by Franklin P. Gomapon

DIPOLOG CITY The Andres Bonifacio College hosted the scientific seminar in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology held recently at the Arts, Graduate and Professional Schools (AGPS) building of the said school.

The said seminar was spearheaded by the Samahang Pisika ng Visayas at Mindanao (SPVM) and the College Extension Committee (CEC) of the College of Sciences and Mathematics (CSM), Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT), Iligan City.

Lectures in the field of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology were delivered by well-known researchers and professors from MSU-IIT.

For Physics, Dr. Reynaldo M. Vequizo, SPVM President and chairman of the Physics department, talked about Identifying Key Properties of Materials using Radiation: The Case of XRD and with Electron Beam while Dr. Arnold C. Alguno talked on the topic, Emerging Materials Science Trends: The MSU-IIT Experience.

Prof. Rosario L. Reserva also gave a lecture-demonstration on some physics apparatuses fabricated by the institutes physics department which are being used in mechanics experiments.

Dr. Ruth P. Serquia of the department of Mathematics, on the other hand, gave a lecture on computer simulation in Mathematics while Prof. Catherine R. Cano discussed sequential analysis and its applications.

Biologists Dr. Mark Anthony Torres and Dr. Cesar Demayo, chairman of the biological sciences department of MSU-IIT, talked on the trends in life science research and biology graduate programs, respectively.

The scientific seminar, participated by teachers from the elementary, secondary and tertiary levels, was organized to enhance the science and mathematics teaching capabilities of teachers and to facilitate deeper learning among students through research.

With the different graduate programs offered by MSU-IIT, particularly by the College of Sciences and Mathematics, the speakers invited the participants to apply and take up graduate studies at the said university as slots are still available under the scholarship program of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

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