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ABOUT TEAM TELEMED 98
The TeleMed
Project began in 1997 when Ms. Ana Chupungco Computer
Science and Technology Unit Head of the Philippine
Science High School conferred with several PGH Doctors,
with regard to the creation of a telemedicine device that
would allow the use of a microscope from afar. With this,
she recruited Christian Sanchez, then a 3rd year student
at the PSHS to form a team of three members, to implement
this project. After three months, the final team was
assembled, made up of Ernest Baello, Patrick Estorninos,
and Lorenzo Lorilla, with Christian being team leader.
The team then began research into existing telemedicine
projects, together with various technological data. With
this, they were able to craft a research proposal and a
list of the materials to be needed. The group then went
out to acquire these materials, and started on the
initial designs for the circuit board, as well as the
software.
After undergoing three circuit board and two software
revisions, the initial prototype of the system was
assembled and was entered in the Department of Science
and Technology Search for The Outstanding Young Science
Researchers (DOST-TOYS) Regional competition. In this
particular event, it placed third and qualified it for
entry into the InterRegional competition.
In the InterRegionals, it was the paperwork of the
project that would be judged, and so the research paper
was heavily revised and polished. This allowed the group
to qualify for the National competition.
The group was then invited to join another competition in
Taiwan that would take place one week before the
Nationals. They decided to enter the competition despite
the two competitions being so close together, and fielded
in Ernest Baello to represent the team. After the one
week competition, the project garnered a special award.
As for the Nationals, the group was able to make all the
necessary preparations in time, and were able to place
first in the competition, qualifying them to represent
the country in the Intel International Science and
Engineering Fair (ISEF).
For this competition, the group decided to use a
different microscope since the previous had become
damaged. This required the group to acquire new materials
for the system in accordance with the microscope’s
size. The new project was then brought to Texas, and was
able to win Fourth Place in the Grand Awards for the Team
Category.
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