Established in 1931, EEI Corporation’s collaborative relationship with the UP College of Engineering started in the 1990s, when our Adviser, Roger Murga, was the president. The company hosts student interns and supports projects. Roberto Jose Castillo is the current president, backed up by two EVPs: Norman Macapagal (IE ’76) and Read more…
Benjamin Yao, President and CEO of SteelAsia Manufacturing was featured in the Philippine – American Academy for Science and Engineering (PAASE) Fireside Chat on November 12. UP Professor Emeritus Dr. Gisella Concepcion, former UP System VP for R&D and PAASE President hosted the global discussion. Other UPERDFI colleagues invited for Read more…
(Top-left to right): UPERDFI President Ferdinand M. del a Cruz; DOST Secretary Fortunato T. de la Peña; PLDT Chairman, President and CEO Manuel V. Pangilinan; UPERDFI Member Ramon B. Segismundo; UPERDFI Executive Director Alfonso A. Aliga, Jr.; UPCOE Former Dean and Professor Aura Matias; PLDT Corporate Communications Head Cathy Yang; Read more…
The TCAGP was established in October 1964, its founding director being Prof. Emeritus Norberto Vila. During the zoom event on October 26 hosted by DGE, TCAGP alumni, most of them working with government and LGU Planning Offices all over the country, gave inspiring testimonials of how their training in toolsets Read more…
Last October 19, our Innovation Committee leads Chicho Mantaring and Val Reyes organized a discussion workshop with the College Academic Personnel group. Dean Ferdie Manegdeg led the 19-person UPCOE discussants, comprising Associate Deans, Institute Directors and Department Chairmen. President Ferdz de la Cruz also took part. With Val Reyes deftly Read more…
The Membership Committee invited 11 alumni for membership and proposed the nomination of long-serving Trustee Roger Murga and former Dean Sonny Viray to the Council of Advisers. The Board ratified this on October 14, bringing our membership to 191 and CoA to 15. To the Council of Advisers: Mr. Rogelio Read more…
UPCOE Dean Ferdie Manegdeg endorsed the roster prepared by the College Academic Personnel Committee for the proposed recipients of Professorial Chair Awards and Teaching/Research Awards and Grants for 2020. The first three lists comprise 132 chairs and 33 TRAGs. The roster includes seven chairs administered by the UP Foundation, out Read more…
Our longtime partners, Philsaga Mining Corporation (PMC) and Mindanao Mineral Processing and Refining Corporation (MMPRC) continue to provide frontline assistance to the communities in and around their operating sites in Agusan and Surigao in the form of mass testing, PPE and test kits distribution, food and water delivery, and transport Read more…
UPERDFI Adviser and former Chairman Lito Frondoso, Director of SEAOIL Philippines, donated to the High Performance Computing Lab Project, the Victor Lim Professorial Chair Fund, and the Tau Alpha Infinity Walk Project. The last one is a legacy project of Tau Alpha Fraternity that is meant to enhance the inner Read more…
The UP Engineering R & D Foundation, Inc., in partnership with the UP College of Engineering and the UP Alumni Engineers, held the second installment of the High Impact R&D through High Performance Computing Webinar Series on October 10. After a rousing welcome by the host, UPERDFI VP Dante Briones, Read more…