PLDT-SMART Foundation Chairman Manny Pangilinan signed the deed of donation for the five-year extension of the PLDT-SMART Foundation Professorial Chair with UPCOE Dean Ferdie Manegdeg and UPERDFI President Rico Trinidad on November 5, 2019. MVP committed to set up two new Chairs effective AY 2020-21.
(L-R) Willie Mejia, Greg Vigilar, UPAADCMDVA President Sarah Bengzon, President Danilo Concepcion UPERDFI and UPCOE thank the UPAA DCMDVA (Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia) for pooling their donations for the Student Wellbeing Program. UPAA DCMDVA President Sarah Bengzon, Willie Mejia and Greg Vigilar turned over the ceremonial check of $10,000 Read more…
Industry challenger SteelAsia Manufacturing Corporation UPERDFI, in cooperation with SteelAsia Manufacturing Corporation and the UP Diliman Department of Mechanical Engineering, delivered the fourth installment of Technology Hour on October 23, 2019 at UP NEC. VPs Raffy Hildalgo and Dods Cola (MetE ’78) of SteelAsia, the country’s dominant player in steel Read more…
UP President Danilo L. Concepcion hosted a Donors Reception for UPCOE donors on October 22, 2019 at the Board Room of Quezon Hall, UP Diliman. The ceremonial sundial plaques were handed over to the donors pictured below, from left: Rico Trinidad, Tito Aliga and Sec Boy de la Peña Renato Read more…
(L-R) Dean Ferdinand G. Manegdeg congratulated by Chancellor Michael Tan UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Tan led the Affirmation Rites for the new UP College of Engineering (UPCOE) Dean Prof. Ferdinand G. Manegdeg and the College Executive Board on October 8, 2019 at the UP Engineering Theater. Dean Ferdie is a Read more…
LPDC President, Jose Go Rañola, a classmate of President Rico Trinidad in their masters’ studies at the University of Asia and the Pacific, is funding the chair whose research focus will be in aspects related to engineering, building and managing residential communities that serve all levels of society. LPDC operates Read more…
Our thanks to ATECPHIL President Vincent O. Abella for establishing this chair in honor of the company’s founder and current Chairman. ATECPHIL is a leading player in the semiconductor electronics industry established in 1978.
UPERDFI Adviser Marcelo M. Casillan, Jr. (ME ’59) honored his late wife, Engr. Ma. Divina Cruz Casillan (BS ChE ’61, MS ChE ’68), by establishing a Professorial Chair in Chemical Engineering in her name. In addition, to celebrate his being part of the Diamond Jubillee Class of 1959, Mar also Read more…
As a birthday present to UPERDFI member Roger Murga on his 85th, Semirara Mining donated funds to increase the endowment fund of the Roger Murga Chair. The chair was established in 2008 by Phinma Foundation, care of UPERDFI past chairman Mag Albarracin. Many thanks to the people of Semirara Mining!
Token News PH Consultancy, Inc., a leading start-up in the field of blockchain technology, signed an MOU with UP Diliman in August 2019. And to implement a key item, a MOA for Scholarships with UPERDFI was entered into, with five study grants for the final two years of studies. This Read more…