FEU Institute of Technology,also referred to as FEU Tech,is a private,non-sectarian,coeducational higher education institution in Sampaloc,Manila,Philippines. It offers courses in the fields of Engineering and Computer Studies. Established in 1992 as East Asia Computer Center,Inc.(EACCI),an educational partnership of Asia Pacific Computer Technology Center,Intelligent Wave Inc.,and Far Eastern University.
Science and technology in the Philippines describes scientific and technological progress made by the Philippines and analyses related policy issues. The main agency responsible for managing science and technology (S&T) is the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). There are also sectoral councils for Forestry,Agriculture and Aquaculture,the Metal Industry,Nuclear Research,Food and Nutrition,Health,Meteorology,Volcanology and Seismology.
The University of the Philippines DilimanCollege of Engineering is a degree-granting unit of the University of the Philippines Diliman specializing in chemical,civil,computer,electrical,electronic,geodetic,industrial,materials,mechanical,metallurgical,and mining engineering.
The National Institute of Physics (NIP) was established in 1983 by Presidential Executive Order No. 889 which transformed the Department of Physics of the College of Arts and Sciences into one of the seven research and academic institutes of the University of the Philippines Diliman - College of Science.
The space program of the Philippines is currently maintained by the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) together with various agencies under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). The space program includes space research and development,and is funded through the National SPACE Development Program (NSDP) by the DOST and received an initial budget of ₱1 billion in 2020.
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) is the national space agency of the Philippines.
Diwata-1 also known as PHL-Microsat-1 was a Philippine microsatellite launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on March 23,2016,and was deployed into orbit from the ISS on April 27,2016. It was the first Philippine microsatellite and the first satellite built and designed by Filipinos. It was followed by Diwata-2,launched in 2018.
Alfredo Mahar Francisco Amante Lagmay is a Filipino geologist. He is executive director of Project NOAH and a professor at the National Institute of Geological Sciences of the University of the Philippines Diliman.
The Philippine Earth Data Resource and Observation Center,also known as the PEDRO Center is an organization tasked in operating satellite ground stations.
Fortunato "Boy" Tanseco de la Peña is a Filipino engineer and professor who served as the Secretary of Science and Technology in the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte from 2016 to 2022. Before he assumed leadership of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST),he was the Undersecretary for Scientific and Technological Services from 2001 to 2014. Except for his brief retirement from 2014 to 2016,he has been with the department since 1982.
Diwata-2 or Diwata-2B is a Philippine microsatellite launched on October 29,2018. It is the first satellite launched under the STAMINA4Space program.
The Philippine Scientific Earth Observation Microsatellite (PHL-Microsat) was a satellite program carried by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) of the Philippines in cooperation with the Tohoku and Hokkaido University of Japan.
Maya-1 was a Filipino nanosatellite. It was developed under the Philippine Scientific Earth Observation Microsatellite program (PHL-Microsat) and was jointly implemented by the University of the Philippines and the Department of Science and Technology as part of the Kyushu Institute of Technology-led multinational second Joint Global Multi-nations Birds Satellite (Birds-2). Maya-1 was the first nanosatellite of the Philippines.
The Philippine government has commenced a project to develop a locally designed and manufactured Automated Guideway Transit System (AGTS) through its Department of Science and Technology (DOST). Two prototype lines has been set up by the DOST,one within the University of the Philippines Diliman campus and another in Bicutan in Taguig.
The Space Technology and Applications Mastery,Innovation and Advancement is a space technology program by the Philippine government. It is considered as the successor program to the Philippine Scientific Earth Observation Microsatellite (PHL-Microsat) program,a cooperation between the Philippine government and Japanese universities to develop microsatellites. The program is funded under the Department of Science and Technology.
The University Laboratory for Small Satellites and Space Engineering Systems (abbreviated and stylized as ULyS3ES) is a space research complex of two buildings.
Maya-2 was a Filipino nanosatellite. It succeeded Maya-1,the first Filipino nanosatellite,which was deorbited in November 2020.
The Multispectral Unit for Land Assessment (MULA) is a planned Filipino satellite dedicated in Earth observation and remote sensing. Upon completion it will become the largest satellite made by Filipinos.
Gay Jane P. Perez is a Filipino physicist and environmental scientist whose research involves satellite observation of environmental conditions,and the applications of that data in agricultural planning. She is a professor in the Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology at the University of the Philippines Diliman,and Deputy Director General of the Philippine Space Agency.
