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Hi! I'm Ken, an Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) since January 2021, where I teach junior and senior BS civil engineering students the following courses:

• Structural Analysis I and II
  
• Analysis and Design of Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete
  
• Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
• Construction Materials and Testing
• Civil Engineering Project Integration

I earned my Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering at UPLB in 2016, during which I studied the role of seawater on the corrosion behavior of mild steels embedded in concrete cylinders. I've spent a brief time working as a corporate engineer at Cumberland Development Corporation in 2017, and later applied to the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Tokyo Metropolitan University (Japan) as a research student through the MEXT scholarship, where I served mainly as laboratory assistant to BS and MS students. Eventually, I finished my master's degree in Civil Engineering from the same institution last 2020.

During my stint at TMU, I worked with Prof. Atsushi Ueno (TMU) and Prof. Tomoko Fukuyama (Ritsumeikan University, Shiga Campus) to investigate the resistance of low nickel- and chromium-added weathering steels to corrosive and alkaline conditions.

I have been involved in the development of course materials for reinforced and prestressed concrete design as well as construction materials and testing of the BSCE 4-year curriculum in our department; an active member of various committees involved in organizing or facilitating technical conferences, workshops, and internship programs; and an early-career researcher. Aside from teaching, I have so far directly supervised eight undergraduate students, with more than 10 on-going thesis-enrolled students on topics related to Structural, Materials, and Construction Engineering.

I plan to pursue a doctorate degree in civil engineering to continue my interest on the material behavior and performance of concrete and its derivatives.

My Works

• Benito, E. K. D., Aragoncillo, A. M. M., Morales, K. A., Catindig, L. V., & Madlangbayan, M. S. (2023). Investigation on the surface hardness and durability-related properties of concrete containing coconut shell as partial substitute to coarse aggregates. World Journal of Engineering (advanced online publication). https://doi.org/10.1108/WJE-07-2023-0247
  

• Benito, E. K. D., Aragoncillo, A. M. M., Pascua, F. A. A., Juanites, J. M., Eneria, M. A., Zafra, R. G., & Madlangbayan, M. S. Durability performance of concrete containing recycled coarse aggregates derived from laboratory-tested samples. World Journal of Engineering (advanced online publication). https://doi.org/10.1108/WJE-02-2023-0033
  

• Tintero, D. L., Benito, E. K. D., Maunahan, H. S., & Madlangbayan, M. S. Development of predictive models to estimate the residual flexural strength of corroded reinforced concrete beams based on rectangular compressive stress block. Journal of Engineering Research, 11 (1), 100005. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jer.2023.100005
  

• Benito, E. K. D.,Ueno, A., & Fukuyama, T. (2022). Current state of knowledge on bare high-Nickel type weathering steel towards the application as concrete reinforcement. Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology, 20 (4), 313-327. https://doi.org/10.3151/jact.20.313.
  

• Benito, E. K. D., Ueno, A., & Fukuyama, T. (2021). Behavior of high-nickel type weathering steel bars in simulated pore solution and mortar under chloride-containing environment. Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology, 19 (5), 370-381. https://doi.org/10.3151/jact.19.370.
  

• Benito, E. K., Madlangbayan, M. S., Tabucal, N. M. S., Sundo, M. B., & Velasco, P. P. (2017). Corrosion damage measurement on reinforced concrete by impressed voltage technique and gravimetric method. International Journal of GEOMATE, 13 (39), 198-205. https://doi.org/10.21660/2017.39.65526
  

• Villarosa, J. A., Benito, E. K. D., Madlangbayan, M. S., & Dolores, A. J. S. (2023, Feb. 23-24). Improved performance of concrete hollow blocks (CHB) containing ceramic waste aggregates [Oral paper]. 2nd International Conference on Engineering and Agro-industrial Technology (iCEAT2023): Online.
  

• Pascua, F. A. A., Madlangbayan, M. S., Benito, E. K. D., & Aragoncillo, A. M. M. (2023, Feb. 23-24). Electrical resistivity of concrete with varying percent replacement of recycled concrete as coarse aggregates [Oral Paper]. 2nd International Conference on Engineering and Agro-industrial Technology (iCEAT2023): Online.
  

• Fajardo, A. C. A., Eneria, M. A., Reaño, R. L., Benito, E. K. D., & Cruz, A. C. (2022, Feb. 23-24). Cradle-to-grave life-cycle assessment of a pedestrian bridge in University of the Philippines-Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines [Oral and poster]. International Conference on Engineering and Agro-industrial Technology (iCEAT2022): Online.
  

• Benito, E. K. D., Ueno, A., & Fukuyama, T. (2021). Basic study on corrosion progression in high-nickel weathering steel by simulated liquid test. Proceedings of the Japan Concrete Institute, 41(1), 689-694.
  

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Hitachi Seaside Park, Ibaraki

(Apr∙06∙2019)

Sapporo TV Tower, Hokkaido (Jul∙11∙2019)

Graduating Class of 2020 from TMU Concrete Laboratory, before the worldwide lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic (Mar∙21∙2020)