Category: Members
A category to identify posts that contain details of the activities of our members.
Congratulations to Liveryman Tom Heywood
We are very pleased to announce that Liveryman and Steward Tom Heywood was recently awarded a distinction for his Executive MBA from Bayes Business School. He was also top in class. He is pictured here becoming a Steward of the Scientific Instrument Makers Livery.
Manchester SIM Hub meeting November 2025
Last Thursday, the Manchester SIM Hub met at its usual venue, The Wharf, for an evening of excellent conversation and discussion across a wide range of topics.
The meeting also marked a moment of transition. Freeman Sam White, who has coordinated the Hub and its events for the past two years, will be taking up a new position and relocating to Cambridge.Mason Adshead will be continuing the Hub’s activities in Manchester and plans to revitalise the group with a refreshed focus on local members. Please offer Mason your support as he steps into this role. He will be in touch shortly to confirm the date of the next meeting, and we look forward to seeing the Hub continue to grow and flourish under his guidance.
Congratulations to Ruben Ruiz-Matteo Serrano
We are very pleased to announce that Freeman Ruben completed his PhD degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Cambridge University, and graduated a couple of weeks ago. He is continuing as a Research Associate in his current lab (Bioelectronics Lab).
Congratulations to Ukendar Vadivel and Ollie Bridge
We are very pleased to announce that two of our members have achieved first class degrees. Freeman Ukendar Vadivel and Apprentice Ollie Bridge. If you have good news to share please do so.
Liveryman Meng Wu QEPrize Ambassador at St James’s Palace
It was an honour for me to be invited this month, to St James’s Palace as a guest and a QEPrize Ambassador, to attend the ceremony and dinner for The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering 2024, and The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering 2025.
I was humbled, and excited, to talk with His Majesty The King, and HRH The Duke of Gloucester.
I proudly told them, that I am a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers and we talked about my PhD research being conducted at Orkney.
It was a wonderful occasion to celebrate the strength of engineering in the UK, plus the important achievements of engineers in this country.
QEPrize Ambassadors are early career engineers from all fields who volunteer for charitable and educational activities on behalf of The QEPrize Foundation.
Liveryman Meng Wu
Bristol SIM Hub
Manchester SIM Hub
The Manchester SIM Hub met again in September at our usual venue, the Wharf Pub. We were pleased to welcome new Apprentice Pascal Newton-Edgar to the group who will be studying Electrical Engineering in Manchester over the coming years. Our next hub meeting will be on Thursday November 20th. We look forward to seeing members old and new at our next gathering.
SIM at the Annual Inspection of the Light Cavalry Honourable Artillery Company Sunday 5 October 2025
The Master, Senior Warden, Junior Warden and other SIM members were delighted to attend the HAC Light Cavalry Annual Inspection on Sunday in Windsor and to enjoy the splendid reception afterwards with the Lady Mayoress, the Prime Warden Blacksmiths and the Master Farrier.
WCSIM Postgraduate Award Scholar PhD Completion
The Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers is pleased to congratulate SeyedAhmad Hosseini on the successfully completion of his PhD. A short report may be viewed below.