Our alma mater, the U.P. College of Engineering is celebrating its 100th year in 2009 – 2010.Our College has been reputed to have come up with the best and brightest engineers in the country. For the tradition to live on and in the process, help both the university and our country, the College and the U.P. Alumni Engineers have come up with a roster of activities to lend significance to this centennial milestone. These include: the building of an engineering dormitory; the institution of scholarships and professorial chairs; the conduct of continuing lecture series; the launch and running of the Ekot jeep; a proclamation of the 100 Outstanding Alumni Engineers; and the holding of a RetroEngg Week, a motorcade, a marathon, a golf  tournament and fellowships.  These will be capped by the homecoming on 13 June 2010.

To bring fruition to all these plans, we will need your support and the support of our other alumni engineers who have all benefited from our UP Engineering education and in appreciation, would like to give something back to the College.  May we invite you to be part of all these by your active participation in the activities and by donating PhP10,000 to the centennial celebration.  In return, you will be entitled to a Centennial passport that will install your name in perpetuity at the lifetime Centennial Wall of the UP Alumni Engineers Centennial Building; entitle you to free copies of the Centennial coffee table book and the annual Ingenium publication; and give you free access to the following Centennial events, RetroEngg Week, the 100 Outstanding Alumni Engineers awards; and the grand homecoming;

Rest assured that your support will likewise be considered as a tax credit by the Bureau of Internal Revenue as a tax certificate will be issued.

To honor our College which has given us so much, we ask that you lend your presence and support in this, our centennial celebration.

Thank you.

Very truly yours,

Sgd.Roger Victor E. Buendia

President, UPAE

In 2010, the College of Engineering of the University of the Philippines will be celebrating its centennial year.

The College first opened its doors to prospective engineers in 1910 when the College was then located in Padre Faura, Manila.  Now, almost 100 years later, the College boasts of the Melchor Hall in the Diliman campus dedicated to the molding of engineers through high quality education and teaching professionals.

To date, the College has produced 16,350 graduates, many of which are touted to be the best and brightest engineers in the country.  Many too have established strong roots and are highly esteemed in foreign shores.  To pay tribute to these great minds, the UP Alumni Engineers (UPAE) conceived the search for the “100 Outstanding Alumni Engineers of the University of the Philippines,” for the contemporary and posthumous achievers of the College of Engineering.

So far, forty-one (41) alumni have been proclaimed.  They are virtually who’s who in the academe, the government, and the construction, banking, manufacturing industries. They include :

Leopoldo V. Abis, Estrella F. Alabastro, Magdaleno B. Albarracin, Jr., Jose V. Angeles, Bernardo O. Armena, Onofre Banson, Cesar B. Bautista, Filemon T. Berba, Jr., Cesar A. Buenaventura, David M. Consunji, Felipe F. Cruz, Johnip G. Cua, Jose P. Dans, Jr., Ernesto S. De Castro, Fortunato T. Dela Pena, Teodoro T. Encarnacion, Fiorello R. Estuar, Jesus P. Francisco, Cristy R. Hernandez, Dominador I. Ilio, Oscar I. Ilustre, Alfredo L. Juinio, Delfin L. Lazaro, Victor A. Lim, Felix H. Limcaoco, Jr., Melecio S. Magno, Rogelio M. Murga, Antolin M. Oreta, Ma. Cristina Damasco Padolina, Vicente T. Paterno, Salvador F. Reyes, Ernesto F. Sanvictores, Jose M. Segovia, Emmanuel V. Soriano, David Sycip, Ernesto G. Tabujara, Reynaldo B. Vea, Jesus V. Vergara, Gregorio R. Vigilar, Cesar A. Virata, and Francisco L. Viray.

The search committee welcomes nominations for the remaining awardees.  The culmination of this prestigious search is the awards night on 28 May 2010 where the 100 Outstanding Alumni Engineers will be recognized and awarded with a National Artist Napoleon Abueva trophy, specially crafted for this distinguished honor.

The College has likewise embarked on a UP Centennial Dormitory project that aims to address the need for more living quarters in the campus for students.  The groundbreaking of the dormitory was held on 05 October and the building is expected to be ready for occupancy by next school year.  Initially to be composed of two four-storey buildings with 48 rooms, the dormitory will be able to house about 290 of the College’s 4,197 undergraduates.  While this was conceptualized and is being spearheaded by the UP College of Engineering (UPCOE), the UP Engineering Research and Development Foundation, Inc. (UPERDFI), and the UP Alumni Engineers (UPAE), the project welcomes other alumni who wish to lend support to this undertaking.

Other activities of the UPCOE Centennial celebration are the Lantern Parade and Street Party at the Carillon on 18 December 2009; the Ekot Jeepney Unveiling and Motorcade on 15 February 2010; a Fun Run and Basketball Exhibition on 15 February 2010; the Retro Engg Week on 15 – 19 February 2010; a Golf Tournament at the Tagaytay Midlands on 05 March 2010; Tree Planting on 13 April 2010; a Centennial Exhibit and Awarding of the Design Contest winners on 13 June 2010; Launch of the Centennial Coffee Table book on 13 June 2010; various conferences (from February to 10 September 2010); and the GRAND CENTENNIAL HOMECOMING on 13 June 2010 which coincides with the exact day that the College started 100 years ago.

Everyone is invited to attend and witness these significant events.  For more details, interested parties may log on to www.upalumniengineers.org or they may call the UPAE Secretariat at telephone number 436-1386 or they can send an email to upae@engg.up.edu.ph.