Fiscal year 2014-2015 is the second year for Asst. Prof. Jason Ongpeng, CE Dept. chair in
the JSPS Ronpaku Scholarship Program. The
scholarship program is aimed to provide tutorial and financial support for promising researchers who
wish to obtain their PhD degrees from Japanese universities through submission
of a dissertation without matriculating a doctoral course. In this program, the
Ronpaku fellow can visit the host university in Japan for short visits to do
experiments and go back to Philippine university for the analysis of data and
writing of dissertation. The program is funded for three years until the
completion of the final requirements.
There
are two advisers in the JSPS Ronpaku Scholarship Program, one in Japan and the
other one in the home institution where the Ronpaku fellow resides and work. The
host university in Japan, Professor Sohichi Hirose is from Tokyo Institute of Technology under the Department
of Mechanical and Environmental Informatics. He is the current president of Japanese Society for
Non-destructive Inspection (JSNDI), expert in the field of applied mechanics and
non-destructive evaluation. The home adviser at DLSU is Dr. Andres Oreta, a
professor in DLSU Civil Engineering Department, who was also Ongpeng's MSCE thesis adviser.
Ongpeng was in Japan for 25 days during
the month of April/May to do experiments on acoustic emission
test and non-linear ultrasonic test in different type of concrete when it is
subjected to compressive load. Coincidentally, he also presented a conference paper, “Non-linear ultrasonic test for fiber-reinforced concrete
using 3rd harmonic generation” in Nara, Japan under the International
Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) with the theme ELEGANCE IN
STRUCTURES held on may 13-15, 2015.
- Reported by JMCO
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