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Violanda, Renante R.

Violanda, Renante R.

Assistant Professor
Chair

rrviolanda@usc.edu.ph

Degrees

B.S. Physics, Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, 1998
M.S. Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman, 2001

Research Interests:

Computational acoustics, machine learning, signals and systems, remote sensing, instrumentation, computational physics

Recent Publications:

  1. Corcino, R.C.; Jabilona, A.A.; Violanda, R.R.. Damped simple harmonic motion of a modified physical pendulum. Physics Education. 2025, https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/adcdb5.
  2. Roque, P.J.C.; Violanda, R.R.; Bernido, C.C.; Soria, J.L.A.. Earthquake occurrences in the Pacific Ring of Fire exhibit a collective stochastic memory for magnitudes, depths, and relative distances of events. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications. 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2024.129569.
  3. Pili, U.; Violanda, R.. Measuring a spring constant with a smartphone magnetic field sensor. Smartphones as Mobile Minilabs in Physics Edited Volume Featuring More than 70 Examples from 10 Years the Physics Teacher Column Iphysicslabs. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94044-7_34.
  4. Pili, U.; Violanda, R.. Measuring average angular velocity with a smartphone magnetic field sensor. Smartphones as Mobile Minilabs in Physics Edited Volume Featuring More than 70 Examples from 10 Years the Physics Teacher Column Iphysicslabs. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94044-7_14.
  5. Pili, U.; Violanda, R.; Ceniza, C.. Measurement of g using a magnetic pendulum and a smartphone magnetometer. Smartphones as Mobile Minilabs in Physics Edited Volume Featuring More than 70 Examples from 10 Years the Physics Teacher Column Iphysicslabs. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94044-7_30.
  6. Pili, U.B.; Violanda, R.R.. Tracker-assisted modelling: Simultaneous validation of the conservation law of energy and the work-energy theorem. Physics Education. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/ac36a9.
  7. Pili, U.B.; Violanda, R.R.. Measurement of a spring force constant using sound, door alarm, and soundcard oscilloscope. Physics Education. 2021, https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/ac1c4a.
  8. Diola, A.G.; Perpetcho, W.P.; Graciosa, J.C.A.; Pantanosas, G.D.B.; Montecillo, R.H.; Flores, S.M.M.; Violanda, R.R.; Otadoy, R.E.S.; Dy, D.T.. Climate change vulnerability assessment of the coastal resources in moalboal, cebu, central philippines. Annals of Tropical Research. 2021, https://doi.org/10.32945/atr4313.2021.
  9. Requioma, G.M.S.; Violanda, R.R.; Otadoy, R.E.S.. White noise analysis of the interplanetary magnetic field for the minimum phase of solar cycle 23. Aip Conference Proceedings. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0029798.
  10. Violanda, R.R.; Bernido, C.C.. Modeling vehicular speed fluctuations as a stochastic process with exponentially decaying memory. Aip Conference Proceedings. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0029797.
  11. Pili, U.B.; Violanda, R.R.. Extracting Earth's orbital period from atmospheric CO2concentrations using the Fourier transform based on Matlab. Physics Education. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/ab9215.
  12. Violanda, R.R.; Bernido, C.C.; Carpio-Bernido, M.V.. White noise functional integral for exponentially decaying memory: Nucleotide distribution in bacterial genomes. Physica Scripta. 2019, https://doi.org/10.1088/1402-4896/ab3739.
  13. Pili, U.; Violanda, R.. Smartphone-based measurement of the Planck's constant with light-emitting diodes. Physics Education. 2019, https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/ab0185.
  14. Pili, U.; Violanda, R.. Measuring a spring constant with a smartphone magnetic field sensor. Physics Teacher. 2019, https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5092488.
  15. Pili, U.; Violanda, R.; Pili, J.. Using a digital voltmeter and a smartphone camera to investigate the RC circuit. Physics Education. 2019, https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/ab091f.
  16. Pili, U.; Violanda, R.. Measuring a spring constant with a magnetic spring-mass oscillator and a telephone pickup. Physics Education. 2019, https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/ab1432.
  17. Pili, U.; Violanda, R.. Using a Lebron James free throw video clip to demonstrate projectile motion and energy conservation. Physics Education. 2019, https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/aaf042.
  18. Pili, U.; Violanda, R.; Ceniza, C.; Gomez, R.. Extracting the coefficient of volume expansion of mercury from a thermometer. Physics Education. 2018, https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/aad783.
  19. Pili, U.; Violanda, R.. A simple pendulum-based measurement of g with a smartphone light sensor. Physics Education. 2018, https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/aaab9c.
  20. Pili, U.; Violanda, R.; Ceniza, C.. Measurement of g using a magnetic pendulum and a smartphone magnetometer. Physics Teacher. 2018, https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5028247.
  21. Pili, U.; Violanda, R.. Measuring average angular velocity with a smartphone magnetic field sensor. Physics Teacher. 2018, https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5021442.
  22. Ramirez, F.; Camposano, V.A.; Pelone, M.S.; Cañete, S.F.; Delizo, D.; Violanda, R.; Otadoy, R.E.. Wetland extraction using random trees classifier on high resolution aerial imagery and LIDAR data. 37th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing Acrs 2016. 2016, https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85018420456.
  23. Ejares, J.A.; Violanda, R.R.; Diola, A.G.; Dy, D.T.; Otadoy, J.B.; Otadoy, R.E.S.. Tree canopy cover mapping using LiDAR in urban barangays of Cebu City, central Philippines. International Archives of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ISPRS Archives. 2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprsarchives-XLI-B8-611-2016.
  24. Loberternos, R.A.; Porpetcho, W.P.; Graciosa, J.C.A.; Violanda, R.R.; Diola, A.G.; Dy, D.T.; Otadoy, R.E.S.. An object-based workflow developed to extract aquaculture ponds from airborne LiDAR data: A test case in central Visayas, Philippines. International Archives of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ISPRS Archives. 2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/isprsarchives-XLI-B8-1147-2016.
  25. Suarez, H.N.; Dy, D.T.; Violanda, R.R.. Density of associated macrofauna of black corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) in Jagna, Bohol, central Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science. 2015, https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84973637720.

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