The UP Chemical Engineering Society Incorporated presents to you this year’s Students’ National Engineering Conference, or SNCEC, now going on 12 years strong. As the organization’s flagship event, and one of the biggest student-organized chemical engineering events in the Philippines, the SNCEC aims to connect chemical engineering students from all over the country and share with them the organization’s goal of holistic development. First of the three SNCEC events this year

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Cartoonist: Obra Maestro Obra Maestro is a teacher-illustrator, digital artist and cartoonist from Pangasinan. He makes illustrations for DepEd's learning materials. He also works as an editorial cartoonist in local newspapers Northern Times and Pangasinan Star. His editorial cartoons aim to inform, inspire and move people to take action on the current issues in the country.