Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers - University of the Philippines Student Unit
The Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers University of the Philippines Student Unit (PSME-UPSU) is a duly recognized University and College based organization for and by UP Mechanical Engineering students.
Our vision is to promote academic excellence, develop harmonious relationships with other organizations and student units, serve fellow students and the community as a whole, and develop the members’ talents and potentials for the better understanding of their field and its relation to actual situations.
History
It was founded in 1993 with the name Samahan ng mga Inhinyerong Mekanikal (SIM), which was changed to its current name after gaining recognition from the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers – Quezon City Chapter in 2001.
PSME-UPSU has greatly improved after its rebirth in 2006, its activities in the university were executed successfully and its events outside were recognized by other student units. Now, PSME-UPSU is one of the most active participants in engineering-wide and university-wide affairs.
PSME-UPSU holds a variety of events spanning from academic activities such as BrainMEsh: Inter-University ME Quiz Show and ME Student’s Convergence, to athletic and recreational activities such as PSME Cup and the PSME-UPSU Ball and Alumni Homecoming.
Recently, the organization inaugurated its Alumni Association and started the Send ME to School scholarship program.
During the College of Engineering’s Engineering Week, PSME-UPSU hosts several events such as Cartoonlitan, Freak Show and Song WritEng’g.
With its members and alumni here and abroad, PSME-UPSU has grown steadily and improved progressively, garnering significant achievements not only in the fields of engineering, but also in other fields of expertise.
Truly, it is an organization aiming for excellence.
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Officers
AY 2011-2012
President: Jupet Faller Komatsuzaki
VP for Internal Affairs: Philip John Bell Miguel
VP for External Affairs: Roderaid Ibanez
Secretary: Jamie Seguin
Treasurer: Juan Gabriel Gamboa
Auditor: John Michael Diaz
PRO: Mark Francis Cheung
Academics Head: Romnick Gaspar
Membership Head: Jan Lynn Sy
Executive Counselors: Jose Leandro Alinea & Aldwin Ibe
Adviser: Engr. Paul Rodgers
AY 2010-2011
President: Aldwin Ibe
VP for Internal Affairs: Jupet Komatsuzaki
VP for External Affairs: Jose Leandro Alinea / Roderaid Ibanez
Secretary: Rainier Sam Mateo
Treasurer: Ian Mark Marcos
Auditor: Reimand Jay Roxas
PRO: Allan Gregorio Usita
Academics Head: Ericson Julio
Membership Head: Rachelle Villaluna / Kenneth Junio
Executive Counselors: Rommel Sherwin Copuyoc & Catherine Kaye Teberio
Adviser: Engr. Paul Rodgers
AY 2009-2010
President:Bryan Allain Mendoza
VP for Internal Affairs: Melvin Glenn Pamintuan
VP for External Affairs: Catherine Kaye Teberio / Philipe Raniel Ramo
Secretary: Verna Liza Peralta
Treasurer: Rainier Sam Mateo
Auditor: Marc Brian Bertulfo
PRO: Rommel Sherwin Copuyoc
Academics Head: Cielito Matienzo
Membership Head: Gemmanny Gonzales
Executive Counselors: Odai Falah George Younan & Jorge Arbie Garcia
Adviser: Engr. Pacino Puno & Engr. Arthur Gonzales III
AY 2008-2009
President: Jorge Arbie Garcia
VP for Internal Affairs: Eduard Gregor Bondoc
VP for External Affairs:Odai Falah George Younan
Secretary: Michelle Binuya
Treasurer: Norman Cualteros
Auditor: Vien Pineda
PRO:Norgene Ramos
Academics Head: Bryan Allain Mendoza
Membership Head: Reynaldo Jacinto
Executive Counselor: Rheymar Barroga
Adviser: Engr. Pacino Puno & Engr. Arthur Gonzales III
AY 2007-2008
President: Rheymar Barroga
VP for Internal Affairs: Harvey Lucy / Odai Falah George Younan
VP for External Affairs:Alexander Hamilton Atienza
Secretary: Leah Hannah Paulino
Treasurer: Ghoent Rodriguez
Auditor: Norman Cualteros
PRO: Eleccer Jaudal
Academics Head: Jayson Aquino
Membership Head: Odai Falah George Younan
Executive Counselors: Ronald Montales & Jan Ralph Ebora
Adviser: Engr. Pacino Puno
AY 2006-2007
President: Jan Ralph M. Ebora
VP for Internal Affairs: Ronald Montales
VP for External Affairs: Ian Jeremy Yap
Secretary: Kathleen Grishilde Ong Tan
Treasurer: Sophia Auditor
PRO: Ernest Albert Diaz
Academics Head: Pacino Puno
Membership Head: Ronald Montales
Adviser: Engr. Paul Rodgers
PSME MONTH 2011
Themed Fifth Gear: Approaching Top Speed, Pursuing Greaeter Milieage, September 2011 marked the yearly celebration of PSME Month. Now on its 5th year of fruition, PSME UPSU looks stronger than ever to commit to its vision of harmony in the field of Mechanical Engineering in the country.
