On June 22, the UP Alumni Engineers, with the generous hosting at the Manila Golf Club by our Adviser Sid Consunji, conducted a successful fundraising to replenish and build the Study Now Pay Later Program. The original SNPL Fund was set up in 2016 and has benefitted almost 150 students. Read more…
Led by UPERDFI member Raymund Alberto being the President and CEO, RASA Surveying and Realty signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of the Philippines, through its Training Center for Applied Geodesy and Photogrammetry (TCAGP) on May 4, 2023. This is meant to strengthen the existing partnership between the Read more…
Megaworld Foundation organized a site tour for their Graduating Scholars from UP in April and May, 2023. The tour aimed to familiarize the scholars with the company and encourage them to join the workforce after their graduation. The scholars had lunch with MFI President Dr. Francis C. Canuto, and met Read more…
UPERDFI Trustees and Advisers joined the UP Engineering Community in honoring the life of Engr. Filemon “Jun” T. Berba, Jr. on April 22, 2023 at the Melchor Hall lobby. The PARANGAL was organized by the UP College of Engineering and the Beta Epsilon Fraternity. Speaking for UPCOE Dean Tonette Tanchuling Read more…
MBFI Executive Director Chito Sobrepena and GTFI Executive Director Boyet Dy, with the heads of GTFI partner HEIs. Photos by MBFI/GTFI Metrobank Foundation and GT Foundation hosted an event for their partner higher education institutions (HEIs) including UPCOE on April 14, 2023 at the Metrobank Plaza in Makati. UPCOE, with Read more…
The Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (DIEOR) installed bike racks in the IE-ME Building for faculty members and students to have a safe place to park their eco-friendly rides to the campus. The first batch of bike racks is funded via the Golden Pillars Project, in partnership with Read more…
UPERDFI recently opened its call for applications for student projects. This initiative aims to support students who have project ideas that could provide solutions to real-world problems and make a positive impact on society and industry. Interested students are encouraged to submit their proposals by filling out the application form Read more…
UPERDFI mourns the loss of Jun Berba, an esteemed adviser and member who passed away on April 4, 2023. Jun was a builder and nurturer of institutions, a servant leader in the truest sense of the word. Graduating as a BSEE magna cum laude in 1959, Jun had a distinguished Read more…
We congratulate our member Dr. Lisa Grace S. Bersales for her appointment as Professor Emeritus of the University of the Philippines! This was announced during the Board of Regents meeting on April 3, 2023. Dr. Bersales is the incumbent Executive Director of the Commission on Population Development (POPCOM), an office Read more…
Atty. Maria Melina B. Saldajeno, Chief Legal Officer of the UP Diliman Legal Office met with Dean Tonette Tanchuling, UPERDFI President Chicho Mantaring and ED Tito Aliga on March 31 to discuss professorial chairs in Engineering. They agreed that further discussions need to be made with the Secretary of the Read more…