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A RECENT benefaction from the Cement Makers' Federation has enabled the Imperial College, with the approval of the University of London, to institute in its City and Guilds College a new chair of concrete technology. It may not be possible to appoint a professor until after the termination of war with Germany. The chair will be instituted in the first instance for ten years, and will be attached to the existing Department of Civil Engineering. The duties of the professor will be to provide advanced instruction in the principles and technological application of reinforced concrete, to conduct research in his subject, and to consult with industry regarding the practical experience which it will give to students in training. In order to establish the necessary contact with industry, an advisory committee is contemplated, with appropriate representation of interested bodies, which will report to the governing body of the College. At the end of the ten-year period it will review the working of the scheme and advise as to its continuation or termination. A noteworthy feature of the scheme, which might well be followed as a model in future planning of training for technology, is an arrangement, sponsored by a number of building and civil engineering contractors, whereby bursaries will be made available to students devoting one or two years (after a preliminary study of the basic sciences) to intensive study of concrete technology. It has been agreed that industry looks for graduates broadly trained in the fundamental sciences, but with specialized knowledge superimposed; and that its willingness to provide such bursaries is the best assurance that can be given of its intention to absorb men who have thus committed themselves to a specialized course of training.
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Professorship of Concrete Technology at the Imperial College, London. Nature 154, 456 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154456b0
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