The 2011 National Civil Engineering Summit was off to a great start, with our opening mass presided over by Fr Peter. His pleasant disposition during the mass, and the enthusiastic and rousing homily set a light and positive mood to the 57^th anniversary of the University of the Philippines Association of Civil Engineering Students. His message of selfless service was inspiring, yet wrapped in a humorous anecdote that certainly got our attention. After the mass, Fr. Peter joined the UP ACES members in the blessing of the beautiful CE exhibit, spouting generous blessings as he threw copious amounts of holy water.

We were joined at the Ribbon Cutting by Dr. Alexis A. Acacio, the newly-appointed Director of the Institute of Civil Engineering. Immediately after the Ribbon Cutting was the UP ACES Grand Pakain, and over 450 people came to partake of the organization’s celebration. It was a momentous occasion, with students, and faculty members from all over the college of engineering coming together to join in on the festivities.

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The National Civil Engineering Summit 2011 Site is now open. Just click on the “National Civil Engineering Summit 2011″ tab in the UP ACES website.

Also, ‘Early Bird Registration’ is now OPEN! Enjoy discounts by availing of this registration scheme.

Just visit the National Civil Engineering Summit 2011 website for more information.

University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) bagged the first and third places, while Catanduanes State Colleges (CSC) won second place. One hundred twenty teams from over 60 schools from around the Philippines participated in the event. The winning teams received Php 50,000, Php 20,000 and Php 10,000, respectively, plus medals and trophies.

The event began with a doxology from the UP Engineering Choir, followed by the National anthem, and subsequent remarks from UP ACES President April Dianne Malabuyoc. Dr. Leonardo Liongson from the UP Institute of Civil Engineering (UP ICE) delivered his opening remarks followed by the inspirational talk of UP ACES Alumni Association President Engr. Ramby Nolido.

NCEQ 2010 was held at the same day with a company talk, organized by UP ACES as well. The talk had a representative from this year’s sponsor, Review Innovations (RI).

The event ended with Agbayani’s closing speech, and the traditional singing of UP ACES Music.

The official scores is available for download here.

Last September 2, UP ACES launched the much-anticipated National Civil Engineering Symposium 2010, entitled Impulse: The Forefront of Change in Civil Engineering, at the University Theater, at UP Diliman. It catered to more than 2,100 participants from all over the country.
With global warming and climate change as the world’s leading problems, will our technology today provide us with structures that can serve the next generation? Or should we start changing our standards today?

What steps must the government take to be at par with global advancements in science and technology? Now, with the increasing number of students entering the different fields of Engineering, and with support from the nation, will there be an improvement in the country’s status oin terms of research and development?

Each year, we see thousands of engineers leaving the country, searching for greener pastures abroad. Does this mean that the Philippines ahs less to offer? Or does this mean we have less to offer our country?

The symposium tries to answer these questions by presentations from prominent civil engineers on the event’s three main topics—Improve: Disaster Risk Management, Explore: CE Research and Development and Serve: The CE Way.

The speakers of the symposium were (in order of presentation) Dr. Guillermo Tabios III, head of the National Hydraulics Research Institute, Undersecretary for the Department of Public Works and Highways Raul Asis and Engr. Robert Michael Baffrey, Wastewater Department Manager of Manila Water.

Winners from CE Undergraduate Project Competition also proudly presented their theses in front of the symposium’s audience. Simultaneous with the second half of the symposium are CE Laboratory Tour and CE Workshop, where they applied what they have learned from the symposium.

The presentations of the main speakers are available for download here. More pictures at the National CE Summit Facebook page.

Two students from De La Salle University made their school proud by bagging the first place at National Civil Engineering Summit’s First CE Undergraduate Project Competition last Thursday, September 2, 2010, at the GE Theater in the UP College of Engineering.

Proponents Patricia C. Diaz and David Joseph J. Vidad presented their thesis entitled “Effects of Exterior Post-tensioning on Retrofitting Deformed Wide Flange Steel Beams” to Engr. Rolando Dimaano (a UP ACES alumnus), Hilario Sean Palmiano, D.Eng., and Leizl C. Fallarna, D.Tech. The second place went to the “Utilization Of Excess Post-tensioned Tendons as Steel Bar Reinforcements” of  Carl Patrick B. Pasana of University of the Philippines – Los Baños. The third place was again claimed by DLSU’s Mickel N. Fernandez, Ralph Luigi F. Franco and Morgan P. Say (Sustainable Development in the Construction Industry Through ISO 14001 EMS (Environmental Management System)).

The winners received Php 8,000.00, Php 5,000.00, and Php 3,000.00, respectively. They presented their thesis to more than 2,000 participants of the National Civil Engineering Symposium.

The winners’ advisers were Dr. Bernardo A. Lejano, Engr. Paul John Ross L. Narciso and Jason  Ongpeng, respectively.

Last September 1, 2010, UP ACES held the InCEthink: Bridge Building Competition and Career Talk both for Highschool students around Metro Manila.

The Highschool Career Talk, which aims to expose Highschool Students on the different fields of Civil Engineering, had four speakers. Engr. Cherry Mae Mateo discussed problems and challenges of current environmental issues, and the solutions provided by the field of Environmental Engineering. Engr. Jaylord Tan Tian delved into the specifics of Geotechnical Engineering, its different specializations and the professions that had sprouted from the field. For Water Resources and Transportation Engineering, the speakers were Engr. Robert Michael Baffrey and Engr. Sandy Mae Gaspay, respectively.

Winners from the bridge building competition are as follows: Paco Catholic School, Makati Hope High School and Grace Christian High School for first, second and third place, respectively. The said competition had 21 teams from different schools as participants, with UP ACES alumni Engr. Cherry Mae Mateo and Engr. Diocel Harold Aquino, as well as UP College of Engineering graduate, Engr. Jaylord Tantian as judges. InCEthink aims to promote CE awareness among secondary education students, by building model bridges using barbeque sticks attached with glue. Each team were given four hours to construct a bridge, and improvisational incremental loading were used to test each bridge. By Genarro Pascual 07B

On August 1, 2010, UP ACES formally launched its long-anticipated annual event, the National CE Summit. The National CE Summit is the collective term for the organization’s prestigious events, spanning five days until September 4. It coincides with UP ACES’ 56th year celebration.

The launch formally began with a ritual mass under Father Michael James Ty in the first floor lobby of Melchor Hall. It was then followed by the ribbon-cutting of the exhibit to signify its opening to the public, as well as a short speech from the President of UP ACES, April Malabuyoc. Father Ty then blessed the exhibit after the speech. The exhibit stands at the second floor of Melchor Hall.

Lunch was served to everyone present in the ground floor lobby to conclude the opening ceremonies.

Advance registration has lower registration fees (Php 1,300 for walk-ins as compared to Php 1,200 for advance registrants for National Civil Engineering Summit), guaranteed slots, and will give your school’s logo and the names of the National CE Quiz participants the privilege to be included in the souvenir program.

You can download the reply forms at the “National CE Summit Registration” tab at the top.

GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium

To accommodate the growing number of participants and to provide a newer facility for the event, UP ACES has decided to move the venue to the newly-opened GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, still inside the UP Diliman Campus. It is only a few hundred meters from the UP College of Engineering. See the map for details (the upper-right pin is the new venue).

To get there, turn left from the University Avenue Checkpoint then turn right at Magsaysay Avenue. Drive straight ahead and you’ll reach GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium.

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