Past Events
IET - Battery Powered Trains with Fast Charging
14th June 2021 7:30 pm
This talk follows on from Pete Mason’s presentation in January 2020 in which he looked at the challenges of replacing diesel engines with batteries and electric motors.
With the choice of Lithium-Ion battery made, and some…
IChemE - Webinar: Hydrogen - Systems Approach, Hazards & Production
10th 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…
ICE - G&S Webinar on MiC System in Hong Kong – Design & Construction Considerations
9th June 2021 2:00 pm
Recently, an interesting “building block” construction method has emerged in the construction industry in Hong Kong. Similar to building LEGO blocks, the “Modular Integrated Construction” (MiC) method employs freestanding volumetric…
IChemE - Webinar: Underground Hot Air Finds a Use
8th June 2021 5:00 pm
This session will cover the recent developments in heat recovery from deep underground line ventilation shafts.
The Mayor of London has set ambitious aims for the city to become a zero carbon city by 2050. One of the major…
ICE - Blue-Green Infrastructure: the theory and practice – North East, East Midlands and beyond, webinar
4th June 2021 1:00 pm
Blue-green infrastructure provides many benefits, from climate change adaptation and mitigation to health and wellbeing and biodiversity.
At the fourth and final webinar in the Blue-Green Infrastructure series, ICE East Midlands…
ICE - Glasgow Queen Street Station Redevelopment - Virtual site visit, online
3rd June 2021 6:15 pm
Join us as we embark on a virtual site visit for to the Glasgow Queen Street redevelopment project. The online site visit will take attendees through a presentation of the project history and progress to date with an opportunity to see…
FSB- Preparing to bid within the public sector
2nd June 2021 11:00 am
Event details
We will include a brief look at these stages of the process:
- How to navigate a competition including how Frameworks work.
- Reading a specification,…
HES - Inform Friday: An Introduction to Traditional Windows
28th May 2021 12:00 pm
Join us on Facebook and YouTube live for our the last in our #InformFriday spring series. Historic Environment Scotland experts Lila Angelaka and Roger Curtis talk about traditional buildings, tackling different topics each month,…
IChemE - Webinar: Steam Quality
27th May 2021 6:00 pm
The different steam conditions and typical applications; feedwater and its’ impact on steam quality, understanding the differences between steam quality and steam purity, design considerations and their impact on steam quality. …
IRSE - "Measurement Systems and Machine Learning" - First presidential series lecture
27th May 2021 6:00 pm
The railway requires constant measurement and monitoring, with 20,000 miles of track and associated signalling equipment in the UK this is a substantial task. With increased capacity demands, a drive to reduce red zone working and…
RAeS - Virtual Trenchard Lecture: Torn Curtain - How Bomber Command Pioneered Electronic Warfare
27th May 2021 6:00 pm
This Virtual Lecture will be broadcast live at 6.00pm on Thursday 27 May and will be followed by a Q&A. This lecture is free of charge however we do ask that you pre-book a free ticket as seats are limited.
Thirty years ago…
IMarEST - WEBINAR: Decarbonisation and Alternative Fuelled Ships
27th May 2021 5:30 pm
The International Maritime Organisation has set the initial IMO GHG strategy to reduce the GHG emission by at least 50% by 2050 compared to 2008. Complete decarbonisation or zero emission of GHG is the final target. A series of…
AFBE - The maths that can stop an AI apocalypse
27th May 2021 5:00 pm
How do you prevent an AI from taking over the world? In this talk, Dr. Nira Chamberlain discusses how mathematics is providing crucial answers. Mathematical modeling is the most creative side of applied mathematics which itself connects…
ICE - National seismic hazard maps for the UK: 2020 update, webinar
26th May 2021 6:00 pm
The British Geological Survey published the 2020 national seismic hazard maps for the UK in November 2020 to update the previous maps published in 2007. The work was partly funded by the Institution of Civil Engineers and the…
ICE - Value of GIS in large and small scale projects’ online
26th May 2021 5:00 pm
At Arcadis we use GIS on projects to build up a detailed picture of a scheme and enable a collaborative and efficient collection, sharing, integration and visualisation of data to the project team via interactive maps. This can lead to…
IET - Sticky Floors, Broken Lifts and Social Mobility
26th May 2021 3:00 pm
This webinar will help people to understand:
- Conceptions and indicators of social mobility
- Why social mobility matters for engineers and engineering
- The current state of social mobility in OECD nations: the…
FSB - Credibility & Accreditation
25th May 2021 11:00 am
In this Masterclass we will look at basic credibility, past experience and financial standing and how best to showcase this in the public sector
We will include a look across some sectors, including central government at some…
IChemE - Packaging and Plastics - A Future View
25th May 2021 8:00 am
In this webinar we will hear from three speakers on the hot topic of plastics and packaging. Each speaker will discuss the specific challenges for their industry sector including the environmental or climate impacts. They will outline…
IChemE - Webinar: Packaging and Plastics - A Future View
25th May 2021 8:00 am
In this webinar we will hear from three speakers on the hot topic of plastics and packaging. Each speaker will discuss the specific challenges for their industry sector including the environmental or climate impacts. They will outline…
Engineering Scotland - The Road Ahead Innovation Lecture 2021
24th May 2021 6:00 pm
A Better Future Quicker: Scottish Power Renewables and the Race to Net Zero
Delivering clean, green electricity to homes and businesses is the key objective of ScottishPower Renewables, under the direction of CEO Lindsay McQuade, appointed in February 2018. Lindsay is responsible for ScottishPower Renewables’…
ICE - Composites for Hydraulic Structures (WG191), online
24th May 2021 4:30 pm
An overview of fibre reinforced polymer composite materials, a materials group that is used for diverse applications from the demanding performance of satellites to more mundane everyday structures such as sheet pile…
IStructE - A9 Dualling: Luncarty to Pass of Birnam project
21st May 2021 6:00 pm
This £96m project, part of the A9 Dualling programme, involves the construction of 9.5km of new dual-carriageway, four new overbridges, the widening of an existing underbridge and a new side road bridge. This investment is expected to…
ICE - The Edinburgh Trams To Newhaven Project
20th May 2021 6:00 pm
The Edinburgh Trams to Newhaven Project is a continuation of the existing Edinburgh Tramway Network, which runs from Edinburgh Airport to York Place. The continuation runs from York Place, down Leith Walk and then into Newhaven via…
ICE - CERN's HL-LHC Project
20th May 2021 6:00 pm
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, enables international collaboration in the field of high-energy particle physics. CERN designs, builds and operates particle accelerators and the associated experimental areas, which…
IStructE - Sustainable Bamboo Housing
19th May 2021 6:00 pm
The development of a vernacular-improved affordable, sustainable, and seismically-resilient bamboo housing technology for Latin America and beyond.
