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Science and
Technology and
Nation-Building
 Science and Technology
Agenda

 DOST Strategic Plan for

2017-2022- call for Science
for the People
 Aims- use science to
enhance innovation and
creative capacity of Filipino
To achieve sustainable growth
and development
 DOST Administrative Order
No. 003 s…, 2017 laid the 11
point agenda
 7 outcomes
1. Innovation stimulus
2. Technology and adoption
promotion and
acceleration
3. Globally competitive
Science, Technology and
Innovation (STI) human
resources development
4. Productivity and efficiency
of communities and
production sector particularly
the Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (MSMEs)
5. Resiliency to disaster risk
and climate change
6. Inequality in STI capacities
and opportunities reduction
7. Effective STI governance
achievement
 DOST Eleven-Point Agenda
1. Pursue (R&D) research and
development to address
National problem
2. Conduct R&D activities to
enhance productivity and
improve resources
management
3. Engage in R&D to generate
and apply new knowledge
and technologies across
different sectors
4. Strength and utilize
regional and provincial R&D
capabilities
5. Maximize the utilization of
R&D by technology transfer
and commercialization
6. Develop STI human
resources and build strong STI
culture
7. Upgrade STI core facilities
to advance R&D activities and
expand S&T services
8. Expand STI assistance to
communities and production
sector
9. Provide STI-based solution
for disaster risk reduction
and climate change
adaptation
10. Strengthen industry-
academe-government and
international STI
collaboration and
cooperation
11. Enhance effectiveness of
STI governance capabilities
 PCCRD- Presidential
Coordinating Council for
Research and Development-
address issue of poverty,
promote sustainable
development, climate change
issue
 The Benefits of Science

 Science creates as well as

destroys
 Many of great wonders of
present day of machines
and countless gadgets are
outcome of man’s creative
Ingenuity and sparked by
science and technology
research from laboratories
test and pilot plants
 Progressive nation- utilize
raw materials to transform
them to finish products to
meet domestic demands
and export
 Well-endowed Philippines

 Agricultural country-
depend on fertile land for
livelihood using
unmodernized methods
 In the present century, the
country felt the impact of
Science and need technical
modification
 Agriculture now improved
 Maria Cristina hydroelectric
and fertilizer plants of
National Power
Corporation- government-
supported scientific marvels
 Spurring Industrial Research

 Science- when properly

utilized with the help of
technology help greatly in
industrialization
 4 plans laid for economic
development in the
Philippines
1. Rehabilitation and
development of principal
agricultural industries
2. Development of new
industrial projects
3. Rehabilitation and
construction of
commercial
transportation and
communication facilities
4. Expansion of vocational
and technical courses in the
country
 Director Angel S. Arguelles-
states that “Science
liberally support in guiding
industrialization can help
evolve a strong and
dynamic nation”
 Scientific Research and
Economic Development

 Economic development-
cornerstone of economic
policy of under develop
countries like Philippines
 Trained manpower- major
stumbling block in the
Potential development of
many countries
Filipino Scientist,
Inventors and
Technologists
 Felipe F. Ciron Sr.

 Produce a hand tractor in a

small shop in Iriga City
 May 22, 1973- first Filipino
made power tiller was
patented by Philippine
Patent Office under Patent
No. UM-1220
 Known as Man Behind the
Plow
 Ciron Handtractor- his
invention
 Exhibit during Inventors
Week of 1973 in Manila
under Philippine Inventor
Commission
 Von Machinery- single
proprietorship of Mr. Ciron
is the home, manufacturer
and distributor of patented
farm equipment
 Improved axial flow
thresher- develop by Von
Machinery and acclaimed by
National Grain Authority of
Cabanatuan
 Eduardo Carrion San Juan

 Known as The Space Junkman

 High end projects are
1. Polaris Missile
2. Skylab
3. Inter- Ballistic Missile
System
4. Lunar Rover
 Man credited in invention of
Lunar Rover use in July
1971 Apollo XV moon
exploration
 Apollo XV- landed on lunar
plain called Marsh of Decay
 Using the battery-powered
Lunar Rover, astronauts
able to explore flatlands
Mountain slope, crater edge
including Hadley Rille gorge
 Work on design of
Geostationary Platform Bus
at National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
(NASA) Space Flight Center
in Alabama
 Neutron Particle Beam
Weapon Experiment-
 Space Surveillance and
Tracking System (SSTS),
conceptual design of
telescope payload
 Space Base Laser-
conceptual design and
system engineering of space
battleship system
 High Energy Laser Weapons-
utilizing chemical laser
system
 Homing Overlay Experiment
(HOE)- design for missile
interceptor and warhead
 Experimental Pointer and
Tracking (EPT)- design on
high energy lasers
 Large Optics Demonstration
Experiment (LODE)- optical
and sensor technology for
laboratory demonstration
 Hot Spot Teacher- tracking
of enemy treats
 Oscar B. Varona

