Dr. Andres Winston Oreta and Dr. Lessandro Garciano of DLSU Civil Engineering Recognized as Fellows at PPSC’s 31st Anniversary for Contributions to Disaster Risk Management Program

On the 31st Anniversary Celebration of the Philippine Public Safety College, Fellows who contributed to PPSC's programs were recognized as members of its Council of Fellows. Dr. Andres Winston Oreta and Dr. Lessandro Garciano of DLSU GCOE Dept. of Civil Engg were welcomed as Fellows for their contribution as lecturers, capstone research advisers and panelists in the Master of Crisis & Disaster Risk Management (MCDRM) program of PPSC. Congrstulations and may you continue to support the program of developing disaster resilience in the country.

DLSU PhD Students wins 1st Place at APRU2024 Student Poster Presentation

In the recently concluded 19th APRU Multi-Hazards Symposium 2024, themed "Forging Sustainable and Resilient Futures: Science, Technology and Innovation for Disaster Risk Reduction" held on October 1-3, 2024 at GIS NTU Convention Center, Taipei, Taiwan, a DLSU PhD in Civil Engineering student was selected as one of the two 1st place winners in the student poster competition with 43 participants. Mary Joanne Aninon (PhD CE Student)  was awarded 1st place for her poster on “Site Suitability Analysis of Evacuation Centers in Zamboanga City,. Details about the conference can be found at https://aprumh2024.wcdr.ntu.edu.tw/.

Another PhD CE Graduate student, Rammel Mistica (MSCE student) also presented his poster on “Road to Resilience: Analyzing Post-Disaster Response on Closed National Roads.”

Meanwhile, Dr. Andres Winston C. Oreta, Professor of Civil Engineering and the adviser of the two PhD graduate students who participated in the poster completion presented on one of the oral presentation sessions. Dr. Oreta presented his paper on “A Graduate Seminar for Civil Engineering Students to Enhance Awareness and Promote Research on Disaster Risk Reduction and Infrastructure Development (DRRID)”  on October 2, 2024 in the morning session online since the symposium shifted to online platform in the second day due to a typhoon that was expected to arrive on that day. The posters presented by the PhD students were based on the output of the DRRID graduate seminar. 

The symposium focuses on related topics of multi-hazards induced by earthquakes, weather, and water-related disasters. APRU stands for Association of Pacific Rim Universities. The APRU 2025 symposium will be held in the Philippines and will be hosted by the University of the Philippines, an APRU member.

Dr. Oreta with PhD Grad student, Aninon.

Dr. Oreta with PhD Grad student, Mistica.