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UPIS bags 1st runner up in AECES Con 2017

4/06/2017 07:33:00 PM Media Center 0 Comments



GREEN IDEAS. The winning team of (L-R) Rene Rollon II, Denice Palicte, Nica Sampan, Dani de Leon, and Ernest Arceo display their first runner-up certificate at the recent AECES Convention 2017: Green Tech last April 1. Photo Credit: Mr. Archie Maramag


Grade 11 students Ernest Arceo, Dani De Leon, Denice Palicte, Rene Rollon II, and Nica Sampan bagged first runner-up honors at the ideation competition of the first Ateneo Electronics and Computer Engineering Society Convention (AECES Con) 2017: Green Tech which culminated last April 1 at Escaler Hall, Ateneo De Manila University.

Their project idea E-WASTO: Sustainability in One Tap featured E-WASTO, an app programmed to manage e-waste on an institutional level by connecting consumers to official Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs) that can properly handle e-waste.

Green Tech is a two-Saturday convention on renewable energy, energy management, and e-waste management held last March 25 and April 1. The convention featured talks and presentations by key figures in the industry and culminated in the ideation competition wherein participant schools made business models about ways to solve problems on e-waste and renewable energy.

Two other teams from 11-Del Mundo also participated in Green Tech—Franz Candido, Rita Isabel Colina, David de Layola, Urielle Lilang, and Ralph Daniel Novilla of Team CHANGE and Adrian Bornilla, Ryan Dimayuga, Charles Epino, Tricia Raza, and Julia Reyes of Team Agos. The three UPIS teams joined forces to win first place in an informal quiz bee during the convention. Mr. Archie Maramag of the Science Department advised all 3 UPIS teams.

“It was a one-of-a-kind experience, something you can't simply pick up in class,” shared de Leon regarding her experience at the AECES Con.

More than 150 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) students from all over Metro Manila participated in the event. //by Cedric Jacobo

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