UPERDFI Members were keynote speakers in various UPCOE online recognition ceremonies held in the third week of July, 2021. Salvador Antonio “Aboy” Castro, Jr., ChE ‘92, President of CleanTech Global Renewables, Inc. was the keynote speaker at the UP College of Engineering Recognition Rites on July 24. He encouraged the Read more…
UPERDFI congratulates the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (DIEOR) which celebrated its 50th founding anniversary on July 31 via Zoom with the theme, “Pursuit of the Optimum”. Founding Chairman Dr. Luis Pascual, recounted the brief history of the department. UP Industrial Engineering Alumni Association (UPIEAA) President Ricky Peña Read more…
The UPERDFI Digitalization Task Force headed by Dante Briones met on July 28 to track the progress of the QuickBooks Online migration. Accountant Nelly Manalo has loaded all transactions for 2021 on QBO and has generated the monthly reports. UPERDFI will request for an external mid-year audit to ensure the Read more…
The UPERDFI Management Committee met on July 21 to set the priorities for each committee for the term. Innovation (Chicho Mantaring) One UPCoE project on the way to commercialization Collaboration with at least one donor in support of UPSCALE initiatives Series of forums with UPCOE that encourages innovation in emerging Read more…
Helping UPCOE Students COPE, SUCCEED and EXCEL! Seeing the convergence of our goals, the Alvarez Foundation has set up a Scholarship Program effective AY 2021-22. They will provide benefits to two students for a 2-year support. UPERDFI will provide fund administration, with the Associate Dean for Student Affairs doing the Read more…
Following the online reunion of the ME alumni hosted by Dean Ferdinand Manegdeg on June 6, the Class of 1980 decided to pool their resources to set up The ME Class of 1980 Professorial Chair in Mechanical Engineering, to be offered starting AY 2021-22. The convenor is Jomie Francisco. The Read more…
From the 30 projects from all the two Institutes and six Departments, 10 finalists were selected by the Undergraduate Project Competition Committee led by Prof. Gerald Denoga. These were included in the final judging held online on July 14. The judges were medical doctor Dr. Beatrice Ang, former UP Professor Read more…
In a hybrid meeting held at his office on July 12, UP President Danilo Concepcion explained his plan of landscaping the southeast corner of the Engineering Complex to provide a welcoming sight to the public view from the CP Garcia Avenue, upon entering UP at the Velasquez Gate. He cited Read more…
After approval of the Investment Policy Review recommendations (led by Reviewer Riza Mantaring) during the special June Board of Trustees meeting, the Finance Committee started a series of online discussions with our fund managers. Aside from receiving a situationer on the economy and financial market prospects, the FinComm members, headed Read more…
Source: DOST Philippines Department of Science and Technology Secretary Fortunato de la Peña presented to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development the country’s key research and development programs. These initiatives contributed to the Philippines’ ranking as the 2nd Overperformer, next to India, in terms of frontier technologies readiness Read more…