UP Alumni Achievers: Maximo L. Carvajal

Engr. Maximo L. Carvajal, a civil engineer with over three decades of experience in public service and civil engineering, is the current Undersecretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways. As Undersecretary for Information Management and Technical Services, Undersecretary Carvajal focuses on the oversight of the six Bureaus, namely the Bureau of Construction, Bureau […]

UP Alumni Achievers: Dr. Mark J. Abelon

Dr. Mark Abelon is currently the Director IV at the Presidential Commission on Good Government and is a Senior Lecturer at the University of the Philippines Open University, where he handles Masters in Land Valuation and Management classes on Land Asset and Property Management. He holds multiple professional licenses as a Geodetic Engineer, Real Estate […]

UP Alumni Achievers: Jasper Powell S. Esguerra

Engr. Jasper Esguerra is a Chemical Engineer, Renewable Energy and Innovation Professional, Chartered Financial Analyst, and Project Manager. He pushes the realization of energy projects that move the world to a sustainable global economy by providing engineering, financial, and business development services for landmark renewable energy projects backed by Aboitiz and Ayala. Since 2014, he’s […]

UP Alumni Achievers: Dr. John Richard E. Hizon

Dr. John Richard E. Hizon, an accomplished and prolific researcher and professor, has been a faculty member of the UP Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute for almost three decades. He served as the former Director of the Institute from 2015 to 2019, and is currently affiliated with the UP Microelectronics and Microprocessors Laboratory (MicroLab) where […]

UP Alumni Achievers: Felisberto L. Gancayco

Engr. Felisberto L. Gancayco is a registered Civil Engineer with an MS Degree in Finance, and is a certified Project Management Professional. He has significant experience in Construction Project Management,  Procurement, Quality Management, and Contract & Cost Management and has lectured as well on various industry-related methodologies and concerns. He currently serves as the Managing […]

UPAE Alumni Achievers: Alan Luis Silayan

Engr. Alan Luis Silayan has devoted his career to the most pressing issues of our time, including climate change, disaster resilience, climate governance, and climate finance, long before it became a topic of widespread interest in civil society and public discourse, with over 15 years of experience designing and leading Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation […]

𝗨𝗣𝗔𝗘 𝗔𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗻𝗶 𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀: Adelson N. Chua

Engr. Adelson N. Chua is an Assistant Professor at the UP Electrical and Electronics Engineering (UP EEE) Institute and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) while also serving as a graduate student instructor at the prestigious university. Engr. Chua has been […]

𝗨𝗣𝗔𝗘 𝗔𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗻𝗶 𝗔𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗗𝗿. 𝗝𝗼𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗥. 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼𝘀

Dr. Joost R. Santos, an accomplished and multi-awarded academician, is currently an Associate Professor at the George Washington University (GWU) and currently a US Fulbright Scholar, seeking to develop infrastructure and economic resilience models for enhancing disaster risk management (DRM). A prolific highly cited researcher with over 65 journals, 40 conference proceedings, and 6 book […]