Passengers, Procurement and Product Development – The Supply Chain for a Successful Railway
08 March 2010
This lecture is free and open to all. Refreshments are available from 5.15, the lecture will start at 6pm prompt.
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Liquefied Natural Gas – the chain and how it works
25 February 2010
The LNG projects are often likened to a chain consisting of interlinking components i.e. production, liquefaction, transport by sea, receiving and regasification. This lecture aims to describe the components of the chain and give some insights into the technology and the commercial aspects of how the chain works. From this, the relevance to the UK will be explained.
This lecture is free and open to all. Refreshments 17.30 - Lecture 18.00
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A Joined up Railway: Procuring An Integrated Rail System in Scotland
22 February 2010
This lecture is free and open to all. Refreshments served from 5.15, lecture to start at 6pm prompt.
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BBC2 Scotland
17 February 2010
BBC2 Scotland
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Control Systems - Are Rail and Air so Different?
10 February 2010
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Level Crossings in the Netherlands
13 January 2010
Lecture given by Jeroen Nederlof, Prorail
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97th Thomas Hawksley Lecture: Powering the Future
14 December 2009
This year’s Thomas Hawksley lecture will be presented by Paul Willson, Deputy Director of Generation for international engineering consultancy, Parsons Brinckerhoff. Paul is also the principal author of Powering the Future, a detailed and hard-hitting report by Parsons Brinckerhoff which focuses on the impact of meeting the UK Government’s carbon reduction targets for 2050 and highlights critical steps for tackling CO2 reduction.
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Water: A Glass Half Full or a Glass Half Empty?
30 November 2009
The south east of England is now offcially ‘water stressed’ and something drastically different from traditional solutions is required in the near future from water engineers. This lecture will review the questions from both strategic and local perspectives. The discussion will put in context some answers for the future engineering of water infrastructure.
This lecture is FREE and open to all.
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Climate Change - Have We Lost the Battle?
26 November 2009
If climate change is one of the biggest threats to mankind and our planet, what can we as engineers do about it? Do we have the right strategy to win this war or is it simply too late? The Chairman of the Young Members’ Board, Jonathan Hursthouse, invites you to the climate change question time debate.
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Taking up the Gauntlet – TfL’s Strategy for Sustainability & Environment on London's Rail Networks
23 November 2009
Sir Seymour Biscoe Tritton Prestige Lecture presented by Ian Brown BSc FCILT,Managing Director, London Rail, Transport for London
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Signalling, have we lost the plot?
11 November 2009
Eddie Goddard, LUL, discussing british Trains
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Guest Lecture - 'Community Engineering' Is What We Really Need
10 November 2009
Professor Heinz Wolff, Emeritus Professor, Brunel Institute for Bioengineering presents a guest lecture on Community Engineering as part of "Engineering for the Ageing Population: Challenges & Opportunities"
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James Clayton Memorial Lecture 2009: Sustainable Engineering or Engineering Sustainability? – Challenges for Multi-Disciplinary Innovation
19 October 2009
Professor Jeremy Watson, Global Research Director, Arup will present some key ideas for sustainability enabled by multi-disciplinary engineering.
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Sustaining Our Future by Rebuilding Our Past - 2009 ASHRAE Lecture
15 October 2009
ASHRAE President Gordon Holness will focus his presentation on sustaining our future by rebuilding our past, addressing energy efficiency in existing buildings.
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Moving Tube Heritage Railways Division Heritage Lecture
12 October 2009
Looking at the Heritage Trains on the London Underground in the past decades.
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Chairman's Address: What has Formula One ever done for us?
01 October 2009
The 2009 Chairmans Address focussed on how F1 techniques can be applied to speed development, encourage innovation, deliver complex projects on time and make a profit.
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In at the Deep End - a review of the move into deepwater oil exploration and the technology challenges facing the industry
30 September 2009
John Baxter, Group Head of Engineering, BP, reviews the engineering challenges as oil exploration and production moves from fixed platforms on the continental shelf to floating structures in deep water.
