Outstanding Chemical Engineer by Professional Regulation Commission

June 22, 2007 — The Outstanding Chemical Engineer Award for 2007 was given to Dr. Wilfredo I. Jose by the Professional Regulation Commission during the celebration of the PRC’s 34th aniversary and Professional Regulation Week. Dr. Jose was cited “for exemplary achievements in the field of chemical engineering, having demonstrated exceptional professional competence through his various studies and researches in the field of biotechnology and biochemical engineering, with his works having been applied by the industry in various waste management programs”, among others.

Chemical Engineer Awardee of Pamana ng Pilipino Award

In continuation of my interest of identifying what could be the possible award bestowed to a Chemical Engineer, I found this article on Philippine President’s Award. Here’s an excerpt:

The Pamana Ng Pilipino Award, one of the four categories of the Presidential Awards, is “conferred on Filipinos overseas, who, in exemplifying the talent and industry of the Filipino, have brought the country honor and distinction in the pursuit of their work or profession.”

Edith Mijares Ardiente, Vice President Environmental Affairs for International Truck and Engine Corporation of Warrenville, Illinois and 2005 President of the Air and Waste Management Association was given the prestigious Pamana Ng Pilipino (Heritage of the Filipino) Award by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo at ceremonies held on December 7, 2006 at the President’s Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines.

 

In conferring the Pamana Ng Pilipino Award, President Arroyo extolled Ardiente’s “exemplary achievements as an environmental manager who advocates balance between industrial progress and environmental protection and her successful leadership of an international association of environmental professionals, the Air and Waste Management Association.” 

 

http://www.pesoworld.com/news/awards/06_12_19PamanaAwardsTake_2.doc

What Chemical Engineers Do

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9267  or the “Chemical Engineering Law of 2004.”

“SEC. 3. Definition of Terms. – Practice of chemical engineering shall mean the rendering or offering of professional chemical engineering service for a fee, salary, reward or compensation, paid to him or through another person, or even without such reward or compensation. The term shall be synonymous with the term “rendering chemical engineering service.”

1. Industrial plant shall mean any plant in which a unit process and/or operations are involved, including the related pollution control and abatement processes or operations.
2. Unit process shall mean the chemical change which is involved in the manufacture of industrial or consumer products or the treatment of industrial or chemical wastes.
3. Unit operation shall mean the physical operation by which a desired step in an industrial process is conducted or controlled. This includes, but is not limited to: storage of gases, liquids, solids, heat transfer, evaporation; mass transfer, i.e. distillation, absorption, adsorption, drying, humidification, extraction, leaching, mixing and dispersion, separation, i.e. filtration, screening, molecular sieving and coalescing.
4. Professional chemical engineering subjects shall mean any of the following and similar chemical engineering topics: chemical engineering thermodynamics; chemical engineering calculations; physical and chemical principles; industrial processes; momentum transfer; heat transfer; mass transfer; industrial wastes management and control; process equipment and plant design; and biochemical engineering and bio-engineering; and
5. Chemical engineer shall mean a person duly registered and a holder of a valid Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card issued by the Board of Chemical Engineering and the Professional Regulation Commission.

SEC. 4. Scope of Practice. – Professional chemical engineering service shall embrace the following similar services in relation to industrial plants:

1. Consultation requiring chemical engineering knowledge, skill and proficiency;
2. Investigation;
3. Estimation and/or valuation;
4. Planning;
5. Preparation of feasibility studies;
6. Designing;
7. Preparation of specifications;
8. Supervision of installation;
9. Operation, including quality management; but excluding chemical analysis and operation of the chemical laboratory; and

The teaching, lecturing and reviewing of professional chemical engineering subjects in the curriculum of the Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering degree or a subject in the Chemical Engineering licensure examination given in any school, college, university or any other educational institution shall be considered a professional chemical engineering service.”