Arup has been developing a form of ‘vernacular-improved construction’ for…
The Hammermen of Glasgow - The Saracen Foundry
19th May 2021 6:00 pm
The Hammermen Talks
The Saracen Foundry of Walter Macfarlane and Co were the most prolific and important architectural ironfounders in the world. From humble origins, three successive generations of the family served as Deacons of the Hammermen and were…
IMechE - Optimising Structural Integrity seminar
18th May 2021 10:00 am
The seminar will have a balance of practical and theoretical applications, supported by case studies from those working across different engineering sectors. Presentations will address asset management strategies when considering the…
IET - Spinal cord gateways to reverse paralysis
17th May 2021 11:00 am
Winner of the 2020 IET A F Harvey Engineering Research Prize, Professor Gregoire Courtine will speak about his prior research in the field of medical engineering and how the prize funding will be used to further his…
RAEng - Engineering in the climate emergency: how can technology work towards a just transition?
13th May 2021 5:30 pm
Reaching net zero carbon emissions will mean a managed transformation of society. Depending on how they are used, zero-emission technologies, economics and behaviours could worsen or improve issues like poverty, accessibility, health…
RSE - Engineering in the climate emergency
13th May 2021 5:30 pm
How can technology work towards a just transition? A joint discussion with the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Royal Academy of Engineering.
Reaching net-zero carbon emissions will mean a managed transformation of society.…
RAeS - Sharpening the Claws of the Wildcat!
13th May 2021 5:00 pm
Mr Lee Evans will be discussing the Concept, design and testing of the Wildcat helicopter’s new winged weapon carrier and payloads. Lee will present a case study highlighting the complexity of designing, testing and certifying a new…
ICE-Unlocking the Severn: Delivering complex environmental construction projects on UK rivers
13th May 2021 1:00 pm
Join ICE Hereford and Worcester (H&W) Branch for a presentation on the largest single fish passage project in Europe.
The ‘Unlocking the Severn’ project, currently nearing completion on the rivers Severn and Teme in…
RAeS - The Fresson Story
12th May 2021 7:30 pm
The Trustees of the Fresson Trust will tell the story of Captain Ernest Edmund Fresson OBE (1891 - 1963), aviation pioneer, World War I pilot and founder of Highland Airways in 1933.
ICE - Design and construction of the Boston Barrier scheme
12th May 2021 1:00 pm
Join the ICE East Midlands North Nottingham North Derbyshire (NNND) Branch for a presentation on the design and construction of the Boston Barrier scheme – a flagship National Priority Project for the Environment Agency, that aims to…
IET - Electromagnetic fields - Risks to human health and control measures
11th May 2021 7:00 pm
This talk will initially provide an update on the current research and legislation regarding the risks of electromagnetic fields on human health.
It will then showcase the risk management process followed by the railways, and…
Newcomen- A G Michell (1870 – 1959) – inventor of the Tilting Pad Thrust Bearing
11th May 2021 6:30 pm
The tilting pad thrust bearing revolutionised ship propulsion – without it, modern shipping would not be possible. It remains one of the greatest inventions in lubrication science.
This talk reveals the story of Michell’s…
RAEng - Structural power and multifunctional structural materials
11th May 2021 12:00 pm
The first in the series of ‘Technical briefings’ will see Professor Emile Greenhalgh, Professor of Composite Materials at Imperial College London and a Chair in Emerging Technologies, talk about his work in structural power…
Scottish Engineering - COVID-19 “The new normal” part 2
11th May 2021 9:30 am
Lindsey Miller, our Legal & HR Support Manager will head up this webinar, which aims to expand on the breakfast briefing presented by Kevin Duffy on 7th April to update on COVID-related issues relevant to employers. These will…
RSE - Science for Rural Recovery and Resilience
10th May 2021 2:11 pm
As a planet, we are currently dealing with unprecedented twin crises – the Covid-19 pandemic and the global climate emergency.