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Interoperability, Europe and Morris Dancing
28 September 2009
Presented by: Chris Carr, Deputy Director, Department for Transport
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Railway Division Chairman's Address Bridging the Gap - Industry and Academia in Harmony
14 September 2009
Presented by Professor Roger Goodall this years address will follow up on the message from the chairman last year 'The Importance of Engineering Science', in particular focussing upon the need for strong links between industry and the 'science base' (principally the universities). Ideas and techniques are being generated by universities that are applicable to the railways; equally there are issues in the industry to which universities can contribute.
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Geo-engineering media coverage
02 September 2009
Broadcast coverage from the IMechE's Geo-Engineering Report.
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IMechE talks to BBC London Tonight on the city’s power cuts
22 July 2009
IMechE talks to BBC London Tonight on the city’s power cuts
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Nissan Battery Investment
20 July 2009
Dr Colin Brown speaks on Nissan's plans to manufacture batteries at its Sunderland car plant.
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Formula Student 2009
16 July 2009
105 universities from 20 countries across 5 categories. Watch the action from this year’s Formula Student competition at Silverstone.
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Engineer profile: Alice Younge
01 July 2009
Alice Younge, PhD student at Imperial College London, talks about her research in biomechanical engineering.
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Engineer profile: Ben Truman
01 July 2009
Ben Truman, Actuation Systems Engineer at Goodrich, discusses the development of braking systems for Airbus aircraft.
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Engineer profile: Joanna Gleeson
01 July 2009
Joanna Gleeson, Maintenance Engineer at Corus Steelworks, talks about energy conservation.
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Engineer profile: Steven Chan
01 July 2009
Steven Chan, Project engineer for Tube Lines on the London Underground
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Tribology Gold Medal
09 June 2009
Prof. Colin Brown talks about the Tribology Gold Medal Award.
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Lessons from GE19: Essential Engineering Questions
02 June 2009
Presented by Martin Brown, the Director of Health, Safety and Environment at Transport for London, this lecture will provide an insight into the investigation undertaken after the collapse of the GE19 bridge. It will provide a chance to debate the issues relating to the reasons for failure and the lessons learnt. Additionally, it will examine the barriers that exist to the application of fundamental engineering principles within innovative design.
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Annual Meeting and Presidential Address "Managing to Improve the World Through Engineering"
27 May 2009
Keith H Millard CEng FIMechE presented the Presidential Address on the subject of "Managing to Improve the World Through Engineering"
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LNG: The UK’s Future
21 May 2009
PRESSURE SYSTEMS GROUP PRESTIGE LECTURE
Supported by the Tyne and Wear Young Members Panel
This evening lecture presented by Paul Maynard, Whessoe Oil & Gas will provide an introduction to the global LNG market and examine the UK’s current market position.
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Aircraft Carriers for the Future - 81st Thomas Lowe Gray Lecture
13 May 2009
The 81st Thomas Lowe Gray Memorial Lecture will be delivered by RAdm Nigel Guild. In the Centenary year of Naval Aviation, the lecture will take a look at the evolution of aircraft carriers, studying their past, present and future.
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The London Tideway Tunnels
05 May 2009
A major Thames Water project – the London Tideway Tunnels – is set to make the River Thames cleaner and healthier.
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Climate Change Question Time
29 April 2009
The Institution hosted its first ever question time debate on climate change at its One Birdcage Walk headquarters on 29 April. The debate discussed how we should tackle the greatest environmental challenge of our time.
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Delivering the Glendoe Hydro Electric Scheme
28 April 2009
This lecture by Jim Smith of Airtricity discusses the recently commissioned 100MW Glendoe Hydro Electric scheme, providing an insight into the design and construction process involved in delivering the project.
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Is Rail a Viable Mode of Transport for the 21st Century? - Sir Seymour Biscoe Tritton lecture
27 April 2009
A view on where rail needs to improve if it is to have a successful future, looking at actual costs, reliability and carbon performance, and how technology and better knowledge management could improve the railway’s service.
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IRSE Presidential Address
24 April 2009
The inauguration of Frans Heijnen as the President of the IRSE.
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'Green Skills' - IMechE, National Skills Academy for Manufacturing and Warwick Manufacturing Group Inaugural Lecture
21 April 2009
Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya KB CBE discusses how through creating a symbiotic relationship between Academia and industry we can at once grow the economy and preserve the environment.
