Silliman student research projects win grant
CEBU CITY — Three Silliman University student research projects have earned a R100,000 grant under the Research and Capstone Project Grant of the Mariano Lao Innovation, Creation and Invention Laboratory (MLICIL).
In a media release shared with Manila Bulletin, Mark Raygan Garcia of the Silliman Office of Information said MLICIL was launched in 2017. The grant is a competitive incentive program that provides a maximum of R100,000 to projects that stimulate new and innovative ideas with an entrepreneurial value.
Garcia said the winning projects are: “SIREN: A Disaster Awareness Information Board, Flood Early Warning and Incident Reporting System for Negros Oriental” by Information Technology seniors Abraham Tourbier, Mark Christian Amores and Kenn Arjay Martinez; “TRACKFORMEDS: A Medication Tracker to Improve Medication Adherence” by Senior High school students Maria Czarina Kinkito and Ellyza Mari Papas and “TRASHFORM: A Cross Platform Mobile and Web Application for Waste Management Awareness and Waste Collection” by Senior Information Technology students Mark Llyod Magcanta, Kyle Samson, and Austine Zillah Laman.
The projects were chosen from among the outputs of the Creativity Camp held earlier this year, Garcia said.
Mariano Lao a successful business tycoon who graduated from Silliman University High School in 1957, attended the awarding ceremony last July 20 where he shared with the students an important lesson on entrepreneurship.
“There will be several occasions wherein no matter how creative your ideas are, doubt will always overcome you and your anxiety over possibilities of failing starts to grow,” he told them.
“One must not fear failure, but rather fear about not trying. Only those who dare to fail can ever achieve something great. So, fail and fail countless times, but never stop trying. It is the determination and unwavering will that will bring you success,” he said.
Silliman President Dr. Betty Cernol-McCann who was also at the awarding rites, reminded the participants that necessity is the mother of invention. She commended how the three winning projects have been developed in response to a human need – medication, disaster awareness and waste management.