UP Diliman (UPD) will soon have a Failure Analysis Hub (FA Hub) at the UPD Department of Mining, Metallurgical, and Materials Engineering (DMMME). The University formalized the establishment of an FA Hub through a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the SEM-CALACA Power Corporation (SCPC) and the UP Engineering Research and Development Foundation, Inc. (UPERDFI). The […]

UP Diliman (UPD) and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Philippine Textile Research Institute (PTRI) held a ceremonial signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on May 5 at the UPD Office of the Chancellor. The MOU aims to “develop mutual cooperation and understanding between the two entities.” The PTRI is DOST’s textile development […]

The National Capital Region North-East Group of the Home Development Mutual Fund, more commonly known as Pag-IBIG Fund, has named UP Diliman (UPD) as the top government employer for year-end 2024. According to a post by the UPD Human Resource Development Office (HRDO) on its Facebook page, UPD was honored at the Pag-IBIG Fund Stakeholders’ […]

Government guidelines and measures to address artificial intelligence (AI) were among the topics discussed at the symposium AI & the Future of Work: Navigating Opportunities & Challenges, hosted by the Center for Industry Productivity and Competitiveness of the UP Diliman School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SOLAIR) on March 25. Conducted in partnership with industrial […]

A group of students from the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) College of Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute (EEEI) designed an electric-powered propulsion system for the bangka, the country’s traditional rural fishing boats. Their project, Electrification of Boats for Small-Scale Rural Fishing, was conducted by students Marissa Munar and Sheryl Diokno, along with […]

At the soft launch of the UP Diliman (UPD) Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute (EEEI) Open Radio Access Network Laboratory (Open RAN Lab), UP President Angelo A. Jimenez hailed the laboratory as a “technological breakthrough.” “The establishment of the Open RAN Laboratory is a technological breakthrough for the country. More than that, it is a […]

A research team from UP Diliman (UPD) found microorganisms in Mabini, Batangas whose genes have potential medical and biotechnological applications. Joshua T. Veluz, Paul Christian T. Gloria, Laurence Anthony N. Mallari, Ann Elizabeth R. Enova, and Maria Auxilia T. Siringan from the Natural Sciences Research Institute and the Marine Science Institute of the UPD College […]

UP Diliman (UPD), through the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute (EEEI) of the UPD College of Engineering (COE), signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Philippines to set up another laboratory on campus, the Open Radio Access Network (RAN) Laboratory. According to the EEEI, the Open RAN Laboratory […]

Energy efficiency is one future direction researchers can pursue to address the increasingly power-hungry nature of today’s technology. This was a major point of the keynote address The Era of Beyond Moore’s Law that Sehat Sutardja, co-founder and board chair of Silicon Box and known for being co-founder of Marvell Technology Group Ltd., delivered at […]

Rizalinda de Leon, PhD, former dean of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Engineering (COE) and a professor of chemical engineering at the Department of Chemical Engineering (DChED), has recently been admitted as a fellow to the prestigious ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Academy of Engineering and Technology (AAET).   According to the AAET […]