CEGS held its first virtual research summit for graduating
students
The College of Engineering and
Geosciences (CEGS) successfully conducted the Engineering and Geosciences Annual Research
Summit 2021 dubbed as EGeARS 2021 last July 14,
2021, via Cisco Webex, with the theme “Unleashing
the Research Capabilities of Future Engineers and Geoscientists in Response to
the SDGs and Industry 4.0 in the New Normal.” The event was mainly
organized by the CEGS faculty and staff with the utmost participation of graduating
students from the different programs of the college.
Due to the current situation, the online platform
Webex was used where breakout sessions were utilized to cater the presentations
per thematic area. After the program preliminaries, the different
research centers of the college namely, CCGeo, CREATE, CRAFT, and MinRES,
presented their research highlights and projects during the “Lightning
Talks/Research Center Presentations”. The college,
upholding its excellence not only in instruction but also in the field of
research, endeavors to continually develop the students' knowledge as they
showcase their thesis in the virtual platform through oral or poster presentations. A total of eighty-two (82) studies were submitted for
presentations and were categorized into four (4) Thematic Areas namely, (1)
Methods and Systems Development in Engineering; (2) Energy, Environment, and
Natural Resources; (3) Automation, Innovation, and Mechanization; and (4)
Governance and Disaster Management. Faculty and researchers from different
universities were invited as panelists whose tasks include rating the students'
presentation and critiquing through the Q&A session. During the afternoon
session, Dr. Engellie Mae Paguican—the Editor-in-Chief of Advances in
Engineering and Geosciences (AEG) Journal—delivered a thorough presentation
about their publication and shared relevant tips and advice on how to write a
publishable research paper to invite critics and future collaborators. After the Best Presenter per thematic area was
selected in the morning sessions, they proceeded to compete for the Best Thesis
award in the Main Session. Dr. Jeark A.
Principe (Assistant Prof., DGE, UP Diliman), Dr. Miraluna L. Herrera (Faculty, CED/Director, OCID-CSU), and Dr. Elizabeth P. Parac (Dean, CAA-CSU) were the panel guests for the Best Thesis Oral Presentation
Session. Out of the fifty-four (54) research papers submitted under oral
presentation, the paper entitled, “A
Web-Application for Detecting Rice Plant Diseases in Butuan City using
Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)” by Mr. Idem Coquilla of the Bachelor of
Science in Geodetic Engineering Program was hailed as the Best Thesis for this
year’s EGeARS. Overall, the event was attended by
402 participants wherein 55% used the Webex Platform and 45% were Facebook Live
users via the College of Engineering and Geosciences Facebook Page. The special
award winners, together with their advisers, were given cash incentives and
load cards as a reward. Tokens and certificates of appreciation were also sent
to the panel guests. Despite the limitations brought about
by the Covid-19 pandemic, the event was successfully conducted.
