DIPOLOG CITY, March 19 (PIA) – The Andres Bonifacio College hosted the scientific seminar in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology held recently at the Arts, Graduate and Professional Schools (AGPS) building of said school.
The said seminar was spearheaded by the Samahang Pisika ng Visayas at Mindanao (SPVM) and the College Extension Committee (CEC) of the College of Sciences and Mathematics (CSM), Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT), ILigan City.
Lecturers in the field of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology were delivered by well-known researchers and professors from MSU-IIT.
For Physics, Dr. Reynaldo M. Vequizo, SPVM President and chairman of the Physics department, talked about Identifying Key Properties of Materials using Radiation: The Case of XRD and with Electron Beam while Dr. Arnold C. Alguno talked on the topic, Emerging Materials Science Trends: The MSU-IIT Experience.
Prof. Rosario L. Reserva also gave a lecture-demonstration on some physics apparatuses fabricated by the institute’s physics department which are being used in mechanics experiments.
Dr. Ruth P. Serquiña of the department of Mathematics, on the other hand, gave a lecture on computer simulation n Mathematics while Prof. Catherine R. Cano discussed sequential analysis and its applications.
Biologists Dr. Mark Anthony Torres and Dr. Cesar Demayo, chairman of the biological sciences department of MSU-IIT, talked on the trends in life science research and biology graduate programs, respectively.
The scientific seminar, participated in by teachers from the elementary, secondary and tertiary levels, was organized to enhance the science and mathematics teaching capabilities of teachers and to facilitate deeper learning among students through research.
With the different graduate programs offered by MSU-IIT, particularly by the College of Sciences and Mathematics, the speakers invited the participants to apply and take up graduate studies at said university as slots are still available under the scholarship programs of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
ABC has also received several Physics books and apparatuses from SPVM. These donated items are expected to further strengthen the academic arsenal of the school in teaching Physics to high school and college students.
The goodwill between the ABC and SPVM started when the former hosted the 13th SPVM National Physics Conference in October last year, which was attended by Physics educators and enthusiasts from all over the Philippines. It feature lectures from distinguished foreign and local physics researchers and educators, thus bringing Physics closer to this side of the country.
SPVM is an organization of Physics researchers, educators and students based at MSU-IIT. (Mindanao Observer/FPG/PIA-Zamboanga del Norte)