Name: TUBANZA, Justine Kate Luna Date: ________________________________

STS 101 ACTIVITY NO. 4: Science and Technology in the Philippines

Concept: Constructing and Analyzing a Timeline of the Historical Perspective and

Breakthrough of Science and Technology in the Philippines.

Year / Period Personalities / Scientist Contributions

1. 1940s Food Inventor, Maria Orosa She discovered new methods for
Ylagan the resistance forces to preserve
food, and she also came up with
the idea for Banana Catsup, which
is still in use today.
2. 1941 Dr. Fe Del Mundo She made improvements to the
incubator as well as the drug used
for immunization and the treatment
of jaundice.
3. 1952 Dr. Abelardo Aguilar A Filipino physician who
developed a novel type of
antibiotic capable of curing a
variety of illnesses without the
normal adverse effects associated
with antibiotics (ILOSONE 500)
4. 1955 Gregorio Zara He is best known as the creator of
the videophone, which was the
world's first two-way electronic
video communicator to use video
transmissions.
5. 1972 Roberto del Rosario He was the one who invented the
Karaoke Sing Along System, also
known as the videoke, as we know
it today.
6. 1972 Diosdado Banatao He was the inventor of the first
single-chip graphical user
interface accelerator, which
allowed computers to operate at a
much faster rate.
7. 1990s Rudy Lantano Sr. He invented Super Bunker
Formula-L, a new fuel that is half
water and half gasoline.
8. 2000-2002 Dr. Virgilio l. Malang He is credited with inventing the
Feminine Hygiene, often known as
the external vaginal cleaner.
9. 2012 Dr. Raul V. Destura He created the “Lab-in-a-Mug”
Project, which contains the
reagents needed to perform
LoopMediated Isothermal
Amplification
(LAMP), a potent gene
amplification approach for quickly
identifying infectious diseases.
10. 2014 Geologist Jeffrey Perez Assisted in a significant way in the
improvement of our understanding
of fault lines and earthquakes in
the Philippines.
11. 2015 Dr. Lucille Abad She created a plant vitamin — an
efficient plant growth booster – by
combining irradiated seaweeds
with other nutrients.
12. 2018 Eng. Robert Dizon He created the torque mode
configuration for numerous
variable frequency drives utilized
in the Automated Guideway
Transit System, Hybrid Electric
Road Train, and Hybrid Electric
Train.
13. 2019 Dr. Joselito Chavez He was recognized for his work
with severe leptospirosis and the
use of extracorporeal membrane
oxygenation.
14. 2019 Emil Q. Javier, Ph.D. He led the Institute of Plant
Breeding, which popularized
highyielding crops and
diseaseresistant types in the
country and Asia.
15. 2021 Justine Kate Tubanza Using rice husk ash as a cement
substitute or a Supplementary
Binder to cement.