TRISTAN HONTIVEROS CALASANZ

BSME, BSEE, Philo, Theo

My home page: https://thcal.blogspot.com/

My projects page: https://sites.google.com/view/mygifttopeople

https://www.thcal.com

Tidbits of "What Has Been"

On this page

• • Invention : Hybrid-Electric Vehicle

  • Technical and Corporate : Accomplished a turn-around in Operations nationwide 

  • "My vision of Energy" moves towards the more sustainable

  • My Teaching Philosophy

  • Research Interests 

  • Energy-Related Publications 

  • Papers Presented and Published 

  • Degrees, Government Licenses and Honors

  • Work Assignments  

"My vision of Energy" moves towards the more sustainable

Invention : Hybrid-Electric Vehicle

Design, implementation, and commissioning of all phases (from the electronics and programming, to power systems, and to drives) of a Hybrid-Electric Vehicle project for go/stop, slow, low-gear, and heavy traffic conditions in megacities and in emerging economies.

• At blogspot 

http://tristanhybrid.blogspot.com/

https://tristanhybrid.blogspot.com/

• At the Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Technical and Corporate : Accomplished a turn-around in Operations nationwide, 

• Turned around one of the largest operations in the country, making the equivalent gross income of US$1 billion in 1983 

• Complied with all the loan covenants on "rate of return on rate base" (RORB) with the World Bank and ADB for the first time in NAPOCOR's history

• Achieved technically acceptable reliability and efficiency in all the electric grids in the country 

• Re-established the National Power Corporation's financial and technical viability as a profitable and decentralized organization.

Energy Projects

Design principles formulated for the utilization renewable energy, taking into account the fact that it is a variable resource.

Combination of renewable energy technologies with energy-efficiency principles and practice, in order to service end-user needs. A must: the energy content of gas that is discarded into the environment should be almost at ambient conditions of the atmosphere. In this way, the use of the energy content of the fuel is maximized.

Chilling and heating or drying applications share a common set of energy sources, such that the energy that is not used for electrical power generation becomes the input to "absorption chilling and mechanical chilling applications", and the output of these heat pumps is made to perform heating and drying work.

Three projects revolve around the "practical" and "pragmatic" approaches to traditional engineering. Research in one of these areas will discover ways of supplying the energy needs of a farming community, heating and chilling needs of buildings, such as supermarkets, hospitals, homes, commercial, and industrial buildings. 

1st. I integrate resources, prime-movers, and usage, for an efficient and clean energy system. A system with a fuel input of 100 BTU of fuel in an internal combustion engine, combined with "heat pumps" (freezers, chillers, etc.) will also "harvest energy from the environment" to accomplish theoretical work of more than 280 BTU.
https://youtu.be/8yHPfIikHAo

2nd. My Hybrid-Electric Vehicle (HEV): Plug-In with Grid Feedback Capability. My US Patent Pending design, which has already passed the prototype stage has features that could open new markets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdBOwaBxJ6U&t=14s

3rd. Wave Power Converter - operating solely on principles of kinematics and hydraulics and protects itself by diving to safe depths (no electronics).

Teaching

• My Teaching Philosophy

The classroom is the platform for the growth of human beings.

Teachers manage this platform by facilitating the creation of an environment, where the human being’s "freedom to think" is unleashed and enhanced. 

• Teaching

• • 1st. Teach in such a way that the students will ENJOY the course and are guaranteed to bring home COMPETENCIES and CONFIDENCE. My method of teaching has earned the School of Science and Engineering Dean's Award for Teaching Innovation (2001) at the Ateneo de Manila University. The students' response was reflected in the award that the Ateneo Schools Parents Council gave me - The Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Award (2003).

  • 2nd. Braille Literacy Classroom. One affordable medium-range PC provides each of five visually impaired users with one inexpensive keyboard and one easily fabricated refreshable Braille display reader plus the already existing keyboard and display monitor used by a sighted person.

