Events

2005 - 2006
Meetings
July, 'Renewable Power in the South West'
August, Engineering in the Tea Industry'
September, 'The Role of the Chartered Engineer in the Water and Environment Industries'.
October, 'The Future of Communications'.
November, 'Ultra Sustainable Personal Transport'.
December, 'The Effects of Global Warming'.
January, 'HMS Nottingham - The Journey Home'.
February, 'Steam Energy'
March, 'Vehicle Safety Development - Towards Zero Road Fatalities'.
April 'Devon Before and After Brunel'
May, 'Energy Services at the Meteorological Office'.
June, AGM plus 'More Water for Lima, Peru?'

Visits
MET Office, Exeter
Hinkley Point A and B Nuclear Power Stations
FlyBe Maintenance Unit, Exeter

Princess Yachts Plymouth
Air Bus UK Filton Concorde and talk on A380 Airbus
Tellisford Mill. Private 50kW Turbine/Generator


2006 - 2007
Meetings
July,  'Materials Science in History'
August,  'Restoration of the Nothe Forte (Weymouth) for the Heritage Lottery Fund'
September, Brunel; and the Railways of the South West'
October, 'Trafalgar Dispatches'
November, 'The Science of Light and Colour'
December, 'Airborne Terrain Mapping by Radar'
January, 'James Green - Canal Builder and Bridge Engineer'
February, Energy Options for the UK in the 21st Century'
March, Generating Electricity from Low head Hydro.'
April, 'Is Corrosion Dead?'
May, New Exploreocean Display - National Aquarium, Plymouth'
June, AGM plus 'Flight Testing'

Visits
April, Barnstaple Cantilever Bridge.
October, Countess Weir Sewage Treatment Works and Laboratory.


2007 - 2008
Meetings
July,  'The Lyme Regis Coast Protection Scheme'
August,  'Our Credible Universe'
September, 'The Formation of Chesil Beach'
October, 'The Loss and Recovery of Nuclear Submarine, Kursk'
November, 'The Nuclear Fusion Project'
December, 'The Code Breakers of Bletchley Park'
January, 'The Exe Estuary Tunnelled Gas Pipeline Crossing'
February, 'The Calculating Brain'
March, 'Transport Research for Development'
April, 'Conception to Creation'
May, 'The Design and Construction of Barnstaple Bridge'
June, AGM

Visits
April, Gas Pipeline tunnel under R Exe.
June, Royal Naval Air Station, Yeovilton.
August, British Ceramic (Candy) Tile Company, Newton Abbot.


2008 - 2009
Meetings
July,  'Marine Conservation'
August,  'Waste Management on Lundy'
September, 'Engineering the Exeter Hip Replacement'
October, 'Decommissioning of Hinkley Point 'A' Nuclear Power Station'
November, 'The Design of Concorde'
December, 'The Hijaz Railway - Saudi Arabia'
January, 'The Ghazi-Baratha Hydro-power Project, Pakistan'
February, 'The Norton Fitzwarren Flood Alleviation Dam'
March, 'The El Nino Phenomenon'
April, 'St Pancras Station - Genesis, Construction and Regeneration'
May, 'Modern Fisheries Management in Indonesia and Antarctic'
June, AGM

Visits
Armordek, Dunkerswell. (1/6 scale military vehicle models)
Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth. (HMS Courageous and Dockyard tour)
Devon and Somerset Gliding Club, Dunkerswell.
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