 Invention “An Electronic

Fire and Burglar Alarm”
 Phil Pat No. 4836, 1st
Presidential Award
 “ A Process of Making
Vegetable Food Products
With Meat-like Structure and
Flavor
 Phil. Pat No. 5615 issued on
march 1971- 2nd Presidential
winning invention
 June 8, 1971- Food and
Drug Administration issue
certified analysis on meat
invention
 Non cholesterol vegetable
meat with high percentage
of protein
 Invent an alcohol attached
to weapon carrier while
serving at Philippine Army
Research and Development
Center in 1951
 Roberto V. Celis

 Explained the accounts of

tragic sea accidents and
unnecessary deaths
motivate him to make
unsinkable boat project
 Submit a scale of 5 foot
long model and installed a
Remote-control engine
 Atty. Eduardo Tan of
Filipinas Foundation Inc.
(FFI)- tested the model and
approved the project
 Dama Filipina- first
unsinkable boat, travel with
less resistance, full speed
give curvature a planning
Effect, less energy
 He manufacture specialized
knives for Rubber World
 Sofronio M. Sian

 Portable mini cone mill- 3rd

invention made him famous
 Cone type rice mill- without
any elevators, sifters,
separators and power
transmission assembly
 Has only 2 moving parts:
1. Main shift- turning the
huller and cone polisher
2. Auxiliary shift- rotating
both blowers
 2 rotating hand wheels
control the milling process
 Do not have ant elevator
but can dehull rice husk up
To 90% without grain
breakage
 Knonopak- nickname of
invention
 Called instant mill- can
assembled within 1 hour
 Mass-produced and covered
by Utility Model No. 627
issued by Philippine Patent
Office
 Harry Van Ruiten- rice mill
expert who put test the
cone mill in United Nations
Food and Agriculture
Organization
 Alternative to Engelberg-
type huller or Kiskisan
 Science in Education

 Science- afford master over

matter; discover and
rationalize hidden mysteries
of nature considered
natural laws
 Science- taken as
methodology; has tangible
Method and system
 American period- most
significant change in
education
 Failure of Education

 Science- did not dictate the

choice of man; man
dictates that for himself
 Education- aims to equip
man with ethics and values
but failed to catch up with
Technical and scientific
progress because man is
slower to move with his heart
than with his mind
 The most significant
contribution of our new
education system through
science is the discipline it
gives to our methods of
thinking
 Science and Government
Policy

 Forensic science- plays

important role in
prosecution of cases
involving illegal drugs
 Philippines- recognized as “
significant source of high
Potency crystalline
methamphetamine (shabu)
 Forensic crime laboratories-
must provide scientific
guidance and advice to
support law enforcement
 Role of Forensic Chemists in
the Prosecution

 Philippine
Law- all seized or
confiscated or surrendered
dangerous drug, plant
sources and other essential
chemicals must given to
PDEA Laboratory Service for
Qualitative and quantitative
analysis within 24 hours from
confiscation, seizure or
surrender
 Forensic chemist- ensure
that drugs that are seized,
recover or surrender are
the very same drugs
subjected to examination
 Forensic chemist- must
examine the suspected
substance, determine its
chemical composition to
find out if it has illegal
elements, he must establish
the amount of dangerous
drug present in the
substance
Current Forensic Capabilities
in Drug Trade

 Forensic examination of
illegal drugs are undertaken
by Crime Laboratory of the
PNP and PDEA Laboratory
Services
 PNP Crime Laboratory-
Includes chemistry division
3 divisions of PDEA
Laboratory Service
1. Examination Division-
conducts laboratory
examinations on
dangerous drugs
2. Documentation and
Evidence Division-
manage the inventory
And safekeeping of drug and
nondrug evidence in storage
area
3. Special Research Division-
conducts needed research,
develops new methods of
analyzing drugs
Current Forensic Capabilities
in Dangerous Drugs Case

 Existence of many
laboratories could lead to
substantial drug abuse
patterns
 Multiple law enforcement
agencies have extensive
Overlapping anti-narcotic
functions
 Limited interaction
between national drug
control bodies and forensic
laboratories implies that
importance of laboratory is
not understood
 Most drug laboratories have
Received training in forensic
aspects
 Forensic investigators are
miseducated on potential
dangers posed by chemical
elements in laboratories
 Philippine laboratories are
well equipped
 No quantitative testing on
drug samples are actually
Conducted in the Philippines
 It is unfortunate that
quantitative test are only
made to determine actual
content of pure drug
Vital Role of Forensics in Drug
Control

 Forensic laboratories- seen

and used as tools and
servants rather than
resources and partners
 Forensic services- key to
effective and fair criminal
justice system, used by
Attorney and judges during
trial phase
 Forensic science- ultimate
objective is to contribute to
finding the truth
 SWGDRUG- Scientific
Working Group for the
Analysis of Seized Drugs- 20
forensic experts all over
The world who work to
improve the quality of
forensic examination
 Minimum Standards
1. Adoption and
implementation of Code of
Professional Practice for Drug
Analysts and Practitioners
should operate
2. Development of sampling
strategy and scheme when
conducting qualitative
analysis of samples of drugs
3. Use of multiple
uncorrelated techniques in
forensic identification of
drugs
4. Strict minimum standards
In chemical analysis of drugs
 Establishment and
maintenance of well-
documented quality and
management system