University of the Philippines College of Engineering

UP Diliman College of Engineering
Kolehiyo ng Inhinyeriya ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Diliman
Logo of the College of Engineering
Motto	Knowledge, Progress, Service
Established	10 July 1910
Type	Degree-granting unit (college)
Dean	Dr. Aura C. Matias
Location	Quezon City, Philippines
Campus	Diliman
Former names	College of Engineering and Architecture
Colours	UP Maroon and UP Forest Green
Website	engg.upd.edu.ph

The College of Engineering of the University of the Philippines Diliman is the largest degree-granting unit in the UP System campus in terms of student population. The college is also known formally as UP COE, COE, and informally as Eng'g (pronounced "eng").

The College of Engineering is composed of eight departments, six of which are housed in the historic Melchor Hall along Osmeña Avenue in the UP Diliman campus. The Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute has its own building along Velázquez Street in the Diliman Science Complex and Technology Incubation Park, while the Department of Computer Science (along with the College Library) moved into their own building near the EEEI building in early 2007.

Since its establishment, the College has produced twenty graduates with UP Summa Cum Laude honors. The COE produced its first Summa Cum Laude graduates in 1920 (Justo Arrastia, B.S.C.E and Tomas Padilla Abello, B.S.M.E.), and the most recent was in 2011.

The College is the Philippine college of engineering with the most CHED Centers of Excellence with eleven (11). All of its degree-granting departments have been recognized as a Center of Excellence.

Academic departments

Department of Chemical Engineering

Department of Chemical Engineering

The Department of Chemical Engineering (DChE) offers undergraduate and graduate programs leading to the degree of chemical engineering. The department was established in 1956, and has an overall 90% passing rate in the licensure examinations held in the Philippines. Furthermore, the department contributes about tenths to sixths of the total numbers of new chemical engineers in the Philippines every year.

The department offers the following degrees:

• Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering (BS ChE) — five-year program leading to the understanding of transport processes, chemical engineering thermodynamics and their applications to unit operations design, thermodynamics and reaction kinetics.
• Master of Science in Chemical Engineering (MS ChE) — twenty-four unit coursework that includes core and elective courses related to chemical engineering and six units of master's thesis.
• Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering (PhD ChE)

Institute of Civil Engineering

Main article: UP Diliman Institute of Civil Engineering

Institute of Civil Engineering

The Institute of Civil Engineering (ICE) offers undergraduate and graduate programs leading to the degree of civil engineering. The oldest of the college's departments, the institute was established as a department in 1910. In 1915, first graduates of civil engineering was produced in 1910. In 2008, the department was elevated into institute, when its student population gradually expanded. Civil engineering graduates from the college represents only 1-2% of civil engineering output of the Philippines each year.

The institute offers the following degrees:

• Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BS CE) — five-year program leading to the understanding of several areas of civil engineering including construction engineering and management, environmental and energy engineering, geotechnical engineering, transportation engineering, structural engineering and water resources engineering.
• Master of Science in Civil Engineering (MS CE) — the department offers several master's degree in the following fields:

• MS CE in Geotechnical Engineering
• MS CE in Structural Engineering
• MS CE in Transportation Engineering
• MS CE in Water Resources Engineering

• Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (PhD CE) — the department offers several doctor's degree in the following fields:

• PhD CE in Geotechnical Engineering
• PhD CE in Structural Engineering
• PhD CE in Transportation Engineering
• PhD CE in Water Resources Engineering

Department of Computer Science

Main article: UP Diliman Department of Computer Science

Department of Computer Science

The Department of Computer Science (DCS) offers undergraduate and graduate programs leading to the degree of computer science. The department started way back in the 1970s when the now defunct Department of Engineering Sciences, Department of Electrical Engineering (both in College of Engineering) and Department of Mathematics of the College of Science instituted the Master of Engineering in Computer Science (MEngg CS) program. The suspension of MEngg CS in 1980s led to creation of Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree. In 1988, the Board of Regents approved the creation of Department of Engineering and Computer Sciences (DECS). In 1991, however, DECS was split into Department of Engineering Sciences and Department of Computer Science.

The department offers the following programs:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (BS CS) — four-year program that leads to the understanding of algorithms and data structures, programming languages, computer architecture, numerical and symbolic computations, operating systems, software development methodology and engineering, database and information retrieval and artificial intelligence.
• Master of Science in Computer Science — several coursework that leads to the full understanding of operating, intelligent, database, information and application systems, and computer networks and distributed systems.

Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute

Main article: UP Diliman Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute

Electrical and Electronics Institute

The Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute (EEEI) offers three undergraduate programs leading to the degree of electrical engineering, electronics and communications engineering and computer engineering exclusively. The institute started as the Department of Electrical Engineering and was renamed Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 1994. In 2001, the department transferred to its current location along Velasquez St. from its former building at German Yia Hall, beside Melchor Hall. In 2008, the department was elevated into an institute.

