The Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series on November 23 featured alumni who are now teaching abroad: Dr. Avelino Arellano (EM ’92) who is now professor in Environmental Science at the University of Arizona USA, and Dr. Jeff Venezuela (MatE ’98), now teaching and doing Read more…
Benjamin Yao, President and CEO of SteelAsia Manufacturing was featured in the Philippine – American Academy for Science and Engineering (PAASE) Fireside Chat on November 12. UP Professor Emeritus Dr. Gisella Concepcion, former UP System VP for R&D and PAASE President hosted the global discussion. Other UPERDFI colleagues invited for Read more…
(Top-left to right): UPERDFI President Ferdinand M. del a Cruz; DOST Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña; PLDT Chairman, President and CEO Manuel V. Pangilinan; UPERDFI Member Ramon B. Segismundo; UPERDFI Executive Director Alfonso A. Aliga, Jr.; UPCOE Former Dean and Professor Aura Matias; PLDT Corporate Communications Head Cathy Yang; Read more…
Last October 19, our Innovation Committee leads Chicho Mantaring and Val Reyes organized a discussion workshop with the College Academic Personnel group. Dean Ferdie Manegdeg led the 19-person UPCOE discussants, comprising Associate Deans, Institute Directors and Department Chairmen. President Ferdz de la Cruz also took part. With Val Reyes deftly Read more…
UPCOE Dean Ferdie Manegdeg endorsed the roster prepared by the College Academic Personnel Committee for the proposed recipients of Professorial Chair Awards and Teaching/Research Awards and Grants for 2020. The first three lists comprise 132 chairs and 33 TRAGs. The roster includes seven chairs administered by the UP Foundation, out Read more…
UPERDFI Adviser and former Chairman Lito Frondoso, Director of SEAOIL Philippines, donated to the High Performance Computing Lab Project, the Victor Lim Professorial Chair Fund, and the Tau Alpha Infinity Walk Project. The last one is a legacy project of Tau Alpha Fraternity that is meant to enhance the inner Read more…
The UP Engineering R & D Foundation, Inc., in partnership with the UP College of Engineering and the UP Alumni Engineers, held the second installment of the High Impact R&D through High Performance Computing Webinar Series on October 10. After a rousing welcome by the host, UPERDFI VP Dante Briones, Read more…
Innovation Committee Chairman Chicho Mantaring, Pres Ferdz de la Cruz and ED Tito Aliga discussed going-forward ideas with newly-returning PhDs from the Dept of Chemical Engineering. In the September 25 meeting, Dr. Bryan Alamani, Dr. Jhud Aberilla, Dr. Karl Pilario and Dr. Ramuel Tamargo talked about how they intend to 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…