CIE Newsletter
Sue Parker
Dear Members and Friends,
Please note I will be away on holiday from 22/9/13 - 10/10/13, and will not have access to e-mail.
Since this is the first newsletter of the new season, there is a lot of news!
A final reminder about the CIE Photo Competition which is taking place on our Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/events/572021576169278/?ref=22
where you can find the rules and details. The theme is “The Industry of the Tees Valley and its Heritage”. The photograph doesn't have to be new, but must not have appeared in any publication or other competition before. Closing date 20/9/13.
Presidential Address & AGM
Our first technical event of the season will be the AGM and Presidential Lecture on Tuesday 1st October, at 6pm, with coffee/tea from 5:30pm as usual. Please find a poster attached. If you can print this and display it, or forward it on, that would be much appreciated.
On Thursday 10th October at 7:30pm the CIE Annual Quiz will be held at Toft House, the Little Theatre Club adjacent to the theatre. (directions nearer the time) Please e-mail Johan on soc...@cieng.org to book your place. Cost is £3/head, with pie and peas as usual, so get your teams together!
The Prestigious Lecture is on the 5th November, "From Industrial Engineering to Ecological Engineering" by Prof Peter Head CBE, FREng, FRSA, the Executive Chairman of The Ecological Sequestration Trust.
The CIE Annual Dinner is on Friday 29th November at the Thistle Hotel in Middlesbrough. Guest of Honour is Nigel Perry FREng, CEO of the Centre for Process Innovation at Wilton. Also speaking is Nigel Cuffe, former editor of the Evening Gazette. If you would like details of booking a table, or would like a ticket for yourself and guests, please contact Johan on soc...@cieng.org for further details.
On December 3rd we have Jonathan Aylen, Director External Relations, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, University of Manchester who's lecture is entitled "Stretch : how innovation continues once investment is made".
OTHER INSTITUTE NEWS
Stokesley Engineers - Programme 2013-14
Normally all talks are on 3rd Wednesday of the month and held in the Town Hall from 7.30pm
25th Sep. AGM and DVD (World’s Tallest Tower)
16th Oct. Waste Disposal – Paul Staines, Hamb.CC
20th Nov. Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station - David Bennett (sponsored by CIE)
Friday 6th Dec. Annual Dinner and Entertainment commemorating the Wheel (7487bc) and RHS 100th.
15th Jan. Boulby Mine
19th Feb. Redcar Blast Furnace
19th Mar. Electric Flight – Durham Student
SEAMER SHOW (TBA)
Please look at the website for details of further events.
http://www.teesarchaeology.com/partners/CIAS/CIAS_programme.html
Symposium for engineers & guests:
climate, tipping points & risk
Tuesday 24 September, 6.15pm to 8pm. Buffet from 5.45pm
Teesside University, Stephenson Building Lecture Theatre, Middlesbrough
Led by: Robert Thorniley-Walker, MA (Oxon) CEng CEnv FICE FIStructE MIHT IHBC, ICE Teesside branch chairman and director of Structural & Civil Consultants Ltd
This symposium will provide an early opportunity to discuss:
- The latest IPCC 2013 report
- The summer’s Arctic melt & predictions for a Tipping Point for 2016 ±3 years
- How the risks compare with other hazards
- The implications for engineers and our society.
Robert is a Chartered Environmentalist and has carried out several small surveys of opinions on global warming. He is lead editor for the ICE Proceedings Forensic Journal on a forthcoming special themed issue on ‘defining hazards from climate change for resilient design’.
The symposium will concentrate on assessments of the risks, but will be open to all and will welcome scientists, engineers, students, and interested members of society.
>> Please book online to guarantee your place and assist with catering
For any additional queries contact Robert Thorniley-Walker
(I have a .pdf file of the full ICE programme for the North East. Please e-mail me if you would like a copy.)
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InstMc Programme at --> http://www.instmc.org.uk/m-whats-on/44-Teesside
I hope to see you at an event soon
Regards Sue
Sue Parker BSc(Dunelm), CPhys, FIMMM
Technical Events Officer
Cleveland Institution of Engineers
tel 01642 784 726 - with voicemail
(mbl 07730 051 026 - not always switched on!)
Sue Parker
Dear Members and Friends,
QUIZ
On Thursday 10th October at 7:30pm the CIE Annual Quiz will be held at Toft House, the Little Theatre Club adjacent to the theatre. (Post Code TS5 6SA Look at --> http://www.mltmiddlesbrough.org.uk/contact.html scroll to the bottom and click on "To view a map click here" )
Johan needs to know numbers by Friday, so please e-mail him on soc...@cieng.org to book your place. Cost is £3/head, with pie and peas as usual, so get your teams together!
The Prestigious Lecture is on the 5th November, "From Industrial Engineering to Ecological Engineering" by Prof Peter Head CBE, FREng, FRSA, the Executive Chairman of The Ecological Sequestration Trust. Please find a poster attached. If you can print this and display it, or forward it on, that would be much appreciated. We need to know numbers for this event, so can you please register at
http://www.clevelandscientific.org.uk/sci/component/jcalpro/33-csi/1-csi-cie-prestigious-lecture?Itemid=101 if you want to come.
The CIE Annual Dinner is on Friday 29th November at the Thistle Hotel in Middlesbrough. Guest of Honour is Nigel Perry FREng, CEO of the Centre for Process Innovation at Wilton. Also speaking is Nigel Cuffe, former editor of the Evening Gazette. If you would like details of booking a table, or would like a ticket for yourself and guests, please contact Johan on soc...@cieng.org for further details.
On December 3rd we have Jonathan Aylen, Director External Relations, Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, University of Manchester who's lecture is entitled "Stretch : how innovation continues once investment is made".
OTHER INSTITUTE NEWS
Stokesley Engineers - Programme 2013-14
Normally all talks are on 3rd Wednesday of the month and held in the Town Hall from 7.30pm
16th Oct. Waste Disposal – Paul Staines, Hamb.CC
20th Nov. Hartlepool Nuclear Power Station - David Bennett (sponsored by CIE)
Friday 6th Dec. Annual Dinner and Entertainment commemorating the Wheel (7487bc) and RHS 100th.
15th Jan. Boulby Mine
19th Feb. Redcar Blast Furnace
19th Mar. Electric Flight – Durham Student
SEAMER SHOW (TBA)
Monday 7th October 2013 7:30pm | Subject : - Lord Armstrong, a Victorian entrepreneur. Venue: - St. Mary’s Centre, Corporation Road, Middlesbrough Speaker: - Bill Ferguson The talk will outline the history of Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd and how the company developed and diversified to cope with changing times. |
Please look at the website for details of further events.
http://www.teesarchaeology.com/partners/CIAS/CIAS_programme.html
Tuesday 15 Oct
5.45pm for 6.15pm
Royal Engineers in Afghanistan
Speaker: 170 Engineer Group (Infrastructure Support)
Stephenson Building Lecture
Theatre, Teesside University,
Middlesbrough, TS1 3BA
