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.