MSU IIT Department of Physics

MSU IIT Department of Physics VISION
A world-renowned centre of Physics Education and Research in Southern Philippines.

MISSION
To provide high quality physics education and research outputs for the growth and development of Southern Philippines through advanced and responsive program

๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ โš›๏ธ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’ƒ๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’† ๐‘ช๐’๐’‚๐’Š๐’“๐’† ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’› career spans the fore...
24/08/2026

๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ โš›๏ธ

๐‘ซ๐’†๐’ƒ๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’† ๐‘ช๐’๐’‚๐’Š๐’“๐’† ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’› career spans the forefront of semiconductor technology, advanced packaging, artificial intelligence infrastructure, and emerging computing architectures. From research and development engineering to executive leadership and technology strategy, she has built a career that demonstrates how scientific training can evolve into influencing the technologies that power the modern world.

Today, Debbie serves as ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ Strategy at ๐—•๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ) in ๐™Ž๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฏ๐™š๐™ง๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™, one of the world's leading suppliers of semiconductor assembly equipment. Besi's technologies enable the assembly and packaging of many of the world's most advanced semiconductor devices used in artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, networking, mobile, and data center applications.

In her role, she evaluates how emerging technology megatrends will shape future semiconductor manufacturing requirements. Her work includes studying technology roadmaps, industry adoption patterns, and market opportunities to determine which innovations may become commercially significant and what manufacturing solutions will be required to enable them. Her focus areas include artificial intelligence infrastructure, high-performance computing, advanced packaging, chiplet architectures, co-packaged optics, silicon photonics, and other emerging technology directions.

Prior to Besi, Debbie held leadership positions at ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—š๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—› ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†, ultimately serving as Vice President and Head of Advanced Packaging Equipment Solutions. During her tenure, she helped expand the company's advanced packaging business and technology portfolio, contributing to the growth of equipment solutions used by semiconductor manufacturers worldwide. Earlier in her career, she spent more than seven years in semiconductor research and development, helping develop advanced fan-out packaging technologies and supporting technology transfer programs between the Philippines, Taiwan, and global semiconductor manufacturing organizations. Her work contributed to the industrialization of advanced packaging processes that continue to play an important role in modern electronic devices.

Beyond corporate leadership, Debbie has authored technical papers, presented at international conferences in the US, European countries and Asian countries, and actively participates in discussions surrounding the future of semiconductor manufacturing, advanced packaging, photonics integration, and AI infrastructure. She is a member of IEEE and the IEEE Electronics Packaging Society and regularly engages with industry experts, researchers, customers, and technology leaders from across the global semiconductor ecosystem.

๐Ÿ”— Read the full article:
https://physics.msuiit.edu.ph/alumni/meet-our-alumni/debbie-claire-sanchez

๐Ÿš€ Graduate Physics Orientation: Accelerating Your FutureReady to take the next step in your Physics journey? ๐ŸŒŒ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ...
11/08/2026

๐Ÿš€ Graduate Physics Orientation: Accelerating Your Future

Ready to take the next step in your Physics journey? ๐ŸŒŒ

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Œ๐’ ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ƒ ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ!

Get to know your faculty and staff, research opportunities, curriculum, program outcomes, degree requirements, and practical tips for navigating graduate school. Weโ€™ll also have an Open Forum where you can ask questions and share your expectations.

Date: August 12, 2026 | 3:00โ€“5:00 PM
Location: 3rd Floor Conference Room, PRISM

Come prepared, get connected, and accelerate your future in Physics. โš›๏ธโœจ

See you tomorrow, graduate physicists! ๐Ÿš€

๐Ÿš€ Ready to enter the world of Physics?๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐’ ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‡๐ฒ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐Ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ...
11/08/2026

๐Ÿš€ Ready to enter the world of Physics?

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐’ ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‡๐ฒ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐Ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ‘:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽโ€“๐Ÿ“:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ.

Join us as we explore what lies ahead, from the BS Physics curriculum and program outcomes to faculty advising, research laboratories, career pathways, success tips, and more.

