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Philippine Consulate General San Francisco Explores Cross-Border Collaborations with UP, UPCOE and DOST-PCIEERD

Consul General Neil Ferrer and Consul Vanessa Bago-Llona met with leaders from UPERDFI, UPSCALE, UP Technology Transfer and Business Development Office (TTBDO), UP System University Innovations Fellowships Program, UP College of Engineering, UPD College of Science, and DOST-Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (PCIEERD) for Read more…

By UPERDFI, 4 monthsJuly 16, 2024 ago

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UPERDFI Awards 2 Start-up, 6 Student Prototyping and 2 R&D Grants

To carry out our goal of promoting projects with societal impact and to nurture future engineers, UPERDFI awarded grants to two start-ups and six student projects that were chosen by the UPERDFI Innovation Committee from a pool of students, faculty and budding entrepreneurs who responded to UPERDFI’s call for Research-to-Market Read more…

By UPERDFI, 6 monthsMay 21, 2024 ago

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UPERDFI: UP’s Best Kept Secret No More

The UP Engineering Research and Development Foundation, Inc. (UPERDFI) was joined by 70 members and guests for its first-ever Cocktails on February 20, 2019 at the UP Bonifacio Global City Campus in Taguig. We thank our sponsors – UPERDFI Member Marcelo Casillan, Jr.; Accenture (through Engg alumnus Glenn Gratil, Managing Read more…

By UPERDFI, 6 yearsFebruary 22, 2019 ago

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UPAASF Caps off US Roadshow with a Challenge

UPCOE Dean Rizalinda de Leon and UPERDFI President Chato Calderon completed the US Roadshow with the San Francisco leg on October 17 at the Philippine Consulate in SF. The UP Alumni Association of San Francisco (UPAASF), headed by Chairman Gabby Moraleda organized the event. Take a look at the snaps Read more…

By UPERDFI, 6 yearsOctober 23, 2018 ago

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Celebrating UP Technopreneurship with UPAAGLA

UPAA Greater Los Angeles Chapter, headed by President Mutch Carino and President-Elect Ethel Rubio and Board Members Dick Cu and Bobby Canseco (also BEFAAA) hosted Dean Rizalinda de Leon and Pres. Chato Calderon for the LA leg of the US Roadshow. The event was held on October 15 at the Read more…

By UPERDFI, 6 yearsOctober 23, 2018 ago

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UPAA DCMDVA and BEFAAA Host the UPCOE Roadshow

UPCOE Dean Rizalinda de Leon and UPERDFI President Chato Calderon completed the DC Roadshow on October 13 at the beautiful Philippine Embassy Annex in Washington DC. This was made possible by the collaboration of the UP Alumni Association DCMDVA Chapter led by President Sarah Bengzon and the BEFAAA led by Read more…

By UPERDFI, 6 yearsOctober 23, 2018 ago

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US Roadshow Kicks Off in New York

On October 10, the Philippine Consul General Claro S. Cristobal welcomed UPCOE Dean Rizalinda de Leon, UPERDFI Chato Calderon and the organizers from UPAANJ, Beta Epsilon Fraternity Alumni Association of the Americas (BEFAAA) and Tau Alpha Fraternity Alumni Association at the courtesy in his office at the Philippine Consulate in Read more…

By UPERDFI, 6 yearsOctober 23, 2018 ago

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Snaps from the UPCOE-UPERDFI US Roadshow

It has been a wonderful week, meeting with US-based alumni and friends! UPCOE and UPERDFI thank the UP Alumni Association (UPAA) Chapters of New Jersey, DC/ Maryland/Virginia, Greater Los Angeles, and San Francisco, the Beta Epsilon Fraternity Alumni Association in the Americas (BEFAAA) and Tau Alpha Alumni Association for organizing Read more…

By UPERDFI, 6 yearsOctober 19, 2018 ago

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Building the Innovation Grants Fund

Adviser Mar Casillan and Trustee Ferdz de la Cruz (from Manila Water Co.) chipped in to the Innovation Grants Fund, which is meant to support our Technopreneurship Initiative. Pilipinas Shell (c/o Cesar Romero) and Cravings Group (c/o Trustee Rico Trinidad) also pledged to contribute. We thank our members’ commitment to Read more…

By UPERDFI, 6 yearsSeptember 26, 2018 ago

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Tech Transfer Begins with a DREAM

The UP Disaster Risk and Exposure Assessment for Mitigation Commercial Services (DREAM), through the help of UPERDFI, met with Forest Foundation Philippines (FFP) on September 14. The meeting revolved around a possible collaboration between DREAM and FFP in creating an evaluation and monitoring system on focal forest landscapes in the Read more…

By UPERDFI, 6 yearsSeptember 14, 2018 ago