Wednesday , 10th September  10.30 am     VISIT TO MARSHALL VEHICLE ENGINEERING
Hampstead Avenue, Mildenhall, Suffolk, IP28 7RE

The tour will last for approximately 1½ hours. There are no refreshment facilities on site so I suggest lunch somewhere local for those who feel inclined. Visitor numbers are limited to 15-20 and so travel will be by private car.
Send your application slip to:-
Cliff Hudson, 26 Inglis Road, Colchester, CO3 3HU     01206 579508                      clifford.hudson@vigin.net

Saturday, 11th  October 2008      ROBOTIC CHARIOT COMPETITION
Colchester Institute

Sunday, 12th October 2008 1.00pm       PRESIDENT’S LUNCH

Friday 24th October 2008 - Ongoing Development of the Electric Bicycle -                                Mr David Henshaw - editor of A to B magazine.                                                                                  Mr Henshaw’s lecture reviews recent developments of the electric bicycle as a practical everyday ecological means of transport.

Friday 14th November 2008 - The Magic of Bubbles - Dr. Cyril Isenberg, University of Kent.  Dr. Isenberg’s lecture will demonstrate the vibration properties and colours of bubbles and their application to solving roadway problems.

Friday 12th December 2008 - Video Evening

Friday 16th January 2009 - Presidential Address - Mr John Hutton

Friday 13th February 2009 - Cooling the Tube - Mr. Mark Gilbey of Parsons Brinckerhoff and Mr. Mikel Alonso of Mott McDonald.                                                                                             Messrs Gilbey and Alonso will present the programme for cooling London’s underground railways and the benefits to be gained.

Friday 20th March 2009 - Vulcan to the Skies– XH558 flies again. Vulcan Trust.                  The lecturer for March’s talk has still to be decided by VTTST.  They have a very busy schedule but will send a Director or Engineer – it may even be the Test Pilot. 

Friday 17th April 2009 - Submarine Air Purification (Joint meeting with I.MarEST) - Mr. B.G. Hunt Wellman Defence Ltd.                                                                                              Submarine Air Purification explains how these boats can stay under the ice for months at a time if need be.  CO2, CO and hydrogen have to be removed from the submarine atmosphere and oxygen has to be manufactured.

Friday 15th May 2009 - Colchester Garrison, Past and Present - Mr. Mark Bielecki, Project Leader – PFI, Ministry of Defence                                                                                                        Mr Mark Bielecki who is the project leader from the Ministry of Defence PFI will tell us what is going on at the new barracks and perhaps look at the past as well.

The lectures are as follows. Cliff Hudson, Secretary of the SE Branch of IMechE is the organiser.  Members of the Engineering Society are welcome at the meetings which are held at 7.30 pm at the Ramada Hotel CO7 7QY (previously the Butterfly Hotel, near the Crown Interchange on the Ipswich Road out of Colchester).

 
Tuesday 14th October.  The Tamar Class Lifeboat
 
Tuesday 4th November.  Ricardo`s Operations in China
 
Tuesday 25th November.  Airport activities and air traffic control.
 
There will probably be a fourth lecture in late October, details to follow.