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Department Department of Science and Technology X Current Year Appropriations

Agency Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development Supplemental Appropriations

Operating Unit Continuing Appropriations

Organization Code (UACS) 19-013 Off-Budget Account

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Part A I. Operations

MFO 1 - Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development Policy Services

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Performance Indicators 1. No. of policy advisories provided

16 - - - 16 16 - - - 16 2. Average percentage of

policy advisories rated satisfactory or better

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3. Percentage of policy advisories that have been updated, issued and disseminated within the last three (3) years

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MFO 2: Research and Development Management Services for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology

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Performance Indicators 1. Number of proposals evaluated

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Physical Targets

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Variance as of March

2015 Physical Accomplishments

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BAR No. 1 QUARTERLY PHYSICAL REPORT OF OPERATION

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Percentage of projects recommended for approval that subsequently received funding through the governing council/EXECOM

90% 90% 90% 90% 90% 100% - - - 100% -10% Percent accomplishment includes release of DOST funds to PCIEERD monitored projects Percentage of Project

proposals acted upon within 4 months

90% 90% 90% 90% 90% 100% - - - 100% (10%)

2. Number of ongoing projects monitored

50 50 50 50 200 244 - - - 244 (44) Percentage of projects

completed within the past four years that are published in recognized journals or utilized by industry

90% 90% 90% 90% 90% 93% - - - 93% -3%

Percentage of monitored projects reviewed within the year

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Part B

Major Programs/Projects

Electronics Industry Operation and Improvement of the Electronics Product Development Center

- Rehabilitation/

Construction of EPDC Building is almost done - Conducted software training for Altium Designer and

Solidworks (Design and Flow Simulation) Establishment of the Advance

Materials Testing Laboratory (ADMATEL)

- Generated income of P953.3K & added fourteen (14) new customers in Q1'2015 - Meeting/Marketing Roadshow with the Association of SEIPI Purchasing Managers (ASPA)

COMPETITIVE INDUSTRIES

- Increased revenue by 50%

- Increased number of clients by 50%

- Market ADMATEL services across other Industries and Academe

- Set-up infrastructure, tools and equipment for the elctronics product development center

- Conduct human resource development workforce KRA No. 3 - Rapid, Inclusive

and Sustained Economic Growth

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Establishing the Philippine Institute of Integrated Circuits

- Trained 156 trainees - Developed four (4) training modules Manufacturing

Integration of Testing Services for Rubber and Rubber-based Products

- Started the renovation of the selected rooms for housing the equipment - Two (2) ITDI Staff and two (2) PCIEERD staff participated in the Benchmarking activity in Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) Physical Testing Laboratory, Rubber Products Exhibition Centre (IRPECM) and Standard Measure Rubber (SMR) Laboratory Photocatalytic Multi-

functional Natural Fiber Blended Technical Textile and Materials

- No progress report submitted as of 1st quarter of 2015 (Monitoring is done on a semestral basis) Smart Textile Biopolymers R&D Program

National R&D Program for Natural Rubber Processing and Rubber Products Manufacturing - Renovation of laboratory facility

- Conduct of training

- Method validation and uncertainty measurement

- ZnO, TiO2 and ZnO-TiO, nanofinished pineapple, pineapple silk and abaca fabrics with enhanced UV blocking property - Technology on the application of nano ZnO nano TiO, and ZnO-TiO, nanocomposite on pineapple, pineapple-silk and abaca - Efficiency and durability evaluation of the ZnO, TiO, and ZnO- TiO, nanofinish

- Faculty immersion

- Training modules and trainess

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Durable and Regenerable Biocidal Hydantoin-grafted Polyester and Lignocellulosic-fiber containing Textiles

- No progress report submitted as of 1st quarter of 2015 (Monitoring is done on a semestral basis)

Assessment of the Terrestrial Biodiversity in the Selected Key Mining Areas in Mindanao

- Completed the wet and dry seasons surveys - Completed preservation of the voucher flora and fauna specimens

- Organized 100% of the flora and fauna data sets - 85% done with the data analysis

Assessment of the Aquatic Biodiversity in the Selected Key Mining Areas in Mindanao