In terms of the climate emergency, Scotland’s Net-Zero by 2045 target will require…
IMechE - “Acoustofluidic: The Applications of MHz Acoustic Waves”
8th May 2021 10:00 am
Microfluidic has becoming increasing important field in the last decade due to its ability for downward scalability, reduced sample and reagent volumes, and enhanced interfacial effects,
for wide-ranging applications such as…
Scottish Engineering - Exploring Leadership
7th May 2021 8:30 am
“Management vs Leadership”… “Are Leaders born or made?” These are age-old debates with many books written on the subject.
Kathleen’s experience has shown that the journey to senior leader starts from an area of…
IMarEST - Heavy Lifting for Marine Professionals, webinar
6th May 2021 7:00 pm
IMarEST - Heavy Lifting for Marine Professionals, webinar
However, as marine professionals, we must understand, interact with and supervise heavy lift contractors, stevedores and others in cargo loading. This presentation intends…
IChemE - Alarm Management – An Enabler for Improving Uptime and Safety for Offshore Facilities
6th May 2021 12:00 pm
This Webinar will provide a brief introduction into Alarm management and will discuss the following:
- Applicable standards
- Alarm Management Life cycle
- Purpose of the Alarm Philosophy
- Alarm System…
AFBE- Round table discussion : The difference between Innocence and Ignorance
5th May 2021 5:00 pm
AFBE-UK brings to you another exciting round table forum providing a unique opportunity to hear the views of working professionals from different industries. The event will provide the delegate audience with an opportunity to explore…
ICE - Shaping Zero: Decarbonising Rail
5th May 2021 1:00 pm
Rail is one of the most efficient modes of transport, moving high volumes of people into city centres and transporting people and freight over long distances.
With passenger demand expected to increase by more than half, it is…
Engineers Ireland - Almonte Viaduct
5th May 2021 1:00 pm
The Viaduct over River Almonte is a unique structure included in the new high-speed rail line heading from Madrid to Lisbon. This infrastructure, crosses over River Almonte, in Cáceres (Spain), through a large superior deck concrete…
IET - Aspects of The European Spallation Source
4th May 2021 6:30 pm
The European Spallation Source is being built at Lund in Sweden at an estimated cost in excess of 1.6 billion Euros. It will use a linear accelerator to accelerate protons into a tungsten target to create the most powerful spallation…
WES - An Overview of Offshore Structures by Tania Fernandez
4th May 2021 6:00 pm
This is one of a series of virtual events hosted by the WES London Cluster taking via Teams between 6-6:30pm
Scottish Engineering - The Path to Net-Zero Session 2
4th May 2021 8:30 am
Scottish Engineering is delighted to announce the first of our Net-Zero Skills Support virtual events, aimed at supporting SMEs to ensure that they are ready to play a role in Scotland’s green recovery.
Our introductory sessions…
IChemE- Hydrogen Talk
29th April 2021 5:45 pm
A talk to provide an overview of hydrogen technology relevant to process engineers as well as a general projects overview for the UK industry.
This presentation will provide a review of the backdrop to the UK’s commitment to Net…
IMechE - Very Light Rail and its Relevance to Low Cost Railways
29th April 2021 5:25 pm
Description: The presentation will introduce Very Light Rail as an approach to reducing the cost of rail-based public transport systems, with potential applications on branch lines of the national rail network, as well as in urban towns…
AFBE - Managing asset performance and infrastructure on Scotland Largest Flexible Thermal Power Plant
29th April 2021 5:00 pm
This talk provides an insight into leading a multi-disciplinary engineering team at Peterhead Power Station; 1180W thermal power plant in North Scotland.
The presentation focuses on the following in sequential…
HES - Climate Change and the Historic Environment
29th April 2021 2:00 pm
As a lead public body, HES has a key role to play in addressing the Climate Emergency.
Join Dr Mairi Davies from our Climate Change Team as she discusses how the historic environment can both adapt to the changing climate and…
IOR - Small bespoke cold stores - options for the future
28th April 2021 7:00 pm
The IOR’s RACHP Engineering Technicians section is a subscription service for those who want to be kept up to date with good practice guides, news and other technical information for technicians, service engineers and…
ICE - Climate Change and NetZero– what are YOU going to do?
28th April 2021 12:00 pm
Come along for the 3rd of our three sessions on the role we – as engineers and individuals - can all play around Climate Change and working towards Net Zero.
Kevin Smith (Angus Council) and Dr Rebecca Wade (Abertay…
ICE- Disruption – What is it and how to demonstrate it?
27th April 2021 6:00 pm
Where construction works slow down, there is a loss of productivity. Does that loss of productivity mean incurring a cost?
Join the ICE France Local Association and Quantum Global Solutions for a…
IMechE - Steam and Heat Exchange
27th April 2021 12:00 pm
Due to the success of a series of CPD presentations that we ran between November & March on the topic of “steam”, we have decided to run the events again as lunchtime sessions for those that find this time of day more accessible.…
Scottish Engineering - The Path to Net-Zero Session 1
27th April 2021 8:30 am
Scottish Engineering is delighted to announce the first of our Net-Zero Skills Support virtual events, aimed at supporting SMEs to ensure that they are ready to play a role in Scotland’s green recovery.
