Greetings! As we welcome 2020 with much hope for another abundant year, we are propelled by what we were able to accomplish in 2019. Let’s count the ways! 1. We continued to receive donations pledged by US Engineering and UP alumni, as a result of the 4-city visit made by Read more…
To start 2020, our US-based member, Apolonio Yson (ME ’66) and wife Lorna Llave Yson (ChE ’66) set up the second Apolonio and Lorna Yson Professorial Chair! This follows the first that they established in 2014. The Chairs will be allocated to the Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering Departments, respectively. Read more…
US-based UPERDFI Members Chato Calderon, Dado Banatao and Vic Villagracia joined the 2019 UP Alumni Association in the Americas (UPAAA) Convention and Grand Reunion that took place on August 30-September 2, 2019 in San Francisco. It is a biennial event designed to bring UP alumni from North America to support Read more…
Member Dr. Victor H. Sandoval (EE ’56) has been featured in the 150 Alumni of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) for its 150th Anniversary. Dr. Sandoval is the first Filipino to earn his Ph.D. at TUM and has left a positive impact by applying his research in setting up Read more…
Led by our Corporate Secretary Bing del Rosario, together with our printer, Tumbzap Printhouse, we proudly present the 2018 Annual Report of UPERDFI. To create a more exciting read, we added the stories behind our major events and projects- the Meralco Engineering Executive Development Program, US Roadshow, Members’ Cocktails, Thesis Read more…
FEATI University set up the Center of Excellence in its desire to regain its spot in aeronautical engineering. FEATI inked an agreement with MSC Software Corporation to provide its students access to the training programs in MSC Software. MSC Software Asia Managing Director Sridara Dharmarajan and FEATI CEO Fritz Segovia Read more…
The UP Engineering Research and Development Foundation, Inc. and the UP College of Engineering (UPCOE) thank everyone who came to watch the Engg Musika! Benefit Concert held last Saturday, April 6 at the DM Consunji Theater. UPCOE Dean Rizalinda de Leon and UPERDFI President Rosario “Chato” Calderon welcomed the audience Read more…
All Aboard! UPERDFI Cocktails on Feb. 20 With the sponsorship of our member Marcelo Casillan, Jr., Manila Water Co., Inc., Shell, Accenture, SteelAsia Foundation, Focus Global, Inc., McCann WorldGroup Philippines and CCA Manila, we host the UPERDFI Cocktails on February 20, Wednesday, from 5 to 8pm at the UP Bonifacio Read more…
Discussions have started with the Philippine Constructors Association (PCA) for the equipping of ICE Laboratories, sparked by UPERDFI members Roger Murga and Lilit Tumbocon, both past PCA presidents who sit in the board of the PCA Foundation. Visiting alumnus Francisco “Kit” Ramos (ME ’80), who is the Project Manager of Read more…
Thank you for being a part of a fruitful 2018! Sharing with you the latest updates about UPERDFI. UPERDFI Firms up Action Plan for 2019 Trustees and Advisers (seated from left) Pete Maniego, Comptroller Edith Atienza, Jun Berba, Chairman Lilit Tumbocon, President Chato Calderon, Sec. Boy de la Peña, Mar Read more…