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2005
Outstanding
Young Scientist Awards
MARIO JUAN A. AURELIO, Ph.D. (Structural Geology and
Tectonics)
School of Graduate Studies, Mapua Institute of
Technology and
Mines and Geosciences Bureau, Department of Environment and
Natural Resources
In recognition of his scientific and technological
achievements in structural geology specifically in
the study of Philippine natural disasters such as
earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and recurrent
flooding. His researches addressed specific problems in the
field of energy resources caused by
geologic structures and have shown that detailed structural
studies are basic prerequisites to the
planning and management of exploration and development
programs in the country and in other
parts of the world.
LUIS FRANCISCO G. SARMENTA,
Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
JAVA Wireless Competency Center and
Department of Information Systems and Computer System
Ateneo de Manila University
In recognition of his significant scientific and technical
contributions in the area of volunteer and
grid computing by developing Bayanihan, a framework
that makes it possible to build inexpensive
high-performance parallel computing networks. Bayanihan
has been considered as the optimum
work that can be done with the least burden to economic
resources.
He has pioneered in setting up the Ateneo Java Wireless
Competency Center which has developed
significant wireless applications including those for
cellular communications networks. Moreover, he
has written some of the first anti-virus programs in the
Philippines which he gave freely and have been
widely used in the country.
FELIX EDUARDO R. PUNZALAN, M.D. (Cardiology)
Department of Medicine
UP College of Medicine
In recognition of his significant research contributions to
cardiology specifically in the improvement
of cardiovascular health (both preventive and curative). His
research on Low Density Lipoprotein
Receptor (LDLR) Gene Mutation among Filipinos with Familial
Hypercholesterolemia has
important implications in the approach to management of
patients with hypercholesterolemia that
involves family members. He was also responsible for the
first documented local genetic research
on a cardiovascular topic that received recognition from the
Philippine Heart Association.
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