User:Mars cacacho

Mc Allen Reonel Sebastian Sales Cacacho North Philippines' Young Alchemist

Mars was born on December 22 1985, the son of Allen Badiang Cacacho, a technoligst, researcher & academician and Eleonora Pascual Sales, a chemist and academe supervisor. Christened as Mc Allen Reonel Sebastian Sales Cacacho, Mars (his acronym nickname), started doing scientific researches at fifth grade at the Optimum Pupil Education thru Networking (OPEN) School of the Future (SOF), a pilot school in the Cagayan Valley Region. His Biothermosensor, a gadget that could measure temperature at the tip of the fingers, made him the Most Excellent among the Ten Outstanding Young Scientists (TOYS ‘98) at the age of 12.

In High School, he was once called a jinx because in every competition he’d gone to, coincidentally he was the only one who would go home without a medal hang on the neck. This lasted for 3 sorrowful years and he just regained his winning streak in 2003 when he made it to the National Webpage Design Competition and won a National Award for Web design & Programming in the Student Technologists and Entrepreneurs of the Philippines (STEP) National Competition at Cebu City, and a month later became National Champion in the Intel Philippine Science Fair with 5 Grand Awards (Intel Best Research, Best Semiconductor Technology Award, Best Applied Research Award, Best Consultant Award and Category Champion) for his research The Remote Biological Thermometer and Sensor: Its Past Present and Future, making him an instant delegate to the 53rd [|International Science and Engineering Fair] (ISEF) in Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America on May 2003, the first in Tuguegarao City and the province of Cagayan to attend such. During the ISEF, he had the opportunity to undergo a week-long training at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) which boosted and enhanced his research and investigative skills to its summit. He made major improvements in his Remote Biological Thermometer and Sensor research, a thermometer that could measure temperature by remote from as far as 10 meters from the patient, and environmental temperature at a 3-kilometer radius, thus, making a breakthrough in Engineering Telemetering Technology. The remote thermometer was initially used by general hospitals in the region for hygienic temperature measurements. Also, in the advent of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), prototypes of his gadget were distributed to Hospitals in Guangdong, China. With this, he was awarded a Commendation for Scientific research by the Japan Academy of Sciences for co-inventing the thermometer used during the outbreak of SARS.

He was in a dilemma on where to study for college when destiny brought him to St. Paul University Philippines, the main campus and home of the Chancellor of the St. Paul University System. He took the course Environmental Engineering and shifted to Computer Engineering.

Being an active Freshman, he was chosen as the Most Excellent among the Ten Outstanding Youth Leaders of Tuguegarao City (TOYL) with a record of 98%, the highest achieved score in the competition so far – up to date. He was the youngest among the college contestants, so, no one thought he’d top it. Months after that, he was awarded his first NASA commendation for the following researches:

1.     Bioremediation of Toxic Chemicals in Hospital Wastes by Utilization of Pig Placenta 2.     Antibacterial Substance Taken from the Intestines of Domestic Cockroach (Blatta Orientalis) 3.     Antimicrobial Property Taken from the Abdomen of Spider

These said researches were adopted by science enthusiasts and garnered commendations and numerous citations in various National Inventions Competitions. While taking his new course, he was lured to the world of Cyber Programming when he joined a team composed of Senior IT students from a different Department in the Province’s Web Design Competition where they placed Champion. In November of 2006, he took the double degree course in Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Bachelor of Science in Information Technology in the same University.

Late 2006, he received his second NASA commendation for a theory he posed regarding fossils and meteorites.

On June 21, 2007, he was awarded as one of the 13 United Nations Environment Programme Bayer Young Environmental Envoys for the Research: The Utilization of the Water Pollution Monitoring Gadget to detect the Potability of the Cagayan River, the longest river in the Philippines. He was the first in his Province to be knighted with the title.

It was the same year that Mars was nominated to the United Kingdom Global Youth Awards given the title North Philippines’ Young Alchemist, the second Filipino to be nominated in the Search and the first in the Science Category. The awarding will be held in Southampton, United Kingdom on a scheduled date. www.globalyouth.net

January of 2008, Mars joined the Students’ Actions Vital to the Environment and Mother Earth (SAVE ME) Movement as the organization’s resident Scientist where he became very productive in the organization. His major contribution was the 3M Theory, the ambitious solution on how to stream down the temperature of Tuguegarao City in 10 years. The 3M Theory is presently on its implementation stage with the collaboration of SAVE ME Movers Mark Angelo Adriano, March Magat and Jestoni Beltran who happens to be his closest friends. They organized series of road shows, talks, seminars, environmental camps and made it to be appointed as the regional environmental arm later that year.

He graduated College on March 21, 2008 with 17 University Awards including the Best University Research Award for his dissertation Machine Robo Rescue: The Integration of the Remote Biological Thermometer and Sensor to a Collision Avoidance Robot. He also exited the University being the first campus political figure for five consecutive years where he ended his term as Senate President of the Supreme Board of Students. He also left a Legacy after founding The Browser: the first College Magazine in the University where he became the Editor-in-Chief of the Maiden Issue.

On May of 2008, he took oath as member of the Nacionalista Party, the premier political party in the country.

June of 2008, he was absorbed by St. Paul University to be a College Instructor on the subjects: Microprocessor and Integrated Robotics and Engineering Communications.

On July 17, 2008, he was given a Presidential Merit as one of the Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines (TOSP) for the Year 2008 by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo at the Malacanang Palace.

He resigned as a college instructor in September 2008 and is presently employed as an engineer at TrendLabs, the research center of Trend Micro Incorporated, a global anti-virus security leader.

He continuously helps in the researches of both high school and college students as well as those taking up their Masters degree by sharing his knowledge as adviser and resource speaker in various seminars on the contents, statistical investigations and methodologies of approach in research studies.