Spearheading the events is the BrainMEsh High: Inter-High School Math & Physics Quiz Show followed in back to back fashion by PSME Month’s premier events ME Students’ Convergence: Seminars, Career and Company Talks and BrainMEsh: Inter-University National ME Quiz Show. Daylong merriment succeeded these exciting events with PSME Cup: Inter-University Sports Festival.
Culminating the month-long festivities was the PSME Ball 2011: Grand Alumni Homecoming & Culmination Night where members of the organization took time to relax and immerse in their success as well as get to know the alumni of the organization and further strengthen the ties that bind the organization as a whole.
The events were held on the following dates:
September 3, 2011 :
BrainMEsh High: Inter-High School Math & Physics Quiz Show
September 9, 2011:
BrainMEsh: Inter-University National ME Quiz Show (Preliminaries)
ME Students’ Convergence: Seminars, Career and Company Talk
September 10, 2011:
BrainMEsh: Inter-University National ME Quiz Show (Semi-Finals and Finals)
September 24, 2011:
PSME Cup: Inter-University Sports Festival
October 1, 2011:
PSME Ball 2011: Grand Alumni Homecoming & Culmination Night
BRAINMESH INTER-HIGH 2011
PSME-UPSU kicked off the month long celebration of PSME Month with its youngest event, BrainMEsh High: Inter-High School Math & Physics Quiz Show. Needless to say, the event pits varying schools and their respective teams against each other, every student displaying his/her potential in the field of Math and Physics.
There were three (3) rounds in the event held at the P&G Room of Melchor Hall, University of the Philippines, Diliman. The first round was the Preliminary Round where students were to answer individually written examinations prepared beforehand. The top 10 teams that amassed the highest scores gained entry to the Semi-Final Round. Students finally work as a team in this round, answering questions in increasing levels of difficulty in an effort to make it to the Final round.
The Final Round has a similar feel to the Wildcard Round, albeit with exciting difference. Questions were given randomly (only the number of the item is flashed), with no regard to its difficulty (as opposed to the wildcard format) so the students really had to be prepared for whatever the question may be. An added bonus to the round though is that the team who answered the question correctly gets to pick the number for the next question.
The event was participated by12 schools and 19 teams. Chiang Kai Shek Team 1 won 3rd place, Philippine Science High School Team 1 for 2nd place and Manila Science High School Team 2 for 1st place. Kenneth Co from Philippine Science High School gained the top score in the Mathematics Preliminary Round and Ramon Marquez, also from Philippine Science High School , was the top scorer of the Science Preliminary Round.
The event was highly deemed a success. In addition to testing out the mettle of high school students, one of its aims was to be able to promote the field and industry of mechanical engineering to them and show how attractive a career in the field is.
BRAINMESH INTER-UNIVERSITY 2011
BrainMEsh: Inter-University National Mechanical Engineering Quiz Show promotes critical thinking, team work and sportsmanship among others. It also serves as an evaluation of how deep the participants’ knowledge with their chosen field, Mechanical Engineering.
This year BrainMEsh has been bigger and tougher. 53 teams from 20 different schools battle it out to become the new BrainMEsh Inter-University Champion.
The competition is composed of three (3) rounds, the Peliminary phase, the Semi-Fnal phase and the Final phase. The Preliminary round is composed of a written exam answered individually. The top ten teams that amassed the highest scores from their respective members advance to the semi-final phase. From there, they start working with their teams through three rounds of varying difficulty. The top five teams enter the Final phase.
The Final phase had a similar format to the how the final round of BrainMEsh High. Teams have no idea how difficult the question would be, and the team that got the point in the previous question gets to pick the number of the next one. Questions ranged from anything related to the field of Mechanical Engineering from HVAC to Mechanisms, the students really had to dig deep in their vast knowledge of the field.
The ten teams that advanced to the Semi-Finals were as follows: Batangas State University Team 2, University of Batangas Team 1, Sorsogon State College Team 1, Bicol University Team 1, Camarines Norte State College Team 1, Technological University of the Philippines-Manila Team 1, Southern Luzon State University Team 2, Adamson University Team 1, University of the East-Manila Team 2, Bulacan State University Team 1.
Adamson University Team 1 took the Third Place and University of the East- Manila Team 2 took the Second Place. The new BrainMEsh Inter-University Champion is Bicol University Team 1.
The competition proved once more that Mechanical Engineering in the Philippines is highly competent and worthy of recognition. The students themselves are a testament to what the industry can achieve in the country.
ME STUDENTS' CONVERGENCE 2011
ME Students’ Convergence is a one-day program that involved Seminars, Career and Company Talks that elaborate on the different fields of Mechanical Engineering. It was held on September 9, 2011 at the UP Film Institute. This activity brought together Mechanical Engineering majors nationwide to help them develop a clear vision of the path they will take as future Mechanical Engineers of our country.
