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Dr. Maria Cecilia R. Paringit

Associate Professor

Educational Background

Doctor of Engineering in Mechanical and Environmental Informatics
Tokyo Institute of Technology

Dr. Maria Cecilia Rubio Paringit is an associate full-time faculty member of the civil engineering department, belonging to the Transportation specialization, at De La Salle University-Manila. She has conducted lectures to various audiences including graduate and college students, engineering and real estate professional organizations, Regional Developmental Council of Davao Region, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute and local government staffs. Her wide range of topic lectured and research conducted includes: surveying and mapping, GIS for various applications, environment, urban and regional planning, ecology, disaster management and transportation. She is a licensed geodetic engineer, environmental planner, real estate broker and appraiser.

She was recognized as the Most Outstanding Geodetic Engineer in Academe given by the Board of Governors of the Geodetic Engineers of the Philippines, Inc., during the 47th Annual National Directorate Meeting and Convention on June 3, 2022, and by the Board of the Geodetic Engineers of the Philippines, Inc.-National Capital Region, during the 32nd Annual Regional Convention on May 20, 2022.

She obtained her Doctor of Engineering degree in Mechanical and Environmental Informatics from the Tokyo Institute of Technology where she conducted a doctoral research on socio environmental informatics for coastal ecosystem monitoring and management.

She took her Master’s degree in Urban Planning from the School of Urban and Regional
Planning, University of the Philippines with thesis entitled “”Multi- agent-based modelling to
Coastal Zone Planning and Management: a case study of Ormoc City.”” In the same university, she obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Geodetic Engineering.

Research Interest