Meidai Civil & Environmental Engg Alumni to hold ACEER Research Colloquium on May 19, 2023

The Civil and Environmental Engineering alumni of Nagoya University Graduate School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (NUCEE) will hold an onsite RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM on Advancements in Civil & Environmental Engineering Research (ACEER): The Nagoya University Experience on 19 May 2023 (Fri), 1:00 – 5:00 PM at De La Salle University, Manila. The event is scheduled coinciding with the visit of Prof. Hikaru Nakamura, Professor of NU Dept. of Civil Engineering - Concrete Research Laboratory.  The highlights of the event are:

• Keynote Lecture on Advanced Concrete Research by Prof. Hikaru Nakamura 
• Research Presentations on various CE topics by NUCEE Alumni
• Poster Research Compilation of NUCEE Alumni
• Information Session on Scholarships for Graduate Studies and Research in Japan

The research colloquium target participants are CE faculty who handle thesis, DLSU MSCE graduate students and junior students, government civil engineers from DPWH & DENR and other agencies who are interested to pursue graduate studies through the Japanese Grant Aid (JDS) program.

 The colloquium is organized by a committee of NUCEE alumni: Dr. Andy Oreta (Chair),  Dr. Rodolfo Mendoza, Jr. (Program and Publications), Jomar Romero and Jonas Quero (Invitations & Alumni Networking), Aralyn Quintos & Jowhell Villegas (Registration). DLSU CPD Committee and CESDR are co-organizers who will manage the venue and facilities.

The plan is onsite participants are by invitation only - limited to DLSU graduate students, Invited faculty from other schools and NU alumni. The undergrad and grad students may watch the live streaming via Zoom.

The NUCEE alumni are invited to

1.  Submit an ePoster of their research using the template provided on or before April 19, 2023. Submit at the ff link: https://tinyurl.com/NUCEE-POSTER 
2. Submit information for the directory on or before April 15, 2023 at https://tinyurl.com/NUCEE-DIRECTORY
3. Attend the onsite event and dinner on May 19, 2023

NUAL-PH holds Shinenkai & General Assembly 2023

The Nagoya University Alumni Association - Philippine Branch (NUAL-PH) held its Shinenkai and General Assembly dubbed as "I Love Meidai' on 18 February 2023 (11:30 AM  - 2:30 PM) at the University Hotel, UP Diliman, QC. The event was attended by 26 Filipino and Japanese alumni of Nagoya University. The program is presented below:

The highlights of the event are the virtual tour of Nagoya University today, self-introduction of the alumni, president's (Andy Oreta) and tresurer's (Daisy Montesa) report for 2022 and the Recognition of Ms. Cecille P. Tolentino for her "invaluable guidance and assistance to generations of Filipino Japanese Government Scholars who are now successful professionals contributing to human development and nation building." Ms. Cecille Tolentino has been the person-in-charge of Monbusho/MEXT scholars from 1967 to 2005. Dr. Resty Collado (NUAL-PH Founding President) gave the message of appreciation to Ms. Tolentino in behalf of the association. The alumni had fun with games and raffle prepared by the officers Jomar Romero, Daisy Montesa, Mac Mendoza, Jonas Quero and Aralyn Quintos. The alumni gave donations in cash and in kind which were used as prizes for the games and raffle. 

The President's Report

Dr. Resty Collado's Message

NUAL-PH Officers (Cynthia, Andy & Daisy) with Ms. Cecille Tolentino (2nd from left).

Submit Now for Meidai Network Magazine Issue #4

 

Hello Meidai Alumni and Students. We are inviting you to submit articles for our Meidai Network Issue No. 4 which we will publish at the end of 2023 or early 2024. What articlec can you submit:

1. Your memories/reflection as a Meidai Student, Researcher, Visitor or Tourist

2. Your present work including awards in relation to your education from Nagoya University

3. Tribute to your professor/colleague

4. Short articles like news about your works/awards/events

5. A photo (as Meidai Student, Your present Work) with a short description/reflection for our Photo Gallery Section

6. Announcement of New Graduates or New Students

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE MEIDAI NETWORK MAGAZINE, Visit our blog at http://nufsaa.blogspot.com/search/label/Meidai%20Network

YOU MAY ALSO DOWNLOAD FROM THIS GOOGLE DRIVE:  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16_Pp44mWCwkQt78h9zKQWaOitRoBzxUe?usp=sharing

