Manuel "Bong" M. Muhi (born December 22, 1966) is a

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and educator who is the incumbent

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of the

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. He was appointed by the university Board of Regents in accordance with the provisions of the Republic Act 8292, otherwise known as the Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997.

Biography

Early years and education

Manuel Muhi graduated in

in 1988 and became licensed

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on succeeding year, he acquired Masters in Transportation and Road Engineering from the International Institute for Infrastructural with a concentration in Transportation Engineering, Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering in Technical University of Delft (2000), The Netherlands. Later on he entered in Research Scientist Exchange Program of the Tokyo Institute of Technology from June to September, 2001 afterwards he acquired a Doctoral degree in Technology from

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in 2008. Muhi was awarded with Executive Doctorate in Education Leadership by the Development Academy of the Philippines. His expertise are widely acknowledge in Philippines and International; also registered

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Engineer. He is also Fellow of the Royal Institute of Engineers in Singapore, an Advisory Council member of

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. Published several research papers, articles and technical developments through a range of papers and conferences One of them is "Rail Transit Accessibility of Metro Manila" for the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science - DOST International Symposium on Environmental Engineering and the 5th Regional Symposium on Infrastructure Development in Civil Engineering; another is "Effects of Temperature Changes in Steel Box Girder Bridge" for the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Bulletin on Environmental Engineering; and a third is "Evaluation of Urban Road Carbon Monoxide Dispersion" as part of the Technical Proceedings of the 5th International Conference in Civil Engineering.

Academe

From 1996 to 2004, Muhi presided over PUP's Department of Civil Engineering. From 2006 until 2012, he served as the College of Engineering's Dean. From 2012 to 2015, he was the PUP's Vice President for Research, Extension, Planning, and Development. He has been the Vice President for Academic Affairs at PUP since December 2015, and from 2018 to 2019, he also held the position of Executive Vice President.

References

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