Dear South Essex Area Member,
Welcome to our 2023-2024 session, starting on 20th September 2023 with a fantastic lecture on Smart Manufacturing. After this, if our hosts are happy to talk to us online, we plan to present online various other exciting topics (more details coming soon). Zoom links for the talks will be published shortly before each one.
Your committee has volunteered, as always, to arrange an informative season of lectures to complement the Automotive Division Essex Centre’s (ADEC) programme. At the end of each one you can raise questions to the speakers using the Zoom chat function. These events are complementary to the Automotive Division Essex Centre’s (ADEC) programme and free to attend for both IMechE members and their guests.
Yours sincerely,
Ahad Ramezanpour, CEng, PhD
Chairperson
South Essex Area, Institution of Mechanical Engineers
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Event Type: Talk or debate
14 January 2026 19:30 to 21:00
Anglia Ruskin University - Essex
Fusion has long promised limitless safe power and some claim it is the silver bullet for our energy challenges. Yet, decades after it was first conceived, we still seem far from commercialisation. In this talk we will look at the physical and engineering challenges, what we’ve achieved so far and what needs to be done if we are to realise the potential of this technology.
Industry: Energy transfer & thermofluid mechanics
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Event Type: Talk or debate
22 April 2026 19:30 to 21:00
Anglia Ruskin University - Essex
Lithium-ion batteries are central to electrified transport but are complex systems shaped by electrochemical, mechanical, and electrical factors. With up to 140 manufacturing steps and 600 variables, optimisation is difficult and resource-intensive. This talk explores manufacturing through engineering and modelling, and how AI can address key challenges.
Industry: Energy transfer & thermofluid mechanics