The James Dyson Foundation provided grants for student teams in the UP Diliman Department of Mechanical Engineering in the Academic Year 2023-24. Thanks to ME professors Louis Danao and Julius Lustro for running the awards. Congratulations to the eight project teams: The winners have submitted their entries to the James Read more…
UPERDFI Member Michael V. Gonzalez met and chatted with civil engineering scholars, Felix M. Gonzalez professorial chair awardee Prof. Magdaleno Vasquez, Jr., Associate Dean for Student Affairs Kate Tungpalan, ED Tito Aliga, and DED Norika Ishikawa on February 26, 2024 at the Maynilad Room, Melchor Hall. Grateful for his UP Read more…
The Distinguished Practitioner Lecture on Surfing the Waves of Constant Change and Disruption featuring our member and Microsoft’s Principal Program Manager Jennifer Lynn Cua’s experiences (originally scheduled in March 2020 but was canceled due to the pandemic). This was organized by the UPD Department of Computer Science, UPD Electrical and Read more…
MPTC held a Meet and Greet with 50+ scholars from different school partners at the MPT South Hub in Imus, Cavite on November 23, 2023. The celebration of the scholarship program, tagged Pathways to Progress, was led by MPTC President & CEO and UPERDFI Member Rogelio L. Singson, who warmly Read more…
Ma. Alessandra Katinka “Tinka” Yap Azurin, a member of the first class (2002) in UPCOE’s BS Materials Engineering, has gifted UPCOE with a professorial chair in honor of her father, Cezar M. Azurin, Jr. (BSME 1974). Cezar was part of the 1970s bunch of UP Engineers who built the Philippine Read more…
The Manila Electric Company through the One Meralco Foundation, represented by foundation president Jeffrey Tarayao, renewed their commitment to support women engineers during the Virtual Awarding Ceremony on December 14, 2023. Meralco supports 3rd year women BS Electrical Engineering majors from UP Diliman, UP Los Baños, Polytechnic University of the Read more…
Vancouver-based Evelyn Mayuga and husband Henry hosted their seven scholars in UP Diliman for dinner on November 25, 2023. They sponsor six scholars in the UP College of Architecture, and one of the six Engineering scholars of UPAA British Columbia. An Architect and Urban Planner, Henry operates the HBMayuga and Read more…
Kathrine “Kate” Dario Delmendo, a BS Computer Engineering ‘04 alumna, based in California USA, established the Abraham Dario, Jr. Scholarship Program in Engineering, in honor of her beloved father and UP Mechanical Engineering alumnus. Kate and her daughter Alex graced the Ceremonial Signing of the Deed of Donation for the Read more…
With headquarters in Australia, Orica Philippines, Inc., a global mining solutions provider that manufactures explosives in its Bataan Plant (for export markets and Philippine customers) established a Scholarship Program at the UPD College of Engineering. The Memorandum of Agreement between UP and Orica Philippines was signed by Orica Philippines Area Read more…
JCV & Associates Project Management and Development, Inc. (JCVA) headed by its President and CEO, Jason C. Valderrama (CE’ 06), awarded the scholarships to three Civil Engineering seniors – Christelle Mae de Leon, John Paul Alincomot, and King Caesar Rollan. The awarding ceremony was held on November 8, 2023 at Read more…