Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Cambridgeshire Area)


2006-11-22 00:00: Dynamic Mentoring (ThomasTelford Training)

2006-11-29 18:00: Driven to Extinction? How transport policy can save the world (Nigel Brigham  SUSTRANS)

2006-12-06 18:00: Assessment and remediation of 19th Century Rail Structures (Jim Fernie & David Wood)

2007-01-25 18:00: Soil Structure Interaction (Prof John Burland, Imperial College)

2007-02-07 18:00: St. Ives and the Hemingfords Flood Alleviation Schme (P. Cowie - Environment Agency; M. Anderson - Atkins; S.Ayres - Jackson Civil Engineering)

2007-02-07 18:00: The promise of energy biosciences (Dr Steven Koonin (Chief Scientist, BP))

2007-02-20 18:00: Mutually Supported Elements in Space Structures (Joe Rizzuto)

2007-02-21 18:00: When the Rivers Run Dry (Fred Pearce, New  Scientist)

2007-02-28 18:00: Can we  quantify sustainability ? (Professor Richard Darton, Oxford University)

2007-03-07 18:00: One Planet Living (Pooran Desai OBE (Technical  Director and co-founder of Bioregional))

2007-03-14 16:00: Technical Report Route to ICE Memebership (Louisa Rix, Membership Development Officer, ICE)

2007-03-14 18:00: A new sustainable way of life - the sine qua non of human development ? CANCELLED (Clare Short MP (CANCELLED))

2007-03-22 18:00: Fire Engineering: RRO and FRA; ADB and CFD (Peter Wilkinson, Rolton Fire)

2007-04-18 18:00: Collapse of Palau Bridge (Chris Burgoyne, University of Cambridge)

2007-04-25 18:00: Why sustainable  development might be bad for the environment (Professor Susan Owens, Cambridge University)

2007-05-02 18:00: Shoreline Management Plans (Speaker to be confirmed)

2007-05-02 18:00: Sustainable  Development (Professor Sir  David King (Chief Scientific Advisor to HM Government))

2007-05-17 18:00: Debate on  Bridge Design - Engineer or Architect (Julian Hakes)

2007-11-13 19:00: Inaugural Dinner with President (Sarah Buck, President of I Struct E)

2007-11-15 19:00: The Internet - Where It Came From & Where It Is Going (Roger Scantlebury, Consultant & Paul Shreve, Cisco Systems)

2007-12-05 18:00: Rollercoaster Design (John Kinn, Jacobs)

2008-01-17 19:00: Through-Wall Radar - Meeting an Operational Need (Alan Wiltshire, Cambridge Consultants Ltd)

2008-01-23 18:00: The challenges of managing the American foreign aid program post-9/11 in Pakistan and Afghanistan (Mark Ward, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID))

2008-01-24 18:00: New Progressive Collapse Rules (Simon Barrett, NHBC)

2008-02-06 18:00: Climate change, peak oil, and the coming global energy crisis (Dr Jeremy Leggett   (Solar Century))

2008-02-07 18:30: IET Cambridge Prestige Lecture 2008: Biomedical Diagnostics - Trends & Opportunities (Prof. Chris Lowe, Director of the Institute of Biotechnology,)

2008-02-13 18:00: Creating a Better Place - the Environment Agency - and shaping sustainability (Baroness Barbara Young, Chief Executive of Environment Agency)

2008-02-19 18:00: To be confirmed (TBC)

2008-02-21 19:00: Wind Tunnel Testing in Motorsport, and how the Electronics Helps You Win! (John Frankham, Pi Research)

2008-02-27 18:00: Sustainable Development in the Built Environment; Progress or Procrastination? (Professor Peter Brandon and Dr Patrizia Lombardi  (Salford University))

2008-03-06 19:00: Searching for Evil (Dr Richard Clayton, Security Group, Computer Laboratory, Univ. of Cambridge)

2008-03-12 18:00: Carbon Footprinting: Industry, People, the Universe and Everything (Professor Adisa Azapagic   (Manchester University))

2008-03-13 18:00: To be confirmed (TBC)

2008-03-27 19:00: Future Transportation Fuels: A Vision of a Viable Negative CO2 Energy Economy (Jamie Turner, Chief Engineer - Powertrain Research SI Combustion and Charging Specialist, Lotus Engineering)

2008-04-03 19:00: Boundary Scan. From Connection Testing to On-silicon Toolkits (Matt Lee, XJTAG)

2008-04-16 18:00: Liquid Plastics in Waterproofing (Tony Pez of Liquid Plastics Ltd)

2008-04-17 19:00: An Introduction to being a Science & Engineering Ambassador (SETPoint Cambridgeshire)

2008-04-23 18:00: Sustainable Development at the Eden Project (Tim Smit (Eden Project))

2008-04-30 18:00:  Climate Change and Ecosystem Services: Science, Economics and Ethics (Professor Robert Watson (Chief Scientific Advisor, DEFRA and Director of Strategic Development at the Tyndall  Centre))

2008-05-08 19:30: Micro Air Vehicles (GFS Projects Ltd)

2008-05-15 18:00: An Inconvenient Truth (Ant Wilson, Faber Maunsell)

2008-05-29 19:00: Spring Dinner (Sarah Buck, President of ISE)

2008-10-16 19:00: IET Cambridge Chairman’s Address: Challenges in Electronic Design for 2020 (Dr Simon Moore, University of Cambridge)

2008-10-29 18:30: IET Cambridge Innovation Lecture 2008: 'Graphene - Beyond Silicon’ (Dr Ernie Hill, University of Manchester)

2008-11-06 19:00: Alertme.com: developing a ZigBee connected home product (Dr Laura James and Dr Amyas Phillips, Alertme.com)

2008-11-20 19:00: Challenges and Opportunities for Digital Imaging in the 21st  Century (Alan Payne, Research Director, Kodak European Research, Cambridge)

2008-12-04 09:00: IET One-Day Seminar: Power Efficient Electronics - Reducing Your Carbon Footprint (Keynote: Prof. David MacKay)