Our introductory sessions…
IET - Quantum Communication and Quantum Networks
26th April 2021 7:00 pm
When you send a message online, it stays secure because we use difficult mathematical problems to encrypt the data. But difficult does not mean impossible, so computers powerful enough can read all secure data transmitted over the…
IET -Cyber Security Hygiene - Don't wash your Hands of it
26th April 2021 7:00 pm
With the word ‘unprecedented’ being coined at seemingly every juncture, the security landscape is no different and has changed considerably for every business and organisation. The risk has changed forms and is now even more reliant on…
RINA - Feasibility Analysis and concept design of Ro-Ro and Ro-Pax Ferry
26th April 2021 6:00 pm
Feasibility Analysis and Concept Design of a RO-RO and RO-PAX Ferry
IMechE - A panel discussion with Primary Engineer & guests
26th April 2021 12:00 pm
A panel discussion and Q&A with Dr Susan Scurlock CEO and Founder of Primary Engineer, Sarah Haslam – Chief Program Engineer, EU Engine Apps Programs, Ford, Lydia Fairman – Lead Capability and Development Manager, Network Rail and…
HES - Inform Friday: An Introduction to Traditional Roofs
23rd April 2021 3:00 pm
Join us on Facebook and YouTube live for #InformFriday. Historic Environment Scotland experts Lila Angelaka and Roger Curtis will be talking all about traditional buildings, tackling different topics each month and always ready to…
IMarEST- Subsea Mining Technologies and Developments, webinar
22nd April 2021 5:00 pm
IMarEST- Subsea Mining Technologies and Developments, webinar
The history of subsea mining will be outlined with respect to the minerals extracted, depths achieved, and technologies employed, before concentrating on offshore…
RSE - Following the Science: How are data and evidence used and communicated?
22nd April 2021 1:00 pm
The RSE Post-Covid-19 Futures Commission’s Data, Evidence and Science Working Group is examining the lessons that can be learned from…
IChemE- BAT Guidance for Post Combustion Carbon Capture
21st April 2021 10:30 am
The UK has committed to net zero CO2 by 2050, and one of the key technologies to deliver this is carbon capture and storage. The Environment Agency has been working with Sheffield University on BAT guidance for Post Combustion Capture…
IOR Annual Conference - The Journey to Net Zero Heating and Cooling - Beyond Refrigeration 2021
21st April 2021 9:00 am
Overview
Join us for the first IOR online Annual Conference. An event that will be accessible to all. The programme will be packed with case studies that demonstrate how the refrigeration air conditioning and heat pump sector is…
IOR Annual Conference
21st April 2021 9:00 am
The Journey to Net-Zero Heating & Cooling – Beyond Refrigeration 2021 – 21 to 22 April 2021
The first IOR online Annual Conference will feature a programme packed with case studies that demonstrate how the…
IET - Hobby Electronics - Raspberry Pi and Arduino
20th April 2021 7:30 pm
- A presentation by Vance Briggs which is an introduction to hobby electronics. In his talk, Vance will outline the hardware and software tools available to the hobbyist. He will give you suggestions on how to get started and some…
IES - online lecture - Why Civil Society Needs Engineers - The MacMillan Lecture
20th April 2021 6:30 pm
Why Civil Society Needs Engineers - especially Naval Architects, Marine & Ocean Engineers!
Mr Peter Noble, President and Principal Advisor, Noble Associates Inc.
As can be deduced from the title of his presentation Peter has a passion for promoting a better understanding of how engineering…
Newcomen- Learning Through Archaeology: The INVICTA Locomotive Project
20th April 2021 6:30 pm
INVICTA was manufactured at the Newcastle works of Robert Stephenson & Co. just a few months after ROCKET. With similar component features, it was made for operating the
Whitstable end of the Canterbury & Whitstable…
ICE - Designing infrastructure for an evolving seabed, online
20th April 2021 6:15 pm
Offshore infrastructure is an essential element of our energy system and our communication networks. This infrastructure rests on a seabed that evolves with time – due to environmental processes, and due to the action of the…
WES- A deep dive into Smart Grids by Carolina Escudero
20th April 2021 6:00 pm
This is one of a series of virtual events hosted by the WES London Cluster taking via Teams between 6-6:30pm.
WES Virtual Annual Conference - 20 & 21 April 2021
20th April 2021 9:00 am
Registration is now open for the next WES Virtual Annual Conference: Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 April 2021
Our overarching conference theme this year is ‘Serving Society’. This extraordinary…
IOR - Small bespoke cold stores – options for the future
19th April 2021 6:25 pm
The IOR’s RACHP Engineering Technicians section is organising a Q&A Webinar on refrigerant options for small bespoke cold rooms on Wednesday 28th April at 7 pm. This will be a discussion session with short introductions…
ICE - Designing a zero carbon world: Digital technology & construction
19th April 2021 1:00 pm
As the construction industry comes to realise the need to reduce carbon across all building sectors, Harbinder Birdi, Partner, Infrastructure Sector Lead, Hawkins\Brown, will explain how the practice is meeting the challenge to deliver…
IOR -The future of refrigerants with a GWP of less than 150
15th April 2021 4:00 pm
IOR -The future of refrigerants with a GWP of less than 150
Join this free webinar where a panel of experts will discuss the future of these refrigerant. They will explore which ultra-low GWP refrigerants they believe will be…
IOM3 - Low Carbon Heat Recovery, focussing on heat-from-wastewater applications
14th April 2021 6:00 pm
The Scottish Water Group has a commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2040. The Low Carbon Energy Team within the company are responsible for developing multi-disciplinary energy projects to meet this commitment. Since 2015 the team…
ICE - Post Covid - The new world: How the pandemic has affected behaviour, webinar
14th April 2021 1:00 pm
This webinar is an exploration into how the Covid pandemic has influenced human behaviour and how this can be used as a positive change in society.
