We are excited to welcome our new Trustees, whose fresh perspectives and energy will help guide our organization forward. Alongside our returning members, they will comprise the 15-member Board of Trustees for the 2026–2027 term. Elected: Ex-officio: The Board elected the following Officers: and re-appointed the following: Executive Director – Read more…
Former COMELEC Commissioner and BS Mechanical Engineering Class 61 alumnus Augusto “Gus” Lagman established the Augusto and Teresita Lagman Scholarships in Engineering. Starting this AY 2024-25, the scholarships will support four incoming freshmen coming from low-income families for four years, until their graduation. The donation handover was held on July Read more…
Michael Oliver G. Manuel, Trust Officer of AB Capital and Investment Corporation (ABCIC), set up a scholarship fund in honor of his departed sister-in-law, Naomi P. Martin. The scholarship will benefit two incoming juniors hailing from low-income families until their graduation. Under the lead of Mike, ABCIC has been instrumental Read more…
We are pleased to announce the new leadership team of the UP Engineering Research and Development Foundation, Inc. (UPERDFI) for the term June 1, 2024 – May 31, 2025. First, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to our outgoing Trustees for their dedicated service and invaluable contributions to UPERDFI. – Alex Read more…
In a letter dated April 23, 2024 to UPERDFI, UP President Angelo Jimenez informed us of the appointment of our member UP VP Dan Peckley as the UP Representative to our Board of Trustees! Dan, who holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Tokyo and served in Read more…
The James Dyson Foundation provided grants for student teams in the UP Diliman Department of Mechanical Engineering in the Academic Year 2023-24. Thanks to ME professors Louis Danao and Julius Lustro for running the awards. Congratulations to the eight project teams: The winners have submitted their entries to the James Read more…
Ma. Alessandra Katinka “Tinka” Yap Azurin, a member of the first class (2002) in UPCOE’s BS Materials Engineering, has gifted UPCOE with a professorial chair in honor of her father, Cezar M. Azurin, Jr. (BSME 1974). Cezar was part of the 1970s bunch of UP Engineers who built the Philippine Read more…
UPERDFI joins the family and friends of Member Frankie Arellano in praying for the eternal repose of his soul.
UPERDFI mourns the passing of its esteemed member and donor, Dr. Rolando T. Dy.
With heavy hearts, we gather to pay tribute to a distinguished member, who left behind a legacy of unwavering commitment and invaluable contributions to UP College of Engineering and to our Foundation. He set up RN Ferrer & Associates, a leading design and engineering firm in the field of electrical Read more…