2009-01-15 19:00: Manufacturing Flexible Displays (Tim Von Werne, Senior Manager, Research and Development Plastic Logic, Ltd. Cambridge)

2009-01-21 18:30: Addenbrookes Access Road, Cambridge (Phil Crack, Cambridgeshire County Council)

2009-01-28 18:00: The role of engineering in entering  the ecological age (Peter Head   OBE FREng FRSA     Director of Sustainability,   Arup)

2009-02-04 18:00: Sustainable Development - great  green dream or impossible ambition? (Tony Juniper, former Director of Friends of the Earth)

2009-02-11 18:00: Water, health and sustainable development (Dr Jamie Bartram, Co-ordinator of Water, Sanitation and Health at the World Health Organisation)

2009-02-11 18:30: An introduction to the ICE specification for piling and embedded retaining walls (Tony Suckling (Arup)  formerly of Stent Foundations Ltd)

2009-02-11 18:30: Replacing Copper with Light - The Prospects for Photonic PCBs - IET Cambridge Prestige Lecture 2009 (Prof. Ian White, University of Cambridge)

2009-02-18 18:00: A sustainable technology strategy for engineers (Dr Karel Muldur, TU Delft  The Netherlands)

2009-02-19 19:00: Wireless Sensor Monitoring Technologies for Civil Engineering Infrastructure (Professor Kenichi Soga, University of Cambridge)

2009-02-25 18:00: Sustainability in the resources sector (Paul Skinner    Chairman Rio Tinto)

2009-02-25 19:30: Alternatives to Fossil Fuels (David MacKay, Professor in the Department of Physics, CU)

2009-03-04 15:30: Sustainable Organic Fuels for Transport (Dr Richard Pearson, Lotus Engineering, Norwich, Norfolk, UK)

2009-03-04 17:00: The role of fuel cell technology in a low carbon economy (Nigel Brandon, Professor of Sustainable Development in Energy - Imperial College)

2009-03-04 18:30: Riverside Bridge, Cambridge (Phil Crack, Cambridgeshire County Council)

2009-03-05 19:00: Digital IP Drama (Piracy, Privacy & the Digital Content Economy) - 2009 IET, BCS & ACM Joint Lecture (Jude Umeh (FBCS, CITP), Senior Consultant, Capgemini)

2009-03-11 18:00: Innovating to sustainability (Professor Charles Ainger, MWH Ltd and Centre for Sustainable Development, Cambridge University)

2009-03-19 19:00: Management skills, Office Politics and the Engineer Stereotype (Dr Robina Chatham, Consultant and Lecturer, Cranfield University)

2009-04-02 19:00: Dynamic Positioning Ships - Their Construction and Operation (Simon Evans, APB Marine)

2009-04-16 19:00: CANCELLED: Astronomy: The Square km Array Project ( Dr Paul Alexander, University of Cambridge)

2009-04-28 18:30: CDM 2007 Effective CDM co-ordination (Thomas Telford Training)

2009-05-06 00:00: William MCDonough (CANCELLED) (William McDonough  Author of "Cradle to Cradle")

2009-05-07 18:30: Dynamic Mentoring (Thomas Telford Training)

2009-05-07 19:30: CANCELED "Computational Fluid Dynamics on Graphics Cards" CANCELED (Dr Graham Pullan, University of Cambridge)

2009-06-02 18:30: JCT 05 Conditions of Contract (Thomas telford Training)

2009-06-10 18:30: Geotechnical design to Eurocode 7 (Thomas telford Training)

2009-06-16 18:30: Specification writing (Thomas Telford Training)

2009-06-24 18:30: ICE professional review: mastering the written assignment (Thomas Telford Training)

2009-10-07 18:00: Cradle to Cradle Design (Bill McDonough    William McDonough and Partners)

2009-11-26 19:00: Computer Forensics - The Truth Behind CSI (Andrew Sheldon, Evidence Talks Ltd)

2009-12-10 18:30: Science and the Media - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Dr. Simon Singh)

2010-01-14 18:30: The Engineering Behind Computer Entertainment (David Braben, Frontier Games)

2010-01-27 18:00: Roadmap to 2050 (Professor David MacKay, Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Energy and Climate)

2010-02-03 18:00: Prestige Lecture: The Dependability of Complex Socio-technical Systems (Prof. Ross Anderson)

2010-02-17 18:00: You must be joking; Cities as a force for good in the environment (Professor Bruce Beck, University of Georgia)

2010-02-18 18:30: Innovation and Refinement in Wristwatch Technology (Mark Mills, Seiko UK)

2010-02-24 18:00: Cities of the Future (Paul Brown, Executive Vice President CDM Camp Dresser and McKee Inc.)

2010-02-25 18:45: Cambridge University Eco Racing - IMechE talk (Anthony Law)

2010-03-04 18:30: Chip and PIN -- notes on a dysfunctional security system (Saar Drimer, Computer Lab)

2010-03-10 18:00: Delivering genuine sustainability in the built environment - obstacles and opportunities (Dr  David Strong  CEO, Inbuilt Ltd; Board Member of UK Green Building  Council)

2010-03-18 18:30: Flybrid Systems (Dan Jones, Flybrid Systems)

2010-04-08 18:30: So You Want To Be A Consultant? (Mike Whyman, IET Consultants Network)

2010-04-14 18:45: Engineering the QR5 Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (Tamás Bertényi, Quiet Revolution)

2010-04-22 18:30: From weather forecasting to climate prediction: solving the technical and scientific challenges (Prof Professor Paul Hardaker, Chief Executive, Royal Meteorological Society)

2010-05-05 18:00: Sustainability in action at University of California San Diego: the campus as a living laboratory (Professor Paul Linden, Director Sustainability Solutions Institute, University of California, San Diego)

2010-05-06 18:30: Honda's Journey to Sustainable Mobility, from Hybrid to Fuel Cell (John Kingston, Honda (UK))

2010-05-12 18:00: Taming leviathan - dealing with (dis)integrated water management (RESCHEDULED from 21st April) (Professor Richard Ashley, Peninne Water Group, Sheffield University)

