GRANTS Office People

DR. JONATHAN C. MAGLASANG

Dr. Jonathan Maglasang is a University Director and a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cebu Technological University (CTU). As the University Director for University Grants Administration, Dr. Maglasang assists the University Vice-President for Research, Development, and Extension (VP-RDE), Dr. Adrian P. Ybañez , in rationalizing the processing and implementation of grants and financial support for research and development in CTU. He is also engaged in promoting CTU as a national and international research collaborating center. Before joining CTU in August 2019, Dr. Maglasang was a faculty member since 1994, with various designations and functions, of the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) in Iligan City.

Dr. Maglasang has advised and mentored several undergraduates, master’s, and doctoral students in their research work. He is a research collaborator for local and foreign-funded research projects. He obtained his MS and Ph.D. (Engineering) degrees in Aeronautics & Astronautics (Aerospace Engineering) from Kyushu University, Japan in 2004 and 2007, respectively, and his BS Mechanical Engineering degree from MSU-IIT in 1994.

His interests include performance enhancements of wind, gas, and hydraulic turbines; high-density renewable energy systems for small island communities; aerial, terrain, and underwater robotics; flapping, rotary, and fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); wing-in-surface effect (WISE) vehicles for rapid and efficient inter-island transportation; indigenous and hybrid rocket propulsion systems; data acquisition systems and instrumentations; biomimetics; and other applied aeronautics and astronautics.

He loves fishing, farming, 3d-printing, mental/thought experiments, and unconventional designing. He establishes his own Design, Research, Engineering, Analysis, and Manufacturing Laboratory (DREAM Lab) at home with his kids as his research assistants and lab rats.