Dexter S. Lo

Assistant Professor

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Civil Engineering Department

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

• Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, De La Salle University -  Manila
• Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan (Cum Laude)
• Licensed Civil Engineer

SPECIALIZATION/RESEARCH

• Taught courses: Structural Engineering, Earthquake Engineering, Materials Testing Engineering, Research Methods, DRRM, Theory of Structures
• Research topics: Area and Resource Mapping, Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, Climate change adaptation initiatives, Terra Preta Sanitation System for Post Disaster Transitional Communities, Seismic Risk Evaluation of structures, hydrology and water resource engineering

 PUBLICATION

• A Method for Determining the Suitability of Schools as Evacuation Shelters and Aid Distribution Hubs Following Disasters: Case Study from Cagayan de Oro, Philippines (Natural Hazards), Springer Nature, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-020-04380-3
• Resilient communities through safer schools, International journal of disaster risk reduction, 2020, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420919309306?via%3Dihub
• Structural Flood Mitigating Measures in the Bitan-ag Watershed, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, 2017, Philippine National Remote Sensing Conference
• Flood inundation mapping along the proposed dike system of the Cagayan de Oro river: The Sendong scale flood, 2017, International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, https://www.witpress.com/elibrary/sdp-volumes/12/1/1452
  
• Climate Disasters in the Philippines, 2016, Harvard University (as co-author with Benjamin Franta, Hilly Ann Roa-Quiaoit, and Gemma Narisma) (http://www.belfercenter.org/sites/default/files/files/publication/Philippines%20Climate%20Disasters%20-%20final.pdf)

• Community based Information Dissemination and Communication Strategies for Flood Disaster Planning in the Philippines: A Case of Bacolor, Pampanga. Journal of International Development Cooperation Volume 19 No. 3 pp 155-164, 2013 (http://doi.org/10.15027/35047)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCY

• Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department and the Master of Engineering Program, Xavier University
• Founding Director, Xavier University Engineering Resource Center Administrative
• Team Leader, “Web-based Geospatial Risk Database Training Program for Cooperatives”, National Resilience Council with Philippine Equity Foundation
• Co-Proponent, “Geomatics for Disaster Risk Reduction”, European Commission
• National Experts Pool, Science and Technology Track, National Resilience Council
• Team Leader (XU), “OROBEST BRIDGE: Enabling Business Recovery through Innovation in Cagayan de Oro”, Team Leader (XU), “OROBEST BRIDGE: Enabling Business Recovery through Innovation in Cagayan de Oro”
• Member, “Technical Working Group, City Septage and Sewerage Management Plan”, Local Government Unit – Cagayan de Oro City
• Member, “Task Force for Establishment of a Network of Cycling Lanes and Walking Paths in Cagayan de Oro City”, Local Government Unit – Cagayan de Oro City
• Member, Technical Working Group for Ecological Services and Protection Committee”, Local Government Unit – Cagayan de Oro City

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Member, PhilAAST (Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science & Technology)
• Housing Board (Cagayan de Oro City), Local Government Unit of Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines
• National Committee Member, Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness Strategies Task Force, Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers
• Member, Association of Structural Engineers in the Philippines (ASEP)
• Member, Regional Land Use Committee (Region-10), Regional Development Council - 10, Republic of the Philippines
• Structural Designer / Consultant