SANTOS APRIL LYN C.

BSCE- 4D

REACTION PAPER ON ANNUAL PRESENTATION OF PROJECT RESEARCH IN

ELECTROMECHANICAL, CIVIL, INFORMATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
ENGINEERING 2019

THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING TOGETHER WITH THE SPONSORS AND

ADVISERS WELCOMED THE STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS ON ANNUAL
PESENTATIONS OF PROJECT RESEARCH. THE PROGRAM HELD AT
TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES – MANILA, COVERED COURT,
FEBRUARY 21 – 23, 2019 FROM 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM. ALL 4 TH YEAR STUDENTS ARE
REQUIRED TO JOINED THIS PROGRAM. IN ORDER TO KNOW WHAT DOES THE
PROGRAM HAD AND IN ORDER TO GET IDEAS ON THE RESEARCH THEY WORKED
ON. OFCOURSE I PARTICIPATED THE PROGRAM WITH MY CLASSMATES, I
CAUGHT MY ATTENTIONS SPECIALLY ON THE PROJECT RESEARCH RELATED TO
OUR SUBJECT WHICH IS THE CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY.

I CAUGHT MY ATTENTION TO CIVIL WORKS, OFCOURSE I AM A CIVIL

ENGINEER STUDENT AND WHAT AS I AM SAYING IT IS RELATED TO MY COURSE
SUBJECT CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY. I ORIGINALLY HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THEIR
WORKS, I WAS SO AMAZED ON THEIR PRESENTIONS. AFTER TAKING PHOTOS
WITH THEIR WORKS, I DECIDED TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM, NOT
ONLY ON THEIR RESEARCH PROJECT BUT ALSO THEIR INSIGHTS WHAT ARE THE
THINGS THEY’VE LEARNED BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER OF THEIR RESEACRH
PROJECT. THERE ARE SO MANY IDEAS AND EMOTIONS COME OUT. THEY
VALUED TIME. THEY SAY EACH PASSING SECOND WAS PRECIOUS AND
SIGNIFICANT. RESPECTED EACH OTHER’S OPINION AND APPRECIATED EACH
OTHER’S IDEA IS VERY IMPORTANT. THEY SAY THEY ARGUED A LOT BUT THAT
DIDN’T STOP THEM. THEY’VE LEARNED TO COVER UP ONE’S WEAKNESS.
 ALL OF THE SENIOR STUDENTS TOOK THEIR THESIS HAVE ONE THING ON
THEIR MINDS, THAT THESIS WILL BE THE HARDEST, THE MOST EXPENSIVE, THE
MOST TIME CONSUMING, AND THE MOST FRIENDSHIP WRECKING THING THAT
COLLEGE LIFE HAS TO OFFER. BUT ALL WILL BE ENDURED SINCED ITS THEIR
TICKECT TO GRADUATION. AND YES, WITH THAT THOUGHT THEY DIDN’T STOP,
THEY DIDN’T GIVE UP, THEY SHOWCASED THE BEST OF THEM.

CAPTURING MOMENTS TOOK OVER THE DAY. DIFFERENT COURSES IN

ENGINEERING HAS ITS OWN THING. MOST OF THEM PREFER TAKING PHOTOS ON
THEIR PRESENTATION AND SOME WERE STILL FIXING THEIR THESIS AND SOME
CONTINUED TO CHIT-CHAT EXPLAINING THEIR WORKS.

BEING ABLE TO DEFEND WELL WHAT THEY’VE RESEARCHED ON IS A ONE

THE GREAT INDICATIONS OF HOW WELL THEY KNOW THEIR WORK. IT SEEMS
THAT EVERYONE ON THE DAY OF APPRECIATION WAS STRUCK IN FEAR,
EVERYONE OF THEM JUST WANTS THE DAY TO END WITHOUT FEELING
ANYTHING. THEY’RE IN COVERED COURT PRESENTING THEIR OWN WORKS,
THEY WERE TALKING, OTHERS WAS HAVING FUN AND OTHER STUDENT THERE
IS GOING CRAZY AND I NOTICED THEM THAT IT WAS LIKE THEY WEREN’T
PREPARING FOR SOMETHING BIG, BECAUSE ALL OF THEM WAS JUST WEARING
THEIR SMILE ON THEIR FACES IN FRONT OF MANY PEOPLE (STUDENTS AND
PROFESSORS), ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE VISTED BY OUR HONORABLE JESUS
RODRIGO F. TORRES, TUP PRESIDENT ASSISTED BY THE DEAN OF COLLEGE OF
ENGINEERING ENGR. BENEDICTO N. FORTALEZA. THEY VISITED EACH OF
EVERYONE WORKS, THEY ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE THESIS, AND
THEY CRITICIZED IT.

