The UP Engineering R&D Foundation, together with the UP College of Engineering and the UP Alumni Engineers bring you the second installment of the High Impact R&D through High Performance Computing Webinar Series. This episode will be on October 10, Saturday, at 9am in the Philippines, and on October 9, Read more…
The University of the Philippines National Engineering Center (UP NEC) serves as the extension arm of the UP Diliman College of Engineering. To cater to the growing demands of learning and development, the UP NEC launches an FB page dedicated for training, which gives valuable information about their training programs Read more…
The Energy Systems Modelling Project Technical Advisory Panel (TAP), UPERDFI and the project team, met on October 2 to finalize the report. ESM Project Leader Dr. Michael Pedrasa presented the draft report which will be finalized to incorporate the agreements made during the meeting. The schedule of presentations to concerned Read more…
The pandemic has forced UP to shift to remote learning, and for this, students need to be equipped with the appropriate devices with efficient connectivity. UPERDFI threw its full support to the UPCOE Laptop Donation Drive, in parallel with efforts by the UP Alumni Engineers and other alumni organizations. The Read more…
Led by Singapore-based Grace Ke of the James Dyson Foundation, in discussions with AD Juvy Balbarona and UPERDFI member Prof Rhod Gonzalez, JDF released the funds for five Thesis Support Grants and five idea development papers for AY 2020-21. The availability of the grants have been advertised by UPCOE. The Read more…
A major producer of aggregate products, MECVI set up a fund for DMMME student projects in AY 2020-21, as part of the company’s Annual Environmental Protection and Enhancement Program (AEPEP). The realm of studies will focus on silt, the waste product of MECVI’s quarrying operations in Rodriguez, Rizal and Calbayog, Read more…
Following the detailed discussions with DCS professor Dr. Pros Naval, proponent of FISH-I, the InnovComm had meetings with EEEI professor Dr. Nestor Tiglao of Adapsense (Smart Surface) and College of Science Dean Dr. Giovanni Tapang of VISSER. These three were among the five potential Unicorns presented during the October 2018 Read more…
After seeking feedback from COVID-19 Donors who entrusted the UPERDFI Board of Trustees to decide, the BOT meeting on August 19 approved the repurposing of P1.2 Million unappropriated funds for the procurement of laptops. These are meant for Engineering students who need help, and faculty whose personal devices are under-capacity Read more…
US-based alumnus Denis Carpio, ChE ’65 and his wife Martha made a significant donation of P1.0 Million to the High Performance Computing Lab Project! This brought our running total to P2.1 Million and $21,200, on top of the pledged support from UP of P3.4 Million and $125,000 from the Friends Read more…
In an online meeting on September 14, Charmaine Paz, Maxim’s University Talent Coordinator, confirmed the addition of 2 slots on a 4-year scholarship for incoming Freshmen. They have one now, an entering Sophomore. Maxim has been sponsoring scholars since AY 2013-14. Their plant site with 2,000 employees is in Gen. Read more…