CSES members' social: Tue 30 May 2017, 19:00, San Chinese Restaurant
We invite our members and their guests to join us for our May 2017 social, to be held on Tuesday 30 May, 7pm at the San Chinese Restaurant in Moulsham Street.
There is an all-you-can-eat deal and, having held dinners at this venue before, we can assure you that the food is excellent!
Marconi's Birthday Bash: Sunday 23 April 2017, Sandford Mill; Titanic exhibition: 8 April – 25 June 2017, Bond Street
We are proud to support two upcoming events celebrating our city's industrial heritage.
Chelmsford Museum will be celebrating Guglielmo Marconi's birthday on 23 April with a special Marconi-themed Birthday Bash at Sandford Mill, from 10am to 4pm.
Chelmsford Civic Society are hosting the Titanic: Honour and Glory touring exhibition in Bond Street from 8 April until 25 June, to celebrate the importance of Marconi's work in Chelmsford and the critical role it played in saving the lives of passengers on the Titanic.
Membership fee increase and web server upgrades
We will increase our standard membership fee from £8 to £12 (annually) by October 2017. This follows a motion approved at the society's Annual General Meeting, held at Anglia Ruskin University on 23 November 2016, to raise the membership fee.
Existing members will be charged the increased rate at their next renewal, which will be no earlier than October 2017. This change does not affect free membership categories.
Maverick TV are currently casting for a new engineering show for Channel 4, and have approached CSES to seek participants.
They are looking for exceptional individuals who have a passion for engineering and are willing to take on the ultimate challenge. They will drop the contestants into remote locations around the world and ask them to create an escape vehicle out of the debris of a fictional crash site. The series is not just about survival – it is about escaping.
Read more: Channel 4 seeks engineers to star in new show "Escape"
The art and science of working with glass: Tue 21 Feb 2017, Anglia Ruskin Students' Union Bar
We are very pleased to announce the return of our Café Scientifique series of informal speaker-led discussions.
For the price of a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, anyone can come to explore the latest ideas in science and technology.
Following the success of our well-attended New Year's Curry, our social calendar is continuing to grow for 2017 and February's event will be a Café Scientifique session on glass working. The union bar will be open throughout the event, serving drinks and snacks.
CSES President's Dinner, Thursday 20 April 2017, 7.00 for 7.30 pm, The Warren Golf & Country Club
We are pleased to welcome members and their guests to our 2017 President's Dinner. Book now for what promises to be an excellent evening!
We have a great menu and after-dinner speaker, Linda O'Halloran, who will talk about her fascinating experience conducting disaster recovery in Haiti following the earthquake.
Congratulations to Jason Kent who, as the best-performing student in Mechanical Engineering BEng (Hons) at Anglia Ruskin University, claimed this year's CSES Award. Jason's commendable engagement in his study has been admired both by the ARU teaching staff and his peers. We look forward to seeing what the future holds for you, Jason!
CSES sponsors an award made to the most promising student in BSc/BEng (Hons) Engineering each year. The 2015/16 award was presented to Jason by Vic Leverett, CSES Vice President at a ceremony held at Anglia Ruskin University on 12 October 2016.
Pictured: Jason Kent (centre) receiving his award from CSES Vice President Vic Leverett (left) and Professor Keith Jones, Head of ARU's Department of Engineering and the Built Environment (right).
First events to include a Raspberry Pi workshop, repair café and talk on ESA's Copernicus programme
We will shortly be announcing our programme of lectures and events for the 2016-2017 season, but in the meantime we are pleased to tell you about some events that are part of the 2016 Chelmsford Ideas Festival.
These events, in addition to My Smarter Essex on 6 October, are as follows:
- Monday 24 October: A talk by Paul Jerram on ESA's Copernicus Programme
- Sunday 23 October: Marconi Exhibition at Sandford Mill Science Discovery Day
- Saturday 29 October: Repair Café
- Saturday 12 – Sunday 13 November: Raspberry Pi workshop
Please see below for further details.
10:00-16:00, 6-7 August, 10 September and 23 October 2016, Sandford Mill
In case you missed the original Building the Wireless Age Marconi Exhibition (see link for photos if you did), this historic event is back for a limited time only at Sandford Mill's forthcoming open days.
Ted Sinclair has kindly loaned his replica of the Titanic Radio Room. A golden opportunity if you missed a visit to the Marconi Exhibition while it was running at Hall Street.
On the hour Tim Wander will be holding a talk about Marconi and the exhibits at the museum, and a tour of the 2MT hut.
Wednesday 22 June 2016, 19.00, Anglia Ruskin University
Announcing the next Institute of Physics (IOP) and CSES talk on the subject of Physics and the Electric Guitar with Nick Weaver.
Please see our events page for all the details.
- Build a radio workshop and new talks added to Marconi programme
- Marconi and the Invisible Universe with Professor Danielle George
- Building the Wireless Age: A Unique Marconi Exhibition
- CSES Annual Dinner 2016
- Lecture videos available to members
- The 2015-2016 lecture programme is announced
- Heritage Open Days in Chelmsford: 10 - 13 September
- Essex businesses challenged to provide 500 experiences to highly-skilled youngsters
- Addition to the lecture programme: Our Dynamic Sun
- New talk added to our programme: The Birth of the Signalling War