Register Now for the UPIEAA Annual Membership Meeting
The board of trustees of the UP Industrial Engineering Alumni Association, or UPIEAA, invites all its members to the Annual Membership Meeting, scheduled for October 21, 2015 (Wednesday) 7:00 pm at the Valle Verde Club, Capt. Javier St., Pasig, Metro Manila. Per by-laws, members are defined as all legitimate graduates of BS, MS, or PhD in Industrial Engineering from the Diliman campus of the University of the Philippines system.
UPIE Students Enjoy Their Traditional Graduation Dinner
The UP Industrial Engineering graduates-to-be held their graduation dinner at Celebrity Sports Plaza’s ballroom A & B last Friday, June 26. The event was organized by the IE representatives to the Engineering Student Council. 45 of the 97 graduating IE Batch 2015 students were in attendance.
UPIEAA Director Bess Yap Gets Promoted!
UPIEAA director Bienadel Elizabeth “Bess” Yap was formally sworn in last May 13 as the newest Assistant Secretary for the Department of Public Works & Highways, by DPWH Secretary Rogelio “Babes” Singson. With the promotion, Bess is now directly responsible for six DPWH offices: Information Management, Human Resource and Administrative, Financial and Management, Procurement, Legal Service and Stakeholder Relations.
IE 155 Student Teams Assist DPWH with Business Process Reengineering
Recently, as part of their practicum project, four student teams under the IE 155 (Industrial Systems Design) course taught by IE-OR Professor Mitchay Pacia were assigned to work with the Department of Public Works and Highways’ Business Innovation Division (BID) to assist in BID’s mission of sustaining the business process reengineering and improvement efforts at DPWH.
IE Club’s IEngage Event
Last April 18, for the second year in a row, IE Club held its IEngage event for graduating IE students. Organized by IE Club’s Alumni Relations team, the event featured […]
Strategic partnership in changing retail landscape
Pong Ejercito is currently a consultant for the supermarket operations of SM Retail. He used to be managing director of Unilever Korea. Earlier, he was national sales operations controller of […]
UP Alumni Engineers’ Golf Fund Raising set on May 7
Continuing its tradition of building solid foundations for the country’s future engineers and nation-builders, the University of the Philippines Alumni Engineers Association (UPAE) will hold its first trimester golf fund […]
UPIE Alumnus and Ex-IE Instructor Now Also A Bar Eight-Placer
Did you know that a UP IE alumnus is now also a lawyer? And not just a lawyer but our IE alumnus placed eighth in the recent bar exam, one […]
IFC approves $40-M loan to SPV
The World Bank’s investment arm, the International Finance Corp. (IFC), yesterday said it has extended a P1.79 billion ($39.7 million) loan to a special purpose vehicle outfit for the acquisition […]
A new Capiz is rising
How a family changes Northern Panay People are coming back to Capiz, a province in the northern part of Panay Island that is transforming from a folklore-rich land that used […]
