Filipino students to join international study tour in Vienna, Austria
Two Senior High School (SHS) students from the Philippines have been invited to join a study tour in Vienna, Austria after winning a virtual education exhibition.
Salina M. Konno and Jhames Bernard M. Dingle, both Grade 12 students of Francisco E. Barzaga Integrated High School in Dasmariñas, Cavite will be going to Austria for a study tour of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters after they won in the virtual Nuclear Science and Technology (NST) Education Exhibition 2023.
Under the guidance of their coach and teacher Mischelle C. Maongca, the students won the virtual exhibition for their initiative.
Titled “Doing the Initiatives: Making Plastic Useful not Awful,” the video presentation presented by the students was about the use of nuclear technology in solving plastic pollution.
“We discussed a chemical recycling process that aims to eliminate the aforementioned problem, namely pyrolysis,” Konno said. “It is a thermo-chemical plastic waste treatment technique that uses heat to change the chemical composition of materials, which are then cooled and compressed into a variety of useful products in society,” she added.
For Dingle, the said initiative is important because it spreads awareness about the effects of plastic pollution on the life of every organism in the world.
Kabilang na rin ang pagbibigay nila ng impormasyon sa kung paano masosolusyonan ang hamon gamit ang agham at teknolohiya (They also provide information on how to solve the challenge using science and technology),” he added.
With the anticipated NST Education Study Tour to be scheduled in late 2023 or early 2024, Konno said that they can gain a new and improved perspective that will shape them into seasoned IAEA affiliates.
“Above all, we will be honored to gain powerful insights into the International Atomic Energy Agency’s initiatives and objectives from valuable people directly associated with the organization,” she added.
“We discussed a chemical recycling process that aims to eliminate the aforementioned problem, namely pyrolysis,” Konno said. “It is a thermo-chemical plastic waste treatment technique that uses heat to change the chemical composition of materials, which are then cooled and compressed into a variety of useful products in society,” she added.
For Dingle, the said initiative is important because it spreads awareness about the effects of plastic pollution on the life of every organism in the world.
Kabilang na rin ang pagbibigay nila ng impormasyon sa kung paano masosolusyonan ang hamon gamit ang agham at teknolohiya (They also provide information on how to solve the challenge using science and technology),” he added.
With the anticipated NST Education Study Tour to be scheduled in late 2023 or early 2024, Konno said that they can gain a new and improved perspective that will shape them into seasoned IAEA affiliates.
“Above all, we will be honored to gain powerful insights into the International Atomic Energy Agency’s initiatives and objectives from valuable people directly associated with the organization,” she added.