About Joshua….

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Educational Background

2017-2021

National Graduate School of Engineering, University of the Philippines-Diliman

Post-Graduate Studies: MS in Civil Engineering (Structural)

Thesis Title: Site-specific Evaluation of Hazard and Exposure of Typhoons in the Philippines Using Tropical Cyclone Modeling and Large Eddy Simulation

Status: Graduated last July 23, 2021

2011-2015

College of Engineering, University of the Philippines-Diliman

Degree Took: BS Civil Engineering (GWA: 2.3)

May 1-2, 2016 Civil Engineering Board Exam Passer (Grade: 79.3%)

Status: Graduated last January 11, 2016

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2010-2011

College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines-Diliman

Degree Took: BA Political Science

Status: Shifted to BS Civil Engineering on April 2011

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2008-2010

Infant Jesus Colleges Cavite

Valedictorian of Batch 2010

Philippine Senate Gold Medal Awardee

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo – Academic Excellence and Leadership Award

2010 Batch Valedictorian

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2007-2008

Las Piñas East National High School

Top 2 – Section 1

Vice President – Yes-O school chapter

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2006-2007

Infant Jesus Colleges Cavite

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2003-2006

Infant Jesus Colleges Cavite  (Elementary)

Valedictorian – Batch 2006

2006 Batch Valedictorian

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2000-2003

Infant Jesus Montessori Center  (Elementary)

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Relevant Course Work

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2014-2015

Estimating Typhoon Haiyan’s Wind Speeds Using Windicators (Undergraduate Thesis)

The study estimated Typhoon Haiyan’s maximum sustained wind speeds through forensic structural analysis on Windicators, or simple structures of interest whose analysis of failure will lead to the computation of the magnitude, direction and time of the winds induced on the structure.

Presented on:

• Final Presentations, Undergraduate Research Project, UP Institute of Civil Engineering, June 1, 2015
• Undergraduate Project Competition, UP College of Engineering, June 6-11, 2015
• 2015 Asia-Pacific Rim Universities Multi-hazard Symposium, October 10, 2015

Asia Pacific Rim Universities Research Symposium

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2015-present

Estimating Typhoon Haiyan’s Wind Speeds Using Windicators and Post-Storm Wind Vulnerability Analysis on the Affected Areas

Presented on: Sustainable Built Environment (SBE) 2016 Manila Conference, July 13-15, 2016

• Won “Best Paper” Award

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2015-2016

Failure Modes and Simulation of Monopoles subjected to Severe Wind Loading (As Thesis Adviser)

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2016

Estimating the wind speeds of Typhoon Haiyan using Windicators and Aerodynamic Modification of Gable Roof for Low-Rise Building to Reduce Wind Demand

Presented on: 8th International Colloquium on Bluff Body Aerodynamics and Applications on Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA at June 7-11, 2016.

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2016-present

Developing the Updated Wind Vulnerability and Design Wind Speed Maps for the Philippine Archipelago. (another ongoing voluntary research)

PAGASA – Guiuan Synoptic Station

2016-2017

Estimating the Wind Speeds of Typhoon Haima (Lawin) Using Windicators (as research advisor)

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2017

International Approaches to Tornado Damage and Intensity Classification (Contributed with tornado data)

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2017

Development of Retrofit Methods on Existing One-Storey, Three-Classroom School Buildings Against Severe Wind Loads (as research advisor)

2018

Investigation of the Effectiveness of A Pagoda Roof Aerodynamic Modification for A 1-Storey School Building To Reduce Wind Demand With Economic Consideration (as research advisor)

2018

Hazard Analysis and Mapping of Typhoons in the Philippines Using Forensic Analysis and Tropical Cyclone Modelling

Presented on: 8th Regional Symposium on Infrastructure Development in Civil Engineering on the UP Institute of Civil Engineering at October 25, 2018.

2019

Structural Investigation of Roof and Ground-Mounted Solar Panels Using Large Eddy Simulation in OpenFOAM (as co-researcher)

2019

Development of Rapid Visual Forensic Wind-Deduction Tool On Structures in the Philippines For Tropical Cyclone Winds (as co-researcher)

2020

Forensic Wind Analysis on Typhoon Rolly

Presented on: 2020 ERDT National Conference. December 8, 2020.

2021

Site-specific Evaluation of Hazard and Exposure of Typhoons in the Philippines Using Tropical Cyclone Modeling and Large Eddy Simulation

Oral Defense: June 29, 2021

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Affiliations

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2014

Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers Student Chapter

Member–Participated in inter-school competitions as representative of the Institute of Civil Engineering

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2012-2015

UP Pool Club

Founding President- Devised and participated in activities that aim to promote the sport within the campus.

2015 Rosacena Memorial Cup

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2013-2015

UP Duckpin Bowlers Club

Tournament Director- Devised tournaments for the organization. Also one of the representatives of the organization in the National Tournaments on Duckpin Bowling

2014 National Youth Championships

President – Youth Division

UPDBC – Youth Banner

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2014-2015

UP Student’s Circle of Duckpin Bowlers

Founding Member- Led the foundation of the student organization that aimed to promote the sport of duckpin bowling.

2021

Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers

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Other Data

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Skills                    

Capable of using programming tools such as C, C++, Microsoft VBA, Matlab, and HTML.

Utilized a variety of software such as MS Office, Autocad, Google SketchUp, EPANET, Quantum GIS, ANSYS and MASTAN.

