Welcome to the Wessex Region
This site will provide information on events and activities being organised by the IMechE Wessex Area. I hope you find something of interest in your area and if you need any further information please contact one of the committee members.
Welcome to the web pages that cover the activities organised for you, the membership, by the volunteer members in the Wessex Region. Our lecture and visits programme is organised by the Area committees located in Dorchester, Bournemouth, Southampton, Salisbury and Portsmouth & IOW. Please search the Events pages and select events that you may wish to attend. If you need to contact committee members, please follow the e-mail links on the Contacts pages. Perhaps you can help us by providing a talk or organising a visit to an interesting venue yourself, or perhaps you can recommend a suitable speaker? We also support actvities in schools that aim to promote STEM subjects, such as our "Year in 2050" events and the annual Arnold Barks Memorial Christmas Lectures which are held in Salisbury every December. Funds are provided from your membership fees through the Institution's Regional Strategy Board to support events in your Area, so its in your interest to get involved and to take advantage of making contact with other members who may be able to assist you with your professional development programme and support you with applications for higher grades of membership.
I look forward to meeting you at future events in the Region over the coming months.
Nick Schulkins
Wessex Chairman
Current and Future Events
Please click the event heading for further information.
Wiltshire College, Salisbury | 21 May 2013 18:30 to 20:00
Event type: Technical Lecture
Following the Olympics and Paralympics of last summer this lecture examines the influence and use of engineering in sport. Particularly how leading edge technologies from industry are used to create faster, lighter and more efficient equipment, to how precision analysis tools are allowing coaches to fine-tune athletes’ performance better than ever before.
Industry sector: Research & Development.
RNLI | 04 June 2013 19:15 to 23:00
Event type: Presidential Visit
Dinner with the President
Industry sector: Non Industry Specific.
STEAM Museum | 11 June 2013 18:30 to 20:30
Event type: Technical Lecture
The Hitachi Super Express Train is the new generation of high speed trains which will operate on the Great Western Main Line after it is electrified. The trains will be assembled at a new factory in the north of England and the GW trains will be maintained at depots in Bristol and west London.
PLEASE NOTE This is a TUESDAY starting with refreshments at 18.30
Industry sector: Railway.
Stannah Stairlifts | 19 June 2013 14:00 to 16:30
Event type: Technical Visit
Technical tour of Stannah Stairlifts, Andover. Stannah is the world's leading stairlift provider and a UK leader in passenger lifts, vertical platform lifts and lift servicing.
Industry sector: Non Industry Specific.
QinetiQ | 10 September 2013 17:30 to 19:00
Event type: Technical Lecture
The talk will concentrate on the WE177 nuclear weapon, supplemented by films of trials. RAE was deeply involved with the design and development testing of practically all the non-nuclear components, fuzing and arming, the safe carriage and release, and life extensions.
Industry sector: Aerospace.