Dr. Eugene C. Herrera

Associate Professor, UP Institute of Civil Engineering

Research interests/activities:


echerrera1@up.edu.ph

PhD in Engineering (Mechanical and Environmental Informatics), Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2010
MS Civil Engineering (Water Resources), University of the Philippines Diliman, 2003
BS Civil Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman, 2000

  1. Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers

  1. Masaya Yoshikai1, Takashi Nakamura1, Yoshiyuki Tanaka2, Masahiro Nakaoka3, Atsushi Watanabe1, Toshihiro Miyajima4, Eugene C. Herrera5, Ariel C. Blanco6, Miguel D. Fortes7, Maria Lourdes San Diego-McGlone7, Kazuo Nadaoka1 (2017) A dynamic model system to assess the mariculture-induced environmental impacts on the seagrass beds in the coastal areas of Bolinao and Anda, Philippines, JpGU 2017, Makuhari Mesei, Japan, May 2017.

  2. Herrera, E.C., Nadaoka, K., and Blanco, A.C. (2017) Investigation of the wind-driven, density-induced circulation and seawater intrusion of a shallow, tropical, lacustrine environment, Engineering Research and Development for Technology (ERDT) Conference, Metro Cebu, Philippines (October 18-20, 2017).

  3. Herrera E.C, Dumalag, J.B.L. and Blanco, A.C. Environmental Modeling for Water Resource Assessment of Typhoon Haiyan-hit Coastal Watersheds in the Philippines, “Environmental Protection toward Green Development” AUN-SEED/Net 2017 Regional Conference on Environmental Engineering (RC-EnvE2017), Hanoi, Vietnam (October, 2017).

  4. Herrera, E.C. Hydrodynamic Investigation of Laguna Lake, Philippines for Water Security and Flood Risk Management of Metro Manila, UNESCO-JASTIP Joint Symposium on Intra-Regional Water Security and Disaster Management, Quezon City, Metro Manila, November 15-16, 2017.

  5. Herrera, E.C., Blanco, A.C. and Gonzales, R. Hydrodynamic Analysis of the Flood-detention Function of Laguna Lake, Philippines for Flood Risk Management of Metro Manila, New Dimensions for Natural Hazards in Asia: An AOGS-EGU Joint Conference, Tagaytay, Batangas, Philippines, 04 to 08 Feb, 2018.

  6. Shrestha, D.P., Brebante, B.M., Jetten, V.G., Herrera, E.C., Blanco, A.C., Gonzales, R. and  Alkema, D. Land cover change and use of Soil Grid data for assessing flash flood in Marikina River Basin, The Philippines, New Dimensions for Natural Hazards in Asia: An AOGS-EGU Joint Conference, Tagaytay, Batangas, Philippines, 04 to 08 Feb, 2018.

  7. Herrera, E.C., Blanco, A.C. and Gonzales, R. Hydrodynamic Analysis of the Flood-detention Function of Laguna Lake, Philippines for Flood Risk Management of Metro Manila, New Dimensions for Natural Hazards in Asia: An AOGS-EGU Joint Conference, Tagaytay, Batangas, Philippines, 04 to 08 Feb, 2018.

  8. Herrera, E.C. and Hernandez, BC.B. Hydrodynamic Investigation of Laguna Lake, Philippines for Water Security and Flood Risk Management of Metro Manila, 15th Annual Meeting, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society 2018, Honolulu, Hawaii (June 3-8, 2018).

  9. Hernandez, BC.B. and Herrera, E.C., Hydrologic Analysis Using Long-Term Simulated Stream Flows in Urban Lake Watersheds, 15th Annual Meeting, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society 2018, Honolulu, Hawaii (June 3-8, 2018).

  10. Masaya Yoshikai, Takashi Nakamura, Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Masahiro Nakaoka, Atsushi Watanabe, Toshihiro Miyajima, Eugene C. Herrera, Ariel C. Blanco, Miguel D. Fortes, Maria Lourdes San Diego-McGlone, Kazuo Nadaoka: Development of seagrass bed dynamics model for assessment of environmental impacts of intensive mariculture activities on seagrass ecosystem in Bolinao, Philippines. SCESAP 3rd International Biodiversity Symposium Cebu 2017, University of the Philippines Cebu Campus (December 4-9, 2017).

  11. Hernandez, BC.B. and Herrera, E.C., Hydrologic Impact Analysis of Land Use Change on Tropical Coastal Mangrove Ecosystems: Aklan, Philippines, 2018 Brussels SWAT Conference: SWAT Applications for Ecosystem Services, Brussels, Belgium, September 19-21, 2018.

  12. Ferrer, J.V., Bautista, D., Hernandez, BC.B., and Herrera, E.C., Integrated hydrodynamic modeling developments as insight on sustainable management strategies for blue carbon ecosystems, 1st National Blue Carbon Symposium, Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Zambales, September 20-21, 2018.

  13. Hernandez, BC.B., Ferrer, J.V., Giron, J.F., and Herrera, E.C., Implementation of a Continuous Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Monitoring in Blue Carbon Ecosystems as an Effective Approach to Coastal Management, 1st National Blue Carbon Symposium, Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Zambales, September 20-21, 2018.

  14. Hernandez, BC.B., Ferrer, J.V., Giron, J.F., and Herrera, E.C., Hydrodynamic Investigation of a Mangrove Ecosystem using Continuous and Comprehensive Monitoring in Aklan, Philippines, 11th Regional Confernce on environmental Engineering – 2018 (RCEnvE-2018), Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia, September 27-28, 2018.

  15. Giron, J.F., and Herrera, E.C., Regional hydrodynamic modeling of storm tides and storm waves for the assessment of the protective services of mangroves in Northern Panay Island using coupled ADCIRC+SWAN, 11th Regional Confernce on environmental Engineering – 2018 (RCEnvE-2018), Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia, September 27-28, 2018.

  16. Ferrer, J.V., Hernandez, BC.B., and Herrera, E.C., Coupled Hydrologic-Hydrodynamic Estuary Model of the Katunggan It Ibajay (KII) Mangrove Eco-park, 11th Regional Confernce on environmental Engineering – 2018 (RCEnvE-2018), Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia, September 27-28, 2018.

  17. Herrera, E.C., Blanco A.C., Nadaoka,K., and Varcas, N., Integrated Decision Support System  Development for Laguna Lake:Applications and Lessons Learned, 11th Regional Confernce on environmental Engineering – 2018 (RCEnvE-2018), Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia, September 27-28, 2018.

  18. Herrera, E.C., Hernandez, BC.B., Ferrer, J.V., Giron, J.F., Bautista, D.M., and Turiano, M.C., Hydrodynamic investigation of riverine mangrove ecosystems using intensive field measurement and numerical simulation, 8th Regional Symposium on Infrastructure Development in Civil Engineering (RSID 8), Institute of Civil Engineering, University of the Philippines-Diliman, October 25-26, 2018.

  19. Masaya YOSHIKAI, Takashi NAKAMURA, Rempei SUWA, Reginald ARGAMOSA,  Ariel BLANCO, Eugene HERRERA, Ronald MALIAO, Yasmin PRIMAVERA-TIROL, Kazuo NADAOKA, An Empirical Model for Morphological Structures in Mangrove Areal Root System with Multiple-order Roots, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society 2019, Singapore (July 28-August 2, 2019).