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Dr. Alvin Culaba is recognized for his pioneering work in the area of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology. He specializes in mechanical engineering, design engineering, mechanical engineering design, and mechanical processes. His research finds applications in energy-environment interactions like cleaner production technology, energy technology and management, alternative energy, environmental management systems, manufacturing and environmental systems engineering, and renewable energy systems.

Sex: Male

Education:

• University of Portsmouth, Anglesea Road, Portsmouth POI 3DJ, United Kingdom, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, 1996
• Energy Technology School of Energy and Natural Resources, Asian Institute of Technolgy, Bangkok, Thailand, Master of Engineering, 1990
• Eastern Visayas State University, Tacloban City, B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1984
• International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, Scientists Programme-Sustainable Energy Systems, 2004
• University of Portsmouth, Anglesea Rd., Portsmouth PO1 3DJ, United Kingdom, Post Doctoral Visiting Fellow-Environmental Systems Engineering, 2004
• Science and Technology Policy Research University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom, Post-Doctoral Study Fellow-Management of Technology, 1997

Field of Specialization:

Environmental Systems Engineering, Environmental Management Systems, Renewable Energy Systems , Alternative Energy , Mechanical Engineering

Researches:

Culaba, A. B. , (2005) Life cycle assessment as a tool for environmental decision-making
National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP)

Culaba, A. B., (2005) Fuzzy data reconciliation in reacting and non-reacting process data for life cycle inventory analysis
Journal of Cleaner Production

Culaba, A. B., (2005) A fuzzy decision support model for the selection of environmentally-friendly fuels for road vehicles
Journal of Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS) Volume 6

Tan, R. R., Purvis, M. R. I., (2008 S 18) Application of possibility theory in the life cycle inventory assessment of biofuels [Abstract only]
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com (Abstract Only)

Culaba, A. B., (1999) Toxic and hazardous waste management: The case of pulp and paper manufacture
Proceedings of 1999 Philippine International Waste Congress

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B., (2002) Sensitivity analysis of the use-cycle inventories of electricity and hydrogen as energy vectors for the Philippine automotive transport sector
Proceedings of the 63 National Convention of the Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers

Hsiao-Fan Wang, Culaba, A. B., () Life cycle design, planning and assessment
Green Supply Chain Management - Trend of Methodology Development and Applications, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B. , (2001) Life cycle inventory assessment of selected energy vectors for Philippine automotive transport
Proceedings of the 49th National Convention of the Philippine society of Mechanica1 Engineers

Dadios, E. P., Ang, M. H., Culaba, A. B., Tan, R., () Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference and Exhibition
Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information and Communication, Energy and Environment (HNICEM)

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B. , (2001) Assessment of life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of compressed and liquefied natural gas with possibilistic uncertainty analysis
Proceedings of the 49th Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers Annual Convention.

Culaba, A. B. , (2003) Developing an expert system for GP assessment
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communications and Control Environment and Management (HNICEM2003)

Culaba, A. B., (2002) The state of environmental management in the Philippines
Proceedings of the PSME 25th NCR Regional Conference

Tan, R. R., Ku, K. S., Culaba, A. B., Amora, A. N., (2002) Life-cycle efficiency of natural gas based motor vehicles fuels
Proceedings of the 50th National Convention of the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers

Aviso, K. B., Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B. , (2007) Application of rough sets for environmental decision support for industry
Clean and Environmental Policy, Springer-Verlag

Biona, J. B., Culaba, A. B., Purvis, M. R. I., (2007) Fuel cycle analysis-based evaluation of the fuel and emissions reduction potential of adapting the hybrid technology to tricycles
Clean Technology and Environmental Policy

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B. , (2002) Environmental life-cycle assessment: A tool for public and corporate policy development
Proceedings of the 50th National Convention of the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B., Aviso K. B. , (2007) A fuzzy linear programming extension of the general matrix-based life cycle model
Journal of Cleaner Production

Biona, J. B. M., Culaba, A. B., Purvis, M. R. I., (2007) Energy use and emissions of two stroke-powered tricycles in Metro Manila
Transportation Research Part Volume 12 , No. 7

Tan, R. R., Briones, L. M. A., Culaba, A. B. , (2007) Fuzzy data reconciliation in reacting and non-reacting process data for life cycle inventory analysis
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Biona, J. B. M., Culaba, A. B., (2006) Drive cycle development for tricycles
Clean Technology and Environment Policy

