With the confirmation of continuing support from Dr. Francis Chua, Associate Dean for Research Dr. Happy Denoga will soon announce the opening of the 2021 Competition. The traditional awarding of winners will be part of the College Recognition Rites in July 2021. In 2019, Francis started donating funds for the Read more…
UPERDFI acquired QuickBooks Online after the live testing of the software in February-March. We expect to completely migrate our 2021 transactions to the cloud after the 2020 Audit and tax-filing routines. Member Rico Ibana proposed the use of a Document Management software for managing relevant donation documents and procedures. The Read more…
Our Management Committee held two meetings on March 17 and April 14 to discuss updates and ways forward on the various projects and committee initiatives of the foundation. We are excited to share with you the key items below: HPC Project Led by President Ferdz de la Cruz, we are Read more…
Implementing a February Board instruction, we are undergoing a Policy Review, led by Trustee Val Reyes as Leader. The Policy Review Ad Hoc Team (PRAT) met on April 9 to discuss progress and to take up first-pass review results. R&D Policy Trustee Glen Tabios as lead reviewer proposed to Read more…
In a run-up to the presentation arranged by the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) to its members in May 2021, the MAP Energy Committee headed by Mr. Ernie Pantangco discussed details with the UP ESM project leads on March 18. These included research Team Leader Dr. Mike Pedrasa, Dean Read more…
The DIANA-FEA Software that is widely used for preservation engineering studies is now in place at the DMCI Homes Computational Laboratory in ICE! Bakas Pilipinas, a non-profit foundation based in the US, and AMH Philippines, pooled funds to acquire the license. ICE Prof Errol Quinay of the ICE Structural Engineering Read more…
This will be the highlight presentation in the inaugural UPCOE Public Policy Lecture Series, scheduled on March 26 (2-5 PM). UPCOE, UP National Engineering Center, and UPERDFI are the co-organizers. Dean Manegdeg has mobilized the UP NEC as the organizing platform for the virtual event. The results of the ESM Read more…
With the start of the second semester on March 1, our request for donors to renew their Thesis Support Grants met with generous responses, including from US-based members and alumni! The P10,000 grant is very meaningful to our less-resourced Seniors to carry out their final capstone projects. The lockdown limitations Read more…
In two huddles, the ResGen Committee discussed the ongoing fund raising for the HPC Facility, approaches for Willed Donations based on US practices, and a way to excite interest for potential donors who wish to give on an annual basis, like for annual professorial chair awards. Pilot presentations to test Read more…
With the help of our member Annette Alcasabas, MetE alumna Agnes Marquez-Whiten, UPAE Global Awardee for Women’s Empowerment in 2014, made a significant donation to the High Performance Computing Facility Project. Agnes was cited as a champion of women’s rights and women in industry in Australia. Using FEMINIST as the one Read more…