ANNUAL REPORT 2016

RTE Chicken Arroz Caldo with the “Pack of Hope” brand requires no preparation, can be enjoyed without a drink and is stable for one year. This high achievement earned ITDI-DOST an honorable place in the international research and development community.

Intellectual Properties 2010 - 2016

To date, a total of 255 scientific articles have been published in peer-reviewed journals at home and abroad. ITDI has provided technical interventions to a wide range of industrial, government and academic clientele by carrying out testing and analysis, calibration and other specialist technical services (i.e. packaging, environmental technology verification or ETV, energy audit, etc.).

Figure 3. Scientific papers published in ISI/ISBN journals

TECHNICAL SERVICES

NETWORKS

ITDI International and Local Linkages

INDUSTRY

CONSULTATIONS/

TECHNOLOGY FORUM

HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT &

CONSOLIDATED BUDGET

DOST-ITDI has been shortlisted for the 2016 R&D 100 Awards, joining the ranks of 100 finalists comprising world-renowned R&D agencies, companies and universities from around the world. The R&D 100 Awards, often referred to as the "Oscars of Inventions", honor the 100 most innovative technologies and services for the 54th time, e.g.

2016 FIVE MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

Best Institute Award for Utility Model (UM)
Development of Competence of the DOST Food Innovation
ONELab Project
Abaca Fiber-Reinforced Composite Roof
Science-based

Development of competence in DOST Food Innovation in the DOST Food Innovation Center (FIC) and recognition of most innovative products. DOST-ITDI implemented the project titled “Development of competence in DOST Food Innovation Center (FIC) and recognition of most.

Enhancing the competitiveness

Packaging technology and interventions for frozen and fresh durian, sweet potato, cut flowers (rose and chrysanthemum) and smoked fish had already been developed, while packaging studies for broccoli, cauliflower, mangosteen and mango are ongoing. In addition, packaging design and branding for smoked fish and sweet potato were completed, as well as the initial shipments of frozen durian to Japan and fresh durian to Singapore using the developed packaging technology.

Modified starches

Bioplastics from blends

Innovative,

Materials derived from renewable resources not only help reduce solid waste problems, but also minimize carbon dioxide emissions and dependence on fossil resources. Cassava starch is a widely available natural resource while PLA is a biodegradable thermoplastic made from renewable resources.

Surface modification of

To solve this problem, nanomaterials from local natural resources such as zeolite (nanozeolite) are being developed for water purification. The results of antimicrobial testing by disc diffusion method and heavy metal analysis by AAS were promising, indicating the potential of these modified local nanozeolite materials for water purification.

In the Philippines, accessibility to safe drinking water is a problem not only in rural areas but also in urban areas such as the National Capital Region due to shortages and water pollution. Evaluation of the microbial, physical and chemical properties of the rainwater collected and stored in the installed systems is ongoing.

Deployment of low cost modular type rainwater

The main objective of the study is to obtain and establish scientific data on the corrosion and corrosion performance characteristics of test panels consisting of electronics. Minor changes in terms of appearance, weight, color and gloss were observed on the surface of the test panels.

South East Asian atmospheric corrosion exposure study of

Corrosion products developed on the retrieved metal-based samples with exposure time will also be characterized. Therefore, NIMS decided to extend the project to five years to determine the effect of long-term exposure on the test panels.

The obtained test panels were then sent to Japan's NIMS for further characterization and evaluation. Acquisition will now be in years three and five, rather than years two and three as originally proposed.

By focusing on the green properties of abaca fibers, researchers from MSD (Materials Science Division) have developed an abaca fiber-reinforced composite for the manufacture of an environmentally friendly tricycle driver's roof. The eco-friendly abaca fiber reinforced composite roofs for the tricycle driver were distributed to the members of the General Santos Street Lower/Upper Bicutan Taguig Tricycle Operators-Drivers Association, Inc. GSS.

Plans for

With the merger of MGD and the Environmental and Biotechnology Division to form the EBD, and the retirement of most of its scientists, biotechnology research took a back seat. With the completion of preliminary studies by its staff, biosensors and nanobiotechnology will be among those to be prioritized.

However, with this year's successful transfer of the food color technology from Monascus purpureus, a resurgence of biotechnology R&D at ITDI is expected in 2017. The Environment and Biotechnology Division (EBD) has developed a compact wastewater treatment system for quick service restaurants (QSRs) that will require less space and capital. Furthermore, the purification efficiency of the compact wastewater treatment system will be improved by bioaugmentation using immobilized microbial cells.

This project can be considered as a government initiative to help fast food industries meet the effluent (wastewater discharged after treatment) standard set by the Philippine Clean Water Act at a lower cost, which is beneficial to both the population as the community. because this affects environmental and health problems.

Compact wastewater treatment system

This compact system is so flexible that it can be fitted with existing oil and grease traps and/or other existing primary treatment units.

