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…
Innovation Committee Chairman Chicho Mantaring, Pres Ferdz de la Cruz and ED Tito Aliga discussed going-forward ideas with newly-returning PhDs from the Dept of Chemical Engineering. In the September 25 meeting, Dr. Bryan Alamani, Dr. Jhud Aberilla, Dr. Karl Pilario and Dr. Ramuel Tamargo talked about how they intend to Read more…
The UP Engineering R&D Foundation, together with the UP College of Engineering and the UP Alumni Engineers bring you the second installment of the High Impact R&D through High Performance Computing Webinar Series. This episode will be on October 10, Saturday, at 9am in the Philippines, and on October 9, Read more…
The University of the Philippines National Engineering Center (UP NEC) serves as the extension arm of the UP Diliman College of Engineering. To cater to the growing demands of learning and development, the UP NEC launches an FB page dedicated for training, which gives valuable information about their training programs Read more…
The Energy Systems Modelling Project Technical Advisory Panel (TAP), UPERDFI and the project team, met on October 2 to finalize the report. ESM Project Leader Dr. Michael Pedrasa presented the draft report which will be finalized to incorporate the agreements made during the meeting. The schedule of presentations to concerned Read more…
The pandemic has forced UP to shift to remote learning, and for this, students need to be equipped with the appropriate devices with efficient connectivity. UPERDFI threw its full support to the UPCOE Laptop Donation Drive, in parallel with efforts by the UP Alumni Engineers and other alumni organizations. The Read more…