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Notable Filipino Scientists and Inventions

This document discusses three famous Filipino scientists who have made significant contributions to Philippine science: Ramon Cabanas Barba, who was proclaimed a National Scientist of the Philippines for inventing a way to induce more flowers in mango trees using chemicals, improving crop yields worldwide. Josefino Comiso, a senior NASA scientist who led research on ocean convection, phytoplankton blooms, and climate change signals revealed in changing Arctic sea ice cover. Jose Bejar Cruz Jr., an academician recognized for his work developing methods for understanding dynamic systems and preserving optimal control structures even with parameter variations. He helped expand engineering education in the Philippines.

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Notable Filipino Scientists and Inventions

This document discusses three famous Filipino scientists who have made significant contributions to Philippine science: Ramon Cabanas Barba, who was proclaimed a National Scientist of the Philippines for inventing a way to induce more flowers in mango trees using chemicals, improving crop yields worldwide. Josefino Comiso, a senior NASA scientist who led research on ocean convection, phytoplankton blooms, and climate change signals revealed in changing Arctic sea ice cover. Jose Bejar Cruz Jr., an academician recognized for his work developing methods for understanding dynamic systems and preserving optimal control structures even with parameter variations. He helped expand engineering education in the Philippines.

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  • Introduction to Famous Filipino Scientists
  • Ramon Cabanos Barba
  • Josefino Cacas Comiso
  • Jose Bejar Cruz Jr.

Famous Filipinos in the Field of Science

We all know about the works of Einstein, Galileo, Newton, Marie Currie and many other
foreign scientists.

We rarely hear of Filipino scientists being discussed in science classes. Lee Chua have
identified 10 outstanding Filipino scientists who have made significant contributions in
Philippine Science. These scientists are also famous abroad especially in different science
disciplines
RAMON CABANAS BARBA (born August 31, 1939, San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte)

Filipino inventor and horticulturist best known for inventing a way to induce more flowers in
mango trees using ethrel and potassium nitrate. Barba was proclaimed as a National
Scientist of the Philippines in June 2014. The impact and importance of his discoveries, along
with his self motivation to help others, led him to change how mangoes and other crops are
grown around the world, thus improving the livelihood for those who work in the
agriculture industry.

JOSEFINO CACAS COMISO


Josefino Comiso is a senior research scientist at the Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory of the
GoddardSpace Flight Center. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the
University of the Philippines, Masters Degree in Physics from Florida State University and Ph.
D. in physics from the University of California in Los Angeles. At Goddard, his research led to
new insights into many important processes in the polar regions including: (a) deep ocean
convection and the influence of polynyas and Odden on bottom water formation; (b)
phytoplankton blooms and relationships with the sea ice cover and (c) climate change
signals as revealed by the changing sea ice cover and accelerated warming in the Arctic
region. He was the chief scientist in many NASA aircraft missions in the Arctic and Antarctic
that included a flight over a nuclear submarine near the North Pole that demonstrated the
feasibility of measuring sea ice thickness from space. He has been the recipient of several
NASA awards

Jose Bejar Cruz Jr.

Jose Cruz was born on September 17, 1932. He was elected as Academician (Corresponding
Member) in 2003. He finished B.S. Electrical Engineering at the University of the Philippines
in 1953, M.S. Electrical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1956 and
Ph. D. Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1959. In appreciation of his scientific and
technological contributions to electrical engineering through the progress of several
methods for the understanding study of dynamic systems with respect to parameters
variations; founding of the idea comparison sensitivity matrix that captures the result of
feedback on shifting the influence of parameter distinction on system output errors in multi-
variable feedback system; and the preservation of system optimality for a range parameter
standards even when the feedback control structure is set. He implement the Master of
Engineering programs in several association of engineering schools he helped to expand; the
appointment of many ESEP scholars in PhD. sandwich programs in the US and the
agreement for short stay and observations to the US by officials and scholars from the
engineering faculty of different universities in the Philippines. With all that, Dr. Jose Cruz has
enormously contributed to the development of the quality of engineering education in the
Philippines

Famous Filipinos in the Field of Science We all know about the works of Einstein, Galileo, Newton, Marie Currie and many
RAMON CABANAS BARBA(bornAugust31,1939,SanNicolas,IlocosNorte) Filipino inventor and horticulturist best known
Josefino Comiso is a senior research scientist at the Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory of the GoddardSpace Flight Center. He
variable feedback system; and the preservation of system optimality for a range parameter standards even when the feedback c

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