Maria Theresa I. Cabaraban PhD

Professor

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Local #: 9401

Chemical Engineering Department

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

• Doctor of Philosophy, Environmental Resources Engineering, SUNY – ESF
• Master of Science, Chemical Engineering, UP – Diliman
• Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, Xavier University
• Licensed Chemical Engineer, 7th placer ChE Board Licensure Examination (Oct. 1998)

SPECIALIZATION/RESEARCH

• Taught courses: Environmental Resource Engineering, Ecological Engineering, ChE Plant Design
• Research topics: Waste-to-Engineering, Environmental Resource Engineering, Environmental Modeling and Analysis, Process Design, Carrying Capacities

 TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCY

• Full-time Regular Faculty, Xavier University, 1991 – present
• College Research Coordinator, 2016- present
• Associate Dean, College of Engineering, Xavier University, Cagayan de Oro City, June 2015 – April 2016
• Coordinator, Master of Engineering Program, Xavier University, Cagayan de Oro City, June 2015 – April 2016
• Laboratory Manager, College of Engineering Laboratories, Xavier University, Cagayan de Oro City, June 2013 – May 2014
• Chair, CHE/CE/IE Department College of Engineering, Xavier University, Cagayan de Oro City, June 1997 – May 2006

PUBLICATION

• Generating electricity from spent activated carbon: Life Cycle Environmental Benefits WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development, WSEAS, February 2016
• Estimation of landfill gas production and the energy availability of municipal solid wastes from Upper Dagong dumpsite using the Philippine Landfill gas model v.1
  WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, WIT Press, March 2015
• Modeling of air pollutant removal by dry deposition to urban trees using a WRF/CMAQ/i-Tree Eco coupled system, Environmental Pollution,
  Elsevier, 2013
• Aerobic in-vessel composting versus bioreactor landfilling using life cycle models
  Journal of Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, Springer, 2008
• Validity of chemical engineering students’ academic achievement in the technical and professional courses in predicting licensure examination performance,
  Faculty Working Series, XU-KRC, 2007
• Ethanol-based biodiesel from waste vegetable oils ASEAN Journal of Chemical Engineering ASEAN Journal Ad Hoc Committee, De La Salle, University-Manila, 2007
• Solid waste audit for the Xavier main campus, XU Faculty Research Journal, 2003

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Forests and Natural Resources Research Society of the Philippines, Inc. (FORESPI), Member, 2007 – Present
• PICHE – Cagayan de Oro City 2001 - Present Member, 2001 - 2003 Chapter Secretary, 2003 – 2004 Chapter Vice-President for Academe, 2005 – 2006, 2015 - Present Member, Chapter Board of Directors
• American Geophysical Union (AGU), Member, 2012 - 2013
• Air and Waste Management Association (A&WMA), Member, 2010 – 2013
• KRC Research Proposal Review Committee Member, Xavier University, Cagayan de Oro City, February 2014 – Present
• Cleaner Production Assessor DOST – X, Region X, September 2007 – Present
• Representative (Xavier University), FDC Multipartite Monitoring Team, Member, Province of Misamis Oriental, Region X, December 2014 – May 2015
• Representative (Xavier University) Metro Cagayan de Oro Airshed Governing Board Province of Misamis Oriental, Region X, September 2013 – May 2015
• Environmental Impact Assessment Reviewer, DENR – X , Cagayan de Oro City, July 2000 – September 2001
• Director, Mind Trust Xavier University, Cagayan de Oro City, June 2000 – May 2008
• Faculty Research Proposal Review Committee Member, Xavier University Cagayan de Oro City, June 2000 – May 2008