https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/1695 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:10:00 GMT 2026-04-05T16:10:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/1808 Engineering accreditation In the Philippines Rio, Walden S. I. Introduction The technological world is moving on at a rapid pace. Each new day offers new discoveries, new truths, new and oftentimes better ways of doing things. But, while technologies progresses by leaps and bounds worldwide, the Philippines is forced to stand and watch helplessly by. What is the cause of this helplessness? The reason for this disparity lies in the quality of education our Engineering schools impart to its students. The typical Engineering school in the Philippines today is beset with grave problems as to give out mediocre results at most. The faculty, for one, mostly lack advance degrees necessary to enable them to teach with the necessary academic authority. The schools themselves sorely lack the instructional materials, laboratory equipment, library resources, computer facilities, and other such equipment and resources to deliver quality education. So, how does one go about improving the quality of education Engineering Schools have to offer? One way is for the government to grant loans to finance engineering education in both public and private schools. This method was tried by the Department of Education, Culture and Sports in 1978-1982, when it supported twenty Engineering schools throughout the country with grants and loans. The grants helped teachers obtain much-needed advance degrees, and the loans purchased laboratory equipment as well as built classrooms and laboratories. In 1991 the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) selected 19 engineering schools all over the Philippines and provided a grants to these schools to improve their quality. The grants allowed the schools to improve the quality of almost all areas of engineering education. It even provided funds to create several Master of Engineering programs all over the country. This allowed more faculty members to obtain advance degrees in engineering. However this assistance occurred between long periods of time and only supported a few of the 215 engineering schools in the Philippines. A typical engineering school which do not receive any loan or grant would not be able to develop the quality it would like to deliver. Such schools must tackle the added burden of how to give quality education in the face of seemingly formidable problems which the administrations could hardly know how to go about solving them. Conference paper Sun, 18 Jun 2000 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/1808 2000-06-18T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/1807 International linkage in engineering education Rio, Walden S.; Molina, Dany C. Sending members of the faculty of educational institutions of third world countries to first world countries for short training programs is vital to the upgrading of Engineering education. Participants in such programs are exposed to and so observe firsthand the varied modern technology in the advanced countries, thereby learning from such educational experiences. Faculty members from a country as the Philippines, can greatly benefit if sent to a first world country as the United States. However, for all the advantages, the program has to deal with three major problems: first, the high cost of sending faculty members to the U.S., or other advanced country; second, knowing the particular subject area the faculty will need to learn more of and whether such subject area is available in the school to which he will go, and whether the knowledge ultimately gained can be used when he returns; and third, seeing to it that the faculty really studies that he actually learns while undergoing training abroad. This paper addresses these problems and presents the methods by which they may be solved. The solution to the specific problem is simple and explained. It is envisioned that this paper will foster the interest of schools in third world countries and encourage them to send their faculty members to technologically advanced countries. Knowing how it is done, costs will be minimized and learning maximized when the faculty are sent abroad for international training. Conference paper Sun, 22 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/1807 2003-06-22T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/1806 Proposed parking facilities for the local heritage site of Iloilo City Lacsao, Paul Vincent; Grio, Mary Earl Daryl A.; San Luis, Jolly Mae; Davila, Razel Iloilo City is one of the Philippines’ premiere cities. The city has 8,407 business establishments of which 1,182 were recently established. Every year, there is an estimated 11% of increase in the number of business establishments in the city. More business means more investors and consumers. The business transactions demand ample space for amenities such as parking facilities. The Downtown Central Business District (CBD) of Iloilo City is the proof of the economic activities of the city for the past decades. It is the main destination of people coming from Metro Iloilo-Guimaras region. Recently, it was declared as the Iloilo’s Heritage Site inclusive of 26 buildings at least 75 years old. This heritage area is surrounded by a plaza, a university, a public market, private high schools, banks, restaurants, and retail businesses. This research is mainly focused on the design for a comprehensive parking facility for on-street and off-street parking for the local heritage zone of Iloilo City. A License Plate Survey was conducted in 23 areas to determine the parking characteristics of car owners, number of vehicles parked, turnover rate, and parking duration. An inventory of the road network and identification of open spaces for possible off-street parking were performed.The results of License Plate Survey showed that the average parking duration and turnover rate are 2.29 hr/veh and 0.296veh/space-hr respectively. Block 2-Guanco St has the longest parking duration of 5.42hr/veh and Block 5-Ortiz St and Block 5-Rizal St has the highest turnover rate of 0.393veh/space-hr. Seven (6) possible sites for off-street parking have been identified. Certain areas have been proposed as no parking zone. Conference paper Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/1806 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z