2010-05-20 18:00: Future Climate - the IMechE UK Energy Plan for 2050 (Dr Alison Cooke, FIMechE)

2010-05-20 18:30: The Material of the Digital: Preserving & Interpreting the History of Computing (Tilly Blyth, Science Museum)

2010-06-10 19:00: Crossing Australia Using Solar Power (Anthony Law, University of Cambridge)

2010-10-14 18:00: Do We Really Need Pixels? (Dr Tim Wilkinson, CUED)

2010-10-21 18:30: Innovation Lecture: Making Digital Copies of the 3D World (Prof R Cipolla, CUED)

2010-11-04 18:00: What's Cool in Antarctica - Technology in Support of Ice-Sheet Research (D Vaughan, British Antarctic Survey)

2010-11-18 18:00: "Practical software defined radio for DAB, connected consumer devices,  and beyond." (David Cox, Imagination Technology)

2010-11-29 18:45: Lean Manufacturing – making sense of something obvious (Dr Nick Scott, LeanIdeas)

2010-12-02 18:00: Biosensors for point of use applications (Christian Reccius, Philips Research Labs)

2011-01-13 18:00: Thorium Fuelled Accelerator Driven Subcritical Reactors: The Future of Nuclear Power? (Dr G.T. Parks, CUED)

2011-01-26 18:00: Energy Security and UK Energy Policy (Professor Ian Fells (Emeritus Professor of Energy Conversion at Newcastle University))

2011-01-26 19:30: Roman Mining Technology in Britain (Dr Peter Lewis, Reader in Forensic Engineering, Open University)

2011-01-31 18:00: 2050 Pathways: Kicking the fossil fuel habit (Prof David MacKay, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department of Energy and Climate Change / Department of Physics, University of Cambridge)

2011-02-02 18:00: Sustainability and the Perfect Storm (title to be confirmed) (Professor Sir John Beddington (Government Chief Scientific Advisor and Head of the Government Office for Science))

2011-02-15 19:00: The Power of Carbon (Dr Krzysztof K K Koziol, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge)

2011-02-21 18:45: Biomass Community Heating and the RHI (Renewable Heat Incentive) (Chris Miles,  Managing Director, Econergy Ltd)

2011-02-23 18:00: Sustainable Energy - an industry view on the obstacles and opportunities (Professor Ellen Williams ( BP Chief Scientist,  formerly Director of University of Maryland Material Research Science and Engineering Centre))

2011-02-24 18:00: Smart Building Lighting Controls (Stephen Ades, Simmtronic Ltd)

2011-03-01 18:00: Free Software and Your Freedom (Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation)

2011-03-02 18:00: A Sustainable Future- The Leadership Challenge of our Time (Dr Goran Carstedt ( Chairman of the Natural Step International and Senior Director of the Clinton Climate Change Initiative))

2011-03-03 18:00: Cloud computing- Simulation and Data Analysis with Windows Azure (Austin Donnelly, Microsoft Labs)

2011-03-09 18:00: Managing the risks of regional climate change using knowledge action networks (Profesor Charles Kennel (University of California, San Diego;  formerly , Director  of the Scripps Institute of Oceanogaphy))

2011-03-16 18:00: Decarbonising the transport system (Professor David Cebon and Professor Nick Collings ( Cambridge University Engineering Department) and Mark White (Jaguar Land Rover))

2011-03-17 18:00: Heat Pumps for Energy Conservation (Daikin and the Cambridge Renewable Energy Centre)

2011-03-17 19:30: Residual stresses: their role in structural integrity assessment and advanced techniques for their analysis (Professor Mike Fitzpatrick, Head of Department of Design, Development, Environment and Materials, The Open University)

2011-04-07 18:00: Inkjet Printing of Functional fluids: Opportunities and Challenges (Rob Harvey,  AtomJet Ltd)

2011-04-11 18:45: Robot Development for the Dismounted Soldier (Andy Wallace QGM, Marshall Land Systems)

2011-04-12 19:30: Fukushima What went wrong? (Tony Roulstone, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge (formerly Head of Rolls-Royce Nuclear Engineering))

2011-04-14 09:00: IET Seminar: All power is theft: Innovative power management (Dr Richard McMahon)

2011-05-04 18:00:  Urban water security - a possibility or pipedream? (Dr Kalanithy Vairavamoorthy,          Director, School of Global Sustainability, University of South Florida)

2011-05-05 18:00: Quality in Digital Audio (John Dawson, Arcam)

2011-05-18 18:30: The evolution of welding engineering: Milestones and lessons (Dr Richard Dolby OBE, FREng FIMMM HonFWeldI)

2011-09-21 18:30: Next Generation Lighting from Research to Manufacture - IMechE talk and visit (Dr Julian Carter, Director - New Technology, Cambridge Display Technology)

2011-10-10 18:00: Post nubes lux: Aerospace propulsion ("after darkness light") (Professor Emeritus Riti Singh, Cranfield University)

2011-10-12 18:00: The Hawker Hunter – beautiful to look at, deadly to be in front of! (Peter Jenkins, ex Royal Air Force Engineer Officer)

2011-10-13 19:00: Dambusters:  Building the Bouncing Bomb, behind the scenes - RAeS/IMechE talk (Dr Hugh Hunt, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge)

2011-10-19 19:30: Charles Dickens and Victorian Disasters (Dr Peter Lewis, Materials Engineering, The Open University)

2011-10-20 18:30: Optical image processing  for the future... (Dr Tim Wilkinson - CUED)

2011-11-08 19:30: Mixing lightning with water to get the most out of aluminium (Dr James Curran, Keronite International Ltd and Royal Society Industry Fellow, University of Cambridge)

2011-11-10 19:30: Aircraft Operations with the British Antarctic Survey (Rod Arnold, Aircraft Operations Manager, BAS)

2011-11-16 18:45: Wicked Problems: Using Morphological Analysis to tackle complex design and policy questions (Dr Nasir Hussain, Strategy Foresight Partnership)

