UP College of Engineering

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The College of Engineering of the University of the Philippines is the largest degree-granting unit in the UP Diliman 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 nine departments, eight of which are housed in the historic Melchor Hall along Osmeña Avenue in the UP Diliman campus. The ninth one, the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, has its own building along Velasquez Street in the Diliman Science Complex and Technology Incubation Park. By December 2006 to early 2007, the Department of Computer Science (along with the College Library) is slated to move into its own building near the DEEE building.

Since its establishment, the College has produced twenty graduates with UP Summa Cum Laude honors. The first COE Summa Cum Laude graduated in 1953, and the most recent was in 2005.

Contents 1 Academic Departments 2 Degree Offerings 2.1 Undergraduate programs 2.2 Graduate programs 2.3 Diploma programs 3 National Centers of Excellence/Development 4 National Engineering Center 4.1 Centers 4.2 Course Offerings 5 College of Engineering Library 6 College Publications 6.1 The Engineering Logscript 6.2 The Sundial 6.3 The UP Parser 6.4 The Reactor 6.5 Currents 6.6 What's Happeneng'g 7 College Deans 8 Official Links 9 External Links

[edit] Academic Departments

• Department of Chemical Engineering
• Department of Civil Engineering
• Department of Computer Science
• Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• Department of Engineering Sciences
• Department of Geodetic Engineering
• Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
• Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

[edit] Degree Offerings

[edit] Undergraduate programs

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
• Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
• Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
• Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Bachelor of Science in Geodetic Engineering
• Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering
• Bachelor of Science in Materials Engineering
• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
• Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering
• Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering

[edit] Graduate programs

• Master of Science in Chemical Engineering
• Master of Science in Civil Engineering
• Master of Science in Computer Science
• Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

• Master of Science in Energy Engineering
• Master of Science in Environmental Engineering
• Master of Science in Industrial Engineering
• Master of Science in Materials Science
• Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
• Master of Science in Metallurgical Engineering
• Master of Science in Remote Sensing
• Master of Science in Water Resources
• Doctor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering
• Doctor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering
• Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
• Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• Doctor of Philosophy in Energy Engineering
• Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Engineering
• Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering

[edit] Diploma programs

• Diploma in Water Resources
• Diploma in Industrial Engineering
• Diploma in Remote Sensing

[edit] 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 UP 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 (UP ITTC). UP 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.

[edit] National Engineering Center

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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Course Offerings

• Professional Engineering Training Division
• Engineering Enhancement Program

[edit] College of Engineering Library

The Library 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 College of Engineering Library and Computer Science (COELACS) 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

[edit] College Publications

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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".

[edit] The Reactor

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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".

[edit] College Deans

• 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-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.

[edit] Official Links

• UP College of Engineering
• UP Alumni Engineers
• National Engineering Center
• UP Diliman
• University of the Philippines

[edit] External Links

• UP COE Science & Technology Scholarships, from the Department of Science and Technology - PCIERD
• Slice of Eng'g, literary piece showing a peek inside UP COE student life
• UP COE's Melchor Hall, from On Top of UP Diliman
• UP COE Wallpaper, from ASWalk.net