Henson, R. P., Culaba A. B., (2004) A diagnostic model for green productivity assessment of manufacturing processes
International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment of Manufacturing Processes Volume 9 , No. 6

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B., Purvis, M. R. I., (2004) Carbon balance implications of coconut biodiesel utilization in the Philppine automotive transport sector
Biomass and Bioenergy

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B., Purvis, M. R. I., (2004) Possibilistic uncertainty propagation and compromise programming in the life cycle analysis of alternative motor vehicle fuels
Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics Volume 8, No. 1

Henson, R. P., Culaba, A. B., Mendoza, G. A., (2002) Evaluating environmental performance of pulp and paper manufacturing using the analytic hierarchy process and life-cycle assessment
Journal of Industrial Ecology Volume 6, No. 1

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B., Purvis, M. R. I. , (2002) Application of possibilistic theory in the life-cycle inventory assessment of biofuels
International Journal of Energy Research Volume 26, No. 8

Culaba, A. B., Purvis, M. R. I., (1999) A methodology for the life cycle and sustainability analysis of manufacturing processes
Journal of Cleaner Production

Biona, J. B. M., Culaba, A. B., Purvis, M. R. I., (2007) An integrated gear shift and drive train friction loss model for Philippine tricycles: Towards a more accurate instantaneous energy and emissions model
Institution of Mechanical Engineer (IMechE) Journal on Vehicle Design

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B. , (2007) A combinatorial optimization model for selection of technological alternatives on a life cycle basis: Application to power generation with carbon sequestration
Philippine Industrial Engineering Journal Volume 3, No. 2

Aviso, K., Tan, R., Culaba, A. B. , (2006) A multi-criteria rough set-based methodology for life cycle impact assessment
Philippine Industrial Engineering Journal Volume 3, No. 1

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B., Amora, An. C.u, V.S., , (2004) Fuzzy streamlined life cycle assessment of natural gas as automotive fuel
ASEAN Journal of Research in Science and Engineering Volume 4, No. 1

Muli, R. C., Culaba, A. B., Culaba, I. B., (2004) A four layer anti-reflection thin-film coating for flat-plate collector
Journal of Research in Science and Engineering Volume 1, No. 2

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B. , (2003) Assessment of life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of compressed and liquified natural gas with possibilistic uncertainty analysis, inhinyeriya
An International Journal of Engineering

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B. , (2002) Sensitivity analysis of the life cycle inventories of electricity and hydrogen as energy vectors for the Philippine automotive transport sector
ASEAN Journal of Chemical Engineering Volume 2, No. 1

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B., (2002) Life-cycle environmental benefits of using bioethanol as gasoline additive
Philippine Engineering Journal Volume 23, No. 1

Culaba, A. B., Tan, R. R., (2001) Life cycle impact assessment using possibilistic compromise programming
An International Journal of Engineering Volume 2 , No. 2

Henson, R. P., Culaba, A. B., (2000) Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) for environmental impact analysis and decision-making in industry
International Journal of Engineering Volume 1 , No. 2

Culaba, A. B., (2000) Improving solar water heating collector efficiency through selective coating of glass
DLSU Engineering Journal, Special Edition on Mechanical Engineering.

Culaba, A. B., (2000) The development of Ph.D in ME program at the DLSU-Manila
DLSU Engineering Journal

Culaba, A. B., (1999) Air emissions monitoring
Journal of the Philippine Instrumentation and Control Society Volume 1 , No. 1

Culaba, A. B., (1999) Integrating cleaner technology in process design
Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal Volume 1 , No. 2

Biona, J. B. M., Culaba, A. B., Purvis, M. R. I., , (2007) Energy use and emissions of two stroke powered tricycles in Metro Manila
Instantaneous Emissions Modeling, In: Proceedings of the 3rd Pacific Asia Conference on Mechanical Engineering

Culaba, A. B., Tan, R. R., Biona, J. B. M, (2007) Fuel cycle analysis based on evaluation of the fuel and emissions reduction potential of adapting the hybrid technology to tricycles
3rd Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Environment and Management (HNICEM 2007)

Biona, J. M., Culaba, A. B. , (2007) Phase out of two-stroke tricycles in Metro Manila: A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)-based policy simulation
27th Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (APAMS) and the 2007 International Science and Technology Conference

