EVENT DESCRIPTION

In 1997, members of U.P. Circuit envisioned an event that will help bring together students in the

field of Electrical, Electronics and Communications, and Computer Engineering from different colleges and

universities within Metro Manila in the spirit of a friendly competition. One of the best ways they saw to

achieve this was through a quiz show that will inspire academic excellence one of the founding principles of the organization. Thus, in 1998, the first SquEEEze competition was held.

In its 16th year, SquEEEze is still the annual flagship project of U.P. Circuit. It convenes the best

students of participating colleges and universities in a quiz show where their knowledge in Electrical and

Electronics Engineering (EEE) topics such as Circuit Analysis, Electromagnetics, Electronics, Digital Design,

Computer Architecture, Communications, Power Systems, and Electric Machines is tested.

Teams of three students from each school will have to hurdle a written exam elimination and a

sudden death round from which ten teams will vie for the championship in the oral final round.

As a result of the success of the previous events, U.P. Circuit takes SquEEEze to a higher level by

including colleges and universities all over the country.

SquEEEze Champions: 1998: University of Santo Tomas

1999: Ateneo de Manila University

2000: Mapua Institute of Technology

2001: Don Bosco Technical College

2002: Technological University of the Phils.

2003: De La Salle University

2004: Ateneo de Manila University

2005: De La Salle University

2006: De La Salle University

2007: Technological Institute of the Phils.-QC

2008: University of San Carlos - Cebu

2009: De La Salle University

2010: Mindanao State University Iligan State of Technology

2011: Technological Institute of the Phils. -

Manila

2012: Technological Institute of the Phils. Manila

Participants (2012)

1. AMA Computer College Angeles City 2. AMA Computer College - Cabanatuan

3. Bataan Peninsula State University

4. Batangas State University

5. Colegio de San Juan de Letran - Calamba

6. De La Salle University

7. De La Salle Araneta University

8. Don Bosco Technological College

9. Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State

University Mid La Union Campus 10. Holy Angel University

11. Laguna State Polytechnic University

12. Liceo de Cagayan University

13. Manuel S. Envarga Foundation University

14. Mapua Institute of Technology

15. Mindanao State University Iligan Institute of Technology

16. Nueva Vizcaya State University

17. Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila

18. Rizal Technological University

19. STI College Global City 20. Technological Institute of the Phils.

Manila

21. University of Batangas

22. University of the East Caloocan 23. University of Perpetual Help System

Calamba

MECHANICS

Qualifications

1. A maximum of three (3) teams are allowed to join per school. Schools with multiple autonomous

campuses or branches are only allowed up to three (3) teams per campus or branch to join.

2. Each team shall be composed of three (3) students and one (1) alternate from the same

school, college, or university.

3. Coaches

A maximum of two (2) coaches are allowed per school. The coaches must be bonafide faculty members of the same school, college, or university

the students of the team are enrolled in.

Coaches are allowed to register for more than one team in their school.

4. Team Members

The students must be currently enrolled and taking up BS ECE, BS CoE, or BS EE during the term that the students join SquEEEze 2013.

The students shall not have completed or graduated in any of the said degrees.

5. Certification of the coaches and participants qualifications from the Dean of their respective school shall be submitted on or prior to the date of the event.

Registration

1. Teams may submit their registration via email (upcircuit.exte@gmail.com) or they may

accomplish the online registration form at (http://www.tinyurl.com/squeeeze2013). Duly

accomplished forms may also be submitted to any member of the SquEEEze 2013 registration

committee during the contest day.

2. Only schools that submitted on or before February 16, 2013 will be included in the souvenir

program.

3. The registration fee is Php 1,200 per team which may be given on the day of the contest. The

teams can make changes to their lineup or coaches until the event day. The registration fee

includes lunch for the contestants and the coaches, a SquEEEze 2013 Kit, and a SquEEEze 2013

shirt for only one (1) of the coaches. Please see registration form for shirt sizes (Designs will be

posted in the group if not attached with this email). Coaches must submit their shirt sizes on

or before February 16, 2013.

4. Registration payments can be done before the event starts or through bank transaction

beforehand. Bank payments may be deposited at any Banco De Oro (BDO) Branch under UP

Circuit Organization Inc (savings account) with account number 000-670-517-976. A

scanned copy of the deposit slip for the bank transaction payments should be sent through email

before the event for validity.

