The 2016/17 programme of IMechE events starts with events in the next 2 weeks on sustainabilty at Ricardos, Digital Railways at London Underground and Brweing at Hepworths brewery. A full list of events is here – https://nearyou.imeche.org/near-you/UK/South-Eastern
One of Britains greatest engineers, Sir Nigel Gresley, has been honoured by Britain sculpture Hazel Reeves. Never heard of him . . ?
Good luck to Ian Watts and his new robot in the forthcoming new Robot Wars series on BBC2. Hope it works better than Big Brother did at the Triangle on Saturday Ian . . .
The i360 is advancing on the sea front – anyone unfamiliar with the awesome engineering involved should check out the i360 blog.
The graduate engineering show is on at the Roundhouse Derby on 26th October and includes many big names in engineering hoping to fill the engineering jobs gap. Despite this gap, companies say recruiting is hard , with 34% saying candidates had ‘unrealistic expectations’
The Public viewing of First year Product Design work will be in the Design Studio from 09.30 to 17.00 on 14th May. The 2nd year public event will be from 11.00 to 17.00 on 18th May, and 09.30 to 17.00 on 19th May. The Final year exhibition is supported by a number of sponsors including UK Power Networks and will be in central Brighton’s Jubilee Square from 10.00 to 18.00 on 1st and 2nd June, and 10.00 to 16.00 on 3rd June. Information about this exhibition is available on line here. Please take the time to visit each exhibition and talk about the work on display.
Nice to see gradute Patrick Kendal developing his final year project into a business venture. Patrick was chosen by the Design Council as one of 70 graduates representing the future of British Design. More about the Spring Oven project here.
Mark Milne and I are just back from working with colleagues in Serbia at the magnificient Palace of Serbia. This is a 3 year project looking at how to engage creativity into Serbian University’s to release the potential for more collaboration and industrial innovation. More information about the IF4TM project here.
Interesting work from Barclays to set up a maker and entrepreneur space (Eagle Lab) in the bank premises at Brighton’s Preston Circus. Forthcoming workshops include ‘lean start up tools’ for entrepreneurs on 19th April.
‘Meeting of Design Students’ (MEDS) holds an annual design workshop which is hosted by a different country each summer. Bringing together 200 creative students from 30+ countries, MEDS offers a chance to learn, network, design & build… and, of course, party! https://www.facebook.com/MEDSengland/