Faculty Profile – Chemical Engineering

Joseph Auresenia
Full Professor
Process Simulation and Control, Process Integration, Process Systems Engineering, Computer-Sided Process Engineering, Environmental Engineering (Biological Waste Water Treatment), Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanotechnology and Nuclear Engineering

Kathleen B. Aviso
Full Professor
Process Systems Engineering, Life Cycle Assessment, Process Integration, Machine Learning for Sustainability Applications, Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, Negative Emissions Technologie

Lawrence P. Belo
Full Professor
Pollution Remediation, Environmental Engineering, Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies, Clean Coal Technologies

Arnel B. Beltran
Full Professor
Membrane Fabrication and Membrane Processes, Water and Wastewater treatment, Electrolysis and Disinfection, Pervaporative Recovery of Biobiotanol, Gas Separation, Lithium Recovery, Waste Utilization, Material Development, P-graph, Acid mine Drainage Treatment, Legacy Mine Rehabilitation

Gian Paolo O. Bernardo
Associate Professor
Heterogeneous Catalysis, Carbon Nanotubes, Methane Reforming, Density Functional Theory, Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Nonlinear Time-Series Forecasting

Vergel C. Bungay
Associate Professor
Gasification, Reactor Modeling, Solution Thermodynamics

Angelo Earvin Sy Choi
Associate Professor
Adsorption, Oxidation, Desulfurization, Response Surface Methodology, Fuzzy Optimization, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Homogenous Granulation, Solidification/Stabilization, Biofuels, Biotechnology, `Reaction Kinetics, Thermodynamics

Nathaniel P. Dugos
Full Professor
Tissue Engineering, Carbon Capture Technology, Energy Engineering, Solution Thermodynamics

Rhoda B. Leron
Candidate Faculty Program
Membrane Fabrication and Functionalization, Membrane Filtration, Amine Gas Absorption, Carbon Dioxide Capture, Deep Eutectic Solvents

Cynthia Fabian-Madrazo
Associate Professor
Biomass Utilization, Bioactive Compounds and Biofuels Production

Aileen Huelgas-Orbecido
Full Professor
Wastewater Treatment and Management (Sewage, Acid Mine Drainage), Carbon
Sequestration via Mineralization

Joseph R. Ortenero
Associate Professor
Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies, Fuel Cell, Green Hydrogen Production, Electrocoagulation, Battery Technologies, Redox Flow Battery, Supercapacitors, Carbon Dioxide Reduction, Electrodeposition, Electrochemical Synthesis, Corrosion and Passivation, Modeling of DCFC, Antioxidant Properties of Fruit Wines

Carla Mae J. Pausta
Candidate Faculty Program
Environmental Engineering, Life Cycle Assessment, Sustainability, Resource Recovery from Wastewater

Michael Angelo B. Promentilla
Full Professor
Geopolymer Technology and Alkali-Activated Cementitious Materials, Waste Valorization, Cleaner Production and Circular Economy, Data-to-Decision Analytics, and Risk Engineering and Design for Sustainability

Allan N. Soriano
Full Professor
Mathematical Modelling and Process Simulations of Chemical and Environmental Engineering Processes; and Statistical and Thermodynamic Analysis of Industrial Systems.
Property Measurement and Correlation Development of Specialty Chemicals such as (i) Desiccant Mixed Solvent Systems like Aqueous Glycols with Salt, (ii) Biological Buffer like TRIS and TAPS, (iii) Desmearing Solutions for PCB, (iv) Etchant Solutions for Texturization of Monocrystalline Silicon Wafer for Solar Cells, and (v) Pharmaceutically Active Compounds, Including Antibiotics, Loperamide, Vitamin C, Ibuprofen, and Naproxen.
Carbon Dioxide Absorption Using Various Absorbents (such as Alkanolamines, Ionic Liquids, Deep Eutectic Solvents, and Amino Acids): Measurement of Properties (Thermophysical, Kinetics, and Transport) and Development of Correlations (Mathematical and Theoretical Models).

Raymond R. Tan
Distinguished Full Professor
Process Integration, Process Systems Engineering, Computer-aided Process Engineering, Carbon Management

John Frederick D. Tapia
Associate Professor
Process Systems Engineering; Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage; Low Carbon Technologies; Neutrosophic Sets; Fuzzy Sets; Mathematical Programming; Optimization

Dennis N. Yu
Academic Service Faculty
Biomaterials, Ecotoxicology

Christian Jay P. Balboa
Lecturer
Solution Thermodynamics, Water Quality Assessment

Josephine Q. Borja
Assistant Professional Lecturer
Environmental Engineering, Photocatalysis, Biochemical engineering and biotechnology

Wilheliza A. Baraoidan
Assistant Professional Lecturer
Environmental Engineering, Engineering Mathematics

Christina D. Cayamanda
Lecturer
I-O modeling, Mixed-integer Linear Programming, Circular Economy, Sustainability, LCA

Cary Albert D. Chan
Lecturer
Biotechnology, Bioprocess Engineering, Environmental Engineering

Robert E. Delfin
Lecturer
Material Science, and Environmental Engineering

Ithan Jessemar R. Dollente
Lecturer
Geopolymer Technology and Alkali-Activated Cementitious Materials, Life Cycle Analysis, and Computerized Computational Chemistry

Peniel Jean A. Gildo
Lecturer
Carbon Capture Technologies, Desulfurization, Advanced Oxidation Processes, Enhanced Extraction Processes, Biomaterials Development, Tissue Engineering, Drug Delivery Systems

Rainier G. Gomez
Lecturer
Decision Analysis and Optimization of Environmental Systems

Tosha Mae S. Manalastas
Lecturer
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Extracellular Matrix Scaffolds, Biomaterials Development, Wound Healing, Drug Delivery, Natural Products Research, and Additive Manufacturing

Jesus Patrick E. Nuqui
Lecturer
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Mathematical Modelling, Machine Learning Algorithms, Mass Transfer

Denvert C. Pangayao
Assistant Professorial Lecturer
Chemical and Hazardous Waste Management, Environmental Engineering and Management, Bioleaching, Waste Utilization

Luis F. Razon
Full Professorial Lecturer
Chemical Reactor Engineering, Stability and Dynamics; Food Processing; Nitrogen Fixation;
Electric Vehicles; Life-cycle Assessment

Susan A. Roces
Lecturer
Biodiesel Production, Waste to Energy Technology

Nonito John Tatel
Lecturer
Green Energy, Biomass Conversion, Reaction Kinetics, Microalgal Biomass, Biofuels

Marylou M. Uy
Assistant Professional Lecturer
Microwave Extraction of Oils from Natural Products; Biological Treatment of Odorous Gases