Culaba, A. B., Tan, R. R., Azanza Omboy B. M. C. , (2007) A computational fluid dynamics model for horizontal axis wind turbine (HAW1J) analysis using finite-volume methods
Proceedings of the 27th Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (APAMS) and the 2007 International Science and Technology Conference

Tan, R., Culaba, A. B. , (2006) A combinatorial optimization model for selection of technological alternatives on a life cycle basis: Application to power generation with carbon sequestration
Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (APAMS 2006)

Culaba, A. B. , (2006) Techno-economic assessment of ethanol as an alternative transportation fuel
Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (APAMS)

Biona, J. B. M., Culaba, A. B., Tan, R. R., (2006) A gear shift model for tricycle emissions and fuel use modeling: An application of voting- based neural network integration
Proceedings of the 8th DLSU Science and Technology Congress

Aviso, K., Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B., (2005) A multi-criteria rough set based decision support system for life cycle impact assessment
Proceedings of the 6th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference

Pascual-Aquino, L., Tan, R., Mutoe, J. E., Aviso, K., Culaba, A.B., (2005) A system dynamics approach on the life cycle analysis of coal-fired power generator
Proceedings of the 6th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference

Culaba, A. B., Fransson, T., Ghazali, N., Purvis, M., Sevilla, A., (2005) Towards international open learning curricula in sustainable technology
Proceedings 3rd International Conference on Engineering Education

Culaba, A. B., Tan, R. R., Biona, J. B. M., (2005) Fuel cycle analysis of tricycles in Metro Manila
Proceedings of the 25th Annual PAASE Scientific Meeting and Symposium

Pascual-Aquino L., Aviso, K., Tan, R. R.., Culaba, A. B. , (2005) A comparative analysis of six life cycle impact assessment methodologies
Proceedings of the 25th Annual PAASE Scientific Meeting and Symposium

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B., Briones, L. M. A., (2005) Fuzzy data reconciliation in life cycle inventory analysis: Application in adhesive tape manufacture
Proceedings of the 7th Science and Technology Congress

Rhim, J. K., Culaba, A. B., Lee, S. I., (2005) A study of development for overuse cutoff valve for liquid petroleum gases cylinder
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communications and Control, Environment and Management

Culaba, A. B., Siona, M., (2005) Drive cycle profile of tricycles in Metro Manila, Philippines
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communications and Control, Environment and Management (HNICEM2005)

Biona, M., Culaba, A. B., Tan, R. R. , (2004) A proposed method in the design and analysis of collectors for solar drying
Proceedings of the Science and Technology Congress

Culaba, A. B., Calilung, E. J., Tan, R. R., (2004) An environmental life cycle assessment of a locally-designed windmill for power generation
Proceedings of the 25th Annual PAASE Scientific Meeting and Symposium

Culaba, A. B. , (2003) Environmental performance assessment for industry using environmental performance indicator system
Proceedings of the PICS-ICEIC International Conference and Exhibition on Instrumentation and Control

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B., Ku, V.S., Amora, A. N., (2003) Life-cycle efficiency of natural gas-based transportation fuels
Proceedings of the 51st National Convention of the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers

Culaba, A. B., Muli, R. C., Culaba, I. B. , (2003) Spectrally selective thin film coating for flat plate collectors
Proceedings of the 515th National Convention of the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B., Ku, V. S., Amora, A. N., (2003) Fuzzy uncertainty analysis in the life cycle assessment of natural: Gas-based transportation I fuels
Proceedings of the 220nd Annual Convention of the Philippine-American Academy of Science & Engineering

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. S., (2003) Integrating life-cycle and sustainability considerations in building design
Proceedings of the 10th Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines International Convention

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B., Purvis, M. R. I. , (2003) Development of a life-cycle model using possibilistic uncertainty propagation and compromise programming for the evaluation of alternative motor vehicle fuels
Proceedings ot the 15th International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnqlogy, Information Technology, Communications and Control, Environment and Management

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B., (2002) Environmental life cycle assessment of hydrogen and electricity as automotive energy carriers under Philippine conditions
Proceedings of the 2002 Chemical Engineering Congress