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Climate Change: Adapting to the Inevitable report
13 April 2009
IMechE makes the headlines with its Climate Change: Adapting to the Inevitable report.
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Nuclear Power - from Last Gasp to Second Wind (Management Challenge Lecture 2009)
24 March 2009
The lecture will review the tumultuous changes taking place in the nuclear industry; from its enthusiastic beginnings, through the darker days and on to the current resurgence.
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IMechE's vision: Improving the world through engineering
20 March 2009
Engineering is something of a hidden success story in the UK. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers is increasing awareness by taking a positive, inspiring message into schools and out to the media. This video communicates our vision and highlights the work of some of our 78,000 members.
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44th John Player Lecture - Meeting the Challenge: A380, A350XWB and Beyond
18 March 2009
This presentation explores how Airbus engineers rose to the challenge of developing structural solutions that balanced these often conflicting needs, culminating in the most successful entry into service ever for a commercial aircraft.
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ERTMS Infrastructure - the Spanish Experience
11 March 2009
In the last 20 years, Spain has modernised its commuter lines in the major cities as well as developed new high-speed lines linking these cities.
This presentation describes progress towards meeting those two laudable objectives.
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S Stock - A New Train for London's Sub-Surface Railway
09 March 2009
The presentation outlines the key features of the S Stock design, in particular the innovative features being introduced onto London's Sub-Surface Railway.
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Benefits of Volunteering With Schools
02 March 2009
The benefits of volunteering for schools.
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Business in the Community
02 March 2009
An overview of the benefits of encouraging volunteering within a company culture.
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The Ambassador Programme - a Brief Overview
02 March 2009
The Ambassador programme - a brief overview.
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Volunteers in School - A Teacher's Perspective
02 March 2009
Fiona Abankwah, Deputy Head teacher of Hornsey School for Girls outlines the importance and expectations of volunteers in the classroom.
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Young Members - Benefits of Volunteering
02 March 2009
Having managed the Cooling the Planet Competition Chris provided an overview of the benefits of getting involved.
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Developing Great People (Hugh Ford Management Lecture)
18 February 2009
What do you think makes your business successful? What does 'great' mean? What drives people to be great - is it nature or nurture?
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ERTMS Opportunities in the UK
16 February 2009
What is ERTMS? Where is it being used? Why do we want it? Can we afford it? Where are we? What are we planning? Issues and opportunities.
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Flight 1549, Hudson Plane Crash (January 2008)
05 February 2009
Flight 1549, Hudson Plane Crash
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Renewable Energy and Energy from Waste
29 January 2009
Renewable Energy and Energy from Waste
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Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation Lecture - The History of Another Dimension - 50 Years of Bentley's V8 Engine
22 January 2009
Dr Ulrich Eichhorn's lecture covers the original design and development of the Bentley V8 engine, from its introduction in 1959 through to its present day form in the newly launched Bentley Brooklands coupe.
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Recreating the Whitby and Pickering Railway
19 January 2009
Philip Benham discusses how North Yorkshire Moors Railway brought a regular train service back between the towns of Pickering, becoming the first heritage railway licensed to run trains on Network Rail.
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The Use and Misuse of SIL
14 January 2009
Find out why anomalies in the interpretation of SIL have led to a misunderstanding and misuse of the concept.
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Arnold Barks Christmas Lecture (2008)
10 December 2008
The annual IMechE Arnold Barks Christmas lecture.
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Engineering the Future in a Climate of Change - Automobile Chairman's Address
10 December 2008
Climate change challenges automotive engineers. In his Chairman's Address Prof. Richard Folkson discusses energy alternatives and looks at automotive solutions and opportunities.
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Towards High Speed 2 - The 96th Thomas Hawksley Memorial Lecture
08 December 2008
The launch of High Speed 1 has transformed travel between the UK and continental Europe, significantly reducing journey times and encouraging phenomenal growth in travellers from across the UK regions.
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Green Tariffs versus Green Wash
01 December 2008
Juliet Davenport, Chief Executive of The Good Energy Group PLC explains what "green tariffs" mean and what their effect on the total installed capacity of renewable generation is. She explores the conflicts with ROCS and what difference the new feed-in tariffs will make.