    • (2013-02-15) Braille Presentation at the  LinuxFest Northwest 2013 

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVwdsMIK0cA

  • 3rd. Website of People are Process and People are Process, authored by Tina Calasanz

Research Interests

• Energy-Efficiency and Renewable Energy Systems - "https://www.thcalasanz.com/thcalasanz/new-energy-policy.html"

• Automation and Instrumentation with a Humanitarian Dimension

• Personal Medical Database

• Biomedical Systems

• Power Electronic Drives

• List of Research Projects

Some Technical Projects 

• hybrid-electric design and implementation

• design and implementation of variable frequency

• variable voltage polyphase inverter

• power electronics and solid-state controls

• dispatching of the electric power system

• energy management, efficiency and co-generation

• wave power converter and renewable energy schemes

• operated own R&D lab since 1973 

Other Projects 

• development of trainors for hands-on training

• teaching methodology

• facilitate meeting effectiveness

• economic feasibility studies

• forecasting of heavy rains 

Energy-Related Publications

• HYBRID-ELECTRIC VEHICLE 

  • • Authors: Calasanz T, Tangonan G, Uy S, Villarin J

    • Hybrid-Electric Vehicle Designed for Slow, Start/Stop, Low-Gear Driving in Heavy Traffic Conditions in Manila, IEEE Xplore, 2005 September 7 to 9, ISBN 0-7803-9280-9

• POWER SYSTEMS OPERATION 

  • • T. Calasanz. Predicted in a The Manila Chronicle article of May 5, 1989, "The Power Sector in Perspective," the ensuing severe power crisis in the Philippines starting 1992, more than two years before its occurrence.  Also recommended quick remedial measures in the same article. 

• HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 

  • • T. Calasanz, "Culture-Based Strategy for Change and Development" (pamphlet guide), Conference of the Electric Power Supply Industry (CEPSI), Philippine Society for Training and Development, and NAPOCOR, 1981. 

      • • Discussed the interaction of people within a Filipino organization

        • Showed how productivity and good organizational health could be achieved by re-engineering its management style

        • Became a model for some neighboring ASEAN electric utilities

        • Was invited to join their organization after I left the National Power Corporation.

• EMERGENCY SYSTEMS IN POWER SYSTEMS 

  • • Emergency Systems in Electric Power Systems, National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) (handbook for operators), 1982, by T. Calasanz and 120 of NAPOCOR's Specialist Engineers.

      • • Failure of a small DC relay that controls the DC lube oil pump to supply oil to its steam turbine bearings could cost a utility US$100 million and a 10-month downtime

        • Handbook is to make sure that all the components comprising the "last lines of defence" are properly designed and duly maintained 

• STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES IN POWER SYSTEMS 

  • • Start-up and Shut-down, National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) (handbook for operators), (1983), by T. Calasanz and 120 of NAPOCOR's Specialist Engineers.

      • • Start-ups and shut-downs are the most critical "technical transients" in the life of equipment in electric power systems

        • Manual lists down all the "concurrent" and "sequential" activities to be performed in each power plant or substation

        • Activities are formulated according to "best practice" for each installation

        • Each activity must be signed off by an "accountable" person

        • Only the Plant Manager or his designated official may clear the start-up or shut-down process to proceed to the next step. 

• INNOVATION IN CONTROL SYSTEMS 

  • • Designed and implemented the first high voltage unmanned control of (138-kV) substations in the Philippines, by T. Calasanz and 30 of NAPOCOR's Volunteer Engineers.  (View the Business Day Newspaper report of April 16, 1982)

• ENERGY MANAGEMENT 

  • • As editor-in-chief of The Energy Manager (a publication of the Energy Management Association of the Philippines, or ENMAP), put emphasis on energy services as a frame of mind which encourages energy management programs to set up measures of success and emphasized "savings" through energy management and productivity improvement as a "new resource" to an organization, not saved, but reclaimed. 

