August 2021

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 Sigua presented various alternatives to decongest major urban roads in 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 Board formally ratified the following – 1) High Performance Computing 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 father David Y. Tan (CE ‘73 summa cum laude). Brian 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 2016.  In celebration of the Centennial of the Dept of 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. He has been supporting numerous engineering students who are in-need Read more…

PetroEnergy Resources Corporation President/CEO Mila Villavicencio Reyes signed up to support a professorial chair in energy research for a six-year period starting 2021. This will be open to faculty who are doing research in this wide-ranging subject, which has become a key item in addressing climate change and tapping alternative Read more…

UPERDFI President Val Reyes convened the meeting with the Council of Advisers on August 11, 2021 via Zoom. In attendance were (5) Advisers Dr. Mags Albarracin, Sec. Sonny Viray, Sec. Nina Alabastro, former ERDFI chairs Emil Tumbocon and Pete Maniego and former ERDFI Trustee Sec. Jun Uriarte who came as Read more…

UPERDFI hosted a meeting with UPCOE and the National Engineering Center (NEC) on August 5 to discuss the next steps in promoting the Energy System Model to industry and government sectors. The group discussed three avenues to be pursued for ESM promotion – a regular training course offered at the Read more…

Arranged by Adviser Chato Calderon, UPERDFI discussed opportunities with parties based in San Francisco USA in a zoom meeting on August 3. UPERDFI, Dynamico, the Philippine Consulate and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) explored potential collaboration to commercialize Philippine innovation projects. Dynamico is a co-working space and incubation Read more…