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Marine Energy Report
28 November 2008
A radio broadcast on the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Marine Energy Report - Taking Scotland's Reputation for Engineering Innovation into the 21st Century.
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Hybrid Traction Systems - What's In Store for the Future of Train Propulsion?
24 November 2008
This lecture outlines the energy and carbon challenges for UK transport, and rail in particular, a topic highly relevant to the industry from both a cost and environmental standpoint.
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Preserving the Engineering Capability for the Future of the Aerospace Industry in the North of England - 3rd Annual Northern Aerospace Forum
30 October 2008
Preserving the Engineering Capability for the Future of the Aerospace Industry in the North of England - 3rd Annual Northern Aerospace Forum
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Can engineers solve the Italian Job?
24 October 2008
Listen here to find out
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Greenpower at the Goodwood Finals
20 October 2008
IMechE Greenpower supports the finals of the electric car race for schools at Goodwood.
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Maintain to Sustain - Delivering ASHRAE's Sustainability Promise
09 October 2008
This Presidential Lecture focuses on operating buildings to deliver the energy efficiency inherent in their design, including effective commissioning, improved documentation, and programs to educate and certify building operators.
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Synthetic Methanol as a Sustainable Transport Fuel
24 September 2008
It is now widely accepted that we must take substantial action if we are to avoid disastrous consequences of climate change driven by man-made CO2 emissions. This factor, combined with concerns over the geopolitical distribution of remaining oil reserves is forcing us to consider alternatives to fossil fuels and this lecture examines some of the possibilities.
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The Importance of Engineering Science - What Did We Do With It, Where Is It Now and Where Will It Go?
15 September 2008
During the privatisation process the railway turned its back on engineering science. Short term pragmatism ruled and engineering science was seen as unimportant to the individually privatised companies. It was not until the dreadful accidents of the 1997-2000 period that a pan-industry approach to research was re-initiated.
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Heritage Award: Lightning Jet Fighter
14 September 2008
ITV Granada coverage of the Lightning Heritage Award.
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Channel Tunnel Fire (11 September 2008)
11 September 2008
Sky News interviews Dr Colin Brown.
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Eco Car Race, Aintree: North West Tonight
10 September 2008
Eco Car Race, Aintree: North West Tonight
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Heathrow Air Crash
29 August 2008
Heathrow Air Crash
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Madrid Air Crash 2008
29 August 2008
Madrid Air Crash
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Formula Student 2008
20 July 2008
Formula Student is about building future engineering talent by designing and producing a single-seater racing car, not just in design and manufacture, but in many of the management, marketing and people skills so vital in the modern world, across all sectors of employment.
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CTRL: Progress and Introduction
21 April 2008
The talk is organised with elements of both Infrastructure and Rolling Stock aspects, so as to provide an overall system view of the CTRL Project. It will examine the geography and constraints of construction of high speed line in the Southeast of England and the operation of the line.
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Getting the Best Out of Britain's Nuclear Workhorses
01 April 2008
The AGR design is unique to the UK and a considerable amount of development work has been required over the years to underpin safe, reliable, operation. This paper outlines a brief history of nuclear power in the UK; highlights some of the challenges which have been encountered along the way, and gives examples of the significant improvements in performance of the nuclear fleet over recent years.
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The Greatest Railway Journey in the World?
15 January 2008
This lecture looks at the history of the line with its troubled and protracted gestation and short-lived existence through to the magnificent reconstruction now being undertaken. The title is justified not just by the eventual travel the new railway will provide and the spectacular scenery it passes through but in the engineering and conception of the scheme to revive it.
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Skills Shortage for Nuclear Engineers
10 January 2008
Skills Shortage for Nuclear Engineers
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Feeding the Tigers
18 December 2007
Feeding the Tigers explores the development of some of Asia's automotive tigers and considers the influence that the UK automotive industry has had over their formative years. It will also review the current state of their automotive industries, the influencing factors and ambitions and considers possible future scenarios when the tigers eventually come of age.