2011-11-17 18:30: IET Innovation Lecture: Manufacturing Applications of Modern High Power Lasers:  question of time and space and the (Dr William O'Neil - Institute of Manufacturing)

2011-12-05 18:45: From teddies in space to a soft landing on Mars (Edward Moore, Cambridge University Spaceflight)

2011-12-08 19:30: Thermal Spray Coating Developments at TWI (Heidi Lovelock, Section Manager, Surfacing, TWI Ltd)

2011-12-15 18:30: DOT-DASH TO DOT.COM: How Modern Telecommunications Evolved from the Telegraph to the Internet (Dr Andrew Wheen - Mott MacDonald (Technology & Communication))

2012-01-18 18:30: Subsea Power Cables for Offshore Wind and Tidal Energy (Jeremy Featherstone, Blue Ocean Projects)

2012-01-19 18:30: Generation from wind and waves - power for the future or a misguided fad? (Dr Richard McMahon - CUED)

2012-01-25 19:30: CANCELLED - High Efficiency III-V Solar Cells: past, present and future - CANCELLED (Dr Ned J Ekins-Daukes, Imperial College)

2012-02-01 18:00: Sustainable Materials -  with both eyes open (Dr Julian Allwood (Cambridge University Engineering Department))

2012-02-08 18:00: The power of markets to protect nature (Ian Cheshire (Group Chief  Executive,  Kingfisher Group))

2012-02-15 18:00: Making Progress Toward Sustainable Societies in the Context  of Global Climate Change (Dr Don Huisingh (Senior Scientist in Sustainable Development,  University of Tennessee ))

2012-02-16 18:30: IET Prestige Lecture - Bloodhound SSC (Richard Noble OBE)

2012-02-22 19:00: F-16 : Ready for the Future (Paul Livingston, Director UK, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics)

2012-02-29 18:00: Sustainable capitalism: if not now, when? (Jonathon Porritt  CBE (Director of Sustainability, Forum for the Future))

2012-03-06 18:30: Engineering a million pregnancies: the development of DuoFertility (Dr Shamus Husheer, CEO, Cambridge Temperature Concepts)

2012-03-06 18:30: IMechE/IET Joint Lecture:-  Engineering a million pregnancies - the development of DuoFertility (Dr Shamus Husheer, CEO, Cambridge Temperature Concepts)

2012-03-07 18:00: Making peace with the Earth (Dr Vandana Shiva ( Navdanya International, India and the International Forum on Globalisation))

2012-03-08 19:30: Prospects for economic CCS using mineral carbonation (Michael Priestnall, Cambridge Carbon Capture Ltd)

2012-03-14 18:00: The next 40 years (Professor Jorgen Randers (Professor of Climate Strategy at the  Norwegian Business School  ;  Co-author of Limits to Growth))

2012-03-14 18:00: The Tay Bridge Disaster reconsidered: Act of God or Gross negligence? (Dr Peter R Lewis, The Open University)

2012-03-15 18:30: The Autosub AUVs  - Multisensory, Multi-scale mapping from the Polar Seas to the Tropics. (Stephen McPhail, National Oceanography Centre)

2012-03-22 18:30: Cambridge AUV - Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (Andy Pritchard and colleagues from the Cambridge AUV team)

2012-03-28 18:00: F-15E Strike Eagle from a Maintenance Engineer's Perspective (Carl Phillip J. Reyes, Captain, United States Air Force)

2012-04-18 18:30: Five things an Engineer should know about Intellectual Property (Simon Goodman, Reddie and Grose LLP)

2012-04-24 18:30: Understanding the Wind Energy Industry – Dr Jim Platts (Dr Jim Platts, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge)

2012-04-25 19:30: Engineering challenges in Antarctica (Mike Rose, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge)

2012-05-17 18:30: Satellite Architectures for resilient networks (Tanvir Ahmad, Astrium Ltd)

2012-05-17 19:30: High Efficiency III-V Solar Cells: past, present and future (Dr Ned J Ekins-Daukes, Imperial College)

2012-09-11 18:30: Tidal stream energy: the ‘Sea-Spider’ vertical axis tidal turbine (Simon Sanderson, inventor of Sea-Spider; and Charles Lee, engineer on the project)

2012-09-12 18:00: Everything you need to know about Rare Earth Metals - W&JS talk (C.E.D. Rowe)

2012-09-13 19:00: Lenin - My part in his Downfall  (AVM Steve Nicholl)

2012-10-09 19:00: Turbochargers. The answer to power, economy, emissions and more! (Nick Sharp of Cummins Turbo Technologies Ltd)

2012-10-11 19:00: Bloodhound SSC - 1000mph car (Wing Commander Andy Green OBE BA)

2012-10-11 19:00: Bloodhound Supersonic Car (Wing Commander Andy Green, BLOODHOUND SSC DRIVER)

2012-10-17 18:00: Icebreakers (Des Upcraft, Ice and Cold Operations Business Manager, Lloyd’s Register)

2012-10-18 18:30: Optical metamaterials - bending the laws of physics (Dr Tim Wilkinson, Cambridge University)

2012-10-30 18:30: The Cambridge Phenomenon (Charles Cotton)

2012-11-01 18:30: Science museum v2.0: using low-cost computing to improve access to hands-on science experiences (Dave Ansell & Chris Lennard, Cambridge Science Centre)

2012-11-08 19:00: JARIC - The Eyes that guide the Talons (Gp Capt Steve Thornber)

2012-11-14 18:00: 'Escape from Colditz' - Screening with Q&A with Dr Hugh Hunt (Dr Hugh Hunt, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge)

2012-11-14 19:30: Superconducting Spintronics: a tantalizing possibility for dissipation-free logic (Dr Jason Robinson, Royal Society University Research Fellow, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge)

2012-11-15 18:30: Cambridge Sundials and Time (Frank King, Churchill College)

2012-12-04 19:30: Multi-scale Mechanics in Tendon: Understanding Structure-Function Optimisation (Dr Hazel Screen, Institute of Bioengineering, Queen Mary, University of London)

