Last September 7 – 11, 2015 was the Industrial and Plant Tour of us, BS ECE students’ batch 2016 together with BS EE batch 2016.

September 7.

(9AM)

The first destination of the educational tour is the

MERALCO POWERLAB. It is a facility that can test the

electricity consumption of different common household

appliances and gadgets. Its primary purpose is to help

Filipinos better understand electricity usage and energy

management.

The Power Lab houses 3 main sections:

(1) An Equipment Testing Laboratory for

testing the energy consumption of

appliances and gadgets;

(2) A Demo area where an interactive energy display

monitor show comparisons between the

energy usage of average electrical

devices vs those that use different technologies;

(3) And an Intelligent Living Space that

showcases an ideal efficient set-up for

homeowners.

The tour at MERALCO Powerlab was indeed

educational not just relating in Engineering Field but as a simple energy consumer as well. Many

energy saving tips was discussed and presented. Same type of appliances and gadgets are

experimented and calculated to select which among of it is the most energy efficient.

(1PM)

The second place we’ve visited was the

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

INSTITUTE (EEEI) at UP Diliman Campus.

I can say EEEI is the institute you can be proud

being a part of. It has different laboratories which the

students can choose depending on their desired

specialization. They have the necessary equipment in every

Electrical and Electronics field.

Some of its laboratories that I was amazed of

were Digital Signal Processing Laboratories (DSPL),

Wireless Communications Engineering Laboratory

(WCEL), Robotics and Automation Laboratory (RAL).

But, Microelectronics and Microprocessors

Laboratory (MICROLAB) was the laboratory that really

catches my attention. Students here were designing

circuits using micrometre to nanometre size chips. They

are using cādence as the software in making the circuit

and program design of the chips, which I know nothing

about.

(4PM)

After visiting EEEI, we returned to our hotel. That was the end of the first day of the

Educational Tour.

A student from the MICROLAB orienting us.

A faculty of the WCEL showing us how to test this kind of antenna

September 8

(9AM)

For the second day of the educational tour, we’ve visited CAAP-MANILA AIRWAYS

FACILITIES COMPLEX.

Here, we’ve shown how airplanes (commercial and private) communicate from their

source to destination. Also the flight path they follow in order to reach their destination. It also

posts and decodes flight plan data and aircraft position reports. Other purposes of this facility

are: Provides alerting and emergency assistance service to aircraft in distress or in a state of

emergency; Ensures accurate dissemination of air reports and other aircraft messages to all

international and domestic addressees concerned in accordance with pre-determined distribution

arrangements programmed into the computer system; Coordinate with other aeronautical

telecommunication network station to ensure maximum dependability of the international air-

ground communications service during communication difficulties.

Taking pictures are prohibited inside the facility because of some security reasons.

(2PM)

Our next destination is the Studio and Engineering Center of GMA-7. First, we watch a

video presentation about GMA 7, their

mission, vision, and achievements.

Next, we’ve tour around the

Engineering Department. This

department is the one responsible for

editing the videos acquired by news

gathering teams and “teleserye” before

it will be broadcast to viewers. Also, it

is the one which arrange the

commercials to be presented in line

with the show.

After that, we’ve tour around their different studios, from their biggest and smallest to

old and new studios.

One of this is the studio for their news and current affairs. The studio is not big as viewed

in the television. The primary reason is that they use a wide angle camera.

It has many sections; one of this is the Flash

Report section where immediate news is needed to

broadcast.

After visiting the studios, we’ve proceeded to the

radio station of GMA, the Barangay LS 97.1. It was just a

quick orientation because the DJ at that time is doing his

program. It’s my first time to visit a FM Station so; I was

amazed especially on how the room is acoustically design.

The tour at the GMA-7 was fun-filled and many devices and equipment that are just

presented in the books are shown.

(4:30PM)

After visiting the Studio and Engineering Center of GMA-7, we returned to our hotel.

That was the end of the second day of the Educational Tour.

September 9.

