Francisco Roxas Ycasiano

Francisco Roxas Ycasiano was among the initial 104 Filipinos chosen to be a 'Pensionado' in 1903.

The majority of these 'Pensionados' came from the privileged class or prominent families mainly because a high school diploma was one of the criteria in order to be considered into the program.

Francisco R. Ycasiano attended Cornell University, graduating in 1907 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

He worked at the Erie Railroad in Avon, New York upon graduating from Cornell University. He eventually became the general manager of the Manila Railroad, the largest system in the Philippines at that time. Francisco was also the supervising engineer of the construction of the historic Manila Hotel.

F.R. Ycasiano was a member of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, as listed in the society's 1920 yearbook.

He holds a patent for:

Superheater unit

United States Patent 1609928

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/1609928.html

He wrote several engineering articles, among them:

"Practical Operation of a Producer Gas Power Plant: Chemical and Geological Sciences and the Industries" (88137 N). Francisco R. Ycasiano and Felix V. Valencia. Ills. 32 pp. Philippine Journal of Science Vol. 13A, no. 3 (May, 1918), 99-134. Subject: Energy Industry; Producer-gas power plant -- Operation. Describes the suction producer-gas plant in the power house of the Bureau of Science, and the trial of Philippine fuels.

"A Recalculation of Certain Data on Steaming Tests of Philippine Coals" by Francisco R. Ycasiano. Philippine Journal of Science Vol. 13A, no. 6 (November, 1918), 341-346. Cataloging Source: STII-DOST; Local Call Number: Fil Q1:P55. Subject: Coal Industry; Coals, Philippine -- Steaming tests, Recalculation.

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Sources:

http://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/3172/9/010_09.pdf

http://personal.anderson.ucla.edu/eloisa.borah/EarlyFilipinosNames.htm

http://www.archive.org/stream/yearbook1920ameruoft#page/100/mode/2u...

http://www.orosa.org/The%20Philippine%20Pensionado%20Story,%204%20F...

http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Francisco_Ycasiano-Roxas

http://en.wikipilipinas.org/index.php?title=Pensionado_Act

http://bakitwhy.com/articles/todays-estudyante-and-legacy-pensionados

He is not to be confused with his half-brother Francisco Bello Ycasiano, who was a lawyer.

He was one of the pensionados sent to the US in 1904 (he graduated from the Ateneo de Manila in 1903). He graduated from Cornell University in 1907 with a degree in mechanical engineering. Upon his return to the Philippines, he would work for the Bureau of Science as assistant engineer (1909); as first assistant engineer (1912); and as mechanical and testing engineer (1924). He would eventually become the general manager of the Manila Railroad Company (now known as the Philippine National Railways).

Photo courtesy of F.R. Ycasiano Passes; H.P. Vidal; p. 3; Manila Railroad Magazine; April 1940; Railways and Industrial Heritage Society of the Philippines and Ramon Manapat; https://www.facebook.com/CornellA3C/photos/a.427307354767.218814.16...

Cornejo’s Commonwealth Directory of the Philippines (1939), by Miguel Cornejo (p. 2252)

Immigration to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (1903)

Immigration to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (1920)