We are looking forward to your articles. Submit NOW at 

https://tinyurl.com/MEIDAI-NETWORK-NO4

NUAL Philippine Branch holds GA and Elections - 12 June 2022

Zoom General Assembly - 12 June 2022

 About 23 members of the Philippine Branch of Nagoya University Alumni Association (NUAL-PH) held a virtual general assembly on June 12, 2022 from 10:00 - 12:00 via Zoom. The current officers of NUAL-PH first reported their previous accomplishments. Ms. Daisy Montesa presented the treasurer's report while incumbent president Dr. Cybthia Saloma presented the accomplishments and projects of NUAL-PH from 2018 to 2021. After the reports, the members elected the new officers for 2022 - 2024 which is shown below:

Aside from the officers, coordinators/members of adhoc committees were nominated to engage more members in NUAL-PH activities. The tentative list of members of the adhoc committees is as follows:

•        BioAgri Sci Committee Members -   Amelita Estacio, Willie Abasolo
•        GSID Committee Members -  Mario Aguja (Mindanao), Roberto Acosta (Luzon) 
•      Engineering Committee Members -  Ivy Kristine Toquero
•       Japanese Language and Visiting Researchers - Mary Ruth Palanca
•        NU Graduate Students and Faculty - Joyce Cartagena

 The board of advisers of NUAL-PH consists of past presidents - Resty Collado and Indette Gaspillo and Dai-Sempai, Jing Masangkay.

Meet your NUAL Philippine Branch Officers 2021

 

MEIDAI NETWORK ISSUE NO. 3 - JULY 2021

MEIDAI NETWORK Issue No. 3, the news magazine of the Nagoya University Alumni Association - Philippine Branch is now available for viewing or download. Issue No. 3 has the following Table of Contents:

• 2020 NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WEEK S & T AWARDS
• KOKORO NO HI” GENERAL ASSEMBLY & ELECTIONS
• CIVIL ENGINEERING FORUM AT DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY
• CIVIL ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM AT FEU – TECH 
• CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN SECURITY & WELL-BEING
• GENOMICS ON THE ROAD AT UP DILIMAN  
• ENGINEERING RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT & INNOVATIONS CONFERENCE - BAGUIO CITY
• WOMEN LEADERS PROGRAM FOR WELL-BEING 
•  GETTING SMARTER UNDER FIRE! 
• DPWH NU ALUMNUS AT NUGELP 10TH ANNIVERSARY
• CONGRATULATIONS, GRADUATES 
• PHOTOJOURNAL
• NUASCI NEWS 
• MEET YOUR NUAL-PH OFFICERS (2019-2021)  

Meidai Network #3 - July 2021 by Andy Oreta on Scribd

https://www.scribd.com/document/515357804/Meidai-Network-3-July-2021

Meidai Network #3 can also be viewed at Issuu: 

https://issuu.com/andyoreta/docs/meidai_network_3_-final_version-_july_2021

Webinar on Agriculture in the Age of Fourth Industrial Revolution (FIRe)

 Getting Smarter under FIRe: A Webinar on Agriculture in the Age of Fourth Industrial Revolution (FIRe)

Organized by Nagoya University Alumni Association - Philippines, PhilRice and UPLB 

11 Dec 2020

Getting Better, Bigger, and Smarter under FIRe towards Agricultural Transformation

Dr. Glenn B. Gregorio

Executive Director, SEARCA

The FIRe and Philippine Society

Dr. Mario J. Aguja

Professor, Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology

The FIRe Technologies in Philippine Agriculture

Dr. Jasper G. Tallada

Supervising Science Research Specialist Philippine Rice Research Institute

Financing Small Farmers in the 4th Industrial Revolution (FIRe)

Ruel T. Amparo

CEO and Founder, Cropital

Enabling Alternative Actors in the National Extension System

Dr. Rodmyr F. Datoon

Assistant Professor

University of the Philippines Los Baños

AGRI: Getting Smarter under FIRe!

NUAL Philippines is conducting Getting Smarter Under FIRE: A Webinar on Agriculture in the Age of Fourth Industrial Revolution (FIRE) on December 11, 2020, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM. The virtual webinar is being hosted by PhilRice with the support of  UP Los Banos. The highlights of the webinar is as follows:

• Keynote Speech -  Dr. John De Leon,  Executive Director, PhilRice
• The FIRE and Agriculture Development in the ASIA -  Dr. Glenn B. Gregorio,                 Director General, SEARCA
• The Fire and Philippine Society -  Dr. Mario J. Aguja,  Professor, Mindanao State University 
• Fire Technologies in the Philippine Agriculture - Dr. Jasper G. Tallada,  Supervising Research Specialist, Philippine Rice Research Institute                 
• Financing Agriculture in the FIRE - Mr. Ruel Amparo, CEO, Cropital  
• Enabling Alternative Actors in the National Extension System - Dr. Rodmyr Datoon, Assistant Professor, UPLB                                                                

