Elizabeth Hermann, Associate Professor, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), USA, delivered a lecture on 'Materials/Process/Systems' organized by ANGAN, Department of Architecture, BU on July 17, 2003. Dr. Hermann discussed the system of architecture and landscape architecture education at RISD. She presented a graduate student landscape architecture project carried out in Greece. Dr. Hermann also talked about her ongoing research on the effects of flood on slums or low-lying areas of Dhaka city and its probable solutions. Dr. Fuad H Mallick, Chairperson, Department of Architecture, teachers and a large number of the students of the department attended the lecture.