ON THE FIRST DAY OF APPRECIATION 2019, THE FIRST GROUP THAT I

VISITED IS THE GROUP WERE THE RESEARCH TOPIC IS ALL ABOUT THE
“PROPERTY CHARACTERIZATION OF ACRYLIC POLYMER SOLUTION WITH
SILICON MODIFIED AND PULVERIZED POLYURETHANE FOAM AS ANTI-
CARBONATION COATING FOR CONCRETE” WITH THE HELP OF THEIR ADVISER
ENGR. EDGARDO S. LEGASPI THEY PRESENTED VERY WELL THEIR WORKS.
ACCORDING TO THEIR ABSTRACT THE STUDY AIMS TO EVALUATE THE
RELATIONSHIP OF CARBONATION DEPTH TO THE TIME OF EXPOSURE. SIX
DIFFERENT MIXES OF ANTI-CARBONATION COATING WERE TESTED. THE
MIXTURES AND A COMMERCIAL PAINT WERE APPLIED IN CONCRETE SAMPLES
AND LATER TESTED IN ACCELERATED CARBONATION CHAMBER. THE
EFFICIENCY OF ANTI-CARBONATION COATING WILL BE EVALUATED IN
COMPARISON WITH UNCOATED SAMPLE. THEY MIX THEIR OWN PAINTS. THEY
ARE THE ONE WHO FORMULATED THE PAINTS THAT THEY USED ON THEIR
STUDY, BUT THEY HAVE A PRECEDING STUDY CONDUCTING THIS PROJECT.
THEY ARE ADVISED TO GO IN THE CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT, WHO HAVE
ASSISTED THEM DURING THE TIMES WHERE THEY CONDUCTED THEIR TESTS
AND METHODOLOGIES INSIDE LABORATORY. FOR THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR
WORKS, THAT APPLYING ANTI-CARBONATION PAINT STRENGTHEN ITS
RESISTANCE TO CARBONATION. IT WILL TAKE YEARS BEFORE CONCRETE
STRUCTURES RECORD A DEPTH OF CARBONATION. THEY RECOMMEND TO USE
OTHER TYPE OF PAINT WITH DIFFERENT FORMULAS BECAUSE THEY USED
ACRYLIC PAINT ONLY FOR CONCRETE. SPEND MORE TIME IN EXPOSURING THE
CO2 BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT ENOUGH TIME DOING THEIR PROJECT.

THE SECOND ONE IS ALL ABOUT “PROPERTY CHARACTERIZATION AND

STRENGTH PERFORMANCE OF VARIOUS INJECTING MATERIALS FOR REPAIRS OF
HONEYCOMB IN CONCRETE STRUCTURES.” I CHOSE THIS TOPIC BECAUSE IT IS
RELATED TO THE TOPIC THAT I AM GOING REPORT ON CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY.
AS I INTERVIEWD THE PRESENTER HE DISCUSSED FIRST THE RESEARCH TOPIC
ABOUT AND WHAT THEY WANT TO PROVED ON IT . THEY WANT TO PROVE THAT
AMONG THREE INJECTING MATERIALS THEY USED NAMELY EPOXY RESIN,
POLYURETHANE AND CEMENTITOUS GROUT, WHAT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE
ONE WHEN APPLIED TO HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE. THEY MADE THEIR OWN
HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE TO JUSTIFY THE EFFECTS OF INJECTING MATERIALS.
THEY CONDUCTED 15 CONCRETE BLOCKS AND CURED 7, 14, AND 28 DAYS. THEY
PRESENTED ONLY 3 CONCRETE CYLINDER WITH INJECTED DIFFERENT
MATERIALS. THE EPOXY RESIN, THE POLYURETHANE AND CEMENTITOUS
GROUT. IT SHOWED THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF CONCRETE CYLINDER. I
KNEW THAT USING POLYURETHANE THE CONCRETE HAS A TEXTURE OF SOFT,
AND STRETCHY ONE. WITH THE USE OF CEMENTITOUS GROUT IT HAS ROUGH
SURFACE AND NOT SO HARD UNLIKE WITH THE USE OF EPOXY RESIN, IT IS VERY
FIRM HEAVY AND WELL COMPACTED ONE. AMONG THE THREE INJECTING
MATERIALS EPOXY RESIN WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE ONE BUT IT HAS A
QUALITY THAT CAN SATISY THE NEEDS OF CONCRETE STRUCTURE ESPECIALLY
ON HONEYCOMB WHEN IT COMES TO REPAIR. ON THEIR COCNLCUSION THE
EPOXY RESIN IS THE BEST MATERIAL TO GIVE MORE STRENGTH COMPARED TO
OTHER MATERIALS.