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B. , (2002) Life-cycle assessment of conventional and alternative fuels for road vehicles
Proceedings of the 50th National Convention of the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B., Purvis, M. R. I., (2002) Land use and carbon balance implications of coconut biodiesel utilization in the Philippine automotive transport sector
Proceedings of the 3rd Pacific Asia Conference op Mechanical Engineering (3PACME)

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B., (2002) Life-cycle environmental benefits of using bioethanol as a gasoline additive
Proceedings of the 3rd Pacific Asia Conference on Mechanical Engineering

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B., (2002) Sensitivity analysis of the life-cycle inventories of electricity and hydrogen as energy vectors for the Philippine automotive transport sector
63rd National Convention of the Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B., (2001) Assessment of the life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of compressed and liquefied natural gas with possibilistic uncertainty analysis
Proceedings of the 49th National Convention of the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B., (2001) Life cycle impact assessment using possibilistic compromise programming
Proceedings of the 50th National Convention of the Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B., Tengkiat, A. B. , (2000) Comparative gate-to-grave energy analysis of wet and dry ethanol as automotive fuels
Proceedings of the in Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering/Chemical & Process Engineering Conference

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B., Tengkiat, A. B. , (2000) Comparative gate-to-grave energy analysis of wet and dry ethanol as automotive fuels
Proceedings of the Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering/Chemical & Process Engineering Conference

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B. , (2000) Fuzzy assessment of environmental impacts in life-cycle analysis
Proceedings of the 48th National Convention of the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers

Henson, R. P., Culaba, A. B. , (2002) A methodology for environmental impact and productivity analysis of a semi-conductor assembly/packaging operation
Proceedings of the 63rd National Convention of the Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B. , (2002) Life-cycle assessment of conventional and alternative fuels for road vehicles
Proceedings of the 2002 Pacific Asia Conference on Mechanical Engineering (PACME2002)

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B., (2001) Life-cycle inventory assessment of selected energy vectors for Philippine automotive transport sector
Proceedings of the 49th Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers Annual Convention

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B., (2001) Life-cycle impact assessment using possibilistic compromise programming
Proceedings of the 50th National Convention of the Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B. , (2000) A comparative gate-grave energy analysis of wet and dry ethanol as automotive fuels
Proceedings of the 2000 Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering and In Proceedings of the 48th Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers Annual Convention.

Tan, R. R., Culaba, A. B., (2000) Fuzzy assessment of environmental impacts of life cycle analysis
Proceedings of the 48th Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers Annual Convention

Henson, R. P., Culaba A. B. , (2000) The use of analytic hierarchy process in evaluating the environmental impact I of manufacturing processes
Proceedings of the 18 Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering Annual Meeting and Symposium

Culaba, A. B., (1999) Electric vehicles: An environmental solution
Proceedings of the 1999 Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers National Convention

Culaba, A. B., (1999) Environmental air quality monitoring
Proceedings of the 1999 Philippine Instrumentation and Control Society (PICS) National Convention

Culaba, A. B., (1999) Integrating cleaner technology in process design
Proceedings of the 1998 Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers (PICHE), National Convention

Culaba, A. B., (1998) Life cycle analysis of manufacturing processes
Proceedings of the 2nd Pacific-Asia Conferepce on Mechanical Engineering

Culaba, A. B., (1998) SUSTAIND: A sustainability model for industry
Proceedings of the 1998 Science and Technology Congress of the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering and the National Academy of Science and Technology

Culaba, A. B., (1997) Designing for the environment in manufacturing industry
Proceedings of the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers Annual Convention

Culaba, A. B., (1997) Environmental management systems and RA 6969
Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers First Technical Session

Culaba, A. B., Purvis, M. R. I. , (1995) The use of LCA for modeling sustainability and environmental impact of manufacturing processes
Proceedings of the 10th World Air Congress

Culaba, A. B., Purvis, M. R. I., (1994) Developing an expert system for the environmental impact assessment of manufacturing processes
Proceedings of the ENTREE '94

Culaba, A. B., (1993) Energy demand forecast for road transport sector of Metro Manila
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Power Engineering

Sum Low, P., Culaba, A. B, () Life cycle assessment as a tool for "Environmental Decision-Making" in global change and sustainable development
Asia-Pacific Perspectives, Cambridge University Press

Culaba, A. B., (2003) Guidebook on environmental management system, pollution prevention/cleaner production and environmental cost accounting
Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (EMB-DENR)

