43 researchers across Mindanao joined the 1st Higalaay Multidisciplinary Research Festival organized by City College of Cagayan De Oro on August 29, 2024 at Agusan Annex Campus, CDO.
Researchers presented findings that highlighted innovation and progress, highlighting the potential areas for development. Notably, student-researchers from Gusa Regional Science High School-X swept victories as 1st Placers in both Oral and Poster Presentations for Category A (JHS/SHS). While, participants from Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology and Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan clinched the 1st Place in Oral and Poster Presentations, respectively.
Esel Juvic B. Dinampo, one of the student-researchers from Gusa Regional Science High School and the Oral Presenter of Category A, described the knowledge festival as an incredible experience. He shared โ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ข๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด; ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.โ Dinampo and their classmates, whose study titled "Human Hair and Cogon Grass (Imperata cylindrica) Blossom Sorbents for Oil Spill Management" won the Best Paper award. As part of the event, a total of PHP 64,000 in cash prizes and Certificates of Recognition were awarded to the winners. Group presenters in Categories A and B who secured 1st Place in Oral Presentations received PHP 10,000, 2nd Place earned PHP 7,000, and 3rd Place was awarded PHP 5,000. Meanwhile, winners in the Poster Presentations received PHP 5,000 for 1st Place, PHP 3,000 for 2nd Place, and PHP 2,000 for 3rd Place. In closing, Prof. Jonathan Madronero, Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Creative Enterprise, concluded the activity by inviting more participants for next yearโs festival, emphasizing research's role in advancing urban development through the RISE Agenda and education for the city.
He shared, โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฆ๐ตโ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.โ ๐ธ JIB Productions