BUCS Physics Department

It's that time of year again. The 2026 BS Meteorology 3 Thesis Proposal Defense is scheduled on May 25, 26 and 28. Good luck to the juniors!

Thesis final defense schedule today: May 18, 2026
Good luck!

𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥-𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩!

BU STORM and the Physics and Meteorology Department congratulate who won their places in the 𝘽𝙞𝙘𝙤𝙡 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙍&𝘿 2026. Your dedication to deliver your success has reached the skies to its limit as we support everyone's journey and create the light up ahead.

To more achievements ahead, Winners of R&D 2026!

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𝑩𝒊𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑴𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝑨𝒏𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 2026!

Our 𝐁𝐒 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐲 truly shone at the 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 2026, held last 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 24–25 at the 𝐋𝐮𝐱𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥, 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐠 𝐀𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞, 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐳𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬. We are incredibly proud to announce that our team brought home 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑 (4) 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 for their Oral and Poster Presentations!

In line with this year's theme of 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑶𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔: 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑴𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓-𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 —these achievements highlight our department's dedication to scientific innovation and a safer Philippines.

🥇 1𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 — 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝘆
𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗡 𝗥𝗨𝗘𝗟 𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗔𝗕𝗔

"𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 2018 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐮𝐳𝐨𝐧, 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐮𝐚𝐥-𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬"

𝐂𝐨-𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬: Wei-Yu Chang, Marco Polo Ibañez, Decibel Faustino-Eslava, Marcelino Villafuerte II, Chin-Tzu Fong, and Ben Jong-Dao Jou

🥇 1𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 — 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲
𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗡 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗟 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗥𝗔

"𝐇𝐲𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 1"

𝐂𝐨-𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬: Liana Mariecris N. Basallote, Mikylla D. Mendina, Edmon John R. Monda, and Jason P. Punay

🥈 2𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 — 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝘆
𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗟 𝗕𝗘𝗡𝗝𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗨𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗥

"𝐖𝐑𝐅 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐢 (2020): 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐑𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧"

𝐂𝐨-𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬: Addie Faye C. De Leon, Vya Ranielle L. Ordoña, Pennylope L. Peyra, Gerry Bagtasa, Vince Jay S. Seda, and Jason P. Punay

🥉 3𝗿𝗱 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 — 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝘆
𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗔 𝗚𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗢

"𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 (𝐋𝐓𝐂𝐬) 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 2000 𝐭𝐨 2024"

𝐂𝐨-𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬: Johnn Luis F. Escalante, Ghia Del Cielo L. Macayan, Ma. Isabella A. Valdez, John Michael P. Aguado, Mark H. Daen, Henric R. Jandoc

Fueled by a passion for scientific discovery, our students and faculty are leading the way towards a 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. Keep your eyes on the clear horizons and soaring high, 𝐁𝐔 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬! 𝐏𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐧! ✨

Scheduled final defense on Friday, February 13, 2026.
Good luck, seniors!

Scheduled final defense on Thursday, January 29, 2026.
Good luck, seniors!

Best of luck, seniors!

Scheduled final defense today, December 21, 2025.

Good luck, seniors!

Scheduled Final Defense tomorrow, December 19, 2025.
Best of luck, seniors!

Scheduled Thesis Final Defense, December 17, 2025.
Best of luck, seniors!