USTP faculty joins Taiwan TEEP program for advance research training
By Zebeth A. Miranda, STRATCOMM, USTP System
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Engr. Christian Rey M. Alison, a faculty member from the Biomedical Engineering Department of USTP Alubijid, Main Campus, is the first from his department to join the Taiwan Education Experience Program (TEEP). His research internship and faculty immersion run from June 18 to December 18, 2025. He is also a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) student and an alumnus of Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (BSECE) at USTP Cagayan de Oro.
Engr. Alison is currently completing his TEEP internship at the Tactile Optimization and User-Centric Haptics (TouchLab) of the National Chin-Yi University of Technology (NCUT). He works under the supervision of Dr. Aaron Raymond See, the Director of TouchLab and a professor at NCUT.
During his stay, Engr. Alison has already experienced many opportunities. He gets to interact with researchers from Europe, the USA, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, India, and Taiwan. He stays in the university dorm and receives a monthly stipend.
He also sees how ideas are turned into innovative and industry-ready solutions. He has been given the chance to work on his thesis in the field of Biomedical Engineering, focusing on musculoskeletal and quadriceps wireless force sensing systems. Through the internship, he also observes how touch applications are optimized and how touch is integrated into visualization.
Aside from research work, Engr. Alison participates in cultural activities, forums, field trips, and trainings organized by different national universities and Taiwan-based companies. He is also amazed by the laboratory facilities, which include advanced equipment he had never seen before.
From these experiences, Engr. Alison has gained valuable insights. One practice he admires is how every research project is aimed toward possible commercialization. He also noticed that each professor manages their own laboratory, which produces specialized technology solutions. For him, adopting this approach at USTP would give faculty members more space to grow in their fields.
He also learned the importance of weekly progress reports, especially for big projects. This helps students stay guided and reminds them of the direction of their work, while also allowing discoveries to happen along the way.
Engr. Alison inspires others to embrace the unknown, believing that real growth happens the moment we leave our comfort zone. It is in those uncertain spaces that we discover our most authentic selves—when we learn to be comfortable with discomfort. He remains deeply grateful to everyone who helped make this journey both meaningful and humbling.
Keep moving onwards and up, Trailblazer!
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