2012-12-06 19:00: HP Hampden - More than a Restoration (Darren Priday, RAF Museum Cosford)

2012-12-11 18:30: Extending the life of gas turbines by fitting new controllers (Kevin Magee, MD of Proeon Systems)

2012-12-11 19:00: Engine Downsizing for Fuel Efficiency - UltraBoost Project (Dr Chris Brace, Senior Lecturer Automotive Engineering, University of Bath)

2012-12-13 18:30: Instrumentation and structures in Antarctica (Mike Rose, British Antarctic Survey)

2013-01-10 19:00: The International Space Station: The first 25 years (Bob Chesson, ESA - Senior Advisor to the Director of Human Spaceflight)

2013-01-17 18:30: From here to Hydrogen (talk cancelled) (Bill Powell & Gordon Taylor)

2013-01-23 19:30: Intelligent Nanomaterials - Will It Answer Energy Problems?? And What Policies Will Make Them Attractive For Commercialisation. (By Dr. Satheesh Krishnamurthy, Open University)

2013-01-31 18:00: Dambusters:  Bombing Hitler's Dams (Hugh Hunt)

2013-02-07 18:00: ‘Airbus A400M Flight Test Programme’ (Ed Strongman,  Airbus Military Chief Test Pilot )

2013-02-13 18:00: Ultrasonics (Peter Mudge, Technology Fellow, NDT, TWI Ltd)

2013-02-13 19:00: The F-16 and its Evolution (Paul Livingston, Lockheed Martin Aerospace )

2013-02-21 18:30: IET Cambridge Prestige Lecture - Raspberry Pi (Robert Mullins, Computer Laboratory & Raspberry Pi Foundation)

2013-03-05 19:00: Robotics Science for Smart Cars and Lifelong Infrastructure-Free Navigation (Prof Paul Neman, Mobile Robotics Group, Oxford University )

2013-03-06 18:00: Get registered - Upgrade your membership event - IMechE (Speaker to be confirmed)

2013-03-06 18:30: Oh the noise, noise, Noise, NOISE!   Taking the clicks and scratches out of audio recordings (Dr Chris Hicks, Engineering Director of CEDAR Audio Ltd)

2013-03-13 19:30: The Next Generation of Lighting for our Homes and our Health (Professor Sir Colin Humphreys)

2013-03-14 19:00: R101 Airship Disaster Revisited (Peter Davison )

2013-03-15 16:00: Advances in Three Dimensional Imaging, Visualization, and Display (Prof. Bahram Javidi, University of Connecticut)

2013-03-15 18:00: M52 – Britain’s wartime supersonic project (Rod Kirkby, Former Aerodynamics Research/Project Feasibility Engineer, Hawker Siddeley Dynamics Future Projects Department)

2013-03-21 18:30: Small is Beautiful: the Ford 1.0 Ecoboost three-cylinder turbo engine ( Andrew Fraser, Ford)

2013-03-21 18:30: Small is Beautiful: the Ford 1.0 Ecoboost three-cylinder turbo engine (Andrew Fraser, Manager, Gasoline Powertrain Development, at Ford's Dunton Technical Centre)

2013-04-11 19:30: FAAM Flying Meteorological Laboratory (Dr Guy Gratton)

2013-04-17 19:30: Energy saving when manufacturing high value castings (Prof. Mark Jolly, Cranfield University)

2013-04-18 18:30: Cyber Security: Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) (Paul Beechey, Senior IT Security Specialist - QinetiQ)

2013-04-23 18:30: Ink jet in Cambridge (and everywhere else) (Mike Willis, Pivotal Resources)

2013-05-07 18:30: Sensors in Agriculture: past, present and future (EurIng Dave Tinker MIMechE FIAgrE)

2013-05-09 19:00: Saunders-Roe Princess Flying Boat (Bob Wealthy)

2013-05-15 18:00: Engineering Challenges in the Antarctic (Mike Rose, British Antarctic Survey)

2013-05-16 18:30: The UK'S facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (Jamie Trembath,  FAAM, Cranfield University)

2013-06-20 18:30: The tidal stream power industry (Tom Clark - Ocean Array Systems Ltd)

2013-09-10 18:30: Recent Advances in Tunnelling Technology – Potential for Cambridge Underground Transport? (Professor Robert Mair CBE FREng FRS, Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering and Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cambridge University)

2013-09-10 19:00: SR71 - Flying a Secret Mission (Col. Richard H Graham USAF (Ret'd))

2013-09-19 18:30: Trains for Crossrail – Challenges, Solutions and Systems (Phil Hinde, Crossrail)

2013-10-10 19:00: Concorde - A Real Life Time Machine - RAeS / IMechE talk (Captain David Rowland FRAeS FRIN)

2013-10-10 19:00: Concorde – a Real Life Time Machine (Captain David Rowland)

2013-10-21 18:30: Skylon: Britain's future of aviation (Mark Hempsell, Future Programmes Director, Reaction Engines Ltd)

2013-10-22 19:30: Richard III:  Wounds, Weapons and Armour -CANCELLED DUE TO SPEAKER'S ILLNESS (Prof. Sarah Hainsworth, Department of Engineering, University of Leicester)

2013-10-29 11:30: Realising your potential at an early stage (Various (see programme))

2013-10-30 18:30: NASA International Space Station (Ravi Margasahayam, NASA)

2013-11-12 18:30: Billy Boyle, Owlstone (Billy Boyle, Co-Founder and President, Operations, Owlstone)

2013-11-14 18:00: Operation ELLAMY - The RAF in Libya 2011 (Sqn Ldr Smith RAF)

2013-11-19 19:30: More Bang for your Buck – formulation and characterisation of explosive materials (Annette Glauser)

2013-11-21 18:30: Codebreaking and the History of Bletchley Park (Martin Atherton (Bletchley Park))

2013-11-27 19:00: Qantas Flight 32 - The Airbus A380 Engine Failure  (Richard de Crespigny, Captain - Qantas Flight 32)

2013-11-28 19:00: Two cars for the second century of Aston Martin: V12 Vantage S and Vanquish Volante (Ian Minards Director - Product Development,  Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd.)

