HIS BIRTHDAY IS A DAY AWAY AND I THINK I CAN’T GET HIM ANYTHING.
huhuhu where can i buy a panda stuffed toy. ;^;
Congratulations to UP ALCHEMES for successfully holding Research Fair 2012, the biggest high school science research fair in the country!
RF 2012 with the theme “Flashpoint: Igniting the Nation’s Next Wave of Innovations” received immense participation with more than 420 participants coming from 38 participating high schools from all over the country. It was a two-day event composed of the exhibit presentations, closed-door defense, workshops for both students and advisers, and the final presentation of the Top 5 teams. It also featured performances from the UP Streetdance Club, UP Concert Chorus, UP Repertory Company, and UP ALCHEMES’ own creative groups.
Out of 127 research entries from all over the country, these five research projects emerged to the top:
4th Runner-Up
Platelet Augmentation by Gotu Kola (Centella asiatica) Leaf Extract in White Mice
by Wendy B. Baga, Lovely Therese C. Coronel, and Aleli N. Gayadao
of Doña Hortencia Salas Benedicto National High School.
3rd Runner-Up
Production of Arthrospira platensis Algae (Spirulina) under LED Lights
by Williard Joshua D. Jose
of Philippine Science High School - Main Campus.
2nd Runner-Up
Design and Construction of Soil Liquid Limit Apparatus Applied With Fluid Dynamics Principles and Shear Strength Model
by Shaira A. Cariño, Nikki Joy E. Galindes, and Jayson Sime D. Jeremias
of Philippine Science High School - Bicol Region Campus.
1st Runner-Up
FTRI Touchscreen Blackboard
by Jose Sarahnel Isaguirre, James Edward Fernandez, and Ron Jason Aborita
of Pasig City Science High School.
Champion
Anti-Angiogenic Property of Gmelina arborea Methanolic Crude Extracts Using Duck Chorioallantoic Membrane (CAM) Assay
by Lizette S. Mella and Kendra Ivana S. Sy
of Philippine Science High School - Bicol Region Campus.Thank you to all those who participated and contributed to the ignition of RF 2012!
3 days left! ♥ Two nationwide events in a span of two weeks. Proud Alchemist, indeed. :>
Mac Wells, Convergence by Wyeth Alexander
Mac Wells (American 1925-2009)
Convergence
1965
Acrylic on canvas
30 1/2 in x 50 1/2 in
Artist’s Biography:
Mac Wells has been an active member of the American Abstract Artists since 1967. He conveyed his love of art to art students over 30 years of teaching at Hunter College. Mac Wells was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1925 and moved to New York in 1951. Wells showed with the A.M. Sachs, Max Hutchinson and Susan Caldwell Galleries in the 1960s and 1970s. During the 1960s the artist was close to the Park Place cooperative and exhibited paintings along with this group. In 1993 he was the recipient of a Mark Rothko Foundation Award Exhibition at ARTISTS SPACE in New York.
His work is included in many collections, including The Wadsworth Atheneum, Harford CT, The Denver Museum of Art, Denver CO, The Santa Fe Museum, Santa Fe NM, Columbus Museum of Fine Art, Columbus OH, Larry Aldrich Museum, Ridgfield CT, and the Print Collections of the Guggenheim Museum, NY, The Whitney Museum of American Art, NY and The New York Public Library.
(Biography courtesy of Minus Space)
Chemical Engineering Undergraduates, Gear up for Greater Heights!
Be part of the 5th Chemical Engineering Students Summit Philippines, happening this February 2-4, 2012!
Download the Summit Invitation Kit: http://tinyurl.com/ ChEStudentsSummitKit
Summit Fee is only Php 320. Register now! :)
Our Complete Lineup of Events:
1. Career and Innovations Fair | Week-long Event
2. Ignite: Kickoff and Acquaintance Dinner | Provincial Participants | Feb 2, 6PM-9PM
3. ChE La Vie: ChE for Humanity | 2nd-3rd year | Feb 3, AM
4. Anisotropy: Career Path Workshop | 2nd-3rd year | Feb 3, PM
5. Career 101 | 4th-5th year | Feb 3, PM
6. Zeitgeist: Innovations Talk | 4th-5th year | Feb 4, AM
7. Influx: Nationwide ChE Undergraduate Research Colloquium | 5th year | Feb 4, PM
8. Eureka: Thesis Writing & Idea Generation Seminar | 4th year | Feb 4, PM
9. Sejour: Plant Visit | 2nd-3rd year | Feb 4, whole day
9.5. Energon: Chem-E-Car Competition 2013 Launching | Feb 4, evening
10. Illimite: ChE Students Summit Culminating Night | Feb 4, 6PM-10PM
Visit the following websites for more details:
Official Website: http://chesummit.upalchemes.org/
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Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/ChESummitPH
4 days left!!! :D
