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LEARNING & TEACHING STRATEGY ECUADOR EARTHQUAKE EEFIT ADVENTURE IN ANTARTICA CORSICA EXPEDITION IRONMAN SUCCESS FAKE HONEY For members of City & Guilds College Association and The Association ISSUE 30 SPRING 2019 ISSUE THIRTY Spring 2019

In this issue… 18 22 26 ASSOCIATION NEWS & REVIEWS ALUMNI NEWS & VIEWS 3 Presidents Report 27 New Year Honours 4 2019 CGCA AGM / Alumni Weekend 27 Imperial Celebrates growing ties with South Africa 5 CGCA/ Mech Soc Careers Event 27 First Egyptian Alumni Event held in Cairo 6-7 2018 RSMA Annual Dinner 28-29 50th Triode Meeting 7 RSMA 2019 Careers Events 30 5 &10 Reunion Lunch 2018 8-9 CGCA Annual Dinner 2019 31 Alumni Diary 10-11 RSMA Bursary Prize Winners 11 Where were you in Spring 2000? OBITUARIES 32 Lawrance Hurst (Civ Eng 1952-56) FACULTY NEWS 32 Richard Garnett (Min Eng 1954-57, 57-62) 12-14 Bottle Match 2019 33 John Almond (Metallurgy 1949-52, 52-55) 14 Prof Gast, President’s Address 2019 34 Peter Lindon (Elec Eng 1957-60, 60-61) 34 Peter Cox (Civ Eng 1940-42) FEATURES 34 Jim Kehoe (Mech Eng 1958-62) 15 Fake Honey 35 Tom Wyatt (Civ Eng 1949-52, 52-55) 16-17 Learning and Teaching Strategy 35 Roger Sargent (Chem Eng 1944-47, 47-51) 18-20 Stronger Together: Antarctic Expedition, 35 Peter Robson (Mech Eng 1965-68) Madeleine Hann 21 GR20 Corsica Expedition Front and back cover 22-25 The Ecuador Earthquake 2016 Investigation photo: Mission, Nina Jirouskova Iceberg off the 26 Ironman Success, Anna Lawson Antarctic Peninsula. Image courtesy of Madeleine Hann. (See pages 18-20)

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2 Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 One of the most enjoyable events of the CGCA calendar is the 5 & 10 reunion lunch organised by Peter Chase. Tis year’s event, held at the Polish Club on Saturday 17th November, was attended by over 53 alumni, partners and guests. As in previous years, a number of the alumni spoke about their careers and experiences. Te oldest member to present was Malcolm Bennett, an aeronautics graduate from 1953. Other speakers included Haroon Ahmed, Peter Garratt, Martyn Hart and Cathy Hunsley. See page 30 for more details and some photos. Perhaps the most important change that has happened to the CGCA in recent years is its conversion from an Unincorporated Association to a Company Limited by Guarantee. Tis was approved before Christmas by an overwhelming majority of members. CGCA Ltd was formally created and registered on 19th December 2018. Te transfer from the Unincorporated Association to CGCA Ltd occurred at midnight on the 31st December, 2018 / 1st January, 2019. Te former Unincorporated Association has now been ofcially disbanded. It is important to note that as part of the change of status the aim has been to replicate the existing CGCA Constitution as closely as possible. Any changes that have occurred as a result of the incorporation have, wherever possible, been limited to those that are necessary or to match custom and practice. Te change to a company was necessary in order to stabilise the future of the Association, particularly in relation to the new information disclosure laws that have recently come into force. We are particularly grateful to Roger Venables and other members of the Executive for their sterling work in creating Richard CGCA Ltd. Te Annual Dinner was another high spot. Tis was held at the Carpenters’ Hall on Friday, 15th February and Kitney was attended by 106 members of the Association, their partners and guests. Te principal speaker was Sir Colin Humphreys, who is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, Director of the Rolls Royce University Technology Partnership in Advanced Materials, and Fellow of Selwyn College, all in the University of Cambridge. Colin spoke about his career and the fact that he is also a graduate of Imperial College, although from the Physics Department. He has been responsible for much important work on advanced materials in relation to Rolls-Royce aero engines. Te reply for the Guests was given by John Burland, Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Investigator in Geotechnics, Imperial College, London. John has undertaken important work in the feld of Civil Engineering throughout his career – but is probably most famous for his work on stabilising the Leaning Tower of Pisa. He said that the overall project had taken almost 10 years to complete. Many of the guests gave the Association feedback on the dinner, saying that it had been a particularly enjoyable evening. One of the highlights of the dinner was the number of students who attended. Te Association is very keen to attract more student members and will make particular efort to increase student attendance at next year’s Dinner. See pages 8-9 for some photographs. (Continued overleaf) PRESIDENTS REPORT

Tere are lots of great things that the RSMA and RSMU have been doing since I last wrote in September last year. Te biggest is probably the awarding of three £1000 bursaries to fnal year students in mid September (see pages 10-11). Tis is a signifcant example of how you are directly supporting students at the RSM. Remember ALL the funds for this Bursary have been raised by YOU through your kind generosity at events and specifcally by those members who have supported the 100 Club. Tis is an amazing achievement and is a concrete example of former students of the RSM who want to give back to the current student body. Te 100 Club is slowly growing and I would encourage you, if you are able, to sign up and support the RSMA via the 100 Club, or by a one-of donation. Your support is truly appreciated! Te 134th annual dinner was held on Friday 23rd November at the Rembrandt Hotel in and saw the Committee and me joined by 107 guests, of which 50 were current RSMU students. A great night was had by all with students almost out-numbering members (see pages 6-7). Te trick now is to get all these students signed up! At the dinner, we were able to award in person the Peter Harding Memorial to Professor Rees Rawlings, and the Professor Rees Rawlings Award to Dr Eleanor Jay. In addition, we drew the third winner of the 100 Club Draw and Tim this went to Bernie Pryor; Bernie has very graciously re-donated the prize back to the Association. Our speaker for the evening was Dr Eleanor Jay on her career journey since leaving the RSM. Once again, the members of the RSMA were extremely generous and sponsored the vast majority of students attending. Tis level of support is very much Cotton appreciated by the students and I would like to personally thank all those members who supported the students. Following the success of an RSMU/RSMA careers event in 2018, in early February the Committee once again supported the students with an engaging careers evening (see page 7). During the evening, the RSMA gave a presentation on the history, aims and membership of the RSMA in order to get students to join the RSMA whilst studying. Late afternoon on Saturday 23rd February 2019, at a feld near Heathrow, triumph! Te RSM rugby team won 15-5 to regain the 117th Bottle Match. Te weekend was host to a number of other sporting events. Friday, the frst day, saw CSM win at Badminton, Squash and . On Saturday, the lacrosse team gained the frst victory of the weekend over CSM with a 12-6 win. Hockey carried tales of woe for our teams; our women’s team battled well, but fell to a loss, and our men lost the Sharply trophy! Football was an amazing success story with RSM winning 1-0 for the frst time in 14 years! Great efort from everyone who played and supported. See pages 12-14 for a more detailed account of each and every game. Te Committee continues to maintain a very active relationship with the RSMU, and has begun to further the links in ESE and Materials. A key piece is engaging with the key societies within them, such as De La Beche, MatSoc and GeoPhysicsSoc, having them join the RSMA Committee meetings, and providing fnancial support where needed. Tere are a number of upcoming events for your calendars. Planning is already under way for the 2019 Summer BBQ for Final Year Students and this will be occurring on Tursday June 27th, the day before the last day of term, at the Union Bar in Beit Quad. Also a date has been confrmed for the 135th Annual Dinner as Friday November 22nd 2019. Te Friday before Mines and Money London starts. Te RSMA is diligently working through our membership database to clean up our records regarding membership status, contact details and subscriptions paid. Big shout out to the Imperial College Alumni Ofce for their on-going support in this efort. In the near future, you may receive a letter or email from myself asking you to update your annual membership to £15. Please consider doing so as with this small amount we can make a big diference to a student at the RSM. I hope you fnd this issue informative and I look forward to seeing some of you in the RSM and /or at an RSMA event in the near future. Lastly, many thanks for your support, it is truly appreciated. Remember you can all still use the email address [email protected] to contact the RSMA at any time. Please send us your news and we will look to share it with the wider RSM Community.

Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 3 NEWS & REVIEWS CGCA PRESIDENT’S REPORT continued

Te fnal event on which I would like to report is the Careers/Alumni evening that was held jointly by the CGCA and the Department of Bioengineering. Te event was held in the Department’s space on Levels 1 and 2 of the Bessemer Building and took place on the evening of Tuesday, 19th March. Te event was a sell-out, with over 60 of the students of the Department attending, together with alumni and members of the CGCA. Te evening began with refections on their careers by four of the Department’s alumni. Anil Bharath, who is a Reader in the Department, talked about how his research as an academic has translated into a successful company – Cortexica Vision Systems. Cortexica began actively trading in 2009 and since then has provided visual search services to eBay, John Lewis, Macys and others. Tis was followed by a description by Ben Reeve (a relatively recent Doctoral Graduate of the Department) of his role as CTO of an exciting SME that was spun out of the Department, CustoMem. Te company specialises in advanced water fltration, based on synthetic biology techniques. Te third alumnus to speak was Stefan Claesen. Stefan graduated from the Department in the 1990s and is now the CEO and one of the Principal Founders of a successful biomedical systems company called Visbion Ltd. Again, the company was spun out of the Department. He described how the company has developed into a world leader in secure medical image transfer, storage and display – with over a thousand systems in 10 countries. Te fnal speaker was Vanela Bushi who is a Masters Graduate of the Department. Vanela is a Director in the Portfolio and Transactions Strategy Team at Syneos Health, a life sciences-focused organisation with over 24,000 employees globally. She talked about the company and 12 years of experience across corporate strategy, deal support advisory and investments – working for a range of organisations, from early stage biotech and medtech companies to large pharma, both in Europe and the US. All of the speakers stressed how their time in the Department, in terms of both formal courses and interaction with other students and staf, had been a highly valuable experience, helping to develop their subsequent careers. Te presentations were followed by a Q and A session. Te fnal part of the evening comprised a one-and-a-half-hour reception with food and drinks. Tis proved to be an excellent opportunity for networking. Te evening was greatly enjoyed by all those who attended. It is a model which the Association wishes to continue in engineering departments within the College.