NOTES:

1. Teams can check in on the venue of SquEEEze 2013 at least 15 minutes before the Eliminations

begin. At least a coach and three members of the team are required to show up, with their

valid IDs and/or proofs of enrollment to show that they are currently enrolled in their respective

schools, colleges, or universities. Teams that come in later are not disqualified. They may still

take the elimination exam. However, there would be no time adjustments made to gain back

the lost time as a result of tardiness.

2. Only a maximum of 5 people will be allowed to accompany the registered team. They cannot be

used as alternates nor enter or leave the venue during the Elimination Round. Please

inform the organizers of the number of audience members on or before February 16, 2013,

otherwise, they will not be entertained at the venue.

3. It is highly encouraged that all the participants and audience, especially those in their 3rd, 4th, and

5th Year, bring with them a copy of their resumes as their will be booths of sponsoring companies

at the venue looking for interested applicants.

The Preevent - SquEEEze: Taste Test 1. Qualifications

1.1 Only one (1) account is allowed to register per school. Schools with multiple autonomous campuses

or branches are only allowed up to one (1) account per campus or branch to join.

1.2 An e-mail address for each team will be needed for registering an account. This e-mail address will

also be used for verification.

2. Registration 2.1 Schools should register via squeeeze2013.upcircuit.org/register.

2.2 Upon verification that the school authorizes the registration, a password will be sent to the e-mail

provided by the school. This password shall be used for authentication in downloading the

question and uploading the answer.

2.3 Registration starts on January 16, 2013. Only schools that registered on or before February 16

2013 will be allowed to join the SquEEEze: Taste Test.

2.4 Registration is FREE.

3. General Guidelines 3.1 Questions

3.1.1 Input the username provided by the school upon registration and the password sent by UP

Circuit to download the questions.

3.1.2 Upon download, the timer starts.

3.2 Answers

3.2.1 Answers should be in simplest form.

3.2.2 Unless otherwise specified, all answers should be expressed in scientific notation with four

decimal places.

3.2.3 Answers should have a unit.

3.2.4 Input the username provided by the school upon registration and the password sent by UP

Circuit to upload the answer.

3.2.5 Upon upload, the timer stops.

3.3 Other Guidelines

3.3.1 The official time will be based on time.upd.edu.ph.

3.3.2 The coaches are encouraged to assist their students in answering the problem since the

purpose of this event is to prepare the students on what to expect on SquEEEze 2013.

3.3.3 UP Circuit reserves the right to change any part of the rules and regulations to further

improve the conduct of the event.

4. The Contest Proper The contest proper will be divided into three (3) rounds: The Easy Round, The Average Round and The Difficult Round.

4.1 The Easy Round

4.1.1 Questions can be downloaded from February 16, 2013 6:00 PM until February 17, 2013

5:59 PM.

4.1.2 Answers can be uploaded from February 16, 2013 6:00 PM until February 18, 2013 5:59 PM.

4.2 The Average Round

4.2.1 Questions can be downloaded from February 23, 2013 6:00 PM until February 24, 2013

5:59 PM.

4.2.2 Answers can be uploaded from February 23, 2013 6:00 PM until February 25, 2013 5:59

PM.

4.3 The Difficult Round

4.3.1 Questions can be downloaded from March 2, 2013 6:00 PM until March 3, 2013 5:59 PM.

4.3.2 Answers can be uploaded from March 2, 2013 6:00 PM until March 4, 2013 5:59 PM.

5. Winners 5.1 Top scorer in each round will be the winner. In case of a tie, this will be settled by comparing the

time spent in answering that round. The school with the least time spent will be the winner.

5.2 The top scorer for the accumulated score from the three rounds will be the winner. In case of a tie,

this will be settled by comparing the time spent in answering all rounds. The school with the

least time spent will be the winner.

5.3 The winners will be announced during SquEEEze 2013. Special prizes await the winners.

The Main Event 1. General Guidelines

1.1 Calculators

1.1.1 Only one calculator will be allowed for each team member.

1.1.2 Contestants are limited to use calculators that do not have graphing or programmable

capabilities.

