VSU Main Department of Mechanical Engineering

𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧 | DME alumni engineers publish a new research paper.

We congratulate our DME alumni engineers Keen Cabalse, Philip John Paul Credo, Metchie Ulan-ulan, Ralph Roland Pagalan, and Roseben Bañez on the publication of their research output.

Their work explores the potential of Longping 2096 hybrid rice husk as a renewable energy resource, examining how torrefaction affects its biomass and biochar properties, including moisture, volatile matter, ash content, and higher heating value. The findings highlight promising pathways for turning abundant agricultural waste into sustainable fuel.

The paper is published by Springer in the proceedings volume "Towards Sustainable Geographies with Net Zero Carbon Economy" in the Environmental Science and Engineering book series.

Congratulations to the authors on this outstanding achievement!

Read it here: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-29382-4_1

Today marks the end of ≥4 years of hard work, perseverance, and sacrifice. From engineering drawings and CAD models to design calculations, laboratory work, and countless deadlines, every challenge has been part of your journey.

The road was not easy, but you stayed the course. Today, you celebrate not only a degree, but also the resilience, discipline, and growth that brought you here.

From the faculty and staff of the VSU Main Department of Mechanical Engineering, congratulations, BSME Class of 2026!

𝐏𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐧, 𝐁𝐒𝐌𝐄 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔🎓

𝐕𝐒𝐔 𝐃𝐌𝐄 𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧𝐢 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄!

Congratulations to our three (3) alumni for passing the Master Plumbers Licensure Examination (MPLE) conducted on July 11-12, 2026.

𝐌𝐄 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 | Congratulations to 𝙄𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙤 𝙅𝙧. for successfully defending his ME Project Study entitled "𝘕𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘝𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘵: 𝘌𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘖𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭" under the guidance of his adviser, Engr. Ayrton John V. Bantay.

𝐌𝐄 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 | Congratulations to 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘨 for successfully defending his ME Project Study entitled "𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘖𝘧𝘧-𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘥 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘖𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵" under the guidance of his adviser, Engr. Edgardo C. Ochavillo.

𝐌𝐄 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 | Congratulations to 𝘑𝘪𝘯𝘰 𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 for successfully defending his ME Project Study entitled "𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴: 𝘈𝘯 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘗𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘉𝘺-𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴" under the guidance of his adviser, Engr. Vic Angelo L. Impas.

𝐌𝐄 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 | Congratulations to 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭 𝘛𝘢𝘯, 𝘐𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘰 𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘢 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘢 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘴 for successfully defending their ME Project Study entitled "𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘓𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳" under the guidance of their adviser, Engr. Vic Angelo L. Impas.

𝐌𝐄 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 | Congratulations to 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘗. 𝘑𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘨 𝘑𝘳. 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘭 𝘎. 𝘔𝘶ñ𝘦𝘻 for successfully defending their ME Project Study entitled "𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘢𝘴 𝘌𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘙𝘢𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘦 (𝘗𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘺𝘢) 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘩𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘺 (𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘭𝘭𝘢) 𝘍𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘗𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴" under the guidance of their adviser, Engr. Ayrton John V. Bantay.

𝐌𝐄 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 | Congratulations to 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘭 𝘎. 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘻𝘦𝘳 𝘋. 𝘕𝘨𝘰𝘫𝘰 for successfully defending their ME Project Study entitled "𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘋𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘰 (𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘰 𝘓.) 𝘗𝘰𝘥 𝘏𝘶𝘴𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘵 (𝘊𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘴 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘓.) 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘝𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴: 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘢𝘴 𝘌𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯" under the guidance of their adviser, Engr. Ayrton John V. Bantay.

𝐌𝐄 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 | Congratulations to 𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 𝘊𝘭𝘺𝘥𝘦 𝘑. 𝘒𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘺, 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘺 𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘋. 𝘕𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘊. 𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘢 𝘊𝘳𝘶𝘻 for successfully defending their ME Project Study entitled "𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘗𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘠𝘖𝘓𝘖𝘷11𝘯-𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘘𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘚𝘪𝘻𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵" under the guidance of their adviser, Engr. Philip Caesar L. Ebit.