the fLuX Newsletter is out!

The Flux Newsletter which has been the main project of the ECE Publication Team is now out for the ECE students. 

 

The second issue will be on the first semester of A.Y. 2009-2010.

You can post your comments here or go to ece forum.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 6 NEW PLP ENGINEERS!!!

ENGR. ANGELINE PANADO AQUINO

ENGR. EDNIL MESINA MAGDALENO

ENGR. EDWIN MESINA MAGDALENO

ENGR. MAE JAMES NATIVIDAD MANLUNAS

ENGR. RANILO EGENIAS PANGAN

ENGR. RAZEL ANN VILLASOTO TARGA

YOU MADE US SO PROUD!!

Ms. ECE 2008 Online Voting Launched!

The online poll for Ms. ECE 2008 has been officially started yesterday, September 19. The 10 contestants consist of the following students:

Christine of 1A

Alyssa of 1A

Esther of 1B

Arbil of 1B

Princess of 2A

Jamie of 3B

Mitch of 5A

Ghen of 5A

Claire of 5A

Kath of 5A

These contestants had been chosen by the staffs of ECE Publication Team as the top ten beautiful faces in the College of Engineering–PLP.

To vote, go to ECE Forum Site, Ang Tambayan ng ECE, and click the MS. ECE 2008 topic. Voters must be registered member of the forum to join the online poll.

CAST YOUR VOTES NOW!

CONGRATULATIONS!

PSSC OFFICERS FROM THE ECE:

MARIE MICHELLE “MITCH” BALINGA – 5A
Vice-President

GIZZELLE “JIGZ” ANGELES – 2A
P.R.O.

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Cellular phone: Necessity or Luxury?

by: Sada Mae Cruz

Our generation today is filled with electronic devices that play a big role in our economy and daily life. Almost all of us are so fond using these high-tech devices that sometimes causes one’s addiction; one of this is the cellular phone, which is used worldwide. Cellular phone or cell phone, as we usually call it, is a portable telephone that helps to communicate easily form one place to another.

In the ratio of the world’s population, teenagers have the biggest percentage of cell phone users especially here in the Philippines. In fact, Philippines is one of the top ten (10) users in a survey and almost ninety percent (90%) of the population has this gadget. Truly, cellular phone became part of human life. The question is, is this gadget really a necessity or just simply luxury?

Human nowadays use this as a status symbol. It shows how rich you are depending on the cell phone you possess. We use this as a form of entertainment as we exchange messages with our friends. Moreover, we use this as a form of games, knowledge and communication.

Cellular phones are not just a luxury of one self. It is necessary for the business men as they use this in every single transaction. People use this to get in touch with their their love-ones abroad. It helps one another to communicate easily with a less time and effort.

Cell phone becomes a luxury if you keep on updating your mobile phone every time a new model is out in the market even if you already have one. Anything in the hand of human being can be a form of one’s selfishness. It only depends on how human use and treats this.

What Makes ECE Unique?

By Raquel Tupas

FACE IT AND REALIZE…

Face it and then you will realize that even though Electronics Engineering (ECE) is more complicated and difficult profession to other courses somehow, the uniqueness of it prevails to the perseverance and dedication of a certain ECE student. Technically speaking, ECE is more on analyzing different kind of mathematical problem and theory on different aspects of electronics. Electronics engineering is more on enhancing and molding a certain individual towards his professionalism and triumph ahead to the competitive world.

An instructor once said that “ECEs are true people, being true to themselves, and acting more like a child but see things in mature way as supposed.” Indeed, ECEs are just being true to their attitude and on how they manage to deal with their professors. Moreover, Engineering is known to have this logical and systematic way of thinking, that is, in their work, appropriate and concise characteristics are essential to bring in success.

Did you know that…?

Researched by: Marie Michelle N. Balinga

• A flying champagne cork is three times more possible to be deadly than a bite of a venomous spider.

• On July 2, 1998, David Willey joined the World’s Longest Firewalk across 165 ft. of burning coals. The temperature range of Firewalk coals is from 800-1,300 degrees Fahrenheit, which is hot enough to melt steel.

