ChES Starts A.Y. 2014 – 2015 with Summer ChEARS

by Darwin Eugenio (November 29, 2014)

The Student Affairs Committee of the Chemical Engineering Society (ChES) started Academic Year 2014 – 2015 with an academic-related activity, the ChE Academic Reinforcement Sessions commonly shorted as ChEARS, which was held on 23^rd of June and ended on the 27^th of June.

Third year-level participants of ChEARS (Photo from Ust Ches Facebook account)

ChEARS is usually a one-week review session that aims to give interested Chemical Engineering (ChE) students an academic advantage for the upcoming academic year by providing them with advanced lessons on Chemical Engineering subjects. Incoming first to fourth year students were instructed by either fresh graduates or fellow undergraduate ChE students. Freshmen students were instructed in Algebra, General Chemistry, and Trigonometry. Sophomore students were given advanced lectures in Differential Calculus, Organic Chemistry, and Physics. Junior students took Chemical Engineering Calculations, Physical Chemistry, Differential Equations and Mechanics – Statics. Senior students were instructed in Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, and Momentum Transfer.

Fourth-year level participants during the awarding day.  (Photo from Ust Ches Facebook account)

Unlike previous ChEARS, this year’s attendees were subjected to short quizzes at the end of every meeting. Results of these quizzes were tallied and ranked and the top performing students were rewarded with a free Belle de Jour Power Planner. The activity was primarily headed by its project head, Mark Capili and Student Affairs Committee Chair, Lorenz Dequiña.