web.link: Physics-related sites in the Philippines

Looking for research ideas? Want to correspond with fellow enthusiasts? Looking for research grants and/or scholarships? Find them all here. Listed below are physics-related websites in the Philippines:

Philippine Physics Society

National Institute of Physics
NIP: Plasma Physics Laboratory
Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas (Philippine Society of Physics)
BKR (Bahay Kubo Research)
BKR Blog
PCASTRD (Philippine Council of Advanced Science and Technology Research and Development)


More sites to follow soon.

If anyone knows more physics site please comment, so we can edit the article. Thanks

retro.news: RP's best school of physics

Well, since this is a physics blog, i have to post something physics-cal. Hehe. I came across a 2006 article from DOST that might interest you enthusiasts and/or advocates if you want to want to put your school on the map and get the title "RP's Best School of Physics". Nothing like a healthy competition eh? If you ask me, I'd like Silliman to get that title. Being the best IMHO, doesn't have to entail costly equipment [why? coz we will always be left behind], it should 1: Interest more students [whether they pursue physics or not] and increase their understanding of its purpose. 2: i'll edit this later.

To quote:
“Filipino physicists are acquiring the competence to recognize more interesting researches in the field of physics and, in fact, [they have] gained worldwide recognition through [their] publications in high-impact journals,” Dr. Saloma said in his institutional report “Physics in the Philippines Today”.

Trivia: If you glance quickly at the photo, which SU Physics teacher comes to mind?

A tribute

See ya guys!

Taclobo & Silliman High Pictures

Thanks, Sir John Villanueva, for your continuing support.


As promised, the pictures from the Science events:
[ click here for more photos ]



... and a little eye-candy for the sweet toothed:





Thanks again guys! (additional photos soon)

Physics Olympics: Silliman and Taclobo High School

We would like to thank every faculty that have made the Physics olympics possible in Silliman University High School (2:00pm - Sept. 21, 2007) and Taclobo High School (9:00am - Sept. 21, 2007). Today's events were fun and exciting for the students, the audience, the faculty, and the JPPS facilitators. Thank you, everyone, for participating!

These were the several events held in each school:
> Paper tower (SU & Taclobo)
> Paper airplane (SU & Taclobo)
> Bridge building (SU & Taclobo)
> Egg drop (SU)

The results for the various events in each high school will be published in this blog soon. The photos will also be uploaded as soon as possible.

We personally had a lot of fun being your facilitators. Again, thank you for letting us share to you the science spirit!

Recovery Password

Hey, who asked for his/her password to be recovered? The email says that everyone in SUPHYSICS is receiving the notice for password recovery in their GMail accounts.

For security purposes, DO NOT CLICK ON IT. Play safe unless you really have forgotten your password. This could be a small security breach or a misinterpreted bug.

Sad icecream machine

This is a fast paced technological world. So there's a lot of news around. Here's one:

Usually, we eat icecream when there's an occassion. But it has been a forgotten tradition to buy children icecream when they're sad or they've done something nice. So now there's an icecream machine that gives off icecream based on the sad tones of your voice.

Again, the sadder the tone of your voice is, the more the machine gives off icecream.

Image taken from www.we-make-money-not-art.com/

Who says this is only for children?
Depressed? Time to gain some weight!
(Note: this machine is perfect for me!)


Read more at we-make-money-not-art.com.

Technology makes people shy

On to other news....

Okay. Before I receive any comments about why I put this up, let me just say that technology is an application of science. So technically, this is still a "science & technology" news.


image taken from http://www.freeimages.co.uk/


So does technology affect shyness?

So the article over at news.com.au(The Sunday Telegraph) says that iPods make you bright. No, seriously. Technological gadgets and new information technologies such as the infamous MP3 player, the iPod, and the diabolical cell phone and text messaging makes people SHY.

"People shop online, they listen to their iPods rather than the radio -- and they e-mail or text each other rather than talk."
-Ms. Abrahams, Hardvard Business School Researcher

Are you one of them?


Read more at News.Com.Au

THANK YOU!

For those who helped in raising funds for the booth.
For the equipment shared for our exhibits.
For parents who supported.
For the students who have visited.
For the heartwarming comments and feedbacks.
For the kids who came back almost every night.
For our floating pig ^_^
And for the majors who have sweat hard, slept less, lost their voices, and hardly ate.

Our hardships did not come to waste.

Congratulations and a thousand Thanks to all.

In behalf of the Physics majors, it has been an honor to serve you.

BOOTH OF THE YEAR

It can finally be told. The road to the booth area has finally come to an end. And while it might sound cliché, I just couldn’t resist saying it:

They came… they saw… and, yes… they conquered.

When, finally, the last nail was hammered down, and theirs stood as merely one of the scores of tents that dotted the battlefield, it all boiled down to what their knights could do. The Knights of Physics rode fast and hard, and the outcome was no less than utterly decisive:
JPPS got

• Best Academic Booth Exhibit
• Best Academic Booth Gimmick
• BOOTH OF THE YEAR

Sorry, couldn’t resist adding a little drama there.

If you saw them work as hard and as passionately as they did (literally sweating it out) every single night, you’ll know they truly deserve no less than this. When a bunch of very brilliant and gifted youngsters, no matter how few they are, embrace the spirit of teamwork, this is what you get… complete and utter victory.

Perhaps Eliel, president of this bunch, had summed it all up when he sent me a text after the results were announced:
“...All glOry 2 GOD…”

To all those who supported, THANK YOU.

To all our BS Physics students, CONGRATULATIONS.

We, the faculty, staff and alumni are all so proud of you.

This is it

To the Physics community of S.U..., alumni, faculty, staff, friends....
and fellow physicists!


Here we are

(initial pictures)


notice the crowd!!!! sikat au ang physics sa booth area

The making of the Physics Booth

IMAGE SLIDESHOW: (Working on Physics Booth)

VIDEO: The Making of Physics Booth (with most Physics majors present)



VIDEO: The Making Part 2 (2nd Floor)

salamat

Hello! mga kuya n ate...and Dr. Hope Bandal...

In behalf of the Junior Philippine Physics Society of Silliman University, I express my deepest appreciation for your support in realizing our booth.

Construction is done, and we're good to go... interior design na lang kulang..

hence, to: Dr. Hope Bandal, Von Ryan Locsin, Mona Lisa Ragay, Juvelyn Reniva, Mark Jason Alcala, Carm Albert Boiser, Josh Emmanuel Alquiza, Raymund Vincent Piñero, Anatoly Karpov Buss, Liza Marie Dangkulos, Toribio Ortega III, Alex Ramil Aguel

Salamat...salamat...salamat...
thank you au for all your support!!!!!

Booth Complete! (well, almost)

The booth was finished by the pandays last Thursday (as far as I could recall). There are a few fixes and improvements that we will be doing this Monday (because its a holiday).

Anyway, here are the pictures and video clips for the day:


(Booth photo taken today, Aug. 18, 07)




Stairs onto the 2nd floor



You may enter for P5.00



The 2nd floor


The 2nd floor



It must feel good up there!

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Videos:
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VIDEO: A view of the booths



Just a little fun at the Physics booth:



Thanks again everyone!