2013-11-29 15:00: MEMS Laser Scanners and Display Applications (Prof. Hakan Urey,  Koç University)

2013-12-11 19:30: Bubbles-Particles-Capsules-Fibres at all scales! (Prof. Mohan Edirisinghe, University College London)

2013-12-12 19:00: RAF Bomber Command Pathfinder Force (John Clifford, WO James Blackwood & Andy anderson (RAF Pathfinder Museum))

2013-12-19 18:30: All a matter of timing - starting-up a location-tracking company in Cambridge (Dr. Andy Ward  CTO and Founder Ubisense)

2014-01-16 19:00: Development of Landing Gear Concepts (Bob Thompson (Airbus))

2014-01-21 19:30: Realising the SKYLON Spaceplane (Mark Hempsell, Reaction Engines)

2014-01-23 18:30: Development of the Nissan Leaf Electric Vehicle (Steve Groves, Nissan Technical Centre)

2014-02-11 18:30: Power Electronics - A Mechanical Engineering Problem (Bryn Parry, VP Corporate Development, Amantys)

2014-02-13 18:30: IET Prestige Lecture - Pushing back the boundaries of computer science (Professor Andrew Blake, Microsoft Research)

2014-02-26 18:30: The CUER Solar-Powered Car Down Under (Speaker to be confirmed)

2014-03-06 18:30: Advances in Laser Based Manufacturing – Prof Bill O’Neill (Professor Bill O’Neill, Professor of Laser Engineering within the Cambridge University Engineering Department and Director of the Centre of Industrial Photonics)

2014-03-13 19:00: The Skylon spaceplane (Richard Varvill, Technical Director, Reaction Engines Ltd)

2014-03-19 18:30: Welding & Joining Developments in the Aerospace Industry (Dr Richard Freeman, TWI Ltd)

2014-03-20 18:30: The Tornado Story: From Dream to Steam (Rob Morland BSc (Hons) CEng, FIET, Director Electricals, A1 Steam Locomotive Trust)

2014-04-03 19:30: Flying Captured Enemy Aircraft in WWII (Captain Eric Brown)

2014-04-17 19:30: ExoMars Rover – Engineering for the Red Planet (Abigail Hutty, Astrium Ltd)

2014-04-24 18:30: The Lee Tunnel – progress on the largest and deepest tunnel in London (Roger Mitchell -  Lee Tunnel Project)

2014-04-30 19:30: Social Perceptions of Sustainable Materials (Sarah Wilkes, Institute of Making, University College London)

2014-05-08 19:30: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers (David Downs, ACA Engineering Director)

2014-05-15 18:30: The ARM Cortex A-Class Microarchitecture (Peter Greenhalgh - ARM)

2014-05-20 19:30: Bugs 'n Steel Afloat and On Shore (Dr James Cleland, Camcor)

2014-06-04 18:30: Improving Road Freight Vehicles - David Cebon (Professor David Cebon, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cambridge)

2014-06-24 18:30: Recreating a Steam Locomotive - The Power of a B17  (Brian Hall, a trustee of The B17 Steam Locomotive Trust)

2014-09-11 19:00: The Hybrid Air Vehicles Airlander project  (David Stewart, Head of Flight Sciences, Hybrid Air Vehicles)

2014-09-17 18:30: Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway (Speaker to be confirmed)

2014-10-09 19:00: Unmanned Air Systems - the Future of Aerial Combat & Parcels Delivery?  (Professor Keith Hayward FRAeS, Head of Research, Royal Aeronautical Society)

2014-10-13 18:30: Repairing the Dawlish sea wall - Why it failed and how it was fixed  (Professor William Allsop, Technical Director, Maritime Structures, HR Wallingford)

2014-10-22 19:30: Richard III:  Wounds, Weapons and Armour (Professor Sarah Hainsworth, Department of Engineering, University of Leicester)

2014-10-23 18:00: Get registered with the IMechE - Upgrade your membership event  (Speaker to be confirmed)

2014-10-23 18:30: Of Apples and Butterflies:  Determinism, Chaos and the Great Interconnectedness of Everything (Colin Williams, SBL (Software Box Ltd))

2014-11-06 18:30: Leadership for Engineers - How to become an effective and valued leader (Dr Robina Chatham, Visiting Fellow, Cranfield School of Management)

2014-11-18 18:30: Biomaterial Scaffolds (Various members of the Cambridge Centre for Medical Materials)

2014-11-19 18:30: Theatrical Engineering - A Look Behind The Scenes  (Peter Woods, Jonathan Spriggs and Matt Stott from Delstar Engineering)

2014-11-20 18:30: Crossrail - Moving London Forward (Patrick Griffin, Crossrail)

2014-11-25 18:30: Engineering the Future of Medicine (Professor Serena Best, Department of Materials Science, Cambridge University)

2014-12-02 19:30: Biosensors; Past Present and Future: The role of materials over the past two decades - With a look to the future (Professor Seamus Higson, Head, Cranfield Biotechnology Centre, Cranfield University)

2014-12-11 18:30: Evolution of Mobile Network Infrastructure (Peter Shiret, Shiret Ltd)

2015-01-19 18:30: Talyllyn Railway - 21st Century Engineering on a 150 Year Old Railway (John Scott, volunteer on the Talyllyn Railway)

2015-01-20 19:00: Extending the Limits of Extreme Spark-Ignition Engine Downsizing – The Ultraboost Project  (James Turner, Professor of Engines and Energy Systems, University of Bath)

2015-01-22 18:30: The Internet of Things - Will it Change our Lives? (Hugo Fiennes, CEO and founder of  Electric Imp)

2015-01-27 19:30: Signature Materials – metal thieves, your card is marked! (David W Arthur, Project Manager, Signature Materials, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining)

