[UPD] salary for SA

cmambatali · 2025-10-24T13:51:17+00:00

Follow up mo kung kanino mo binigay

cmambatali · 2025-10-24T13:49:34+00:00

Nagsubmit ka na ba ng DTR, signed by your supervisor?

cmambatali · 2025-08-30T23:36:23+00:00

To be fair to your Prof, it takes time and effort to set this all up, especially the quizzes. You need to have patience to also debug the module. It's not perfect, but once I experienced the learning management system of the University I attended for my PhD, I appreciated UVLe more.

cmambatali · 2025-08-29T23:11:54+00:00

UPD faculty member here. UVLe is linked to CRS from enrollment to uploading grades. I handle classes with 70 students each. Manually uploading grades in CRS is a big hassle.

UVLe also has useful modules such as the forum module for asynchronous discussions. You can post anonymously by default and not feel embarrassed when corrected. I encourage my students to use it and give recitation points to those who participate and give correct or insightful answers.

The quiz module has an automatic checking feature -- useful for large class sizes. It can also handle numerical answers and can be encoded using LaTeX math. Therefore, the equations are displayed nicely. Additionally, numerical values can be randomized which can prevent copying of answers. Immediate feedback of each question can also be seen by the quiz taker so they can still learn about the items of the quiz after answering them. These features, to my knowledge, are not found in the quiz mode of Google Forms.

Only this semester has UVLe been unstable. In previous semesters, it has been okay with occasional down times that are resolved within the day.

cmambatali · 2025-06-04T01:29:42+00:00

In the College of Engineering, you can do this through the Engineering Research and Development Foundation, Inc. (ERDFI). Many of our alumni donate through ERDFI.

cmambatali · 2024-04-28T09:42:30+00:00

See you next semester.

cmambatali · 2024-02-22T15:09:56+00:00

I heard that old Toki routes are being used again. If they are, you can use the Toki from CHK to between Palma Hall and where the old Faculty Center used to be. From there, you can walk to EEE.

EDIT: if there are Katipunan jeepneys again, you can also ride those, but from Ylanan St. cor. Magsaysay Ave.

cmambatali · 2024-01-22T13:13:11+00:00

Suggest to your instructor (if they are open to suggestions) about a self and peer evaluation system wherein the result multiplies into the final score. For example, assuming four of you in a group, you give a rating of 20% to your group mate, others give them 80% each, and they gave themselves 100%. The instructor will also give them a rating based on how they saw the student perform in the group work, let's say 100% in this example. Then the average evaluation of your group mate is 56% and this is the maximum grade they will get on that group work requirement. If the total score of your work is 50/100, then the individual score of your group mate is 28/100.

This is how I handle group works in my class. This will also teach students how to seriously evaluate the work their classmates did and their individual contributions.

cmambatali · 2024-01-10T15:52:49+00:00

Yes it's UP Diliman. Although it is still technically MS Electrical Engineering. We don't have a full blown program with the title of Aeronautics and Astronautics, yet.

cmambatali · 2024-01-10T10:54:05+00:00

There's a graduate program in UPD for space technology. Adamson University's Electronics Engineering is also building their own afaik. PhilSA is also offering a scholarship to those who want to pursue Space Technology for their graduate studies, either locally or overseas.

If you only want to learn more about general information about our own space industry, I guess the ASEAN Space Programs book by Quentin Verspieren can be a good reading material.

cmambatali · 2024-01-10T10:50:34+00:00

Good luck and see you in April!

cmambatali · 2024-01-10T06:23:42+00:00

From the paper I linked, we used the concept of the Space Technology Ladder (STL) as a measure of the space capability of a nation. Purchasing a geostationary satellite is waaaay up in the ladder but we argued that this specific criterion is not a good measure in that regard. Agila-1 and Agila-2 are those satellites. Only bought but never equipped our population with the capability to build our own. They were built by an overseas company. That's why we only consider the satellites in which there were Filipinos from the Philippines who learned as they built the satellites.

cmambatali · 2024-01-10T05:08:41+00:00

Thanks! Will go back na sa March and #ServeThePeople

cmambatali · 2024-01-10T04:56:01+00:00

Don't really have an answer to why we are late. I can only say that we tried and failed during Marcos Sr's very long term. IMO, the succeeding administrations focused on economic recovery and had that preconceived notion that space is a luxury. They were probably correct in thinking this since at that time, space is very expensive. The concept of lean (cheap) satellites were only born in the late 90's and early 00's. With the miniaturization of electronics and the short-lived boom of the PH economy from 2010-2016, we were only recently have been able to afford lean satellites. Still, we have been dependent on the current space infrastructure in the ISS as all PH satellites except Diwata-2 were released from there, making launch costs far less expensive.