THE THIRD RESEARCH PROJECT IS ALL ABOUT “INFLUENCE OF CRUSHED

OYSTER SHELLS AS PARTIAL FINE AGGREGATES REPLACEMENT ON THE
PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE USING DIFFERENT TYPES OF PORTLAND CEMENT.” I
GOT INETERESTED ON THEIR TOPIC BECAUSE THIS STUDY IS MORE LIKELY
ABOUT THE THESIS WE’VE CONDUCTED BEFORE ON TUP-CAVITE. WE USED ALSO
OYSTER SHELLS AS ADDITIVES ON FINE AGGREGATES ON CHB. THE DIFFERENCE
HERE IS THE OBJECTIVE OF THEIR RESEARCH IS TO INVESTIGATE THE
PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE WITH CRUSHED OYSTER SHELLS AS FINE
AGGREGATES REPLACEMENT USING DIFFERENT TYPES OF PORTLAND CMENT.
SAME PROCEDURE AS WELL. THEY CONDUCTED A TESTS, WHICH THEY HAVE A
RESULT THAT TYPE I PORTLAND CEMENT WITH 10% CRUSHED OYSTER SHELL
ATTAINED THE HIGHEST STRENGTH CONCRETE. AS I ASK A QUESTION TO THE
PRESENTER WHY THEY CHOOSE OYSTER SHELLS FOR FINE AGGREGATES IN THE
CONCRETE, THEY ANSWERED IS “OYSTER SHELLS ARE NON-BIODEGRADABLE
AND POLLUTE THE LAND AND WATER WHEN DISCARDED INDISCRIMINATELY.
USING THESE SHELLS AS RAW MATERIALS FOR CONCRETE PRODUCTS WHEN
THEY WOULD OTHERWISE GO TO WASTE COULD HELP TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM
OF DISPOSING OF OYSTER SHELLS. “

ANOTHER REASEARCH TOPIC IS ALL ABOUT “PROPERTY

CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIOUS SHAPES OF POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE
(PET) PLASTICS FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE BLOCK”. THERES A SIGNIFICANCE
OF THEIR RESEARCH. THEY SAY IT WILL BENEFIT THE SOCIETY THAT PLASTIC
WASTE DISPOSAL CANNOT BE CONTROLLED. THEY USE PLASTIC BOTTLES WITH
DIFFERENT SHAPES. THE RING SHAPED, C SHAPED AND THE TWISTED SHAPE.
AMONG THE THREE SHAPES OF PLASTICS THE PRESENTER SAID THAT THE
TWISTED FIBER WAS THE MOST EFFECTIVE ONE IN IMPROVING THE TENSILE
STRENGTH. THEY ARE THE ONE WHO MADE THEIR BOTTLE CUTTER. THEY
MANUALLY MADE THE SHAPES OF PLASTIC FIBERS. THEY SHOWED US THE
SAMPLE THAT EVEN THE BLOCKS WAS SEPARATED INTO PIECES THE TWISTED
FIBER HELPS THE CONCRETE TO NOT IMMEDIATELY BREAKS. FOR THEIR
CONCLUSION, THE FLEXURAL STRENGTH AND SPLIT TENSILE STRENGTH OF
CONCRETE GREATLY IMPROVED WITH THE ADDITION OF PLASTIC FIBERS. AND
FOR THE RECOMMENDATION MADE AN IDEA TO A BETTER EQUIPMENT THAT
CAN EASILY CUTS THE BOTTLES.

WHILE WALKING AROUND IN THE COVERED COURT LOOKING AT THE

WORKS OF THE PRESENTERS IN THE APPRECIATION, I REALIZED THAT I TRULY
ENJOYED THE MOMENT. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT COMES ON MY
MIND. I AM THE TYPE OF PERSON WO LOVES TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW AND
OBTAIN MORE KNOWLEDGE ESPECIALLY ON MY COURSE RELATED IN AND OUT
OF THE CLASSROOM. I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT LEARNING THINGS THAT
PERTAIN TO MY MAJOR AND MY FUTURE CAREER IN CIVIL ENGINEERING.
WHICH IS WHY I DECIDED TO COME ON THIS KIND OF PROGRAM. I FEEL
MOTIVATED WHEN THEY SHARED THEIR EXPERIENCED DOING THEIR PROJECT.

IN THIS PROGRAM, I OBSERVED THAT, IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO

STUDENTS WORK IN PROFESSIONAL MANNER. IT DEVELOPES ALSO THE
ABILITIES OF THE STUDENTS TO MANGE TIME, FINISH COMPLEX PROJECTS, AND
WORK INDEPENDENTLY. AND LASTLY THE STUDENTS OR THE PRESENTOR OF
THE PROJECT GAINED CONFIDENCE DISCUSSING THEIR WORK.

ALL ENGINEERING STUDENTS ARE NOT A TRASH. ALL OF US ARE SMART,

ALL OF US ARE RELIABBLE. OVER ALL I FEEL THAT THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN
VALUABLE AND ENJOYABLE EXPEREINCE. I FEEL MORE MOTIVATED. IF THEY
CAN, I CAN ALSO DO WHAT THEY HAD. A FEW MORE EFFORT, A FEW MORE
HARDWORK, A FEW MORE ENDURANCE OF WAKING UP DURING EARLY
CLASSES, AND A FEW MORE STRUGGLE, I KNOW THAT IM IN THE MIDDLE OF
“SUSUKO NA O LABAN LANG” I KNOW TO MYSELF THAT I HAVE THE ABILITY TO
DO BETTER, SO IM HOPING FOR THE BEST, AND SOON THE CLOCK TICKS, AND
THE TIME IS SLOWLY WHISPERING “GRADUATION”.