The  Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers

– Junior Chapter V (PIChE-JCV)

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The Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers – Junior Chapter V (PIChE-JCV) is the sole organization of chemical engineering students in the Bicol region dedicated to provide professional growth and development to the students by spearheading various knowledge and skill enhancement, and team-building activities.

Mission

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The PIChE-JCV shall primarily give assistance to professional and technical education, raise greater consciousness for scientific and technological researches, provide opportunities for the realization of the full potentials as individuals and as members of the global community, and advance its efforts to be frontiers of knowledge.

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Vision

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It is the vision of the PIChE-JCV to become a dynamic center of excellence for chemical engineering education; producing leaders, entrepreneurs and engineers who are imaginative, innovative, empowered, technically-gifted, critical to addressing societal needs, positive catalyst for regional, national and global development and capable of surviving intense competition in the 21st century global environment.

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Objectives

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The PIChE-JCV shall pursue the following objectives which aim for the improvement, development and advancement of its members:

1. To foster camaraderie and unity among the members of the organization;

2. To uphold the goals and objectives of the department to produce well-rounded intellectual, social, spiritual, and socio-cultural individuals;

3. To instill the sense of service, responsibility, and concern for the welfare of the society;

4. To serve as the link between the students, administration, PIChE and other internal and external institutions;

5. To enhance the application of scientific methods and processes in the lives of the members; 

6. To promote scientific inquiry among the members by the investigative activities of the organization;

7. To widen the horizon, thinking and perception of its members with regards to their chosen field of professions; 

8. To further improve the ability of the members and make them dynamic and proficient chemical engineers;

9. To pursue the advancement of the students’ active involvement in different activities for the accomplishment and furtherance of these objectives.

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History

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The Bicol University College of Engineering opened the course Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering in academic year 2000-2001. Through the dynamic effort of the former Department Head, Dr. Natividad M. Padre and the pioneer class, the organization was established, with Mr. Jed M. Bellen as its first president. The organization was affiliated with Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers as a junior chapter of the Batangas Chapter in 2002.  The following year, the organization now bears the name Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers – Junior Chapter V (PIChE-JCV). Finally, the PIChE-JCV is now affiliated to PIChE- Junior Chapter Luzon (JCL) which enables the organization to represent Bicol University as the only school in the Bicol region that offers the chemical engineering program.

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