1.1.3 Inspection will be made before each round starts.

1.1.4 All calculators will be reset before the start of each round.

1.2 Cellular Phones and other Mobile Communication Devices

1.2.1 All communication devices should be in silent mode, or preferably switched off during the

contest proper.

1.2.2 If a cellular phone goes off during the exam, the phone will be placed under the custody of

the proctor and will be returned at the end of the exam. The phone owner's privacy will be

kept.

1.3 Going out of the examination room

1.3.1 Examinees are not allowed to go out of the exam room once the exam starts, until the given

time expires.

1.4 Questions

1.4.1 Questions may only be addressed to the proctors.

1.4.2 Questions will be limited to clarifications of the given or the validity of the problems.

1.4.3 Only team members actively participating will be allowed to ask questions.

1.5 Answers

1.5.1 Answers should be in simplest form.

1.5.2 Unless otherwise specified, all answers should be expressed in scientific notation with four

(4) decimal places.

1.5.3 All answers should include the unit, if necessary.

1.6 If a student is found to break a rule, that student's team is disqualified and immediately eliminated from the contest.

1.7 UP Circuit reserves the right to change part of the rules and regulations to further

improve the conduct of the event.

2. Elimination Round

2.1 Three (3) students per team will take a written examination as a group.

2.2 Only students registered as member or alternate for the team will be allowed to participate.

2.3 One (1) hour will be provided to finish the given exam.

2.4 The exam has three parts: easy, average and difficult. And each part is composed of ten (10)

questions.

2.5 Correctly answered questions will be credited based on the difficulty: 2 points for easy, 3 points

for average, and 5 points for difficult.

2.6 No deductions will be given for incorrect or unanswered questions.

2.7 A seating arrangement will be assigned for each team.

2.8 Discussion is only allowed within the three members of a team.

2.9 As the exam time expires, all papers will be collected by the proctors.

2.10 20 teams with the highest scores will advance to the next round.

2.11 In case of a tie, the following rules will apply.

2.11.1 The scores in each part of the exam of the teams involved in a tie will be compared.

2.11.1.1 The scores in the difficult part will be compared first. The team with the highest

score in this part will advance to the next round.

2.11.1.2 If the scores of the teams involved in the tie are the same in the difficult part, the

scores in the average part will be compared next. The team with the highest score in

this part will advance to next round.

2.11.2 If the method above does not settle the issue, the teams involved in the tie after applying

the previous rule will be asked to answer a tie-breaker question. After giving the question,

the teams will be allowed to continually give answers until one team gets the correct

answer. That team will advance to the next round.

2.12 Scores of this examination will not be released.

3. General Guidelines for the Sudden Death Round and the Final Round

3.1 The team should consist of the same team members as that of the elimination round.

3.2 In case of an emergency, and a substitution is needed, only one substitution will be allowed all

throughout the last two rounds, but only in between questions.

3.3 If another emergency will occur, and the student must leave the team, the team will have to play

undermanned.

3.4 The proctors and/or the quizmaster should be informed whenever a substitution is to be done.

3.5 Only the registered alternate for the said team will be allowed to substitute.

3.6 The decision of the panel of judges will be final.

3.7 Questions will only be entertained before the quizmaster reads the next question.

4. . Sudden Death Round

4.1 Qualified teams will be divided into two groups. The grouping will be determined by drawing lots

from a single bowl. The bowl will contain pieces of paper with numbers `1' and `2'. There will be

ten (10) copies of each number in the bowl. Team representatives will be asked to draw one paper.

Those teams who got number `1' will compete first. Those teams who got number `2' will be asked

to stay in a different room.

4.2 This round is divided into three (3) divisions: Cluster 1, Cluster 2, and Cluster 3. Each team should

have a representative for each division. Each division is composed of an easy question worth 2

points, an average question worth 3 points and a difficult question worth 5 points. Each division will

concentrate on specific categories.

Division Categories

Cluster 1 Computers, Digital Design

Cluster 2 Electronics, Communications and Signal Processing

Cluster 3 Electric Mechanics, Power Systems

Table 1: Divisions for the Sudden Death Round

4.3 The team will decide who among themselves will represent the team for each division. Each team

representative will be working individually. In effect, for each division, there will be ten

individuals competing with each other.

4.4 Three (3) answer sheets will be provided for each team member. Answers should only be written

on these answer sheets.

