Central Philippine University - College of Engineering

Central Philippine University
College of Engineering

The Engineering Building
Motto Where Ideas Are Turned Into Reality
Type Private Research
Engineering School
Established 1936
President Teodoro C. Robles[1][2]
Dean Dany C. Molina
Location Jaro, Iloilo City, Iloilo, Philippines
10°43′49″N 122°32′56″E / 10.73028°N 122.54889°E / 10.73028; 122.54889Coordinates: 10°43′49″N 122°32′56″E / 10.73028°N 122.54889°E / 10.73028; 122.54889
Colors      Red
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Website coe.cpu.edu.ph

The Central Philippine University College of Engineering, abbreviated as COE, it is one of the constituent colleges of Central Philippine University, a private university in Iloilo City, Philippines. Founded in 1936 during the American presidency of Central, Harland F. Stuart, it is one of the oldest engineering schools in the Philippines founded by the Americans during the American colonization of the Philippines. It later changed its status to a full college when Central Philippine College became a university in 1953.

The college has been designated as a Centers of Development in Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering by the Commission on Higher Education (the only engineering school in the Western Visayas region and one of the few in the country with Center of Development designation). The college is also the only Department of Science and Technology (Philippines) (DOST) Engineering school, Heat Transfer Facility and Center for Civil Engineering Education for Western Visayas region.

The college has various research and auxiliary centers under its umbrella which includes the CPU Affiliated Renewable Energy Center (serves the whole Western Visayas area which is funded jointly by the Department of Energy (Philippines)) and the CPU Philippine Center for Packaging Engineering and Technology, the first of its kind in the South East Asia (backed by the college's department of Packaging Engineering and the Department of Science and Technology (Philippines).) The college collaborates since 2012 in the fields of Transportation and Structural engineering research with De la Salle University.

The college confers seven undergraduate degrees with two degrees, the Bachelor of Science in Packaging Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Software, both firsts in the Philippines.[3]

Harland Francis Chandler Stuart, the 7th President of Central, established the College of Engineering in 1936. (Sketched portrait of Harland Stuart)
The CPU-Affiliated Renewable Energy Center (AREC), housed at the Engineering building, was established in 1989 and is under the umbrella of the College of Engineering. It is jointly funded by Department of Energy and the University. The center covers the whole Western Visayan region. The Engineering Building on the other hand, was built through a 4 million peso loan from Asian Development Bank and Development Bank of the Philippines.
The CPU Philippine Center for Packaging Engineering (PC-PET) finished in 2012 aligned with the first Philippine International Packiging Engineering convention, the Global Pack 2012, is the first of its kind in the South East Asian Region. The center is a combination of the College of Engineering's Packaging Engineering department and the facilities of the Packaging Testing Laboratory and the Packaging Technology Resource Center (PTRC). It is backed by the Philippine Department of Science and Technology and the Packaging Institute of the Philippines.[4][5]

Facilities

The Engineering Building was built through James Lester Knox, the former dean of the College of Engineering. Part of the structure is the CPU Affiliated Renewable Energy Center and laboratories of the pioneer programs of Software Engineering and Packaging Engineering (both firsts in the country). Later, a new floor was added to the building in 2013.

The college is housed in the 3,791.6 square meter 4 storey Engineering Building which houses college's classroom facilities and the auxiliary and extension CPU Affiliated Renewable Energy Center, a center funded by the Philippine Department of Energy and the university that covers the whole Western Visayas region area, and laboratory and research facilities of the programs of Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and the two pioneer programs in the country, the Packaging Engineering and Software Engineering. Later, a new floor was added to the structure which has now a total of 4 storey.

A packaging testing center and laboratory facility which is the first of its kind in the Southeast Asian region, the CPU Philippine Center for Packaging Engineering (CPU PC-PET) - Packaging Engineering Laboratory, is located separately from the Engineering Building, but under the supervision and umbrella of the college's program of Packaging Engineering. The Center is backed by the Philippine- Department of Science and Technology, the industry’s Packaging Institute of the Philippines and a private sector’s packaging advocate, Systemat-PackEDGE.[5]

Academic Programs

The college is the only Department of Science and Technology (DOST) - Philippines School for Western Visayas and is accredited by Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU).[6] It offers seven (Five-year and Six-year curriculum) undergraduate programs through the college alone and graduate programs through the Central Philippine University School of Graduate Studies.

Undergraduate

Graduate

Notable Alumni

People associated with the college are called Centralians. The college maintains its own alumni association subsequent to the Central Philippine University Alumni Association. Notable people of the college include:

Alfonso A. Uy, the former and first President of the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry who came from Visayas and Mindanao.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Newly elected Central's 17th and 4th Filipino President - Dr. Teodoro C. Robles. 12/25/2012
  2. ↑ Central Philippines University welcomes new President. 12/25/2012
  3. ↑ "CPU COE".Central Philippine University. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
  4. ↑ Biz sector eyes potentials of packaging industry. 11/22/2012
  5. 1 2 3 . 11/22/2012
  6. ↑ Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities [PAASCU] Member Institutions: Central Philippine University. Retrieved 07-18-2015
  7. ↑ Central Philippine University College of Engineering DISTINGUISHED CENTRALIAN AWARDEES. Retrieved 11-16-13.
  8. ↑ Alfonso Uy, Centralian of the Century . Retrieved 11-16-13.
  9. ↑ Reuters -- Stocks Officer Profile -- Alfonso Uy. Retrieved 05-10-2015
  10. ↑ The Manila Times (China Times) Archive -- June 15, 2007. Retrieved 05-10-2015.
  11. ↑ MacroAxis --- Aboitiz Power -- Alfonso Uy Profile . Retrieved 05-10-2015.
  12. ↑ Southeast Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent: A Biographical Dictionary .. Retrieved 05-10-2015
  13. ↑ Centralian News: US Packaging Hall of Fame: Lejo Braña. Retrieved 12-27-13.

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