SOSE + ARISE Research Projects Exhibited at NAST's 45th ASM

The 45th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) was held on July 12-13, 2023 at the Manila Hotel, Manila. During the two-day event, the School of Science and Engineering (SOSE) and the Ateneo Research Institute of Science and Engineering (ARISE) had the opportunity to showcase select research projects in the University’s exhibit booth.

The highlight of the exhibit were the five SOSE-ARISE research groups and laboratories that conducted demo exhibits of their projects. These were from the Integrated Protein R&D Center (IPRDC), led by Dr. rer. nat. Crisanto M. Lopez, RMicro; the Ateneo Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality (VAMR) Laboratory, led by Dr. Maria

Mercedes T. Rodrigo and Dr. Eric Cesar E. Vidal, Jr.; and the Ateneo Laboratory for Intelligent Visual Environments (ALIVE), led by Dr. Patricia Angela R. Abu. Research projects that joined the demo exhibit were Dr. Maria Regina Estuar’s FASSSTER and Dr. Raphael Guerrero’s “Extraction of Chitosan from Seafood Waste for Bioplastics and Industrial Applications”.

Other research projects were presented in the form of posters and videos. Dr. Queena Lee-Chua’s book entitled "Bouncing Back: Life and Learning in a Time of Crisis" was also featured as part of the exhibit.

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Text: Christiane Oriana

Photos: ARISE