CGCA AGM 10 June 2019 City & Guilds College Association Ltd’s frst Annual General Meeting will be wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. held on Monday, 10th June 2019. And just as with the unincorporated CGCA, The President’s Evening Supper will start with a drinks reception at it will be followed by the President’s Evening Supper. Both will take place in approximately 19:00 in the Garden Room. Refreshments will be available in 58 Princes Gate, on Imperial’s campus. the Billiard Room from 17:00. The meeting will be chaired by Professor Richard Kitney, our President The AGM and talk are free to attend, and if you wish to partake of the since 2017. It will start at 17:30 in the Billiard Room and will be followed by supper advance reservations are needed at £37 for members/guests and £25 a talk by Dame Judith Hackitt (CGCA President 2016 – 17) entitled ‘Systems for current students. There is a fyer with the details in the packaging of this Thinking – taking an engineering approach to reviewing regulatory failure’. issue of Imperial ENGINEER or just go to the CGCA Website at: The talk covers the review, led by Dame Judith, of Building Regulations in the http://cgca.org.uk

Festival / Alumni Weekend 29-30 June 2019

This year, the Alumni Weekend will be running alongside a special version Milestone breakfast of the Imperial Festival on 29-30 June. For the frst time, Imperial are Did you fnish your course in 1989, 1984, 1979, 1974, 1969, 1964, 1959, 1954 joining forces with their neighbours for a huge celebration of art, science, or 1949? Come to the stunning grade II listed 170 Queen’s Gate for Sunday technology and curiosity. A collaboration between some of the world’s breakfast, with a special introductory talk from an Imperial member of staff. most iconic museums and institutions (including Imperial, the Natural The breakfast will take place on Sunday between 10.00 and 12.00. It costs History Museum, the Science Museum, the V&A and the ), £15 including an Alumni Weekend ticket for the day. The buffet breakfast The Great Exhibition Road Festival invokes the spirit of the frst Great includes bacon and sausage rolls, pastries, fruit, natural yoghurt with chopped Exhibition in 1851 and marks the bicentenary of the births of Queen Victoria fruit, nuts and honey, tea, coffee and a glass of sparkling wine. You’ll need to and Prince Albert. book your place at the breakfast in advance.

Alumni Lounge, tours and other activities Reunions You can use the Alumni Lounge to escape the crowds, relax and refuel. If you want to try to organise a reunion, you’ll need to give the Alumni There’s free tea and coffee all day and a few extra treats including a free Relations team at least three weeks to produce the necessary data and send gift and a drinks voucher for the Union Bars. There will be loads going on out mailings, so get in touch as soon as possible. at the Festival and you can get a sneak preview on the Saturday. There will Already confrmed class reunions: be some tours, including the tunnels and the Queen’s Tower. Why not get your class together for a reunion? – the Alumni team can help you get back FRIDAY 28 JUNE in touch with lost classmates. Many departments will be running special Aeronautics, class of 1972 alumni receptions where you can see familiar faces and hear the latest news Petroleum Engineering, class of 1979 and research. All talks and tours are bookable in advance and will only be available SATURDAY 29 JUNE to those alumni and guests who have already registered for the Alumni Chemistry, class of 1969 Weekend. All registered alumni will receive an email with a special code to Chemistry, class of 1979 access tour and workshop tickets. Tickets for these events will be released Petroleum Engineering, class of 1984 in late April. Some of these events carry a small extra cost in addition to your Mechanical Engineering, class of 2009 registration for the Alumni Weekend. International Health Management, class of 2009 Imperial College Club of Germany 20 year reunion Milestone welcome There will be milestone celebrations too. Did you fnish your course in 2009, Registration for the Alumni Weekend is now open. For more details and to 1999, 1989, 1979, 1969, 1959 or 1949? Drop by the Alumni Visitor Centre in register, visit: the Main Entrance on Saturday, between 12.00 and 14.00, to celebrate your milestone year with cake and a glass of bubbles. https://www.imperial.ac.uk/alumni/events/alumni-weekend/

4 Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 NEWS & REVIEWS CGCA / Mech Soc Careers Event

CGCA and Mech Soc (the students’ Disha Panchal, Vincent society for the Department of Chan and Alan Mathew Mechanical Engineering) jointly held graduated last year. Disha now works a careers event at the College’s City with PricewaterhouseCoopers & Guilds Building, on the evening of in data and analytics, and is also 19th March 2019. looking at how data-gathering In ‘Life After Mech Eng’ six recent technology worn by sports–men alumni of the department kindly and –women can be used to help gave up their evening to engage with them analyse and improve their current students about their careers performance. Vincent is a wealth and their transition from being a analyst with Mercer’s and specialises student at Imperial to starting a in investment funds related to the career. insurance and re-insurance markets. Following previous successful Alan is a risk advisory professional events, Mech Soc decided to adopt a at Moody’s, the credit-rating agency, ‘speed-networking’ approach. where he focuses on supporting This involved about forty students clients (typically tier-one banks) with (mostly in their second year at the their portfolio management and department) arranged around six risk analytics. Simran Dhadda tables. An alumnus / alumna visited graduated in 2011 and now each table in turn for ten minutes, to organises and delivers marketing answer questions on and talk to the events with Airbus, in which role she students about their time in College travels all over the world. Adam and their careers to date. Gottlieb graduated in 2015 and, The questions included: having worked in various subsea • What attracted you to your oil and gas engineering frms, has current industry/organisation? lately taken on a new challenge in • What is your typical working the business strategy sector as a day? consultant with OC&C Strategy • What challenges have you had Consultants. Aakeen Parikh, to overcome in your career? still in the Department and due • What lessons have you learned? to graduate this year, talked about • What do you wish you had her year spent on placement with known earlier in your career or General Electric. whilst you were studying? Careers events such as these can • What would you now do give to students a personalised view a short pitch on the merits of joining and badges for them; and to all the differently? of life in industry that is a valuable CGCA and on the OC Trust awards students and alumni who took part. • What are the best and worst alternative to that given by the staff and grants available to students. The CGCA always welcomes things about your career? of companies during their annual Thanks are due: to Mech Soc’s the opportunity to support joint • What’s the best advice you can recruitment rounds. Judged by their Alumni Relations Offcer, Nicholas activities between alumni and give to a current student? positive feedback, these events are Perry, who organised the students current students. We will also much appreciated by the students. and alumni to attend, and arranged provide experienced alumni to Whilst previous such events Pizza and drinks were provided the venue and catering; to Kellianne mentor students and recently have had alumni with a spread of by Mech Soc and funded by the Bartley, the College’s Alumni graduated alumni. If you would like graduation years, this time they had CGCA, which was represented at Volunteer Offcer, for writing and to help in that regard or would like all graduated from the department the event by departmental alumnus disseminating briefng notes for the more information on these events, within the last ten years. Charles Parry, who, at its close, gave alumni and for arranging handouts contact us at [email protected] Photos: Charles Parry Photos: Left to right: Adam Gottlieb, Alan Mathew, Simran Dhadda, Disha Panchal, Aakeen Parikh and Vincent Chan

Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 5 NEWS & REVIEWS 2018 RSMA Annual Dinner Another great evening, brimming with RSM spirit

The 134th annual dinner was held on RSMA awards announced at the Friday 23rd November 2018, at the June AGM. Rembrandt Hotel in Knightsbridge. This year, the Committee was The Peter Harding Memorial Award joined by 107 members and guests, was presented to Professor Rees of which 50 were current RSMU Rawlings for his continuing hard students. As is always the case, work in supporting the RSMA and the members of the RSMA were RSM. extremely generous and sponsored Rees Rawlings was obviously three quarters of the students in attendance to personally give attending. Dr Eleanor Jay the Professor Rees After a glass or two of fzz, Rawlings Award for her hard work members and guests were treated in supporting the RSM as a younger with an excellent dinner of a salmon RSMA member. starter, beef and chocolate pud. Elly’s efforts as the RSMA Web Designer / Editor and We were very happy to welcome Dr ongoing commitment to the Eleanor Jay as our speaker for the RSMA Committee have been very evening. welcome. Elly has been a very active member of the RSM and RSMA. Her notable To close out the awards, the third achievements include winning the 100 Club Draw was conducted.

RSMA Essay Prize, twice(!) and she The prize was won by Bernie Photos: Georgios Chatzitheoklitos, RSMU is this year’s winner of the Professor Pryor in London. Bernie has very Rees Rawlings Award. graciously re-donated the prize back Her story of her journey through to the Association. the RSM, obtaining a PhD and now The support of the 100 Club working in industry as a Senior members cannot be overstated as Associate at Hawkins & Associates they have allowed the Association (specialising in forensic investigation to be able to award three £1000 and root cause analysis) was bursaries to penultimate year entertaining, heartfelt and well students to assist them in completing received by all. their fnal years at RSM (see the The Association was pleased to article on page 10, describing the Rees and Anne Rawlings with the Peter Harding Medal. able to hand out in person the two frst three bursars).

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Finally it was left to Marta Wolinska, the RSMU President, to close out the evening with a few words and the Mines Song. Marta has carved herself a place in RSMA history as she gave a festive interpretation of the Mines Song to the tune of Jingle Bells! All in all an excellent event and good times were had by all and after the speeches and songs the members and guests stayed a while before dispersing.

Right: Elly in full swing during her speech

RSMA 2019 Careers Events Supporting RSM students in their next career steps During early February, forty students and a dozen alumni met in the RSM at the second annual RSMA/RSMU Careers evening. A number of alumni spoke about their experiences at the RSM and explained how this has helped shape their careers. There was a broad cross-section of speakers, ranging from recently graduated to retired, covering a wide variety of professions. At the end of the evening there was a networking event where all participants were able to mix over a refreshment to follow up on questions and exchange contact details. Sam Casement, RSMU Honorary

Secretary, the organiser, refected RSMU Sam Casement, Photos: on the event and said, “I thought Dr Chris Webborn getting animated about his career Thursday night was incredibly current students to take away. defnitely the booklet so I am very printed copies for their undergrad successful! It was a great chance Beth and her compatriots – glad that we managed to get that room, and I have shared the pdf for us as students to talk to alumni from the same year and years printed. The students were very with the department so it should be from each stage of a person’s career. above – all recognised a need to very grateful and felt that it would made available to all students. For On the whole I think the evening share experiences in order to offer really help them understand how these reasons, I’m glad I did it and went very well and should defnitely reassurance, motivation and a fresh other students graduated and where I’m thankful for the RSMA support become a regular occurrence in the perspective to students who are still they are now. They have kept three in helping offset the printing costs.” RSM calendar.” at university and thinking about their futures. This personal perspective is On March 7th, Beth Holman and a something students can’t always get few other newly graduated alumni from the Careers Service. put together an event for the It can be very, very hard to students in ESE. They showcased imagine your life post-RSM and their journeys from university into Imperial, and equally easy to forget work/PhDs/Masters and in doing your university life once you’ve left. so showed the current students all The alumni explained not only how the possible opportunities they have they had applied for and secured open to them. jobs/PhDs/Masters, but also how The alumni wanted to highlight each part of the process had made the variation in how they all found them feel and how they feel now, their next steps and show that looking back on it all. there is no one conventional route After the event, Beth commented, to follow for success. As part of “The event went well, but it was this, they put together a booklet of clear by the end of it that the most graduated students’ stories for the valuable part for the students was Students and alumni networking after the event

Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 7 NEWS & REVIEWS CGCA ANNUAL DINNER 2019 On 15th February 2019, the CGCA a former Bo Driver, and current President, Professor Richard Kitney, Chairman of the South African hosted the Association’s 106th annual Branch of the Association who, dinner at the Carpenters’ Hall, in the visiting London, attended his frst City of London. It proved to be a annual dinner since his student days. splendid and well-attended occasion, with a fne mix of members, guests and students. The location of the dinner varies from year to year and this time, 106 diners made a welcome return to the Carpenters’ Hall after an absence of 9 years. The catering was provided by a Photos: Malcolm Mao City company, the Cook and Butler, which has provided for us on many previous occasions and the wine, as usual, was provided from the Association’s cellar. Bo, Bolt and Spanner were in attendance

Prof Nigel Brandon, Dean of Engineering, chats with Roger Venables, past CGCA President

Prof Richard Kitney, CGCA President, welcomes guest Prof John Burland, with Prof David Nethercot, past CGCA President

The principal guests were: Sir Colin University of Cambridge; and John Humphreys, Emeritus Professor Burland, Emeritus Professor and in the Department of Materials Senior Research Investigator in Science and Metallurgy, Director Geotechnics, Imperial College of the Rolls Royce University London. Both have made important Technology Partnership in Advanced contributions to Engineering, in Materials, Fellow of Selwyn College, terms of their own professional activities and in the way they have talked about them more widely to the general public, and both entertained the diners with anecdotes and stories about the their work over many years. In addition to these speakers, other guests included some of the President’s colleagues and research collaborators, as well as senior offcers from sister organisations such as the RSMA, the IET and the Worshipful Company of Engineers. A special word of welcome was also Sir Colin Humphreys made to Mr Richard Gunderson,

8 Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 NEWS & REVIEWS It is good to report that students were also well represented. Among the 20 or so in attendance were a number of prize winners, who are listed below. • Esme Hotston Moore (Aero): Holbein Memorial Award, as Sportsperson of the Year

• Ed Speirs (Mech Eng): Peter Moore Memorial Award, as this year’s Bo Driver

• Jochen Cremer (EEE): John and Frances Jones Prize, for best all-round contribution to College life The frst three in the above by a postgraduate student list are the main prizes of the Association, made every year, • Anna Lawson (Chem Eng): to mark outstanding all-round Centenary Enterprise Award contributions to student life and student activity, or in the case of the • Matthew Homburg (Mech Peter Moore award, to recognise Eng): Centenary Enterprise the work of the Bo Driver. Award Centenary Enterprise awards are only made occasionally to recognise particular achievements. This year, Anna Lawson was recognised for her remarkable sporting achievement in triathlon, coming 7th for her age category in the IRONMAN World Championships in Kona, Hawaii, in October, 2018 (see page 26). In recent years, we have scheduled Matthew Homburg, a former Bo the dinner on a Friday evening in late driver, was recognised for his work February or early March in a Livery in rebuilding Bo’s engine, after the Company hall. Early in the summer, major failure which occurred a short we will begin to think about the Esme Hotston Moore distance into the 2017 Brighton arrangements for the 2020 dinner, Run. The damage amounted to details of which will be made catastrophic failure of one complete available at the time of the autumn half of the crankcase, necessitating issue of IE. making a new one from scratch. This With this in mind, members, involved many separate operations, whether they are regular attendees starting with laser-scanning the or not, who have any thoughts or remaining half to produce a comments on the organisation of computer model, and then using the dinner and how things might be 3D printers to create a pattern improved, are invited to send them from which a mould and core boxes to me at [email protected]. could be made to facilitate a new Colin J Kerr (Civ Eng) Ed Speirs casting. Once the aluminium casting had been produced – at the second attempt – it needed to be heat- treated to increase its strength, and then machined to ft its twin half and to ensure correct alignment of all the bearings and other moving parts. It will be no surprise that this took almost a whole year, but the effort was entirely successful, with Bo being able to take part in the 2018 Brighton Run and to make a return to the annual dinner after an Jochen Cremer absence in 2018.

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Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 9 NEWS & REVIEWS RSMA Bursary Prize Winners 100 Club Sponsors allow awards to 3 RSMA 2018 Final Year Bursary Prize Winners. Over the summer of 2018, the RSMA, in conjunction with the Earth Sciences and Engineering and Materials Departmental Directors of Undergraduate Studies, sought applications for the RSMA Final Year Bursary Prize.

At the start of the Autumn terms we were little fresher all over again. But the time has pleased to announce the following winners; come to wave cheerio to lectures and feld trips Emily Gusterson, ESE and join the ‘adult’ world. Te rest of the year Simran Kukran, Materials will see me hopefully not leaving my suitcase Avni Patel, ESE at airports/losing phones as I’m planning on Tese three, out of nine applicants, were hopping over the pond to British Columbia in all outstanding in showing the true RSM Canada where, fngers crossed, I will drool over Spirit and acting as ambassadors for the rocks all the way down to San Francisco before RSM. Tey were able to show the Selection coming back to start work at BP. Te graduate Committee commitment, achievement and scheme I’m joining is a relatively new one and excellence above that of their peers in areas is in Subsurface Information Management (or such as academic excellence, community & SIM) following on from an internship I did RSM Union involvement, sporting prowess, there last summer. Due to the generosity of I have been lucky enough to truly enjoy my or contribution to a sport or club within the the RSMA, I have been able to fully throw work and meet wonderful people who will be RSM. Each will receive £1000 from Royal myself into life as a 4th year by committing friends for life. School of Mines Association. Tese funds to both my MSci project and RSM Hockey I am keen to help others get the best out have been generously donated by 100 Club which is dear to my heart… Te club has of their university experiences, especially supporters who are members of the Royal seen a great uptake of new members this year when faced with hardship. In council, I am School of Mines Association, as part of their and has continued to feel like a family both working on lobbying college to review its commitment to supporting the students of the on and of the pitch (aka, between Belushi’s mitigation guidelines. RSM. Read on to learn more about the new and Harlington). Te bursary was the reason I am also working on a paper to encourage Bursars. that I could still be on the committee of the college to revise the way students on an club, partake in all the goings on in the RSM interruption are registered, so it is easier for Hi! I’m Emily and am in my fnal year of (including the RSMA and Christmas dinners) them to take part in union activities. Geology at the wonderful RSM. and get fully stuck in on my MSci project Getting involved in the RSM and union as (with great success - yay!). With this in mind, a whole has been one of the highlights at my I would like to say a HUGE thank you to the time at university. Before my frst bar night, RSMA for helping me through the fnal year! as a fresher, I spent the afternoon helping Best memory of the RSM: far too many to a friend fashion medieval armour out of choose, but RSM winning the Bottle Match cardboard. Despite our eforts and intricate this year was defnitely a highlight. decorations, the hail and wind decimated the costume on the short walk from Eastside. We arrived at the union in hysterics, and I am Simran, a 4th Year Materials Science remember it fondly each time. and Engineering student, and wellbeing rep. It is something of a shock to realise that I am also an undergraduate representative to was three and a half years ago, and I am council and music editor at , the student grateful for all the opportunities I have been newspaper. given. My time in the RSM has allowed me to My Masters project is focused on mature and change my world view by meeting It has been an incredible four years, made developing a biosensor for cancer detection. diferent types of people. special by all the amazing people that make up My working day is largely spent in the lab – Tis year, the money from the bursary prize Imperial’s best department. Leaving is going running experiments until they break and has given me a cushion that means I don’t to be hard and I wish I was starting out as a need tweaking again. have to think twice about how I’ll get train A very welcome boost at just the right time In some circles, the award of £1000 may be considered a “drop in the ocean” or “not enough to make an impact”. So, for context, here are a few words from the Heads of Department for ESE and Materials as to what they think £1000 means to a final year student. Professor Mark Sephton, ESE: Professor Peter Hayes, Materials: “For our students who are in the fnal “Many students in their fnal year face a year of their studies, their enthusiasm is transition from study to employment that is unrelenting but the cumulative fnancial both exciting and daunting. impact can be sizeable. Te prospect of relocation and other costs Te award of £1000 can provide a very combined with other uncertainties can make welcome fnancial boost at just the right time. it stressful year. Yet, I imagine the recognition is worth far Te impact of a £1,000 award can therefore more. transform the experience of fnal year students, To be selected for the award provides valuable encouragement and ensuring that they are able to make the most of their time at Imperial.” inspiration for our stars of the future.”