There are measurable improvements in the air quality and nature, people have the…
IET - Powering a low carbon future with direct current technology
13th April 2021 7:00 pm
We see rapid growth in renewable energy. High voltage direct current (HVDC) systems enable power to integrate renewables, transfer long distances, to connect grids. HVDC cable systems provide vital connection and HVDC converters utilise…
IET - The development of battery powered electric vehicles
8th April 2021 6:00 pm
This presentation will be given by Dr. James Mason BSc(Hons) MBA MPhil PhD CEng FIET SMIEEE.
It will describe the historical development of battery powered electric vehicles for road transportation. It will provide a technical…
CIBSE - Achieving Net Zero in Existing Buildings
1st April 2021 1:00 pm
CIBSE - Achieving Net Zero in Existing Buildings
ECD Architects director Alistair Cameron will discuss these challenges, and through review of current ECD projects, explore how these challenges can be…
AMB - How Green Hydrogen will drive the Offshore Energy Transition
31st March 2021 6:30 pm
Madadh MacLaine will present a case study for Green Hydrogen production. Identifying the decarbonisation opportunities for the North Sea Short Sea Shipping Sector and the potential upside for the existing oil and gas supply…
ICE - Seismological, structural and geotechnical aspects of the 2020 Samos (Aegean Sea) earthquake, webinar
31st March 2021 6:00 pm
The 30 October 2020 M7.0 Samos (Kuşadasi Gulf, Izmir) earthquake reportedly caused two fatalities and 19 minor injuries at Samos Island, while in Western Turkey, the effects of the event were more severe, with 115 fatalities, over 1,030…
ICE - Top tips for job seekers
31st March 2021 12:30 pm
There is no denying the fact that the coronavirus pandemic has changed the landscape of the job market. This webinar aims to provide you with some top tips for getting noticed when applying for a new role.
During this webinar,…
EI - Hydrogen production – How safe is it?
31st March 2021 12:15 pm
Hydrogen production – How safe is it?
The safety of hydrogen not only in production but in its use is subject to much discussion.
With the green industrial revolution underway and gaining momentum, there…
IEA-COP26 Net Zero Summit
31st March 2021 12:00 pm
Ministers from countries representing the vast majority of global GDP, energy use and greenhouse gas emissions will take part in the IEA-COP26 Net Zero Summit on Wednesday 31 March. The Summit will be an virtual roundtable, bringing…
IChemE - Basics of Air Pollution Control, webinar
30th March 2021 5:00 pm
IChemE - Basics of Air Pollution Control, webinar
The webinar is aimed at any one who may be connected with corporate environmental responsibility, in particular with air pollution. It is generally aimed at people with an…
Scottish Engineering - Brexit – “Keep it simple” Webinar with Alegrant
30th March 2021 9:00 am
Complexities of the post-Brexit trading environment are creating confusion amongst businesses so, in this webinar, we’ll keep it simple. Catherine Truel of advisory company
RAeS - Aviation's Future, Known Unknowns, black swans and their signets, Sir Brian Burridge
25th March 2021 7:30 pm
Quite sensibly, the 2017 version of the National Risk Register placed pandemic influenza as having the highest severity of impact and the near highest likelihood of occurring in the next five years. Yet the severity of COVID-19 was…
IET - Heat pumps : a no-brainer
25th March 2021 7:30 pm
This Webinar will cover the positive effects of large scale uptake of air source heat pumps. The session will look at macro and micro impacts and drill down to examples of individual operational and capital costs of an air source heat…
ICE - Sustainability in the rail industry, online
25th March 2021 5:30 pm
Rail infrastructure-related carbon emissions are largely generated through ‘embodied carbon’ which represents the energy required to extract, transport and process raw materials, and manufacture them into products used to build,…
IET - Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines: a new look at the history of women in engineering
25th March 2021 5:00 pm
In this IET webinar, author Henrietta Heald talks about her fascinating book, Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines, which looks at the pioneering women who guided and influenced the Women’s Engineering Society…
IChemE - What Does the Future Look Like for the Oil & Gas and Energy Sector – The Energy Transition, webinar
25th March 2021 12:00 pm
IChemE - What Does the Future Look Like for the Oil & Gas and Energy Sector – The Energy Transition, webinar
This presentation considers the future of the oil and gas industry from two perspectives.
The first half…
IMarEST - The Impact of COVID-19 on the Maritime Industry
24th March 2021 6:30 pm
IMarEST - The Impact of COVID-19 on the Maritime Industry
The speaker will highlight the issues which have been impacted due to COVID-19. Some of the issues are known, some are anticipated. However, the speaker will take a short…
IStructE - BHS Princes Street development
23rd March 2021 6:00 pm
64 Princes Street was designed and built as a flagship retail store for one of the foremost retailers of its day in the late 1960’s, British Home Stores.
This presentation will cover the design challenges of transforming it into…
ICE - Mass Timber in the Circular Economy: Paradigm in Practice? Webinar
22nd March 2021 5:30 pm
Mass timber products like cross-laminated timber (CLT) have increased in popularity in the past decades stimulating an interest understanding the whole life cycle assessment of wood-based products compared to other construction…
IET - Energy efficiency of Particle Accelerators
22nd March 2021 1:30 pm
Particle accelerators use up huge amounts of electricity, with CERN currently using 10% of the electricity in the Geneva region. The designers of next generation machines need to be more responsible and look to reduce the amount of…
IMechE - An introduction to cavitation phenomenon in centrifugal pumps
22nd March 2021 12:00 pm
Cavitation is one of the leading causes of premature centrifugal pump failure which manifests itself as excessive noise and vibration, performance deterioration and eventually seal, bearing and impeller damage.
