_{All photos taken from UP GP's Machine Design Summit facebook page with permission}

The UP Machine Design Summit was an event sponsored by Steemit Philippines where we supported the bright young minds that will be the future of our country and had a talk and booth setup all about Steemit. We also had a meetup with a few steemians in the metro which made the event a fun gathering as an added bonus.

The summit was divided into 3 parts and ran from Feb 3 to Feb 5, 2018. The theme this year was the Olympics! Go for Gold kids!

Inter-High School Competition

High School students are challenged to create mechanisms that would benefit the community. A wonderful opportunity for young students to maximize the country's resources in building useful machines.
THE CHALLENGE: In this year’s theme, the competition calls for teams that can make machines for Cycling and Swimming. Upon the mark of the organizers, ready your tools to make the relay machines GO! Let the race begin!

_{Inter high School Design making phase}

First place: 10,000 Php

Second place: 7,000 Php

Third place: 5,000 Php

Stakes were high for Inter-High School design competition as their machines had to go through an obstacle course of water and a slippery race track. After the design phase, they headed on to the Engineering lawn to test out their machines on the obstacle course.

It was such a rush watching their machines run the course. Excitement was everywhere as they were screaming each time a team would finish an obstacle. Some of us caught the exhilaration before the fun was over because we also by this time, finished talking about Steemit to a theatre of students from all over Metro Manila and packed up our Steemit booth at the event.

contest propoer.jpg

_{Paranaque Science High School}

_{Philippine Science High School}

_{Jubilee Christian Academy}

Inter-High School 1st Place
Paranaque Science High School
Roldan Magnaye
Carl Darcee Topacio
Jomille Larracas

Inter-High School 2nd Place
Philippine Science High School - Main
Leigh Angelica T. Gacias
Mary Hazel B. Florita
Ghessette Mae F. Punay

Inter-High School 3rd Place
Jubilee Christian Academy
Lanz Matthew Joaquin Y. Ang
Allaine Ricci U. Tan
Justine Gabrielle A. Yu

Inter-University Competition

Future Engineers from Different universities apply their knowledge and abilities to construct machines that could be new solutions to the country's problems on environmental calamities.
As this year’s overall theme, the competition aims to replicate combat sports or Robo-Wrestling. Teams are tasked to build a robot mounted on a Remote-Controlled car where it will be pitted against other participants of the tournament.

Prizes for Inter University were a bit higher and well worth making a robot where they submitted a final design a week before the competition.

First place: 15,000

Php; Second place: 10,000

Php; Third place: 7,500 Php

Click here to watch a video of the final battle of these Robo-Wrestling cars on the UP Machine Design Summit facebook page.

_{Team Name: SMUD}

_{Team Name: Gray Hawks}

_{Team Name: White Tigers}

Inter University 1st Place
Bulacan State University
Team Name: SMUD
King Alfred C. Zapanta
John Adams R. Aguilera
John Earl B. Espiritu
John Kenneth F. Dela Cruz
Arex Christian P. Dela Cruz

Inter University 2nd Place
Technological University of the Philippines
Team Name: Gray Hawks
Jorence Darro D. Faraon
Isaiah James G. Leonor
Reco I. Bongcales
Andrew Stephen A. Nacion

Inter University 3rd Place
Bulacan State University
Team Name: White Tigers
Cyrille Faye DJ. Dionisio
Benedict Ryan Cruz
Calvin Kobe D. Mapesos
Joealvin S. Bautista
Regie. C. Genosas

Inter-Department Competition

An On-the-Spot machine design competition for UP Diliman students that showcases their creative skills as they work on a given set of materials and a limited time in constructing a machine related to a specific theme.

This event will test the participants’ resourcefulness and their knowledge of the projectile motion for they will be tasked to build a machine that should be able to launch spears that will reach certain distances.

Registration was free for this alias PROJECTI-LANCE competition where students were to build their own simple machines with the provided materials, its specifications, and desired functions.