2015-01-28 18:30: Flying WW1 Aircraft - Roger Bailey, Shuttleworth Collection (Roger Bailey, volunteer pilot with Shuttleworth Collection)

2015-02-18 13:00:  Feeding the world without costing the earth (Professor Andrew Balmford, Professor of Conservation Science, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge)

2015-02-19 18:30: IET Prestige Lecture: Advanced Materials and 3D Printing for the Regeneration of Human tissues (Professor Kevin Shakesheff, Director Wolfson Centre for Tissue Engineering  )

2015-02-19 18:30: Formula Student - views from a judge and competitors (Trevor Cave and the Full Blue Racing team)

2015-03-04 13:00:  Food Wastage and Global Food Security (Dr Tim Fox, Head of Energy and Environment, Institute of Mechanical Engineers)

2015-03-11 13:00:  Resource competition: Supporting a growing population whilst reducing greenhouse gas emissions (Dr Astley Hastings, Research Fellow, The School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen)

2015-03-19 18:30: Running Out of Energy?  The Future of the UK’s Electricity Supply. (Richard McMahon, Cambridge University Engineering Department)

2015-03-19 19:00: Driverless Pods on pavements – the technology and the psychology (Speaker to be confirmed - Transport Systems Catapult Ltd, Milton Keynes )

2015-03-19 19:30: Cellulose: Future technology for the world’s most utilised material (Prof Steve Eichorn, Head of Engineering, University of Exeter)

2015-04-22 13:00: Smallholder agriculture and food security: examining the routes for diversifying and sustaining rural livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa (Dr. Shailaja Fennell ( Lecturer in Development Studies, Department of Land Economy))

2015-04-23 18:30: Making the invisible visible: The nm scale perspective (Dr. Annie Loo, Carl Zeiss Microscopy Ltd., Cambridge)

2015-05-06 13:00: Can GM crops help to feed the world? (Professor Sir Brian Heap)

2015-05-12 19:30: The prospects for thin film PV solar energy in a world dominated by crystalline silicon (Professor Stuart Irvine, Director of Centre for Solar Energy Research, Glyndŵr University)

2015-05-21 18:30: Optical Fibres in Oil and Gas; Monitoring at the Speed of Light. (Andrew Strong, Cambridge Consultants)

2015-06-10 18:30: High Speed Two: Engine for Growth  (Peter Fry, Public Affairs Manager, High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd)

2015-06-16 18:30: The Role of Technology Consultancies in R&D Ecosystems: Case Studies from Medical Devices (Iain Simpson is an Associate Director, Drug Delivery, Global Medical Technology Division, Cambridge ConsultantsSpeaker to be confirmed)

2015-06-23 18:30: Measuring vibration with a laser (Joe Armstrong, Polytec Ltd)

2015-07-15 18:30: Batteries Included! The IPEMU battery-powered train (James Ambrose, Principal Engineer (T&RS), Network Rail)

2015-09-09 18:30: Printing the craft beer revolution - Tonejet (Jonathan Halls, VP Technology development at Tonejet)

2015-09-17 19:00: Beers and Careers: Cambridge Engineering Network Event (Speaker to be confirmed)

2015-10-07 18:30: ROBOTICS - THE FUTURE OF KEYHOLE SURGERY (Luke Hares, Cambridge Medical Robotics)

2015-10-29 19:30: THE WINNING FUEL IN FORMULA 1 – PASSION, EDUCATION AND DEDICATION (Ian Greig,  Mercedes Benz Grand Prix Engineering team)

2015-11-17 18:30: Extremely Complex Problems in Metallurgy (Professor Sir Harry Bhadeshia, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge)

2015-11-19 18:30: THE STATE OF THE ART IN AUDIO FORENSICS (and why CSI is fantasy) (Gordon Reid, Cedar Audio)

2015-11-19 18:30: Women in Engineering - Celebrating Local Achievements (Dr Helen Meese CEng MIMechE, Head of Engineering in Society, Institution of Mechanical Engineers)

2015-11-23 18:30: Repairing offshore wind turbine blades (Simon Sanderson, Technical Director of Rotos 360 Ltd, and Charles Lee, Director of Futureneering Ltd)

2015-12-07 13:00: MATHS INSPIRATION EVENT FOR INVITED YEAR 11/12 STUDENTS (Dr. Hugh Hunt, CUED)

2015-12-08 18:30: Recent Advances in Sensor Technologies for Mobile Healthcare - Prof Chris Lowe (Emeritus Professor Chris Lowe, Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology)

2015-12-10 18:30: PICO PROJECT – NO MORE PASSWORDS (Dr. Frank Stajano, Computer Lab, Cambridge University,)

2015-12-15 18:30: International Space Station: Off the Earth, For the Earth (Ravi Margasahayam, NASA)

2016-01-28 18:00: Formula Student - presenting Full Blue Racing's 2016 design (Speaker to be confirmed)

2016-01-28 18:00: Local heat of the IOM3 Young Persons Lecture Competition (Speaker to be confirmed)

2016-02-03 18:30: Building Britain's Most Powerful Steam Locomotive (Rob Morland, BSc (Hons) CEng FIET, Trustee and Director, Electrical Engineering, The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust )

2016-02-03 19:00: Joint IMechE /IET event - Building Britain's Most Powerful Steam Locomotive.  (Rob Morland)

2016-02-09 18:00: LIFESKILLS EVENT.  “WANT TO BECOME PROFESSIONALLY REGISTERED?” (TBA - IET Lifeskills team)

2016-02-09 18:30: Clean energy from liquid air – the EpiQair engine [ IMechE ] (Tony Dye, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technical Officer of Epicam Ltd)

2016-02-18 18:00: Smart infrastructure and construction - the challenges and opportunities for the use of sensors in monitoring infrastructure and construction (Dr. Jennifer Schooling, Director of the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC))

2016-02-25 18:30: PRESTIGE LECTURE -  DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE (Prof. Andrew Harrison, Diamond Light Source)

2016-03-01 18:00: A Match Made in Heaven: Materials Science and Archaeology in the studies of Invention and Innovation of the Earliest Eurasian Metallurgy (Dr. Miljana Radivojevic. Anniversary Research Fellow, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research)

2016-03-08 19:00: Beers and Careers: Cambridge Engineering Network Event (Advisors from selected Cambridge companies will be in attendance, as well as fellow engineers from early-to mid careers looking to share experiences. )

2016-03-08 19:00: Joint IET/I Mech E - beers and careers event (D. Blake)

2016-03-17 18:30: MRI-THE WONDER MACHINE: FROM BLUE SKIES TO EVERY DAY USAGE (Richard V Aldridge, UEA)

2016-04-21 18:00: Silk - the physics behind the function  (Dr. Peter Laity. Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield)

2016-04-21 18:30: WIND, WAVE AND TIDAL POWER GENERATION. RELIABILITY AND COST OF ENERGY (Professor Peter Tavner, Durham University.)