NUAL Philippines president, Dr. Cynthia P. Saloma of UPD and National Genome Center will open the conference while NUAL Philippines founding president, Dr. Roel Suralta, NU alumnus and scientist at PhilRice will deliver his closing remarks. The organizing committee of the virtual webinar is headed by Dr. Rodmyr Datoon (NUAL Philippines Auditor) and asst. professor at UPLB in coordination with  Dr. Roel Suralta of PhilRice. Members of the committee include Dr. Marcos Valdez, in charge of the proceedings and invitation and Dr. Ron Vilog as secretary, emcee and moderator (AM session). Dr. Neil Tan Gana (NUAL PH  Asst. Treasurer), on the other hand  will be the moderator of the PM session.

READ THE SOUVENIR PROGRAM HERE!

NUAL PhilRice Souvenir Program by Andy Oreta on Scribd

MEIDAI Alumni - Cynthia Saloma & Roel Suralta honored by DOST

Nagoya University alumni, Dr. Cynthia Saloma of UP Philippine Genome Center and current President of the Nagoya University Alumni Association - Philippines and and Dr. Roel Suralta of the Philippine Rice Research Institute were honored in the first virtual National Science and Technology Week Science & Technology Awards hosted by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST Philippines) on November 23, 2020.

Dr. Saloma, received the Dioscoro L. Umali Medal, "for her contributions as Executive Director of the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) of the University of the Philippines (UP) System and for her proactive management approach and extensive experience, coupled with her unwavering mentorship of young scientists, has paved the way for the creation of PGC’s Satellite Facilities in UP Visayas and UP Mindanao as well as the generation of many research grants and projects, which capitalized on building the capacity and capability of researchers to undertake genomics research in health, agriculture, fisheries, biodiversity, forensics, and ethnicity."

Dr. Suralta and his team received the Eduardo A. Quisumbing Medal, for their outstanding scientific research on “Quantitative Trait Loci Associated with Root Elongation Ability of Rice under Nitrogen-deficient Condition. Their research identified putative quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with root elongation, which can be used for further validation and/or development of marker systems useful in breeding cultivars with improved adaptation to rice-growing environments with limited Nitrogen (N)."

 Dr. Suralta's team includes co-researchers: Jennifer M. Manangkil, Jonathan M. Niones, Jerwin R. Undan, Mitsuhiro Obara, Teodora E. Mananghaya, Rachelle P. Mallari, Maybell DM. Banting, Sherilyn B. Estrada, and Mark Philip B. Castillo

 Congratulations! Omedetou Gozaimasu!

NUAL-PH co-organizes ERDI Conference for CAR

DOST-CAR and Cordillera Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research & Development Consortium (CIEERDeC) in cooperation with Nagoya University Alumni Association Philippine Branch (NUAL-PH) present the Engineering Research, Development & Innovations (ERDI) Conference: A Presentation of Engineering Researches Relevant in the Cordillera Region on FEBRUARY 27 & 28, 2020 at Ridgewood Hotel, Juan Felipe Street, Baguio City. The conference organization is chaired by Dr.. Nancy Bantog, Regional Director for DOST-CAR and a PhD alumnus of Nagoya University Agricultural Sciences and Dr. Andy Oreta, DLSU Professor and D.Eng. alumnus of Nagoya University Civil Engineering. The NUAL-PH is led by the president, Dr. Cynthia Saloma of UP PGC. The resource speakers are mostly alumni of Nagoya University.

Download the Proceedings of the Conference:   https://www.scribd.com/document/514406392/Engineering-Research-Development-Innovations-ERDI-Conference-Nagoya-University-Alumni-Association-PH-and-DOST-CAR

 

Read the proceedings at https://issuu.com/andyoreta/docs/erdi-proceedings-dost-nual-_conference-final

NUAL PH CE Research Symposium held at FEU-Tech

NUAL PH CE Research Symposium

By Dr. Nolan Concha

With the view of disseminating the latest research findings in Civil Engineering, the Nagoya University Alumni Association-Philippine Branch (NUAL-Ph) spearheaded the CE symposium last May 31, 2019 held at the AVR of FEU- Institute of Technology, Manila. The symposium was held as the 4^th in a lecture series spearheaded by NU alumni here in the Philippines as part of its branch mission to organize and have its members do their societal contribution in promoting information exchange and in sharing their expertise to various stakeholders. 

