Editing UP College of Engineering (section)

=== Significant Events ===

Among the other events of significance during the 1962-1964 academic years: (1) the approval of the new graduate courses in various fields of engineering; (2) the approval of the curriculum in Industrial Engineering; (3) the establishment of the Foundry Research Project sponsored by NSDB; (4) the completion and inauguration the Engineering Alumni Center; (5) the start of the construction of the East Wing of the engineering building to house the training Center for Applied Geodesy and Photogrammetry; and (6) the revival of the Engineering Smoker sponsored jointly by the Engineering Association Council and the U.P. Alumni Engineers.

During the 1963 U.P. Alumni Engineers Homecoming, the Engineering Building was named Melchor Hall in honor of the late Col. Alejandro Melchor. He was an engineering alumnus, former member of the engineering faculty and the U.P. Board of Regents, Secretary of National Defense in the Philippine Cabinet in exile during World War II, and a researcher whose studies on pontoon bridges contributed significantly in winning the war for the Allied Forces. Dedication Ceremonies were held and a plaque was unveiled at the portico of the edifice with President Romulo as guest speaker and the family of Alejandro Melchor present.

In the 1964 homecoming, the cornerstone of the U.P. Alumni Engineers building - a project funded by contributions from engineering alumni and friends - was laid at the corner of Magsaysay Avenue and Galicano Apacible Street in Diliman. Also, the portrait of Alejandro Melchor was unveiled at the Engineering Alumni Center. The Fourth Engineering conference was held at the same day of the Alumni homecoming.

The first month of 1965 saw the inauguration of the Training Center for Applied Geodesy and Photogrammetry. Construction of the East Wing of the Melchor Hall had been completed which house thereafter the TCAGP and the Department of Geodetic Engineering. Funds for the Center were provided for by the Department of Agrarian Reform in as much as most of its activities would be mapping by photogrammetry of lands under the agrarian reform program of the government. On February 27 of that year, former Dean C.A. Ortigas died of heart failure while he was in Iloilo City. During the Alumni Engineers Homecoming in May, Regent H.R. Reyes was presented a special award for outstanding service in the promotion of engineering education and President C. P. Romulo was presented a special plaque. In June, the curriculum in Industrial engineering was implemented under the auspices of the department of mechanical engineering. One of the significant activities of the year was the involvement of the engineering faculty in the ad hoc group known as the Office of Campus Planning for drafting the overall design of the campus utilities: building locations and zoning, infrastructure works, water and electric utilities, drainage, landscaping and campus beautification. Professor Alfredo L. Juinio headed the office.