• The human body has 650 muscles.
  An elephant’s trunk has 40,000 muscles.

• An environmentally friendly ‘thermoacoustic freezer’ is being developed by Ben and Jerry’s.
  Acoustic sound waves help move heat away from the ice cream, keeping it cold.

• Spider silk is stronger than the Kevlar in bulletproof vests.
  A strand of spider silk, the width of a pencil, could stop a Boeing 747 in flight!
  
  
• Clouds cover 1/2 the Earth’s sky at any one time.
  It takes a million cloud droplets to form one raindrop.

• If a spaceship approached a black hole, it would appear to go slower the closer it got to it.
  Then it would appear to stop … turn orange, then red, and fade into nothingness!
  
  
• Number of days a human can live without water: 3 days.
  Number of days a cockroach can live without its head: 9 days.

• Sound level the human ear can withstand without damage: 130 decibels.
  Sound level of an average rock concert: 150 decibels.

• The record for the deepest underwater free dive (without breathing) is 511 feet.
  That’s deeper than American submarines descended during World War II.

Voluntas: Org or frat?

by: Gerald E. dela Cruz

Voluntas is an organization established in the PLnP on July 29, 2005. This is composed of students from different colleges with a vision of promoting the policy of peace, equality, unity, and cooperation among its members. This organization has already proven its commitment by helping in different university activities and contributing to the maintenance of the Pamantasan such as cleaning of comfort rooms and PLP Quadrangle.

But as the time passes by, there are controversies on which this organization was accused to be an underground fraternity hiding as an ordinary school organization. I personally interviewed the president and founder of Voluntas, Mr. John Vincent Baltazar–a BSECE student, he concurred that most of their members are also a part of an outside chapter fraternity but this does not actually mean that the organization itself is a fraternity. He stated that their organization is free from any illegal activities such as initiations and other actions related to fraternity. In fact, Voluntas is open to all the students of PLP who wanted to join and serve for the benefit of this university, as he said. It might not be clear for some students and professors that all of the sacrifices of its members are just to provide assistance to all the faculties of the PLP. It is heartbreaking for their part that their act of kindness will be misinterpreted as an act of illegitimate initiation for fraternity intents.

In my own point of view, it isn’t important whether the Voluntas is an organization or fraternity. As long as they know their limitations and they do not exercise any illegal actions, they will remain an innocent and functional organization. We must actually be thankful for having this kind of organization of which its members render their time, effort and even funds for the betterment of our university.

Cisco Systems’ Discovery & Exploration @ PLP

by: Gerald E. dela Cruz

The Cisco Networking Academy Program has introduced their newest CCNA curricula last June of 2007: the CCNA Discovery and the CCNA Exploration. These curricula were designed to address the demands of a changing marketplace and respond to input from administrators, instructors, and students in preparation for the CCNA Certification and Professional Careers.

The Discovery is an independent curriculum integrated into broader course of study and is efficient for students with basic PC usage skills. At the same time as the Exploration which is an integrated technology curriculum created for continuing education program and is defined for students with advanced problem solving and analytical skills. The Venn diagram below further states the relationship of these two curricula:

Just as recent as November of 2007, the Cisco Networking Academy has invited the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasig together with other Universities and Institutions namely De La Salle University-Manila, University of Santo Tomas, San Sebastian College, Mapua Institute of Technology, AMA Computer University-Makati, and the Meralco Foundation to participate in the small-market trial for the new curricula which includes contribution for the concept and design of the CCNA Discovery 3 & 4. The PLP sent its representative Cisco Instructor Prof. Jesus M. Bautista as one of the persons who will contribute thoughts about the instructional flow, reading level, analytical skills, learning engagement, and how well these curricula meet the needs of the students.

This 3 day complimentary event held in DLSU-Manila was attended by Cisco System Technical Specialists from different countries specifically United States, India, Australia, Singapore and China.

PLP College of Engineering Goes Online!

The newly created student organization of the College of Engineering of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasig–Engineering Publication Team–has now officially started its official blog site as part of its publication projects which include newsletters and web publications.

Feel free to visit this site to view more about the PLP-College of Engineering.