Our Schedule for the year ahead
Wednesday 20 Sept. 2017 |
Driverless Vehicles/Trucks |
Ian Pengelly |
Thursday 5 October |
Large Scale Fire, Explosion and Blast Research and Testing |
Gary Tomlin (DNV GL Spadedam) |
Wednesday 18 October |
Undersea optical cables - The technology that powers the Internet |
Nigel Linge (University of Salford) |
Thursday 2 November (Joint with IET) |
Very Light Rail: reducing the cost and weight of a railcar |
Nick Mallinson (Warwick University) |
Wednesday 15 November |
Approaching Absolute Zero: The What, The How and The Why |
Ian Bradley (Lancaster University) |
Thursday 30 November |
3D Printing |
Jonathon Howard (University of Cumbria) |
Wednesday 13 December (Visitors’ Evening). |
Kendal Castle: An Engineering View |
Tom Clare (Kendal Civic Society) |
Wednesday 10th January |
Kendal and Kent Catchment Flood Relief |
Simon Johnson (Environmental Agency) |
Thursday 25th January (Joint with IMechE) |
William Fairburn - The experimental 19th century engineer. |
Richard Byrom |
Thursday 8th February |
Small nuclear power reactors |
Andrew Mayall Environment Agency |
Wednesday 21st February |
Maxillofacial prosthetics and Technology |
Paul Mallett (Lancaster Hospital) |
Thursday 1st March (Joint with IET) |
Backup Battery storage facility |
Chris Read (Centrica) |
Thursday 15th March (Joint with ICE) |
Cleaning up the Thames - The Thames Tideway Tunnel |
Ian Aikman (Member) |
Wednesday 28th March |
History of Mining in West Cumbria |
Bill Myers |
Wednesday 11th April |
Cyber Security: Keeping safe on the Internet |
Richard Wood (Barclays Digital Eagles) |
Thursday 26th April (Joint with IET) |
Britain's Most Powerful Steam Locomotive ‘The Prince of Wales’ |
David Elliott Director of Engineering (P2 Steam Locomotive Co) |
Wednesday 9th May |
7.15pm Space Update (Preceded by AGM at 6.30pm)
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Stuart Atkinson (Eddington Astronomical Society) |