PROMENTILLA, MICHAEL ANGELO B.

Michael Angelo B. Promentilla is a Full Professor of Chemical Engineering at De La Salle University (DLSU). His research interests vary from a wide spectrum of application of decision modeling and risk analysis to environmental and energy systems, as well as, to the design and characterization of sustainable engineering materials. Dr. Promentilla received his BS in chemical engineering (cum laude) and MS in chemical engineering from University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB) and Diliman (UPD), respectively. He received his doctorate degree in socio-environmental engineering with a Monbukagakusho scholarship from Hokkaido University, Japan for developing a multi-criteria decision making technique in contaminated sites management. He was also awarded for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship and research grant at Hokkaido University by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) to conduct study on the application of X-ray microtomography to characterize the microstructure of cement-based materials. Results of his research activities and accomplishments are published in peer-reviewed and ISI-listed journals, and are also presented in both local and international conferences, workshops, and symposia. He currently has more than 15 publications in Scopus with an h-index of 6. His recent work has also been recognized as being among the most highly cited papers in Cement and Concrete Research since 2009 (Elsevier). He was also recognized as one of the Outstanding Young Scientists of 2013 in the field of socio-environmental engineering by the Philippine National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST). He is also the recipient of multiple scientific awards from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Japan Concrete Institute (JCI)