Therefore, a…
IET - Managing 5G mobile networks
18th March 2021 7:00 pm
5G networks will come to live when a combination of virtualisation and edge computing is introduced into the network. Such future networks will operate with a high degree of autonomy enabling new levels of reliability and availability…
ICE & IET - The benefits SMRs can bring to the UK and global decarbonisation
18th March 2021 6:00 pm
The benefits SMRs can bring to the UK and global decarbonisation
In this webinar, Alan Woods, Director Strategy and Business Development - SMR at Rolls-Royce, will provide an overview of the UK SMR (small modular reactor) product…
BCS - online lecture - Probabilistic Model checking for the data rich world
16th March 2021 6:00 pm
Probabilistic model checking for the data-rich world
ICE - Robotics for the inspection of underground pipes, online
16th March 2021 2:39 pm
The length of the buried pipes in the UK is over 2M km. These pipes deliver water, gas, electricity and communication cables to our homes and businesses. However, little is known about the condition of these pipes despite the pressure…
ICE - The Equality Act 2010 - Avoiding discrimination in the workplace
10th March 2021 1:00 pm
The presentation will provide an overview of the Equality Act 2010 and its impact on the workplace. The Equality Act aims to ensure that all job applicants and employees are treated fairly and equally in the workplace.
During…
IMechE - Tribology of windfarm turbines
10th March 2021 10:00 am
Wind turbines make up a significant proportion of the clean energy source initiatives and the national effort towards a net-zero emissions target. The understanding and application of tribological principles in making these efficient…
IES - online lecture - Nanotechnology
9th March 2021 6:30 pm
Nanotechnology is now a technology used in many items that are around the home and used in everyday life. This talk will present some of the present areas of nanotechnology and in particular quantum technologies that are being…
IOM3 - Mine water resurgence in the Fife coalfield
9th March 2021 4:00 pm
The Fordell Day Level (FDL) discharge drains polluted mine water from the Central Fife Coalfield and has had a negative visual and ecological impact on the Fordell Burn since the 1970s. In 2009, excavations at Muir Dean Surface Coal…
IOR - Relief valve arrangements for CO2 refrigeration systems
4th March 2021 4:00 pm
Relief valve arrangements for CO2 refrigeration systems.
What you will learn: -
The unusual properties of carbon dioxide and their consequences.
Why relief valves are fitted to refrigeration systems.
Requirement of…
RINA - online lecture - Type 31 and the National Shipbuilding Strategy
1st March 2021 6:00 pm
Type 31 and the National Shipbuilding Strategy – Design and Procurement
IMechE - The application of AI design tools to ITER nuclear fusion reactor
25th February 2021 7:00 pm
Professor Nawal Prinja has 40 years of academic and industrial experience in the nuclear sector. He is the Technology Director of Jacobs (Clean Energy) and holds a position of Honorary Professor at four British universities (Aberdeen,…
ICE - Galloway Hydro Scheme
25th February 2021 6:15 pm
Presentation on the Galloway Hydro Scheme, which has been generating power for nearly a century. It includes a total of six power stations – Glenlee, Tongland, Kendoon, Drumjohn, Earlstoun and Carsfad – 11 dams and a network of tunnels…
AFBE - The Challenge of Change: Embracing change drives decommissioning opportunities
25th February 2021 5:00 pm
As oil and gas fields around the world mature, the industry faces increased work in decommissioning. In the North Sea, one of the world’s most mature offshore production basins, decommissioning will be a major industrial challenge, as…
AMB - Wind Turbine Control System for Floating Platforms
24th February 2021 6:30 pm
Floating wind turbine control system design presents challenges due to complex dynamics and conflicting requirements of performance and stability.
DNVGL will introduce control system concepts, floating turbine specific features…
ICE - M4 smart motorway junctions 3-12: the story so far
23rd February 2021 1:00 pm
Join the ICE Hereford and Worcester Branch for a webinar focusing on the journey so far for this £850m M4 junctions 3-12 smart motorway project.
With the project about to complete, commissioning of 28km of the total 52km length…
ICE - Learning from historic irrigation and drainage structures
19th February 2021 3:00 pm
The past has much to teach us about the present and the future. The rapid changes that are taking place around the world caution us to learn from history. This is as true in irrigation and drainage as in most other walks of life. The…
IMechE - the work of the traditional blacksmith in the modern age
18th February 2021 12:00 pm
Traditional Blacksmiths were the first mechanical engineers and their craft was the seed of the modern-day profession. Today, the work of the traditional blacksmith has enjoyed a resurgence as a cottage industry, and we will look at…
IChemE - How Relevant Human Factors are within the Chemical and Processing Industries
17th February 2021 6:00 pm
The chemical and processing industries have made significant advances in health, safety and performance in the last few decades with technological advances and massive improvements in safety management. So why do accidents and incidents…
Engineers Ireland - The History & Rehabilitation of Daly's "Shakey" Bridge, Cork City
16th February 2021 7:00 pm
Engineers Ireland - The History & Rehabilitation of Daly’s “Shakey” Bridge, Cork City
The presentation will outline the social and economic context of the original construction which opened in 1927 to replace an earlier ferry…
IStructE - Energy Geostructures - Using our substructures for ground heat exchange and storage
16th February 2021 6:00 pm
This presentation will cover recent innovations in the use of structure foundations, and substructure components such as retaining walls and tunnels as ground heat exchangers to permit supply of thermal energy to low carbon heating…
ICE - Surface water management in the construction sector - an overview
16th February 2021 5:30 pm
This webinar provides an overview on Surface Water Management in Construction and how to prevent water pollution in the UK.
