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September 2024
Presidential Address: Tales From The Riverbank
Ferries are a hot topic at present. Graeme explains the crucial importance of ‘keeping it simple’ in the engineering and purchasing of ferries in relation to the 50 years of operation of Western Ferries, who operate the Gourock – Dunoon service. Graeme Fletcher is the Technical Director of Western Ferries. After completing his studies at Southampton Institute of Higher Education and an engineering cadetship with BP Shipping Ltd in the 1980’s, Graeme spent the next 20 years on various ship…
Find out more »October 2024
Using Steam Turbines to achieve genuine sustainability
Boris Johnson said at COP 26 that steam turbines were 'Doomsday machines'. Wrong! They currently generate 85% of the world’s electricity and will do for the foreseeable future. Ian will give an introduction to how steam turbines work, relationship to the steam Rankine Cycle, how steam turbines can be optimised to maximise whole-system cycle efficiency, particularly by utilising the heat energy which is generated at the same time as the power.Using steam cycles sustainably could help achieve the UK’s 2050…
Find out more »November 2024
Safety Leadership – a moral and ethical imperative
Judith will discuss a number of serious accidents, lessons learned and the need for a safety culture driven by doing the right thing rather than slavish rule following Dame Judith Hackitt DBE has a passion for engineering and manufacturing, led an independent review of building regulations after Grenfell and is currently, among other roles, Interim Chair of the Office for Nuclear Regulation. Dame Judith was a Non-Executive Director on the Board of HS2 until January 2024 and a former Chair…
Find out more »January 2025
The role of floating wind turbines
Joint meeting with IMarEST Atilla will describe how clean energy is generated from offshore wind turbines; the challenges in their design, installation, operation and maintenance, and decommissioning; discuss whether the turbines should be fixed or floating? He will question whether the Government’s subsidies are sufficient for offshore wind, given the technical difficulties, to meet the 2030 target for 50GW. Professor Atilla Incecik is Professor of Offshore Engineering, since from 2007 at Strathclyde University. He served as the Head of Department…
Find out more »February 2025
Has Covid made our buildings less healthy?
Joint Lecture with CIBSE What is the legacy of preventative measures introduced during Covid? This lecture will look at the longterm effects particularly with more hybrid working and lower occupancy rates. Chris will explain the possible ways in which the emergency measures taken to ensure occupant health during Covid (e.g. very high ventilation rates, etc) might have had long term adverse effect on both buildings, energy use and their occupants health What are the lessons for the future? What are…
Find out more »March 2025
The future of satellite communication
In today’s world, everywhere you look people are using smartphones to stay connected: while at home, commuting or travelling to other countries. However, there are places where its not possible to connect to the internet including remote areas, and underdeveloped countries. The vision is for everyone, no matter where they are, to be connected all the time to the internet via satellites directly to smartphones. This means that the number of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites must dramatically increase along…
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