Saturday, April 6, 2024

CESDR Members participation at the 2nd National Conference of PASCDR

CE Dept faculty presentors (L-R): Garciano, Valdez, Redillas, Galupino, Oreta and Tanhueco

DLSU Faculty Members of CESDR Disaster Resilience Unit actively participated at the 2nd National Conference of the Philippine Academic Society on Climate and Disaster Resilience (PASCDR) with the theme, “From Discourses to Actions: Mobilizing the Academe for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation.” The conference was held last October 25-27, 2023 at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, QC. DLSU Department of Civil Engineering  faculty also members of the Center for Engineering and Sustainable Development Research (CESDR) – Disaster Resilience Unit presented in the parallel sessions. The title of the papers and the presentors are:

a)      Reflections on Post-Earthquake and Typhoon Assessments in the Philippines: Observations, Lessons Learned and Challenges – Dr. Lessandro Garciano

b)      Nature-based Green Infrastructure for DRR and CCA: A Challenge in the Philippines – Dr, Marla Redillas

c)       Urban Planning and DRRM and LGU – Dr. Renan Tanhueco

d)      Determination of Liquefaction Susceptibility through Machine Learning Algorithm – Dr. Joenel Galupino

e)       A Resilience Framework for Road Networks Due to Interfering Debris from Seismic Action – Engr. Rainier Valdez

f)        Shake the Tower Challenge: A Hands-On Exercise for Training Future Structural Engineers for the “Big One” – Dr. Andres Winston Oreta with Ms. Jade Vanessa Ching (BSMS Student)

Dr. Oreta chaired the plenary session Engineering Solutions to DRR on Oct. 26, 2023. Dr. Oreta was also appointed as one of the trustees of the soceity together with DLSU co-faculty members, Dr. Marlon Era and Dr. Marites Tiongco.

During the board meeting of the new officers of PASCDR, it was decided that the 3rd National Conference of PASCDR will be hosted by De La Salle University in 2025.

PASCDR Foundng and Board Members from DLSU (Starting from 4th from left)
 - Dr. Marlon Era, Dr. Marites Tiongco and Dr. Andy Oreta


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