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NMEC 2025

The National Metals and Engineering Conference or NMEC, is a key event of Metals and Engineering Week 2025, brings together leaders, experts, and stakeholders from the public and private sectors to explore the transformative impact of Industry 4.0 on the metals and engineering industry.

With the theme "Metals and Engineering in Industry 4.0: Reaching Milestone in Digital Transformation," this year’s conference highlights the progress and potential of digital technologies—such as automation, AI, IoT, additive manufacturing, and smart factories—in driving industrial innovation and competitiveness.

Papers For Presentation

1. Development and Evaluation of Foot Operated Valve Spring Compressor Tool for Diesel Cylinder Head Engines

2. Design, Fabrication, and Performance Evaluation of an Oyster Shell Crusher

3. Design and Fabrication of a Self-Propelled Grain Collector with Grain Stirring Attachment

4. Design, Optimization, and Fabrication of a Large-Scale Electric Essential Oil Extraction System

5. Upscaling of High Impact Technology Solutions Equipment (Water Retort and Vacuum Fryer)

6. Design and Fabrication of a Mechanized Hydraulic Paver Block Machine

7. Development and Implementation of a Dehydrator System Integrated with Intake Air Dehumidification Process for Fish Drying in Barangay Calumpang, General Santos City: Design, Performance Evaluation, and Techno-Economic Analysis

8. Design and Development of a Strawberry Dryer using Infrared Quartz Heater

9. Development of Banana Ripening Smoke Cabinet

10. Design and Development of 12 Meters, 45 PSI Rectractable and Easily Deployable Antenna Mast 

11. Design Improvement and Fabrication of a Fish Emulsifying Machine for Sustainable Fertilizer Production

12. Design and Fabrication of Semi-Automated Coconut Milk Extractor Machine with Integrated Scraper

13. Optimization and Performance Evaluation of Shelling Mechanism for Low Moisture
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Combined Corn Sheller and Corn Mill

1. Development of a Pellet Machine with an Integrated Mixer for Efficient Organic Fertilizer Production

2. Utilization of a Vortex-mechanism in an Organic Compost Tea Brewing Machine for Sustainable Soil Conditioning

3. Automatic Cacao Pod Bagger

4. Enhance Cooking System for Muscovado Production: PureVat

5. Development and Applications of PaveFlux: Piezoelectric Road for Energy Harvesting

6. Design of a Water Surface Solid Waste Collector Powered by Sun-Tracking Solar Panels

7. Design, Fabrication, and Performance Evaluation of a Single - Row Multi - Crop Garden Seeer

8. Multi-Simulated Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Conversational Robot Arm

9. Design and Assessment of Seawall Integrated with Wave Harnessing Technology

10. MoistSURE: Arduino-Based Moisture Sensing and Automated Flat-Bed Reversible Airflow Drying Machine for Rice Farmers in Brgy. Santisimo Rosario, City of San Pablo

11. Performance of Electrocoagulation Reactor for Wastewater Treatment

12. Development of a Low-Cost Multiparameter Water Quality Sensor for Dissolved Oxygen Prediction in Aquaculture Systems 

1. A Research Study on Exploring the Feasibility of a Digital Platform to Enhance Farmer’s Profitability and Market Access in Zamboanga City

2. Design and Development of 3D Printed Vacuum Suction Tip

3. Evaluating the Performance and Sustainability of Recycled Plastic Formwork in Construction: A Study on Plastic Ply Applications and Benefits

4. Enhanced casting process of fragmentation shells using casting simulation and 3D-printed pattern

5. Development, Fabrication, and Performance Evaluation of 3D Printer Filament Maker Machine

6. PINDOTS: An Arduino Mega and Raspberry Pi-Based Automated Braille Embosser with Speech-to-Text Input for Paaralang Pag-ibig at Pag-asa Integrated School

7. Banana Leaf Pruning Device

8. Effects of Campus Characteristics and FFBSS Design on Accessibility and Usage Rate of Shared Bikes

9. Tayakiosk: A Raspberry Pi-Based Ticketing Machine for Tanaw De Rizal Park (Tayak Adventure Nature and Wildfire Park) in Rizal, Laguna

10. Arduino-Based Banana Peel Composite Wood Maker Device for Grace's Food Products in Barangay Silangan Ilaya, Nagcarlan, Laguna

11. Comparative Analysis of Additive and Conventional Manufacturing Methods for Ventilator Outer Casing

12. Low-Cost Intelligent Manufacturing System For Scalable Semi-Automated 3D Printing Farm Using Internet Of Things 

1. Predictive Modeling of Boiler Tubes Stress Amplification using MLR and FEA

2. Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for HVAC Sustainability in Manufacturing Buildings

3. Nihongo On-The-Go: AI-Assisted Nihongo Tutor

4. Vibration-Based Condition Monitoring of Metallic Dampers using MATLAB: A Numerical Analysis Approach

5. ThirdVision: A Real-time Threat Detection and Alert Notification System through Weapon Identification, Face-Cover Detection, and Victim-Aggressor Pose Analysis using the YOLOv8 Algorithm

6. Enhancing Medicine Prescription Readability Through CNN Algorithm and OpenCV

7. Agrospraytech: Hybrid System-Based Automated Fertilizer Application Device for Mamay Tobal's Farmers Association in Barangay San Cristobal, City of San Pablo

8. Development of a Computer Numerical Control for Printed Circuit Board Milling and Drilling with Defect Detection Using Machine Learning

9. Machine Learning Classification and Image Processing of Filipino Rice Brands

10. Machine Learning-Assisted Prediction of Dimensional Deviations in 3D Scanning: A Case Study

11. Evaluating an AI Model for Real-Time Traffic Density Analysis

12. Classification of Plastic Bottle and Tin Can Waste using MATLAB-Based Machine Learning 

Plenary Speakers and Topics

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RODNEL O. TAMAYO
Chief, Prototyping Division
DOST-MIRDC

DOST’s Initiatives on Design and Development of Remote-Controlled Weapon Systems for the BUHAWI and COBRA Projects

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RALPH PAUL T. DOMINGUEZ
Regional Sales Head,
ASEAN ITRS

From Ore to Insight: Leveraging Big Data and Cloud for Industry 4.0

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SHERYL LYN C. MONTEROLA
Director, National Institute for Science
and Mathematics Education Development
(UP NISMED)
University of the Philippines

Building the Future Layer by Layer: Mainstreaming Additive Manufacturing in Basic Education

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GERARD REYMARI A. CAGAYAN
Applications Engineer,
Techsource Computing Solutions Inc.

Industrial Intelligence: Using Digital Twin to Optimize Maintenance

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ALBERT J. CAUSO
CEO, Hand Plus Robotics and
Balik Scientist

Industry 4.0 Technologies for the Metals Industries

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PHILIP P. ERMITA
Director, TBIDO- DOST PUP PYLON
Technology Business Incubator and
Professor, PUP Manila

The Role of Business Incubators in the Metals and Engineering Industry Towards Digital Transformation

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