07/05/2026
๐๐๐-๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐
๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐
Huge congratulations to our brilliant innovators from the Department of Materials and Resources Engineering and Technology (DMRET)! Out of ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐๐ nationwide applications, ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ from MSU-IIT have successfully advanced to the ๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ ๐
๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
๐๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ค ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ซ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ of the only three finalist slots for the ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ, proving that our students are leading the way in sustainable industrial solutions.
๐๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ:
๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐จ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฑ: ๐๐ ๐ซ๐จ-๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐-๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ
The Team: Engr. Glenn Ruel F. Maujon, Engr. Maria Elisa Refugio, and Engr. Sean Kenneth Manlupig.
This project transforms ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ค ๐๐ฌ๐กโa common agro-industrial wasteโinto high-value porous silicate powders. By replacing costly, high-pollution silica production with an eco-friendly process, and turning waste into something useful, they are tackling the clusterโs goal of ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.
๐๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ-๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ-๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ง ๐
๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง-๐
๐ข๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
The Team: Engr. Harvey D. Melendrez, Engr. Rodric C. Luceรฑo, and Engr. Edison Limbaga.
SIBOLution addresses the massive ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ by turning mining byproducts and construction leftovers into bricks and tiles. Their low-energy, "๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐" ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ creates building materials that perform like traditional cement but at a fraction of the environmental and financial cost.
Our teams are now headed to ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐โ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐, for the ๐
๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ก!
๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ "๐ฐ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐" ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง!