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lxxxii Annual Report of the Delegacy tree whose knowledge on the water resources of Britain has been particularly valuable to us In May 1974 Dr Illston was awarded £27 000 to support an investiga- tion into environmental effects on concrete and concrete structures For this he will be using new equipment for thermal analysis of cement pastes in conjunction with mechanical tests for shrinkage thermal movement and creep During the year there were seminars and discussions in the Depart- ment from Dr Palmer of the University of Cambridge from Dr Pender of the Ministry of Works New Zealand and Mr Spooner of the Cement and Concrete Association DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Departmental Notes With the appointment of three members of staff and the retirement of another the session ended with an unaccustomed influx of new faces Mr Platt Senior Lecturer responsible for heavy current teaching retired after twenty-seven years at King's following period at Manchester At reception held at the end of the Summer Term Professor Turner expressed the gratitude of the Department for his many past services and wished him happy and satisfying retirement Dr Reilly joined the Department as Lecturer in April 1974 from the Institute of Psychiatry London University Denmark Hill His experience in medical electronics and digital electronics will be especially valuable in the developing emphasis on computer engineering and applications Dr Bergman Chief Engineer of Ultra Electronics Ltd and Dr Tollyfield doctoral research student in the Depart- ment of Electronics University of Kent were appointed as lecturers and will join the Department at the start of the new session The title of Professor of Physical Electronics was conferred upon Dr Lindsay Reader in the Department since 1970 and Mr Boffwas promoted to Senior Lecturer Professor Lindsay served on the Organising Committee of the International Conference on Gas Discharges in London September 1974 as representative of the and continued to administer the Sc course in Industrial Electronic Systems run jointly with Chelsea College new undergraduate course Computer Systems and Electronics