4.5 Each team representative will be assigned to a station with a buzzer. As the buzzer is pressed, the

time it takes for him/her to answer a specific question will be recorded. At the same time, the

proctor will get the answer sheet used for that specific question.

4.6 Ten (10) teams with the highest scores from the two batches will advance to the next round.

4.7 In case of a tie, the total time spent by the teams answering all questions, including those that are

answered incorrectly, would be compared. The team with the shortest time will advance.

5. Final Round

5.1 This round will consist of three sub-rounds: the Easy Round, the Average Round, and the Difficult

Round.

Sub-Round Points per Question Number of Questions

Easy 2 10

Average 3 10

Difficult 5 10

Table 2: Table of Scores for Each Round

Each question will have a specific allotted time.

5.2 The team will work as a group.

5.3 Questions will be taken from the following categories:

Category Description

Circuit Theory Passive elements, network analysis, transient analysis

Electronics Active components, switching circuits, transistor

amplifiers,

operational amplifiers

Electromagnetics Electric and magnetic fields, dielectric and magnetic

materials,

Maxwell's Laws

Electric Mechanics Motors and generators

Digital Design Boolean Algebra, combinational and sequential logic

analysis and design, K-maps, state diagrams

Computers Computer organization, computer performance

metrics, and memory subsystem

Power Systems Generation, transmission, distribution, three-phase

systems, real and complex power

Communications and Signal

Processing

Communication techniques, domain transforms

Control Systems Transfer functions, block diagrams, feedback analysis,

stability analysis, Bode plots

Engineering Mathematics Differentiation, integration, combinatronics,

probability, random variables, random processes

Table 3: Categories for the Final Round

5.1 A board and a marker will be provided for each team. These will be used in answering all the

questions for this round.

5.2 The question number will be announced by the quizmaster. The question will only be read once.

Contestants are only allowed to write or to use the calculator once the quizmaster says Go or Timer starts now. If a contestant is caught writing or using the calculator before the quizmaster says Go or Timer starts now, his/her team will be warned for the first offense, his/her team's answer will be void for the second offense, and his/her team will be disqualified

for the third offense. As the time allotted for each question expires, all the teams should raise

their board. The answer written in their board will be checked.

5.3 The final score for this round will be the sum of the scores from the easy sub-round, average sub-

round, and difficult sub-round.

5.4 The Champion of SquEEEze 2013 will be the team that has accumulated the most points at the end

of the Final Round (scores from the other rounds holds no bearing). The ranking of the teams

will also depend on the score they accumulated.

5.5 In case of a tie for the top three spots, this will be settled by a tie-breaker question. After giving

the question, the teams will be allowed to continually give answers until one team gets the

correct answer and that team will advance.

Awarding

Prizes:

Champion: 1st place trophy and Php 25,000 cash prize

2nd place: 2nd place trophy and Php 20,000 cash prize

3rd place: 3rd place trophy and Php 15,000 cash prize

All participants will be given certificates of participation and souvenir programs at the end of the program.

Accommodations

If the participating team is from outside of Metro Manila, we can arrange accommodations for the

whole delegation. Teams will be expected to pay for their own reservations. However, the first ten

(10) teams from schools outside Metro Manila can avail of a free accommodation offer wherein

the lodging for the delegation will be included in the registration fee of P1, 200. Only two (2) teams per

school can be accommodated and this offer includes only the night before the event (i.e. teams will

have to pay for their accommodations before and after March 8).

Audiences accompanying the representing teams will not be included in the free offer for

accommodations. The deadline for confirmation of accommodation arrangements is on February 16,

2013. Take note, however, that the school shall pay for the flight or travel tickets and

transportation fees.

NOTE:

Please do like UP Circuits Facebook page: (https://www.facebook.com/UP.CKT) and the event page, SquEEEze: The Annual National Intercollegiate EEE Quiz Show:

(http://www.facebook.com/UP.CKT.SQUEEEZE) and LEAVE A MESSAGE ON THE EVENT PAGE

informing us that you are participants so that we, the organizers, could add you to the official Facebook

group of SQUEEEZE 2013 where all the updates and important announcements regarding the event

would be posted. For further inquiries regarding the event, you can also email us at

exeboard@upcircuit.org or upcircuit.exte@gmail.com.