10 Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 NEWS & REVIEWS tickets to an interview, or an extra takeaway when I am too tired (or lazy) to cook. In October, I’ll be starting a PhD and the extra cash means I don’t have to work over the Where were you in summer to save for a fat deposit. My project will be developing MRI sequences for brain tumour detection and, although I’m really excited about it, I know I’ll really miss my Spring 2000? department and the day-to-day friendly faces. It has been a wonderful experience to watch back as far as it could my materials “children” go from uncertain go. freshers to MatSoc president and RSM VPCS. I’d had enough. I Of course it’s not really goodbye and I greatly grabbed the back of look forward to coming back to visit them and his seat and tried to continue to cheer them on as they make the shove it back where it RSM even better for future members. should have been. He twisted round to see Hi this is Avni! My time at the RSM has been who was doing this to full of wonderful memories and opportunities. him, and I got a look Coming to the end of my fourth year studying at his big enraged Geology, I have had the pleasure of interacting face. with the RSMA over the years. Immediately my red mist faded, and I remembered we were fying to Bogota, the capital of Columbia, which at that time in the 90’s was going through the worst drug-induced violence in its history. Te man in front was wearing a leather jacket the colour of Photos: Imperial College Photos: dried blood, and an In my frst year, after sufering a tear in my unmatching green ACL and undergoing reconstruction surgery, shirt. A couple I received critical fnancial support from the of tough-looking RSMA, which aided with the extra costs of characters were sitting travel and helped me to maintain involvement on either side of him. in RSMU activities. Let’s just say they Without this help, it is unlikely that I Going back through the archives, an RSMA didn’t look like chartered accountants. would’ve developed my afliation with the Update (a precursor to Imperial ENGINEER) In the aisle seat next to me, my Columbian RSM that then led to a strong involvement in was found. fxer was going quietly spare. She was the RSMU committee and sports clubs later Reading through the four pages, there was charming and brave, but she was also clever – in the year. an Annual Dinner update, the awarding of the too clever to get into a mid-air punch up with During this fnal year, I have beneftted again frst Essay Prize winner, RSM won the Bottle, three cartel-type gangsters. from this amazing generosity by receiving the a cry for more members to join the RSMA “Just be quiet,” she hissed. RSMA bursary. Committee and some interesting pieces of And so, mercifully, the chaps in front went Te bursary allowed me to continue information from the past. Tis is what has back to sleep. By the time we were waiting for dedicating time to the RSMU and focus sparked this little piece – a bit of a walk down our luggage to arrive – his seemed to consist attention on my studies in the fnal year. memory lane. It is hoped that in future issues of heavily taped cardboard boxes – we were Without this extra help, I would have struggled of Imperial ENGINEER there can be more of almost friendly. He shook my hand frmly as to maintain involvement in RSM activities as I these time capsules published. he left, as if to say “no hard feelings”, and it would’ve had to spend a considerable amount Penned by the RSMA’s very own hurt for minutes afterwards. of time working part-time. correspondent who has taken the pseudonym Like lots of habitual travellers, I normally With this extra time, I was also able to John Simpson. Here follows a little snippet believe in keeping my seat upright throughout dedicate more time and efort into my MSci of advice wrapped up in a story from our the fight, in order not to make the lives of the project, which led me to discover my interest correspondent’s career. people behind too miserable. in research. I now hope to pursue a PhD! But maintaining that posture for a fight My fondest memory of the RSM would have Te joys of travelling in economy… a word to Johannesburg or Hong Kong does become to be Bottle Match this year, the highlights of to the wise. pretty painful, and you arrive shattered. this momentous occasion included playing in Te time was about three in the morning, the So, if I am desperate for an extra two or three teams, being awarded man of the match, point during a fight when, if you’re 6ft 2in tall three inches that the reclining seat gives you, winning the football for the frst time in 14 and have been jammed into an economy seat I look round and make an apologetic grimace years, and bringing home the Bottle! too small for a child for six hours, you are at before pressing the button. Te spirit of the RSM was alive, and the your lowest. It doesn’t help the poor so-and-so behind, excitement of both players and spectators Te big man in the seat in front shifted, but at least it shows you care. alike defnitely makes it one of my happiest snored briefy, woke up and jammed his seat memories here.

Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 11 NEWS DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THE ENGINEERING FACULTY The Bottle Match 2019 Rugby RSM Reclaim the Bottle: Royal forward pack, set the tone of the Hallett resulting in another RSM try made. Although solid commitment School of Mines 15-5 Camborne frst half – RSM boys consistently out near the touch line. The two from both defensive lines allowed School of Mines. breaking the game line, and the sides then had a chance to regroup for play to be made around the half Following last year’s away loss backs committing CSM to some at half time, with a score of 12-0. way mark of the pitch. RSM gaining to CSM, the stage was set for the hard lines and out the back plays. The game then took a turn at the momentum and CSM beginning to RSM rugby boys to put in a huge After a solid 10 minutes in the start of the second half. With CSM fatigue, CSM conceded a penalty performance. With the glorious CSM half, a try was deservedly kicking off this time, the ball was within their own twenty-two. RSM sunshine, RSM looked strong from scored by RSM. Parker leapt over deep into the RSM twenty-two. RSM made the decision to kick for the the off. RSM kicked off with CSM the line to take the lead to 5-0, missed a chance to exit and after sticks, successfully taking them up to being dazzled by the Harlington sun. with a successful conversion from conceding two penalties on their a 10 point lead. The 10 point defcit A knock-on from kick off allowed the RSM fy-half, Kirrane, taking the own try line, CSM took their chance defated the away team and fnally for RSM to start their game strongly score to 7-0. Short exits from the and worked their way over the line. the game was put to an end giving within the half of the opposition. A CSM half-backs, allowed for RSM to An unsuccessful conversion took RSM the win, with a score of 15-5, solid, well-worked set piece move continue their plays in the CSM half. the score to 12-5. RSM taking their and the bottle being returned home. from the backs of RSM, followed The success of RSM’s structured foot slightly off the pedal, gave way George Morgan, RSM 1st XV by some dominant carries from the play led to a strong carry from for some potential CSM plays to be Netball Women’s Hockey This year’s Netball Bottle Match the score gap. This, along with an proved to be a tough one. With CSM inhumanly accurate CSM GS, meant winning the coin toss, they took the that the game was CSM-dominated. frst centre and the game began. It This being said, the goals that were soon became apparent that the CSM scored by the RSM were met with team had found last year’s scoreline wild cheers from the RSM support. a bit close for comfort, considering By the end of the match, CSM that they have held the netball remained the victors of the Bottle trophy since netball became a Bottle Match, the Netball win eluding us Match sport a few years ago. for one more year. Despite this, With a team consisting of Exeter the home crowd, homemade fags, and Falmouth players, against our banners, and of course those trusty Photos: RSMU RSM-ers, our brave battle was no megaphones kept the morale high match. The RSM team managed to and CSM-ers aware of the fght that sneak past the CSM-ers many times the RSM were going to bring for the and a skillful GK on the part of the rest of the Bottle Match weekend. Sunny weather greeted us at to prevent them from getting their CSM scuppered chances of closing Harlington as the Women’s hockey next goal. In the second half, with took frst push back, RSM supporters CSM 4-1 up, the RSM crowd were having no competition with CSM for roaring and we got off to another being the loudest. strong start and, about half way We had a strong start from through, we got another goal! With the attack, having the majority a few more unfortunate CSM goals, possession for the frst 15 minutes with their fast turnarounds getting of the game. Unfortunately we had the best of our team, we fnished the a lull where CSM scored their frst 3 match with a 7-2 score. goals. This didn’t stop us though and Even though this was a loss, we we managed to turn the ball around defnitely did the game justice and, and, for the frst time in four years, with a such a strong team, CSM we scored a goal! This lifted our didn’t know what had hit them. spirits and spurred us to try and pull We worked so hard and most it back and beat CSM. Our defence importantly we had a really fun and attack both fought hard, trying game, it was a win for us!

Badminton After the ‘true’ CSM badminton also managed to win 2 matches, with team, in which only 2 out of 6 players the fnal score 8-2 to CSM. were miners (GEOGRAPHERS), Despite the fact that RSM players won the trophy last year, this year, were only paired up 2 weeks surprisingly, CSM bothered to send beforehand, all three pairs fought their actual team (of course, a NO- extremely hard, with good spirits MINER team) to London. However, and sportsmanship. neither waking up at 5.30am nor RSM team, undoubtedly, enjoyed a 6-hour drive demolished their the short 45-min game (which excellent racket skills and superb was equivalent to the exercise footwork. Again, CSM re-emphasized of 3 normal RSM sessions) and their dominance of the trophy. displayed some fairly close games Although the trophy is still out for spectators to enjoy. We all have there waiting to be brought home, faith that next year RSM Badminton RSM did much better this year. will be crowned champions in Bottle Not only did we fnally have our Match and bring the trophy back! personalised team shirts on, but we

12 Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 NEWS DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THE ENGINEERING FACULTY Football After a summer of nearlys, Football’s fnally come home: RSM 1 – 0 CSM. Following a run of excellent league results, RSM Football went into the big one in high spirits. It had been 14 years of pain since their last varsity victory, although on the back of a draw and narrow loss in the past two years, there were whisperings that this could be the year. The frst half was played out in a manner reminiscent of many a varsity; scrappy with a lack of clear-cut chances, but no lack of endeavour and some typically crunching tackles. Some rogue chanting from a couple of unnamed ex-players (one has a black eye and a love for dirty mattresses, the other an unfathomable enjoyment of a port shower with younger men), kept the CSM players on their CSM keeper, although unfortunately to hold off the centre back, and whimpered that he hadn’t cried this toes, however the frst big save of he’d forgotten that kicking the ball slot past the keeper. The post goal much since Alex Whittaker denied the game was pulled off by RSM’s out of a goalie’s hands has been celebratory scenes were a blur, with him a PhD, and Hockey youngster resident cat, Jamie Stringer, tipping a illegal for longer than he’s been a many hoarse voices still struggling to Dan Lindsey realised he hadn’t been header over the top of the bar after virgin. This sparked a memorable tell the tale. conceived the last time RSM had a rare breach of the otherwise rock celebration from RSM’s yesterday Five minutes of stress followed, won the football. solid defence. man, Lekan Ogunlana, executing with some backs to the wall In truth, this was a game won by The second half saw the game repeated straight drives with yard in defending ensuring the clean sheet an excellent defensive performance, open up, with Mickey Yu complaining hand before being cruelly escorted remained intact. with George Decaudeveine, of a cricked neck as he panned his off the pitch. The introduction of After what seemed an age, the Matthew Morris, James ‘bullshit’ camera from end to end. Captain the rapid Jake Bluston stretched full time whistle fnally sounded to Burtonshaw and Jamie Stringer all for the day, Matthew Campbell, the CSM defence, and he proved prompt pandemonium, with players outstanding. thought he’d grabbed the headlines to be the match winner in the shedding an understandable tear at However it was the fresher that when stroking the ball into an 87th minute, chasing a delightfully the scale of the achievement. Amidst made the difference. empty net after a fumble from the chipped through ball over the top a blubber, Sam ‘Bitchell’ Mitchell Jake Bluston for president?

Men’s Hockey

’Twas the last week of Feb The CSM were nestled and snug in When down on the pitch there After fve years at the royal miner’s And all through the mines their beds, arose such a clatter, home, Oh the RSM was stirring And visions of failure danced in their I sprang from the sideline to see The CSM arrived with weapons And giving out fnes. heads. what was the matter. hone.

The hockey socks were hung up Eddy in his pads Dom broke from the back Despite the home crowd’s hearty In the changing rooms with care, and I in my shield, he few like a fash, support, In hopes that the Had just settled down for a long Tore open their defence Our chances of winning were Sharpely Cup soon would be there. weekend on the feld. and ficked in a blast. ultimately blown. Jay Ward

Squash With no feature in last year’s bottle, opposite number, but played some Squash returned with noise and lots great Squash himself at times. of it. At 2/1 down in the tie, 3rd string, Ethos witnessed an atmosphere Eric Newland, needed to win to rivalling sporting cathedral and keep RSM hopes alive but was also quality squash played in a great defeated in three tight games by an competitive spirit. experienced opponent. RSM took an early lead, thanks With the match gone, some pride to 4th string, George Meddings, who was restored as team captain and 1st won 3/0 but were levelled when 2nd string blitzed his opposite number string, Jamie Stringer, was outlasted 3/0, leaving the fnal match score at 3/1 by the opposition captain. 3-2 CSM. Jamie was 1 game and 9-9 in the With a packed gallery and a great 2nd, so perhaps can be counted as atmosphere, the Friday Squash unlucky not to sneak through! fuelled enthusiasm for the rest of Our 5th string, Oliver Taylor- the weekend sport, here’s hoping it Rose, was out-powered 3/0 by his stays for next year!

Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 13 NEWS DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THE ENGINEERING FACULTY The Bottle Match continued…

Lacrosse Feeling the pressure of being the Matthew during this period led to a some newfound energy, as the RSM RSM were not to be denied, and to frst team to play on the Saturday of commanding 12-4 lead to the RSM team lost some vital players to the dismay of many CSM fans the Bottle Match, tensions were high but by the end of the 3rd quarter. hockey. CSM quickly rallied, scoring RSM played keep-ball until the fnal the raucous support on the sidelines At this point, however, it seemed two goals past an increasingly angry whistle and the game ending 12-6. (great banners and chants all round) as if CSM had suddenly discovered RSM Goalkeeper. In the end though, quickly calmed the nerves before the game began. The RSM supporters had witnessed unfortunate losses the day before and the RSM Lacrosse team were eager to give them a good performance and win to start the day correctly. Their prayers were swiftly answered and the CSM cheers almost instantly extinguished as 3 goals were scored by the RSM in the early minutes, due to some great drawing from Arianna. The frst quarter ended with an excellent 6-1 scoreline to the RSM. The second and third quarter continued in a similar fashion, with the highlight being a great pass from Arianna almost half the pitch up to Claudia who quickly scored after taking the ball on the crease. Goals from Arianna, Annie and

President’s Address 2019: We Are International In her annual address to the Imperial obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular Imperial “will continue to establish community, entitled ‘We are disease and cancer. partnerships and collaborations in International’, Professor Gast called “Our new School of Public Europe and throughout the world. on the government to be “ambitious Health in White City will bring We call upon government to in liberating mobility for academics this international insight to West expand opportunities to support and students” while securing London where over 120 languages international students and scholars continued and new European and are spoken in communities having and to foster and fund international global research opportunities. a variety of traditions, cultures and collaborations.” She welcomed the government’s ethnic backgrounds.” The College will “vigorously announcement of a new ‘Startup Another outstanding researcher, defend our right to collaborate

Visa’, extending the duration of Photo: Imperial College Professor Molly Stevens, “leads with international partners. Apart graduate entrepreneur visas: a a research group made up of from national security concerns reform that President Gast and academics from more than 25 or government restrictions, we Imperial have campaigned for. countries. Their different cultural and will work with others to further She also urged the government to disciplinary perspectives have helped research, education and science implement science and innovation- the Stevens Group to transform diplomacy, no matter where they are friendly policies as the wider the development of biosensors and from,” she said. immigration system is reformed. from collaborations with businesses brought bioengineering approaches The President concluded: “Our Opening the address, President outside the UK, while students hail to regenerative medicine.” international community, our Gast took the chance to celebrate from 130 countries. President Gast added: “I collaborations and partnerships, members of the Imperial community Such diversity leads to research frmly believe that collaborations and our own experiences in who have received external awards. breakthroughs, she said. For are important not only across other cultures and places have an This year’s winners come from example, Professor Elio Riboli disciplines, but also across cultures. immeasurable and profound effect more than 25 countries, she noted. leads one of the world’s largest They bring new combined insights, on the world. She explained how inter- cancer cohort studies, involving lead to new approaches and help “We have a great heritage of nationalism is pivotal to Imperial’s half a million participants across create new discoveries”. mixing people, views, ideas and success. Imperial was international 10 European countries over two President Gast is “proud that cultures to create wonderful from its 1907 founding, by 1925 decades, receiving fnancial support Imperial is making international discoveries, insights and works. nearly a ffth of our students came from both the WHO and the EU. engagement a high priority. We have We must ensure that such synergy from abroad. In the last decade, Professor Gast said that Professor new and growing collaborations in continues for our beneft, and for more than half of the College’s Riboli’s ‘European Prospective Africa, Asia and the Middle East, and the beneft of society.” research papers – 105,000 – had Investigation into Cancer and are augmenting and strengthening http://bit.ly/IE30-Pres international co-authors, spanning Nutrition’ (EPIC) is showing that a our collaborations in Europe and 192 countries. diet based on fruit, vegetables, whole the Americas.” Despite current Meanwhile, about two-thirds of grains and moderate consumption political uncertainty around Brexit, Read the full text of Professor Gast’s Imperial’s corporate support comes of poultry and fsh reduces risk of President Gast made it clear that address here: http://bit.ly/IE30-Gast

14 Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 FEATURES Fake Honey

Although this issue of IE is being produced pollen classifcation using machine learning in April, the title above is not a joke. Honey techniques. In this way, honey authentication has been collected and used by humankind via pollen can be carried out by non-specialists as both a food and medicine for thousands and at scale (in contrast to centralised testing of years. However, in the modern economy, facilities). Furthermore, their method honey has become subject to mislabelling and lays the groundwork for accelerating more adulteration making it the third most faked advanced quantitative approaches to honey food product in the world. authentication using pollen. Te international scale of fraudulent honey Teir proposed pipeline comprises two has had both economic and environmental separate components: the pollen identifcation ramifcations. In a recent paper, Peter He network and the authentication network. (1st Year Computing) along with two other Given an image obtained from a microscope, Photos: He, Gkantiragas and Glowacki He, Photos: authors, Alexis Gkantiragas from UCL and the pollen identifcation network segments Low cost proof of concept workstation Gerard Glowacki from Hampton Court and identifes the botanical origin, density House School, proposed a novel method of and distribution of the extracted pollen grains. honey, which has cost livelihoods, consumer identifying fraudulent honey using machine Te outputs from the pollen identifcation confdence and the environment. learning augmented bright-feld microscopy. network are then passed (alongside any other Peter He reported back to the OC Trust on Te Old Centralians’ Trust helped fund a test results, both physical and chemical) into his trip: “It has been an excellent opportunity trip for Peter to the 32nd Conference on Neural the authentication network, which outputs to learn more about my feld, and practice Information Processing Systems (NIPS 2018) a decision as to whether or not the honey is my French (which I’m taking as an Horizons in Montréal, Canada in December 2018, genuine. option). enabling him to present the paper as part of Tis modular pipeline allows the “Trough poster viewing and presenting, the ‘AI for Social Good’ workshop. authentication network to be retrained for many a stimulating conversation was started, Due to the pervasiveness of fraudulent any purpose while the pollen identifcation with topics ranging from the topology of honey products, the authentication of honey network remains static. Furthermore, it allows latent spaces in generative models, to the visual has become an active area of research, with the authentication network to be replaced system of crabs. I made connections with nations such as New Zealand seeking to entirely with any other classifer (such as a people from UK universities as well as those protect their valuable Manuka honey exports decision tree, for added interpretability). around the world including some economists/ and the European Union trying to protect Tey were able to demonstrate that their NGOs who expressed interest in trialling the domestic consumer and producer interests. method works by building a proof-of-concept. system across South Africa. Current honey authentication procedures By using microscopy images from various “Overall, the conference was very successful include a variety of laboratory-based samples of diferent honeys, they extracted on my part. I achieved everything I intended procedures, conducted by specialists approximately 2500 pollen images with which to (except perhaps revising as much as I would using analytical tests such as quantitative to train their networks. Tey then tasked have liked for exams) and had a great time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), near- the network with diferentiating fve samples doing so. I learnt a lot and am now catching infrared spectroscopy (NIR), nuclear magnetic of eucalyptus melliodora honey from fve up with literature in continual learning, a resonance spectroscopy (NMR) and liquid samples of manuka honey. All ten samples feld about which’s approaches I had only chromatography mass spectrometry (LC- were classifed correctly. a foggy idea until now (it’s very much in its MS), which require expensive specialised He, Gkantiragas and Glowacki conclude infancy and I reckon there’s a lot of interesting equipment. Te authentication of honey that their proof-of-concept for the proposed contributions to be made). through microscopy proves difcult too, due solution gives promising results, forming a In terms of future studies and career, you’ll to the pollen-identifying expertise required of strong case for further investigation using probably be relieved to hear that I’ve resisted the operator. more state-of-the-art techniques. being lured out of college by industry head- In their paper, He and his colleagues propose Using a modular pipeline would enable hunters. In fact, this experience has instead a method of honey authentication which the separate fnal authentication network to swayed me towards the research path which utilises microscopy while at the same time be integrated with existing authentication I hope to continue to pursue beyond the eliminating the need for an expert operator. processes. Such a system could prove to be a conference at Imperial.” Tis is achieved through the automation of powerful tool in the fght against fraudulent https://arxiv.org/abs/1901.00516v1

Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 15 FEATURES Learning and

In November 2016, the College embarked upon a 4-month consultation process with staff and students to assess their views about the state of learning and teaching within Imperial. This coincided with the arrival of a new Vice-Provost for Education, Professor Simone Buitendjik, who had joined from Leiden University in the Netherlands, and led to the formulation of a strategy for learning and teaching (the Strategy), which is currently being implemented. In addition to being based on the wide consultation, the Strategy is infuenced by innovation and practice in the east coast universities of the USA such as Harvard and MIT.

Introduction themes: a major curriculum review; interactive has been increased as ideas and details have A large and growing body of evidence has teaching; inclusion and diversity; and online developed. shown that using more interactive techniques and digital technologies. Tis article sets out Te Strategy is based on consultation and in higher education enables more efective what the College is trying to achieve and is research and the College will continue to be learning, by actively engaging students, based heavily on material produced by College led by evidence in its implementation. In increasing their sense of personal and to promote the Strategy. It will be followed particular, this means rigorous evaluation and professional identity, improving learning by another in the autumn edition of IE which adjustment of teaching methods based on outcomes and creating a stronger sense of will report how the Faculty of Engineering has the evidence. Te College is about half way community. Te Strategy therefore sets out responded. through the process and evaluation of it will to develop programmes of study based on the At the outset, a budget of £7 million was begin in the coming years. latest educational research, some of it done established, for the appointment of new here at Imperial, and to ask questions such as staf, including people to cover for those “Does what we do now work or are we just in Departments who would be working A Review of Curricula and doing what we do for the sake of it?” and on the Strategy, as well as for equipment Assessment “Are there better and more efective methods and refurbishment work associated with its In reviewing curricula, the focus will be on we can employ?” It is based on four main implementation. Since then, the budget building on good practice already taking place at Imperial and on creating the time and space needed to introduce innovation. Tere will also be a focus on students being able to engage in multidisciplinary activity and to refect on their learning. Te approach will be to enable students to develop higher order skills, such as critical thinking and problem solving, alongside practical discipline mastery. Learning outcomes and forms of assessment will refect the skills required for the 21st century context. By providing opportunities to apply knowledge in new and unexpected contexts, and time and space to refect on learning, students will be supported as they deepen their understanding of their discipline and their practical and applicable skills. Feedback is vitally important in this process and will be emphasised within the review, key features of which will include: • A modular structure that enables greater choice and fexibility within programmes and across disciplines. • Applying knowledge in new contexts, which could include societal engagement, entrepreneurship and student-led projects. • Breadth of education; going beyond subject boundaries. Photo: Liz Swift, Imperial College • Authentic assessment, including a variety of assessment methods to evaluate the full range of students’ achievements and skills. It is recognised that this will mean a considerable increase in workload for Departments, so additional staf resources will be made available.

