The first and only Filipino-made building structural health monitoring and sensor mesh system for earthquake detection and early warning won the 2023 Innovation Awards’ one million pesos grant for further research to promote safety and resilience in the country amid destructive earthquakes that recently struck the world, including in Turkey and Syria.
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UP students’ disaster risk management system wins Google’s Solution Challenge
UP SysTeam, a group of student developers from the University of the Philippines was named global winner of the Google Developer Student Clubs’ (DSC) 2021 Solution Challenge for developing a disaster risk management system for the island communities of Tubigon, Bohol.
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University of the Philippines to help Manila develop disaster-resilient city
The University of the Philippines Resilience Institute (UPRI) is leading the state university’s system-wide efforts to help Manila develop from being a least-resilient city into a disaster-resilient city within 2 years. UP System officials led by President Danilo Concepcion, Regent Jijil Jimenez and UPRI Executive Director Dr. Mahar Lagmay met with Manila City Mayor Isko […]
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