Upcoming Events
Engineering Scotland - Engineering Climate Conference
15th June 2021 9:30 am
Programme - Day 1, 15th June – Transport
Session 1 – Climate Emergency
RAeS Farnborough Branch Webinar: The ethics and legality of UAV operations
15th June 2021 7:30 pm
Military use of armed UAVs (Unmanned Air Vehicles) is generally accepted, now that military users and lawyers agree that targeting procedures can ensure compliance with international law. Public concerns seem to be turning from UAVs to…
Engineering Scotland - Engineering Climate Conference
16th June 2021 9:30 am
Day 2 – 16 June – Energy
Session 5 – Energy Systems and Advances in Energy Engineering
Session 6 – Hydrogen
Pure Energy talk about the future of Hydrogen Power in the UK.
Session 7 – Energy Industry Insights for…
IChemE - Webinar: An Introduction to Pressure Surge Analysis
16th June 2021 6:30 pm
Whenever the flowrate in a pressurised system changes, transient pressures are generated. In extreme cases these pressures can rupture pipelines or damage fittings. It is therefore important that the transient operation of the system is…
ICE - Geobear - Embracing Innovation in Track Maintenance
17th June 2021 3:00 pm
The maintenance of track is an essential but costly process, which has a huge impact on services and therefore local communities and the local economy, but also potentially incurs costs for train operators.
What can be done to…
ICE - British Antarctic Survey – Rothera Modernisation Virtual Site Visit, online
17th June 2021 6:00 pm
The Thames Valley Graduate, Student and Apprentice committee are travelling slightly further afield for our next virtual site visit… 11,000 km in fact!
The Discovery Building is a new world-class science and operations facility…
IChemE- Webinar: Human Factors - How to Write Better Operating Procedures
18th June 2021 11:30 am
Procedures are an important tool in managing safety critical tasks and in demonstrating how human factors are integrated into operations at high hazard establishments. Procedures are also a vital a vital component of the wider work…
ICE - Consultation on coal tip safety in Wales, webinar
21st June 2021 1:00 pm
This important meeting launches a major engineering consultation into the safety of coal tips in Wales.
Wales’ long history in coal mining and associated industrial relics has meant tip safety requires continuing assessment. The…
Newcomen - The History of the Rolls-Royce RB211 Turbofan Engine
21st June 2021 6:30 pm
In the early 1960’s Rolls-Royce commenced development of the Rolls-Royce RB211-22 three shaft turbofan engine for the Lockheed Tristar. This talk explores the development of the
engine and technical difficulties that subsequently…
IET - Check my pulse! A new building air tightness test recently approved for use under UK Building Regulations
22nd June 2021 6:00 pm
Air leakage in buildings can account for as much as 1/3 of space heating demand, cause drafts and discomfort, and increase exposure to outdoor air pollutants. Yet, despite airtightness improving energy performance, it can result in…
IChemE -Webinar: Hydrogen - Marine and Shipping
23rd June 2021 8:00 am
Hydrogen is a key area of growth within the energy industry. This webinar series aims to raise awareness, and prompt debate, focusing on process safety management as a key area of concern for all projects, particularly when they are in…
IMechE - Decarbonisation in industry
24th June 2021 10:00 am
Industry is currently producing 21% of global greenhouse emissions and therefore it is critical this is addressed in the UK to meet the net zero carbon target in 2050. Engineers are becoming much more aware of the importance of…
IChemE - Webinar: Bitcoin: The Ultimate Energy Arbitrage Play
24th June 2021 6:00 pm
Bitcoin has been accused of “boiling the oceans”, being a waste of energy and an “ecological catastrophe”.
Caryle Sharrock will explain how this is not only false, but how in many ways the opposite is true. Bitcoin has a major…
ICE - Edinburgh North Bridge Refurbishment - Virtual site visit, online
24th June 2021 6:15 pm
Join us as we embark on a virtual site visit for to the Edinburgh North Bridge refurbishment project. The online site visit will take attendees through a presentation of the project history and progress to date with an opportunity to…
IChemE - Webinar: Particle Technologies for CO2 Capture
28th June 2021 1:00 pm
This session is intended to provide a forum to report on the latest advances in fluidisation and particle technologies for clean energy production and carbon capture, particularly those targeting on sustainable production of…
IES - James Watt Dinner 2021
8th October 2021 7:00 pm
We are pleased to announce some early details for our 2021 James Watt Dinner.
Save the date!
The dinner will be held on Friday 8th October in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Argyle Street,…