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Publication Alert_Dr. Vergel & UP NCTS Team Publish Study on Transport Emissions in the Philippines

Publication Alert: Dr. Vergel & UP NCTS Team Publish Study on Transport Emissions in the Philippines

Dr. Karl B.N. Vergel and colleagues at UP National Center for Transportation Studies (UP NCTS) recently published a research article entitled “Estimation of local pollutant and carbon dioxide emissions of road and rail transportation in the Philippines” in the journal Asian Transport Studies Volume 10 issue. The paper was able to demonstrate that it is […]

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UP Diliman April 2024 Civil Engineers Licensure Exam

UP Diliman Achieves 94.74% Passing Rate in April 2024 Civil Engineers Licensure Exam

Congratulations to all the passers of the April 2024 Civil Engineers Licensure Examination, especially to our graduates! UP Diliman got a 94.74% passing rate (36/38 exam takers). Mabuhay ang mga bagong inhenyerong sibil ng bayan! Let’s all serve our nation. Padayon! Read the full results here: https://www.prc.gov.ph/…/april-2024-civil…/7295

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Publication Alert: Publication Alert: UP ICE & DIEOR Researchers Publish New Study on Rainwater Harvesting

Publication Alert: UP ICE & DIEOR Researchers Publish New Study on Rainwater Harvesting

UP ICE faculty members Asst. Prof. Rochie Amolato and Asst. Prof. Maxell Lumbera, and Dr. Joanna Resurreccion of UPD Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research recently published their paper “Assessing Rainwater Harvesting Options in Teresa, Rizal: Incorporating User Preferences with Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis” in the ASEAN Engineering Journal. Their paper aims to bridge the

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Dr. Candelaria Earns PhD in Architectural Engineering from Dong-A University

Dr. Candelaria Earns PhD in Architectural Engineering from Dong-A University

UP ICE proudly congratulates Dr. Ma. Doreen Candelaria for successfully obtaining her PhD in Architectural Engineering degree from Dong-A University, Busan, South Korea! She worked on her dissertation “Evaluation of Thermal Damages of Concrete Subjected to High Temperatures Using ML and RNN for Ultrasonic Pulse Waves” at the Advanced Multiphysics Structural Condition Evaluation Lab, Dong-A

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Publication Alert: New Non-Gaussian Model Refines Wind Pressure Calculations for Low-Rise Buildings

Publication Alert: New Non-Gaussian Model Refines Wind Pressure Calculations for Low-Rise Buildings

Asst. Prof. Timothy John Acosta recently published his research paper titled ” Non-Gaussian peak factor model for windward walls of rigid buildings of different aspect ratios” in the Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. The paper discusses how the ASCE 7 building code, which assumes a Gaussian distribution, underestimates peak pressure coefficients on the

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Asst. Prof. Jessica Junio and Asst. Prof. Matthew Travis Alcantara at the ISWA-SWIS Winter School 2024

UP ICE faculty members participate in ISWA-SWIS Winter School 2024

Two of our faculty members, Asst. Prof. Jessica Junio  and Asst. Prof. Matthew Travis Alcantara participated in the ISWA-SWIS Winter School 2024 on Sustainable Waste Management including Landfill & Landfill Mining held in Texas, USA from January 15-26, 2024. The program was jointly organized by Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability, University of Texas at Arlington

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UP ICE collaborates with the Department of Civil Engineering Paragon-1

UP ICE collaborates with ParagonU Department of Civil Engineering

Dr. Nathaniel Diola and Asst. Prof. Doreen Candelaria, UP ICE Deputy Director for Planning, Development and Finance, and head of the Construction Engineering and Management Group, respectively, visited Paragon International University (PIU) in Cambodia on 17-20 January 2024 for a collaborative benchmarking engagement. The purpose of the visit is to asisst PIU in developing the

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UP ICE GEG faculty members participate in the 2023 International Training Courses on Geo-Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience

Asst. Prof. Matthew Travis Alcantara and Engr. Helli-mar Trilles, UP ICE faculty members from the Geotechnical Engineering Group, participated in the 2023 International Training Courses on Geo-Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience held from December 11 to 18, 2023, in Taipei, Taiwan. The training was organized by the Department of Civil Engineering of National Taiwan University,

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Marissa Tibayan, CoMSLab admin aide, retires after 42 years of service to UP

UP ICE would like to greet our administrative staff, Ms. Marissa L. Tibayan, a happy birthday and happy retirement day! Thank you very much, Ate Marissa, for your 42 years of dedicated work and service to our Institute and to the University of the Philippines. We wish you good health and all the best to

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