The CE symposium was co-organized with FEU tech and DLSU where three Philippine professors presented their research findings in various areas of civil engineering specifically on  rebar corrosion, liquefaction and CFRP.  The program commenced with a welcome remarks by FEU Tech Director, Dr. Manuel Belino followed by the opening remarks of Dr. Cynthia Saloma, president of NUAL-PH. Two distinguished professors from the Civil Engineering department of Nagoya University (NU) also graced the event. Prof. Hikaru Nakamura delivered a presentation about the programs and opportunities at NU. On the other hand, Prof. Yoshihito Yamamoto, talked on the use of rigid body spring model (RBSM) and deep learning of non-destructive method as well as the highlights of various on-going research activities at the concrete lab of NU. The research topics presented in the symposium by DLSU and FEU-Tech faculty were as follows: “Application of Optical Flow in Monitoring the Development of Liquefaction in a Cyclic Triaxial Test” by Dr. Erica Elice Uy of DLSU and Nagoya U PhD sandwich program student, “Investigation of the Effects of Corrosion on Bond Strength of Steel in Concrete” by Dr. Nolan Concha of FEU-Tech, and “Theory and Modeling of Partial CFRP Confined Concrete” by Dr. Rodolfo Mendoza Jr. of DLSU and a Nagoya U PhD CE alumnus 2018.

The program was concluded by Prof Nakamura motivating the student participants to pursue advanced studies in the future.  He invited the students to apply to Japanese universities more particularly to Nagoya University. More than 100 students and faculty members from FEU tech and DLSU attended the symposium.

NUAL-Philippine Branch elects officers for 2019 & 2020 during the "Kokoro no Hi" General Assembly

The NUAL-PH Officers, Advisers & Japanese Representative (2019 & 2020)

Twenty nine members which includes six Japanese alumni of the Nagoya University Alumni Association – Philippine Branch elected the new set of officers for 2019 and 2020 during the “Kokoro no Hi” – General Assembly held on 17 February 2019 at the Legend Villas, Mandaluyong City.  Dr. Cynthia Palmes-Saloma, the incumbent vice-president took over as the incoming president for the years 2019 and 2020. The incoming officers of the NUAL-PH are:

• President:           Cynthia Palmes-Saloma
• Vice-President: Andres Winston Oreta
• Secretary:           Ron Vilog
• Treasurer:          Daisy Montesa
• Asst. Secretary: Rodolfo Mendoza, Jr.
• Asst. Treasurer: Neil Tan-Gana
• PRO:                    Marcos Valdez
• Auditor:              Rodmyr Datoon·

The advisers are Resty Collado and Pag-asa Gaspillo. Two Japanese alumni, Daisuke Ishii (Main representative) and Masafumi Takahashi (alternate representative) were also appointed as Japanese alumni representatives to the NUAL-PH. The outgoing president inducted the incoming officers.

Induction of NUAL-PH Officers 2019 & 2020

Dr. Cynthia Palmes-Saloma giving the closing message

The “Kokoro no Hi” started with a buffet lunch at the Lola Maria Restaurant at Legend Villas from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM. The general assembly, election and fellowship was held at the Luna Room from 12:30 PM to 3:00 PM. The general assembly includes Introduction of the alumni, Messages form the “sempai”,  Jing Masangkay and Resty Collado, President’s 2018 Report by Pag-asa Gaspillo, Treasurer’s 2018 Report by Daisy Montesa, Nomination and Election of the seven incoming officers, Induction of the new officers and Raffle.

The Nagoya University alumni at the "Kokoro no Hi" General Assembly

List of Alumni at the general assembly:

1. Oreta, Andres
2. Tan Gana, Neil
3. Palanca, Ruth
4. Masangkay, Joseph
5. Montesa, Daisy
6. Rodolfo Mendoza Jr
7. Toquero, Ivy Kristine
8. Gaspillo Pag-asa
9. Angeles, Ev
10. Suralta, Roel
11. Cynthia Saloma
12. Glo Ann Balcita-Miranda
13. Rodmyr Datoon
14. Takahashi Masafumi
15. Maricel Solatre
16. Reginald Salonga
17. Ron Vilog
18. Satoshi Mukai
19. Masato Kawai
20. Tsugito Tanaka
21. Masahumi Natsuko
22. Daisuke Ishii
23. Gerry Augusto
24. Marcos Valdez
25. Resty Collado
26. Erica Uy
27. Jennifer T. Niones
28. Nikki Rustia
29. Julie Masangkay