- Consolidated results on aquatic biodiversity assessment in freshwater and marine ecosystems - Completed dry and wet data collection - On-going Laboratory works and consolidation of year 2 data

Mining and Minerals Industry

S&T Program for Responsible Mining in Mindanao

- Hydantoin-grafted natural fiber-blended textiles - Technology on the grafting, charging and recharging of hydantoin on natural fiber blended textiles

- Prototype hydantoin-grafted natural fiber-blended textiles for technical apparels and functional materials

- Disseminate and validate project findings

- Draft of scientific articles for publication and paper presentations

- Terrestrial biodiversity and monitoring plan

- Identify riparian flora in identified study sites - Hematology description of bioindicator species - Identify plankton and macroinvertebrate specimens - Information, Education Campaign

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Monitoring, Assessment and Profiling of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Selected Areas in Mindanao, Philippines

- Introduced alternative processing of mined ores through the application of Integrated Copper- Gold Pilot Processing Plant Project.

- Over one hundred (100) leaflets on Health and Safety and Chemical Handling were

distributed during the symposium.

Contamination Pathway and Pollution Management of Mining in Selected Areas in Mindanao, Philippines

- Gathered climate data on precipitation, temperature, humidity and rain fall data at PAG- ASA Hinatuan

- Identified

environmental hotspots at Surigao City, Surigao del Sur, Agusan del Sur - Digested water samples and analyzed heavy metals and Cyanide concentrations - Design Intervention, Programs and Policies (IFP) attuned to the

Mining Act and other relevant laws for the sustainable development of the ASGM sub-sector in Mindanao

- Provide topographic features and climate data on precipitation, temperature, humidity, etc

- Identify environmental hotspots

- Assess impact of ASGM on the environment

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Rehabilitation of Areas Affected by nickel Mining in CARAGA Region Towards Eco-restoration

- Developed an engagement with Platinum Group Metals Corp (PGMC) and another potential partner is San Roque Metals Inc (SRMI)

- Conducted soil and litter analysis of samples from the field of HMC and TMC (in both rehabilitated and Ecobelt Area)

Alternative Technology for Processing of Chromite and Laterite Ores: Fe-Ni-Cr-C Alloy Production

- Mass and energy balance comparison between the existing technology and the proposed technology Development of an

Alternative Technologies for Small-Scale Gold mining in CARAGA and South Cotabato Region

- Ore crushing and milling of ore samples were conducted - Analysis of data is almost done. The team is still waiting for the other results of the analysis.

- Optimal Iodide-iodine concentration is already determined

- Information on gaps between recommended rehabilitation program and the implemented program

- Population re-establishment of keystone species through assisted natural regeneration (ANR) in mining areas

- Establish the optimal conditions for reduction smelling of chromite and laterite ores

- Assess the feasibility of the alternative technology for processing of chromite and laterite ore mixture - Physical and chemical analysis of samples

- Reports and graphs on the effect of different parameters - Comparison of gold recovery of the two (2) leaching methods

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ICT for Responsible Mining: Use of GIS, DSS, Datamining in Selected Areas in Mindanao

- Setting up of online interface for user's manual

- DNS is change to mining.carsu.edu.ph - Launching of the mining portal Bench Scale Metallurgical

Testing of Selected Philippine Iron Resources to Determine Most Suitable Ironmaking Technology for Value Adding

- No progress report submitted as of 1st quarter of 2015 (Being evaluated)

Profiling of Black-sand in the Philippines

- No progress report submitted as of 1st quarter of 2015 (Recently approved last April 28, 2015)

Proj. 1 - Conservation of Native Metallophytes, Phytochemistry of Nickel Hyperaccumulators and Phytostabilization and Restoration of Mined-Out Areas in Palawan, Surigao and Zambales

- Discussion regarding the proposed pilot setup in MMC, together with the representatives of MMC.

- Nursery visit and survey of possible sites for the pilot plantation.