Papers Presented and Published

• T. Calasanz, "A Pedagogical Reflection, The Ateneo SCADA Project", 

http://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/pedagog.pdf

https://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/pedagog.pdf 

A unique personal contribution to the University: Innovation in teaching electronics, as characterized by a) project-based, b) student-centered, c) designed for enjoying the course content, d) the generation of a highly motivated learning process, e) and above all, the unleashing of the students' "freedom to think". Earned the "School of Science and Engineering Dean's Award for Teaching Innovation" for this.

• T. Calasanz, and R. Reyes, "A Pedagogical Reflection, The Ateneo SCADA Project", International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training, July 4-6, 2001, KKR Hotel Kumamoto, Kumamoto, JAPAN. http://www.eecs.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/ITHET01/accepted_papers.htm

• T. Calasanz, "The Ateneo SCADA Project", 

http://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/techno.pdf

https://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/techno.pdf

1st ECE Conference, First ECE Conference, De La Salle University, December 2000

• Papers presented at the, 3rd ECE Conference, University of the Philippines, 2002. http://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/3rd_ececonf_structure.html

https://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/3rd_ececonf_structure.html.

a) Making "friends" with our house.

• • AIHouse Interconnection - Michael Loe Gestoso Fernandez, Eduardo Malco Gallofin, Jr., Tristan H. Calasanz and Carlos M. Oppus, "Automated House Interconnection Module", 

http://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/21s_ce150_AIHouseInterconnection.html

https://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/21s_ce150_AIHouseInterconnection.html

3rd ECE Conference, University of the Philippines, 2002

• • AIHouse Security and Access - D. Bañez, M. Caparas, M.D. Cu, H.M. de Guia, E. del Castillo, J. Tanqueco, P. Woo, T. Calasanz and C. Oppus, "Automated House Security and Access", 

http://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/21s_ce150_AIHouse_Security_Access.html

https://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/21s_ce150_AIHouse_Security_Access.html

3rd ECE Conference, University of the Philippines, 2002

• • AIHouse Environment Control - Mark de Guzman, Mark Bendicion, Antoine Bunnell, Sol Magsuci, Zorayda Marcojos, Ria Reyes, Tristan H. Calasanz and Carlos M. Oppus, "Environment Control Through Speech Recognition", 

http://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/21s_ce150_AIHouseEnvironmentControl.html

https://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/21s_ce150_AIHouseEnvironmentControl.html

3rd ECE Conference, University of the Philippines, 2002

• • AIHouse Status Monitor - Joey N. Costoya, Erees Queen B. Macabebe, Carla Verena S. Nuñez, Tristan H. Calasanz and Carlos M. Oppus, "Status Monitor for an Automated House", 

http://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/21s_ce150_AIHouseStatusMonitor.html

https://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/21s_ce150_AIHouseStatusMonitor.html

3rd ECE Conference, University of the Philippines, 2002

• • AIHouse Remote Administration - Ian Esguerra, Juphel Guerra, Ronald Idjao, Adrian Serohijos, Melisande Tupa, Tristan H Calasanz and Carlos M Oppus, "Remote Administration of an Automated House through Web and SMS", 

http://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/21s_ce150_AIHouseRemoteAdministration.html

https://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/21s_ce150_AIHouseRemoteAdministration.html

3rd ECE Conference, University of the Philippines, 2002

Papers presented at the, 3rd ECE Conference, University of the Philippines, 2002. 

http://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/3rd_ececonf_structure.html

https://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/3rd_ececonf_structure.html

b) Conventional jobs done the "unconventional" way.

