Dean Aura Matias Steps Down as College of Engineering Dean
In a heartwarming despedida on the last day of Dean Aura C. Matias’ second and last term as Dean of the College of Engineering, close college associates, former deans, the UP President, the COE staff, and friends from Dean Aura’s past lives as concert singer, TOYW, and U.P. Integrated School student all came to congratulate her for a job well done and wish her success in future endeavors.
UPIEAA Welcomes 81 New BSIE and Four MSIE Into UPIEAA Ranks
81 new BSIE graduates and four MSIE graduates swelled the ranks of the existing 2,600 IE alumni of UP Diliman’s College of Engineering.
IE Faculty Chair Holders Present at UP COE Professorial Chair Colloquium
Last November 7 and November 11, 2016, for two hours each day, as part of the 13th Professorial Chair Colloquium, the College of Engineering held simultaneous lectures by its Professorial Chair grantees in various venues in Melchor Hall and the Engineering Complex. The UP IE senior faculty gave presentations on their most recent researches at the Beta Epsilon Multimedia Hall.
UPIEAA Nominates Josef Yap for UPAE Professional Degree Award in Industrial Engineering for 2016
Every year in the November timeframe, the UP Alumni Engineers holds the annual engineering homecoming and one of the highlights is the awarding of most outstanding alumni and professional degree awards in the various engineering disciplines.
Secretary dela Peña Meets with UPIEAA Board to Discuss Upcoming 2017 UPIEAA Symposium
In a rare ‘alignment of planets’, the UPIEAA board was able to wangle a meeting with Department of Science & Technology Secretary Fortunato ‘Boy’ dela Peña last March 15 at the UP Engineering Faculty Lounge.
UPIEAA’s 2016 Alumni Homecoming is Launchpad for ACHIEVERS Program
Three years ago, the UPIEAA board in its wisdom decided to hold the alumni homecoming every two years, on the even years.
UPIEAA’s 2016 Student Symposium Experiment is a Success!
While planning for the October 22 alumni homecoming, the UPIEAA board wanted to try something never done before – holding a student symposium or conference just before the homecoming event.
UPIEAA Board Selects 2017 Officers at January 2017 Board Meeting
At the first board meeting of UPIEAA in 2017, the board that was elected in October 2016 at the UPIEAA homecoming unanimously agreed on Ricky Banaag, former President and General Manager of Intel Philippines, to be its new president, replacing Bing del Rosario who had been at the helm for two consecutive years.
New UPIEAA Board Invites IE Org Representatives to March and April 2017 Board Meetings
At the March 23, 2017 UPIEAA board meeting at Valle Verde Country Club, the board welcomed representatives from the IE reps to the Engineering Student Council, the IE Club, and CIEM to the regular board meeting.
Meet the First Batch of UPIEAA Student and Faculty Grantees From the ACHIEVERS Program
Not many might know but the UPIEAA had moved very quickly on awarding the student financial assistance grants and the faculty financial assistance grants even while the IE ACHIEVERS fund raising was going on.
