IABSE National Group Chairs to deliver keynote lectures at ASEP Convention - May 2015

Prominent members of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering will deliver keynote lectures at the 17th Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines International Convnetion (17AIC) with the theme "Advancing structural engineering for cross-border practice" to be held on May 28-30, 2015 at Marco Polo Hotel, Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

 Prof. Brian Uy (Chair of Australian Group of IABSE) will deliver a lecture on "Australian advances in steel and composite structural engineering to enhance cross-border practice" on May 28, 2015 in the afternoon.

Prof. Yozo Fujino (Chair of  the Japanese Group of IABSE) will deliver a lecture on "Full-scale monitoring of large structures: Long span bridges and base-isolated buildings" on May 29, 2015 in the morning.








Meanwhile members of the Philippine Group of IABSE will also present technical papers at the convention.

• Prof. Andres Oreta (Chair of the Philippine Group of IABSE and ASEP Fellow) will present a paper on "Introducing sustainability concepts in the design of structures." 
• Alden Paul Balili (Secretariat of the Philippine Group of IABSE and ASEP Member) will present a paper co-authored with Dr. Lessandro Garciano (ASEP member) on "Derivation of resistance and load factors for new cold formed sections taking into consideration updated wind load models."
• Jason Ongpeng (IABSE member) co-authored with Ricahrd Ferrer who will present the paper on "Earlier studies and development on nonlinear ultrasonic testing research in the Philippines."

The Philippine Group of IABSE is a supporting organization to the 17AIC. 

Philippine Group of IABSE invites you to the 17AIC!

Founding Meeting of IABSE-PH - 2014

The Philippine Group of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE-PH) was founded during the meeting held on October 25, 2014 at De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines. IABSE-PH was formed to address the following mission:

• To promote global networking among civil & structural engineers.
• To advance the knowledge, expertise & practice of Filipino civil & structural engineers through continuing education lectures, seminars and conferences.

Brief presentations were conducted by IABSE members. Engr. Rodolfo Mendoza Jr. introduced the IABSE events in 2015 such as the Workshop on Safety, Robustness and Condition Assessment of Structures at Helsinki, Finland, IABSE Conference on Elegance of Structures at Nara, Japan and the IABSE Conference at Geneva, Switzerland. Engr.Alden Paul Balili presented the highlights of IABSE Madrid Conference 2014, while Dr. Andy Oreta presented the benefits of a IABSE member.

During the meeting, the IABSE-PH Coordinating Council of eight members was formed. The council members are: 

1.   Dr. Andres Winston Oreta, F.ASEP - Chair
2.   Engr. Alden Paul Balli, M.ASEP - Secretariat
3.  Engr. Renato Ubay, F.ASEP, F.PICE
4. Engr. Rodolfo Mendoza Jr., M.ASEP
5. Engr. Lorena Balili, M.ASEP
6. Dr. Jonathan Dungca,M.ASEP
7.  Engr. Ronaldo Ison, F.ASEP 
8. Engr. Katrina Tengki

The council will be the coordinating body that will plan and pursue the activities of the national group which includes conducting CPE lectures and seminar-workshops and hosting conferences and forums. It was agreed upon that the delegate of the group in IABSE meetings will be designated by the council. 

Attending the founding meeting were:

•  Dr. Andres Winston Oreta (IM)
• Engr. Rodolfo Mendoza, Jr.(IM)
•  Engr. Katrina Tengki -(IM)
• Engr. Renato Ubay (IM)
•  Engr. Alden Paul Balili -(IM)
• Dr. Jonathan Dungca (nIM)
• Engr. Ronaldo Ison (nIM)
• Engr. Lorena Balii (nIM)
• Engr. Richard de Jesus
• Engr. Irene Olivia Ubay
• Dr. Lessandro Garciano
• Dr. Bernardo Lejano
• Kenneth Toral
• Renz Anderson Chua
• Kirk Kennedy Yu
• Engr. Daniel Valerio
• Frederick Sosuan

IM = Individual Member before the founding meeting
F.ASEP = Fellow of the Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines
M.ASEP = Member of the Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines
F.PICE = Fellow of the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers
nIM - New Individual Member, joined IABSE on the day/after the founding meeting

Visit the IABSE website (http://iabse.org) and join NOW! 

Engr. Rodolfo "Mac" Mendoza, Jr. presents IABSE Events 2015

Engr. Alden Paul Balili shares the highlights of the IABSE Madrid Conference 2014