Aristotle T. Ubando, Ph.D.

Dr. Aristotle T. Ubando is a Full Professor and Research Fellow of the Mechanical Engineering Department at De La Salle University (DLSU), Manila, Philippines. He is a recipient of the Fulbright Philippine Agriculture Scholarship Program for Doctoral Dissertation Award at the University of Arizona and Texas A&M University in 2013 to 2014. He was bestowed by the National Academy of Science and Technology the 2016 Outstanding Young Scientists Award in the field of Mechanical Engineering on his work on the design of algal systems and biorefineries. He was recognized by the Thomson and Reuters and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) as one of The Philippines Promising Stars for 2016 Award for his contribution in research and publication. One of the published works of Dr. Ubando for his doctoral dissertation entitled “Fuzzy mixed-integer linear programming model for optimizing a multi-functional bioenergy system with biochar production for negative carbon emissions” has bestowed the 2016 Republica National Award for Engineering, Mathematics, and Information Technology category. In June 2016, he was recognized by the Webometrics based on Google Scholar Citation as one of the top 500 scientists and researcher in the Philippines. He was also selected as one of the 2017 Asian Scientist 100 by the Asian Scientists Magazine for his contribution in the sustainability field. His research interests are the optimization of energy systems, life-cycle assessment, and processing of algal biofuels and bio-products. He has published more than 70 Scopus-indexed papers in the field of environmental and energy engineering with an h-index of 10. He led multiple international funded projects in improving the algae industry in the Philippines. He has 5-years of industry experience as a process development engineer at Intel Technology Philippines.