ACOSTA, ALBERT T.

atacosta@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Assistant Professor 3

Degrees

Master in National Security Administration (National Defense College of the Philippines – Quezon City, Philippines)

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

Albert received his Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (BS ECE) from the University of Santo Tomas (UST), Manila Philippines in 1982 and Master in National Security Administration (MNSA) from the National Defense College of the Philippines in 1994. He has completed all academic works except thesis for Masters in Business Administration at De La Salle University. He is a Professional Electronics Engineer and a Life Member of the Institute of Electronics Engineers in the Philippines. He has more than 25 years of industry experience in government service, IT, and manufacturing. His interest covers communications systems and project management.

ASILO, MA. LUISA T.

mtasilo@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Assistant Professor 5

Degrees

Master of Engineering (University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines)

Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communication (University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines)

Ma. Luisa T. Asilo finished her Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering and Master of Engineering at the University of Santo Tomas in 1991 and 2000 respectively. She is a Professional Electronics Engineer (PECE) and an active member of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines. She served as Master of Engineering Program Coordinator at the Faculty of Engineering and Consultant for Engineering Cluster at The Graduate School from 2002 to 2010. She was the ECE Laboratory Supervisor from 2010 to 2015. She played an important role in the implementation of Outcomes Based Education in the faculty where she was appointed Outcomes Based Teaching and Learning Committee Chair. Currently, she serves as the Engineering Accreditation and Continuous Quality Improvement Program(EACQuIP) Coordinator. EACQuIP is a core program of the Faculty of Engineering in-charge of monitoring and coordinating the CQI plans and activities of the different Engineering programs as well as provide assistance in international and national accreditation activities.

BALDELOMAR, LOURDES T.

mtbaldelomar@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Assistant Professor 5

Degrees

Master of Engineering (University of Santo Tomas – Manila, Philippines)

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

Lourdes obtained her BSECE and Masters in Engineering Degrees from the University of Santo Tomas in 1981 and 1999, respectively.  She served as Chair of the Electronics Engineering Department from 1999 to 2008.  Currently, she serves as the Cisco Program Supervisor of the UST Cisco Networking Academy, aside from being the Technical Expert in Engineering of the UST- Innovation and Technology Support Office. In addition to her full-time assignment at UST, Lot has been very active in her engagement with industry and government. She had been evaluator of the COE/COD and part of the RQAT for the Commission on Higher Education. She also is a Technical Panel Member of DOST-PCIEERD, and active member of the Center of Ideas. Lot is a recipient of the Above and Beyond Award given to her by the Cisco Networking Academy during the Cisco NetAcad Partner Summit and Conference for Asia Pacific and Japan held last April 2016 in Chiang Mai, Thailand.  The Award is given to instructors in the NetAcad who have made a positive impact in the community, areas of innovation and leadership. Currently,  she is  the President of the Cisco Networking Academy Core Council of the Philippines.

BALOG, RIC JOSEPH A.

rabalog@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Instructor 1

Degree

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

BARRETTO, ARMANDO V.

avbarretto@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Assistant Professor 5

Degrees

Master of Business Administration (De La Salle University – Manila, Philippines)

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

Armando V. Barretto graduated with a degree in B.S. in Electronics and Communications Engineering (Cum laude) from the University of Santo Tomas in 1981, and with a degree in Masters in Business Administration from De La Salle University in 2006. He was a board topnotcher (Number 1) in the Electronics and Communications Engineering Licensure Examination held in September, 1981. He is a Professional Electronics Engineer and a lifetime member of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines. He worked in the Information Technology and Communications industries for more than twenty three years before joining UST in 2006, during which he held various engineering and management positions. He received various awards while working in the industry and in the academe.

BAUTISTA, MARY GRACE ANN C.

mcbautista@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Instructor 3

Degrees

Master of Science in Electronics and Communication Engineering (De La Salle University – Manila, Philippines)

Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering (Technological University of the Philippines – Manila, Philippines)

Mary Grace Ann C. Bautista received her Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering (BS ECE) from the Technological University of the Philippines – Manila in 2014 and Master of Science in Electronics Engineering (MS ECE, with Thesis) from the De La Salle University – Manila in 2017. She is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Computational Intelligence Society (CIS), Women in Engineering (WIE) and Institute of Electronics Engineers in the Philippines (IECEP). She has presented and published research papers in international conferences which cover the research areas of image processing and computational intelligence.

BLANZA, JOJO F.

jfblanza@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Assistant Professor 2

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)

DELA CRUZ, ANGELO R.

ardelacruz@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Associate Professor 3

Degrees

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (University of the Philippines – Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines)

Master of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (De La Salle University – Manila, Philippines)

Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (Mapua Institute of Technology – Manila, Philippines)

Dr. dela Cruz received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electronics and Communications Engineering degrees from Mapua Institute of Technology Manila in 2000, and from De La Salle University Manila in 2007 respectively. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of the Philippines, Diliman in 2014. He is a licensed Electronics Engineer and an active member of the Institute of the Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Institute of Electronics Engineers in the Philippines (IECEP). His primary research interests are image and video coding and compression, cross-layer error-control optimization, and adaptive signal processing for digital communication system design. He has presented and published notable research papers in international conferences and journal publications in the area of multimedia signal processing and communications.