• • Radio Interfacing - Jason N. Saba and Alejandra L. Jayme, Tristan H. Calasanz and Carlos M. Oppus, "Radio Interfacing", 

http://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/21s_ce150_RadioInterfacing.html

https://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/3rd_ececonf_structure.html

3rd ECE Conference, University of the Philippines, 2002

• • Key Glove - Rhyan Andrade, Allan De Jesus, Tristan Calasanz, Carlos Oppus, and Dr. Rosula Reyes, "16 Alphanumeric Encoded Key, Wearable Keyglove", 

http://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/21s_ce150_KeyGlove.html

https://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/21s_ce150_KeyGlove.html

3rd ECE Conference, University of the Philippines, 2002

• • Voice Texting - Lou Marvin T. Bautista, Sherwin Ian L. Bedia, Kelwin G. Chua, Shei Audrey R. Fuertez, Jaimee F. Marquez, Bonn Jonel P. Pua, Tristan H. Calasanz and Carlos M. Oppus, "Voice Texting", 

http://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/21s_ce150_VoiceTexting.html

https://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/21s_ce150_VoiceTexting.html

• • 3rd ECE Conference, University of the Philippines, 2002

  • Remote Video Surveillance - Denis Amparo, Maria Erika Aranas, Jhozeph Chua, Marty Cuyegkeng, Christian Lazo, Brey Lee, Jenard Mendoza, Pocholo Pasicolan, Melissa Rellosa, Tristan Calasanz and Carlos Oppus, "Remote Video Surveillance using Radio Control", 

http://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/21s_ce150_RemoteVideoSurveillance.html

https://www.thcalasanz.com/thcal/21s_ce150_RemoteVideoSurveillance.html

3rd ECE Conference, University of the Philippines, 2002

• • P. M. Cabacungan, J. C. Cheng, D. L. C. Landoy, A. C. Silang, R. A. Buenafe, G. L. Tangonan, N. J. C. Libatique and T. H. Calasanz, "Engineering Clean Water Systems for Off-Grid Sites," 2nd Engineering Research and Development for Technology Conference, Diamond Hotel, Manila, 2009.

  • L.C. Macaraig, G. Tangonan, N. Libatique, T. Perez, T. Calasanz, G. Peren, C.A. Paras, O. Rivera, J.R. Ronquillo, L.F. Cabiles, B.F. Te, M. Yap, "Design and Optimization of a Photobioreactor for Oil-Producing Algae Species," 2nd Engineering Research and Development for Technology Conference, Diamond Hotel, Manila, 2009.

  • P. M. Cabacungan, J. C. Cheng, D. L. C. Landoy, A. C. Silang, R. A. Buenafe, G. L. Tangonan, N. J. C. Libatique and T. H. Calasanz, "Solar Powered Atmospheric Water Generation and Purification System," 4th International Conference on Humanoid, Nano-Technology, Information Technology, Communications and Control, Environment and Management (HNICEM) 2009, Traders Hotel, Manila, 2009.

  • G.L. Tangonan, N.J.C. Libatique, T. Calasanz, M.L.C. Guico and C.M.K. Lee, "Medical Database for Patient Diagnostic with Wireless Updating," World Congress on Bioengineering (WACBE), Thailand, July 9-11, 2007.

  • G. L. Tangonan, N.J. Libatique, T. Calasanz, M. L.Guico and C.M. Lee-Ramos, " Wirelessly Updateable Personal Medical Information," 27th Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (PAASE), Manila, Feb. 15, 2007.

  • M. Alano, V. Casareno, R. de la Rama, G. Tangonan, N. Libatique and T. Calasanz, " Real-time Acoustic Monitoring of Tropical Rain,", 27th Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (PAASE), Manila, Feb. 15, 2007.

  • G. Tangonan, N. Libatique, T. Calasanz, C. Oppus, M. Alano, V. Casareno, R. De La Rama, D. Luna, J. Raymundo, T. Tan, J. Zamora, L. Cinco, A. Frias, and N. Palabrica, " Real-time Rain Rate Monitoring and the Simulation of Microwave Propagation Loss in Tropical Rain," Paper 154, 7th National Electrical Electronics Computer and Communications Engineering Conference, EECCE Con 2007, Univ. of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City (Nov. 30, 2006).

  • G. L. Tangonan, N. J. C. Libatique, T. Calasanz, M. Guico, C. M. Ramos, et. al., " Online Medical Record Repository," Paper 148, 7th National Electrical Electronics Computer and Communications Engineering Conference, EECCE Con 2006, Univ. of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Nov. 30, 2006.