Nanozeolite- based

State-of-the-art

ADMATEL milestones

The Enhancement Program provides state-of-the-art equipment and facilities, and technical expertise to provide credible measurement services to every user in the country to meet the current and future situation. The program was benchmarked against the capabilities of the National Institute of Metrology of Thailand (NIMT) through a proxy survey comparing the economic profiles of Thailand and the Philippines, which showed that the top-scoring industrial divisions of both countries fared with agree with each other. This was validated by the 2012 data from NSO Thailand and the Philippine Statistics Authority, as shown in Table 2.

This will strengthen 13 existing measurement areas and establish 9 new areas within physical, chemical and biological metrology.

Enhancement program of the NML

The Physical Performance Testing Laboratory under the Standards and Testing Division recently purchased new rubber testing equipment, namely Ozone Test Chamber, Volume Resistance Tester, Rebound Resistance Tester, Brittle Temperature Tester, Universal High Column Testing for flexible/elastic materials and Softening Machine for sampling. With these acquisitions, new testing services are now available and this will apply to ISO/IEC accreditation. Two more test devices, the Bursting Machine and the Ignition Apparatus, arrived later in the year and will be available to customers starting in the first semester of 2017.

With the completion of the facility, the Philippines can now join ASEAN through ITDI.

Rubber testing laboratory

The OneLab Project in its Phase 2-Y2 implementation has officially launched the OneLab Customer Portal on April 27, 2016 at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza. The portal serves as an online information center that provides detailed guidance to customers on their testing and calibration requirements, as well as quote requests and online access to track the status of their testing requirements. Also, a year-end event, the OneLab Networking Forum, was held on December 20, 2016 at Acacia Hotel, Alabang, Muntinlupa City.

The meeting was attended by all members of the OneLab network, where they shared and learned best practices of efficient and sustainable laboratories, and received updates from accreditation bodies such as the Philippine Accreditation Bureau (PAB) and Food and Drug.

Thermal process validation services

Modular multi-industry innovation center

The DOST

Food Innovation Centers program

In addition to the equipment developed by DOST, ITDI is also equipping all FICs with automated can sealers so that their water retorts can process canned food; and drying cabinets, one of the most basic drying devices. Strategically selected FICs have been equipped with state-of-the-art thermal validation systems for use in establishing feeding schedules for pasteurized and sterilized FIC products. Development of DOST FIC competencies and recognition of the most innovative FIC products.

The first public presentation of the FIC products, with a total of 200 products from all four DOST-developed food processors.

Table 4. Most innovative products per equipment category

51The TSD (Technological Services Division) is

Techno-transfer and

Improved

Using an improved chelation method, CED researchers produced highly purified pharmaceutical grade calcium carbonate from nanoprecipitated calcium carbonate.

Pharmaceutical-grade calcium carbonate

FINANCIAL

MANAGEMENT

Research and

Development - P88.6 M

Testing and Analysis and Promotion and

Marketing of

HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

Another outstanding intervention for the development of staff competence was the numerous seminars, trainings and conferences attended by staff in 2016 in international and local settings, including internal seminars organized by the Staff Development Committee (SDC) in collaboration with different departments.

Table 8. Field of TrainingFigure 25. Scholars’ field of study

ITDI Graduates 2010-2016

DOST-ITDI therefore now joins the ranks of 100 finalists comprising world-renowned R&D agencies, companies and universities from around the world. The R&D 100 Awards, started in 1963, honor the 100 most innovative technologies and services developed around the world and brought to market in the previous year. The honorees were presented with their honors at the annual Black Tie Awards Dinner last November 3, 2016 at the Gaylord National Resort and Conference Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland (Washington, D.C.).

AWARDS

Knowledge Enhancement

Organizational Change

OUTCOME

ITDI R

O AD MAP

Appropriate management systems improvement: (on-going)

Components of project management system incorporated/enhanced in all R&D projects to be implemented

R&D (2017 onwards)

New researches
Establishment of new and enhanced laboratories and development centers a. Green composite materials lab (2017-2022)
Data mining on R&D archives on material science and biotechnology for food and other industrial applications (2017-2022)
Enhancement of the competence and capabilities of the National Metrology

Capacity Building and Capacity Building of the National Metrology Capacities of the National Metrology Laboratory (NML) of the Philippines. Metrology Laboratory (NML) of the Philippines” with a total budget of about ₱998 million will be implemented for 5 years starting January 2017. 395 million will be used for the purchase of reference standards and measuring equipment, manpower augmentation, and facility renovation and expansion.

A total of 10 measurement areas will be improved and established, which translates into new measurement services for the industry.

2017 Major Projects

R&D Projects (GAA-funded)

R&D Projects (Assisted)

Publications (ISI)

Publications (ISBN)

Papers

Presented

Blessie Basilia, Philippine Association of Food Technologists Conference 2016, July 2016, Philippines Treatment of Molasses-Based Distillery Effluent Using Anaerobic Sequence Reactor. Myra Tansengco, NAST 38th Annual Scientific Conference, July 2016, Philippines Biochemical profile of cocoa beans from selected fermenters in Davao. Australian Conference on Composite Material, October South Korea Abaca Fiber Reinforced Composite for Tricycle Roofing Application.

Ursula Bigol et al, Convention on the Rapid Detection of Clinically Important Microbes Using Molecular Techniques, Philippine Network Microbial Culture Collection, 19 November 2016, Philippines.