UPAE PROFESSIONAL DEGREE AWARD
FOR GEODETIC ENGINEERING
Bachelor of Science in Geodetic Engineering, University of the Philippines 1997
Master of Science in Remote Sensing, University of the Philippines 1999
Doctor of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology 2003
For his dedication and dynamism as a faculty member of the U.P. Department of Geodetic Engineering; for his active involvement in the UP Applied Geodesy and Space Technology Research Laboratory; for his able leadership of researches, studies and consultancies involving remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applications; and for his publications and awards recognizing
him as an expert of remote sensing and other geodetic-related endeavors.
Dr. Enrico C. Paringit began his career as a researcher by serving as co-investigator for Japanese earth observation satellite ADEOS and then airborne radar remote sensing missions of the JPL-NASA even while he student days in the late 1990s. He is a Principal Investigator for Advanced Land Observation Satellite (ALOS) and Advanced Spectral and Thermal Emission and Radiation (ASTER) which contributed to the development of various algorithms to process satellite imageries for mapping.
Dr Paringit has authored/co-authored 3 book chapters, 5 international refereed journal articles, and numerous conference proceedings and papers in the fields of remote sensing of coastal environment, watershed hydrology, renewable energy resources assessment and of late, mapping and monitoring of hazards and disasters. He now spearheads the Disaster Risk and Exposure Assessment for Mitigation (DREAM) Program, one of the biggest if not the biggest R&D project supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on record. The program aims to develop and deploy technologies to provide necessary information for early warning and advisory to communities at risk of flooding using airborne LiDAR technology and numerical simulation.
DrParingit graduated with a BS degree in Geodetic Engineering and MS Remote Sensing in 1997 and 1999 respectively in UP. He finished his Doctor of Engineering degree at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (TokyoTech) in 2003 where he also went for fellowship with support from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). He is formerly the Chair of the UP Department of Geodetic Engineering and Director of the Training Center for Applied Geodesy and Photogrammetry.