The University of Santo Tomas, in pursuit of truth, guided by reason and illumined by faith, dedicates herself to the generation, advancement and transmission of knowledge to form competent and compassionate professionals committed to the service of the Church, the nation, and the global community.

I am a Thomasian. I carry the SEAL of Thomasian education. I am a Servant leader, an Effective communicator and collaborator, an Analytical and creative thinker, and a Lifelong learner. With Christ at the center of my formation as a Thomasian, I am expected to demonstrate the following Thomasian Graduate Attributes (ThoGAs):

SERVANT LEADER

— Show leadership abilities to promote advocacies for life, freedom, justice, and solidarity in the service of the family, the local and global communities, the Church and the environment.

— Implement relevant projects and activities that speak of Christian compassion to the poor and the marginalized in order to raise their quality of life

— Show respect for the human person, regardless of race, religion, age, and gender

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATOR AND COLLABORATOR

— Express myself clearly, correctly, and confidently in various environments, contexts, and technologies of human interaction

— Work productively with individuals or groups from diverse cultures and demographics

— Show profound respect for individual differences and/or uniqueness as members of God’s creation

ANALYTICAL AND CREATIVE THINKER

— Show judiciousness and resourcefulness in making personal and professional decisions

— Engage in research undertakings that respond to societal issues

— Express personal and professional insights through an ethical and evidence-based approach

LIFELONG LEARNER

— Engage in reflective practice to ensure disciplinal relevance and professional development

— Exhibit preparedness and interest for continuous upgrading of competencies required by the profession or area of specialization

— Manifest fidelity to the teachings of Christ, mediated by the Catholic Church, in the continuous deepening of faith and spirituality in dealing with new life situations and challenges

Within five years after graduation, BS ECE alumni from the University of Santo Tomas shall be engaged either locally or abroad in the design, operation, or management in the fields of electronics, communications, and computer, or pursuing teaching, research, technical sales or entrepreneurship after having completed advanced studies or special training. Furthermore, they shall be expected to imbibe the Thomasian traits of contemplative and critical thinking, exemplary work ethic, and a commitment to improve society and to lifelong learning.

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• Master of Engineering (Technological University of the Philippines – Manila, Philippines)
• Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines)

Florendo A. Navarro received his Master of Engineering (M. Eng), major in ECE in 2016 from the Technological University of the Philippines in Manila, and Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (BSECE) in 1988, from University of Santo Tomas, where he is a part-time instructor. He is an active member of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP). He is currently an Industry practitioner of Electronics/Mechanical machineries, with more than 26 years of expereience in the field of Semiconductor Industry. He works as Sr. Technical Engineer in a Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturer which headquarters in Hongkong and Singapore. In such capacity, he collaborates and co-develops projects with various known commercial electronic brands that drive machines to handle miniaturization of electronics components for cellular phones, laptops, tablets, Smart TVs, and other innovations. He is still doing with his Doctor of Engineering major in Computer Engineering in Technological Institute of the Philippines. His fields of interest include Robotics, Electromechanical automation, Industrial electronics, and others.

PANGALIMAN, MA MADECHEEN S. (Instructor 2)

Degrees

• Master of Science in Electronics Engineering (Mapua University – Manila, Philippines)
• Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering (Cum Laude) (Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Manila, Philippines)

Engr. Ma. Madecheen S. Pangaliman received her Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering (BSECE) degree from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Manila (PUP-Manila) in 2016 with Latin Honors (Cum Laude) and Master of Science in Electronics Engineering (MS ECE, with thesis) from Mapua University in 2019. She is an Application Development Analyst at an Information Technology company for a year and a half, before joining the Thomasian workforce. She is a licensed Electronics Engineer and an active member of Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines, Inc. (IECEP) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) under Women in Engineering, Young Professional and Education Society. She is the current committee chair of IEEE Women in Engineering (Philippine Section). She has published her research papers locally and in various international conferences with research areas, such as microelectronics, machine learning, and computational intelligence.

POBLETE, JOYCELYN P. (Associate Professor 2)

jppoblete@ust.edu.ph

Degrees

• Master of Engineering (University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines)
• Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines)

Joycelyn P. Poblete received her Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) in 2000 and Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (BSECE) in 1991, from the University of Santo Tomas. She is a Professional Electronics Engineer and an active member of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP). She has been an officer of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines-Manila Chapter since 2010. She is a lifetime member and a member of the Board of Trustees of the UST Engineering Alumni Associaton, Inc. Currently, she is a member of the Women Engineers’ Network of the Philippine Technological Council (WEN-PTC). She has worked in the Electronics Engineering Department for more than twenty-five years. In the department, she once served as Chair for 6 years, as Laboratory Supervisor for 9 years, and as Library Coordinator for more than three years. She also served as an officer of the Engineering Faculty Organization for 8 consecutive years. She finished CCNA Sem 1 & 2 at North Seattle Community College, Seattle, Washington in 2000 and CCNA Sem 3 & 4 at Box Hill Institute of Tafe, Melbourne, Australia in 2001. She received from the university various academic and service awards.

PRADO, SIEGFRIED V. (Instructor 1)

svprado@ust.edu.ph

Degrees

• Master of Science in Electronics Engineering (Hongkong University of Science and Technology – Kowloon, Hongkong)
• Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines)

Seigfred received his Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering (B.Sc. ECE) degree from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Manila, Philippines in 2011, Master of Science in Electronic Engineering (M.Sc. ELEG, with High Distinction) degree from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in Kowloon, Hong Kong in 2015, and Master of Research in Neurotechnology (MRes NT, with High Merits) degree from Imperial College London in 2019. He is a licensed Electronics Engineer and an active member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Society for Neuroscience (SfN), the International Society for Optics and Photonics, and the Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP). He has presented in several highly-specialized international conferences in signal processing and biomedical engineering, and has published papers in Scopus-indexed journals. He received several awards both in teaching and in research. He is currently on study-leave, taking his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Bioengineering degree (with specialization in Neurotechnology) at Imperial College London in England, United Kingdom. His research interests lie at the interface of signal and image processing, biomedical photonics and neuroengineering. More precisely, he desires to investigate within the topics of neural information processing and rehabilitation of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease.

