𝗦𝗠𝗖𝗧𝗜 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

St. Mary’s College of Tagum, Inc. (SMCTI) proudly showcased its research prowess at the Durungawan Research Congress 2025 on August 12, 2025, 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒙 𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈. This strong showing highlights SMCTI’s continued leadership in producing innovative, socially relevant research.

 

 

Among the top six researchers recognized in the provisional ranking, five are from SMCTI:

• 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐥. (𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠)

• 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐥. (𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠)

• 𝐒𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐨 𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐥. (𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 – 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡)

• 𝐋𝐞𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐥. (𝐍𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠)

• 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐥. (𝐍𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠)

 

The one-day congress, organized by the Tagum City Youth Development Office as part of the Youth Fest 2025 celebration gathered promising student-researchers from across the city. SMCTI’s delegation was composed of undergraduate and senior high school students from diverse academic programs, each presenting research addressing pressing societal, technological, and cultural issues.

 

Tertiary Education Participants:

• 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻, 𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗹., 𝗕𝗦 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴

𝐹𝑙𝑢𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒-𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝐷𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑓𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑛 𝑈𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑛 𝐷𝑜𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑈𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑜𝑤𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑛

• 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗮, 𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗹. – 𝗕𝗦 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴

𝑆𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝐼𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠: 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟-𝐴𝑢𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐿𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝐶ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝐴𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑅𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝐶𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑠

• 𝗦𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗼, 𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗹., – 𝗕𝗦 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 – 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵

𝐴𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐹𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑜 𝐹𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑦 𝐹𝑖𝑙𝑚𝑠 𝑈𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑝’𝑠 𝑀𝑜𝑟𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑒

• 𝗔𝗴𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀, 𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗹., – 𝗕𝗦 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴

𝑄𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑒𝑛 𝑍 𝑁𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑠’ 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐷𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠

• 𝗣𝗮𝗱𝗮, 𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗹., – 𝗕𝗦 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴

𝑈𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙-𝐵𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑊𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛: 𝐴 𝑃ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦

• 𝗟𝗲𝘆𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮, 𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗹., – 𝗕𝗦 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴

𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑄𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝐴𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑃𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑀𝑦𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛: 𝐴 𝑀𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑦

• 𝗝𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻, 𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗹., – 𝗕𝗦 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴

𝑀𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑅𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝐼𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑇𝑎𝑔𝑢𝑚 𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝐺𝐼𝑆 𝐴𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛: 𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑎𝑙

Senior High School Participants:

• 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮, 𝗙. 𝗛. 𝗠.

𝑈𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑇𝐸𝑀 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑇𝐸𝑀 𝐸𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛

• 𝗠𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗹.

𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑟 𝐻𝑖𝑔ℎ 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡

• 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗮, 𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗹.

𝐴𝑑𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐴𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝐷𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑦 𝐴𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑟 𝐻𝑖𝑔ℎ 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠: 𝐴 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝐵𝑒ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑟 𝐴𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝐹𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝐸𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡

• 𝗔𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲, 𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗹.

𝐸𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟-𝐴𝑡ℎ𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒 𝑀𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝: 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑆𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝐶𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠: 𝐵𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐴𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠

 

The participation of these student-researchers was made possible through the guidance of Klein Mamayabay, LPT, PhD, Research Director of SMCTI, and also with Ms. Mariel Acosta, LPT, MAED, together with their respective research instructors, program heads, department heads, and advisers, who provided academic support and supervision in preparation for the congress.

 

The final official rankings will be revealed during the culmination day of the Youth Fest 2025 on August 31, 2025, where the city’s top young researchers will be formally awarded.