It was a good fight among the
five schools that entered the finals of the Advance Solutions Inc. (ASI)
Technovation Challenge, and a wildcard finalist brought home the grand prize.
Informatics Eastwood Icons headed by Frederick Lee with members Romeo Roque,
Joboy Hiceta, Nikko Espiritu and Isaac Pabuayon led all other schools and
garnered the admiration and approval of a demanding panel of judges.
Winning cash and IT Products,
the team jumped for joy when the Champion spot was left for them to fill.
Grand Winner Informatics Eastwood Icons
Romeo
Roque, general manager of Advance Solutions Inc. (ASI) Jefferson Plaza,
president of COMDDAP Juan Chua, DENR Chief Officer-In-Charge for
Management Information System Division Roberto De Leon, Frederick
Richard Lee, Joboy Hiceta, Isaac Catalino Pabuayon, Nikko Espiritu, vice
president of COMDDAP Bing Lastrilla, and vice president for Business
Development of ASI Rowena Sanchez.
Awarded as Top 4 finalists (in
alphabetical order) are teams A.R.C.
from University of Perpetual Help System Dalta (UPHSD) with the project ‘ASI
Eco Fan’ composed of Alvin Angeles, Ronell Ian Lomibao, Ma. Cherrie Estrellado;
The BBN Project from De La Salle
University with the project ‘Recycle Reward’ composed of Patrick Delos Reyes, Valerie
Jean Lualhati, Daniel Gravador, Erina Therese Valdes and Erin Joy Caiga; Royal from University of Sto. Tomas
with the project ‘Water Sensor’ masterminded by Jasmon Delfin; and SMSDR also from University of Perpetual
Help System Dalta with the project ‘Aluminum Cans and Plastic Bottle Waste
Management composed of Edlen Joy Salazar, Kris Angelique Melicano, Zingso
Santera, Emman Rillo and Ernest Alphonzo Diez.
Meanwhile, declared the
Runners up of ASI Technovation are teams Cyber
Arceri also from De La Salle University composed of Theresa Mendoza,
Arianne Caitlin Ong, Baron Dimaranan, Wilbert Luy and Zed from University of Sto. Tomas, on solo is Jian Mateo.
UPHSD teams bagged Special
awards gathering the most number of likes on Facebook and votes during the
COMDDAP Expo 2012. Team A.R.C. awarded
People’s Choice, voting duration from November 16-18, 2012. Team SMSDR awarded
Most-Liked Prototype on Facebook with almost 3,000 ‘Likes’.
ASI Technovation Challenge:
Green I.T.! is endorsed by the Commission on Higher Education, in partnership
with Computer Manufacturer, Dealers, and Distributors Association of the Philippines
(COMDDAP). Supported by Acer, BenQ, Coby, CaféFrance, HP and Intellipen.
“Technovation challenge was a
thrilling experience. Not just for the organizers but also for everyone who
worked hard for it – students and participating schools, said Jefferson Plaza,
general manager of Advance Solutions Inc.
When asked what would be next
year’s challenge, “Definitely more challenging and rewarding for 2013. We hope more students and schools would take
on the challenge”.
See project demonstrations
and awarding photos on Facebook, visit and ‘Like’
www.facebook.com/asitechnovation.
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