16 Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 FEATURES Teaching Strategy

Make Teaching More Interactive Te creation of a supportive environment is Te aim here is to move away from the idea key to fostering a sense of community and this of a student passively sitting in lectures, will be enhanced by: towards a teaching and learning environment • Supporting staf and students to turn in which students are partners in shaping and diverse backgrounds and cultures enhancing their own education. Tis means into an opportunity for mutual enhancing classroom sessions with teaching learning, taking advantage of diferent that is challenging and rewarding, encouraging experiences and perspectives. students to go beyond the retention of • Strengthening support for students information and to place more emphasis on and working to embed equality, the understanding of concepts. diversity and inclusivity in the campus All Departments have been invited to bid for community. funding to transform their teaching methods. • Establishing a culture that values Staf support and additional resources will be teaching as highly as research. Tis available to underpin the change process and means improving recognition of and to employ additional discipline specialists achieving greater parity of esteem for where necessary. Funding will also be available teaching. to build capacity in evaluation and educational • Creating time for staf to step back research. Physical spaces on campus will be from existing workloads to develop adapted to facilitate the creation of interactive innovative approaches to their environments, and to support an inclusive teaching. scholarly community. • Establishing new ways for students to Deep disciplinary knowledge will remain contribute to their own and to their central to the curriculum, but will be peers’ educational experience as co- facilitated through an emphasis on inquiry creators of teaching innovations. and discovery, analysis, evaluation and refection. Te existing literature on higher education and the many examples of good Online and Digital Learning practice presently available at Imperial will be It is widely understood that digital and online very important considerations. Success will technology can facilitate interaction and depend on the creation of world class learning participation, enhancing learning, assessment spaces, the use of high quality data, and the and the development of transferable skills implementation of research evidence to inform Imperial has been active in this for many decision making and evaluate education. years, but there can always be improvements in this regard. Te Strategy therefore proposes An Inclusive and Diverse more emphasis on digital technology to support Community interactive teaching, the creation of a stronger Imperial has always been a diverse community, sense of community and the application of the with staf and students from all over the world, latest innovations in learning. but it may be that we have not always fostered Physical and digital learning environments an atmosphere in which diferent backgrounds will be enhanced in order to improve students’ and cultures are cherished and recognised broader experience. Tis will be done by as critical to excellence in education. investment in a new resource-rich Digital Furthermore, the traditional approach within Learning Hub which will support staf and the College has been to assume that all students students in using technology to enhance are capable and resilient enough to fnd their education. It will also provide expertise and own way to success. Tese days, this may no support in learning analytics, educational longer be the case. Te Strategy will therefore research and the development of diferent create and nurture a supportive environment teaching techniques. for staf and students that rewards and Departments will be encouraged and

recognises innovation and encourages active supported to transform their pedagogy, to Imperial College Angus, Thomas Photo: student engagement in positive change. be innovative in their use of technology, and • Increase its global footprint in Training for all staf who teach will be to enlist the help of learning technologists education, by developing online enhanced and strengthened, something that in their specifc discipline. By developing courses for large groups of learners did not always happen in the past. A new both open and private online courses, the across the globe. scheme will award grants to students who work College will aim to reach even larger cohorts • Create global citizens able to use with staf to implement change within their of learners, creating a global community of digital technology in professional Departments. More emphasis will be placed actively engaged students. environments, by building on student services to provide the modern, In this way, the College hopes to: membership of a community which professional and comprehensive support our • Enhance the experience of our on- collaborates and learns efectively students deserve. Te College will also invest campus students, by supporting both in person and online. in new initiatives to embed equality, diversity the move towards more interactive and inclusivity in the campus community. teaching in classrooms and labs.

Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 17 FEATURES Stronger Together Royal Miner Madeleine Hann adventures to Antarctica with the Homeward Bound Project to learn about climate optimism and the power of women leaders.

What did I learn from a 12 month leadership Stubborn Climate Optimism and unconscious discrimination exists training programme and a 3 week expedition I am part of the 3rd of 10 Homeward Bound everywhere. Te road to leadership is littered to Antarctica with 80 women in STEMM? cohorts. Te incredible group of women with with additional obstacles to women. While How can I concisely communicate why we whom I shared the Antarctic journey included studying at Imperial, I was excluded from need more women in climate leadership? conservationists, scientists, doctors, engineers, spaces by sports teams and so-called ‘tie Tis is how... activists, teachers, planners and entrepreneurs. clubs’. I found it was not socially acceptable We were joined on the ship by Christiana to question this discrimination. I felt We are stronger together Figueres. She is an expert in climate justice intimidated at networking events where I Last year I was selected to take part in the and led the UN Secretariat during the Paris could not see myself refected in any of the Homeward Bound Project. Homeward Agreement negotiations in 2015. She has an faces in the room. I chanted sexist songs at the Bound is an unprecedented leadership top of my voice because I thought this was training program for women in STEMM normal and harmless. (science, technology, engineering, maths “The Ten I began to think about my and medicine). Te training happens behaviour and the behaviour of the people over 12 months, culminating in a 3 week around me. As a young person taking transformational expedition to Antarctica HOMEWARD BOUND your frst steps into the world, these were on board ship, with 80 women from around complicated issues to understand. Tis the world. Created by the leadership vision is to build a was the start of my leadership journey visionary and dreamer, Fabian Dattner, this which led me to Antarctica. international movement facilitates women in four key areas: leadership development, global collaboration Change is Happening strategic capabilities, visibility and science In 2015, Dr Alison Phipps, and colleagues collaboration. of 1000 women from the Centre for Gender Studies at the University of Sussex, conducted an Te Homeward Bound vision: leaders with STEMM independent review of gender bias and To build a global collaboration of organisational culture at Imperial College. 1000 women leaders with STEMM Tis was a necessary step towards an backgrounds in 10 years. backgrounds in 10 equitable and inclusive community we Why leadership? Global leadership must strive to achieve. is in crisis. As engineers, we know that years” Tere are many people doing great work under current leadership we are pushing for better at Imperial: from Student Union the natural world to its absolute limit. representatives and Alumni Associations, Te status quo is unsustainable. Women to the activism of Dr. Jess Wade and Dr. are vastly under-represented at the highest unwavering faith in the ability of humanity to Emma Chapman, to the commitment of levels of leadership. Homeward Bound is exist harmoniously with the rest of the natural Assistant Provost for Equality, Diversity and equipping women with the skills and network world. She therefore taught us the meaning Inclusion, Prof. Stephen Curry. You only they require, to have infuence in the world and need for true, stubborn optimism in the need to read the previous issue of IE to see a for the greater good: a small but meaningful face of climate crisis. showcase of women achieving great things at contribution to a very complex challenge. Why women? Systematic, conscious Imperial College. Change is happening.

18 Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 FEATURES Antarctica brings international challenges into focus Why Antarctica? Going to Antarctica provides two things: 1) an isolated environment to learn and become a bonded group, and 2) an opportunity to see at frst hand what is at stake when we talk about a 2 degrees C temperature change. Climate breakdown is the most important challenge facing international leadership today. Nothing sharpens your focus on the urgency of the situation more than an intimate proximity to an Antarctic iceberg. On the ship, we learnt to be compassionate, generous leaders. We taught each other to listen deeply, with curiosity not judgement.

We learned to treat each other as resourceful O’Connell Deborah Photo: Royal Miner in Antarctica It was a privilege to represent my science and my communities in Antarctica. I am proud of where I come from. I am proud to be the granddaughter of a County Durham coal miner and proud to be a Royal Miner. I am the youngest member of the Homeward Bound Project. Tis produced a certain degree of apprehension for me leading up to the journey; an undercurrent of imposter syndrome. But I soon learned that women of all ages and cultures have the same fear and dreams. We all want a safe, stable world. We all want to do what is necessary to achieve this. Photo: Kylie Lewis Kylie Photo:

and whole. “I am not here to fx you; I trust you have all the tools to fx yourself.” Empathy and listening are key skills if you want to make decisions which have lasting positive impact. Be a better leader everyday It is necessary for us all to choose courage over comfort in order to lead constructively. Te world desperately needs constructive leaders right now. We can all lead, every day: in the values we live by, our behaviour and our actions. But the key message of Homeward Bound is that we do not have to lead alone. We

can do hard things, but we do them together. Lewis Kylie Photo:

Photo: Deborah O’Connell

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Follow Homeward Bound Projects: Website: homewardboundprojects.com.au Twitter: @HomewardBound16 Facebook and Instagram:

Photo: Kylie Lewis @HomewardBoundProjects Follow Madeleine: Twitter: @GeomorphMad Blog: www.geomorphmad.wordpress.com Review of gender bias and organisational culture at Imperial College 2015: Power of Community which allowed me to take part in the Antarctic http://bit.ly/IE30-Equality Te power of community is undeniable. Prior expedition. to my journey south, I attended the annual Royal School of Mines Association Dinner in South Kensington. I arrived alone and was nervous walking through the doors of the familiar Rembrandt Hotel, but I was greeted with open arms by many familiar faces and had a fantastic time meeting current students. I was reminded that we are a family, and no matter how far we wander, our family will

always be there to support us. We are stronger Photo: Kirstin Mitchell together. Many thanks to the Royal School of Mine Association and all friend and colleagues from Imperial College for their generous contributions to the crowdfunding campaign Photo: Kylie Lewis

Madeleine Hann (Geology 2013-17) is a geologist, geographer and advocate for women in STEMM. During her 4 years studying at the Royal School of Mines, Madeleine was heavily involved in sports and Student Union activities. She was Vice President for Clubs and Societies for the RSMU and played 3 Bottle Matches as feld-hockey keeper. Madeleine is now a Doctoral Researcher in Physical Geography at the University of Manchester, UK. Her current research examines the impact Photo: Deborah O’Connell of past climate change on river systems in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco.

