Due to the pandemic, the University of the Philippines has pivoted into online platforms as means of instruction, requiring students to procure laptops and securing internet connectivity to keep up. Based on the survey conducted by the UP College of Engineering, 1,647 engineering students need a personal computer and support Read more…
The UP Engineering R&D Foundation, Inc., in partnership with the UP College of Engineering and the UP Alumni Engineers kicked off the global fund raising for the procurement of a High Performance Computing (HPC) Laboratory. The first in a webinar series tagged “High Impact R&D through High Performance Computing” was Read more…
Exactly forty eight years ago on August 3, Dean Alfredo Juinio and 11 other UP alumni established the University of the Philippines Research and Development Foundation to support the R&D thrust of the UP College of Engineering. With the inspiring support of members like you working with our highly committed Read more…
Right after the June 10 GMM, the new Board met for its first regular meeting, and elected the leadership team: Alex Sy – re-elected as Chairman; Ferdz de la Cruz – President; Dante Briones – Vice President; Ega Atanacio – re-elected as Treasurer; Chicho Mantaring – Corporate Secretary. Tito Aliga Read more…
Some attendees pictured here! From top-left: Alex Sy, EA Norika, Tito Aliga, Tony Herrera, Ferdz de la Cruz, Ronnie Nolasco, Mon Segismundo, Ega Atanacio, Myrna de la Paz, Chato Calderon, Val Reyes, Bing del Rosario, Carl Odulio, Sec Boy de la Peña, Usec Gev Guevara, Leo de Ocampo, Dante Briones, Read more…
On March 23, UPERDFI President Rico Trinidad sent out an appeal to the UP Engineering Community to support the development of engineering solutions to fight against COVID-19. Selecting projects from the top priorities of the UP College of Medicine and UP Philippine General Hospital, UP College of Engineering Dean Ferdie Read more…
UPERDFI and the UP College of Engineering hosted the celebration of the 40th day of the passing our 1996-2008 Chairman, Jesus “Chito” Francisco on January 22, 2020 at the Maynilad Room, attended by family and close friends who were mostly UP Engineering alumni. Initially planned as a simple hand over Read more…
Greetings! As we welcome 2020 with much hope for another abundant year, we are propelled by what we were able to accomplish in 2019. Let’s count the ways! 1. We continued to receive donations pledged by US Engineering and UP alumni, as a result of the 4-city visit made by Read more…
To start 2020, our US-based member, Apolonio Yson (ME ’66) and wife Lorna Llave Yson (ChE ’66) set up the second Apolonio and Lorna Yson Professorial Chair! This follows the first that they established in 2014. The Chairs will be allocated to the Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering Departments, respectively. Read more…
US-based UPERDFI Members Chato Calderon, Dado Banatao and Vic Villagracia joined the 2019 UP Alumni Association in the Americas (UPAAA) Convention and Grand Reunion that took place on August 30-September 2, 2019 in San Francisco. It is a biennial event designed to bring UP alumni from North America to support Read more…