The Management Committee met on April 6 to discuss the open items and decide on key items. The Annual Report for 2021 is also due for completion by the third week of April, and for printing and distribution in May. Read more…
The UPD College of Engineering and the UP National Engineering Center hosted the Engineering Public Policy Lecture Series Webinar on Value Adding in the Semiconductor and Electronics Industry, which examined the effects of institutional decisions and current government policies as Read more…
23 trustees, advisers and members held a two-part strategic planning session on February 23 and 26, 2022. The workshop was facilitated by President Val Reyes. The participants formed breakout groups to come up with the top 3 challenges, main problem 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. Read more…
US-based donor Jennifer Lynn Que-Sanchez Cua donated a Professorial Chair, and a Teaching and Research Award in Computer and Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in honor of her beloved parents Ernesto and Evelyn Cua. Jenn studied BS Business Administration and 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. 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 Read more…
UPERDFI signed an agreement with Japan Foundation Manila to manage funds which the latter will donate to implement the We Project Design Challenge. The objective of the project is to promote inclusive designs for people with disabilities in the Philippines Read more…
Foxmont Capital Partners recently signed several agreements with UPERDFI to sponsor scholarship and thesis grants this semester and next for qualified applicants from the UP College of Engineering. Foxmont is an independent venture capital firm that invests in Filipino-focused or Read more…
Our US-based member, Denis T. Carpio, ChE ‘65 and wife Martha, added a significant sum for the establishment of a high performance computing facility. Denis is retired after a long productive career in the International Finance Corporation. The Carpios were Read more…