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| Oreta, Tan, Cunanan and Guevarra |
Members of the Philippine Group of IABSE attended the IABSE Spring Conference 2018 at Double Tree by Hilton, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on April 25-27, 2018. Dr. Andres Winston Oreta (DLSU professor), chair of the Philippine Group presented the paper co-authored with Nikko Villanueva and Maejan Cuartero entitled, "Strength Properties and Microscopic Observations of Concrete with Plastic Wastes as Partial Aggregate Substitute." Engr. Kenneth Guevarra (MSCE student at DLSU) presented the paper with Dr. Jason Ongpeng (DLSU Assoc. Professor) and Prof. Sohichi Hirose (Tokyo Institute of Technology), "Air-Coupled Nonlinear Ultrasonic Test for RC Beams."
New IABSE member, Engr. Juanito Cunanan, Director of the Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines also attended the conference.
At the conference, the Philippine members met Filipinos, Mr Chep Uytiepo (IABSE Executive Director based at Zurich), Ms. Sherryl Hammerli of IABSE Secretariat (Zurich) and Reignard Tan of Multiconsult (Norway).
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| With Reignanrd Tan and Sherryl Hammerli |
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| With IABSE Executive Director Chep Uytiepo (Right) |