The institute offers the following degrees:

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (BS CoE) — five-year program leading to the understanding of computer engineering, including digital designs, operating systems, sequential logic synthesis, CPU design, computer networks and computer systems engineering.
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BS EE) — five-year program leading to the understanding of electrical engineering, including electrical equipment and devices, electric machines, power electronics, electric power distribution systems and electrical system design.
• Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (BS ECE) — five-year program leading to the understanding of electronics and communications engineering, including digital communications, instrumentation electronics, communication electronics and wired communications.
• Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering (ME EE)
• Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MS EE)
• Doctorate in Engineering in Electrical Engineering (DE EE)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering (PhD EE)

Department of Geodetic Engineering

Department of Geodetic Engineering

The Department of Geodetic Engineering (DGE) offers undergraduate and graduate programs leading to the degree of geodetic engineering. The department was established in 1937 while its research and extension arm, Training Center for Applied Geodesy and Photogrammetry (TCAGP)was created in 1964.

The department offers the following programs:

• Bachelor of Science in Geodetic Engineering (BS GE) — five-year program leading to the understanding of geodetic engineering, including surveying, mapping, remote sensing, photogrammetry and global positioning systems, law of contracts, Torrens registration system, Philippine laws on mining and natural resources and land registration law.
• Master of Science in Geomatics Engineering (BS GmE) — the department offers several master's degree in the following fields:

• MS GmE in Applied Geodesy
• MS GmE in Geoinformatics
• MS GmE in Remote Sensing

Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

The Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (DIE/OR) offers undergraduate and graduate programs leading to the degree of industrial engineering and operations research. The degree program of industrial engineering started in 1965 when the Department of Mechanical Engineering offered students to pursue the career. In 1971, the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research became a separate unit of the College.

The department offers the following degrees:

• Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering (BS IE) — five-year year program that leads to the understanding of industrial engineering, design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, equipment and enery, production systems, operations research, human factors and ergonomics and information systems.
• Diploma in Industrial Engineering — provides intensive industrial engineering graduates of other fields of science.
• Master of Science in Industrial Engineering (MS IE)

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Mining engineering includes all the aspects of the extraction of mineral products and energy sources from the earth's crust. The mining engineer is concerned not only with excavation and working of deposits but also with economic analysis, optimization of operations, and environmental and human aspects of exploration.

Metallurgy is the science and art of extracting, refining, and adapting metals from minerals and metal-bearing materials, at a profit, for human use.

Materials are traditionally classified as metals, polymers, and ceramics. This field of engineering specializes on determining the relationship between the structure and the properties of these materials.

The department traces its roots to the time it first offered the B.S. Mining Engineering program, one of the earliest Bachelor of Science degree courses offered by the UP College of Engineering. In 1956 a Metallurgical Engineering undergraduate course was added to what was then the Department of Mining Engineering.

Since then the Department has offered three undergraduate programs: B.S. Mining Engineering, B.S. Metallurgical Engineering, and since first semester of AY 1999-2000, B.S. Materials Engineering. It also offers the following graduate programs, M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering, and both M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering (jointly offered with the UP College of Science). The medium of instruction for all major courses is in English.

The current MMME teaching roster is composed of 12 full-time and 4 part-time faculty (2 lecturers, 1 Adjunct Professor and 1 Professor Emeritus). Among the full-time faculty, 3 of the 12 are Ph.D. holders, 4 have M.S. degrees and the rest are working to complete their M.S. studies. The laboratories are maintained with the help of three laboratory technicians.

The MMME Department offers the following services to private industry, among others: consultancy services, special in-house training in materials science and special topics in metallurgical engineering, assorted testing services involving materials characterization and analysis, pilot plant testing in mineral processing, failure analysis, and mining designs.

The UP MMME Department is a CHED Center of Excellence in Metallurgical Engineering and Center of Development (Category 1) in Mining Engineering.

Summary

Department	B.S.	Diploma	M.S.	M.E.	D.E.	Ph. D.
Department of Chemical Engineering	●		●			●
Institute of Civil Engineering	●		●			●
Department of Computer Science	●		●
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute	●		●	●	●	●
Department of Geodetic Engineering	●		●
Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research	●	●	●
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mining, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering

National Centers of Excellence/Development

As of 2001, the Commission on Higher Education of the Philippines has identified 32 centers of excellence/development (COEs/CODs) in University of the Philippines Diliman, eleven of which can be found in the College of Engineering. (See all UP Diliman Centers of Excellence/Development).

Ten of the eleven COEs/CODs are undergraduate programs in the College, while the eleventh (Information Technology Education) can be considered to be shared between the College's Department of Computer Science and the UP Information Technology Training Center. University of the Philippines Diliman has no program named "Information Technology", unlike other Philippine universities. The COEs/CODs in the College are as follows:

• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Geodetic Engineering
• Information Technology Education
• Mechanical Engineering
• Metallurgical Engineering
• Mining Engineering

National Engineering Center

Melchor Hall at night, during the UP Lantern Parade in December

The entrance to Melchor Hall

The Marcelo G. Casillan Room in Melchor Hall

UP COE's Melchor Hall

The National Engineering Center (NEC) is a related yet independent unit of the College of Engineering. The NEC is under the jurisdiction of the University of the Philippines System and provides research, consultancy, and continuing education services in the engineering and related fields. Whilst the UP COE is a unit purely dedicated to academic pursuit, the NEC serves industry and government institutions in need of engineering solutions.

