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FEATURE
Itried to pursue my idealistic dream for the publication: to not just be a news outlet of the department’s achievements, but to provide new insights related to industrial engineering in and out the campus for the masses. Imagine kung ang common tao, may matututunan din sa field natin, and IEmm’s outputs could be a tool for that. I visualized it in a way na hindi lang IE student ang magbabasa, na pati kapamilya o kaibigan nila, tatangkilikin din ang mga published works nito dahil nakaka-relate at natututo rin sila. Lagi rin kasing may problema sa workplace. (‘Di naman kasi isang utopia ang mundo.) “We can use information to lessen
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their hardships and influence systems in the best and most humane way possible.”
At the end of my short-lived stint sa IEmm, I was taught more by my underclassmen. They continued the work even after I left them. They’re good and committed people. For giving me room to try, fail, and enjoy it, a lot of thanks to all the people who supported and helped this publication, maliit man o malaki. I hope more people will aim to help today’s industries and its stakeholders through the publication’s journalism.
Gianelli Louise Lobo Head, IEntelligent A.Y. 2019-2020
“IEntelligent is not just an affiliate but also a family. It is not easy to be part of this affiliate, there is a lot of pressure and expectations but because of our willingness to learn new things and to expand our boundaries, setting our mindset that we are not just doing these things for our own but for the whole organization, and the support we are getting from the IE family everything makes a lot easier. Academic advantage is the most of the usual thing that students look forward to as benefit in joining IEntelligent. This is true but in my experience there is still a lot of advantages such as new set of friends that turn into family, new great experiences, strengthened my commitment, developed my selfesteem, enhanced my social skills, time management capabilities and sense of urgency to help others who are in need.
I encourage you to step up and do not be afraid of the possibilities that may happen in joining an affiliate. We all have different strengths and weaknesses but we should not let it hinder us from being able to function well, as an individual and as a team.”
Bits of IE from IE Professors
MARIANNE B. CALAYAG, MSMFGE, ASEAN Engr. The Head of IE Department
Engr. Marianne Calayag finished her studies at Mapua Institue of Technology and took MS Degree in MfgE in Bulacan State University. Also an established and recognized Professional Industrial Engineer by IECB-PIIE, and as an ASEAN Engr by the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organizations.
She is presently using her skills to share her knowledge about specific subjects like Public Speaking, Advanced Mathematics, Industrial Psychology, Total Quality Management, and Value Engineering.
What does being an IE means to you? Industrial Engineering is a field of engineering that deals with systems and its improvement. Every aspect and area of life has a system, even our body has different systems.
arrange the appliances or furniture and fixtures to have a better flow of movement or just to maximize the space you have. For IE’s, our tag line is “there’s always a better way”. We want to help the community by giving practical ways in doing things right the first time.
HAZEL A. CAPARAS, MSIE, ASEAN Engr.
Engr. Hazel Caparas finished her studies at Bulacan State University and took MS Degree in IE at University of the Philippines- Diliman. An established and recognized Professional Industrial Engineer by IECB-PIIE, and also certified as an ASEAN Engr. by the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organizations.
She is presently using her skills to share her knowledge about specific subjects like Human Factors and Ergonomics, Methods of Research, Occupational Safety and Health, Principles of Economics and other Industrial Engineering subjects.
How does being an IE affect your life views? Critical-thinking and problem solving skills are some of the important abilities that Industrial Engineering profession helps to develop.
Sometimes you don’t have to complicate things, you just need to understand the situation and be clear on your objective. This way of thinking is not only applicable in my workplace but generally it makes me more curious and reflective person which leads to more learning.
DYAN G. RODRIGUEZ, MSIE, ASEAN Engr.
Engr. Dyan Rodriguez finished her studies at Bulacan State University and took MS Degree in IE at University of the Philippines- Diliman. An established and recognized Professional Industrial Engineer by IECB-PIIE, and certified as an ASEAN Engr. by the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organizations.
She is presently using her skills to share her knowledge about specific subjects like Advanced Statistics, Statistical Quality Control, Systems
Engineering, Production Planning and Control, Systems Simulation, Stochastic Process in Engineering, and other Industrial Engineering subjects.
What is the most important lesson you have learned as an Industrial Engineer that you want to share to other people entering this field? As an IE, the most important lesson I have learned and I want to share to everyone is to know a little bit of everything. It is an advantage if we are equipped with the knowledge of all the basic IE tools and technical skills which will help us in making effective and efficient decisions. It is also our advantage that we can fit and work in any kind of industry and sector since we have wide range of career opportunities.
Prince Cyron Pablo
“Nakakapanibago, wala yung usual na ingay sa loob ng classroom.”
Ashley Ann Catindig
“Masaya. Hindi na ako maliligaw ng room hehe”
JEREMY LAURENCE BAÑEZ, CIE, AAE
Engr. Jeremy Laurence Bañez finished his studies at Bulacan State University and a Certified Industrial Engineer. He is also certified as an Associate ASEAN Engr. by the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organizations.