Culaba, A. B., Tan, R. R., Azanza, R., (2007 F 15-17 ) Proceedings of the 2007 International Science and Technology Conference and the 27th Annual Meeting of the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering
27th Annual Meeting of the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering, Century Park Hotel, Manila, Philippines

Papers Presented:

• A Gear Shift Model for Tricycle Emissions and Fuel Use Modeling: An Application of Voting Based Neural Network Integration, 8th DLSU Science and Technology Congres§, DLSU-Manila
• The Economics of Biofuels, Energy Technology Conference 2006, Energy Management Association of the Philippines (ENMAP), Renaissance Makati City Hotel, Makati City
• Research and the Biofuels Industry, 6th Mapua Institutional Research Colloquium, MIT, Intramuros, Manila
• Biofuels: What is it Industry, A Professorial Chair Lecture, DLSU Industry Research Forum
• Environmental Systems Management: The DLSU Higher Education Links Programme under the British Council , 2006 Asia­Link Symposium and European Higher Education Fair, Bangkok, Thailand
• Biofuels: Way to go Forward, Biofuels Symposium of the NAST, NRCP, DOE, DOST and Asia Academy of Sciences, Philippine Hotel Plaza, Manila
• A combinatorial optimization model for selection of technological alternatives on a life?cycle basis: Application to power generation with carbon sequestration, 26th Annual Meeting of the Philippine ­American Academy of Science and Engineering, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, USA
• Techno-Economic Assessment of Ethanol as an Alternative Transportation Fuel, 26th Annual Meeting of the Philippine­ American Academy of Science and Engineering, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, USA
• The current state of engineering R%D in the Philippines, 26th Annual Meeting of the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, USA
• Current Efforts in the Advancement of S&T in the Philippines by PAASE, 26th Annual Meeting of the Philippine­ American Academy of Science and Engineering, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, USA
• Development of Web-based Open Learning Units in Sustainable Technology, RCEE 2007, Universiti Teknologi, Malayisa
• Fuel Cycle Analysis Based Evaluation of the Fuel and Emissions Reduction Potential of Adapting the Hybrid Technology to Tricycles, International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information
• Technology, Communication and Control, Environment, and Management (HNICEM2007), Century Park Hotel, Manila, Philippines
• Phase Out of Two Stroke Tricycles in Metro Manila; An LCA-Based Policy Simulation, 27th Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (AP AMS2007)
• and the 2007 International Science and Technology Conference, Century Park Hotel, Manila, Philippines
• Science and Technology as Engines for National Development, Lauan Science and Engineering Conference, Lauan University Center, Diliman, Quezon City
• Alternative Energy: Life Cycle Environmental Benefits , 2007 National Science and Technology Week Scientific Meetings, Dusit Hotel, Makati City
• Technology Foresight for Industry-Energy Sector, 20th Anniversary of the DOST Philippine Council for Industry and Energy Research and Development, PHIVOLCS, UP Campus, Diliman, Quezon City
• EU Asia-Link Project on Sustainable Technology at DLSU, 68th Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers National Convention, Waterfront Pavilion Hotel, Manila, Philippines
• Research in Aeronautical and Aviation Technology Research Capability Building for Technical and Science Faculty Members , Philippine State College of Aeronautics, PhilSCA Mactan Air Base Campus, Mactan, Cebu, Philippines/PhilSCA Main Campus, Pasay City
• Biofuels Research and Development, 1st Convention of Future Scientists: Empowering the Scientist in You, Yuchengco Seminar Room, DLSU, Manila
• Integrating Life-Cycle and Sustainab(lity Consideration in Building Design", 10th Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines International Convention, Manila Midtown Hotel, Manila, Philippines
• Environmental Management Accounting for South East Asia, Heritage Hotel, Pasay City, Philippines
• 4th Global Congress in Engineering Education, Menam Riverside Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
• Seventh Annual Conference of the Environmental Management Accounting Network - Europe (EMAN-EU) on Sustainability Management , University of Lueneberg, Lueneberg, Germany
• Organizer and Resource Person, Environmental Management Accounting for South East Asia, Waterfront Hotel, Lahug, Cebu City, Philippines
• "Mutlicriteria decision model for sustainability assessment of industries", 2nd International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Environment, and Management (HNICEM2003), Manila Midtown Hotel, Manila, Philippines
