UPERDFI conducted the first hybrid Annual General Membership Meeting on May 17, 2023 at the National Engineering Center and via zoom. UP College of Engineering Dean Tonette Tanchuling, UPERDFI President Chicho Mantaring and Executive Director Tito Aliga delivered their reports to the members. Chairman Alex Sy closed the meeting with Read more…
The Borland Group, led by President Vicente Hao Chin Jr. and VP Araceli Chan, has decided to set up two professorial chairs in honor of Pablito R. Hao Chua. A UPERDFI Member, Pablito was the President of Borland until his untimely demise in August 2021. Recall that at his lead, Read more…
The UPERDFI Board of Trustees headed by Chairman Alex Sy and President Chicho Mantaring met face-to-face for the first time in three years on February 15 at the NEC Executive Board Room. The Board welcomed UP Alumni Engineers President Joey Gomez as ex-officio Trustee replacing Anton Pascual. Corporate Secretary Bong Read more…
Dean Tonette Tanchuling and COE leaders hosted UP VP for Development, Dr. Ferdinand Pecson in discussing possible collaborations aimed at completing unfinished Engineering structures. The go-forward agreement includes a detailed review of the status of each building and understanding of the steps in the process that caused delays and an Read more…
Turnover and Inauguration of the UPCOE Computing Facility. Photos by Mark Opinaldo UP officials, donors, UPERDFI members, and esteemed guests joined the turnover and inauguration of the UP College of Engineering (UPCOE) Computing Facility on February 15, 2023, at the National Engineering Center, UP Diliman, Quezon City. The program included special messages from Read more…
Academe, industry, and government leaders joined the three-day colloquium showcasing the research works of 131 professorial chair awardees held from January 25 to 27 at UP NEC. The PCA Colloquium was organized by the College of Engineering, with the theme “Engineering Research and Development Towards the Sustainable Development Goals”. The Read more…
On January 11, 2023, Chicho Mantaring and Tito Aliga joined UPSCALE Director Louie Sison and staff Meggy Caparas and Nikko Guiam in discussing with Veronica Hernandez of the Accenture Campus Relations Team the Accenture events and programs lined up for 2023. The program involves engaging students in undertaking research projects Read more…
UPCOE Dean Tonette Tanchuling, represented by Dr. Louis Angelo Danao, Director of the UP National Graduate School of Engineering (NGSE), hosted the signing ceremony covering URC’s research grants for MS and PhD students, effective AY 2022-23. In his welcome remarks, Louis thanked URC for engaging UP Engineering graduate students in Read more…
In a virtual ceremony on December 15, three deserving EEEI students were awarded the first slots for MpowHER, the Meralco Scholarships for Women Engineering Students. Meralco Talent Resourcing Representatives organized the event, explaining the details of the Program. Dean Tonette Tanchuling and UPERDFI President Chicho Mantaring thanked Meralco for this Read more…
Dean Tonette Tanchuling hosted a meet-and-greet session on December 13, 2022 with Huawei Technologies Philippines executives and the 2022-23 scholars at the Melchor Hall Faculty Lounge. The Huawei team included Peter Zhang (HR Director); Derrick Gan (HR Manager); Karrie Buenafe (Sr. Manager for Public Affairs); and Khairyl Serrano (HR Associate). Read more…