He is presently using his skills to share his knowledge about specific subjects like Calculus, Differential Equations, Engineering Mechanics, Mechanical Processes, Principles of Economics, Engineering Economy, Total Quality Management, Manufacturing Systems and Applied Industrial Engineering. For me, managing the most important asset of every organization, which are the people, is the most important aspect of IE that affects my life. It is challenging and hard but as an IE you must balance the interest between the top management, middle management to the bottomline stakeholders.
FreshIEs’ thoughts on virtual class
As the Industrial Engineering Department welcomed its new addition of students last October 2020, let us know how prepared they are emotionally and mentally for this new normal set up. Few students from three sections of the IE freshmen were asked about their thoughts as they entered the new chapter of their lives virtually due to the pandemic.
Miles Arjoe Razo
“Jumbo Hotdog. Kaya mo ba ‘to? Kaya ko ba ‘to? Kakayanin natin ‘to! “
Reignielle Mae Mendoza
“It really hurts. Pumasok nang ganito, maexperience ang kolehiyo, hindi makuha nang buo.”
Ralph Lauren Sebastian
“Kinakabahan. Baka hindi makasabay dahil sa kakulangan ng online learning equipment.”
Nadine Penaverde
“Mahihirapan. Dahil hindi ito ang nakasanayan.”
Eunice Caampued
“Kabado bente. Kasi nakakapanibago. Buti nalang sanay kami mag-adjust” personal. Pero para sa kaligtasan ng lahat, makikibagay.”
Kristine Mae Cabrera
“I’m glad. We’re be able to conquer this school year despite of the pandemic, and we are able to meet my classmates and prof, though it’s virtually.”
Eisen Jhon Mendiola
“Masaya, dahil hindi ko na kailangan tumakbo kahit late na ko”
Ma. Hannah Batongbakal
“Ang nerve-racking na iba yung set up pero alam kong magiging exciting pa rin and makabuluhan ‘tong lahat.”
Jasper Fernandez
“Aminadong kabado, halata naman siguro.”
Diane Joyce Ignacio
“Nakakapanghinayang lang dahil hindi naming mararanasan na pumasok sa unang araw ng aming pasukan na may kaba sa aming dibdib at galak upang pumasok sa panibagong yugto ng aming buhay.”
Allysa Joy De Vera
“Nakakalungkot, lalo na di ko makikita in person ang mga gwapo kong kaklase.”
Laurie Julia Yambao
“Ingatan, huwag ibagsak”
Roangellyn Lasco
“It’s challenging for me, dahil nag-iba ang strategies ng pagtuturo at kung paano ako matututo.”
Kyrelle Anne Bautista
“Hindi ko alam kung tama ba itong tatahakin ko pero alam kong kakayanin ko to.”
Jaime Concepcion
“Nakakapanibago, kasi double yung paga-adjust.”
Katrina Marcelino
“Very challenging ang simula ng first year college ko. Pero para sa pangarap kakayanin kahit anong hirap”
Marlo Chris De Mesa
“Mahirap ang maging mahirap pero mas mahirap ang walang pangarap”
Julie Ann Villanueva
“Halong lungkot at saya dahil hindi kami pisikal na magkikita ng mga bagong kaklase ko, pero masaya dahil kolehiyo na ako.”
Ang Pandemya at Ako
Nadine Angeli Peñaverde
Noong unang panahon, isang normal na araw sa buwan ng Marso 2019, dumadaloy nang normal ang lahat. Ang mga estudyante ay pumapasok na walang ibang nasa isip kundi ang proyekto at final requirements. Ang mga tindero at tindera ay nagaayos sa kanilang napiling lugar. Ang mga namamasada ay maaga nang nakapila sa kanilang mga toda.
Normal ang lahat. Walang senyales na bukas ay — Mukhang napakatagal na nang dumating ang pandemya sa Pilipinas, oo matagal na, dalawang taon na. Dalawang taon na ang lahat ay nakakulong. Dalawang taon na simula ng tayo ay pinatay. Umaasang paggising kinabukasan ay babalik na sa normal ang lahat. Umaasang magbabalik ang buhay sa daloy ng lahat at ang lahat ay babalik sa nakagawian. Dalawang taon na tayong umaasa. Dalawang taon na puro asa at patuloy pa ring umaasa. Maraming nangyari sa loob ng dalawang taon. Nandiyan yung Dalgona Coffee, na halos mangalay at mawalan ka ng kamay kakahalo bago mo matikman. Nandiyan din ang Tiktok na hanggang ngayon ay umaaliw sa’tin. Isama pa natin ang mga isyu na umusbong habang tayo ay nakakulong sa apat na sulok ng ating mga tahanan. Pahintulutan ninyo akong ipaalala sa inyo ang ilan sa mga hindi dapat malimutang isyu na nagpakita ng tunay na kulay ng mga namumuno sa ating bansa. Ang 15B ninakaw ng
Thirst of Love
Micah B. Bernarte
Let the Hunger Games Begin!
