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…
The UP Alumni in Minnesota will offer scholarships to four (4) graduating engineering students starting AY 2022-23. The UP Alumni in Minnesota is a nonprofit organization headed by President Ligaya Carlos, which has been raising funds in the US to Read more…
Our member Vic (EE ’55) and his son Simon recently entrusted a telescope and various radio equipment with EEEI Professor Dr. Rhandley Cajote. The next bunch includes technical and business books. Vic splits time here in his Makati home and in Read more…