Xavier University garnered a 100% passing rate in the 7th Industrial Engineering Certification Examination with eight new Certified Industrial Engineers (CIEs).
The eight new CIEs are also designated as Associate ASEAN Engineers (AAEs). They are:
Benjamin M Chan III,
Louis Allan O Cuarteros,
Alyssa Iris V Jariol,
Dariel S Palasan,
Rupert Marionne S Nellas,
Deme Rose A Santos,
Bonn Kleiford D Seranilla, and
Bryan J Timaan.
The Philippine Institute of Industrial Engineers (PIIE) through the Industrial Engineering Certification Board administered the said exam on December 6, 2015.
“Congratulations to our new XU CIEs and AAEs! We thank Engineering Dean Hercules R Cascon, Industrial Engineering Department Chair Glenn B Paclijan and the Engineering faculty and staff for the guidance and support they have provided our students,” XU president Fr Roberto C Yap SJ said in his message to the academic community.
Out of the 452 takers from different schools all over the country, only 336 successfully passed the exam. The national passing rate is 74.33%.
According to PIIE, the certification “helps promote a clearer public awareness and understanding of the role of the industrial engineers in society, to aid in ensuring that fellow IEs perform their services in a manner which recognizes as paramount public health and safety … and polishes one’s reputation as a qualified industrial engineer,” responding to the needs of the ASEAN Economic Community.
This achievement came on the heels of the recent Nursing Licensure Examination results where XU ranked among the top performing nursing schools in the country with a 100% passing percentage and the declaration from the Commission on Higher Education, recognizing XU’s Agriculture program as a Center of Excellence, and the Chemical Engineering, Literature, and Biology programs as Centers of Development.