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2401 (twen´te fôr´,o, wun) is a landmark number along Taft Avenue. It is the location ID of De La Salle University, home to outstanding faculty and students, and birthplace of luminaries in business, public service, education, the arts, and science. And 2401 is the name of the official newsletter of DLSU, featuring developments and stories of interest about the University.

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IN THE SCOPUS-ELSEVIER 2016 LIST OF 20 MOST PRODUCTIVE FILIPINO RESEARCHERS, 14 ARE DLSU FACULTY MEMBERS. The Scopus-Elsevier database is the same source used by

leading world university ranking organizations in determining

Most productive Filipino researchers from DLSU

FACULTY MEMBER BAGS YOUNG HISTORIAN’S PRIZE

History Department’s harvest of titles

2017 Inter-collegiate Finance Competition champions

Lasallians highlight diversity in Asia Pacific congress

Empowering people through social science

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DLSU HISTORY DEPARTMENT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR. ARLEIGH ROSS DELA CRUZ WON the 2016 Young Historian’s Prize for

his manuscript titled “Epizootics, Veterinary

Science and the Filipinos, 1899 to 1939.” The

award was given last year by the National

Commission for Culture and the Arts.

Dela Cruz’s winning manuscript focused on

the role of the veterinary science, Epizootics

in the development of health institutions in the

country, a section in historiography not usually

touched in the course of the study of history.

He graduated magna cum laude with a

Bachelor of Arts in the Social Sciences degree

at the University of the Philippines Manila.

He earned his MA in History from DLSU and

his Ph.D. in History from UP Diliman. His

researches focus on the history of the public

health sector and veterinary science.

TO CELEBRATE A BOUNTY OF LITERARY HARVEST IN 2017, THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT LAUNCHED THE LATEST BOOKS OF ITS FACULTY MEMBERS. The event, “Mandala: Tinipong Ani ng Kaguruan ng

Departamento ng Kasaysayan,” was held at the Henry Sy, Sr. Hall last December.

The titles, called in this order, were: 2017 National Book Award-winner To the People Sitting in the

Darkness and The Camino Real to Freedom (both UST Publishing House, 2016) by Dr. Jose Victor

Torres; Tulang Sakdal—Aral at Diwa ng Sakdalismo by Dr. Marlon Delupio (Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino,

2016); Mun-uduli: Ang Panday na Ifugao Bilang Tagapag-ingat ng Taal na Kaalaman (Cordillera Studies

Center of UP Baguio, 2016) by Dr. Lars Raymund Ubaldo; Liberalism and the Postcolony: Thinking the

State in 20th Century Philippines (NUS Press, Kyoto University Press, and Ateneo de Manila University

Press, 2017) by Dr. Lisandro Elias Claudio; and 2012 National Book Development Board Writing Grant

recipient Kasaysayan at Vulnerabilidad: Ang Lipunang Pilipino sa Harap ng Pananalanta ng Pesteng

Balang, 1569-1949 (DLSU Publishing House, 2017) by Department Chair Dr. Ma. Florina Orillos-Juan.

Tributes were given by faculty members Dr. Fernando Santiago and Dr. Jose Rhommel Hernandez. 2016

Young Historian’s Prize winner Dr. Arleigh Ross dela Cruz delivered the closing remarks.

CLA Dean Dr. Jazmin Llana (leftmost) and DLSUPH Executive Publisher Dr. David Jonathan Bayot (rightmost) flank the authors Orillos-Juan, Claudio, Ubaldo, Torres, and Delupio.

HISTORY DEPARTMENT’S HARVEST OF TITLES

Philippine HEIs with Publications in the Scopus-Elsevier Database in the Year 2016

THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY

Volume 49 • Number 07 • 08 January 2018

In 2016, DLSU produced more research publications than UP Manila, UP Los Baños, ADMU, and UST.

University Research Coordination Office

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CONFERRED THE TITLE UNIVERSITY FELLOW IN AY 1993-1994

For Dr. Jimenez, conducting social research makes her a better teacher and advocate because she could provide students and development partners with updated and grounded data to improve the plight of many disadvantaged communities.

Meditation 102.2–on St. Ignatius, martyr

Enkindle the love of Jesus in the hearts of the young.“ “

the research capacities of higher educational

institutions (HEIs).

The list of highly productive Filipino researchers in

the year 2016 included faculty members from UP

Diliman, UP Manila, and UST.