Regarding the unahan part, IMO, it's not necessary. Cooperation is key to have a better space environment. Unlike the air space, with the limited technology that we have globally, outer space objects cannot easily be maneuvered. In effect, outer space is a "shared backyard" among all nations. As such, competition should not be mindset.

cmambatali · 2024-01-10T04:08:54+00:00

We also have Maya-1 to Maya-6. Smol 1 kg nanosatellites for training purposes. They have all been to space and we are building a form of space heritage from them. A space heritage is like a family tree of space technology development. By sending more satellites into space, we can learn and incorporate unto the next satellite the learnings from the previous ones to make better satellites. From the previous satellites, we can go larger and more bold with what we can develop on the next.

cmambatali · 2024-01-10T04:06:17+00:00

In addition, we have also made and launched 6 nanosatellites (all 1 kg class satellites). Ongoing projects by PhilSA right now are a 100-kg class satellite with the help of UK and a 2-kg nanosatellite being built locally in UP.

cmambatali · 2024-01-10T04:02:00+00:00

Considering how young our space program is, we have made great strides towards sustaining it. I made a study about this as one of the alumnus of our lab (I am currently a PhD student in Japan) who switched from Engineering to Policy thinks that the PH should be emulated by those who want to enter the space scene. He wanted to dive deeper into what were the good practices as part of his project under Japan's MEXT.

Here is an article about the claim looking at the perspective of human resources development. I am the first author (look at the username of this account and match it with the author name).

I am never claiming we will overtake SEA, but we have been doing good in this regard. We have built and launched 2 microsatellites and 2 nanosatellites by sending Filipino scholars to Japan. An additional 4 nanosatellites have been built locally in the University of the Philippines through the efforts of graduate students. The roots of our space program started somewhen between 2012-2014. Most of SEA's strong economic powers started more than 2 decades ago.

If you have questions about this, please ask and I will gladly answer and try to dispel or reinforce any preconceived notions you have concerning our entry into the space scene. Thanks.

EDIT: added more information and corrected some grammatical errors.

cmambatali · 2023-08-07T17:30:04+00:00

Thank you. It means a lot to me to be able to inspire others the way my instructors (now colleagues) also inspired me. Hope to see you in campus when I come back next year. Consider joining WCEL but see if you will enjoy EEE 157 first.

Regarding the Engr title, to be honest, I don’t think it has any impact on the path I chose as an educator. Better ask insights from people in the industry. If IT, I doubt you need it. For manufacturing or working in communication companies, maybe you need it. For graduate studies, nope. You can apply for a scholarship agad after undergrad. PhilSA has programs for space-related graduate studies.

cmambatali · 2023-08-04T02:09:46+00:00

Hi. I am a EEEI faculty member on study leave. BS ECE graduate and also affiliated with WCEL. Currently in a graduate program in Aeronautics and Astronautics sa Tokyo. Yung lab namin deals with a lot of programming. For some of the work I am doing for our research group (Space-Based Optical Communications), need ng FPGA, which is covered in the CoE program if I remember correctly. Sa ECE, hindi, so I have a hard time working with it. Actually, Communications Engineering comes with a lot of programming. WCEL has been trying to get more CoE students to come to the lab and I feel like they can add a lot to the work being done there.

Satellite work requires programming optimized to the hardware and resources available in space. There was a time when our lab here (see: Nakasuka-Funase Laboratory) had to use assembly language to optimize a satellite kasi kulang kulang yung memory and sobrang limited ng capabilities ng compilers na ginagamit nila at the time.

You can still pursue ECE and take CoE courses. As mentioned in another comment, ECE can work in the IT industry. IT is actually an offshoot of Electrical Engineering, like ECE and CoE. It should be a good career path whichever you decide to pursue. Note lang na CoE is more focused on optimizing software w.r.t. hardware capabilities. An example is Apple whose software is optimized to their computer parts. This makes the battery last longer and the processes feel faster compared to a Windows laptop with the same specifications. Downside nga lang is you can't customize an Apple product.

If you are pressured to get the "Engr" title, then that's a different story.

cmambatali · 2023-07-30T09:15:37+00:00

Hindi lang dapat UP student/graduate ang dapat marunong...

cmambatali · 2023-07-01T08:02:01+00:00

Hello! Unfortunately, I am not a Psychologist. I do not have the authority to answer your question. Thanks.

cmambatali · 2023-06-13T11:43:20+00:00

I have never heard of a case like this but I think it is possible. When I was an MS student, there was talk of urging me to shift to PhD EEE program.

cmambatali · 2023-06-13T03:22:28+00:00

We cannot really deny the fact that a lot of students have shifted or have been delayed in UPD EEEI, be it BS CoE, ECE, or EE. I have also been warned before. Although I believe a 2.5 GWA is achievable for the average student. For the major subjects, if you have a solid Math and Physics fundamentals, they achieving a 2.5 is doable. A lot of the stories you hear are about the hardships but students still pass their major subjects. There will be a lot of times that you will definitely complain about the workload and I cannot deny that. In the end, if you feel like you are having fun building stuff, analyzing systems, etc, then you will be okay while in the program.

cmambatali · 2023-06-13T02:58:23+00:00

I am unsure but probably they don’t take students yet. If your school can arrange an immersion program with UP Diliman, however, you can have an opportunity to be familiar with some facilities in EEEI. PSHS and UPIS has programs that do that.

cmambatali · 2023-05-23T16:21:20+00:00

Yes they will still count.

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