The Membership Committee, headed by VP Dante Briones and MemComm members Bing del Rosario, Ronnie Nolasco and Tito Aliga, invited 16 alumni for UPERDFI membership. The 14 below accepted, bringing our roster to 206. Let’s welcome them! Jose “Joe” B. Cruz, Jr.; EE ’53. PhD in EE, Professor Emeritus of Read more…
With the active push provided by the Philippine Council on NGO Certification (PCNC), UPERDFI received from the BIR a second extension of our Donee Status. Due to the inability to carry out field reviews, PCNC helped us obtain the first extension covering March to December 2020, and the new extension Read more…
As advised by the Philippine Council for NGO Certification (PCNC), UPERDFI has filed a request for the second extension of our donee status. The lockdown has disabled PCNC from undertaking the required onsite evaluations, and has recommended to BIR the issuance of donee status extensions. The first extension was granted Read more…
A meeting is set on January 19 to restart initial discussions made in September 2019 for Acciona’s involvement in Student Internships, Technical Seminars and Graduate Recruitment. Spain-based Acciona Infrastructure, a global player in the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) field, is the contractor for the Malolos-Clark Segment of the 3-section Read more…
The 2020 UPC will have the final judging of ten projects on November 16, with virtual presentations made by the project proponents. Five are vying for the Design Category, and five for the Research Category. These are the finalists from over 80 projects submitted for review. The cash awards and 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…
A major producer of aggregate products, MECVI set up a fund for DMMME student projects in AY 2020-21, as part of the company’s Annual Environmental Protection and Enhancement Program (AEPEP). The realm of studies will focus on silt, the waste product of MECVI’s quarrying operations in Rodriguez, Rizal and Calbayog, Read more…
Rannie Ison, CE ’89, the incumbent president of the Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippine ASEP), established the Engr. Ronaldo S. Ison Professorial Chair in Structural Engineering as a silent highlight of the Dr. Salvador F. Reyes Lecture. Introduced to UPERDFI by our member Raymund Alberto last March, the opportune Read more…
The annual clash of the best and brightest student research and design projects begins with the call for entries for the 2020 Undergraduate Project Competition – Dr. Francis Chua Innovation Awards. The UPC Committee is headed by Associate Dean for Research, Dr. Gerald Jo Denoga. UPERDFI Member Dr. Chua provided Read more…