• An Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of a Locally-Designed Windmill for Power Generation, 24th Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (APAMS2004), University of Maryland, Maryland, USA
• Fuel Cycle Analysis of Tricycles in Metro Manila , DLSU Science and Technology Congress, DLSU, Manila
• "Drive Cycle Profile of Tricycles", 2nd International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Environment, and Management (HNICEM2003), Hyatt Hotel,Manila, Philippines
• "A Study of Development for Overuse Cutoff Valve for Liquid Petroleum Gases Cylinder', 2nd International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Environment, and Management (HNICEM2003), Hyatt Hotel, Manila, Philippines
• Fuel cycle analysis based on evaluation of the fuel and emissions reduction potential of adapting the hybrid technology to tricycles, 3rd Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Environment and Management (HNICEM 2007
• Getting Real with Biofuels in the Philippines , 28th Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (APAMS2008) Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. USA
• Development of Web-based Open Learning Units in Sustainable Technology , Johor Bhar4, Malaysia
• Phase Out of Two Stroke Tricycles in Metro Manila: An LCA-Based Policy Simulation, 27th Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (APAMS2007)
• Postgraduate and Industrial Courses in Sustainable Technology, Asia-Link Symposium and European Higher Education Fair, Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand
• A combinatorial optimization model for selection of technological alternatives on a life cycle basis: Application to power generation with carbon sequestration, 26th Annual Meting and Symposium of the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (APAMS2006), University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA
• A Techno-economic Assessment of Ethanol as an Alternative Transportation fuel, 26th Annual Meting and Symposium of the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (APAMS 2006), University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA
• 30th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and Science and Technology Group (IST-WG) Meeting and Conference, New World Renaissance Hotel, Makati City, Philippines
• b, EU Asia-link Sustainable Technology International Partners Meeting and Conference, Angelo King International Conference Center DLSU College of St. Benilde, Manila, Philippines
• Towards International Open Learning Curricula in Sustainable Technology, 3rd International Conference on Engineering Education , Bialystok, Poland
• InWent and ASEP International Symposium and Meeting on Corporate Sustainability Management - Approaches and Application, Siam City Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
• The Higher Education Links Programme in the Philippines.British Council South-East Asia Higher Education Links Regional Workshop, Hanoi Melia Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam
• A Comparative Analysis of Six Different Life Cycle Impact Assessment Methods", 25th Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (APAMS2005), Waterfront Hotel, Cebu City, Philippines
• Fuel cycle analysis of tricycles in Metro Manila.25th Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (APAMS2005), Waterfront Hotel, Cebu City, Philippines
• Design and Environmental Implications of Philippine Tricycles, Chung-Ju National University Symposium, Chung-Ju, South Korea
• Environmental Life Cycle Assessment: A Tool for Public and Corporate Decision Making in the Asia and the Pacific.Eminent Scientists Symposium, 5th Ministerial Conference on Energy and Development (MCED), Seoul Lotte Hotel, Seoul, South Korea
• EMA Implementation inl the Philippines", InWent Asian Project Workshop on Environmental Management Accounting for Industry, Siam City Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
• Life Gycle Assessment af1d Clean Technology. Tripartite Meeting for Asia-Link Programme, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bharu, Malaysia
• Development of a Life-Cycle Model Using Possibilistic Uncertainty Propagation and Compromise Progtamming for the Evaluation of Alternative Motor Vehicle Fuels, 1st International Conference on Humanoid, Nanotechnology, Information Technology, Communication and Control, Environment, and Management (HNICEM2003, Manila Midtown Hotel, Manila, Philippines
• EMA Implementation in the Philippines. InWent Asian Project Workshop on Environmental Management Accounting, Siam City Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
• EPA-EPI Implementation in the Philippines, InWent Asian Project Workshop on Environmental Management Accounting, Siam City Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
• Land Use and Carbon Balance Implications of Coconut Biodiesel Utilization in the Philippine Automotive Transport Sector, and Life-Cycle Environmental Benefits of Using Bioethanol as a Gasoline Additive, 3rd Pacific Asia Conference on Mechanical Engineering (3PACME), Manila Midtown Hotel, Manila
