The James Dyson Foundation provided grants for student teams in the UP Diliman Department of Mechanical Engineering in the Academic Year 2023-24. Thanks to ME professors Louis Danao and Julius Lustro for running the awards. Congratulations to the eight project Read more…
UPERDFI Member Michael V. Gonzalez met and chatted with civil engineering scholars, Felix M. Gonzalez professorial chair awardee Prof. Magdaleno Vasquez, Jr., Associate Dean for Student Affairs Kate Tungpalan, ED Tito Aliga, and DED Norika Ishikawa on February 26, 2024 Read more…
As President of the Philippine Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology (PHILAAST), our Adviser Boy de la Peña led two Roundtable discussions on advancing STI in the Philippines. Recall that he was a leading proponent of FILIPINNOVATION during Read more…
The Distinguished Practitioner Lecture on Surfing the Waves of Constant Change and Disruption featuring our member and Microsoft’s Principal Program Manager Jennifer Lynn Cua’s experiences (originally scheduled in March 2020 but was canceled due to the pandemic). This was organized Read more…
The signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between UP Diliman and Fluor Daniel, Inc. – Philippines was held at the UP Board of Regents Room at Quezon Hall on March 15, 2024. The MOA enumerated six streams of Read more…
On February 10, 2024, the Philsaga Mining Corporation dispatched an emergency response team to assist with the search and retrieval operation and initial relief goods distribution for the Masara landslide orphans in Maco, Davao de Oro, demonstrating the company’s solidarity Read more…
On February 15, faculty awardees of the two APEX Professorial Chairs made a presentation to APEX Technical and Operations Executives. DMMME Profs. Karlo Baladad (Chair in Mining) and Richard Espiritu (Chair in Met Engg) were joined by ED Tito Aliga Read more…
Makati City, Philippines – UPERDFI held a Donor Recognition and Thanksgiving Dinner on February 7, 2024, at the Makati Sports Club to honor and appreciate those who have supported the Foundation over the years up to 2023. Caption: (L-R) UP Read more…
MPTC held a Meet and Greet with 50+ scholars from different school partners at the MPT South Hub in Imus, Cavite on November 23, 2023. The celebration of the scholarship program, tagged Pathways to Progress, was led by MPTC President Read more…
UPERDFI released the professorial chair awards for the 126 faculty members from the UP College of Engineering on December 21, 2023, after the approval of the University of the Philippines President of the list submitted by UPCOE Dean Tonette Tanchuling Read more…