2016-05-19 18:30: ELECTRIC AND HYBRID-ELECTRIC PROPULSION FOR LIGHT AIRCRAFT - PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE (Dr Paul Robertson, CUED)

2016-09-22 18:30: Medical Engineering at TWI (talk and visit) (Tom Pinto CEng MIMechE Senior Medical Project Engineer - Electron Beam Processes Section, Joining Technologies Group, TWI )

2016-10-13 19:30: The Falcon Rocket System and the development of rockets for the Bloodhound project. (Daniel Jubb, Co-Founder of the Falcon Rocket Project.)

2016-10-20 18:30: PATENTS, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TRADEMARKS (Adam Branscombe, Avidity IP)

2016-10-24 18:00: LARMOR LECTURE - Nanostructured steel: the challenge of manufacture   (Professor Sir Harry Bhadeshia FRS FREng, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy)

2016-11-08 18:30: LOCATION INTELLIGENCE AND SYSTEMS (Dr Paul Webster, Ubisense Ltd.)

2016-11-17 18:30: AN OVERVIEW OF THE EUROPEAN TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM (ETCS) (Bob Barnard)

2016-11-24 19:00: BRITISH CYCLING (Tony Purnell, Head of Technical Development at British Cycling)

2016-12-15 18:30: PRACTICAL NANOENGINEERING AND THE HYPE OF THE NANOCARBONS (Dr Matthew T. Cole, CUED)

2017-01-19 18:30: HARNESSING THE POWER OF TECHNOLOGY TSUNAMIS TO DISRUPT THE FUTURE OF ONLINE GROCERY RETAIL (Paul Clarke, Ocado)

2017-02-23 18:30: IET PRESTIGE LECTURE - ROBOTS HELPING PEOPLE (Professor Yiannis Demiris, Imperial College)

2017-02-28 18:00: IET Professional Registration Event (IET Cambridge committee and visitors from IET Central Offices)

2017-02-28 18:30: 3D printing with Ultimaker 3D printing machines (Daniel Abram, Technical Support Manager, 3DGBIRE, the UK partner for Ultimaker 3D printing machines)

2017-03-08 18:00: IET Cambridge Younger Members' Workshop (All of us on the IET Cambridge Committee)

2017-03-16 18:30: Bio Analyser Systems: An introduction to the principles and engineering of equipment to analyse biological samples (David Molony CEng – independent Engineering Consultant. Formerly technical lead at TAP Biosystems)

2017-04-20 18:30: HYBRID HOPES - AIRLANDER 10 (Chris Daniels of Hybrid Air Vehicles Limited)

2017-05-18 18:30: ENERGY GENERATION AND STORAGE SYSTEMS (Oliver Burstall (CTO / COO) - Origami Energy)

2017-07-18 18:00: Keronite (Dr Steve Hutchins, CTO of Keronite)

2017-10-17 18:00: DIAMOND SCHOLARS AND ENGINEERING HORIZONS (Speaker to be confirmed)

2017-10-18 08:30: AI for Better Patient Outcomes (Multiple - see http://events.theiet.org/aihealthcare/index.cfm)

2017-10-19 18:30: CONSTRUCTING THE INTERNET - A MARITIME ADVENTURE (Rob Struzyna)

2017-11-02 19:30: GRAVITATIONAL WAVES - LISA AND LISA PATHFINDER (Dr Christian Trenkel, Airbus Defence & Space)

2017-11-16 18:00: The Future for Low Carbon Vehicles - Hybrid and Electric Vehicles? (Steven Doyle, Leader business development at Ricardo for hybrid & electronic systems)

2017-11-21 18:00: LIFESKILLS - WANT TO BE PROFESSIONALLY REGISTERED? (Speaker to be confirmed)

2017-12-07 18:30: MODULAR REACTORS (Steve Lawler, AMRC)

2017-12-20 18:30: Surgical robots big and small - how to enable the next generation of surgical robots  (venue changed) (Chris Wagner, Head of Advanced Surgical Systems at Cambridge Consultants.)

2018-01-18 18:15: Delivering The Promise of the Internet of Things. How IoT systems can benefit transport, logistics and infrastructure  (Paul Beastall : Director Technology Strategy, Wireless Digital Services, Cambridge Consultants )

2018-02-08 18:30: TO A TRILLION AND BEYOND: THE FUTURE OF COMPUTING AND THE INTERNET OF THINGS - The IET Cambridge Prestige Lecture (Krisztian Flautner, vice president of technology at ARM.)

2018-02-27 18:00: PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION WORKSHOP (Speaker to be confirmed)

2018-03-07 18:30: Real time engine emissions measurement and impact on local air quality [IMechE] (Dr Mark Peckham, Director, Cambustion Ltd)

2018-03-15 18:30: THE PYE STORY (Bob Bates and Richard Howes, Pye History Trust)

2018-04-19 18:30: THE MATHEMATICAL MAGIC OF MIXED REALITY ( Dr. Andrew Fitzgibbon, Partner Scientist at Microsoft HoloLens)

2018-05-17 18:30: MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND INSTRUMENTATION IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY (Dr. Wes Maru, R & D Manager, OGM Ltd)