Solent Local Network events calendar
October 2008
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Digital Cinema? Are we seeing the light? Digital Cinema is undoubtedly the presentation medium of the future but only just over 250 of the UK's 3400 first-quality cinema screens are currently digital, so there is still a long way to go. Jim Slater will explain the various technologies behind the roll out of digital cinema and go on to talk about the difficulties of building a solid business case for replacing the hundred year old 35mm film projector technology. He will take a look into the far future and will bring us down to earth with far more realistic scenarios of what is likely to happen in the coming decade. Lecture 16 October 2008, Southampton, UK
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Professional Registration Clinic 2 This clinic will give members the opportunity to have an individual appointment with an adviser to discuss professional registration in any of CEng, IEng or EngTech. Workshop 22 October 2008, Southampton, UK
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The lecture will cover the history of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office from its conception to the present day, including how the data is obtained, how the data is processed and how it is delivered to the customer.
Lecture 22 October 2008, Portsmouth, UK
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Marine Current Turbines can be installed in the sea at places with high tidal current velocities, or in places with fast enough continuous ocean currents, to take out copious quantities of energy from these huge volumes of flowing water.
Lecture 30 October 2008, Newport, Isle of Wight
November 2008
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Remotely operated submersible technology and its application in underwater exploration
This talk looks at the engineering and operational challenges that have been encountered as the UK's scientific deep water remotely operated submersible, "Isis", has completed its first two years of successful operations from research ships of opportunity and explains some of the technology used to offer this exciting service to the scientific community. Lecture 25 November 2008, Southampton, UK
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Cock-ups or conspiracies? Human error in maritime casualties
Lecture 26 November 2008, Portsmouth, UKThis lecture considers our understanding of human error within a model of accident causation by using several case studies to highlight the main concerns in the sources of failure. The paper provides an overview of how examination of the issues have led to developments in maritime training and research and the design of more effective training courses. The current training is outlined and other areas of research, which are now being undertaken, are described. The lecture concludes with a summary of further research and development needs.
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Talisman - an innovative approach to autonomous underwater vehicle design
This lecture provides a description of the engineering of the Talisman M Unmanned Underwater Vehicle and of its integration with the Archerfish mine neutralisation weapon. It also reports on the US and UK demonstrations and describes how the system elements can be further integrated together with a Combat Management System to provide a fully integrated fly-away MCM capability.
Lecture 27 November 2008, Newport, Isle of Wight
January 2009
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Electric propulsion for UK warships
This lecture presents the history of electric propulsion in the UK Royal Navy and the reasons why it is chosen over other forms of propulsion, rounding off with an insight into the benefits of what tomorrow's electric propulsion technology may bring.
Lecture 22 January 2009, Portsmouth, UK
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The lecture will review the engineering techniques used by the Police to convict or clear suspects in criminal investigations.
Lecture 28 January 2009, Portsmouth, UK
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This session will show how the processor architecture allows it to deliver outstanding performance to a wide range of industries far removed from games and media processing.
Lecture 29 January 2009, Newport, Isle of Wight