Civil Engineering at DLSU-Manila accredited PAASCU Level IV!

Message from the DLSU President

We wish to congratulate the following programs of the Gokongwei College of Engineering:

• Civil Engineering
• Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Industrial Engineering

for being the FIRST PAASCU accredited Engineering institution in the country with LEVEL IV status. We sincerely thank the IAAQAR Council for their untiring effort in pursuing this accreditation to its successful conclusion. Likewise, thanks for the full cooperation of the concerned administrators, faculty, students and staff of Gokongwei College of Engineering.

Br. Narciso S. Erguiza, Jr. FSC

President and Chancellor

3 Civil Engineering Alumni: AUN-SEED/Net Scholars at Chula

Photo: L-R: Valerio, Jayme, Ms. Ubay (DLSU CE Faculty), Sevilla and Uy
during a visit at Chulalongkorn Univeristy last Feb 2012

Three civil engineering alumni were accepted as graduate scholars under the AUN-SEED/Net program 2012. Daniel Valerio, Jamiel Jayme and Erica Uy will pursue their Master's degree in civil engineering at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Valerio will major in Structural Engineering, Jayme in Transportation Engineering while Uy will join the Geotechnical Engineering Division with now 2nd year MS student Em Sevilla. The three alumni graduated BSCE in 2011 (1st term).

Congratulations and we wish you the best in your graduate studies. 

DLSU CE Dept to host International Conference on CE Education

To produce globally competitive and socially responsible civil engineers is a major challenge to civil engineering (CE) schools all over the world. CE educators are now challenged to address issues such as the global mobility of professional civil engineers, outcomes-based education as a framework in the accreditation of schools, the use of new and advanced technology in the teaching and learning process in the university and the impact of collaboration and networking with international institutions and professional organizations.

The Department of Civil Engineering, De La Salle University-Manila will host the ICCEE2012 – International Conference on Civil Engineering Education Conference 2012 with the theme “Addressing Global Challenges in Civil Engineering Education” on November 9-10, 2012. This international conference will serve as a forum for CE educators, researchers, practitioners, school administrators and students to exchange information, to share lessons and to discuss strategies on how civil engineering education can be improved to produce globally competitive and socially responsible professional civil engineers.

CALL FOR PAPERS:

Participants who wish to present a paper in accordance with the theme and topics of the conference are invited to submit an abstract of about 200-300 words as a word document on or before July 16, 2012. Indicate the name of the presenting author, affiliation, email address and topic category. Submit to Dr. Alexis Fillone at amfillone@gmail.com and Dr. Andres Oreta at andyoreta@gmail.com.

CALL FOR STUDENT POSTERS:

There will be a poster competition for researches conducted by undergraduate and graduate students. Cash awards and certificates will be given to outstanding posters. Students are invited to submit an abstract of about 200-300 words as a word document on or before July 16, 2012. Indicate the name of the presenting author, affiliation and email address. Submit to amfillone@gmail.com and andyoreta@gmail.com.

CE Dept hosts Student Conference on Transportation Research

EDSA at peak hours: Traffic!

The Civil Engineering Department, De La Salle University-Manila will host the Student Conference on Transportation Research in cooperation with the Transportation Science Society of the Philippines (TSSP) on March 30, 2012. This is a forum where the researches related to transportation engineering and management by undergraduate and graduate students in civil engineering and urban and regional planning will be presented.

Dr. Fillone

The organizing committee of the conference is chaired by Dr. Alexis Fillone, head of the Transportation Engineeering Division of the department. To welcome the participants will be Mr. Ronaldo Gallardo, chiar of the CE Dept. The opening remarks will be delivered by Prof. Dr. Hussein Lidasan, President of the TSSP.

Technical papers will be presented by participants from various schools here and abroad such as Institute of Civil Engineering - University of the Philippines, Central Philippine University, Nihon University, School of Urban & Regional Planning - UPD, Mapua Institute of Technology, University of the Philippines Los Banos and De La Salle University - Manila.

The papers that will be presented by DLSU participants are as follows:

•  Proposed Circulation System Designs for the Old Calle Real de Iloilo City by Adrian S. Alarcon, Juanito Dator III, Hector Lemmuel D. Macapagal, Angelica Christian Ongkingco
• Proposed Scheduling Scheme for Public Transport System in Iloilo City by Angelo Dominic P. Dumalus, Anezka Bianca Sigrid Y. Go, Ray Geynill Samonte
• The Applicability of the Bus Rapid Transit System along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue by Marcus Kyle T. Baron, Caroline D. Escover, Jella Rose C. Mendoza, Mayumi R. Tsukamoto
• Preliminary Evaluation of the Proposed Expressway Alignments Connecting the NLEX and SLEX in Metro Manila using the Transport Co-Benefit Analysis by Louiee Jamiel Jayme, Alexis Fillone
• Impact of Road Infrastructure Improvements along Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City by Melvin John Flores, Jeddalyn Gallero, Elisa Joyce Precillas
• Establishing the Vehicular Speed-Density-Flow Relationships of Selected Primary Roads in Iloilo City by Keane Gregory Landoy, Miguel Antonio Pena, and Joselito Luis Pabiton
• Modeling the Impact of On-street Parking on Vehicular Traffic by Jesus Gerard Briones, Eriko Luis Hallare, Marc Alvin Lim

Joint Conferences on Earthquake Engg 2012 - Tokyo

The joint conferences - 9th Conference on Urban Earthquake Engg (9CUEE) and the 4th Asia Conference on Earthquake Engg (4ACEE) were held at the Tokyo Institute of Technology on March 6-8, 2012.

Dr. Andres Oreta is a member of the international scientific committee (ISC) of the 9CUEE-4ACEE. He presented a paper on "Rapid Visual Screening and Two-Dimensional Seismic Vulnerability Classification of Important Buildings" which is co-authored with Oscar Cammayo, Jr.,  Katrina S. Baluyot, Art Jester C. Ramos and Maria Celina N. Suarez. The paper proposed a simple approach of prioritizing buildings for detailed seismic inspection using a dual criteria to classify important buildings such as school and hosptial buildings based on a rapid visual screening score and a second criterion such as importance of a building or existence non-structural hazards. As an ISC member, Oreta was also tasked to be one of the judges in the Young Researchers Awards.

Open Forum: Prof. Pennung of AIT was the session chair.

Welcome Party: With ASEP Directors and Members

Attending the conference also were members and directors of the Association of Stuctural Engineers of the Philippines (ASEP). ASEP is the founding organization of the ACEE and was thehost of the 1st and 2nd editions of the ACEE. The 5th ACEE may be held at Taipei with NCREE as the host in 2014.