Educational Background:
PhD in Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, 1987
MS Civil Engineering (Structural), University of the Philippines Diliman, 1984
BS Civil Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman, 1980

Current Membership in Professional Organizations:
Member, University of the Philippines Alumni Engineers Inc. (UPAE)
Member, UP Engineering Research & Development Foundation, Inc., (UPERDFI)
Member, Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE)
Member, Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines (ASEP)
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Philippines International Group
Member, Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) Philippines Section
Member, ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Technology (AAET)
Member, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (PKP)
Member, Philippine Association of the Japanese Government Scholars PHILAJAMES
Member, Philippine Federation of Japan Alumni (PHILFEJA)

Recent Publications:

[1] “To Institute Resilience” (Chapter 1), Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Handbook for Academic Institutions: The UP Experience, UP Press, 2018.

[2] “The Making of UPD’s Overall DRRM Plan” (Chapter 3), Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Handbook for Academic Institutions: The UP Experience, UP Press, 2018.

[3] Aquino, Diocel Harold, Benito Pacheco and Nicole Miranda. 2016. “Forensic Evaluation of Temperature History for Fire-Damaged Concrete Using an Ordinary Digital Camera: Case Study of the Burned Palma Hall Pavilion II, UP Diliman.” Philippine Engineering Journal 36(1).

[4] Hernandez, Jaime Y, Ronwaldo ER Aquino, Benito M Pacheco and Eric C Cruz. 2015. “Damage Caused by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, Review of Structural Regulations and Practice, and Research Developments in Wind Engineering.” J. Wind Engineering 40(3): 270-274.