2008-2009
JSCE International Chapter
Philippines Section
Activity Report &Plan
Activity Report in the fiscal year of 2008
&Activity Plan in the fiscal year of 2009

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Organization
2. Members
3. Committees
4. Activity Report in the fiscal year of 2008
5. Activity Plan in the fiscal year of 2009
6. Requests to JSCE headquarters
Note:1) Activity Report is to cover the twelve month fiscal year starting on April 1 and ending
March 31.
2) This report is submitted by the Section and it will be received by JSCE Headquarters, notlater than February 27, 2009.

11. OrganizationPosition

NamePresident: Dr. Benito M. Pacheco

Vice President: Dr. Ricardo G. Sigua
Secretary: Dr. Jose Regin F. Regidor
Treasurer: Dr. Hilario Sean O. Palmiano

2. Members-Change in number of member belonging to the section
Member as ofthe end of January, 2009
Number of member in the section
14
Student member
0Japanese member?

Increase or decrease
from last year00?

3. Committees-Name of committee, contents of the activity, name of the chairman, number of thecommittee members
Number of theName
Contents
Name of Chaircommittee members
Membership
Recruitment ofDr. Jose Regin F.
3Committee
members,Regidor
formulation ofguidelines formembership
Activities
Organizing activities Dr. Karl N.
3Committee
for the Philippines Vergel
SectionPublic Relations
Information
Dr. Ma. Antonia
2Committee
dissemination
on N. Tanchulingactivities, plans andprograms
Programs andManagement ofDr. Ricardo G.
3
Funds
resources especially
Sigua
Committee
the budget/funds ofthe Philippines
Section
Reports,Reporting,
Dr. Nathaniel B.
3
Publications andpublications andDiola
Society Affairs
coordination withCommittee
JSCE
4. Activity Report in the fiscal year of 20082

-Report on the activities and accounting in the fiscal year of 2008
4.1 Sponsoring & co-sponsoring events-Date, name of the event or meeting, contents, scale and other items if any
DateName of the event
Contents
Scale
Other items if*number ofany
participants

January
24, 2008

Pre-organizational
meeting

April
2008

Petition forestablishing JSCE
Philippines Section

3,

June 28,
2008

Inauguration of JSCE
Philippines Section

Sept
2008

Meeting of JSCE
International Sections
during JSCE Annual
Mtg.
Seminar on Disaster
Mitigation in thePhilippines

3,March 5,
2009

Meeting ofpotential founding
member of JSCE
Philippines todiscuss theguidelines forestablishinginternational
section of JSCE
Meeting toformalize thepetition forestablishment ofJSCE Philippines
SectionInauguration ofthe JSCE
Philippines
Section withJSCE President
Dr. Yumio Ishii
and Vice
President Dr.
Osamu Kusakabe
JSCE Annual Mtg.

 REDAS andother Disaster
Mitigation Tools
for Local
Government
Units [Dr. Renato
U. Solidum, Jr.,
Director,
Philippine Instituteof Volcanologyand Seismology(Phivolcs)]
 GIS/Remote
Sensing
Applications inDisaster
Mitigation [Dr.
Rhodora M.
Gonzalez,
Associate
Professor,
Department ofGeodetic
Engineering, UP
Diliman] Research onDisasterMitigation in31012About 40
includingJapanese
members inthe
Philippinesand PICE
officials

Dinner sponsoredby Japanese
members in thePhilippines
followed theinauguration

1Dr Pacheco(President)

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Organized by JSCE
Philippines with
UP-ICE,
UP-NCTS, andsupported by theEngineering
Research andDevelopment forTechnology(ERDT) Program ofthe Department ofScience andTechnology

Japan [Dr.
Kuniaki Sasaki,
ERDT Visiting
Professor, Instituteof Civil
Engineering;
Associate
Professor,
Yamanashi
University]

4.2 Exchange-Date, visitors or place to visit, and other items if any-Invitation
Date
Visitors or place to visit
n/an/a

4.3 Other activities-Current condition of the library
Library Manager
Contact address
Dr. Diola
Institute of Civil
Engineering, University ofthe Philippines

Other items if anyn/aOther items if any
Selected publications (English orJapanese) donated/mailed by JSCE
Headquarters c/o Dr Pacheco since
September 2008

-Others if any

5．Activity Plan in the fiscal year of 2009
-Plan for activities and budget in fiscal year of 2009
5.1 Sponsoring & co-sponsoring events-Date, name of the event or meeting, contents, scale and other items if any
DateName of theContents
Scale
Other items if any*number ofevent
participants

06/15/2009

Meeting with JSCE
Past Pres. Dr. ISHIIand Exec Dir Dr
FURUKI Dinner meeting withDr. Ishii and Dr.
Furuki attended bymembers of JSCE
Philippines including
Japanese engineers
currently based in thePhilippines andinvolved in various

420

Organized by JSCEHQ throughrepresentative Mr.
Seki of CTI
Engineering Phils.

