Efforts to improve the university’s performance in the agricultural engineer licensure examination have paid off as 58.33% (7 out of 12) passed the board examination conducted by the Professional Regulation Commission on Aug. 25 and 26. The national passing rate was a mere 40 percent (340 out of 841)

However, there were six retakers, all of whom did not make it, thus pulling down MMSU’s passing percentage to 39 percent.

Dr. Arnold Dumaoal, agricultural engineering department chair, expressed happiness over the results even as he expressed enthusiasm that this would improve further I next examinations.

Agricultural Engineering board exams is considered the hardest engineering licensure examination because it combines the disciplines of mechanical, civil, electrical and chemical engineering principles with a knowledge of agricultural principles.

Agricultural engineers may engage in any of the following areas: design of agricultural machinery, equipment, and agricultural structures; internal combustion engines as applied to agricultural machinery; gricultural resource management (including land use and water use); water management, conservation, and storage for crop irrigation and livestock production; surveying and land profiling; climatology and atmospheric science; design of experiments related to crop and animal production; and food engineering and the processing of agricultural products, among others. (By Reynaldo E. Andres)