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: 1999: 2000: 2001: 2002: 2003: 2004: 2005: 2006: University of Santo Tomas Ateneo de Manila University Mapua Institute of Technology Don Bosco Technical College Technological University of the Phils. De La Salle University Ateneo de Manila University De La Salle University 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. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. AMA Computer College Angeles City AMA Computer College - Cabanatuan Bataan Peninsula State University Batangas State University Colegio de San Juan de Letran - Calamba De La Salle University De La Salle Araneta University Don Bosco Technological College 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. 2. 3. 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. Each team shall be composed of three (3) students and one (1) alternate from the same school, college, or university. 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. 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. 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.

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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. Only schools that submitted on or before February 16, 2013 will be included in the souvenir program. 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. Registration payments can beforehand. Bank payments Circuit Organization Inc scanned copy of the deposit before the event for validity. be done before the event starts or through bank transaction may be deposited at any Banco De Oro (BDO) Branch under UP (savings account) with account number 000-670-517-976. A slip for the bank transaction payments should be sent through email

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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.

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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. 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.

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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 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Three (3) students per team will take a written examination as a group. Only students registered as member or alternate for the team will be allowed to participate. One (1) hour will be provided to finish the given exam. The exam has three parts: easy, average and difficult. And each part is composed of ten (10) questions. Correctly answered questions will be credited based on the difficulty: 2 points for easy, 3 points for average, and 5 points for difficult. No deductions will be given for incorrect or unanswered questions. A seating arrangement will be assigned for each team. Discussion is only allowed within the three members of a team. 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 Cluster 1 Cluster 2 Cluster 3 Categories Computers, Digital Design Electronics, Communications and Signal Processing 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 Circuit Theory Electronics Description Passive elements, network analysis, transient analysis Active components, switching circuits, transistor amplifiers, operational amplifiers Electric and magnetic fields, dielectric and magnetic materials, Maxwell's Laws Motors and generators Boolean Algebra, combinational and sequential logic analysis and design, K-maps, state diagrams Computer organization, computer performance metrics, and memory subsystem Generation, transmission, distribution, three-phase systems, real and complex power Communication techniques, domain transforms

Electromagnetics Electric Mechanics Digital Design Computers Power Systems Communications and Signal Processing

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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 subround, 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: 2nd place: 3rd place: 1st place trophy and Php 25,000 cash prize 2nd place trophy and Php 20,000 cash prize 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.