Welcome to the Thameswey Region

   President Visit to Reading early 2017



Thameswey is made up of four Areas and a Young Member Panel:

  1. Chiltern
  2. Farnborough and Guildford
  3. Oxford
  4. Reading
  5. Thameswey Young Member Panel

You will find details of their programmes within this site, a composite events diary for the Region is enclosed below.  We have also included for your convenience a down-loadable copy of the most recent complete programme card 2019 Autumn-Winter Thameswey Programme card v1 .

Any detail amendments to the Programme Card will always be included below, so please do check here for latest information.

Current and Future Events

Please click the event heading for further information.
  • Reaction Engines SABRE Project
    Event Type: Technical lecture
    07 November 2019 18:30 to 01 November 2019 20:30
    Wood Place (Shinfield Park) - Reading - Reading
    This event is part of the Reading Areas Autumn/Winter programme, 6.30pm for 7.00pm start.
    Industry: Aerospace Industries
  • Recycling plastics back into oils - creating value from waste
    Event Type: Technical lecture
    12 November 2019 18:30 to 20:30
    Oxford Brookes University - Oxford
    Recycling Technologies has engineered a modular and scalable machine – the RT7000 - to chemically convert plastic waste, which currently cannot be recycled, into Plaxx® - a valuable hydrocarbon product. The talk will explain the technology and potential of this process.
    Industry: Process Industries
  • Active Safety Systems in Cars
    Event Type: Technical lecture
    26 November 2019 18:30 to 20:30
    Oxford Brookes University - Oxford
    The use of active safety systems in cars such as “lane departure warning” and “collision warning” systems are increasingly being fitted to new vehicles. Hear about the latest developments and how these will improve safety on the roads. Oxford Area joint with the IET.
    Industry: Automobile
  • Developments in Wind Turbines
    Event Type: Technical lecture
    10 December 2019 18:30 to 20:30
    Oxford Brookes University - Oxford
    How operational experience such as the build up of dirt and erosion on the turbine blades is impacting the design of blades for the latest units as well retrofitting devices to mitigate the effects to operating units. The addition of aerodynamic devices such as vortex generators, winglets and Gurney flaps has the potential to increase annual energy production by up to 5%.
    Industry: Power Industries
  • Asset Management
    Event Type: Technical lecture
    28 January 2020 18:30 to 20:30
    Oxford Brookes University - Oxford
    TBD.
    Industry: Management
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