Abstract :
As a fellow of the C R B Educational Foundation, Professor Albert Van Hecke, head of the Civil Engineering Department of Lou vain University, is visiting Engineering Foundation and his other friends in the United States. He proposes to spend several weeks in study of recent advances in engineering research and practise in this country, his itinerary including Columbia University, University of Illinois, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University and many others. By invitation he will participate in the celebration of the 175th anniversary of Columbia University; as the guest of Colonel Arthur S. Dwight, a former Trustee of the University, he will attend the alumni dinner.