DELA CRUZ, Lance Gerome A.

ladelacruz@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Instructor 1

Degree

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

DELA CRUZ, Rozz Theo T.

rtdelacruz@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Instructor 1

Degree

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

Lance Gerome A. Dela Cruz currently works full-time at Canon Information Technologies Philippines, Inc. as a Hardware Design Verification Engineer and at University of Santo Tomas as a part-time faculty member. He received his Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering on May 2015 from University of Santo Tomas. He became a licensed electronics engineer on the same year. In December 2015, his undergraduate research was awarded “Best Undergraduate Thesis” during the IECEP Student Summit Research presentation.

ESTRADA, Cristine Jin D.S.

cdestrada@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Instructor 1

Degree

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

Cristine Jin D.S. Estrada received her Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering with Latin Honors (Cum Laude) on May 2015 from the University of Santo Tomas. On the same year, she became a licensed electronics engineer and started teaching under the electronics department in the same university. Her research interests include microprocessor, microelectronics, and embedded systems. During her undergraduate years, her group was awarded first place in the design of a Two-stage Miller Operational Transconductance Amplifier using gm/Id Approach in a workshop/competition headed by the Philippine Institute for Integrated Circuits. She is also a member of the Institute of Electronics Engineers in the Philippines (IECEP).

GARCIA, AMANTE R.

argarcia@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Assistant Professor 5

Degrees

Master of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (De La Salle Univeristy – Manila, Philippines)

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

Amante R. Garcia finished his Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (BSECE) at the University of Santo Tomas in 1993. He finished his Masters of Science in Electronics and communications Engineering (MSECE) at De la Salle University in 2008. He is a Professional Electronics Engineer (PECE) and an active member of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP). He is also a Certified Cisco Academy Instructor (CCAI) since year 2000. He served as President of the Cisco Networking Academy Core Council of the Philippines Inc. from 2008 to 2014. He also served in various capacities in UST, as ECE Department Chairman in 2008-2010 and Masters in Engineering Program (MEP) coordinator in 2010-2014. His research interest includes Data Communication Systems, Computer Communications LAN and WAN Design, Internet of Things (IoT) and Linux Operating Systems.

GUEVARA, Emmanuel C.

ecguevara@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Assistant Professor 1

Degrees

Master of Science in Electronics and Communication Engineering (De La Salle University – Manila, Philippines)

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

Emmanuel C. Guevara graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering (BSECE) in 2000 from the University of Santo Tomas and received his masters degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering (MSECE) in 2015 from the De La Salle University. A licensed Electronics Engineer, he is also a member of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP). He has previously worked as a Sales and Service Engineer for Manila Cine-TV Equipment Company (MACTEC) and Pan Technologies (PanTech). He has been a faculty member in the Electronics Engineering Department of the University of Santo Tomas since 2002, and has also been appointed to several positions within the university. He served as the Network Hardware Operations Center Officer for the Santo Tomas e-Service Providers (STePs) in 2006, and as the Broadcast Department Technical Operations Manager for the Educational Technology (EdTech) Center from 2009 to 2010 where he put up UST Tiger Radio, the university’s Internet radio streaming service. His research interests lie in the field of acoustical engineering, signal processing, speech and music analysis and processing.

LAO, HAROLD ALEXIS A.

halao@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Instructor 1

Degree

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

Engr. Harold Alexis Lao received his Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering (BS ECE) from the University of Santo Tomas in 2014 with Latin Honors (Magna Cum Laude). He was a board topnotcher (2nd place) in the September 2014 ECE Licensure Examination. He is a member of the Institute of Electronics Engineers in the Philippines (IECEP). He is currently taking up Master of Science in Electrical Engineering major in Instrumentation and Control at the University of the Philippines Diliman. His research interests include DC-DC converters and power supply control.

MANABAT, MARK ANTHONY G.

mgmanabat@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Instructor 1

Degree

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

Mark Anthony G. Manabat is a licensed Electronics Engineer working as a full-time Electrical Design Engineer at Artesyn Embedded Technologies and a part-time faculty member at University of Santo Tomas. He graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering (Cum Laude) at University of Santo Tomas, April 2013 and a specialized graduate Diploma in Power Electronics at Mapua Institute of Technology, July 2015. At present, he is focused on finishing his Master of Science in Controls Engineering degree at Mapua Institute of Technology.