• EMS in Agriculture , US Agency for International Development - ANE Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security Conference, Makati Shangri-La Hotel, Makati City, Philippines
• Spectrally Selective Thin Film Coating for Flat-Plate Collectors, 23rd Annual Meeting of the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (APAMS2002), Solomon's Island, Maryland, USA
• A Comparative Gate-to-Grave Energy Analysis of Wet and Dry Ethanol as Automotive Fuels, 7th Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering/Chemical & Process Engineering Conference, Singapore
• The Use of Analytic Hierarchy Process in Evaluating the Environmental Impact of Manufacturing Processes , 21st Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (APAMS2000), Shangri-la Hotel, Makati City
• Toxic and Hazardous Waste Management: A Case on the Paper and Pulp Industry, 3rd Philippine International Toxic and Hazardous Waste Congress, Holiday Inn Manila, Philippines
• International Conference on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Shangri-La Mactan Island Resort, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, Philippines
• Life Cycle Analysis of Manufacturing Processes, 2nd Pacific Asia Conference on Mechanical Engineering (2PACME), Manila Pavilion Holiday Inn Hotel, Manila, Philippines
• A Sustainability Model for Industry , 23rd Annual Meeting of the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (APAMS2002)UP Diliman, Quezon City
• Using LCA as a Methodology for Assessing Environmental Impacts of Manufacturing Processes , 10th World Air Congress, Helsinki, Finland
• Conference on Environmental Issues in Pulp and Paper Industries, University of Vigo, Spain
• Developing an Expert System for the Environmental Impact Assessment of Manufacturing Processes, ENTREE '94 Copenhagen, Denmark
• Energy Demand Analysis and Forecasting Using MEDEE-S Model , 1st International Conference on Power Engineering (ICOPE) Tokyo, Japan
• Alternative Energy, National Science and Technology Week, National Research Council of the Philippines Technical Session, NRCP, Bicutan, Taguig City
• Speaker, The Economics of Biofuels in the Philippines", 2006 Energy Technology Conference of the Energy Management Association of the Philippines, Renaissance Makati Hotel, Makati City
• Biofuels Synthesis, NAST-NRCP Symposium on Biofuels: Way to Go Forward, Sofitel Philippine Plaza Hotel, Manila
• A System Dynamics Approach on the Ufe Cycle Analysis of Coal-Fired Power Generator, 6th Asia and Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Conference , Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Makati City
• A multicriteria rough set-based decision support system for life cycle impact assessmenf. 6th Asia and Pacific Industrial Engi~eering I and Management Conference, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Makati City
• Industry-Academe Linkage: The DLSU Experience, Industry Link , Exhibition and Conference of the Department of Trade and Industry, Philippine Trade Training Center, Pasay City
• Fuzzy Data Reconciliation in Life Cycle Inventory Analysis, Application in Adhesive Tape Manufacture and a Proposed Method in the Design and Analysis of Collectors for Solar Drying, 7th DLSU Science and Technology Congress, DLSU, Manila
• Environmental Management Systems", Regional Convention of the Pollution Control Officers Association of the Philippines (PICAPI) , Don Felipe Hotel, Ormoc City
• Ethics in Engineering Research , 1st College of Engineering Graduate General Assembly, Waldo Perfecto Seminar Room, DLSU, Manila
• Preparation and surface characterization of MEH-PPV thin semiconducting film as potential substrate for optical waveguide. 4th National Electronics and Communications Engineering Conference, University of San Carlos, Talamban Campus, Cebu City
• Environmental Performance Assessment for Industry Using Environmental Performance Indicator System, PICS International Conference & Exhibition on Instrumentation & Control 2003Heritage Hotel, Pasay City
• Life-Cycle Efficiency of Natural Gas-based Motor Vehicle Fuels, 51st Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers Annual National Convention, Manila Hotel, Manila
• Fuzzy Uncertainty Analysis in the Life Cycle Assessment of Natural Gas-Based Transportation Fuels", 22"d Annual Meeting of the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (PAASE) and 52"d Rhilippine Association for the Advancement of Science (PhiIAAS) Meeting, Manila Hotel, Manila
• Sustainable Building Design", 2003 National Midyear Convention of the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers, Olongapo City Convention Center, Olongapo City
• Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Hydrogen and Electricity as Automotive Energy Carriers Under Philippine Conditions and Net Energy and Carbon Flow Analysis of Four Pathways for the Utilization of Natural Gas As Automotive Fuel , 2002 Chemical Engineering Congress, Angelo King International Center, DLSU, Manila
