Welcome to the South Wales Region
South Wales Region Officers 2018-2019
D. Harwood (Chair) H. Jones (Vice Chair)
A. Bayton (Hon. Treasurer) A. Hall (Hon. Secretary)
We have over 2100 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.
Our members are kept informed of our events programme via a number of methods:
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Event posters are distributed to many academic institutions and certain companies in the Region.
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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.
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Please also follow our region on Twitter if you have an account or check out our
Twitter Web Page.
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Our 2018 Newsletter is now available. Please download it here
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Region Twitter
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This Region continues to actively participate in other institutions' events and engineering-related activities, particularly those promoting engineering to schools.
Take a look at:
Other Local Institutions
In conclusion, we are always looking for enthusiastic members who wish to be more involved in the Region’s activities as IMechE ambassadors. (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 us, then do please contact us. If you are starting out in your career and would like to be at the centre of IMechE affairs, the Young Members Panel would like to hear from you – contact Sian Brake, the YM’s South Wales Chair.
Current and Future Events
Please click the event heading for further information.
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Event Type: Technical lecture
13 November 2018 18:15 to 21:00
Holiday Inn, Cardiff North, M4 Jct. 32 - Cardiff
Colonel Robbie Hall QGM served 37 years in the Army, and for 25 of those he was involved in various aspects of Bomb Disposal, both on land and in the sea. His final task before leaving the Service was to command the training organisation for all 3 Services Bomb Disposal specialists, charged with finding and training sufficient high-threat operators to cope with the daunting IED threat in Afghanistan.
Industry: Human Factors in Safety and Reliability (SRG)
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Event Type: Technical lecture
05 February 2019 18:15 to 20:00
Holiday Inn, Cardiff North, M4 Jct. 32 - Cardiff
The Cardiff Bay Barrage will be 20 years old in 2019 and this talk will look at the hydrogeological regime in Cardiff, its interactions with the Barrage and changes to groundwater that have occurred since 1999 and the impoundment of Cardiff Bay. Measures to mitigate possible rising groundwater levels put in place 20 years ago will also be examined.
Industry: Cross-sector
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Event Type: Technical lecture
14 February 2019 17:30 to 17:30
Herefordshire & Ludlow College - Hereford
This talk willcover the technology behind the AJAX family of vehicles, the development process, tools, integration and testing facilities used to deliver this world leading capability.
Industry: Defence
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Event Type: Social event
22 March 2019 19:30 to 23:00
The Ballroom @ The Bear Hotel - Cowbridge
We will have another great speaker for our regular Members & Partners Evening.
Curry & Rice hot buffet at the interval. Complimentary drink on arrival (Beer, wine or soft drinks only).
Industry: Cross-sector
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Event Type: Annual dinner or luncheon
10 May 2019 19:30 to 23:00
The City Hall, Cardiff
The Region's Annual Dinner in the usual prestigious surroundings of Cardiff City Hall.
This year we will be joined by another fantastic guest speaker.
Industry: Cross-sector