MARQUEZ, JOHN CARL JOEL S.

jmmarquez@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Instructor 1

Degree

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

MONTANCES, Mark O.

momontances@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Instructor 3

Degrees

Master of Engineering in Electronics and Communications Engineering (Mapua Institute of Technology – Manila, Philippines)

Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (Mapua Institute of Technology – Manila, Philippines)

Mark received his Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (BS ECE) from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Manila, Philippines in 2012 and Master of Science in Electronics Engineering from the Mapua Institute of Technology (MS ECE, with Thesis) Manila, Philippines in 2017. He is a licensed Electronics Engineer and an active member of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP). His research interests are digital signal processing and analog electronics for audio and music applications.

NGO, JERRY A.

jango@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Assistant Professor 1

Degrees

Master of Engineering, major in Electronics and Communication Engineering (Mapua Institute of Technology – Manila, Philippines)

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

Jerry A. Ngo finished his Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (BSECE) at the University of Santo Tomas in 1994. He finished his Masters in Engineering in Electronics and communications Engineering (MEP-ECE) at Mapua Institute of Technology in 2006. He is an active member of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP). He is also a Certified Cisco Academy Instructor (CCAI) since year 2014. His research interest is on Signal Processing Systems.

POBLETE, JOYCELYN

jppoblete@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Associate Professor 2

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 is an officer of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines-Manila Chapter since 2010. She is a lifetime member and one 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 worked in the Electronics Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Santo Tomas for more than twenty five years where she 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.

svprado@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Instructor 1

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 degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering (B.Sc. ECE) from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Manila, Philippines in 2011 and Master of Science degree in Electronic Engineering (M.Sc. ELEG, with High Distinction) from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in Kowloon, Hong Kong in 2015. He is a licensed Electronics Engineer and an active member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the International Society for Optics and Photonics (formerly known as SPIE), and the Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP). He has also published and presented research papers in international conferences in the areas of signal processing and biomedical engineering. During his first years of being an undergraduate instructor, he consistently achieved the highest score among all the non-tenured instructors in the Faculty of Engineering in the Faculty Competence Evaluation for all terms of teaching. In fact, he received the “Top 1 Instructor of the Year” award given by the Office for Faculty Evaluation and Development (OFED) in March 2014. He received his tenure status in September 2015. Currently, he is appointed as a committee member of the Engineering International Relations and Programs (EIRP) and the Engineering Research Management Group (RMG) of the Faculty of Engineering. He also serves as a research supervisor of several undergraduate thesis groups. His research interests lie at the interface of signal processing and neural engineering. More precisely, he desires to investigate within the topics of brain-computer interfacing, neural prosthetics and functional electrical stimulation for neurorehabilitation of patients with neurologic disorders such as stroke, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.

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ROCAMORA, JOSYL MARIELA B.

jbrocamora@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Instructor 2

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 Engineering (BSc ECE, Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Santo Tomas (UST), Manila, Philippines in 2011 and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MS EE, with Thesis) 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 presented research papers in international conferences and has published a journal article in Elsevier. Her research interests and publications cover different areas of computer and communications including mobile and wireless networks, vehicular ad hoc networks, cloud computing, network simulation and smart grid networks.

ROXAS, EDISON A.

earoxas@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Instructor 5

Degrees

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)

Engr. Edison A. Roxas received his Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications degree from the Technological Institute of the Philippines – Manila, and his Master of Science in Electronics and Communications degree from De La Salle University. He is a member of the Institute of Electronics Engineers in the Philippines (IECEP) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He is an active researcher and participated in several funded research grants either as main proponent or research assistant. His research interests focuses on Machine Learning and Computer Vision applied in Biomedical Engineering, Transport and Traffic Management Engineering. At present, he is focused on finishing his Doctor of Philosophy in Electronics and Communications degree at De La Salle University.

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SAN BUENAVENTURA, CHARLENE S.

cssanbuenaventura@ust.edu.ph

Rank:

Degree

SANTOS, JEHIEL D.

jdsantos@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Instructor 1

Degree

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

Jehiel D. Santos graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering, Cum Laude from the University of Santo Tomas in May 2015. He is a licensed electronics engineer by October 2015 and is an active member of the Institute of Electronics Engineers in the Philippines (IECEP). He started teaching undergraduate courses by January 2016 to majoring students in the electronics engineering department. He is currently appointed to be one of the advisers of the student organization Cisco Networking Academy Gateway (CNAG). He is one of the pioneers who developed the official website of the faculty of engineering and is currently appointed as the Website Coordinator and the EdTech Coordinator for the Faculty of Engineering.

SERRANO, KANNY KRIZZY D.

kdserrano@ust.edu.ph

Rank: Instructor 3

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 1

Degrees

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 of UST. 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).

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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 G. Ventura received her Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering (B.Sc. ECE) from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Manila, Philippines 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). Currently, she is appointed as the Adviser of Thomasian Engineer, the official student publication of the Faculty of Engineering in University of Santo Tomas; correspondent to The Academia, the international bulletin of University of Santo Tomas; and representative of the Social Media Bureau in the Faculty of Engineering in University of Santo Tomas. Her research interests include digital signal processing and wireless communications.