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Annual Report of the Delegacy xcv treated sand in the study of seepage problems using models is an interest- ing technique which was also developed Problems of plane elasticity in rectangular domains are being studied and the instability of large reticulated dome has been examined general theory of cyclically symmetric frames was published The research work in the department attracted many visitors from overseas for the discussion of problems of common interest Dr Verruijt of the University of Delft spent the month of May in the College Professor Dr Hahamovic of the University of Sarajevo during brief visit to London for discussions and lectures was based on the College Further interesting visitors were Professor Campbell- Allen of the University of Sydney Messrs Bender and Coram of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Tennessee and Professor Mattock of the University of Washington Seattle Professor de Josselin de Jong of the University of Delft who has been appointed Visiting Pro- fessor in Civil Engineering was frequent visitor to the department The undergraduate course concentrates on the scientific background to Civil Engineering and to give students some insight into its practice few lectures have been invited from and willingly given by out- standing practising engineers The College is grateful to these leaders of the profession for their interest and support New regulations of the University of London permit student of suitable calibre working extra-murally in an approved research estab- lishment to read internally for higher degree under the supervision of teacher of the University The department is operating this scheme in the case of two students and the preliminary indications are good The Sc course in Civil Engineering has now completed its first year and the results are encouraging It is believed that this post- graduate course is unique in that it is broadly based and not confined to one specialism Professor Η Rose attended meeting of the working party on Comminution of the European Federation for Chemical Engineers held in Italy in April Dr Lyn delivered invited lectures to the Research and Engin- eering Division Cummins Engine Company Columbus Indiana to the Oxford University Department of Engineering Science and to the British Section of the Combustion Institute at their Spring colloquium at the Thornton Research Centre Chester Emeritus Professor Schweitzer of the Pennsylvania State