06/19/2009

Preparatory
Meeting for
Symposium“Pasigandahan”

09/14/2009

Seminar on
Transportation andEnvironment
Seminar to be held at
the Toyota Training
Room, National
Center forTransportation
Studies, UP Diliman

09/15/2009

Technical Visit to
Civil Engineering
Projectsprojects.
 Dr. Ishii and Dr.
Furuki informed thegroup about JSCE
activities including therestructured
membership fees forinternational sections.
Also, they informed
the group that student
members may be
admitted for free.
These decisions weremade to encourage
memberships in heinternational sections.
 Dr. Ishii encouraged
JSCE Philippines tobecome more active
and organize/
co-organize activities
that will be supported
by Japanese engineers
and companies in thePhilippines.
 Presentations by CTIEngineering of various
materials for thesymposium being
planned fo August2009
 Air Navigation
System Development
Considering Globaland Local
Environment [Dr.
Terumitsu Hirata,Researcher, Institute ofTransport Policy
Studies (ITPS)]
 Promoting Bicycle
Use for Sustainable
Urban Transport [Dr.
Tetsuro Hyodo,
Professor, Tokyo
University of Marine
Science andTechnology(TUMST)] Adaptation ofTransportation
Infrastructure to
Environmentallyconscious Society [Dr.
Tetsuo Yai, ERDTVisiting Professor,
Institute of Civil
Engineering;
Professor, Department
of Built Environment,
Tokyo Institute ofTechnology;
Secretary-General,
EASTS]

Field visit to the
Pinatubo project(JICA-DPWH
514

Organized by JSCE
Philippines with Mr
Seki of CTI
Engineering Phils andproject staff

60

Organized by JSCE
Philippines with
UP-ICE, UP-NCTS,
and the Eastern Asia
Society forTransportation
Studies (EASTS), andsupported by theEngineering Researchand Development forTechnology (ERDT)Program of the
Department ofScience andTechnology

40

Organized by JSCE
Philippines with
UP-ICE, UP-NCTS,

and supported by theEngineering Researchand Development forTechnology (ERDT)Program of the
Department ofScience andTechnology

Pinatubo Hazard
Urgent Mitigation
Project Phase 3,
2007-on-going and
JICA-DAR Agrarian
ReformInfrastructure
SupportProject Phase 3) andthe
Subic-Clark-Tarlac
Expressway (SCTEX)
09/18/2009

Seminar onSustainable andWalkable City
Environment
Seminar to be held on
18 September 2009,
Institute Boardroom,
Mindanao State
University-Iligan
Institute ofTechnology(MSU-IIT)

 Environmentally
Sustainable
Transport (EST)Initiatives in
Philippine Cities [Dr.
Karl B. N. Vergel,
Associate Professor,
UP-ICE]
 Sustainable andWalkable City
Environment by
Activating
Non-Motorized
Transport [Dr. Tetsuo
Yai, ERDT Visiting
Professor, Institute of
Civil Engineering,
University of thePhilippines Diliman;
Professor, Tokyo
Institute ofTechnology]
 Environment andPeople-Friendly
Transport [Dr. JoseRegin F. Regidor,
Associate Professor,
UP-ICE] Impacts of Some
Traffic ManagementSchemes [Dr. Hilario
Sean O. Palmiano,Assistant Professor,UP-ICE] Road Traffic Safety[Dr. Ricardo G. Sigua,Professor, UP-ICE]

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Organized by JSCE
Philippines with
UP-ICE, UP-NCTS,
and supported by theEngineering Researchand Development forTechnology (ERDT)Program of theDepartment ofScience andTechnology

Other activities are
not definite yet.

5.2 Exchange-Date, visitors or place to visit, and other items if any-Invitation
Date
Visitors or place to visit
n/an/a6

Other items if anyn/a

5.3 Other activities-Others if any

6. Requests to JSCE headquarters

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