SDG 9: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure

This innovative project using 3D manufacturing technologies aims to accelerate the adoption of new and emerging medical makerspace technologies among the hospitals in Manila, Zamboanga and Cagayan de Oro City is headed by Assoc. Prof. Lemuel Clark P. Velasco 

As Electronics is the top export in terms of commodity groups in the Philippines, the government, business partners, and academia collaborate to increase the competitiveness of the Philippines electronics and semiconductor industry through integrated circuit (IC) and system design. In view of this, the University’s Microelectronics laboratory in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology organized the “Basic IC Design Training”, sponsored by Synopsys, Advanced Computing Solutions (ACS), CAMP Incorporated. This extension project is part of the Center for Integrated Circuits and Devices Research (CIDR) Project activities in the proliferation of microelectronics education in Visayas/Mindanao region and international university collaboration with NTPU. The main purpose of this training is to tap all schools, universities, and colleges in Visayas and Mindanao to engage in Microelectronics and to collaborate with MSU-IIT in the building of microelectronics programs in their school or universities. This basic IC design training solves the existing problem of lack of IC designers in the Philippines. The entire basic IC design training, which lasted for 5 Saturdays, involved exchanging of knowledge and sharing of expertise. Among the lectures conducted were:

• Introduction to Basic IC Design

• MOS Transistor

• MOS DC Characteristics

• CMOS Inverter: Transient Response and Power

• CMOS Fabrication Process

• Design Rule, Analog Layout and Layout Considerations Digital/ Standard Cell Layout

The Department of Civil Engineering and Technology of the College of Engineering (DCET-COE), in partnership with Ecosystem Work for Essential Benefits (EcoWEB), Inc. conducted and implemented an extension program entitled “Community-driven Infrastructure Development Plan for the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) of Iligan City”, specifically, the Higaunon Community in Sitio Binasan, Rogongon, Iligan City. The program consisted of the following series of projects:

• Infrastructure Development Plan for Binasan Agro-ecotourism Complex in Sitio Binasan, Brgy. Rogongon, Iligan City

• Infrastructure Development Plan for Balintad Agro-ecotourism Project in Sitio Balintad, Brgy. Rogongon, Iligan City

• Infrastructure Development Plan for Limunsudan Agro-ecotourism Project in Sitio Limunsudan, Brgy. Rogongon Iligan City

• Infrastructure Development Plan for Katipunan Ecotourism Site in Mt. Impadagpo, Purok Katipunan, Brgy. Rogongon Iligan City