Adviser Mar Casillan and Trustee Ferdz de la Cruz (from Manila Water Co.) chipped in to the Innovation Grants Fund, which is meant to support our Technopreneurship Initiative. Pilipinas Shell (c/o Cesar Romero) and Cravings Group (c/o Trustee Rico Trinidad) also pledged to contribute. We thank our members’ commitment to Read more…
UPCOE and UPERDFI thank Ed Manrique, a BS Industrial Engineering graduate based in the US, for sponsoring the JOSE EDGAR MANRIQUE PROFESSORIAL CHAIR IN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING effective AY 2018-19. This is the sixth Chair established in 2018. Our Ohio-based member Mac de los Reyes encouraged Ed to sponsor the chair. Read more…
A long-time UPERDFI member, Dr. Francis Chua (IE ’72) hosted a kamustahan dinner on September 21. Joining UPERDFI Adviser DOST Sec Boy de la Peña, member DOST Usec. Gev Guevara, Trustees Pres. Chato Calderon, Dean Babylin de Leon, Joe Florendo, Roger Buendia, Ronnie Nolasco, ED Tito Aliga, and member Benny Read more…
Check out our September Bulletin to keep you in the loop!
“ UPCOE and UPERDFI thank the leadership of alumni and UPERDFI members Rod Salazar, Chairman of AMH Philippines and Mike Sicat, President of M.E. Sicat Construction for elevating their support into Professorial Chair Awards in Engineering. AMH Philippines, Inc., an academe-linked Filipino engineering consultancy firm based in Quezon City has Read more…
The UP Disaster Risk and Exposure Assessment for Mitigation Commercial Services (DREAM), through the help of UPERDFI, met with Forest Foundation Philippines (FFP) on September 14. The meeting revolved around a possible collaboration between DREAM and FFP in creating an evaluation and monitoring system on focal forest landscapes in the Read more…