The NEC is housed within the Alfredo Juinio Hall (formerly the National Engineering Center Building), located beside UP COE's Melchor Hall along Osmeña Avenue. As of 2006, the College of Engineering Dean, Dr. Rowena Cristina Guevara, also serves as the center's Executive Director.

Centers

Five centers formerly within the College of Engineering are now in the jurisdiction of the NEC. However, some of these units still classify themselves as falling under the "COE-NEC" umbrella. This should not come as a surprise, as many NEC employees are also UP COE professors and instructors.

• Building Research Service
• National Center for Transportation Studies (NCTS), formerly the Transport Training Center
• National Hydraulic Research Center (NHRC)
• Training Center for Applied Geodesy and Photogrammetry (TCAGP)
• UP Industrial Research Service Center

Course offerings

• Professional Engineering Training Division
• Engineering Enhancement Program

College of Engineering Libraries

The Libraries of the College of Engineering is the repository of books, dissertations, databases, multimedia resources, journals, magazines, and student and faculty researches related to the engineering disciplines being offered by the College. The COE Library envisions itself as the Philippines' National Engineering Library and Information Center in the future.

As of 2006, the Library is located in Melchor Hall along Osmeña Avenue, and is divided into two floors. The relatively cramped space of the Library will be alleviated once part of it transfers to the new Engineering Library and Computer Science (ELCS) Building, where it is slated to occupy the entire lower two floor levels.

The COE Library is an integral part of the University Library's Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC). The Library is also part of the Philippine eLib (Electronic Library) Project.

See also: Cielo, the Central Interactive Engineering Library Online of UP Diliman or [1], The College of Engineering Library II Website

College publications

The Engineering Logscript

The August 2004 issue of The Engineering Logscript.

The official student publication of the college, The Engineering Logscript (or simply "Logscript") is the oldest college-based student publication in UP Diliman, having been established in the 1969-1970 academic year. This makes the Logscript older than the UP College of Mass Communication's Plaridel.

Funding for the publication comes from the shared Logscript/Engineering Student Council (ESC) fee paid by students every semester. Unlike other college-based student publications in the university, the Logscript does not have an assigned formal office.

Though the publication's logo and/or masthead varies with every change of the editorial board, the College of Engineering Sundial (or a semblance of it) is always incorporated into the design. The Sundial is a university landmark erected by the UP Alumni Engineers.

The Sundial

The Sundial is the official newsletter of the UP Alumni Engineers. Carrying the motto "The time of day it reckons, UP Engineers it beckons", the Sundial's first issue came out on October 25, 2004. Like the Logscript, the Sundial has the university landmark of the same name as its emblem.

See also: Sundial electronic issues

The UP Parser

The UP Parser is the official student publication of the Department of Computer Science. Founded in 1999, Parser (as it is commonly known) is the oldest department-based publication in the College of Engineering. After a few years of inactivity, Parser was revived in 2004, appearing in four different versions: the print circulation, a website, an email newsletter, and a bulletin board version. In the academic year 2005-2006, Parser reached a milestone by releasing two full-color, tabloid-sized editions, a feat rare for department-based publications.

The newspaper takes its name from the parser of computer science. Its motto is "Analyzing life the CS way".

The Reactor

The Reactor is the official newsletter of the Department of Chemical Engineering.

Currents

Currents is the official student publication of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. After a few years of inactivity, the publication was revived in the academic year 2005-2006.

What's Happeneng'g

What's Happeneng'g is the official newsletter of the Engineering Student Council (ESC), and comes in booklet format. The publication's name is the combination of the phrase "What's happening" and the college's nickname, "Eng'g".

College deans

Clarence George Wrentmore, Dean 1912-1919

• W. J. Colbert (1910–1911, acting dean)
• Lawrence E. Griffin (1911–1912, acting dean)
• Clarence G. Wrentmore (1912–1919)
• Herman W. Reynolds (1919–1926)
• Edward R. Hyde (1926–1940)
• Vidal A. Tan (1940–1949) ¹
• Juan L. Tiongson (1949–1953)
• Crisostomo A. Ortigas (1953–1960)
• Oscar Baguio (1960–1970)
• Alfredo L. Juinio (1970–1979) ²
• Marino M. Mena (1979–1985)
• Ruben A. Garcia (1985–1991)
• Francisco L. Viray (1991–1993)
• Reynaldo B. Vea (1993–1997) ³
• Edgardo G. Atanacio (1997–2004)
• Rowena Cristina L. Guevara (2004–2010)
• Aura C. Matias (2010-present)

¹ Vidal A. Tan afterwards became the eighth President of the University of the Philippines System.

² The National Engineering Center Building was named after Alfredo Juinio.

³ As of 2006, Dr. Reynaldo Vea is the president of the Mapúa Institute of Technology.

External links

Official links

• UP College of Engineering
• UP Alumni Engineers
• National Engineering Center
• UP Diliman
• University of the Philippines
• College of Engineering Library II
• Department of Geodetic Engineering