(7:30AM)

Flash Report Section

Barangay LS 97.1

After preparing things, we’ve our

breakfast and check-out to our Hotel. For

the third day of the educational tour, we’ve

visited PAGASA Weather Forecasting

Center. Just like the others, it began by

presenting videos. After that, a proper

orientation and discussion are made inside

of its facility. After the discussions, I

realized that PAGASA is not just about

forecasting weather. Its primary purpose is to maintain a nationwide network pertaining to

observation and forecasting of weather and other climatological conditions affecting national

safety, welfare and economy. It engages in studies of geophysical and astronomical phenomena

essential to the safety and welfare of the people. It also provides protection of life, property and

livelihood against natural hazards due to typhoons, floods, drought, giant waves, and high seas.

(2PM)

After more than 4 hours of travelling, we’ve

reached our second destination for the third day of the

educational tour, the San Roque Dam and Power Plant in

Pangasinan. It was built beginning 1998 to harness the

power of Agno River, bringing four major benefits to

several communities in the heart of Luzon: irrigation, flood

control, electrical power, and improved water quality. They

tour us around the place which has beautiful scenery. After

that, we go to the monitoring and control room of the dam.

As I remember, it was 5 floors down to the surface. It was

noisy in the place. According to our tour guide, it reaches

about 90 to 100 dbA which I think is the limit before it can

create damage to the ears. Since it was noisy, all we did was

to take pictures.

(4PM)

After visiting the San Roque Dam and Power Plant, we travelled to Baguio. That was the

end of the third day of the Educational Tour.

September 10.

(8:30AM)

San Roque Dam

St. Louis University Engineering Department was the first place we’ve visited in Baguio

City. It is one of the best Engineering school in the Philippines because many board topnotcher

came from this school. Their Engineering equipment and devices are awesome. It helps the

students to better understand the lessons and theories being discuss.

Students of SLU tour us around their Engineering Building to show some of the

equipment and devices that they use. Some of this is the following:

Student of the SLU discussing about the device they use in

microcontroller subject. They showed us how to store data in

microcontroller’s register using their prototype computer.

A fourth year student of SLU demonstrating about her

project, Line Follower Car. It is a project which can be used to

represent in competition.

Student of SLU discussing about television, the percentage

of colors used in every series of pictures presented. He also

discussed about vertorscope, oscilloscope that can show on the

screen the same indicator as the vector pattern.

(2PM)

The next place we’ve visited is the PLDT-

INNOLAB. Since the place is just small, we only spent

for about 45 minutes. They only discussed about their

latest innovations regarding technology and how will it

improved their services to businesses and consumers.

(2:30PM)

After visiting PLDT-INNOLAB, we have our Baguio City Tour to visit many tourist

spots in Baguio. Some of this is the following:

(5:30PM)

After the Baguio City Tour, we’ve return to our hotel. That was the end of the fourth day

of Educational Tour.

September 11.

Around 3AM, we’ve depart at Baguio City to go at Tarlac Power Plant. Though, it is

only for EE students so we just stay at the bus and waited for them to finish.

(1PM)

For the last day of the Educational Tour, we

visited AVIAT Networks. Aviat Networks is a

global provider of microwave networking solutions,

providing public and private operators with

communications networks to accommodate the

exploding growth of IP-centric, multi-gigabit data

services. The AVIAT repairs, troubleshoots and

gives technical support to microwave equipment

that is brought by their clients. Taking pictures are

also not allowed inside the facility.

(3PM)

DREAM Satellite is the place we’ve visited

for the Educational Tour. Dream Satellite TV is the

first all-digital Direct-To-

Home (DTH) television broadcasting service

via satellite in the Philippines. Broadcasting from

the Dream Broadcast Center located at the Clark

Special Economic Zone in Pampanga. Content is

received from program providers, compressed and

broadcast via Koreasat 5  exclusively to its

subscribers using the Integrated Receiver-Decoder

System. DREAM Satellite uses satellite dish

antenna to receive data from Koreasat and other satellites.

(6PM)

After going to Dream Satellite in Pampanga, we go SM MOA to have our dinner before

going home.

That was the end of the Industrial and Plant Tour of 2015.

University of Nueva CaceresCollege of Engineering and Architecture

City of Naga

Narrative Report

In Partial FulfillmentIn ECE515F-G2aL – Seminar and Field Trip

by:

Edgardo C. Bedrijo Jr. BSECE

1st Semester S/Y 2015-2016

Engr. Edgardo N. Martinez Jr.Instructor