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Energy for Transport - 95th Thomas Hawksley Memorial Lecture
17 December 2007
Nearly all our transport is fuelled by the burning of hydrocarbons. Thus transport is the largest single producer of CO2 and curbing its growth presents an enormous challenge to society at large and our political masters. Great hope is placed on the role of technology for 'decarbonising' transport.
This lecture outlines and discusses the technologies which may help in the next few decades, together with some of the policy measures which are becoming increasingly necessary.
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Mechatronic Trains - What Might They Do For Railways?
29 November 2007
The lecture begins with an overview of mechatronic possibilities for railway vehicles, focussed upon the application to suspensions and bogies. The main technical options will be identified, and the current state-of-the-art summarised by describing some recent developments.
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Formula Student 2007
01 November 2007
Formula Student is about building future engineering talent by designing and producing a single-seater racing car, not just in design and manufacture, but in many of the management, marketing and people skills so vital in the modern world, across all sectors of employment.
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2nd Annual Northern Aerospace Forum
31 October 2007
2nd Annual Northern Aerospace Forum
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Technical Harmonisation of European Railways
11 October 2007
This lecture will question whether the technical harmonisation of European railways is a necessary process for the borderless operations an open market,or a threat to innovation and competitiveness.
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The Unknown Risk is the Infinite Risk
11 June 2007
This lecture proposes a different approach to risk management and mitigation, based on an integrated view of the entire risk context and suggesting a methodology which will take in the entire range of threats and hazards which face the modern enterprise.
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Presidents Address - Energy For Life
05 June 2007
This lecture argues that we need energy sources with high output (such as coal, oil, nuclear etc) but with little to zero emissions and that the energy supply challenges faced by the world will be met by a diverse combination of nuclear, clean fossil, solar and biomass fuels.
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The Importance of Safe Pressure Release - Analysis of Key Issues Using International Examples From 1974 to 1992
01 May 2007
This presentation illustrates and analyses key safety issues, with worldwide examples of incidents between 1974 and 1992.
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Formula Student 2006
18 April 2007
Formula Student is about building future engineering talent by designing and producing a single-seater racing car, not just in design and manufacture, but in many of the management, marketing and people skills so vital in the modern world, across all sectors of employment.
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MX Awards 2007
18 April 2007
MX Awards 2007
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Delivering Train Systems on the Victoria Line - a PPP Project
16 April 2007
This presentation highlights Bombardier's approach to delivering their turnkey project to upgrade the Victoria Line. This will cover the integration of both train and signalling systems to replace the existing Victoria Line ATO and will include a detailed review of the new train design considering the particular requirements of the PPP and underground environment.
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Responding to Climate Change by Rethinking Urban Infrastructure, a Very Complex Challenge - Hugh Ford Management Lecture
11 April 2007
Peter Head, a world leader in sustainable development in cities. He will explore the radical approach that has been taken in China to design and deliver a new paradigm of urban development in response to climate
change.
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All Change - Managing a Changing Railway
29 March 2007
This lecture, presented by John Armitt, discusses the challenges of managing a changing railway, along with the organisational and culture change programme he has led in his five years as Chief Executive of Network Rail. John considers the challenges of the future in the next phase of Network Rail's change programme.
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Creating the World's Fastest Diesel - the Story of the JCB Dieselmax Project
21 March 2007
This presentation focuses on the JCB DieselMax project from its conception through to the establishment and implementation of the full engineering project which culminated in achieving the World Record of 350mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, USA, on 23 August 2006.
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New Trains for London Overground - The East London Line Project
12 March 2007
This lecture provides overview of the project and the design of the new Rolling Stock. It will describe the factors that defined the specification and selection of the new trains, showing the areas where an existing product platform has been adapted to meet the particular needs of a new metro system for London, and the engineering challenges that have arisen.
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Clean Zero Emission Geopressure
06 March 2007
The presentation describes what geo-pressure is and the current status of global initiatives.
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Delivering a World Class Railway
12 February 2007
In recent years, Network Rail has delivered a substantially better railway to Britain and has learnt vital lessons to deliver the major investments required in the future. Iain Coucher will describe how Network Rail is building on its current success to move the organisation up a gear and be even more effective to deliver a world class railway.
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MX Awards 2006
18 April 2006
MX Awards 2006
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