James Baylis, Regional Technical Manager and Sales at Siltbuster, will provide an introduction to the…
IChemE - Overselling Hydrogen
11th February 2021 4:30 pm
Hydrogen is ubiquitous in the scientific and general media. It is often described as a wonder fuel. This webinar will question whether hydrogen is being over-sold. Hydrogen’s role in delivering net zero in the UK will be critiqued and…
RPhil Lecture - The human scale: technology and leadership in times of crisis
10th February 2021 7:30 pm
THE ROYAL PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW 219th Lecture Series
The human scale: technology and leadership in times of crisis. by Misha Glenny
What happens when technological, political, biological and economic change…
Engineering Scotland - Innovation Lecture - Photonics in the Cloud - Dream or Reality?
10th February 2021 6:00 pm
Engineering Scotland
THE INNOVATION LECTURE 2021 - Photonics in the Cloud - Dream or Reality? Prof John Marsh
Just as integrated circuits are built around electrons, photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are built…
IMarEST - Mooring Integrity Management – Preventing mooring line failures
10th February 2021 12:00 pm
IMarEST - Technical Lecture - Mooring Integrity Management – Preventing mooring line failures by Alex Argyros
Over the last 15 years there have been several multi-million pound failure incidents of permanent mooring systems for…
IES - Online lecture - UN Sustainable Goal No 6, Clean water and Sanitation
9th February 2021 6:30 pm
UN Sustainable Development Goal No 6, Clean Water and Sanitation
Substantial progress has been made towards sustainable development goal 6: delivering clean water and sanitation to all. However, there is still a long way to go; 784 million people do not have access to clean water and 2.5 billion live…
ICE - Rock Engineering - Between a rock and a hard place
9th February 2021 6:15 pm
Using case studies from Scotland, and around the world, Christopher Jack, Technical Director from COWI, will highlight rock engineering challenges and how these were overcome. Note: some projects will be anonymised due to…
RAES - online lecture from Reaction Engines Ltd
9th February 2021 6:00 pm
Lecture from Reaction Engines Limited (REL)
Engineers Ireland - Novel Recycling Technologies
4th February 2021 7:30 pm
Engineers Ireland - Novel Recycling Technologies
Dr Frank Riedewald of Composite Recycling Ltd and Gavin Duffy of Pyro Recycling Ltd discuss Novel Recycling Technologies in this free webinar hosted by the…
MIS - Drilling into mines for heat: the UK Geoenergy Observatory in Glasgow
3rd February 2021 6:00 pm
The Mining Institute of Scotland - Drilling into mines for heat: the UK Geoenergy Observatory in Glasgow - by Dr Alison Monaghan MBE, BGS Edinburgh
Net-zero carbon targets require significant progress to be made in the…
FSB - Creating a self-managing company
3rd February 2021 10:00 am
The Federation of Small Business - What is a ‘self-managing company’ and how can it work in your business?
Peter Buckle, is an Associate Coach with Strategic Coach Inc & Founding Partner at Buckle &…
CAN DO Innovation Summit
3rd February 2021 9:00 am
Glasgow City of Science and Innovation
The CAN DO Innovation Summit - a focal point for business innovation in Scotland - SMEs will meet the innovators, entrepreneurs, and academics that can help them adopt new technologies,…
Scottish Engineering - Free Informative Breakfast Briefing Series – February
3rd February 2021 8:00 am
Scottish Engineering - Free Informative Breakfast Briefing Series – February
IET - Game Software Engineering: Welcome to our World
2nd February 2021 7:00 pm
IET - Game Software Engineering: Welcome to our World
RINA - Online lecture - Teekay Ice Breakers and the YAMAL LNG Project
1st February 2021 6:00 pm
Teekay ARC 7 LNGC Ice Breakers and the YAMAL LNG Project
Old Ways New Roads - Book Launch
28th January 2021 6:00 pm
The Hunterian - book launch
The Old Ways New Roads book launch will take place via a live zoom webinar, featuring an introduction to the publication by Hunterian Director Steph Scholten and the editors, followed by a live…
IET - With the UK’s ambitions to lead in achieving ‘net zero’ greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, is ‘decarbonisation’ enough?
28th January 2021 6:00 pm
IET - With the UK’s ambitions to lead in achieving ‘net zero’ greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, is ‘decarbonisation’ enough? by Prof Ian Arbon
The UK Government’s ambitions for ‘net zero’ greenhouse gas emissions…
Engineers Ireland - Transitioning our Homes to Low Carbon
28th January 2021 1:00 pm
Engineers Ireland - Transitioning our Homes to Low Carbon
Aberdeen Maritime Joint Branch - Uncrewed Surface Vessels – The Marine Robotics Revolution
27th January 2021 6:30 pm
Aberdeen Maritime Joint Branch - Uncrewed Surface Vessels – The Marine Robotics Revolution by James Ives
Use of remote systems is set to accelerate in the coming years. XOCEAN will share insights and experiences operating their…
ICE - Decarbonising Coventry
27th January 2021 6:00 pm
How to deliver energy to Coventry in a carbon neutral world?
Join the ICE President, Rachel Skinner, on her virtual visit to the West Midlands at this webinar about decarbonising the City of Coventry.