On the other hand, the list of highly productive

Filipino researchers of all time shows that the first

three ranks are DLSU faculty members.

As of November 30, 2017, the database reveals

that the all-time list of 20 most productive Filipino

researchers would be dominated by 7 DLSU and

7 UP Diliman faculty members.

The Top 3 Filipino researchers of all-time are

Dr. Raymond Tan with 249 published articles,

Dr. Consolacion Ragasa with 216, and Dr. Elmer

Dadios with 119.

EMPOWERING PEOPLE THROUGH SOCIAL SCIENCE

Most productive Filipino, from page 1

2017 INTER-COLLEGIATE FINANCE COMPETITION CHAMPIONS

GAMEON

WINNERS

RAMON V. DEL ROSARIO COLLEGE OF BUSINESS COLLEGE OF COMPUTER STUDIES GOKONGWEI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

A TEAM OF DLSU STUDENTS EMERGED as the champion in

the 2017 Inter-Collegiate Finance

Competition held at Bangko

Sentral ng Pilipinas last November

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The team was composed

of Bachelor of Science in

Accountancy seniors Rolando

Antonio Adrias, Josemaria

Alvaro Fontillas, and John Carlos

Guevarra, and Bachelor of Science

in Applied Economics Major in

Financial Economics and Bachelor

of Science in Accountancy fifth

year student Kaira Celina Ty.

Accountancy faculty member Perry

Carl Lim served as the team’s head

coach.

DLSU bested 21 teams from 20

Philippine schools and one foreign

university that participated in the

final round. This is the second

straight year that the University

bagged the championship.

DLSU received a team trophy,

medals, and P100,000.

Now on its 19th year, the Inter-

Collegiate Finance Competition

is organized by the Financial

Executives of the Philippines.

The competition covers the

Chartered Financial Analyst Level

1 Curriculum and the Certified

Management Accountant

Curriculum.

COLLEGE OF COMPUTER STUDIES FOURTH YEAR STUDENTS Leonardo Regalado,

Miguel Dungan, Jana Austria, and Karl Unabia won in this year’s GameOn, an

annual game development competition for students and professionals organized

by the Game Developers Association of the Philippines.

Their entry, entitled “War Tactics”, is a real-time multiplayer mobile game that uses

augmented reality. The award is the team’s second win in GameOn. Last year,

they won in the Innovation Award category.

The winners for GameOn 2017 were announced during the ICT Creative Award

last November 11 held at Samsung Hall of SM Aura in Taguig City.

DR. PILAR "LALAY" RAMOS-JIMENEZ JOINED

DLSU’s Behavioral Sciences Department

in 1983 and became actively engaged in

teaching, social research, and training. She

established a strong network with public,

private, and civil society organizations as well

as with international development partners.

Her legacy to the Behavioral Sciences

Department is the installation in 1995 of the

trans-disciplinary Health Social Science

(MaHeSoS) graduate program that integrates

gender and other social issues in health. She

facilitated Ford Foundation’s support for the

program, which benefited over 200 scholars

who are now serving in various local and

international institutions and agencies. She

retired from teaching in 2006.

As a DLSU Social Development Research

Center Fellow, Ramos-Jimenez conducted

and published a number of social research

studies, which she also presented in national

and international conferences and workshops.

Since 2012, she has served as consultant for

the UNFPA Indonesia and Philippine Country

Offices, the Commission on Population

(POPCOM), and the National Population

and Family Planning Development Board of

Indonesia.

Her network includes the Asia Pacific Network

of the International Forum for Social Sciences

in Health; WHO in Geneva; the Philippine

NGO Council on Population, Health, and

Welfare; UNFPA; and other UN units and

development groups. She has also worked

at Ford Foundation Indonesia and conducted

projects for DOST-Philippine Council for

Health Research and Development and

USAID.

She is currently involved in the five-year

program “South-South Cooperation

(SSC) Program between Indonesia and

the Philippines for FP, RH, and Gender

Mainstreaming,” aiming to share good

practices with the Autonomous Region in

Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). The collaborative

program runs until 2022.

At present, she is also advising a group of

indigenous women in her barangay and

engaging in small organic or natural farming in

upland Tanay.