  • J. A. C. Abueva, M. L. S. Ang, C. R. Oscares, R. C. Perdiguerra, C. D. Suamen, F. O. Taroma, T. H. Calasanz and C. M. Oppus,Admission Impossible Room, 2004 ECE Conference, Mapua Institute of Technology, Manila (Nov 2004)

  • J. V. Raymundo, E. C. Sabulao, E. V. Sagge, C. J. Uy, J. Zamora, T. Calasanz and C. Oppus, Smart HVAC System, 2004 ECE Conference, Mapua Institute of Technology, Manila (Nov 2004)

  • T. Abella, G. Gamo, P. Macariola, C. San Buenaventura, B. Santos, B. Tagayuna, C. Oppus and T. Calasanz, Instrukit: Computer-Interfaced Multimeter, 2004 ECE Conference, Mapua Institute of Technology, Manila (Nov 2004).

  • J. C. Buena, J. Jocson, F. A. Jose, J. P. Lim, P. J. Ocampo, O. Ortiz, J. . Reyes, I. Sandoval, D. Sy, C. Oppus and Tristan Calasanz, Faura Virtual Tour, 2004 ECE Conference, Mapua Institute of Technology, Manila. (Nov 2004).

  • "Admission Impossible Room", Abueva, J.A.C., Ang, M.L.S., Oscares, C.R., Perdiguerra, R.C.,Suamen,C.D., Taroma, F.O., Calasanz, T.H., Oppus, C.M., 2004 ECE Conference, Mapua Institute of Technology, Manila. Nov 2004

  • "Smart HVAC System", Jenny Vi Raymundo, Edsel Conrad Sabulao, Evan Vidal Sagge, Charles Joseph Uy, Jeffrey Zamora, Tristan Calasanz and Carlos Oppus, 2004 ECE Conference, Mapua Institute of Technology, Manila. Nov 2004

  • "Instrukit: Computer-Interfaced Multimeter", Abella, T; Gamo, G; Macariola, P; San Buenaventura, C; Santos, B; Tagayuna, B; Carlos Oppus and Tristan Calasanz, 2004 ECE Conference, Mapua Institute of Technology, Manila. Nov 2004

  • "Faura Virtual Tour", John Christopher Buena, Jason Jocson, Francis Anthony Jose, John Philip Lim, Philip Jay Ocampo, Olivia Ortiz, Joseph Anton Reyes, Ian Sandoval, Daisie Sy Carlos Oppus and Tristan Calasanz, 2004 ECE Conference, Mapua Institute of Technology, Manila. Nov 2004

  • Making technology work for our fellowmen?

    • ECG Analysis and Simulation

    • Voice-Controlled Hospital Bed

Degrees 

Jul 1, 1956 - Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering 

Mapua Institute of Technology, Academic Scholar

Jan 31, 1958 - Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering

Mapua Institute of Technology, Academic Scholar

Silver Medal of Honor

Government Licenses 

- Registered Mechanical Engineer

5th Place Junior Mechanical Engineering Board Exams, 1957

http://me.mapua.edu.ph/Chronicles/BoardTopNotchers.aspx 

- Assistant Electrical Engineer

1st Place Asst Electrical Engineering Board Exams, 1958 

http://eece.mapua.edu.ph/Chronicles/BoardTopNotchers.aspx 

Honors 

Ateneo de Manila University 

• Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Award, 2004

• School of Science and Engineering Dean's Award for Teaching Innovation, 2001

National Association of Mapua Alumni

• Outstanding Mapua Alumnus, 1980

Integrated Institute of Electrical Engineers

• Outstanding Electrical Engineer, 1981 

National Power Corporation 

• Award for completing the design and implementation of the Philippines' high voltage transmission control system, 1981

