Issue 29
23 July - 27 August 1996
STAFF NEWSPAPER OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE
In brief
Boathouse gets go ahead
Planning permission for the development and expansion of the College boathouse at Putney was given the go ahead at the second hearing of the local borough planning committee on 1 July. The amended proposal, prepared by the Estates Division and architects Troughton McAslan, was approved by a 12:2 majority.
Elected fellow
Stephen Richardson, professor of chemical engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology, has been elected to fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He has made major contributions to fundamental and engineering fluid mechanics, to polymer processing system development and to offshore safety. He has solved many engineering problems involving complex fluids (particularly in the polymers area) and has been extensively involved in offshore safety, being a key witness at the Piper Alpha inquiry. He has a unique ability to apply fundamental and deep physical principles to the solution of engineering problems.
Beit fire
Smoke and heat damage was caused to the laboratory of Professor Mustafa Djamgoz after overheating fridges caused a fire in the Department of Biology during the early hours of Monday morning. Fortunately smoke detectors raised the alarm and prevented the fire spreading.
RPMS dean
Nick Wright, professor of histopathology at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, has been appointed dean of the School from 1 October, on the retirement of Sir Colin Dollery. Nick Wright holds the position of vice principal (research) at the Imperial College School of Medicine.
Honorary degree
Emeritus Professor Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson, Department of Chemistry, has received a honorary degree from the University of Oxford.
DSc (Eng)
Dr Michael Lockett has been awarded a DSc (Eng) of the University of London for work in the field of distillation.
(c) Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, 1996
Last Revised: 23 July 1996