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ENMGT 1- ASSIGNMENT 1

FIVE FAMOUS ENGINEERS OF ANY DESCIPLINE IN THE PHILIPPINES AN

THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIETY.

1. ENGR. CEBUANO ERNESTO CODINA

(NASA Engineer – Astronaut Hardware Designer)

Ernesto Codina has decided to return home to help the government expand the
profession of aeronautics. The 67-year-old quality assurance engineer has spent 25
years working in the aerospace sector in the United States. He is a Cebuano who
has worked for Ford Aerospace and Raytheon since 1979.

Working with NASA was a childhood dream come true for Codina, who had always
wanted to be a part of the aerospace program. This was the driving force behind
his decision to study mechanical engineering. He worked for many companies in the
Philippines after graduating in 1964, until emigrating to the United States with his
family in 1969. He worked for a number of companies in the United States before
applying for a job with Ford Aerospace, a NASA contractor, when his family
relocated to Texas.

However, Codina claims that the road to success was challenging, as he had to
overcome numerous trials before being accepted into NASA.

2. DR. DIOSDADO BANATAO

(Chairman, Managing Partner
Tallwood Venture Capital
Engineer / Inventor)

He invented the first single-chip, 16-bit microprocessor-based calculator (while at

Commodore in 1976); the first single-chip MicroVAX for Digital Equipment; the
first 10-Mbit Ethernet CMOS with silicon coupler data-link control and trans
receiver chip; and got 3Com into the Ethernet PC add-in card business (while at
Seek in the early 1980s).
Banatao is best known for developing the first single-chip graphical user interface
accelerator, which made computers quicker, and for assisting in the development of
the Ethernet controller chip, which enabled the Internet. He invented the local bus
concept for personal computers in 1989 and produced the first Windows
accelerator chip the following year. Banatao's chips and technologies are now being
used by Intel. He now owns Mostron and Chips & Technology, a semiconductor
company situated in California's Silicon Valley.

3. DR. EDUARDO SAN JUAN

(Moon Buggy Inventor)

Filipinos credit him with inventing the Lunar Rover, or Moon Buggy as it is more well
known. Neil Armstrong and other astronauts drove the Moon Buggy when they first
visited the moon in 1969. Eduardo San Juan, a Mapua Institute of Technology
(MIT) graduate, worked for Lockheed Corporation and designed the Moon Buggy
that the Apollo astronauts used on the moon. San Juan, a NASA engineer, is said to
have used his Filipino inventiveness to create a vehicle that could travel beyond the
Earth's atmosphere. He fashioned his model out of items he found around the
house. San Juan was named one of the Ten Outstanding Men (TOM) in science and
technology in 1978.

Moon Buggy: In 1971, the Moon Buggy was first used by during the Apollo 12
landing to explore the Moon. Eduardo San Juan graduated from Mapua Institute
of Technology. He then studied Nuclear Engineering at the University of
Washington. In 1978, San Juan received one of the Ten Outstanding Men (TOM)
awards in science and technology.

4. ENGR. EDWARD CARO, (NASA ENGINEER)

(Space Engineer)

Edward Caro was honored by the provincial government of Cavite on June 25, 2002,
for his 42 years of service at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) in the United States, where he assisted in the launch of the Shuttle Radar
Topography Mission, also known as the Explorer. Caro, a Cavite native, retired from
NASA in 2001 at the age of 70. In exchange, NASA awarded Caro the
Distinguished Science Medal in the same year, reputedly the greatest distinction it
bestows on its staff.

The Filipino with the longest service to NASA (National Aeronautics and Space
Administration); he served for 42 years and contributed to Man's current
understanding.

5. ENGR. ALEJANDRO MELCHOR

a Philippine civil engineer, mathematician, educator, and member of the Philippine

Cabinet. Melchor, a native of Ibajay, Aklan, was well noted for his work on pontoon
bridges during WWII. Melchor Hall, a historic building on the University of the
Philippines' Diliman campus, bears his name. The hall is home to the majority of the
UP College of Engineering's units. Melchor received his bachelor's degree in civil
engineering with honors from the University of the Philippines in 1924. The College
of Engineering was barely fifteen years old at the time, and it was still on the
Manila campus.

Melchor is well recognized for designing the pontoon bridges that the US Army
employed during WWII. Melchor's efforts "made a substantial contribution to the
Allies' victory in the war." Melchor was also promoted to colonel.

Melchor rose to the highest level of government service when he joined President
Manuel L. Quezon's Cabinet as Secretary of National Defense. Melchor became
the Military Adviser of the War Cabinet after Quezon's death and Sergio
Osmeña's accession as president. This happened during WWII, when the Philippine
government was in exile.