Mike as he liked to be known, joined the Livery in 1970 after a career in the UK Atomic Energy Authority. He later joined the Central Electricity Generation Board and Nuclear Energy plc retiring in 1992. He joined the Livery based on his experience in plant control instrumentation and utilisation in electricity generation , specifically from nuclear power stations and also to follow in his Liveryman Father, Charles Rocky’s, a founder of the company’s, footsteps. He lectured in nuclear safety and legislation on company training courses and gave his social interests as travel, especially to Spain, gardening and village life. He died aged 88 in Somerset on 8 July 2023 after failing health.
Category: Members
A category to identify posts that contain details of the activities of our members.
Economic lessons from the J-value for covid response
The Master Prof. Philip Thomas gave a lecture to Aldermanic Sherriff Michael Mainelli’s FS, Financial Services club.
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Livery Climate Action Group Conference
Liveryman Shelley Charik recently attended the annual conference of the Livery Climate Action Group, which was held at Merchant Taylors’ Hall. This is his report on the event.
Livery Careers Showcase – Guildhall
A number of WCSIM members, organised by Liveryman Ian Gilbert, have been at the Livery Careers Showcase this week. Supported with equipment kindly lent by NPL. The Master sends his thanks to all those who helped with this stall sharing the importance of livery and science to school pupils.
Usk 2023: the Master’s Weekend
Guests and summer arrived together on our first afternoon at Cwrt Bleddyn, the historic manor house hotel playing host to this year’s Master’s Weekend, in Usk, South Wales, from 12 to 15 May 2023.
Primary Engineer Celebration Day June 16th 2023
The celebration day on 16th June was to showcase how well the children had done building their vehicles and how well they understood about the technology in the cars.
Manchester Hub meeting
The first Manchester SIM hub meeting occurred on 15 June at the Wharf Pub. Organiser Sam White is pleased to announce it was successful. There were 5 company members in attendance, a soon-to-be member and 2 further guests. They had some great discussions and it was decided that this would be a regular meeting point for the Manchester Hub. They also have an array of exciting excursions lined up, including a theatre outing, a tour of the University of Manchester labs, and a Manchester city walking tour, to name just a few. A second meeting will be held at 7pm on Thursday August 3rd at the Wharf pub, 6 Slate Wharf, Manchester M15 4ST. If you wish to attend or find out more, please get in touch with Sam.
Past Master Prof Ray Hills obituary
Professor Raymond (Ray) Hills passed away peacefully in his sleep on the 17th May 2023 following a short illness. He was a Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Scientific Instrument Makers.
Following The Walbrook River – A SIM History Walk
On Saturday 11 March, twenty SIM members joined Past Master Martyn Wheatley, and his wife Valerie, for an informative and fascinating London History walk, Following the Walbrook River.
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WCSIM Group to All-Party Parliamentary Engineering Group in House of Lords
On Wednesday 22 February, Liveryman Ian Gilbert, Freeman Edward Talboys and Apprentices Noa Barcons Daniels and Oliver Bridge were hosted by Professor The Lord Mair CBE at the All-Party Parliamentary Engineering Group (APPEG) discussion and lunch in the House of Lords. The discussion for this event was around ‘Skyscrapers’, where there were short presentations from Professor Hanif Kara OBE and Marta Galinanes-Garcia, both from AKT II, and Natasha Bellamy from Laing O’Rourke.
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