UPERDFI is live on QuickBooks Online. The Digitalization team led by VP Dante Briones is coordinating with our external auditors to ensure that the new system is in-line with good accounting practices. The next step is to register the QBO Read more…
UPERDFI member Mark K. Morales (CE ‘02), President of PGATECH Group of Companies will sponsor a study grant for one civil engineering senior for AY 2021-22. The Office of the Associate Dean for Student Affairs has opened the call for Read more…
UP and Holcim Philippines signed a Memorandum of Agreement on September 2 to cement its partnership in developing and offering the CE 197 course in Sustainable Construction for 4th year standing students. This course is designed to enable students in using engineering principles in developing Read more…
The U.P. Engineering Research and Foundation, Inc. (UPERDFI) congratulates Focus Global Inc. (FGI) the very best in celebrating its 30th anniversary milestone! The company, which handles high-end home and kitchen brands was founded by our member Steve Sy with wife Read more…
UPERDFI signed a Collaborative Agreement with Accenture, Inc. aimed at promoting industry-academe cooperation, supporting startups, and improving innovation and technology transfer. The activities will be undertaken through UPSCALE, the innovation hub of UP Diliman, which UPERDFI partnered with for its Read more…
The UP College of Engineering Public Policy Lecture on Alleviating Traffic Congestion was held on August 20, 2021. This was co-presented by the National Engineering Center, in cooperation with UPERDFI and UPAE. The keynote speaker, Civil Engineering Professor Dr. Ricardo Read more…
The Board of Trustees held its 171st regular meeting on August 18, 2021 via Zoom. Members were invited to observe and participate. During the meeting, committee chairpersons and project team leaders presented their reports and plans to the Board. The Read more…
Brian Tan (CE ‘01) established the David Y. Tan UPERDFI Golden Jubilee Professorial Chair in Geotechnical Engineering. Brian is a third generation civil engineer from UP Diliman, his grandfather being deceased UPERDFI member Antonio G. Tan (CE ‘37), and his Read more…
Telmarc Corporation, whose Chairman and CEO is our member Ed Paynor, is featured in the UP News website. It reports the results of a collaborative research project with EEEI faculty and students led by Prof. Roel Ocampo that started in Read more…
Diamond Finance Corporation CEO Michael Gonzalez established the Felix M. Gonzalez UPERDFI Golden Jubilee Professorial Chair in Materials Engineering (with special focus on construction materials) in honor of his father, a civil engineer. Michael serves as Resource Generation Committee Chairman. Read more…