Welcome to the South Wales Region
A warm welcome to the South Wales Region web site. My third year as Region Administrator and my seventh year doing this intro...
We have over 1900 members here, with an active Regional Committee and a very keen Young Members Panel, both of which produce a programme of lectures and visits for each season. Feel free to download our current programme and we hope to see you at an event soon.
Regional members are kept informed of events via a number of methods:
- At the beginning of the season, based on the academic year so generally around October, all members receive the programme card in the post
- Event posters are distributed to many academic institutions and certain industrial companies in the Region
- Lastly, members who have given an email contact address to the IMechE can be notified of events via HQ’s list server, and may be sent updates, changes and reminders
We will be holding our Sixth Annual Dinner this season where Members and their guests will see a lecture on the Lotus Omnivore engine, then receive a six-course dinner for less than half price, mainly subsidised by those that ignore the event! The numbers are limited each year, naturally, and there is always the option of attending only the lecture (free) and not the formal dinner (next best thing to free). And, after the experiences of previous years, we will actually get to hear it again thanks to the improved audio system trialled in 2010...
This Region continues to actively participate in other institutions' events and engineering-related activities, particularly those promoting engineering to schools. Take a look at:
In conclusion, we are always looking for enthusiastic members who wish to be more involved in the Region’s activities. (Frankly, it looks very good on your curriculum vitae plus you get to meet the 'movers and shakers' face to face.) If you would like to support the Regional Committee, then do please contact our Hon. Secretary, Mr Robert Owen, or me. If you are under 30 years of age and would like to be at the centre of IMechE affairs, the Young Members Panel would like to hear from you – contact Mr Arit Shah, the YM’s South Wales Chairman.
Ian Weslake-Hill
Immediate Past Chairman & Region Administrator
20 September 2010 | 18:30 - 20:00
There are a few hundred MIMechEs in this Region who are eligible for the upgrade to FIMechE. Statistically, you are probably one so come along to this free, informal workshop and see how easy it is...
28 September 2010 | 18:30 - 20:30
One for you younger members. If you are just starting out in your professional career (or have only just cottoned on to the fact that you have!) this free, informal workshop will cover everything you need to consider, including the Monitored Professional Development Scheme (MPDS) and related matters.
01 November 2010 | 18:15 - 21:00
Following on from this Region's Transport Debate in 2008, we are now addressing the subject of Energy, with a broad remit so no reasonable question will be ignored - unless we run out of time like in 2008...!
The format is similar to "Question Time" - a panel of experts will discuss pre-submitted questions from the audience.
23 November 2010 | 18:30 - 21:00
"Reaching for the Sky" - Reviewing developments in the field of Product
Safety (including cultural changes), exploring the safety integrated design
process including dealing with risk plus considering other factors that
contribute to accidents and therefore their prevention.
24 November 2010 | 18:30 - 21:00
A joint lecture, hosted by the IOM3 (SWMA) with the RAeS and IMechE South Wales Region.
The presentation tracks the development of the jet engine from its early days to the powerful and sophisticated technological marvels of today. It covers the testing of these engines, including the ingestion of large objects and shedding of front-end fan blades, and their ingestion and containment within the engine's casing. Some spectacular video sequences of engine tests and catastrophic failures under dynamic test conditions will be shown.
01 February 2011 | 18:30 - 21:00
This presentation describes the strategy to improve outage performance across EDF Energy's fleet of eight existing nuclear power stations.
Methodologies for systematic outage duration improvement and lessons learnt are covered.
15 March 2011 | 18:30 - 21:00
You've heard the news and read the articles, now come and hear the inside story about this latest leviathan of the skies.
The Airbus A380 double deck aircraft is a marvel of engineering success and international collaboration. This lecture will provide an overview of this iconic aircraft and demonstrate some of the benefits that were gained through high levels of integration between the aircraft structures and systems.
20 May 2011 | 18:15 - 23:45
The usual six-course banquet in the Marble Hall (formal dress) substantially subsidised by those non-attending members of Region...
Plus the Region's Annual General Meeting, the Prestige Lecture and the awards.
31 July 2011 | 10:45 - 16:00
Family day out with the members of South Wales' premier rocket club, Fog Rocketry
