NIP REPORT January 2006- May 2007 - The UP College of Science ...

Dr. Zenaida Domingo opted for early retirement on May 2007. She was a faculty of the then
Department of Physics and NIP for a combined total of 30 years. Dr. Domingo was instrumental in
setting up what was then the Liquid Crystal Group at NIP. During her time as coordinator of the
laboratory she supervised the thesis of several MS and BS students.
Our faculty members also provided their expertise to assist other academic institutions. Dr.
Saloma was appointed Dean of the College of Science for the period June 1 2006 to May 31 2009. Dr,
Ramos was appointed Director of Project Management and Resource Generation Office, Office of the
Vice Chancellor for Research and Development ,while Dr. Daria continued to serve as Coordinator of the
Computational Science Research Center. Dr. Sarmago was the head of the Physics Division of NRCP, Dr.
Soriano was the president of SPP in 2006 and for 2007 the 1st and 2 nd vice presidents of SPP were Dr.
Esguerra and Dr. Daria respectively.
As of May 2006 the faculty roster included 6 Professors, 8 Associate Professors, 11 assistant
professors and approximately 28 instructors. 10 faculty members had tenure during this period. The NIP
has only 36 faculty items assigned to it and rely on its department savings to supplement the salaries of
its faculty.
Infrastructure and Facilities Developments:
Construction activities at the NIP Building continued during this period. Airconditioners, network
for internet connections and wireless routers were installed at the Research Wing of the NIP Building.
Corrections to the electrical wiring were also pursued. The construction of the shell structure of the
Seminar Wing was finally bidded out last January 2007 .The winning company, Lucky Star Construction
and Trading Company started mobilization work last May 2007. The UP Systems has allotted P40 M to
fund this work and an additional P20 M was put up, P10 M each coming from UP Systems and UP
Diliman, to cover for the cost for the architectural finishing. The seminar wing is designed to have seven
large lecture rooms with a combined seating capacity of nearly 1000. In the future this wing will be the
venue for all the physics service courses that the Institute offers. The wing is expected to be completed by
October 2008.
The NIP was fortunate to merit the generous support of Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago in the
construction of the NIP Seminar Wing. In 2006 a special allotment release order from the Senator’s
PDAF amounting to P5M was issued to help defray the cost of construction of the NIP complex. The
money was used in the construction of the walkway connecting the NIP research and seminar wing and
the work was done by the DPWH. Another P5 M was released in January 2007 and will be used in
setting up a small NIP Annex that will house the transformer, generator and liquid nitrogen plant of the
Institute.
On December 2006, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo issued EO 583 for the creation of the
National Science Complex of which the NIP will be an integral part of. A total of P145M was allotted for
the completion the NIP Building Complex and this will include the construction of Administration and
Lecture Wings. The NIP administration worked closely with Architect Nakpil to finalize the plans for
these two wings. Expected start of the construction is by the end of this year.
Future plans of NIP.
Last May 2007 the NIP held a two day workshop to assess the previous activities of NIP and to
plan for the future. For the past several years NIP’s vision was to be one of the best Physics Departments
in the ASEAN region. During the workshop the performance of the research laboratories were assessed
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