ค๐™ง๐™Ž๐™-๐™๐™€๐™ & ๐™Š๐™๐˜ฟ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ช๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™›๐™ช๐™ก 25๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™„๐™ฃ-๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™ซ๐™ž๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™&๐˜ฟ ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ค๐™Ÿ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™จ! (SorSU PIO)