The UP Engineering Research and Development Foundation, Inc. was established in 1972 to support the UP College of Engineering. On August 3, 2022, UPERDFI celebrated its 50th Anniversary through a Thanksgiving Dinner at the Bahay ng Alumni. UPERDFI was joined by esteemed donors, members, trustees, advisers, partners at the University Read more…
First and foremost, thank you to the Board for trusting me to lead UPERDFI until May next year. Thanks too to the officers and committee heads for committing their support in achieving the Foundation’s aspirations. I have no intention of pivoting from the direction set last year under the presidency Read more…
UPERDFI would like to thank our outgoing Trustees for serving the Foundation and supporting the UP College of Engineering from June 2019 – May 2022, our continuing Trustees, and our Officers who served in 2021-22. We also thank all our Trustees and Officers for having served and led the Foundation throughout Read more…
UPERDFI successfully held its 53rd General Membership Meeting on May 18 via Zoom where members were apprised with the achievements and initiatives, and challenges of the Foundation in the past year and elect four new Trustees. The UP College of Engineering Dean Ferdinand Manegdeg reported the progress of construction of wellness Read more…
Our member Vic (EE ’55) and his son Simon recently entrusted a telescope and various radio equipment with EEEI Professor Dr. Rhandley Cajote. The next bunch includes technical and business books. Vic splits time here in his Makati home and in Germany where he has established residence also. Vic set up Read more…
In a series of zoom meetings held on March 16 and 24, and April 1 and 11, Fluor Philippines executives and Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) executives discussed going-forward actions with the UP Diliman Legal Office, the UPCOE Associate Dean for Institutional Linkages, DMMME leads and UPERDFI to implement Read more…
Led by President Val Reyes, the Stratplan Ad hoc Team conducted three meetings on March 15 and 24 and on April 7 for the continuation of the five-year strategic planning for UPERDFI. The team refined the Vision, Mission, and Strategic Objectives of UPERDFI based on the output from the two-day Read more…
During the February 17, 2022 Board of Trustees meeting, UP Chemical Engineering alumni Denis Carpio (ChE ‘65) and UPERDFI Chairman Alex Sy (ChE, EE ‘71) took on the challenge of completing the funding requirement for the high performance computing project. With this, UPERDFI can secure matching funds from the Friends Read more…
Civil engineer Manuel R. Bulaong, Jr. donated two Teaching and Research Awards for AY 2022-2023, raising the tally to four TRAs in 2022. Mr. Bulaong is an MS CE Candidate and is the president of the MRB II Construction Corporation. He has been donating ten thesis support grants since 2018 Read more…
The UPERDFI Membership Committee headed by Dante Briones, carried out the nomination and invitation of 10 new members, to be formally welcomed by the Board at the February 16 Board meeting. The new members include ex-officio Trustee, 2022 UPAE President Patrick Anthony D. Pascual. The following members bring the membership Read more…