Engineering Week

Engineering Week

History

Pre-EWOC Format

Engineering Week began as a collection of competitions and games held by student organizations of the College of Engineering. These included the following events:

Event	Organizer	Description	Notes
Engineering Smoker	Engineering Student Council		The Engineering Student Association (ESA) was established in 1920 and is considered as the first student organization established in the College of Engineering. The ESA was the organization that represented students in the community, which was replaced by its subsequent alternatives like the Engineering Association Council and currently lives on as the Engineering Student Council.
Awitan	UP KEM
Indakan	Engineering Fraulein		The Engineering Fraulein is currently defunct and was the first female-exclusive student organization in the College of Engineering. Upon it's dissolution, the UP ACES decided to continue organizing the Indakan.

Some of these events were originally intended and facilitated as university-wide competitions that allowed participants from other colleges; however, engineering organizations like the UP Industrial Engineering Club quickly became consistent main-stay participants which attracted both viewers and other participants.

The declaration of Martial Law in 1972 challenged the existence of student organizations and affected participation in the Engineering Week. Political organizations were repressed which caused the dismantlement of certain students organizations. Personalities within campus also refused participation due to general suppression of freedom within the university.

EWOC Format

The lifting of Martial Law in 1981 allowed minor improvements to student organization. Dissent grew and became more vocal as the economic crisis of 1983 was exposed, which compounded with the news of Ninoy Aquino's assassination. Student organizations slowly became shelters for discussions and organized activities.

In 1986, the Engineering Student Council transformed the entire event into a competition - by introducing the Engineering Week Overall Championship (EWOC) - to encourage participation. The UP Industrial Engineering Club was awarded the 1st EWOC after deliberately supporting all the events with their participation, and quickly established a winning streak that would last until the next decade. The new format of Engineering Week was still held on February, and continued without indication of the implications of demonstrations that today is better known as the 1st People Power Revolution. Before the end of the 80s, the engineering week was moved to December to include the Lantern Parade and other Christmas activities to the competition. The Miss Engineering competition was also introduced to further emphasize the challenges of women in the male-dominated profession of engineering.

Event	Organizer	Description	Notes
Maskipaps	Beta Epsilon	Maskipaps was originally a variety talent show which showcased different talents.
Lantern Parade		The College of Engineering
Miss Engineering	Engineering Student Council

Development

The streak of the UP Industrial Engineering Club was disrupted three (3) times during the 90s: twice by being dethroned by UP Chemical Engineering Society and once by campus violence; each leaving a profound effect on the competition.

The UP Industrial Engineering Club Era

The UP Industrial Engineering Club regained its streak in the start of the new millenia which it held for the next 20 years. The dominance of the organization often led to review of the format. Certain changes were effected to encourage participation.

In 2013, fielding multiple participants per organization were virtually disallowed in all events. Previously, many events allowed organizations to have multiple representatives, however, this allowed large organizations to field multiple representatives to secure more points. This, however, was offset by the inclusion of over a hundred day events for Engineering Week. Subsequent Engineering Weeks, however, slowly decreased the number of events and extended the celebration from one week to two weeks.

In 2014, the Engineering Week was moved to March of 2015 due to the academic shift which moved exams to December. Since then, the Engineering Week started after People Power 1 Anniversary.

Results

No.	Year	Date	Champion (EWOC)	1st Runner-up (EWOR)	2nd Runner-up	Notes
34	2020	07 Mar 2020	UP KEM	UP IE Club	-	3rd EWOC of UP KEM
33	2019	13 Mar 2019	UP IE Club - 6941.63	UP ACES - 6850.66	UP KEM - 6412.78	30th EWOC of UP IE Club; Longest Streak of 19 EWOCs; Longest Duration of 20 years
32	2018	10 Mar 2018	UP IE Club - 7050.54	UP ACES - 6624.99	UP KEM - 5733.34	-
31	2017	04 Mar 2017	UP IE Club - 6963.65	UP ACES - 6633.31	UP ERG - 5683.29	-
30	2016	05 Mar 2016	UP IE Club	UP Eng'g Soc	UP ACES	Scores are not published.
29	2015	Mar 2015	UP IE Club - 8005.03	UP KEM - 6973.37	UP ACES - 6757.95	EW was moved to Feb-Mar due to the academic shift.
28	2013	Dec 2013	UP IE Club	UP KEM	UP ACES	The last year the lantern parade was included. The last year with an EW opening parade. Scores were published over http://www.upesc.org/enggweek and are no longer accessible.
27	2012	Dec 2012	UP IE Club - 10119.74	UP KEM - 7575.4	UP CIEM - 7474.73	The highest rank of UP CIEM in the whole EWOC history. The largest lead of UP IE Club. The last year of Cheerleadeng'g.
26	2011	Dec 2011	UP IE Club	-	-	-
25	2010	Dec 2010	UP IE Club	-	-	-
24	2009	Dec 2009	UP IE Club	-	-	-
23	2008	Dec 2008	UP IE Club	-	-	20th EWOC of UP IE Club
22	2007	Dec 2007	UP IE Club	-	-	-
21	2006	Dec 2006	UP IE Club	-	-	-
20	2005	Dec 2005	UP IE Club	-	-	-
19	2004	Dec 2004	UP IE Club	-	-	-
18	2003	Dec 2003	UP IE Club	-	-	-
17	2002	Dec 2002	UP IE Club	-	-	-
16	2001	Dec 2001	UP IE Club	-	-	-
15	2000	Dec 2000	UP IE Club	-	-	-
14	1999	Dec 1999	UP KEM	UP IE Club	-	2nd EWOC of UP KEM
13	1998	Dec 1998	UP IE Club	-	-	-
12	1997	Dec 1997	UP IE Club	-	-	10th EWOC of UP IE Club
11	1996	Dec 1996	Not Awarded	Not Awarded	Not Awarded	Violence caused the awarding to be cancelled (For Confirmation)
10	1995	Dec 1995	UP IE Club	-	-	-
9	1994	Dec 1994	UP IE Club	-	-	-
8	1993	Dec 1993	UP IE Club	-	-	-
7	1992	Dec 1992	UP IE Club	-	-	-
6	1991	Dec 1991	UP KEM	UP IE Club	-	1st EWOC of UP KEM
5	1990	Dec 1990	UP IE Club	-	-	End of 1st Streak of UP IE Club (5 years)
4	1989	Dec 1989	UP IE Club	-	-	-
3	1988	Dec 1988	UP IE Club	-	-	-
2	1987	Dec 1987	UP IE Club	-	-	-
1	1986	Feb 1986	UP IE Club	-	-	1st EWOC of UP IE Club

Organizations

Organization	Nicknames	Brief Description	Establishment - Participation	Chants	Colors
UP Industrial Engineering Club	UP IE Club, IE Club, UP IEC, IEC	A university-wide organization that promotes Industrial Engineering	1967 - 1968	"IE Club! Win!", "IE Club! Win! IE Club! Won! IE Club! One!", "Passionate, Magnanimous, Victorious, Clubbers", "PMVC"	Red, Black, White
UP Chemical Engineering Society	UP KEM, KEM	-	-	-	Blue, White
UP Association of Civil Engineering Students	UP ACES, ACES	Example	Example	"Solid Big-time Forever", "SBF"	Blue, White