Night and day, Rain or shine. He flies across the endless horizon without taking a rest. As the atmosphere grew heavier, his wings began to weaken; the electricity of fatigue flowed through his veins. He was paralyzed as thirst crawled in his throat. He started to count his breath, knowing that minutes later he would run out of it.
be the only greatest treasure you could have, that nobody could ever steal. Yet, like any other golden treasures sought by treasure hunters, education too, is difficult to acquire.”
The former administration believed that progress through education would never be enough if we, Filipinos, would just stick with Basic Education Curriculum (BEC), with six years in elementary and four years in high school. As most of the young Filipinos lately, were being deprived by their own fate in continuing their schooling in tertiary level, the government had linked a back-up plan in order to give millions of Filipino students a quality education. The answer? K to 12. With additional one year in elementary level (kinder) and two years in high school (Senior High School), as experts and the Aquino regime announced on public that K-12 could help more Filipino, youths in coping with the future, people had doubted it as they believed that it is just another cause of hole pockets on parents. Even though at this moment, there still grunts and complaints from a number of Filipino parents and individuals alone, the present administration has supported the current state of Philippine Education. Life is not about living. Often times it is about surviving. There are millions of Filipino students who like a flightless, feeble eagle searching for a single drop of water and a slice of raw food to ease away the cravings inside; thirsty of knowledge, hungry of wisdom. Night and day. Rain or shine. He flies across the endless horizon without taking a rest. His wings grew tired and thirst, hunger and fatigue crawled into to break his system. Yet, like an eagle, they would take revenge and regenerate through the passing of time. And Filipino juveniles longing for quality education would no longer starve to death as they would fly high across the endless horizon with full strength. Let us hath the hunger games to
stop.
PhilHealth sa mga miyembro nito. Ang pagpasa ng Anti-Terror Bill na nagudyok din sa pagre-red tag ng mga normal na tao. Ang hindi pagpayag sa istasyon ng ABS-CBN sa pagrenew ng kanilang prangkisa. Ang hindi epektibong pag-aksyon ng gobyerno sa pandemyang ito. Ang pagdami ng mga namamatay dahil sa kapulisan at ang hindi matapos tapos na alitan ng Pilipinas at Tsina sa West Philippine Sea. Ilang ulit pa ba ang uulitin, o giliw ko. Ilang taon pa ba ang hihintayin bago bumalik sa normal. “Walang makapagsasabi kung
kalian ito matatapos, ngunit habang patuloy na tumatagal ang pandemyang ito, parami nang parami ang naapektuhan sa iba’t ibang aspeto.”
Ilang buhay pa ba ang dapat masawi bago makamit ang kalayaan sa pandemyang ito? Ilang isyu pa ba ang dapat halungkatin bago mawakasan ang mabigat na pasanin na ito? Sana paggising ko bukas okay na. Sana bukas wala na ang pandemya. Sana bukas makita ko na ang mga kaibigan ko. Sana, sana, sana, sana, puro na lang sana. Kailan ba ang “sana” ay maging “sa wakas”? Puhon. Ang isa sa hindi dapat mawala ay ang magtiwala sa Kanya. Puhon, ang pangyayaring ito’y isa lang ang wakas, at ang lahat ay bumalik sa normal, nagkaroon muli ng buhay ang daloy ng lahat ng bagay. At ang lahat ay namuhay nang masaya at masagana.
He has Seven Colors Painted Inside His Heart
Micah Bernarte
Seven Colors – each showing different symbolism and different characteristics yet if combined together, creates something wonderful. Every color has its own unique beauty, and we humans are exactly just like these colors – different yet beautiful in our own way. It is magic.
The vibrancy and life of the color of red. The creativity and healing of the color orange. The wisdom and light of the color yellow. The nature of the color green. The divinity of the color blue. The infinity of the color indigo. And the spirituality of the color violet. These seven colors are the colors of a rainbow. And somehow, these colors also represent the diversity of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer, (LGBTQ) community since the year 1978. And he is, somehow… a part of it. Yet, if you take time to take a good look, these colors in wings are slowly turning grey.
Many people are wholeheartedly accepted the LGBTQ family in our society, even supporting defending and trusting them, this means the world to them. To see people who are not even part of their own community who fight for and with them is everything. After many years of hiding, of keeping themselves a secret because of fear of rejection, finally. They are free. But to be accepted and respected by society is one thing for them, and to be allowed to spiritual marriage is another. Perhaps, they are so close to being truly free. They just can’t help but flinch at people who treat them like they are nothing but dirty, left over trash. The looks of disgust and the shaming from people’s eyes is strongly visible. No, they despise us. And my heart breaks a little bit every time. The moment they open their mouths at them, throwing such awful words and insults, it made them feel like they’re slowly being stabbed in the guts and they push it even harder and deeper as people see them bleeding. All they want now is for us to give their right to be married with the one they truly love, the one who made them feel who they are again and not alone in this messed up world.
