SMHC, through its infrastructure arm, committed to support the SMC Infrastructure Professorial Chair in Transportation Engineering, an annual award of PhP 300,000 for six years, starting AY 2021-22. It will be one of two chairs with this amount, the other being the Alejandro Melchor Professorial Chair. The SMC Infrastructure Professorial Read more…
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 system with the BIR. Two BS IE students, CJ Serafica 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 applicants among CE seniors. PGATECH adds this study grant to 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 innovative strategies to positively influence human life, the environment, and the sustainability impact 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 Loli. FGI’s continuing initiatives to bring the best home furnishings 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 innovation initiatives. Accenture donated PhP 9.2 Million to support UPSCALE 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 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…