• Environmental Life Cycle Assessment: A Tool for Public and Corporate Policy Developmenr and "Life Cycle Assessment of Conventional and Alternative Fuels for Road Vehicles" 50th National. Convention of the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers. , Manila Midtown Hotel, Manila
• Sensitivity Analysis of the Life-Cycle Inventories of Electricity and Hydrogen As Energy Vectors for the Philippine Automotive transport Sector, 63rd National Convention of the Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers, UP Los Banos, Laguna
• Environmental Management, 3rd Mechanical Engineering Student Conference Don Bosco Technical College, Mandaluyong City
• Life-Cycle Inventory Assessment of Selected Energy Vectors for the Philippine Automotive Transport and Assessment of the Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Compressed and Liquefied Natural Gas with Possibilistic Uncertainty Analysis, 49th Annual Convention of the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers, Manila Midtown Hotel, Manila
• Energy and the Environment, 3rd Food and Beverage Engineering Exposition Manila 2001, SM Megamall Bldg. B Conference Room, Mandaluyong City
• Life Cycle Impact Assessment Using Possibilistic Compromise Programming , 50th Annual Meeting of the Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science, Manila Hotel, Manila
• Air Pollution Control and Management, 23rd Annual Convention of the Philippine Instrumentation and Control Society, Philippine Trade Training Center, Pasay City
• Solar and Wind Energy Applications in the Philippines , 2nd DLSU Science and Technology Congress, William Shaw Little Theater, DLSU, Manila
• Life Cycle Assessment: Electric Vehicles, An Environmental Solution, 47th Annual Convention of the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers, Xavier Sports & Country Club, Cagayan de Oro City
• Air Emissions Monitoring , 22nd Annual Convention of the Philippine Instrumentation and Control Society, Philippine Trade Training Center, Pasay City
• Conducting Undergraduate Student Research , 1st Mechanical Engineering Student Conference, Waldo Perfecto Seminar Room, DLSU, Manila
• Integrating Cleaner Technology in Process Design, 60th Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers National Convention, Ramada Hotel, Manila
• Guidelines and Standards for Engineering Graduate Education in the Philippines, Pambansang Kapulungan ng Asosasyon ng mga Paaralang Panteknolohiyan ng Pilipinas (Philippine Association for Technological Education), Manila Midtown Hotel, Manila
• Designing for the Environment in Manufacturing Industry, 45th Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers Annual National Convention, Manila Midtown Hotel, Manila
• Computational Modeling of Intelligent Knowledge-Based Systems in Process Industry , 1st Philippine Workshop on Computational Science and Engineering, and High Performance Computing, De La Salle University, Manila
• Technology Management , Technical Session of the Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers, Hotel Nikko Manila Garden, Makati City
• Office of the President Students, Assistance Committee , 43rd Regional Seminar on Youth Community Service, St. Louis School of Mandaue, Mandaue City, Cebu
• n, DOE and JICA Seminar on Sustainability Improvement of Renewable Energy Development in Village Electrification in the Philippines, Mandarin Hotel, Makati City
• Orientation on the Revised Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Review Manual of the Environmental Management Bureau, Sulo Hotel, Quezon City
• Research in Aeronautical and Aviation Technology. Research Capability Building for Technical and Science Faculty Members of the Philippine State College of Aeronautics , PhilSCA Main Campus, Pasay City
• Securing Funding for Research, St. Louis University, Baguio City
• Mechanical Design in Soccer Robot System , QOST, Cebu City
• Advanced Computational Tools in Environmental Life Assessment, Ariston Estrada Seminar Room, DLSU, Manila
• Ecolabelling of the Bus Transport Service in the Philippines, EDSA Shangri-La Plaza Hotel, Mandaluyong City
• Engineering Graduate Research. SAGES Engineering Graduate School Forum on Research in Engineering, College of Engineering, DLSU, Manila computational fluid dynamics model for horizontal axis wind turbine (HAW1J) analysis using finite-volume methods, 27th Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (APAMS) and the 2007 International Science and Technology Conference
• Energy Demand Forecast for Road Transport Sector of Metro Manila, 1st International Conference on Power Engineering (ICOPE), Tokyo, Japan
• Multicriteria Rough Set Based Decision Support System for Life Cycle Impact Assessment, 6th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference