The UP Engineering Research and Development Foundation, Inc. was established in 1972 to support the UP College of Engineering. On August 3, 2022, UPERDFI celebrated its 50th Anniversary through a Thanksgiving Dinner at the Bahay ng Alumni. UPERDFI was joined Read more…
Together, we have helped raise funds to support the UP Engineering faculty and students, build infrastructure and facilities, and boost R&D and innovation for the betterment of the country.
With the end of our organization year on May 31, incumbent Trustee Alex Ibasco tendered his resignation after serving the first year of his 3-year term, citing health reasons. Alex had been active in the Innovation Committee, HPC Project and Read more…
We congratulate our esteemed member, Dr. Felipe M. Medalla for his appointment as Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas under the incoming administration of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. He formerly served as the Secretary of Socio-Economic Planning and Director-General Read more…
First and foremost, thank you to the Board for trusting me to lead UPERDFI until May next year. Thanks too to the officers and committee heads for committing their support in achieving the Foundation’s aspirations. I have no intention of Read more…
UPERDFI would like to thank our outgoing Trustees for serving the Foundation and supporting the UP College of Engineering from June 2019 – May 2022, our continuing Trustees, and our Officers who served in 2021-22. We also thank all our Trustees Read more…
UPERDFI successfully held its 53rd General Membership Meeting on May 18 via Zoom where members were apprised with the achievements and initiatives, and challenges of the Foundation in the past year and elect four new Trustees. The UP College of Engineering Read more…
High Performance Computing Project Implementation The UPERDFI Governance Committee led by Trustee Noly Torres convened the HPC implementation team on April 25. The team discussed the next steps for the smooth and timely delivery of the project. On May 3, Read more…
Huawei Technologies Philippines, Inc. renewed the Scholarship Program for AY 2022-23. Established in 2020-21 for a two-year arrangement, the current Huawei Scholarship Program supports eight (8) undergraduate students who are taking up Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Civil Engineering, and Electronics Read more…
The Murata Science Foundation, headed by its Chairman Tsuneo Murata, will provide research grants to young researchers or groups of researchers for three (3) years starting in 2022. The grant will be 300,000 Japanese Yen per grantee for one (1) Read more…
Megaworld Foundation, Inc., represented by its President Francisco C. Canuto, launched the Megaworld Scholarship Program with the UP College of Engineering. The Program has opened fifty (50) slots for Civil Engineering and fifteen (15) slots for Electrical Engineering, and Electronics Read more…