Monday, October 31, 2016

PSAE-PPG holds local PAEStigan 2016 and other contests

Through the support of the Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering (DAFE), the Philippine Society of Agricultural Engineers Pre-Professional Group (PSAE-PPG CvSU) conducted the Annual Local PAEStigan and the first Engineering Math Quiz Contest on 27 October 2016 at the International House II, Cavite State University-Main Campus.

Melrose Salona, Jose Carlo Dizon, and John Mendoza will represent Cavite State University in PAEStigan VII: The Annual National PAES Quiz Contest in January 2017 at the University of the Philippines – Los Baños, Laguna. Dizon and Mendoza, fifth and fourth year BSAE students, respectively, topped the qualifying contest. Team captain Salona will represent CvSU for the second time. Meanwhile, Ms. Hana Pearl Descartin, a fifth year BSAE student, topped the Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Parts Identification Contest and will advance to the national level as one of the arm competitions under PAEStigan VII.

PAEStigan is a national quiz contest covering the Philippine Agricultural Engineering Standards (PAES) and is a competition joined by all State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) in the Philippines offering the BS Agricultural Engineering / BS Agricultural and Bio-Systems Engineering program. Cavite State University placed 1st in PAEStigan VI and a consistent high placer since PAEStigan I.

From left to right: Engr. Kelvin Michael Crystal (Junior Adviser), Jose Carlo Dizon,
Melrose Salona, and John Mendoza (Photo courtesy of Mr. Gabby Talon)
Thirty one teams from different engineering programs joined the Math Quiz Contest, a new event under the Local PAEStigan 2016. Team Militia composed of Justin G. Primero, Kimberly Dennisse Calimlim, and Denise Mikaela San Diego (BSECE 3-1) placed first. Team Papo (Jobert Jan Pichuela, Syrille L. Alarcon, and Isaiah Christopher T. Martinez), and Team X (Patricia Grace Domingo, John Lhonard Valdez, and Gilbert Bueno) place second and third, respectively. Winners bagged cash prize and medals.

From left to right: Mark Anthony Isureña (PSAE-PPG CvSU Chapter president), Denise Mikaela San Diego, Justin G. Primero, Kimberly Dennisse Calimlim, and Engr. Kelvin Michael Crystal
(Photo courtesy of Mr. Gabby Talon)