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Awards Received

Best Paper – Sustainable Built Environment 2016 Manila Conference – 2016

Champion – Are You Smarter Than A Geog Major? Geography Quiz Bee – 2015

Best in Research Implementation – Structural Engineering Group – Institute of Civil Engineering – 2015

Champion – Roger Kabigting Cup – Doubles – 2015

1^st Runner-up – UPDBC Monthly Tournament – 2014

Champion – UPDBC Summer Inter-color Tournament – 2014

1st Runner-up – UPDBC Midyear Inter-color Tournament – 2014

Semi-finalist – 2014 PHIDBC National Youth Championships – 2014

3^rd Runner-up – UPDBC Inter-unit Bowling Tournament – C – 2013

Champion  –  UP Pool Championship – 2013, 2014

Champion –  UP Sem-ender Pool Tournament – 2012, 2014

1^st Runner-up – UP Sem-ender Pool Tournament – 2013

Champion – Science Quiz Bee – School Division – 2010

Champion –  World History Quiz Bee – School Division – 2009

Champion – Chess Competition – School Division – 2009

Champion – Philippine History Quiz Bee – School Division – LPENHS – 2007

Champion – Science Quiz Bee – School Division – 2007

Champion – Philippine History Quiz Bee – School Division – IJCC – 2007

Champion – TLE Quiz Bee – Las Piñas City Division – 2007

Champion – Philippine History Quiz Bee – School Division – 2006

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Writings

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Books

• Eminencio Magnifico
• Cuentos de la Muerte
• Society
• My Ideal Constitution
• Impresiones of Antonio Luna in Filipino

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 Essays

• Indolence of the Filipinos in the 21st Century (Eminencio Magnifico)
• Nationalism – Agitator
• Why is the Issue of Charter Change Still Alive in the Philippines? (Pol Sci 11)
• The Capsule and The Trade of Rights (Soc Sci 2)
• Filipino Politics (Pol Sci 14)
• Wika Sa Pagdaan Ni Bagyong Yolanda (Fil 40)
• Pagkatapos ng bagyo (CE 199 Report)
• Keeping Things In Order (Eminencio Magnifico)
• Filipino Citizen (Eminencio Magnifico)
• The Church and The State (Eminencio Magnifico)
• Bayaning 3rd World : Rizal’s Retraction Controversy (PI 100)
• Pagturing Sa Mga Bakla Sa Awitin Ni Michael V. (Pan Pil 19)

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Bio:

A sad monologue. That might be a fitting description to represent the author of this blog, who has just woken up from recurring nightmares of death which were reflections from the sea troubles that he couldn’t avert his eyes from — a moral consequence of the knowledge that he accumulated since the days that he was a child prodigy when he was immersed with books of knowledge — and he had to take on as his mission into achieving the nobility of the mind — a quest that takes emotional toll on others and on himself as he had beeb gradually sacrificing the remainder of his understanding of human emotions in order to operate on logic and reason alone so that he can further his search on thought.

People say that ignorance is bliss for it spares them from the burden of moral responsibility that was associated with the knowledge that broke the barrier of personal realm of prejudices, preconceived notions, and vanity, revealing the sad realities of life riddled with poverty, inequity, and injustice, which led the author into joining the arduous patriotic apostolate of envisioning a better life, not only for himself, but for the people that he thinks that needed him, which entails participation in the advancement on the frontier of knowledge through research, especially at his specialization in engineering where he is already a licensed civil engineer, service as the vanguard against attempts on distortion and misleading conformism, and education of succeeding generations.

That resolution of his takes roots from aristocrats like George Mallory, who believes that the struggle to reach higher realms is mankind’s lifetime mission — where there is no other way but up and forward — and T. H. Pardo de Tavera who believes in responsible elitism where honest and unrelenting servitude to the masses is the natural consequence of the elevation to the elite. That resolution develops into a noblesse oblige — an obligation in order to find his value.

That background of his takes roots on his childhood days, where his maternal grandfather used to tour him around the vast lands bordering Magalang, Pampanga and Concepcion, Tarlac owned by his clan who were one of the founding families of Murcia (now Concepcion). He was the firstborn grandson of his maternal grandfather who also belongs to a huge political clan that produced vice governors, municipal mayors barangay captains, and city councilors.

He was pampered immensely at the early days of his youth. However, that status of his was counter-balanced with a burden of responsibility. He was once pressured to take up law, but he turned down that pressure as he decided to become an engineer instead.

He inherited his vast skill set and expertise on the arts and the sports from his paternal grandfather, who was an army veteran and one of the top clerks serving the hacienderos in Negros Occidental and whose prowess on billiards, board games, and linguistics were well-known even to the hacienderos themselves.

His parents, meanwhile, to remedy the shortage of bonding time due to work, had him immersed on tons of books, from volumes of almanacs and encyclopedias, full-blown editions of big dictionaries like Webster, up to portfolios of news clippings throughout the 20th century. That culminated into him becoming a child prodigy. However, such status solicited envy and he was treated as a social outcast. He tried relinquishing that status in order to fit into relating with the people of his age, joining them in activities like fishing, farming, hiking, gaming. He was encouraged again in academics by his school principal when she discovered his genius intellect. That culminated into him getting into the top university of the archipelago, the University of the Philippines – Diliman by passing the UPCAT even without reviewing, a habit which he extended up to his board exams.

During his days in the university, he founded organizations, taught people on the sport that he promoted, and conducted award-winning researches.

For inquiries and questions(on which I will answer)

Contact Details:
Email: jcagar@up.edu.ph (Response time: 1 day to 1 week)
Cellphone No: 09228154622
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