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Winter programme

Visitors are very welcome.
   

2011 - 2012

   
date
speaker

title

time

venue

Wed 26th Oct
Dr John Reid
AGM and talk by John Reid The Taly Range:
an introduction to a remarkable family of instruments of precision measurement
6.30
MA07
Wed 16th Nov
Johanna Yates
Offshore Wind Policy Manager Scottish Renewables§

6.30

 Garth

Thu 8th Dec
Dennis Scot
Development of the Fire Engine

3 pm

Cults

Wed 18th Jan
Matthew Law of Expro AX-S Ltd
AX-S Subsea Intervention §
6.30
Garth
Wed 15th Feb
David Kaye of Aquamarine Power L

Oyster 2 Wave Energy Project §

6.30

Garth

Wed 21st Mar
Dr Ben Marsden
The Engineering Science of W. J. Macquorn Rankine (1820-72) § 6.30
Garth
Wed 18th Apr
Andy Duncan
KP4: HSE's Ageing & Life Extension Programme: Interim Findings§ 6.30
Garth

Lectures take place this year in some of the locations below. Most locations can be seen on the RGU site map.

"C601" is Room C601 of the Clarke Building at The Robert Gordon University, Schoolhill site, Aberdeen.

MA07 is Room MA07 of the The Robert Gordon University, Technical Building, Schoolhill site, Aberdeen. Enter in the same door as you would for C601 but then go left. The room is close to the entrance.

"C48" is room C48 in the St Andrews Street site of the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.

"Garth" is the Garthdee premises of RGU, Faculty of Management, Room 226 or next door.

"Garth H234" is Room H234 of the Faculty of Health and Social Care, The Robert Gordon University, Garthdee Campus, Aberdeen

"Satrosphere" is at 179 Constitution Street, Aberdeen.

"Cults" is at North Hall, Cults Parish Church, 1 Quarry Road, Cults, Aberdeen, AB15 9EX (afternoon talk)

§ Joint meeting with the local branch of the I.Mech.E. and, for some meetings, the Institute of Quality Assurance, the Institution of Engineering & Technology, The Institution of Chemical Engineers or the Mining Institute of Scotland

Meeting schedule, including some Minutes, for 2000/2001, 2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2003/2004 , 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2007/2008 , 2008/2009, 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 can be viewed.


Other Engineering lectures in Aberdeen and surrounding district can be found on the
Professional Engineering and Technology in Scotland website.

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