UPERDFI ED Tito Aliga, PPP Center ED Dr. Ferdinand Pecson, UPERDFI President Chato Calderon, UP ICE Prof. Reygie Macasieb, UPERDFI Chairman Lilit Tumbocon and PPP Center Staff Chairman Lilit Tumbocon, President Chato Calderon, ED Tito Aliga and ICE Prof Reygie Macasieb discussed with Public Private Partnership (PPP) Center Executive Director Read more…
ED Tito Aliga facilitated a roundtable discussion with UPCOE ADSA Rhandley Cajote, Office of Counselling and Guidance Director Joel Javiniar and staff, two UPCOE students, ERDFI president Chato Calderon and member Gerry Parco, and alumni volunteers, to explore the issue of student wellbeing and mental health among students. Inputs will Read more…
UPERDFI President Chato Calderon invites the Trustees and Members to Engg Musika! The UPERDFI Board of Trustees, Council of Advisers and Members attended the Special Board Meeting held on March 12, Tuesday at the NEC Executive Board Room. The Board shared the status of the initiatives of UPERDFI: Special Projects Read more…
The UP Engineering Research and Development Foundation, Inc. (UPERDFI) was joined by 70 members and guests for its first-ever Cocktails on February 20, 2019 at the UP Bonifacio Global City Campus in Taguig. We thank our sponsors – UPERDFI Member Marcelo Casillan, Jr.; Accenture (through Engg alumnus Glenn Gratil, Managing Read more…
We thank Longridge Construction, Inc. led by its President, Benedict Laogan (CE ’94); the Allado Construction Corporation led by its President and UPERDFI member Ramon Allado (CE ‘78), and one alumnus (who wants to remain anonymous) for donating to the UPCOE Student Competition Fund. Aside from the funding, they provided Read more…
Manila Water Foundation (MWF) formally launched the 2019 MWF Prize for Engineering Excellence on February 12 at the SEAMEO INNOTECH, Quezon City. MWF supports Filipino engineers doing research and development and implementing their projects. UPERDFI has been supporting the bi-annual event since its inaugural awards in 2015. MWF is chaired Read more…
UPCOE Dean Rizalinda de Leon, UPERDFI President Chato Calderon, J. Amado Araneta Foundation, Inc. Executive Director Christine Diane Romero and UPERDFI Tito Aliga UPERDFI and UPCOE thank the J. Amado Araneta Foundation, Inc. through Araneta Group Senior VP John B. Castelo (EE ’86) for donating ten (10) Thesis Support Grants Read more…
Dean Rizalinda de Leon and UPERDFI President Chato Calderon hosted a dinner in honor of Dr. Romel Gomez on January 11 at Cravings, Katipunan. Dr. Gomez came to UP at the invitation of Engineering Research and Development for Technology (ERDT) Program Director Dean de Leon. In his lecture, he suggested Read more…
Thinking Machines Data Science, Inc. (TMDSI), led by its Founder and CEO Stephanie Sy, sponsored a Study Grant and two Thesis Support Grants for Computer Science students. TMDSI People Operations Lead Justin delos Reyes (CS ’14) and Director of Growth Chelle Gray visited the UPERDFI Office on January 11 to Read more…
Longridge Construction, Inc. President Benedict Laogan readily answered to the call for support of Civil Engineering students by donating to the Student Competition Fund. They will compete in the upcoming American Concrete Institution (ACI) Convention 2019 on March 24-28 in Quebec, Canada. In December 2018, Longridge also donated to the Read more…