 The youngest to have made it to presidency, DR. RICARDO E. ROTORAS is highly motivated by a strapping fervor for eminence. Young looking, truly young at age, but prime and brilliantly minded, Sir Rotoras possesses a tough stamina with a vision to convert Mindanao Polytechnic State College to Mindanao University of Science and Technology. Furthermore, his administration is guided by the RIPE (Research, Instruction, Production, Extension) paradigm
DR. ROTORAS is an interestingly assertive and a remarkably aggressive president. He firmly and punctiliously works for the academic advancement of the college. One of his recent major accomplishments is the MPSC-AIT Thailand tie up. On October 29 of this calendar year, he successfully signed the Memorandum of Understanding with AIT paving for two-phased masters degree education in Environmental Geotechnics and Management offering. His current infrastructure project is the on-going construction of the four storey school building situated behind the administration edifice. DR. ROTORAS holds a distinctive doctoral degree, being to date, the lone Doctor of Engineering in Visayas and Mindanao. He obtained the degree at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok Thailand with Energy Economics and Planning as his specialization. With the French Government as supplemental sponsor and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as scholarship donor, he sensationally finished his doctoral degree a scholar. "Vertically articulated" best describes PRESIDENT ROTORAS' educational milieu. He has a Master of Science in Applied Mathematical Sciences and an undergraduate degree in BS Electrical Engineering. He likewise underwent Special Trainings and Post-Doctoral studies as a Research Fellow subsidized by Fulbright-Hays at North Carolina State University.s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Quezon City.s South East Asian Minister.s Education Organization (SEAMEO-INNOTECH) under LEAP (Leadership Enhancement and Advancement Program) and Supervisory Management Courses in Civil Service Commission.s CSC- United Nation Development Program.
Other than his main task as MPSC President, Dr. Rotoras' professional and civic affiliations include the following: - President, Asian Institute of Technology Filipino Association
(AIT-FILA),2000-2002 - Member, Institute of Integrated Electrical Engineers (IIEE),
1991-present - Member, Mathematical Society of Mindanao, 1993-1998
- Treasurer, MPSC Alumni Association, 1996-98
- Member, Philippine Association of Technological Education (PATE), 1995-1997
- Director for International Affairs, Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro Centerpoint
President Rotoras' remarkable administrative experiences are as follows: - Dean, School of Engineering and Architecture
- Director, Center for Research in Engineering and Technology (CREATE)
- Director, School of Engineering
President Rotoras' teaching responsibilities' highlights the subsequent records: - Dissertation adviser of two (2) Doctor of Technology Education (DTE) students
- Thesis adviser of six (6) Master of Engineering Science students
- Research adviser in undergraduate electrical engineering students and graduate master.s thesis
- Two (2) master students advisees graduated in 2002
- Member of various thesis/dissertation committees
- Teaches the following subjects for the degree Doctor of Technology Education- Executive Management Education Course (DTE-EMEC): Operations Research, Quantitative Analysis, Applied Optimization and Mathematical Models
- Teaches: Power System Economics; Generation Expansion Planning; Energy Conversion; Economics of Electricity Market; Energy Price Theory;
- Capitol University, Visiting Professor, 1993-94
As Dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture, President Rotoras had various accomplishments enumerated as: - Awarded by the Philippine Regulatory Commission (PRC) as No. 1 Performing Schools in the Philippines in terms of passing percentage in Licensure Examination in Electronics Communications Engineering (ECE) with an average passing percentage of 92.79 (PRC) (5-year period)
- No. 1 ECE school in the country in 1995 (PRC)
- No. 2 ECE school in the country in 1996 (PRC)
- No. 5 EE school in the country in 1995 (PRC)
- No. 1 EE school in the country in 1997 (PRC)
- Adjudged by the PRC as No.2 in Architecture best performing school in the country in 2003 in terms of passing percentage in Licensure Examination
- Adjudged by the PRC as No.5 ECE School in the Country in 2004
- Produced 6th placer and 11th place in EE (2004); 14th place in Architecture (2003); 9th place in ECE (2002); 19th place in ECE (2000); 7th place in EE and 20th place in ECE (1999); 7th place in ECE (1995)
- Results of board examinations in all programs are way above the national passing percentage
- One of the fifteen (15) School recipients from over 200 engineering schools in the country of the Globe Telecom Academic Achievement Award (GTAA) for Electronics and Communications Engineering and Electrical Engineering, 1995 . Present
- Achieved level 2 Accreditation Status in Electrical Engineering and Electronics and Communications Engineering. All other programs are level accredited
- Expanded engineering programs from two (3) curricular offerings (Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Computer Engineering) to six (6) which includes the following: Mechanical Engineering; Civil Engineering, and Architecture
- Offer the first and only in Visayas and Mindanao a Research-based Master of Engineering Science program
- One of the fifteen (15) recipients from over 200 engineering schools (Electronics & Communications Engineering and Electrical Engineering) in the country of the yearly Globe Telecom Academic Achievement Award (GTAA)
- Completed the necessary preparation for application of Center of Development/Excellence (COE) in Electrical Engineering - a recognition given by the Commission on Higher Education
