Dear all,
I am delighted to introduce Spring 2019
update of our IMechE webpages, and let you know that our Spring 2019 Newsletter is now available by following the link below:
IMechE West Cumbria Spring 2019 Newsletter
In this edition you will find information on the Engineering
Learned Society activities that we have undertaken over the last 6 months,
including lectures on subjects including, Vehicle Collision
Investigation, Industrial Heavy Lifting and Advanced Manufacturing Nano
Technology. Numbers attending our
lectures and visits remains healthy; however we hope to increase our attraction
this year by an increased use of social media to advertise our talks/visits.
You’ll find on the back page a poster for
our up-and-coming Autumn Events Programme. These include a talk on the CDM – Temporary
Works legislation and its impact; a visit to PaR Systems Limited, an
International Remote Handling specialist who have established their European
Headquarters at Lillyhall, Workington a talk by Story Contracting on the
Workington Transport Hub, as well as further visits to Bendall’s Carlisle and
TIS, Workington. Please come book your place on the events, as well sharing the
events poster and encourage your friends and colleagues to come along to them
as well. We’re hoping to increase our STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Educational Engagements activities
this year, and to that effect we have a shiny new STEM Co-ordinator in the “hot
seat”, Ned Furniss. Ned will be looking at what we have done historically,
what’s available and wanted across the West Cumbria Schools communities and
developing a fit-for-purpose revitalised STEM Educational Programme.
We are also looking for new Committee
Members, to help keep us fresh and motivated. The role of the Area and YMP
Committees is to facilitate the delivery the Institutions Vision, Mission and
Strategic Objectives are local level by:
1.
Inspiring the Next Generation through fit-for-purpose STEM Engagement
activities,
2.
Facilitate the Continued Professional Development of the local
Membership by delivering relevant and appropriate lectures and visits,
3.
Promoting Engineering in West Cumbria through our Events Programme and
our formal (work) and informal (social) networks.
To
that end all members of the Area Committee are actively involved in activities
on behave of the Institution that can be aligned to the values above.
We
are always looking for new people to join the committee to keep us fresh and
innovative and by doing so it will seriously enhance your Professional
Registration progression, be that to IEng or CEng, or if already registered,
then Fellowship.
If you want to get involved, please get in
touch.
Work has started on planning our 15th
IMechE West Cumbria Annual Dinner. We are currently finalising the Theme and
our VIP Guests/Key Note Speakers, so please keep an eye on the website for details of this and all our other activities. I would like to take this opportunity to once
again thank all our sponsors for supporting our annual dinner. Without their fantastic support we would not
have the funding to continue to grow our Educational Initiatives and the generosity
through donations of those who attended to help our 2018 chosen charities
Cockermouth Mountain Rescue, Hospice at Home and the North Air Ambulance.
Caroline Hamilton
CEng MIMechE
Honorary Chairman,
IMechE West Cumbria