Twenty four schools from different regions of the Philippines attended the program. The participating schools were Adamson University, Batangas State University, Bicol University, Bulcan State University, Camarines Norte State College, Central Colleges of the Philippines, Mapua Institute of Technology, New Era University, Pamantasan ng Lungosd ng Manila, TUP Manila, Romblon Stae University, Sorsogan State College, Southern Luzon State University, St. Peter‘s College Iligan, TIP Manila, TIP QC, TUP Manila, TUP Taguig, UE Caloocan, UE Manila, University of Batangas, University of Rizal System, UST and University of Perpetual Help System Las Piñas.
This year, PSME-UPSU invited several speakers and companies to share their insight with the students regarding the field and its current stand in society. Speakers for the lecture sessions came from a group of professional Mechanical Engineers of PSME – QC and/or professors from the Mechanical Engineering Department of UP Diliman. In addition, different companies came to advertise, as well as conducted talks that will deal with the importance and responsibilities of Mechanical Engineers in the operation and progress of their industries.
The distinguished guest speakers were PSME National President Engr. Liberato Virata, Engr. Michael Butch Dizon, Engr. Edwin Delgado and a Mechanical Engineer DOST representative. The companies involved were Prime Review Center, Fluor, Carrier-Concepcion, Thermal Solutions Inc. and Petron.
The ME Students’ Convergence proved to be an avenue for students where they can be properly informed of what to expect with their chosen field. With more and more students being out of place of their chosen careers, this event helped aspiring Mechanical Engineers be furthered empowered with their dream.
PSME CUP 2011
PSME Cup is a sports festival handled by PSME-UPSU for Mechanical Engineers nationwide. It is one of the events of PSME Month and this event shows that Mechanical Engineering students are not only good in academics but also in sports. They are not only competitive in mental challenges but also in physical challenges. With a day ahead boasting of numerous games and accolades to be won, different teams went all out in this fun filled event.
There are five sporting events held throughout the day: Basketball, Volleyball, Chess, Badminton and Table Tennis. Eight schools participated in the tourney namely, Bulacan State University, Central Colleges of the Philippines, De La Salle University Manila, New Era University, Polytechnic University of the Philippines Manila, Technological Institute of the Philippines Manila, University of the East Caloocan and University of the East Manila.
In the Basketball Division, PUP-Manila took home the First Place title. BulSU was in second , TIP-Manila in the third spot. Jayson Alvarez from PUP-Manila was hailedas the MVP of the Basketball Division.
PUP-Manila was also unstoppable in the Volleyball Division, as they also took home the First Place title for Volleyball. UE-Caloocan came in second while CCP came in third.
The PUP-Manila Badminton Team gained another First Place win for their school. BulSU and NEU were not able to reach the top spot but they came in Second and Third Place.
PUP-Manila’s winning streak was not over as their Chess Master took the First Place in the Chess Division. Chess Master from BulSU came in second and Chess Master from UE-Manila came in third.
BulSU was able to grab the First Place spot in the Table Tennis Division. UE-Manila took the second place and DLSU took third place.
Polytechnic University of the Philippines Manila also won the best AVP Award. It was no surprise that PUP-Manila was the new Overall PSME Cup Champions and deemed worthy to bring home the coveted PSME Perpetual Cup. They must prepare to defend the PSME Perpetual Cup from new challengers next year.
PSME BALL 2011: ALUMNI HOMECOMING AND CULMINATION NIGHT
The PSME Ball served as the culminating night of all that transpired in the past month. With PSME Month brimming with success, everyone was in a festive mood for the event.
The event was held at OneCafe, 6th Floor One Corporate Center, Ortigas Center, Pasig.
The night was opened with a speech, about life of a Third Year Student, from PSME-UPSU member Miguel Aljibe. The smell of delicious food filled the room as Miguel was finishing his speech. After a couple of introductions from hosts Jamie Seguin and Rommel Copuyoc the feast started. The members, applicants and alumni enjoyed a wonderful meal.
Intermission numbers were presented by the PSME-UPSU applicants after the wonderful meal. The applicants danced, sang and acted enthusiastically. The members also prepared intermission numbers to showcase their talents. The members, alumni and even the staff of OneCafe enjoyed the lively performances.
The intermission numbers were followed by a speech from PSME-UPSU President Jupet Komatsuzaki. Afterwards, an awarding of all sorts, conferred to members, alumni and applicants who have shown outstanding performance all throughout PSME Month. The PSME Month Heads John Michael Diaz and Roderaid Ibañez formally thanked all the people that were involved in making PSME Month 2011 a huge success.
This was immediately followed by the photo shoot where different batches of the organization took the stage to have their photos taken.
The night was closed formally by the hosts but only ended after much dancing and singing as well as taking pictures at the photo wall as everyone was just so happy at the eventual outcome of all that has happened.
PSME MONTH 2011 Sponsors
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PRIME Review Center
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FLUOR DANIEL Inc. PH
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Thermal Solutions Inc.
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Concepcion-Carrier Air-Conditioning Company
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Petron Corporation
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Blessings Copy Center & Bookbinding Services
See Also
Adress:3rd Floor, Melchor Hall, Department of Mechanical Engineering College of Engineering 1101 Quezon City, Philippines
