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Engineering Tour
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Last September 7 – 11, 2015 was the Industrial and Plant Tour of us, BS ECE students’ batch 2016 together with BS EE batch 2016.
September 7.
(9AM)
The first destination of the educational tour is the
MERALCO POWERLAB. It is a facility that can test the
electricity consumption of different common household
appliances and gadgets. Its primary purpose is to help
Filipinos better understand electricity usage and energy
management.
The Power Lab houses 3 main sections:
(1) An Equipment Testing Laboratory for
testing the energy consumption of
appliances and gadgets;
(2) A Demo area where an interactive energy display
monitor show comparisons between the
energy usage of average electrical
devices vs those that use different technologies;
(3) And an Intelligent Living Space that
showcases an ideal efficient set-up for
homeowners.
The tour at MERALCO Powerlab was indeed
educational not just relating in Engineering Field but as a simple energy consumer as well. Many
energy saving tips was discussed and presented. Same type of appliances and gadgets are
experimented and calculated to select which among of it is the most energy efficient.
(1PM)
The second place we’ve visited was the
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
INSTITUTE (EEEI) at UP Diliman Campus.
I can say EEEI is the institute you can be proud
being a part of. It has different laboratories which the
students can choose depending on their desired
specialization. They have the necessary equipment in every
Electrical and Electronics field.
Some of its laboratories that I was amazed of
were Digital Signal Processing Laboratories (DSPL),
Wireless Communications Engineering Laboratory
(WCEL), Robotics and Automation Laboratory (RAL).
But, Microelectronics and Microprocessors
Laboratory (MICROLAB) was the laboratory that really
catches my attention. Students here were designing
circuits using micrometre to nanometre size chips. They
are using cādence as the software in making the circuit
and program design of the chips, which I know nothing
about.
(4PM)
After visiting EEEI, we returned to our hotel. That was the end of the first day of the
Educational Tour.
A student from the MICROLAB orienting us.
A faculty of the WCEL showing us how to test this kind of antenna
September 8
(9AM)
For the second day of the educational tour, we’ve visited CAAP-MANILA AIRWAYS
FACILITIES COMPLEX.
Here, we’ve shown how airplanes (commercial and private) communicate from their
source to destination. Also the flight path they follow in order to reach their destination. It also
posts and decodes flight plan data and aircraft position reports. Other purposes of this facility
are: Provides alerting and emergency assistance service to aircraft in distress or in a state of
emergency; Ensures accurate dissemination of air reports and other aircraft messages to all
international and domestic addressees concerned in accordance with pre-determined distribution
arrangements programmed into the computer system; Coordinate with other aeronautical
telecommunication network station to ensure maximum dependability of the international air-
ground communications service during communication difficulties.
Taking pictures are prohibited inside the facility because of some security reasons.
(2PM)
Our next destination is the Studio and Engineering Center of GMA-7. First, we watch a
video presentation about GMA 7, their
mission, vision, and achievements.
Next, we’ve tour around the
Engineering Department. This
department is the one responsible for
editing the videos acquired by news
gathering teams and “teleserye” before
it will be broadcast to viewers. Also, it
is the one which arrange the
commercials to be presented in line
with the show.
After that, we’ve tour around their different studios, from their biggest and smallest to
old and new studios.
One of this is the studio for their news and current affairs. The studio is not big as viewed
in the television. The primary reason is that they use a wide angle camera.
It has many sections; one of this is the Flash
Report section where immediate news is needed to
broadcast.
After visiting the studios, we’ve proceeded to the
radio station of GMA, the Barangay LS 97.1. It was just a
quick orientation because the DJ at that time is doing his
program. It’s my first time to visit a FM Station so; I was
amazed especially on how the room is acoustically design.
The tour at the GMA-7 was fun-filled and many devices and equipment that are just
presented in the books are shown.
(4:30PM)
After visiting the Studio and Engineering Center of GMA-7, we returned to our hotel.
That was the end of the second day of the Educational Tour.
September 9.