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Dr. Alvin Culabadesign engineering,

mechanical engineering, bioenergy, LCA, carbon

footprint, ME design and processes

Dr. Kathleen Avisodevelopment of decision support tools for environmental decision-making

Ma Ellenita De Castrophytoremediation, mycoremediation, embryonic development, and environmental rehabilitation

Dr. Argel Bandalacomputational intelligence,

evolutionary computation, unmanned aerial vehicles and

distributed computation

Dr. Shun Fung Chiusustainable consumption and production, resource efficient and cleaner production, and industrial ecology/eco-industrial development

Dr. Maria Carmen Tannatural products especially in the

investigation of lead molecules for potential medicinal applications

Dr. Elmer Dadiosrobotics, mechatronics, automation, intelligent systems, neural networks, fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms, evolutionary computation, and IT Dr. Consolacion Ragasa

isolation and structure elucidation of the chemical constituents of Philippine plants

Dr. Raymond Tanprocess systems engineering

and process integration

Dr. Michael Promentilladecision modeling and risk analysis, environmental and energy systems,

design and characterization of sustainable engineering materials

Dr. Aristotle Ubandooptimization of energy systems, life-cycle assessment, and processing of algal biofuels and bioproducts

Dr. Vincent Antonio Ngnatural products

chemistry

Dr. Al Rey Villagraciacomputational physics and mathematical modelling

Dr. Esperanza Maribel Agoosystematics of Philippine seed plants, i.e. orchids, Cycas, Colocasia, Rafflesia, and Cinnamomum

LASALLIAN ACHIEVEMENTS IN VARIOUS FIELDS

LET TOPNOTCHERS DLSU Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College

of Education Early Childhood Education

majors achieved 100% passing rate in

the September 2017 Licensure Exam for

Teachers.

Two Lasallians landed in the Top 10:

#4: Vinna Joan L. Roque

magna cum laude

#7: Sabrina C. Tutaan

cum laude

BR. ANDREW GONZALEZ FSC COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

The game development team

DLSU’s back-to-back championship

LASALLIANS HIGHLIGHT DIVERSITY IN ASIA PACIFIC CONGRESSMORE THAN 170 YOUNG LASALLIANS FROM 10 COUNTRIES OF PACIFIC ASIA REGIONAL CONFERENCE (PARC) GATHERED for the 11th Asia

Pacific Lasallian Youth Congress

(APLYC11) last December 3-8 at

DLSU-Dasmariñas.

APLYC has been an avenue

for the youth in PARC to meet

and immerse with the cultures

of their fellow Lasallians in the

region. The program centered

on the theme “Lasallians

Without Limits,” to celebrate the

diversity of their experiences

that contribute to the Lasallian

Mission.

The program aimed to

(1) deepen the youth’s

understanding of the Lasallian

identity and spirituality as a

lived experience in the Asia

Pacific context, (2) appreciate

spirituality and its impact in

empowering persons to make

personal and societal changes,

(3) sensitize, understand, and

appreciate cultures, social

economic realities, and the

environment in the Asia Pacific

region, and (4) provide action-

oriented, education, training,

and formation opportunities to

young Lasallians so that they

become agents of change.

As part of the sessions of the

program, De La Salle University

(DLSU) through the Culture

and Arts Office, presented a

play through dance, music

and poetry on the Life of the

Founder.

At the end of the program,

delegates were tasked to create

initiatives and projects that

will contribute to the Lasallian

Mission. Francine Chan, Elan

Centeno, and Paul Trono were

the DLSU delegates.

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LEGEND:# OF ARTICLES PUBLISHED ALL-TIME

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A STUDENT FROM THE GOKONGWEI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING GARNERED the top prize in the 2017

Magsaysay Future Engineer/Technologist (MFET)

Award held last December 14 at the Acacia Hotel

in Alabang.

Janne Pauline Ngo won for her research,

“Chemical Treatment of Waste Abaca for Natural

Fiber-Reinforced Geopolymer Composite”.

Dr. Michael Angelo Promentilla served as her

adviser.

Another student, Kyle Darryl Aguilar, received

a special citation for his study, “Bilevel Fuzzy

Optimization Model of an Algae-based Eco-

Industrial Park under Cooperative Game Theory”.

Dr. Aristotle Ubando served as his adviser.

There were 19 contestants for this year’s MFET

Award, with only five participants shortlisted

to make their presentation. The MFET is a

competition hosted by the National Academy of

Science and Technology under the Department of

Science and Technology.

2017 MAGSAYSAY FUTURE ENGINEER/TECHNOLOGIST AWARDEE

GET TO KNOW THE UNIVERSITY FELLOWS.

For more info related to the Society of University Fellows’ Pearl Anniversary, visit http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/university-fellows