SIP 2026 — Road Infrastructure Management

Philippines Team — De La Salle University

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🇵🇭 Philippines Team — De La Salle University

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Two civil-engineering academics from De La Salle University (DLSU), Manila — both strong in sustainable materials, concrete technology, and NDT/AI, with direct Japan and Thailand ties. The most “research-forward” of the collaborator teams and natural conversation partners for you.

Prof. Jason Maximino Co Ongpeng

Profile (confirmed)

Full Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, DLSU. JSPS RONPAKU PhD (Tokyo Institute of Technology, under Prof. Hirose). Licensed civil engineer; President of Ongpeng-Santos Construction Corp.

  • Research: structural engineering, concrete & construction technology, AI/ML in construction, digital twins for bridge monitoring, sustainable/circular materials.
  • Recent work: systematic review of bamboo as a building material (2023, highly cited); life-cycle assessment of concrete using copper-slag cement substitute; digital-twin bridge risk management.
  • Hooks for you: he bridges AI + structural health monitoring + sustainability — overlaps your AI and digital-twin interests; Tokyo-Tech PhD = shared Japan academic network.
  • Find: Google Scholar · ResearchGate

Assoc./Asst. Prof. Daniel Nichol Valerio

Profile (confirmed)

Faculty, Dept. of Civil Engineering, DLSU (workshop lists “Associate Prof.”; DLSU profile lists Assistant Professor — confirm in person). MEng Civil Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand (2014); PhD in progress at DLSU.

  • Research: material science, concrete technology, bamboo / fiber-reinforced concrete, waste utilization, NDT of materials (e.g., predicting bamboo properties non-destructively).
  • Recent work (2025): mechanical properties of treated Philippine Bambusa blumeana; non-destructive prediction of bamboo culm properties.
  • Hooks for you: ⭐ studied in Thailand (Chulalongkorn) — an instant rapport point; works in NDT, which overlaps the 7/22 session.
  • Find: DLSU faculty profile

Country context — road maintenance in the Philippines

  • Lead agency: DPWH (Department of Public Works and Highways) — national + regional roads/bridges.
  • 2026 priorities: major rehabilitation of the Maharlika Highway (the country’s longest, 4+ decades old), EDSA repairs, several key bridges; repair/maintenance elevated to a top agency priority.
  • Challenges: aging networks; flood-control infrastructure quality (subject of 2025 audits); unfinished projects; typhoon/flood exposure.

Institution note

DLSU Civil Engineering is research-active (structural & materials labs; software like MIDAS, ETABS, SAP2000) with ASEAN–Japan collaboration — context for why their team leans academic/material-science.

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