R&D Program on Copper, Nickel, Iron, Gold & Chromite for Industrial and Emerging Applications

- Demonstrate plots of restored mined-out area using native metallophytes

- Phytostabilization technology - Policy paper and IEC materials - Phytomining protocol

Program for Rehabilitation and Restoration of Mined-Out Areas Through Phytotechnologies

- Explore the possible establishment of an ironmaking pilot plant in the Philippines

- Partner with identified ironmaking technology providers in bench sclae tests for locally available iron ore concentrates

- Mineralogical and sedimentological characterization of selected black sand deposits in the Philippines

- Quantify Fe, Ti, Zr, V and other trace elements in black sand deposits

- Economic valuation of other trace elements that will be identified from black sand deposits

- Web-based Information system for the different project components

- Application for feedback mechanism and in-situ attribute/

information submission to the system - Data collection, processing and normalization

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Project 2. Metal Bio- Indicator Plant Species of the Philippines

- Plant propagation set- ups were established in the 5 sites in

collaboration with our institutional partners - Completed

hydroponics experiments for 5 species of ferns to monitor effects of varying concentrations of copper on rhizome and rhizoid growth and on a tuberous crop plant.

Project 3. Copper and Arsenic Recovery as a Post Mining Activity Using Indigenous Plant

- No progress report submitted as of 1st quarter of 2015

Bridging the Competency Gap Phase 2

- No progress report submitted as of 1st quarter of 2015 Coils in Gels: Developing

Capability to Investigate gel composite

viscoelasticity

- Assembled and aligned the optical tweezer system with fully functioning dual- optical traps: AOD inserted for manipulation of drive laser (1064nm), QPD aligned for detection of 830nm laser.

- Collect plant propagule

- Nursery experiments (in-situ/ex-situ) - Growth chamber experiments - Field testing (in-situ)

- Plant nursery in Ateneo de Manila University with plant hyperaccumulators growing as stock for mining areas - Workshop with partners in CSU, XU and Dr. Doronila with Melbourne University

- Support 12 capability building activities - Support 12 R&D projects

- Micro rheology protocols using optical tweezers Support to Industry Competitiveness

Developing Capabilities for Biophysics (Coils, Cells and Gels)

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Flow to Gel: Developing Capability to Implement Optical Tweezers with Microfluidics for Homogenized Gelling

- Improvements to the coupling of the microfluidic device to the twin optical tweezer setup.

- Rheometry experiments were carried out and gelling time of fibrin gels has been determined.

Cells as Gels: Developing Capability for high Throughput Cell Elasticity Sorting

- Prepared round suspended fibroblasts with pre-attached fibronectin-coated bead for elasticity

measurements of living cell

- Developed particle identification LabVIEW program for semi- automated trapping in microfiuidic chamber PCIEERD Human Resources

Development Program

- Provided Support for:

Conduct of Seminar - 4;

Paper presentation in conference and training - 14; Balik Scientists Program - 8 - Semi-automated cell viscoelasticitymeasurement system using a

twin optical tweezerand microfluidic chamber system (TOT- MCS)

- Support research attachment/faculty immersion/seminars/conferences

- Support researchers to attend/ present research work in conference and training and PCIEERD Staffdev - Balik Scientists

- Twin optical tweezer and microfluidic chamber system (TOT- MCS)

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Support to S&T Competition - Top 5 finalists for the

"Outstanding R&D Award" from Energy and Emerging

Technology sectors were already chosen and will present their project on May 2015

Enterprise Center for Technopreneurship:

Outreach

- Identification of participating

universities, schools and stakeholders

- Exploratory meetings with deans, faculty and possible mentors Establishment of a Green

Technology Business Incubation (GTBI) facility in West Visayas State University (WVSU)

- Creation/Launching of GTBI Website

- Coordination with DTI, LGUs of Iloilo (they were able to get a pledge of commitment from Iloilo City local government) - Applicants have presented to Steering Committee

- Processing/evaluating of the entries received - Announcement of new S&T Competition - Dissemination of competition mechanics

- Identify participating universities, schools and stakeholders - Exploratory meetings with deans, faculty and possible mentors

- Create/Launch GTBI Website

- Coordinate with DTI and Identified LGUs

- Recruit interested TBI incubatees Institutionalization and Strengthening of Technology Business Incubation

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Support for the

Establishment of the DOST- UP Cebu TBI at the South Reclamation Project (SRP) campus of the University of the Philippines Cebu (UP Cebu)

*in coordination/tie-up with BOI’s Industry Development Program

- Joined and market the tbi on 23 events - 7 virtual locators accepted (more than target, 5 locators) - Conducted 7 trainings for staff and TBI locators

Information Dissemination and Promotion of Technologies

- Coordination meeting with DOST agencies for the 2015 NSTW

Support to Policy Development and R&D Management Activities

- Received and evaluated 32 project proposals

Support to Regional S&T Consortia

- Continue R&D related workshops with Consortia members - Review and update S&T policies

- Evaluate incoming R&D project proposals

- Review/monitor the proposed plan of each division if it is being implemented

- Planning workshop - Call for Proposals

- Monitor ongoing consortia projects - Capacitate consortia members in R&D Policy Development, Planning and Advocacy

- Market, advertise, promote and attend to tbi related activities - Disseminate virtual locators

- Conduct trainings for staff and TBI locators

- National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) & National Biotechnology Week (NBW) Exhibits

- Attend on media interviews - Conduct press conferences

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FOOD SECURITY Development of a Dipstick Assay Format for Detection of Salmonella in Food and Feeds

- DNA fragments were generated from amplifieds products of 200bp to 300bp - Prepared 20 dipsticks with absorbed probes stored at room Temperature.

Pilot Scale Standardization of Products & Processes using Drum Drying Technology on Selected Raw Materials (Mango, Banana & Makapuno)

- Completed validation studies for mango and banana (3 trials each) - Established processing conditions for drum dried makapuno flakes, on-going shelf life study - Conducted application studies of the 3 products to corn flakes, oatmeal, bakery products, polvoron - Produce amplicons and label as probes accordingly

- Establish dipstick concept assay protocol Food Safety and Quality Program for MSMEs

- Shelf-life of drum dried makapuno flakes

- Product application of drum dried fruits and makapuno Development of Industrial Intermediate Food Products and Ingredients from Local Raw Material Sources

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Field Testing and Validation Study of Retort Food (Arroz Caldo) as Disaster Mitigation/Relief Food using DSWD's and LGU's Distribution Protocol

- No progress report submitted as of 1st quarter of 2015 (Recently approved extension)

Project 1. Development of Plasma Technology for the Sterilization of Food Products, Packaging, and Contact Surfaces in Food Processing

- Average D values necessary for the establishment of treatment protocols were determined for E.coli, Salmonella, Listeria in APJ plasma treated coconut water Development of Oyster

Powder for Use as an Ingredient and Condiment

- Ongoing establishment of appropriate dilution of oyster meat to water at 1:0.5, 1:1, 1:2, 1:3 - Three (3) oyster powder products was processed and will be analysed for its physical and chemical attributes.

- Continue shelf-life study

- Continue conduct of performance evaluation of retort food during aerial, land and water distribution

- Develop treatment protocols for fast and effective plasma sterilization of food products packaging, and contact surfaces in food processing

Development of Innovative Food Products from Local Raw Materials (based on current product trends) and Improvement of Existing Local Food Products

Development of Plasma Technologies for Non-Thermal Sterilization of Food Products, Packaging and Contact Surfaces, and Enhancement of Food Packaging Properties

Program on Enhancing market Potentials and Competitiveness of Oyster and Oyster-based Products - Optimize process in the production of safe and high quality oyster extract powder (OEP)

- Product characteristics/specifications

- Consumer acceptable products from oyster powder

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Production, Characterization and Application of Red Pigment Produced by Monascus Purpureus M1018

- No progress report submitted as of 1st quarter of 2015 (Started its 2nd year of implementation last March 1)

Project 1. Improving the Quality of Solid Cocoa Liquor including Molded Cocoa Nibs and

Developing the Capability of Small Scale Processors in the Manufacture of Intermediate Cocoa Products

- Coordinated with CocoaPhil on the transfer of experimental beans (5 lots) from Davao to Manila - Appropriate extraction time could not be established as the difference in the volume of butter extracted was almost equal.

Project 2. Microbial Community and Biochemical Profiling for Microbial Augmentation and Development of Quality Indicators for Cacao Fermentation and Processing

- DNA has been extracted from samples and PCR amplification using yeast-, LAB- and LAB-AAB-specific primers are underway - Fermented cacao bean samples from Day 0 to Day 5 of fermentation were frozen immediately after sampling to stabilize the samples - Establish processing parameters for solid cocoa liquor/ molded

cocoa nib and improved its hygiene & sensory properties

- Determine processing parameters for intermediate cocoa products using the designed and fabricated cocoa bean processing line

- Appropriate storage conditions for developed/improved products

- Microbial community profile in fermentation of cacao using molecular methods

-Chemical changes occurring during fermentation of cacao - Enumeration and isolation of microorganims present during cacao fermentation from different fermentaries

Microbial colorants and Bioflavorants

Program on Technological Support for the Upgrading of Local Cacao and Cocoa Industry - Continue optimization of conditions for the bench scale production of Monascus purpureus M1018 colorant - Continuie characterization of colorant from Monascus - Conduct stability and shelf-life studies on the colorant produced by Monascus

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- Data on plate count of yeast, LAB, AAB and other bacteria already gathered but still being analyzed

Project 4. Design and Fabrication of Equipment for the Production of Local Cocoa Products

- Continued the in-house testing and debugging of traditional equipment - Developed process for roasting cacao beans in 10 mins. at 120^oC and 130^oC to a loading capacity of 10kg Development of

Nanobiosensors and Nanostructured Materials from Agricultural By- products for Enhancement of Food and Agricultural Productivity and for Environmental Sensing and Remediation

- No progress report submitted as of 1st quarter of 2015 - In-house testing and debugging of chocolate equipment

- Performance testing of the units

- Bench-scale production of Filters for the Removal of Arsenic from Contaminated Water Using Modified Biopolymer- Silica Nanocomposite Materials

- Bench-scale Production of Nanosensors for the Detection and Analysis of Arsenic in Contaminated Water

- Bench-scale Production of Hand-held Nanosensors for Methane Using Zinc Oxide Thin Film

- Bench Scale Verification of Nano-Encapsulated Plant Growth Regulators for the Production of High Value Crops

- Hemicellulose Extraction, Process Development and Toxicological Evaluation of a Hemicellulose-

chitosan/tripolyphosphate (polyphosphate) Nanocomposite Coating for the Postharvest-life Extension of Papaya (Carica papaya L.) Fruits

- Optimization and Bench-scale Preparation of Pectin-

Gelatin/Nanocellulose Biocomposite Coatings from Mango Peel and Nata de Coco for the Postharvest-Life Extension of Mango

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Bench-scale Production of Food-grade Nanoprecipitated Calcium Carbonate from Local Limestone

Wind Resource Assessment for Wind Power Systems

- The wind monitoring equipment in Surigao del Sur, Palawan, and General Santos have been gathering data since their installation.

- The data logger collects data every 10 minutes, averages every hour, and records hourly and daily averages.

Improvement of Locally Designed Micro-Hydro Turbines and

Establishment of MHP Test Rig

- No progress report submitted as of 1st quarter of 2015 - Plant set-up for the production of food grade NPCC

- Food grade NPCC products - Distribute NPCC to prospective users SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

Engineering Design, Modeling, Assessment Tools and Development of Renewable Energy System - Inventory of existing MHP system

- Planning and Design of Testing facility - Construction of facility

- Design and development of high efficiency turbine - Equipment retrieval

annuum L.) Fruits

- Production of Nanosilica from Rice Hull Ash

- Bench-Scaling of the Production of Cellulosic Nanocrystals from Kawayang-tinik (Bambusa blumeana) and Its Utilization for Renewable Nanomaterials

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Tidal Current Energy Integrated Resource Assessment and Spatial Planning Tool

Project 1. Design and Development of a Smart Home Platform

- Installed/deployed 20 Smart Home System in Kalikasan Homes Subdivision, Palawan Project 2. Design and

Development of an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Emulator Platform

- Completed testing and software debugging -Installed/deployed 20 AMI emulator with Prepaid Metering in United Homes Subdivision, Palawan Project 3. Prepaid Metering

and Smart Home System : Technology Acceptance and Technology Features Studies

- Survey Distribution

Utilities (DUs) are being conducted, currently with 30% return rate Project 1: Energy Efficient

Data Acquisition and Conditioning for the SmartWire Sensor Node Project

-On going design of PCB for testing (Development of the test protocols underway) Smart Grid for Filipino Households

Smart Wire Program

- Tidal current resource maps

- Site suitability assessment for the development of Tidal Current energy

- Web GIS-based marine spatial planning tool for tidal current energy

- Deploy the smart home platform in 20 homes in Palawan - Conduct surveys upoin deployment and after 1-3 months after deployment

- Testing and software debugging

- Deploy AMI emulator with prepaid metering

- Survey with Distribution Utilities (DUs)

- Develop and implement an integrated data acquisition and signal conditioning subsystem with a 4-channel variable timing DAQ

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Project 2: Integrated Energy Harvesting, Storage and Regulation for the SmartWire Sensor Node

- The regulation subsystem is composed of voltage regulators, which are used to convert the noisy 1V energy harvester output to a clean and regualted 0.5V supply used to power the rest of the Smartwire node.

Project 3: Energy Ultra- Low Power Computation and Communication for the SmartWire Sensor Node Project

- The design of the communication subsystem has also been done.

- The node management subsystem for the SmartWire sensor node performs the following tasks: Synchronization, packet assembly and disassembly, power cycling and parameter measurements.

Project 4: Smartwire Resilient Data Transport

- Improve harvesting model to consider realistic components - Implementation of Contiki/Cooja-platform wireless simulation sensor node - Develop and implement an integrated power line and RF

Energy harvesting SmartWire sensor node

- Develop and implement an integrated computation and communication subsystem for power line and Radio frequency communication

- Design and develop the MAC protocol and Cross-Layer module for a large-scale SmartWire sensor network

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Optimization of

Saccharification,Fermentati on and Purification processes for Pilot Scale Ethanol Production from Lignocellulosic Materials

- The saccharification reactor increases the amount of solids incorporated, improves substrate-enzyme contact and improves mixing

- The use of the saccharification Reactor improved the

performance of the enzymatic saccharification Synthesis of Carbon

Nanotubes (CNT) - Silicon Heterojunction for the Fabication and Assembly of a Solar Panel

- 100 % of EM, XPS and AFM were done to analyzed the structure and composition of the CVD-grown CNT films - Already grown CNT using the new CVD furnace system.

Currently optimizing the growth of the CNT particularly in the CNT yield

- Optimum process and optimum conditions for bench-scale ethanol fermentation

- Scale-up design from bench scale data for future pilotscale studies

Program on Fuel Ethanol Production from Lignocellulosic Feedstocks

- Pristine, high-density and predominantly semiconducting CNT film

- Optimized heterojunction characteristics for solar cell applications

- Solar Module Prototype

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A Graphene-Based Electrochemical

Supercapacitor for Solar Cells

- The laser scriber is already prepared and set up, as well.

- The synthesis and the characterization of LSG were done

- The synthesis and the characterization of LSG- Ecs were done and are being optimized Synthesis of Metal Nanowires

and Their Application in Foldable Transparent Conducting Electrode

- No progress report submitted as of 1st quarter of 2015 (Monitoring is done on a semestral basis) Flexible Nanohybrid

Supercapacitor Based on Conducting Polymers and Metal Oxides

- Synthesis of Polyvinyl alcohol, PVA as solid electrolyte

- Reached 60% in chracterization for Compositional analysis, Structural Analysis, & Electro chemical Impedance Measurement

- Synthesis of composite conducting polymer and metal oxides

- Superior quality Laser-Scribed Graphene

- Optimize Laser-Scribed Graphene Electrochemical cell (LSG-EC)

- Energy storage cell - Solar module

- Simple and low cost synthesis method for metal nanowires by chemical reduction at low temperature

