Wanting to set formal documents to steer our planned Integrator role for bringing UP Engineering Innovation ideas closer to society’s benefit, our Innovation Committee chaired by Chicho Mantaring and actively co-led by Val Reyes is undertaking parallel discussions with the UP Diliman Technology Transfer and Business Development Office (led by Read more…
The Trustees, Advisers, Officers and Members convened for the regular BOT Meeting on November 18, via Zoom. The body discussed the status of the ongoing projects of UPERDFI and the updates from the committees. Chairman Alex Sy thanked our Trustees, Advisers and Members for having put extra effort in making Read more…
Thanks to Genaro “Jinggoy” Mempin, IE ’79, for donating to our High Performance Computer Project the value equivalent of 40 shares of INTEL, as acknowledged by the Friends of the UP in America (FUPFA)! Jinggoy also contributed to the Innovation Grants Fund in 2019. His donation of INTEL shares follows Read more…
To honor his departed parents, Rene (IE ’75) is setting up the Antonio and Leticia Bello Professorial Chair in Industrial Engineering! Rene has donated generously to the ES 101 Book Project. The chair will be the 13th new chair for 2020, the third this AY 2020-21 in celebration of the Read more…
UP President Dani Concepcion and UP System VPs listened to the preliminary results of an ongoing survey of Engineering students carried out by the Associate Dean of Students Affairs. It was attended by UPCOE leaders Dean Ferdie Manegdeg and Associate Deans, UPERDFI and UPAE Presidents, and alumni. The ongoing survey Read more…
Led by our Corporate Secretary Bing del Rosario, together with our printer, Tumbzap Printhouse, we proudly present the 2019 Annual Report of UPERDFI. UPERDFI and UPCOE are grateful to your continuous support to the strengthening the UP College of Engineering ton increase its relevance. We hope that you will enjoy Read more…
Following a productive first Dialogue on October 19, Innovation Committee leads Chicho Mantaring and Val Reyes facilitated the second workshop on December 7. More concerns and suggestions on how UPCOE faculty can take a more prominent part in converting faculty and student projects to actual initiatives that benefit society is Read more…
Held on December 5, the UP National Graduate School of Engineering (NGSE) awarded 12 PhD and 117 MS Engineering graduates who completed their requirements this AY 2020-21. Member Dr. Joel Marciano, EE ’94, Director General of the Philippine Space Authority, delivered the Inspirational Message. On December 6, 866 graduates received Read more…
In the project launch on December 5, Philippine Constructors Association (PCA) stalwarts Levy Espiritu, Dante Abando, Lilit Tumbocon and Roger Murga threw their full support to the American Concrete Institute Philippines (ACIP) Project to search for built structures that demonstrate the innovative uses of concrete. ACIP is headed by member Read more…
Member Mon Jocson was the featured discussant in the UP Industrial Engineering Alumni Association (UPIEAA) General Membership event on November 28. He described in detail the customer-interfacing and backroom initiatives of BPI, where the lockdown has accelerated the design and implementation of digitalization. UPIEAA members from all over the world Read more…