CBAA graduate faculty, Dr. Pamela F. Resurreccion, gave a talk on case teaching as a learning strategy in Bukidnon State University (BukSU) and the Council of Business Education Deans and Program Heads (COBEDAPH) – Region 10 last on November 17, 2017 and November 28, 2017, respectively.
The talk on case teaching in BukSU, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon is part of the echo training required of participants to the Mindanao Case Teaching Workshop held in Davao City last September 28-30, 2017. Dr. Resurreccion provided feedback on the case teaching demonstrations during the echo training as well as gave a lecturette on the Art of Questioning, emphasizing that asking appropriate questions is at the heart of case teaching. Meanwhile, the lecture with COBEDAPH – Region 10 at Pearlmont Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City is part of the organization’s thrust to provide opportunities for training and development to its members. The goal of COBEDAPH – Region 10 under the leadership of its President, Dr. Elizabeth Figueroa of Capitol University, is to orient the business education Deans and Program Heads of Northern Mindanao on case teaching as one of the ways to promote active learning.
Dr. Resurreccion, an alumni of the Case Teaching and Case Writing Training organized by USAID – STRIDE and delivered by the William Davidson Institute of the University of Michigan, is one of the movers of the Mindanao Academic Case Developers Consortium (MACDC) whose aims are to (1) promote and advocate the use of case study approach or methodology in academic learning within the Mindanao setting; (2) provide a venue for enhancing skills of Mindanao teachers/professors in case teaching; (3) sustain development of case studies on various areas of interest in Mindanao governance, science and technology, entrepreneurship and management, peace and order, Mindanao culture, gender and development, among others; and (4) establish continuing collaboration between and among industry players, development institutions, government and higher education institutions (HEIs) in Mindanao.
The two engagements on promoting case teaching as a learning approach is part of the continuing initiatives of MACDC where MSU-IIT is a member.
MSU-IIT USAID-STRIDE CARWIN and PURE research grantees: Dr. Lubguban, Dr. Malaluan, and Prof. Hora
COE&T professors and researchers namely Dr. Roberto M. Malaluan, Dr. Arnold A. Lubguban, and Prof. Jefferson A. Hora received recognitions at the 2017 United States Agency for International Development – Science, Technology, Research and Innovation for Development (USAID-STRIDE) Grants and Scholarships Awarding ceremonies held last March 17, 2017 at Gallardo Ballroom, Makati Diamond Residences, Makati City, Philippines.
Dr. Malaluan and Dr. Lubguban, both from the Department of Chemical Engineering & Technology are the principal investigators working on the “Development and Production of High Value Yacon (Smallanthus sonchifulius) Products” (worth 4.6 million pesos); and “Rigid Polyurethane Insulation Foams Made from Lignocellulosic Rice Straw” (worth 5.9 million pesos) , respectively.
Prof. Hora, Chair of the Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering Department, is the project leader of two USAID-STRIDE research grants (worth 7 million pesos) namely “Optimized Chip Implementation of Indoor Light Energy Harvesting for Sensor Network and Battery Recharging – Phase 1”; and “INLIGHT2 – Chip Fabrication and Testing of Indoor Light Energy Harvesting for Sensor Network and Battery Recharging – Phase 2”.
The ceremony was attended by respective industry partners of the grantees, the academe, government representatives, USAID-STRIDE officials and media. Ambassador Sung Y. Kim, the US Ambassador to the Philippines gave the keynote speech during the awarding ceremony. To quote him, “Our grantees represent the best scientific minds in the Philippines. We look forward to the results of their research projects that should upgrade industries, generate jobs and investments, and build skills and capacities in communities, academic institutions and companies”.
USAID-STRIDE is a USAID/Philippines project under the Partnership for Growth (PFG), a bilateral initiative through which the US and Philippine governments work together to improve economic growth and development in the Philippines. The five-year, USD 32 million project began in July 2013.
STRIDE focuses on disciplines that contribute to high-growth sectors such as electronics, chemical industries, alternative energy, translational medicine, agri-business, ICT and mobile computing, with cross-cutting themes of manufacturing and new product development.
Grantees with Amb. Sung Kim, the US Ambassador to the Philippines
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) – Science, Technology, Research and Innovation for Development (STRIDE) has awarded a research grant to the Microelectronics Lab (MicroLab) of the Electrical/Electronics and Computer Engineering Department. This is MSU-IIT’s first time to receive such grant.
Professor Jefferson A. Hora, the principal investigator of the project and EECE Department Chair attended the awarding ceremony at Makati Diamond Hotel, Makati City.
The ceremony was attended by respective industry partners of the grantees, the academe, government representatives, USAID-STRIDE officials and from the media. Philip S. Goldberg, US Ambassador to the Philippines gave the keynote speech during the awarding ceremony.
Prof. Hora, chosen to speak on behalf of the grantees said in part: the passion, will, and determination of every Filipino Engineer and Scientist to contribute to nation building will have no worth if there is no action taken. Thank you, USAID-STRIDE for the opportunity to strengthen the R&D of this country and to realize our dream for the future that Philippines which will also be known as IC Design Hub of Asia, hence, will eventually spur economic growth for our nation.
The project entitled “Optimized chip implementation of indoor energy harvesting for sensor network and battery recharging” is spearheaded by Prof. Hora as the principal investigator with Prof. Chinet Mocorro, the Electrical Engineering Technology (ELET) Department Chair as the project assistant. The said project will run from May 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016.
This research grant allows for the extension of the licenses of the integrated circuits (IC) design tools currently being used by the MicroLab. With this, the MicroLab continues to operate as the Virtual Center of Microelectronics in Mindanao recognized by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
MSU-IIT USAID-STRIDE CARWIN and PURE research grantees: Dr. Lubguban, Dr. Malaluan, and Prof. Hora
Grantees with Amb. Sung Kim, the US Ambassador to the Philippines
