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NUMBERTHE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF

DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY

2401 (twen´te fôr´,o, wun) is a landmark number along Taft Avenue. It is the location ID of De La Salle University, home to outstanding faculty and students, and birthplace of luminaries in business, public service, education, the arts, and science. And 2401 is the name of the official newsletter of DLSU, featuring developments and stories of interest about the University.

F A C T S a n d F I G U R E S

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University Fellow and Professor Emeritus Dr. Cirilo F. Bautista was declared National

Artist for Literature by President Benigno S. Aquino III last June 20 by virtue of

Proclamation No. 809.

He is joined by other new National Artists Alice Reyes for Dance; Francisco V. Coching

(posthumous) for Visual Arts; Francisco F. Feliciano and Ramon Santos for Music;

DLSU Professor Emeritus Cirilo Bautista named as National Artist for Literature

INSIDE:

see page 3

Lit prof launches new poetry book in Sydney

Best Paper Awards for top Engineering researchers

Microhydro plant lights up Apayao barangay

The Museum’s new exhibit showcases patterns in art

Cirilo F. Bautista is author of books on poetry, fiction, and essays that have won many literary awards.

Source: DLSU official publications

Two award-winning members of the Gokongwei College

of Engineering once again received recognition for their

outstanding papers in their respective fields.

Associate professor of the Chemical Engineering Department

Dr. Michael Angelo Promentilla received the 2014 Outstanding

Scientific Paper along with coauthors Dr. Takafumi Sugiyama

and Ivan Sandi Darma of Hokkaido University, Japan for the

paper entitled “Application of X-ray CT to study diffusivity in

cracked concrete through the observation of tracer transport”

published in the ISI-indexed Journal of Advanced Concrete

Technology.

The award is given every year by the Japan Concrete Institute

(JCI) to best papers published by the organization in recognition

of their significant contribution to the advancement of concrete

science and engineering.

Promentilla also received the Commission on Higher Education’s

2014 REPUBLICA Award with his coauthor, DLSU Vice

Chancellor for Research and Innovation Dr. Raymond Girard

Tan, for the paper “A methodology for augmenting sparse

pairwise comparison matrices in AHP: Applications to energy

systems” published in the ISI-indexed Springer Journal Clean

Technologies and

Environmental Policy.

This paper was one

of five recipients

selected to receive

the national award,

out of over 80

entries submitted

to CHED.

Best Paper Awards for top Engineering researchers

Lit prof launches new poetry book in SydneyLiterature professor and award-winning poet Dinah Roma recently

released her third book of poetry. Published by the Sydney- and

Tokyo-based Vagabond Press as part of its new Asia Pacific Series,

Naming the Ruins was launched at Gleebooks in Sydney on May

17. The now Australia-based Bicolana writer Merlinda Bobis, who

launched the book, had these words to describe it: “The poet is a

word shaman....Each poem astounds...with such tenderness, such

grace.”

Roma also participated in two Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF)

events, namely, the Asian Contemporary Poetry Reading Marathon

and a panel discussion Open Words and Worlds.

According to the Australian publisher Michael Brennan, “With the

Asia Pacific series, I’m trying to create a space that will be open and

expansive. We’ve done six three-poet collections so far, along with

Dinah Roma’s magnificent Naming the Ruins, and it’s a very exciting

start to what I hope will grow rapidly to be a series where people

around the world can gain access to a broad and inclusive range of

contemporary work from Asia Pacific.”

Asked about the highlights of her participation at the SWF, Roma

said that “aside from listening to Pulitzer Prize-winning Alice Walker

(whom I’ve read as a university student), meeting other writers, and

Promentilla and Tan

reading my poems on Radio National Australia, I was also very glad

to have met the Filipino community in Sydney. Many responded

deeply to my Haiyan poem and, I guess, these connections are

what really matter after all.”

For Roma, the SWF was an immense learning

experience. “It was a

privilege to have

been able to

represent not

only DLSU but

the country.

And I’m glad

that DLSU

acknowledges

the importance

of supporting

our writers

and artists

in having our

voices heard

elsewhere.”

Chiu

Tan

Aviso

Culaba

National Artist for Literature, from page 1

---St. John Baptist de La Salle

Do not have any anxiety about the future. Leave everything in God’s hands for He will take care of you

DLSU faculty members led key persons from the education and

environment sector in a series of seminars around the country to

promote interdisciplinary approaches to nature and the environment

and discuss strategies on the conduct of environmental

engagement in the classrooms of higher education institutions.

Towards a Green Education in the Philippines: Workshops on

Teaching the Environment and Climate Change Impacts in the

New General Education Curriculum was held last June 20-21 at

La Salle University (LSU), in Ozamiz City and on June 27 -28 at the

University of San Agustin (USA), in Iloilo City. The Metro Manila leg

took place last October 24-26, 2013 at DLSU.

The series’ two-fold aim was to encourage the core courses of

the New General Education Curriculum (CMO No. 20-s2013) to re-

examine students’ vital connections to people, cultures, and places

beyond the walls of the school; and to transform the learners of

today into critical mass and innovative forces that work together

towards a green, productive, and sustainable future.

