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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WIP - Site Visit & Walking Tour – The Avenues, Glasgow
13th May 2026 12:44 pm -
CABE - Basic Structural Design for Non-Structural Engineers
14th May 2026 9:30 am
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
14th May 2026 7:00 pm
IMechE - Clansman Dynamics’ Fast Acting Forge Robot; Learning under pressure!
In the Summer of 2020 Chris and his colleagues found themselves in a situation they had never previously experienced. They had built a machine which didn’t perform in they expected it to. Where had they gone wrong?
With the project…
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.
