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29/06/2022

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NEWS I CEn Faculty Clinches 1st Place in the 2022 National Invention Contest and Exhibits

Engr. Christopher S. Pascual, faculty from the College of Engineering (CEn) and hydroponics and aeroponics expert, clinched First Place for the Banghay Award under the Outstanding Industrial Design category during the 2022 National Invention Contest and Exhibits (NICE) held on June 22-24, 2021 via Facebook Live.

His winning entry entitled “ground heat exchanger (GHE) system for aeroponics” is a technology that utilizes ground temperature to dissipate heat to maintain a cooler root zone for plants resulting in better growth and development and an increase in yield.

According to Engr. Pascual the GHE system is being used in western countries to increase or decrease the room temperature during winter and summer, respectively. But in CLSU, they utilized it for producing high-value crops such as strawberries, cherry tomatoes, and leafy vegetables among others.

Engr. Pascual will receive Php 200,000.00 cash prize from the Department of Science and Technology-Technology Application and Promotion Institute (DOST-TAPI) for winning first place.

Moreover, he will also be given a gold medal from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in recognition of his invaluable contribution to national wealth and development.

“We will continue to develop and design innovative technologies that have great potential in contributing to food sufficiency,” said Engr. Pascual when asked for his plans.

He also added that it is high time to incorporate more digitalization or the internet of things when developing technologies for efficient crop production especially now that there is a looming food crisis.

Meanwhile, University President Edgar A. Orden commended Engr. Pascual for the award he received and mentioned that inventions like the GHE system will be supported by the university especially if it contributes to achieving the sustainable development goals, particularly the zero hunger.

In 2021, the GHE system for aeroponics won in the Regional Invention Contests and Exhibits which paved the way for the invention to enter the national level.

NICE is a competition spearheaded by the DOST-TAPI which recognizes the best and the brightest Filipino inventions, innovations, and research in the Philippines, as these research and development outputs and results, contribute to national development.

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06/12/2021

LOOK: The new greenhouse with aeroponic/hydroponic and groundheat exchanger system in Pantabangan Nueva Ecija. This is one of the five projects with DOST Region 3.

The project team conducted a training on the operation and maintenance of the system for the 4Ps beneficiaries.

06/12/2021

LOOK: The new greenhouse with aeroponic/hydroponic and groundheat exchanger system in Pantabangan Nueva Ecija. This is one of the five projects with DOST Region 3.

The project team conducted a training on the operation and maintenance of the system for the 4Ps beneficiary.

29/11/2021

LOOK I CLSU-CEn faculty-researcher Wins Outstanding Industrial Design in the 2021 RICE

Engr. Christopher S. Pascual, a faculty researcher from the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, College of Engineering (CEn) has been awarded first prize for Outstanding Industrial Design during the 2021 Regional Invention Contest and Exhibits (RICE) Banghay Award held virtually last November 24-26, 2021.

Engr. Pascual’s winning entry was his industrial designed technology called "ground heat exchanger (GHE) system for aeroponics." With this technology, a GHE system is being installed in the greenhouse for root-zone cooling of aeroponically grown crops. It addresses the need for a sustainable and economically viable alternative cooling system in producing high-quality crops under hot weather conditions. The GHE system in aeroponics has been successfully applied in vertically grown crops such as strawberries and other leafy vegetables in CLSU.

On the other hand, the Philippine Rice Research Institute is currently adopting the technology as a component of the Palayamanan modernized farming model. Also, the DOST-Region 3 and the local government of Bulakan, Bulacan, have forged an agreement with CLSU to establish a vertical garden using an aeroponics and GHE system in six selected sites. With this, the site in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija will be launched on December 22, 2021.

“I am happy that my research on the GHE system in aeroponics is now being adopted in our locality. It has always been a dream for any researcher to translate research results into something tangible and valuable in the farming community,” Engr. Pascual said. He also added that “Using this technology, even with limited space, we can now grow more vegetables all-year-round.”

Engr. Pascual’s industrial design will be the entry of Central Luzon or Region 3 for the National Invention Contest and Exhibits (NICE) in 2022 Banghay Award Category.

The RICE and NICE competitions are organized by the Technology Application and Promotion Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-TAPI) to recognize the country's best and brightest local trailblazers.

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