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General Assembly of the Tokodai Alumni Association Phil-Chapter

Calling all Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT) graduates and researchers :

1) who stayed at TIT for long or short period

2) Filipinos and foreigners who are staying in the Philippines (not necessarily Japanese)

in the forthcoming General Assembly of the Tokodai Alumni Association Phil-Chapter

on Saturday, December 9, 2006 from 6 PM (place to be confirmed)

Please give your full name, course, date of graduation, sponsor of your scholarship or grant for the directory they are trying to publish.

Contact persons:
(1) Secretary of Tokyo Tech office

Tel no. (632) 521-1609

Rm. 511, Velasco Bldg,

De la Salle University, Manila, MM

(2) Dr. Susan M. Gallardo

Tokyo Tech office at Rm. 511, Velasco Bldg, De la Salle University, Taft Avenue, Manila.

Email address: gallardos (at) dlsu.edu.ph

or cell no. 0917-532- 2703

Dr. Paringit Goes Back to UP Diliman

TOKYO, April 8 - Last March 31, 2005, Dr. Eric Paringit flew back home after spending five and a half years in Japan.

Eric started as a research student for 6 months before entering the doctoral program. He completed his Doctor of Engineering degree on March 2003 and then continued as a JSPS Post-doctoral Research Fellow for 2 years. He specializes on remote sensing and field measurement systems for coastal environment studies.

Eric is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geodetic Engineering, University of the Philippines, Diliman, where he will be instrumental in improving the Master of Science in Remote Sensing program and taking the UP Training Center for Applied Geodesy and Photogrammetry to greater heights.

Filipino Scholar Receives Japan Concrete Insitute (JCI) Award

Melito A. Baccay, a Ministry of Education Culture Sports Science and Technology of Japan (Mombukagakusho) scholar and presently taking Doctor of Engineering at Tokyo Institute of Technology was chosen as one of the recipients of the 2005 Japan Concrete Institute (JCI) Award. His paper “Influence of Bleeding on Minute Properties and Steel Corrosion in Concrete” published in the Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology (Vol. 2, No.2, July 2004) was selected as “Best Journal Paper” by JCI. In recognition for his outstanding contribution, Dr. Shigeyoshi Nagataki, JCI President, presented him a plaque, a certificate of recognition and a cash prize which he shared with his co-authors (Prof. Nobuaki Otsuki, Takahiro Nishida, Chin Kyoku). The Awarding Ceremonies took place at Matsuya Salon, Tokyo Japan on May 23, 2005.

Mel Baccay Wins Tokyo Tech English Speech Contests

Mel Baccay

TOKYO, Dec 8 - Mel Baccay bested 11 other finalists to win the Grand Prize of the English Speech Contest here in TokyoTech.

Baccay is a second year Doctoral Student of the Department of International Development Engineering. His speech is entitled "Should We fear Science?".

There were 43 contestants during the elimination and were trimmed down to 32 during semifinal round last Dec 3. Other finalists include TokyoTech undergraduates and postgraduate students from China, Japan, Indonesia and Portugal.

As a prize, Mel was awarded a travel grant to any native English-speaking country of his choice for two weeks.

Mel flanked by TokyoTech officials, judges and organizers during the awarding

The English Speech Contest, held at the Ferrite Memorial Hall, is organized by the Foreign Language Research and Training Center of TIT. TokyoTech is observing English Year 2004 with the purpose of improving the English proficiency level and communication skills of the students, faculty and staff.