ROCAMORA, JOSYL MARIELA B. (Instructor 2)

jbrocamora@ust.edu.ph

Degrees

• Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (University of the Philippines – Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines)
• Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (Magna cum Laude) (University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines)

Josyl received her Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (BS ECE, Magna cum Laude) from the University of Santo Tomas (UST), Manila, Philippines in 2011 and her Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MS EE, with Thesis) major in Computer and Communications from the University of the Philippines in 2014. She is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and Institute of Electronics Engineers in the Philippines (IECEP). She has various research publications including an article in an Elsevier journal. She was chosen as one of the 22 women scientists from Asia and USA to attend the 2018 Ewha-Luce International Seminar (ELIS) held in Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea. Currently on study leave to pursue her Ph.D. in Electronic and Information Engineering (EIE) at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK PolyU), Josyl is working on Indoor Positioning System (IPS) using wireless signals and machine learning as her main research focus. She is also inclined toward research areas of computer networks, including mobile and wireless networks, vehicular ad hoc networks (VANET), and peer-to-peer (P2P) computing.

ROXAS, EDISON A. (Instructor 5)

earoxas@ust.edu.ph

Degrees

• Doctor of Philosophy in Electronics and Communications Engineering (De La Salle University – Manila, Philippines)
• Master of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (De La Salle University – Manila, Philippines)
• Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (Technological Institute of the Philippines – Manila, Philippines)

Dr. Edison A. Roxas received his Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering degree from the Technological Institute of the Philippines-Manila, and his Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Electronics and Communications Engineering degrees from De La Salle University. He is a licensed Professional Electronics Engineer (PECE) and a member of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He is currently the Vice-Chair of the IEEE – Philippine Section. He is an active researcher with numerous international conference and journal publications, and has participated in several funded research grants either as main proponent, research assistant, or project staff. His research interests focus on Data Science, Machine Learning, and Computer Vision applied in Biomedical Engineering, Smart and Precision Farming; and Transport and Traffic Management Engineering.

SERAFICA, REYMOND D. (Instructor 1)

Degree

• Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering (Cum Laude) (University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines)

Engr. Reymond D. Serafica graduated cum laude from University of Santo Tomas with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics Engineering in 2017. Within the same year, he became a licensed electronics engineer and an undergraduate instructor in the Electronics Engineering Department. He is currently taking Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Ph.D. EEE) in University of the Philippines – Diliman. His research interests are signal processing, electromagnetic field theory, and wireless communications engineering. He also co-authored a research entitled “Sitting Posture Assessment using Computer Vision”, which was published in 2017.

SERRANO, KANNY KRIZZY D. (Instructor 3)

kdserrano@ust.edu.ph

Degrees

• Master of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (De La Salle University – Manila, Philippines)
• Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (Cum Laude) (University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines)

Kanny Krizzy D. Serrano received her Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering (BSc ECE) with Latin honors from the University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines in 2010. She finished the degree of Master of Science in Electronics Engineering (MS ECE, with Thesis) from the De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines in 2013. She is also a member of the Institute of Electronics Engineers in the Philippines (IECEP) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). She has also been an officer in IEEE-Philippines for three years. She has presented and published research papers in international conferences which cover the research areas of robotics and computational intelligence.

SILVERIO, ANGELITO A.

aasilverio@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Instructor 4

Degrees

• Doctor of Philosophy, with specialization in Electronics Engineering (Chung Yuan Christian University – Taiwan, Republic of China)
• Master of Science in Electronics Engineering (Ateneo de Manila University – Quezon City, Philippines)
• Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines)

Engr. Angelito A. Silverio, Ph.D. received his B.Sc in EcE degree from the University of Santo Tomas, M.Sc. EcE degree from the Ateneo de Manila University, and the Ph.D. in Microelectronics Engineering degree from Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan, ROC. He is currently a licensed Electronics Engineer and a faculty member of the Electronics Engineering Department. His research interests include CMOS Analog and Digital IC Design, Sensor Interfacing Design, Biomedical ICs, Bio-Impedance Studies, Renewable Energy, and Energy Harvesting Technologies. He has had several conference articles involving IC design specifically for sensor interfacing, which is the bulk of his doctoral research. He is also currently a member of the IEEE and a regular member of the IECEP and the SPVM. He previously was the president of the Filipino Students and Researchers in Taiwan (FiRST), which is based in his home university and a member of the Association of Filipino Scholars in Taiwan (AFST).

VENTURA, RIANNA CAMILLE G.

rgventura@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Instructor 1

Degree

• Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering (University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines)

Rianna Camille received her Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering (B.Sc. ECE) from the University of Santo Tomas in 2015. In the same year, she became a licensed Electronics Engineer. She is also a member of the Institute of Electronics Engineers in the Philippines (IECEP). She was appointed as the Adviser of Thomasian Engineer, the official student publication of the Faculty of Engineering; correspondent to The Academia, the international bulletin of University of Santo Tomas; and representative of the Social Media Bureau in the Faculty of Engineering. Alongside being a full-time Failure Analysis Engineer at Microchip Technology Operations (Philippines) Corporation, she is currently pursuing Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering at Mapua University. Her research interests include biomedical engineering and materials science.