Paper on Timber Beams: Best Paper at the 7th ERDT Conference

The paper based on the undergraduate thesis, "Mechanical Properties on Flexure and Shear of Comercially Available Timber Beams in the Philippines" by Earl Marvin De Guzman, Michael Stephen Go and Katrina Tengki with Andres Oreta as adviser was awarded as the best paper in the environment and infrastructure track at the 7th ERDT Conference held at the Manila Hotel last Sept. 16, 2011. The paper was presented by Earl Marvin De Guzman with the collaboration of Katrina Tengki and Dr. Andres Oreta in the open forum. (view the abstract of the thesis).

Tengki and De Guzmam

De Guzman, Tengki, Concepcion, Malabatuan, Teodosio & Oreta

Poster presentations of other civil engineering researches were also displayed during the conference. The posters presented were:

Concepcion, Malabatuan & Teodosio

Deriving Optimum Mix Designs For High Strength Concrete Using Genetic Algorithms

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Iris Mae M. Malabatuan, Bertrand B. Teodosio, Analyn C. Yee Concepcion, Alden Paul D. Balili and Andres Winston C. Oreta

Jao and Dychangco (MSCE Students)

Geotechnical Properties of Limestone and Limestone-blended Embankment Materirals

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J.R. Dungca, L.T. Dychangco and J. I . Jao.