- Final stage negotiation with CEPALCO for the PhP900,000 training program for its engineers to start in November 2004
- Collaboration with CEPALCO for possible installation of Solar plant at the Gymnasium rooftop to be funded by the European Commission
- Established the first and only in Mindanao the Simulation and Modeling Laboratory (partly funded by the late Senator Rene Cayetano)
Sir Ric also generated awards, recognitions and external funding, a product of tough toil, which involves: - Best Paper Award Research Category, 'Equitable Allocation of Supplementary Charges in an Open Access Environment: Implication to Regulation of an Electric Power Transmission Company'
- Best Paper Award Research Category, 'Reactive Power Pricing and Reliability Issues of Integrating Wind Turbines in the Luzon Grid
- Fulbright-Hays Grant Fellow
- Submitted a proposal to the Late Senator Rene Cayetano for the establishment of "Simulation and Modeling Laboratory and awarded PhP 1M from the senator's CDF
- On the final phase of the negotiation for the PhP 900,000 funding from the CEPALCO for the training of the company's electrical engineers
- Joint collaboration between MPSC and CEPALCO for the establishment of Solar PV Plant at the rooftop of MPSC gymnasium
Sir Ric is likewise a sought after speaker, evident in the following facts: - 2004 --- Technical Speaker during the Regional Convention of the Institute of Integrated Electrical Engineers (IIEE); As Speaker during the Mindanao-wide workshop entitled .Summer Research Institute for Thesis and Dissertation Writers.; As Speaker during the Regional Mathematical Modeling forum; As Speaker during the MPSC General Assembly;
- 2003 --- Speaker/presenter during the MPSC Annual In-house Review of Completed Researches (awarded best paper); Speaker during the Regional Conference on Mathematical Modeling; Speaker during the seminar/workshop organized by the POWER Group, ECE department, NCSU, USA
- 2002 --- Speaker of a competency-based curriculum-consultation workshop of Master of Technology Management (to be implemented under a consortium of three (3) universities in Mindanao, Philippines); speaker/presenter of the Regional In-House Research Review; participant of the workshop on Funding Proposal Writing; participant of the workshop on Strategic Planning and its Implication on a Corporate State University.
- 2001 --- Participant of the Asia Regional Seminar on .Market Transformation: Capitalizing on Energy Efficient Technologies (Sponsored by International Institute of Energy Conservation IIEC--Thailand)
- 1998 --- Management of Electric Utilities Under Deregulation (Sponsored by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency -Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)
- 1997 --- Participant of National Consultative Congress on Engineering Education (Technical Panel for Engineering Education); Higher Education and Human Resource Development for the Asia-Pacific in the 21st Century: A World Congress (Commission on Higher Education); Resource Speaker during Career Education Seminar (MPSC)
- 1996 --- As a participant of Engineering/Technology Curriculum Review and Consultative Forum (Tri-Sectoral Forum for Technology Excellence); Global Competitiveness in Engineering Education (Philippine Association for Technological Education); Seminar -Workshop on the Second Year Implementation of the Technician-based Curriculum (MPSC)
- 1995 --- As a participant of Supervisory Development Course (Civil Service Commission-United Nations Development Program CSC-UNDP); Leadership Enhancement & Advancement Program (LEAP) for Vice Presidents and Deans of State Colleges & Universities in the Philippines (Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization for Educational Innovation and Technology)
Lastly, President Rotoras completed innumerable researches, as he is a research driven individual. These are: - Publications
- Rotoras, R.E., Lefevre, T., Pacudan, R.B., (2002) Marginal Transmission Pricing and Supplemental Cost Allocation Method: A Case of Philippines. Electric Power Systems Research (Elsevier), Vol. 63, Issue3 pp. 213-227
- Rotoras, R.E (2003) Equitable Allocation of Supplementary Charges in an Open Access Environment: Implication to Regulation of an Electric Power Transmission Company. IMPACT, Vol. 3, Mindanao Polytechnic State College, Philippines
- Rotoras, R.E and Caliao, N.D (2003) Reactive Power Pricing and Reliability Issues of Integrating Wind Turbines in the Luzon Grid. IMPACT, Vol. 3, Mindanao Polytechnic State College, Philippines
- Rotoras, R.E (2004) Marginal Cost-based Transmission Pricing in a Deregulated Power Industry of Philippines: Analysis of Cost Recovery. School of Engineering and Architecture, Mindanao Polytechnic State College, (forthcoming MPSC Graduate Journal)
- Rotoras, R.E., Pacudan, R.B., Lefevre, T., Decomposition of Marginal Transmission Charges in a Deregulated Power Industry of Philippines (Submitted to IEEE for publication)
- Rotoras, R.E (2004) Valuation of Subjects in Higher Education
- Rotoras, R.E., Baran, M., (2003) Market-based Transmission Expansion. POWER Research Group, North Carolina State University
- Rotoras, R.E., (2000) International comparison on Market and System Operations. Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok Thailand
- Rotoras, R.E., (1999) Issues Affecting Economically Efficient Transmission Pricing. Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok Thailand
- Rotoras, R.E., (1998) Transmission Pricing: A Survey. Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok Thailand
- Energy Audit of MPSC (with Engr. Nolan D. Caliao of MPSC)
- A System Approach to the Offering of Special Programs at MPSC (with Celerina M. Ongcol and Vanessa V. Ascano)
- A Multi-Goal Resource Allocation Model for Higher Education Economic Outcomes of State-Funded Higher Education Institutions (with Dr. R.N Padua)
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