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Six get award
for original, socially relevant researches
Six
professors representing different disciplines will each receive
the St. Miguel Febres Cordero Research Award for 2001 on August
9, 4 pm, at the Ariston Estrada Seminar Room.
The
awardees are Dr. Ma. Andrea Santiago of the College of Business
and Economics, Dr. Maricar Prudente of the College of Education,
Dr. Clodualdo del Mundo, Jr. (for the humanities) of the College
of Liberal Arts, Dr. Romeo Lee (for social science) also of
the College of Liberal Arts, Dr. Susan Gallardo of the College
of Engineering, and Dr. Arlene Pascasio of the College of
Science.
Santiago has been selected as one of
the awardees for her research, “Succession Experiences in
Philippine Family Business.” The work is a bold and original
assertion that succession planning is not a necessary condition
for succession success in Philippine family business.
Prudente will receive the award for publishing six research
articles which were featured in refereed journals. Her research
findings contribute to existing scientific knowledge in the
fields of toxicology and water pollution. Studies in these
areas are done by only a few scientists in the Philippines
because of the expensive specialized equipment required for
laboratory determinations. The author collaborated with scientists
abroad to conduct her studies.
Del Mundo is chosen for his film “Bayaning Third World.” His
work has been cited as a seminal moment in the history of
Filipino theatrical motion pictures, not just by virtue of
bringing the documentary approach to a work of intellectual
speculation, but by introducing a novel style and attitude
of film making.
Lee
will be awarded for his research Filipino Men and Domestic
Violence. The study made original contributions to social
science research in the Philippines in the areas of methodology
and research findings. The study added to the knowledge of
Filipino men’s perspectives on marriage, family life, inter-spousal
conflicts, domestic violence, and behavioral change. It has
successfully put men as the object of research investigation
and of behavioral change intervention.
Gallardo joins the list of awardees for her three research
projects. Taken together, her area of interest is related
to carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons, two of the most significant
pollutants from motor vehicles. It seeks to investigate the
factors that affect the efficiency of alumina as an oxidation
catalyst for automobile emission control. The use of three-way
catalysts now in use in developed countries needs to be improved
and adapted to the needs, resources, and circumstances of
developing countries like the Philippines. Any improvement
in the control and management of air pollution from the burning
fossil fuels has a great potential to contribute to the well
being of Filipinos.
Pascasio’s
research titled An Inequality on the cosines of a tight-distance-regular
graph has been included in Elsevier Science’s Linear Algebra
and Its Applications , a publication highly regarded for its
choice of outstanding articles. The main results of her research
are the extensions of the inequality involving the first,
second, and third cosines associated with the second largest
or smallest eigenvalue of a 2-homogeneous bipartite distance
regular graph to a light distance regular graph. Her paper
also examines conditions under which equality is attained
in the inequality.
St.
Miguel Febres Cordero awardees all have the rank of at least
assistant professor. To qualify, a faculty member should be
a full timer, either permanent or probationary, and has a
research output/creative work that has gained recognition
either in the national or international level. The work must
have been published or presented to the public the year before
the award is given.
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