Dr. Oscar Victor M. Antonio, Jr.
Professor, UP Institute of Civil Engineering
Research Fellow, Building Research Service
omantonio@up.edu.ph
Academic Group: Construction Engineering and Management Group
Research interests/activities:
Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, Structural Integrity Evaluation of New and Existing Structures, Structural Health Monitoring, Concrete Imaging (superstructure and substructure), Ultrasonic Wave Simulation, Concrete Technology, Smart Building, Ground Improvement, and Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Unmanned Ground Vehicle, Neural Network, and Augmented Reality for Structure Evaluation
Educational Background:
Doctor of Engineering, Nondestructive Evaluation of Structures, Tokyo Institute of Technology
MS Civil Engineering (Geotechnical Engineering), University of the Philippines Diliman, 2007
BS Civil Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman, 1998
Current Membership in Professional Organizations:
Member, American Society for Nondestructive Testing, 2013 – present
Service Activities:
SciEnggJournal Editor-in-Charge (EIC), 2025
UP PGH Building Saftey Task Force, Member, 2024-2025
CHED Technical Evaluator for the Gratis-in-Aid (GIA) Projects and Proposals, 2024
ICE Inspection Team for the Assessment of Heritage Structures in Vigan City (aftermath of July 27, 2022 Abra Earthquake), member .
Survey of Building Damages brought by Typhoon Odette in Cebu, December 27-28, 2021
Recent Publications:
| [1] Sophia G. Camacho, and Oscar Victor M. Antonio, Jr. “Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Philippine Construction Industry: Problems, Opportunities, and Risk Management Methods of National Capital Region-based Contractors”, Philippine Engineering Journal 2022; Vol. 43, No.1:89-110. |
| [2] Oscar Victor M. Antonio, Jr and Dan Mari D.V. Estanislao. “Analytical Modelling of Melchor Hall Using Non-destructive Tests”, Philippine Engineering Journal, Volume XXXVIII Number 2, December 2017. |
| [3] Chapter 5 Structural Capacity Assessment of Buildings in UP Diliman against Earthquake Hazards, Sakunang Darating, Saklolo’y Tayo Rin, Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Handbook for Academic Institutions,University of the Philippines Press. |
Recent Presentations:
| [1] Presenter, 20th World Conference on Non-destructive Testing, Seoul Korea, March 27-31, 2024, Investigation of the Piezoresistive Bahavior and Flexural Strength of Graphene-Modified Concrete”, Oscar Victor M. Antonio, Jr., Reina Nette R. Daguio, Jezelle C. Garces and Mayla P. Rogelio. |
| [2] Presenter, Professorial Chair Awards Colloquium 2024. “Effects of Elevated Temperatures to High Strength Concrete with Nanosilica,”Oscar Victor M. Antonio, Jr. and John Angelo G. Cruz, UP-Diliman. November 25, 2024. |
| [3] Presenter, Professorial Chair Awards Colloquium. “Piezoresistivity of Graphene Nanoplatelet-Modified Concrete”, Oscar Victor M. Antonio, Jr., Jezelle C. Garces and Reina Nette R. Daguio, UP-Diliman. January 24-26, 2024. |
| [4] Presenter, Professorial Chair Award Colloquium. “Application of Building Information Model-based Augmented Reality to Civil Engineering: Structural Analysis and Construction Monitoring”, Oscar Victor M. Antonio, Jr., Andre Paul C. Kim and Ian Christian C. Pararuan, January 25-27, 2023. |
| [5] Presenter, 17th Engineering Research and Development for Technology Conference. “Development of 3D Finite Element Method Tool Using Quadratic Hexahedron for Application to Seismic Evaluation of Heritage Unreinforced Masonry Structures”, Alvin B. Luzong, Oscar Victor M. Antonio, Jr., and Pher Errol B. Quinay, December 22, 2021. |