The West Midlands…
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce - Webinar: Exercise in a Box - Cyber Security
26th January 2021 9:30 am
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce have teamed up with Scottish Business Resilience Centre to bring you the opportunity to participate in Exercise in a Box, an online tool from the NCSC which helps organisations test and practise their…
Engineers Ireland - Fire Safety issues in existing flats and maisonettes
21st January 2021 7:00 pm
Engineers Ireland - Fire Safety issues in existing flats and maisonettes
IMarEST - British Warship Building 1850-2020: An Analysis
21st January 2021 5:00 pm
Warships have formed around one third of the British shipbuilding industry’s output for a century and a half. They have also been at the forefront of many technological developments, e.g. steam turbines. The evolution of warships is…
Engineers Ireland Sustainability Grand Tour: Optimising Sustainability through reallocation of road space
20th January 2021 7:00 pm
This event is will launch the ‘Sustainability Grand Tour’, an online CPD seminar series organised by a number of Regions and Sectors within Engineers Ireland. This session will examine the reallocation of road space for pedestrians and…
BCS - Webinar - Quantum Computing
14th January 2021 7:30 pm
Quantum Computing
Running Time: 19:30 – 21:00
IES - Joint Meeting with IMarEST - online lecture - Dealing with plastic waste sustainably
12th January 2021 6:30 pm
Dealing with plastic waste sustainably
Over the past few years, the issue of ‘plastic waste’ has become a dominating concern in the UK and yet, so far, the problem has been met more with hysteria and ‘knee jerk’ reaction, rather than with any reasoned, engineered and/or…
IStructE - online lecture - Repair and conservation of masonry bridges
7th January 2021 6:00 pm
Repair and conservation of masonry bridges
Running Time: 18:00 – 19:30
IMechE - Webinar - Auckland Rail Transport
6th January 2021 5:45 pm
Auckland rail transport
Synopsis: The Speaker will describe the history of railways in the Auckland area from their inception in the 19th century to the present day resurgence with the construction of the new cross-city link. The talk will outline the…
ICE - Webinar - Global Water Security
6th January 2021 5:00 pm
Global Water Security
6th January 2021 17.00-18.30
ICE - Webinar - Modular Buildings: Facts, fictions and the future
17th December 2020 1:00 pm
Modular buildings: Facts, fiction & the future
17th Dec 2020 13.00 – 14.00
IMechE - Presentation of Steam and Heat Exchange Systems
16th December 2020 6:30 pm
Steam and Heat Exchange
This presentation will cover the benefits of using steam for heat exchange applications, how fully packaged instantaneous plate heat exchanger systems operate and why they offer significant benefits, such as cost savings, energy…
IMechE Webinar - an overview of the 6th Carbon Budget
14th December 2020 4:30 pm
An overview of the 6th Carbon Budget: the pathway to Net-Zero emissions in the UK by 2050
The 6th Carbon Budget will introduce a legally binding cap on UK territorial emissions for the mid-2030s. Crucially, it is the first 6th Carbon Budget set since the UK’s Net-Zero target was legislated, in 2019. Meeting this budget is…
WES - Caroline Haslett Lecture & Awards 2020
10th December 2020 6:30 pm
IStructE - online lecture - Timber frame design of low rise buildings
10th December 2020 6:00 pm
Timber frame design of low rise buildings (racking)
Running Time: 18:00 – 19:30
IMechE - Robroyston Station Project
10th December 2020 5:50 pm
Kirsty Devlin of ScotRail and Sarah Piscitelli of WSP will describe the project to build a new station at Robroyston that opened in December 2019.
Event runs: 17:50 – 19:15.
Joint meeting with RINA
8th December 2020 6:30 pm
From Nano to Macro, 1 mm to 10,984 m, Vast and Essential for Life on Earth
Prof Colin Moffat, Chief Scientific Advisor Marine Scottish Government
There is one single ocean, comprised of interconnecting ocean basins, contains approximately 1.33 billion km3 of water.…
IChemE Webinar
8th December 2020 12:30 pm
Deepwater Horizon 10 years on – Failures, Lessons & Legacy
It is 10 years since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident and oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, in which eleven people lost their lives, 17 were seriously injured and over 5 millions barrels of crude oil spilled into the ocean…
ICE Webinar
25th November 2020 6:00 pm
Diversity and Inclusion in Civil Engineering
The evidence is clear, greater diversity – from apprentices to board directors – leads to better performing businesses.
The civil engineering profession has made great strides in supporting and encouraging diversity within the…
Scottish Environmental Protection Agency: COP26
17th November 2020 6:30 pm
Crucial Issues for Planet Earth
Mr Terry A’Hearn, Chief Executive Officer SEPA
SEPA has set an ambitious strategy called One Planet Prosperity to govern how it will regulate in the…
The Rankine Bicentenary Lecture 2020
13th October 2020 4:30 pm
Unconventional Geothermal Technologies and Opportunities - Professor Gioia Falcone
Geothermal energy is a constant and independent form of renewable energy and plays a key role towards the…
The Presidential Address 2020
29th September 2020 6:30 pm
“Scotland’s role in the development of heat pumps: 1850 to 2050”
Dr Andy Pearson — Managing Director, Star Refrigeration Ltd
This paper follows the development of the heat pump and…
Celebrating the legacy of William Rankine
27th July 2020 9:00 am
IESIS is proud to be a partner organisation for the International Institute of Refrigeration Conference “Rankine 2020 - Advances in Cooling, Heating and Power Generation”, timed to coincide with the bi-centenary of the birth of William…