Harold Jan Terano

• PhD in Mathematics Education; Master in Engineering Technology
• Professor at Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges

Hydropower is one of the major renewable energy sources in the world. It is less expensive and environmentally friendly as it does not emit harmful gases that can affect the surroundings. The Philippines has many water resources. This indicates that it can be a very good place for hydropower development because of the huge amount of water available...

The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI), as demonstrated by models like ChatGPT, has garnered significant attention in recent times owing to its capacity to transform multiple domains of society, including higher education. Within academia, individuals such as students, educators, and scholars have already employed Large Language M...

A comprehensive examination is an academic exercise that aims to determine students’performance relevant to their achievements in the previous years of their studies. In the oldcurriculum of the College of Engineering at Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges, Philippines,a comprehensive examination is given to second-year students of all engineering p...

This study determines the impact of the extension services and activities conducted by the electrical and electronics engineering programs of the Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges, Philippines for the period 2016-2018. Extension services and activities were categorised as skills training, advocacy and outreach programs. Results found that the exte...

Recent improvements in Natural Language Processing (NLP) have led to the creation of powerful language models like Chat Generative Pre-training Transformer (ChatGPT), Google’s BARD, Ernie which has shown to be very good at many different language tasks. But as language tasks get more complicated, having even more advanced NLP tool is essential nowa...

In the academic world, academicians, researchers, and students have already employed Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT to complete their various academic and non-academic tasks, including essay writing, different formal and informal speech writing, summarising literature, and generating ideas. However, yet, it is a controversial issue to...

Everyone has lost their footing due to the pandemic. The academic community needed to be prepared, leaving professors and students without direction. The goal at the time was to overcome the calamity of educational discontinuity. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4-The education goal aims "to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and pr...

CDIO (Conceive, Design, Implement, and Operate) emphasizes new approaches in engineering education, and provides students better learning experiences which will prepare them into the real-world of engineering works. This CDIO approach has been adopted by several universities around the world. In the Philippines, this approach has been introduced to...

Solar energy, the most common and scalable renewable energy, has a huge potential to supply the increasing electricity demand. Hence, proper site selection for deploying solar PV systems is required. This paper presents the development of a solar suitability map to identify potential sites for solar PV systems in the selected areas in the Rinconada...

Hydropower is a renewable energy resource that is available to various areas in any parts of the world. It is less expensive compared to other sources of energy and is environment-friendly since it does not release any greenhouse gases that may affect the environment. Rivers and falls are abundant water resources in the Philippines which are common...

This paper explores possible scenarios for the Research Culture of Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges (CSPC), to be known as Polytechnic State University of Bicol (PSUB). The paper utilized Jim Dator's four archetypes of alternative futures to construct PSUB's Research Culture possible scenarios by 2030. This paper highlights the assumption that th...

Perlite is abundant in the Municipality of Baao, Camarines Sur, Philippines. Production of perlite are costly for small-scale industries. Common perlite expander machines are costly and large enough to produce tons of perlite, which is impossible for small-scale industries to purchase. With these, the researchers had proposed a study on the develop...

This book is a simplified textbook in advanced mathematics for engineering intended for a semester-long course in advanced engineering mathematics. This book was developed for students to have a material that will guide them in learning the concepts of higher engineering mathematics. The author wishes that students can learn fully the necessary kno...

This research presents the revision of the current curriculum of the Master of Engineering program at Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges in the Philippines through series of consultations and FGDs with the faculty and students of the graduate pro-gram and industry practitioners, and the development of integrated curricula using CDIO framework. Stan...

This study utilized a correlational method to explore the academic predictors of performance in the licensure examination for electronics engineering graduates of Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges (CSPC). Descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation and multiple regression were used to analyze the licensure examination ratings, academic performan...

Advanced Engineering Mathematics is a course that introduces higher concepts of mathematics and its applications to engineering. A textbook was developed to supplement the teaching learning processes. The study had utilized the ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate) model in developing the instructional material. The acceptabili...

Philippines is a sovereign country in the Southeast Asia. It has an area of 300,000 square kilometers. Its location along the Pacific Ring of Fire and closer to the equator makes it prone to earthquakes and typhoons. It is considered to be the seventh most populated country in Asia and twelfth most populated country in the world. This paper conside...

Instructional material is a very important tool in the teaching-learning process in a classroom situation. This is in a form of textbooks, reference texts, the chalk and blackboard, computer aided presentations and other materials that are important and useful during discussions and teachings. This study focused on the development and evaluation of...

Differential Calculus is a course that introduces the concepts and theories of higher mathematics and their applications to engineering. A large majority of engineering students fail to attain proficiency in mathematics as the foundation course of engineering programs. One way to help students obtain skills and competency is to develop an effective...

This book covers the discussions on Integral Calculus. This consists of lessons together with sample problems and exercises at the end of every topic to give way the student for him to solve it. It is important that the student should gain not just how to solve problems but most importantly, student should gain the concepts and ideas behind a certa...

This book covers the discussions on Differential Calculus. This consists of lessons together with sample problems and exercises at the end of every topic to give way the student for him to solve it. It is important that the student should gain not just how to solve problems but most importantly, student should gain the concepts and ideas behind a c...

This book covers the basic discussions on ordinary differential equations as fundamentals for the study of differential equations. This consists of the lessons together with sample problems and exercises at the end of every topic to give way the student for him to solve it. It is important that the student gain not just how to solve problems but mo...

This book covers the discussions of Basic Thermodynamics. This consists of lessons on concepts and theories of basic thermodynamics together with sample problems and exercises at the end of each topic. This book can be a supplement in learning the basic topics on thermodynamics as a preparation in higher fields of sciences. The authors wishes that...

This work covers the basic discussions on the subject Advanced Algebra. This consists of the lessons together with sample problems and exercises at the end of every topic to give way the student for him to solve it. It is important that the student gain not just how to solve problems but most importantly, he should gain the concepts and ideas behin...