This project was organized bythe Office of the Associate Vice

Chancellor for Faculty Resources and Development, the Bienvenido

N. Santos Creative Writing Center, and the Behavioral Sciences

Department, and sponsored by the United Board for Christian

Higher Education in Asia and the DLSU College of Liberal Arts

Office of the Dean.

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The Museum’s new exhibit showcases patterns in art

La Salle faculty dominate PHL’s industrial ecology research output An article on social network analysis recently

published in the Journal of Industrial Ecology (ISI

with IF 2.276) showed that DLSU professors are

the major contributors to industrial research in

the Philippines.

The authors in the Philippines category

mentioned in the article are Dr. Kathleen Aviso,

Dr. Anthony S.F. Chiu, Dr. Alvin Culaba, and

Dr. Raymond Tan.

According to the article, China, Japan, and the

Philippines have strong contributions to the

research of industrial symbiosis.

The DLSU researchers have been working in

this field since 1998 when the field Industrial

Ecology was at its introductory stage. The

various engineering departments have graduated

Ph.D. students in the field of industrial ecology

with specialization in life cycle analysis, industrial

symbiosis, material flow analysis, and economic

input-output.

The Museum at De La Salle University presents its first major show

for Academic Year 2014-2015, Patterns: In Layers of Meaning. The

exhibit showcases works of art featuring various forms and elements

of patterns—through shapes and colors, in geometric, decorative, or

figurative forms.

The exhibition explores how artists incorporate patterns in their

works to express meaning, movement, and action. It also shows

how patterns in art can create a strong visual interest, as seen in the

To help raise funds for the St. La Salle Scholarship endowment fund and

promote environmental awareness, De La Salle High School ‘56, Commerce ’60,

and Engineering ‘61, led by former Sen. Ramon “Jun” Magsaysay, Ambassador

Jose Zaldarriaga, Fred Ong, and Ruben Viado, planted mahogany seedlings last

June 23 at the DLSU Science and Technology Complex grounds.

Dubbed “Pledge to a Greener Tomorrow,” the project aims to plant 3,000 trees

and raise scholarship funds through donation pledges of plant seedlings worth

one thousand pesos each.

De La Salle University, together with SN Aboitiz Power (SNAP), recently

turned over the Pico Hydro Power Plant to the local government of

Barangay Parina in Apayao.

NAST Academician and DLSU University Fellow Dr. Alvin Culaba, as the

project leader of the micro hydro power plant, formally turned over the

plant to Calanasan Mayor Elias Bulut together with barangay officials and

residents.

Culaba, during the inauguration, acknowledged the year-long partnership

of DLSU with the community and the support of the local government unit,

which contributed to the successful implementation of the project that

started construction in 2013.

The 10-kilowatt micro hydro plant was conceptualized in 2011 by SNAP,

and the technical aspect of the project was implemented by DLSU.

The plant, which is in line with the energization program of the national

government, is set to energize 50 households in Barangay Parina.

Alumni raise fundsfor St. La Salle Scholars

Notable Engineering alumni embark on an eco-fundraising activity for DLSU scholars.

Network of coauthorship and countries of author’s affiliations.

and Jose Maria V. Zaragoza (posthumous) for

Architecture.

Recognizing Bautista’s works and achievements

as a poet, fictionist, and essayist, Malacanang

noted that he has “greatly contributed to the

development of the country’s literary arts and

strengthened the Filipino’s sense of nationalism.”

Bautista earned his Doctor of Arts in Language

and Literature at De La Salle University in 1990.

He was an exchange professor and honorary

fellow in various universities abroad. He received

notable literary recognitions including the first

Hall of Fame Award of the Don Carlos Palanca

Memorial Award for Literature, numerous

National Book Awards, and the Grand Prize in the

Centennial Literary Contest.

Green Education Workshops in Visayas and Mindanao

Micro hydro plant lights up Apayao barangay

Decoding and Manipulating Genome Regulationfor Regenerative Biomedicine Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health (GIBH) principal investigator Dr. Ralf Jauch

recently delivered a lecture on campus entitled “Decoding and Manipulating Genome

Regulation for Regenerative Biomedicine“ last June 30.

Jauch detailed current research on the molecular processes that govern

the reprogramming of cells, such as the conversion of a urine-derived

cell into a brain cell. These converted cells can then be used to model

human diseases leading towards generation of tissues or whole organs for

transplantation medicine.

Jauch focused on transcriptional networks leading to cell fate decisions, the development

of drugs that directly target DNA binding domains of TF proteins, and highlighted the

capabilities of the drug discovery pipeline (DDP) at GIBH.

The seminar was sponsored by the College of Science, Research and Advanced Studies

Office, COS Graduate Students Organization, and the Mathematics Department.

detailed parts and the totality of work. The exhibit also shows how,

side by side, various work on the same subject by different artists

can form a coherent pattern.

Featured artworks are from the Wili and Doreen Fernandez and

University Art Collections, with additional loaned work by selected

Filipino artists. The exhibit runs until August 22.