IET Lancashire and Cumbria Events

Nuclear fusion offers the possibility of long-term sustainable low-carbon energy, but some formidable technical challenges remain to be solved, including the fuel cycle. This talk will discuss the fuel used by fusion reactors and explore some of the challenges and potential solutions involved in providing a sustainable fusion fuel cycle.

Oil and gas fields in deep water have increasingly been exploited as the more accessible fields have become depleted. Their exploitation brings ever larger challenges for technology, scale and logistics and are a success story that is little heard about in the UK. Barrovian Tony Oldfield as, Project Director of most of the developments off Africa, has the firsthand experience to tell us about these engineering exploits.

This presentation describes the solutions to a range of wheel security problems on vehicles used in the transport, mining, rail, and agricultural industries. Checkpoint were the inventors of the original loose wheel nut indicator systems over 30 years ago.

This evening will provide an opportunity over a drink and light bites for members, partners and friends, plus guests from local industry and academia, to meet and chat about the many activities and opportunities in the region. The initial meet and greet, will be followed by an entertaining half-hour talk on The Digital Thread presented by our guest speakers Nigel Whitaker and Matt Wylie.

During the 1930s, with the London Naval Treaty of 1930 placing limitations on heavy cruiser warship construction and characteristics, the US, Japanese and British navies attempted to circumvent the restrictions on heavy cruiser construction by building light cruisers (vessels with an armament no heavier than 6.1in / 155mm) of similar size and fighting power to conventional heavy cruisers with 8in artillery.

The Case for Carbon is about carbon capture and storage and then carbon utilisation and release of energy. All this is presented using concepts in school science and, incredibly, it benefits those who live in parts of the world where food and water are scarce.

Thomas Collett will join us in April to provide an interesting analysis of "Our Universe under a Magnifying Glass".