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES 

• IEEE : Member

• Philippine Energy Conservation Center Foundation Founding Trustee

• Energy Management Association of the Philippines (ENMAP) Past Director

• Energy Committee of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry : Past Chairman 

• National Association of Mapua Alumni : Member

• Integrated Institute of Electrical Engineers : Member

• Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers : Member

• Eta Sigma Mu (Honor Society of the Mapua Institute of Technology) : Member

WORK ASSIGNMENTS

Jun '00 - Retired

• Associate Lecturer - Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines 

• Expert Resource on Energy

• Hybrid-Electric Vehicle Design and Prototype 

• Computer Interfacing

• Analog and Digital Controls Design and Trouble-shooting

• Power Electronics

• Undergraduate Research Adviser

• Graduate Research Adviser in Energy 

• Designed and Conducted the Course: "Enjoying Electronics" for non-engineering majors

May '96 - Dec '99 

• VP, Project Development and Information Systems First Private Power Corporation, Pasig City, Philippines 

• Feasibility Studies for power plant projects, e.g., 600 mw Pumped-Storage, conventional hydros, diesels, and geothermal power plants.

• Project leader for a 65mw/US$65mi (stage 1 of US$130mi) co-generation facility to produce and supply electricity, process steam at 10 barg and chilled water at 7 deg C

• Plant overall thermal efficiency projected better than 60%. 

August '86 - May '96 

• Private Consultant Self-Employed, Quezon City, Philippines 

  • • Energy management consulting

    • Feasibility studies for power projects

    • Design and implementation of training programs for control engineers of manufacturing plants

    • Design and implementation of a management information system for a manufacturing plant

May '84 - Aug '86 

• Associate, SGV & Company, Makati City, Philippines 

  • • Advice to CEOs on issues affecting manufacturing plant operation 

    • Operational areas: start-up, shutdown, efficiency, maintenance, quality assurance

    • Technical areas: energy and productivity issues 

    • Organizational development: effectiveness of meetings of company's Executive Committee 

Sep '81 - Apr '84 

• Vice President for Utility Operations, National Power Corporation, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines 

  • • Managed one of the largest operations in the Philippines - 

      • all of the NAPOCOR's operating assets, of about US$10 billion 

      • gross revenues of about US$1 billion (equiv), 

      • a US 500 million annual operational budget, 

      • all the power plants, transmission lines, SCADA, and R&D country-wide

    • Complied, for the first time, with all the loan covenants on "rate of return on rate base" (RORB) with the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank

    • Put under control: Power crisis plaguing the whole country

    • Designed, built and installed (all in-house) the first automated high voltage transmission and substation controls in the Philippines 

    • Energy-Efficiency projects generated the equivalent of US$15 million savings in 1983 

Jul '79 - Sep '81 

• Vice President for Human Resources and General Services, National Power Corporation, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines 

  • • Planned and implemented a culture-based strategy for change and development 

    • Implemented the decentralization of the Corporation organization of 13,000 staff into autonomous Regional Centers that operated according to the principles of the profit center concept 

Jan '76 - Feb '78 

• Chief, Nuclear Plant Systems Division, National Power Corporation, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines 

• Head of the design review team for the Philippines' first nuclear power plant 

• Designed the nuclear training and recruitment program for the plant's operating engineers

Apr '75 - Feb '78 

• Chief, Nuclear Training Section, National Power Corporation, Quezon City, Philippines 

  • • Designed and implemented the Philippines' nuclear training program competitive recruitment of the operating personnel for the nuclear power plant

    • Incl. specific training programs, job postings, nuclear simulator postings, management development and staff career paths

    • Program was adapted as a model for developing countries by the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, during its Interregional Conference in Korea in 1977 

May '73 - Apr '74 

• Nuclear Reactor Technologist, Philippine Atomic Energy Commission, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines 

  • • Operated and maintained the nuclear research reactor's control system 

In-House Design, Fabrication, and Testing of the National Power Corporation's First Philippine High Voltage Remote Control System for Substations in Zamboanga