- General concept for the oxidation-state control metal nanoparticle

- Cheap and efficient metal nanowire printing process at low temperature

- Preparation and characterization of solid electrolyte - Fabrication of nanocomposite materials based on conducting polymers and metal oxides

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Development of Ink Using Carbon from Straight Pyrolysis of Glycerol as Electrodes in Printed Electronics

- Design and fabrication of home-built furnace for larger scale pyrolysis of glycerol

- High resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) of carbon from pyrolyzed glycerol

Development of Functional Nanocarbon-Based Catalysts for Biomass Conversion Processes

- Microwave induce plasma CNT production equipment undergoing thorough checking, re- starting, and tune up.

Development of a Philippine Metropolitan Advanced Travelers Information System (PhilMATIS)

- The server for the PhilMATIS was delivered last January 28, 2015

- On-going

adjustments/processing of the the data being retrieved to make 5 minutes interval for the data transmission - Database for the flood sensors for correlating traffic with on-

street flooding along Espana Boulevard

- Method of ink formulation and further characte-rization of carbon properties

- Characterization of hydrodynamic, drying properties of carbon ink formulations on different substrates

- Exploratory tests on potential applications of the carbon ink formulation

- Technical and theoretical research implementations - Synthesis of CNT using microwave induce plasma CVD apparatus

Intelligent Transport System (ITS) Program SUSTAINABLE MASS TRANSPORT

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1st Quarter

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3rd Quarter

Advanced Traffic &

Pollution Monitoring and Analysis System Based on GPS Data, Air Quality Data & Engine Status Data from Tracked Taxis in Metro Manila

Integrated Optimal Scheduling of Public Transport System along a Route (PUBFix)

Development of a Customized Local Simulator (LocalSim)

- Enhancements on user interface to create link and node network using QT and Visual Q++

(parallel exploration) - Initial codes written for user interface to build link and node representation of road network

Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIP) for the Targeted Purification of Natural Product Compounds

- No progress report submitted as of 1st quarter of 2015 - Preparation of MIPs for isolation of fractions of pure

compounds (lagundi, banaba and amplaya)

- Analysis, design, development and deployment of traffic prediction model

- Analysis, design, development and deployment of incident and accident detection model

- Inventory of the existing public transport system (city buses) and determine their service operating characteristics

- Pilot test the proposed scheduling scheme of city buses (whether by simulation or actual testing) along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) to determine its effectiveness - Web-based Public Transport Information System for the existing city bus operation in Metro Manila

- Agent-based traffic models - Calibrated traffic simulation model - Integrated ITS database platform

KRA No. 5 - Integrity of the Environment and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE & DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

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3rd Quarter

Design, Fabrication and Evaluation of Monitoring and Sampling Devices for Particulate Matter

- No progress report submitted as of 1st quarter of 2015 Radiation-induced grafting of

nonwoven fabrics for waste water treatment to meet Class C effluent heavy metal standards

Design and Development of Aerial Mapping and Imaging Systems and Standards

- No progress report submitted as of 1st quarter of 2015 Project e-Bayanihan: A

Nationwide Web – Mobile Based System for Participatory Disaster Management

Voices of Yolanda:

Narratives of disaster among the survivors of typhoon Yolanda in Eastern Visayas and Cebu, the Philippines

- Currently on datqa organization and analysis - Ethnography of disaster

- Risk maps

- Documented performance characteristics for the device - Functional prototypes (beta-grade)

- Optimum absorbed dose and monomer concentration obtained - Data for characterized grafted nonwoven fabric and results for initial batch adsorption test

- Research report/conference paper on findings

- Successful deployment and data gatehring on experimental sites - Design, build web based and mobile versions of PINOY PATROL 2.0

- Capacity building

Understanding And Communicating Risk for Community-based DRR Program

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Department Agen~.

Operating Unit Orgrmization Code (liACS)

QUARTERL \' PHYSICAL REPORT OF OPERATIO:'"

A~ ofI?ect;'mber 31. 2014

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Sheller System for DisfiSler _ Prototype tempornry she her tempowf'.'."~helters bnsed

Stricken Areas on existing ~lalldards

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Prepared By:

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