IES is a multi-disciplinary engineering body, founded in Scotland in 1857, that provides a forum in which individuals from all engineering and related disciplines can discuss and exchange information, generate ideas and encourage young engineers. IES works with kindred bodies to promote a wider understanding of the role of the professional engineer in society.
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Opinion
The AMOC tipping point: why Scotland’s engineers must prepare for the ‘Hemispheric Seesaw’
29 April 2026
In engineering circles, the climate conversation is usually framed around one dominant assumption: a steadily warming world. We talk about heatwave resilience, cooling demand, overheating in buildings, and the long-term consequences of rising sea levels. Those risks are real. But new modelling around the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) points to a scenario that appears to defy that logic entirely.
Featured Event
21st May 2026 10:00 am
CeeD - AI for business: how it works
This session provides a clear, jargon-free introduction to the world of artificial intelligence (AI). It’s perfect for those exploring AI for the first time and for anyone who previously attended our AI mini-series and now wants an…
Publication of the Month
Great ships, solitary waves, and solitons
John Mellis
John Scott Russell was one of the foremost naval architects of his time. Born near Glasgow in 1808, he became a noted and popular lecturer, before moving away from academia to focus on industrial engineering. Among his many achievements, two stand out. First, the design and construction of the SS Great Eastern in collaboration with Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Second, the discovery and study of a strange wave phenomenon he acutely observed on the Union Canal near Edinburgh. Scott Russell’s ‘Wave of Translation’, now known as Solitary Waves or solitons, turned out to have significance and application in many fields, including optical telecommunications.
"My overriding satisfaction is with the continuing eco system of microelectronics engineering that has been created in the local community and
Dr David Milne - Co-founder of Scotland's first university spin-out which became a highly successful micro-electronics company / JWD Oct 2024
Scotland more widely."