In a virtual ceremony on February 24, 2021, China’s Ambassador to the Philippines, Hon. Huang Xilian and DOST Secretary Fortunato de la Peña, signed the MOAs that covered eight projects in the country. Also in attendance was Philippine Ambassador to China, Hon. Oscar Sta. Romana. This was the culmination of Read more…
The Membership Committee, headed by VP Dante Briones and MemComm members Bing del Rosario, Ronnie Nolasco and Tito Aliga, invited 16 alumni for UPERDFI membership. The 14 below accepted, bringing our roster to 206. Let’s welcome them! Jose “Joe” B. Cruz, Jr.; EE ’53. PhD in EE, Professor Emeritus of Read more…
With the active push provided by the Philippine Council on NGO Certification (PCNC), UPERDFI received from the BIR a second extension of our Donee Status. Due to the inability to carry out field reviews, PCNC helped us obtain the first extension covering March to December 2020, and the new extension Read more…
(top-left to right) Dado Banatao (from US), Sec. Boy de la Peña, Tito Aliga, Ferdz de la Cruz, Chicho Mantaring, Vic Villagracia (US), Joe Cruz US), Babes Singson, Vladimir Co, Alex Ibasco, Val Reyes, Glen Tabios, Alex Sy, Babby Reyes (Japan), Ray Goco, Ricky Peña, Sonny Viray, Chato Calderon (US), Read more…
Bakas Pilipnas, a non-profit foundation, and AMH Philippines are beefing up the software suite of the ICE Computational Laboratories by donating a software called DIANA-FEA, a widely-used tool for preservation engineering. Bakas Pilipinas is led by a New York-based Filipina architect, Ms. Roz Z. Li. Her firm, Li/Salzmann Architects, specializes Read more…
Senate Committee on Energy Chairman Senator Sherwin “Win” Gatchalian hosted UPERDFI and UPCOE officials for the presentation of the Philippine Energy System Modeling (ESM) Project for Luzon on February 5, via Zoom. UPERDFI Adviser Pete Maniego, who heads the 10-man project Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) that includes Advisers former Prime Read more…
Huawei and UP Engineering celebrated its collaboration in a virtual meeting on February 4. UP Diliman Chancellor Fidel Nemenzo, UPCOE Dean Ferdie Manegdeg and UPERDFI President Ferdz de la Cruz thanked Huawei for sponsoring eight scholars in their final two years of studies starting this AY 2020-21. Huawei Philippines VP Read more…