(7:30AM)
Flash Report Section
Barangay LS 97.1
After preparing things, we’ve our
breakfast and check-out to our Hotel. For
the third day of the educational tour, we’ve
visited PAGASA Weather Forecasting
Center. Just like the others, it began by
presenting videos. After that, a proper
orientation and discussion are made inside
of its facility. After the discussions, I
realized that PAGASA is not just about
forecasting weather. Its primary purpose is to maintain a nationwide network pertaining to
observation and forecasting of weather and other climatological conditions affecting national
safety, welfare and economy. It engages in studies of geophysical and astronomical phenomena
essential to the safety and welfare of the people. It also provides protection of life, property and
livelihood against natural hazards due to typhoons, floods, drought, giant waves, and high seas.
(2PM)
After more than 4 hours of travelling, we’ve
reached our second destination for the third day of the
educational tour, the San Roque Dam and Power Plant in
Pangasinan. It was built beginning 1998 to harness the
power of Agno River, bringing four major benefits to
several communities in the heart of Luzon: irrigation, flood
control, electrical power, and improved water quality. They
tour us around the place which has beautiful scenery. After
that, we go to the monitoring and control room of the dam.
As I remember, it was 5 floors down to the surface. It was
noisy in the place. According to our tour guide, it reaches
about 90 to 100 dbA which I think is the limit before it can
create damage to the ears. Since it was noisy, all we did was
to take pictures.
(4PM)
After visiting the San Roque Dam and Power Plant, we travelled to Baguio. That was the
end of the third day of the Educational Tour.
September 10.
(8:30AM)
San Roque Dam
St. Louis University Engineering Department was the first place we’ve visited in Baguio
City. It is one of the best Engineering school in the Philippines because many board topnotcher
came from this school. Their Engineering equipment and devices are awesome. It helps the
students to better understand the lessons and theories being discuss.
Students of SLU tour us around their Engineering Building to show some of the
equipment and devices that they use. Some of this is the following:
Student of the SLU discussing about the device they use in
microcontroller subject. They showed us how to store data in
microcontroller’s register using their prototype computer.
A fourth year student of SLU demonstrating about her
project, Line Follower Car. It is a project which can be used to
represent in competition.
Student of SLU discussing about television, the percentage
of colors used in every series of pictures presented. He also
discussed about vertorscope, oscilloscope that can show on the
screen the same indicator as the vector pattern.
(2PM)
The next place we’ve visited is the PLDT-
INNOLAB. Since the place is just small, we only spent
for about 45 minutes. They only discussed about their
latest innovations regarding technology and how will it
improved their services to businesses and consumers.
(2:30PM)
After visiting PLDT-INNOLAB, we have our Baguio City Tour to visit many tourist
spots in Baguio. Some of this is the following:
(5:30PM)
After the Baguio City Tour, we’ve return to our hotel. That was the end of the fourth day
of Educational Tour.
September 11.
Around 3AM, we’ve depart at Baguio City to go at Tarlac Power Plant. Though, it is
only for EE students so we just stay at the bus and waited for them to finish.
(1PM)
For the last day of the Educational Tour, we
visited AVIAT Networks. Aviat Networks is a
global provider of microwave networking solutions,
providing public and private operators with
communications networks to accommodate the
exploding growth of IP-centric, multi-gigabit data
services. The AVIAT repairs, troubleshoots and
gives technical support to microwave equipment
that is brought by their clients. Taking pictures are
also not allowed inside the facility.
(3PM)
DREAM Satellite is the place we’ve visited
for the Educational Tour. Dream Satellite TV is the
first all-digital Direct-To-
Home (DTH) television broadcasting service
via satellite in the Philippines. Broadcasting from
the Dream Broadcast Center located at the Clark
Special Economic Zone in Pampanga. Content is
received from program providers, compressed and
broadcast via Koreasat 5 exclusively to its
subscribers using the Integrated Receiver-Decoder
System. DREAM Satellite uses satellite dish
antenna to receive data from Koreasat and other satellites.
(6PM)
After going to Dream Satellite in Pampanga, we go SM MOA to have our dinner before
going home.
That was the end of the Industrial and Plant Tour of 2015.
University of Nueva CaceresCollege of Engineering and Architecture
City of Naga
Narrative Report
In Partial FulfillmentIn ECE515F-G2aL – Seminar and Field Trip
by:
Edgardo C. Bedrijo Jr. BSECE
1st Semester S/Y 2015-2016
Engr. Edgardo N. Martinez Jr.Instructor