Weโ€™ll also have a ๐พ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘š๐‘”๐‘Ž ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘”-๐‘Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž ๐‘ƒ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘Ž General Assembly.

Date: August 12, 2026 | 3:00โ€“5:00 PM
Location: 2nd Floor Conference Room, PRISM

๐Ÿงช ๐‘ซ๐™ง๐’†๐™จ๐’” ๐’๐™ž๐’Œ๐™š ๐™– ๐™๐’Š๐™˜๐’Œ ๐’‚๐™ฃ๐’… ๐‘ด๐™ค๐’“๐™ฉ๐’š! ๐Ÿ›ธ

See you there! ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ”ฌโœจ

๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ“šThe Department of Physics extends its warmest congratulations to Prof. Le...
10/08/2026

๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ“š

The Department of Physics extends its warmest congratulations to Prof. Leo Cristobal Ambolode, Ph.D., J.D., on earning the degree of Juris Doctor.

While this academic achievement lies beyond the discipline of physics, we are pleased to recognize the diverse academic pursuits and continued professional growth of our faculty members. We celebrate this accomplishment and wish Prof. Ambolode continued success in this new chapter. โš–

๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐š๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐Ÿ‘ ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ โœจHuge congratulations to Assoc. Prof. Christine Joy Aban,...
07/08/2026

๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐š๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐Ÿ‘ ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ โœจ

Huge congratulations to Assoc. Prof. Christine Joy Aban, Ph.D. on earning her Doctorate in Physics from the National Institute of Physics, UP Diliman!

The Department of Physics proudly recognizes this remarkable academic achievement and celebrates her continued contribution to our academic community.

๐€ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ!Please join us in giving a warm round of applause to Assoc. Prof. Louie T. M...
03/08/2026

๐€ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ!

Please join us in giving a warm round of applause to Assoc. Prof. Louie T. Murcia, Ph.D.! He has officially completed his PhD in Physics (Medical Physics specialization) at the University of Newcastle, Australia. ๐Ÿ”ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ

The MSU IIT Department of Physics is beyond proud of you! ๐Ÿ™Œ

๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ƒ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ!We are proud to celebrate this yearโ€™s three graduates, three brilliant women who have ...
03/08/2026

๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ƒ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ!

We are proud to celebrate this yearโ€™s three graduates, three brilliant women who have successfully completed their doctorates.

Their journey is a reminder to anyone working toward a long-term goal that real progress takes time. Success isn't built overnight. It is built in the quiet moments when you choose to show up, stay patient, and keep moving forward even when the finish line feels far away.

Thank you, graduates, for your dedication.

Congratulations, Doctors! Wishing you immense success in your future endeavors.

๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ!We are proud to honor 9 Master of Scienc...
03/08/2026

๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ!

We are proud to honor 9 Master of Science in Physics graduates and 1 Master of Physics graduate.

Through sleepless nights, endless cups of coffee, failed lab runs, and the sheer satisfaction of knowing you didn't give up - you made it.

Congratulations on a well-deserved milestone, and wishing you all immense success in your future endeavors! ๐ŸŽ“

The ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ proudly presents the 16 graduates of the Bachelor of Science in Physics, Class of 2026.Leading...
31/07/2026

The ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ proudly presents the 16 graduates of the Bachelor of Science in Physics, Class of 2026.

Leading this remarkable class is our College Valedictorian and Summa Cum Laude, James L. Marcella, whose exceptional academic achievement reflects the dedication, perseverance, and excellence of the Class of 2026.

Congratulations to all our graduates! As you embark on your next journey, may you continue to uphold the values of scientific inquiry, integrity, and service. Your Physics family is proud of all that you have accomplished and looks forward to the impact you will make in the world.

๐’žโ„ด๐“ƒโ„Š๐“‡๐’ถ๐“‰๐“Š๐“๐’ถ๐“‰๐’พโ„ด๐“ƒ๐“ˆ, ๐’ž๐“๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐“ˆ โ„ด๐’ป 2026! ๐ŸŽ“โœจ

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