20 Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 FEATURES GR20 Corsica Expedition In September 2017, fve Earth Science students – Max Ralston (MSci Geology), Georgios Chatzitheoklitos (MSci Geophysics), Carla Huynh (MSci Geophysics), Diane Tavignot (BSc Geology) and Harry Brookes (MSci Geology) – were supported by the RSMA Trust to make an expedition to Corsica to hike along GR20, the toughest long distance trail in Europe.

Corsica at 2706m, we were greeted with the day walks up actual paths, the cobbled likes of most magnifcent of sights yet: the rugged which were an alien sight. We were flthy and mountains extending out to sea all around us scraggly and must have looked more akin to and our fnal glimpse of where we’d begun, mountain men than fellow travellers. just a small shadow perched by the glistening Every day so far we’d tackled ridge lines blue Ligurian. However, as a result of a higher than 2200m, an average daily climb storm day, we’d been caught by a company of 900m, scrambling along stony ledges, as of Belgian Paratroopers who proceeded to well as descending precipitous faces that, clog the queues for every utility. In return, when regarded from some distance onward, we took great pleasure in overtaking them it was impossible to deduce a route down. at every opportunity, receiving many a sour Te second half of the trek saw an abrupt glance in the process. For the next few days end to this madness. Tat ascent was instead the weather was periodically appalling, with converted into additional distance each day, gale force winds and persistent drizzle that and small dirt paths began appearing through would disappear just as soon as it arrived. woodland which sprang up in this new, more Fortunately, the mountain refuges, though forgiving, environment. Tis didn’t reduce the inaccessible by road, were always well stocked impact of the scenery whatsoever. In fact, we Te fve Earth Scientists making up the group with supplies and ofered warm if basic shelter were stunned on the morning of day ten when on the expedition met in Toulon on the from the elements. we came over a saddle to see a spectacular sunny Mediterranean coast of France. After We were always glad to treat ourselves to a vista. A river valley, shrouded in mist, wound a transfer to Corsica, and impatient to begin, refuge-cooked dinner in the evening, though around spurs out onto the coastal plane, where at 5am on the 7th of September, we departed it always made crawling into the tent and lagoons by the sea glowed in the morning sun from the jumping of point in Calenzana. It sleeping on the uneven rocky mountain slopes and pufs of steam rose from hamlets in the was a cool start, but the rapid incline dispelled that much less desirable. On the seventh day foothills. any shivers; this was to be a common feature however, the weather cleared and we were Although the island was beautiful and the of the days and weeks to come. Tat frst day treated to views of jagged peaks extending far terrain exciting and interesting to traverse, was a shock to the system of some and an around us. It was hard not to be taken by the there was a physical toll to be paid. Swollen exhilarating thrill ride to others. rugged isolation of this island, which seemed knees were standard; the real issues were At dinner, we made our introductions to so far from modern Europe. Nothing worked sprains, exhaustion and blisters, which could those who would be hiking along the same out there; there was no signal, no power, stop a walker in their tracks even if they were route as us for the next two weeks. Tese supplies were delivered by helicopter and on top of their mental game. Tose last days were from all walks of life: retirees, who walking out onto the paved road, which bisects played out in one of two ways; some gathered made expeditions like this a full time hobby; the island, on the 9th day, was like returning all their energy for one fnal push, doubling professionals, spending valuable vacation time to civilization. Tis wasn’t all bad. What it the time hiking each day in order to fnish on escaping the city; and students who, like meant was a lot of time for contemplation and sooner, while others slowed and enjoyed a slow us, enjoyed the challenge and freedom of the self-refection. Vizzavona, a ‘town’ marking ride into Conca, our fnal destination. wilderness. the midpoint of the trek, was certainly not In all, we were overjoyed to fnish, having Te following days sustained an incredible what had been promised and we were greeted seen the sights of our lives and come through level of intensity as we hiked through bare, with nothing but a couple of restaurants and it all relatively healthy. We are also very primitive landscapes where little seemed a shop being run out of a shed. Te place was grateful to the RSMA Trust for helping to to survive. Upon reaching the summit packed full of tourists anyway. It was hard not make it possible. of Monte Cinto, the tallest mountain in to look down on these people, going for little

Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 21 FEATURES The Ecuador Earthquake A tale of a civil engineer stress-test, by Nina Jirouskova (Civ and Env Eng) Te Earthquake In this article, I will try to share with you On the 16th of April 2016, at 18:58 local time, what provided depth to the personal and the strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador since professional experience it has been and how 1979 – a 7.8Mw event – struck the coastal it’s been instrumental in sharpening my region of Manabi in Ecuador, originating understanding of the current challenges of in the vicinity of Muisne at a depth of earthquake risk analysis and management, and 19km below surface. Te associated fault in guiding my research. Now that I am about rupture propagation had a strong South- to fnish my thesis, and enter the next stage of West directionality, resulting in most of its my professional experience, I will continue to signifcant impacts being localised on the draw upon this experience. I hope that many Manabi coast, between Manta and Pedernales, more students and alumni of Imperial College with associated intensities of VI-VIII on the will keep participating in such missions, for Modifed Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale. The EEFIT Team and some of our essential the challenge they represent, the absolute helpers Recorded peak ground accelerations (PGA) necessity of feld experience they respond to, ranged from 0.51g in the South (Portoviejo) and response eforts on the impacted natural the questions they raise, and all the inspiration to 1.55g in the North (Pedernales). environment, population, engineered systems that they provide. Within a month of the earthquake, nine and socio-economic setting. Detailed fndings of the mission are aftershocks above 6Mw were also recorded, Te team consisted of four structural presented in a report publicly available on the adding to the original damage from the main engineers, three geotechnical engineers and a IStructE website (http://bit.ly/IE30-EEFIT). shock of April. Te earthquake is estimated to social scientist. Te Imperial College presence have caused about 700 fatalities, 7000 severe was signifcant, with two Imperial College injuries, 35,000 buildings badly damaged or Alumni – Jorge Lopez and Sebastian Kaminski destroyed and signifcant damage to utilities (both currently working at Arup, London) and and infrastructure. Te events led to about 2$ myself, currently completing my PhD within to 3$ billion USD losses and 2 Million people the Department of Civil and Environmental in need of humanitarian assistance. Te event Engineering. resulted in a major dent to the economy of Contributing to the resilience of the region, critical to the nation thanks to its communities to natural disasters and major contribution to the tourism and shrimp earthquakes in particular has consistently been farming industries. the red thread of my professional experience, from my experience at Fugro on the volcanic Photos: EEFIT Te Mission Reunion Island, working for four years as a Between the 24th of May and the 7th of June geoseismic engineer at Arup and now carrying 2016, a team was deployed by the Earthquake out my research to optimise natural disaster Carrying out a microtremor test Engineering Field Investigation Team impact assessments at Imperial College. Being (EEFIT) to the Manabi region to carry out selected as part of the team sent to Ecuador Te Challenges a post-event investigation mission. EEFIT was a great privilege and opportunity to apply An organisational and communication sits within the Institution for Structural my skills in the unique context of a post-event stress-test: An ode to the essential helpers. Engineers (IStructE) and has been carrying reconnaissance mission. Typically, missions are carried out after a month out such missions across the globe since My involvement was generously supported from the event, in order to avoid disrupting 1982, as a joint efort by the industry and by the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training short term response eforts. Te timeline academia. Te aim of the missions is to carry for Sustainable Civil Engineering and the Old between the event and the mobilisation on out a detailed technical evaluation of the Centralian Trust, without which I would not site of the EEFIT team is therefore relatively performance of the structures, geotechnical have been able to participate in this unique short. Tis month is utilised fully in features, and infrastructure; collect geological and complex experience – evenly meaningful, preparatory works of the mission to plan the and seismographic data; as well as assess the impactful, eye-opening, intense, tearful and logistics, ensure health and safety and manage efectiveness of the earthquake preparedness yet also most enjoyable. risks for the team on site, as well as gather

DATE ACTIVITY resources (funding, equipment, partnerships,

APRIL 16 EVENT OCCURS background literature and information on the

APRIL 22 LEAD IDENTIFIED event). Tis phase is an essential and integral MAY 5 TEAM IDENTIFIED part of the mission and can also be presented MAY 24-27 TEAM ARRIVES as a key organisational and communication MANTA MAY 28-30 PORTOVIEJO stress-test. Te performance of the mission, its

BAHIA efciency and outputs heavily depend on it. MAY 31 CANOA A key step of the preparatory phase is to CANOA-JAMA JUNE 1 SAN ISIDRO liaise with peer associations such as EERI, JUNE 2-3 PEDERNALES GEER, the European Civil Protection Team, CHAMANGA JUNE 3-5 CANOA Red Cross and others who send humanitarian CHONE and civil engineering technical teams after MANTA JUNE 5-9 PORTOVIEJO events. Tey may have already been on site, TEAM LEAVES gathered knowledge on the event’s impacts The 16th of April 2016 event mainshock PAGER Intensity map (left) (USGS, 2016) and the reconnaissance mission route – the green indicates that only geotechnical and local conditions, aligned local contacts investigations were carried out there. and resources and identifed particular points

22 Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 FEATURES 2016 Investigation Mission of interest of the event worth investigating further. In this mission, the team leader Guillermo Franco, actively engaged ahead of the mission with EERI and the European Civil Protection Team who had already sent teams on site ahead of us. Tis led to a much greater efciency of the mission in utilising pre- existing contacts, avoiding redundant eforts in areas already sufciently covered by similar investigations, and identifying gaps and points of interest worth focusing on. Shelters in Canoa Such contacts prior to the mission also provide the opportunity of envisaging contacts is crucial to the success of such a Cross, AIMA and other organisations. Tese partnerships to gather and combine eforts mission. Tey ensure that current knowledge meetings were critical in securing geological, for a greater impact. Te geotechnical team of the fast-paced ever-evolving post-event seismological, structural damage survey I was part of took a proactive approach conditions on site is at hand to inform the data as well as other helpful resources and to setup a collaboration with the British investigation plan (route plan, tests and information, and provided a comfortable Geological Society to carry out an exercise surveys need as well as associated feasibility neutral, well informed and rational ground to of site proofng their novel satellite-imagery- assessment) and they provide tangible support the mission. based co-seismic landslide and liquefaction once on site. Tis mission’s logistics, security, A human stress-test: the disaster impact and mapping methodology. Tis was a key novel access to high-level response task forces as scientifc neutrality. contribution of our mission. It showed that well as to the most heavily damaged restricted Although rationality of the scientifc the technique is very promising and could be urban areas was facilitated by the continuous investigation process is key to any such key to enhancing response operations, road and proactive support of Manuel Querembas mission, any team member is necessarily clearing, and emergency route identifcation. of the Corps of Engineers of the Ecuadorian confronted with the reality of the disaster, Te exercise also highlighted some limitations Army. Additionally, civil Ecuadorian students, triggering emotions and initiating behaviours to the technique and identifed key further architects and engineers also accompanied the that may be difcult to handle appropriately. development requirements. Tose included team. Teir local knowledge was invaluable, Arriving on site, the desolation hits you: the major limitation associated with cloud particularly in guiding us through Portoviejo’s the destruction all around, shelters, tents of cover to satellite imagery, as well as an overall damage. Tis diversifed local support was key displaced population scattered everywhere. poor performance for the identifcation of to the success of the mission. But when approaching the local population liquefaction-induced lateral spreading. Te It is indeed important to utilise the for their account of the event and its impact, method was proved to be mostly successful for contacts and support available but also to the real emotional realisation of the natural the identifcation of landslides otherwise. be conscious of the bias or challenge that disaster kicks in. At the same time, Sebastian Kaminski’s contacts facilitating the interface between the For the scientist, their information is contacts in the bamboo industry were EEFIT team and the local environment and crucial. It allows us to confrm co-seismicity capitalised upon to foster an active population may represent. Army and civil of the impacts observed through direct collaboration with the International Network forces may sometimes entertain confictual testimony as well as provide information for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR). Tis was or difcult relationships and would have such as ground movement directionality and of particular interest in the context of many their own specifc view of the disaster. It is duration of the motion during the earthquake. positive feedbacks on the performance of the EEFIT team’s responsibility to ensure the And in order to gather it in a systematic and bamboo structures in the earthquake and an neutrality of the investigative process. Te robust way, one needs to remain cool-headed envisaged – and ultimately successful – revision approach taken here was to diversify as much but, when we hear of testimonies of deaths, of the Ecuadorian National Construction as possible the types of stakeholder profles as of entire sources of livelihoods lost, and see Code (NEC) to include Bamboo structures. source of information. the desperation of the people – open, kind Te collaboration with INBAR led to the Time was taken at the start of the mission and still hopeful enough to share their stories invaluable addition of one of their associated for three days by Sebastian Kaminski and I with us in the hope that somehow it might members – Nicolas Van Drunen – to our to stay in Quito before the rest of the team help them recover – it really is difcult. In team throughout the length of our mission arrived and arrange meetings with as many these moments, it is important to rely on team and access to bamboo housing post-event key stakeholders as possible, ranging from members as a relay, so that one can take over reconstruction sites. academics to high-level managers of the when it gets too overwhelming for the other. Whether through such contacts or national response force (Secretaria de Gestión Ultimately, it hits everyone. otherwise, fnding and liaising with local de Riesgos) through to Shelter Cluster, Red Although it was hard, and one might say

Examples of some of the damage observed in Manta, Portoviejo and San Isidro (left to right)

Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 23 FEATURES it impedes the scientifc process, I believe From a geological standpoint, the extensive now, that it is actually an essential part of the literature review carried out ahead of the process. Empathy drives us to be the best we mission as well as communications with can on site and reminds us of why, for most local geological and seismological university of us, we’ve been driven to specialise in this departments identifed a signifcant lack of feld. It reminds us that the structures, the local geological data and therefore a poor geotechnical features, the engineered systems understanding of potential site efects at play. cannot be considered without considering for A key objective of the mission was therefore whom they have been designed, those who live determined to be the gathering of geological with, around and in them – and whose lives data. An innovative microtremor test method will ultimately be impacted by the earthquake, was successfully used. Complex geologies and not just in terms of economic loss, injuries topographies with signifcant potential for and deaths, but as impacts to family life, social ground motion amplifcation were identifed, cohesion, livelihoods, jobs and self-worth. especially through our investigation of the Trough the testimonies, I realised for be fairly robust, however with very coarse heavily damaged city of Portoviejo. Detailed example how important it is to better plan hazard factor zonation. Te impacted site response analyses rather than the use against the risk of population displacement Manabi region is uniformly characterised of simplifed design code spectra would be and to better manage it. How, therefore, in the code by the highest hazard factor. recommended in such settings and signifcant transportation links are excessively important However, recorded accelerations in the region eforts to acquire detailed and robust geological in post-earthquake situations not only for signifcantly exceeded the most recent design data at regional level are required to inform emergency response access but also to ensure a accelerations provisions at most locations, for earthquake resilience plans and appropriately certain continuity of social cohesion and access a wide range of structural periods. Te code’s manage the risks. to jobs as essential support for the impacted recommendations for site efects consideration Aside from limitations to the code, and populations and families after a disaster. Te proved unconservative as well. a lack of understanding of geological and novel systemic approach to the mission’s Historically, the seismic hazard of the seismogenic regional settings, some of the investigation – combining a social survey region has been little studied, whilst literature damage was also due to issues in construction with geotechnical and structural surveys – has shown that tectonics and seismogenic practice. Inadequate design and construction was key to approaching more holistically the sources are very complex, particularly where of masonry infll walls, concrete columns, earthquake impact analysis. the Muisne earthquake originated, close to foundations and connections were numerous, An engineering stress-test: Code and theory the North boundary of the Carnegie Ridge. leading to weak and soft storey failures, vs reality – benchmarking and characterising Tis may explain the signifcant room for short columns, extensive non-structural and the exceptions or generalities? improvement in the hazard map zonation in structural damage. Generally, the concrete From an engineering standpoint, an the code. It also certainly played a role in the and reinforcement were found to be very poor. earthquake event represents a life-size stress generalised lack of seismic hazard awareness Te concrete was observed at many locations test of the civil engineering capabilities in before the event and a consideration of the to be clearly inhomogeneous and having too the impacted region, for the level of ground 2016 event as “unexpected” by authorities, much or too little coarse aggregate. Te use motion encountered. It provides key newspapers and the general public. However, of sea sand and/or sea water for construction fndings regarding current issues in code and through our literature review, it appeared was also highlighted, through discussions with construction practice which may in turn drive that a recent study by Chlieh et al. (2014) local experts, and found to be common. scientifc knowledge development, funding had identifed a seismic rupture gap precisely A post-event mission represents an strategies, inform code improvements and where the 2016 mainshock originated and had additional challenge with regard to inference support civil engineering projects investment, clearly identifed it as the highest seismic hazard from observation to interpretation. Ultimately, delivery and risk management strategies. location at the time. Research had therefore the impacts observed are most likely to be Tough the damage to the building stock is identifed the hazard but the information had a combination of efects, seismological, partly associated with constructions predating not yet reached the relevant decision-makers. geological, geotechnical, structural and the Ecuadorian building codes regarding Tis highlights the importance of knowledge human. With the intrinsic limitations of a seismic design, or with informal structures not dissemination from academia and technical post-event mission, the interpretation of the complying to any standard of construction, experts to natural disasters’ management actors. investigation results cannot be those of a well- many recent concrete buildings were reported to have sufered heavy damage from the earthquake. Tis therefore raises the question of whether the damage was due to issues in the code, to local site efects, or to inappropriate construction practice. All three hypotheses were tested through the observations and investigation methods of the EEFIT mission. First, the description as heavy damage and characteristics of damage needed to be better understood. In the mission’s preparatory phase, discussions with peer institutions fagged discrepancies between observations and building damage coding in areas structurally surveyed, which prompted our team to further explore the reasons for such discrepancies and motivated extending the data sampling for the structural survey via fast-paced on-route camera surveying and drone imagery utilisation. Once the damage was characterised, its cause was investigated. Te current building code was found to Seismic hazard zonation map from NEC15

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Evidence of poor construction practice and lack of earthquake safety measures associated to non-structural elements rounded impact analysis. It can only aim at stakeholders, at all levels of the scientifc and consideration in impact analyses, as well as identifying part of the issues and highlighting natural disaster management chain, provided the importance of the ‘human factor’, social some key impact contributing factors. Te me with a greater awareness of stakeholders’ aspects, and systemic efects in vulnerability question remains then whether those impact dynamics and a better understanding of the and response behaviours to natural disasters. contributing factors are representative of variety of scope of actions and interests of My research therefore developed a issues throughout the country or the region, each. methodological framework for natural disaster of local efects, or simply relate to exceptional One key problem that these meetings vulnerability assessment that is carried out deviations from more general trends. Critical highlighted was the difcult communication based on a top-down approach, accounting thinking and clear communication of the and alignment of interests to establish for stakeholder dynamics and for systemic results are both essential to avoid risks of collaboration plans. In a post-disaster setting, efects linking physical assets, operational inappropriately extrapolating between theory, ‘everyone coming together’ also means a lot and management systems. Te framework code, observations and reality. of interested parties with diferent targets in allows outputs of the impact analysis and the In order to truly allow extrapolated analysis sight trying to push forward their commercial methodology of the assessment to be optimised from particular observations to general trends services, political agendas or whichever interest and adapted for each stakeholder’s specifc identifcation, data sampling needs to be they may have in the situation. Although targets. It also opens up opportunities for extensive. In this mission, we actively tried to EEFIT gathers eforts from academia and the the optimisation of data gathering strategies broaden as much as possible our data gathering industry associated with civil engineering, it which could be utilised in missions such as eforts on site by utilising non-invasive and aims to be objective and therefore does not EEFIT and informs stakeholder engagement quick geophysical testing using microtremor represent any specifc commercial interests. through the analysis of exchanged value fows. tests, drone imagery and fast-paced on-route When on site, it was therefore important Te thesis will be openly accessible from 2020. camera footage. Ultimately, investigative to make this goal clear and maintain the Readers are welcome to get in touch should missions cannot replace wider local/national appropriate distance from all the parties at play. they be interested in knowing more about it. broader missions of investigations. Tey can However, this also presented a challenge in With regards to EEFIT’s future, this however provide useful information to inform collaboration planning, where an exchange of mission has started to show the path to a more broader data gathering programs. values – be it useful information, technical holistic approach to post-event investigations expertise or reputational weight, for example and I believe that eforts to push further in Te mission: A success? – would be expected for it to work. I that direction should be supported. Adding Te challenge of target setting and the personally believe that a better understanding investigation streams on systemic efects, perception of success of stakeholders’ dynamics and the drafting of infrastructure networks, critical infrastructure Overall, I believe the mission was a great potential collaboration plans meeting EEFIT’s and industries impacts would be interesting success, from its scientifc fndings to the missions values would be key to further ways forward. A more systematic approach innovative methods of investigation used and enhance the efciency, impact, outreach, to collaboration with local and international the range of investigations carried out – for the and overall success of future post-event partners would be equally benefcial. An frst time for such a mission, also including a investigation missions. element of investigation associated not only social survey. It was also successful in terms with the hazard and risk elements, but also of outputs delivered, including: a thorough What next? with factors contributing to recovery and report, publicly available; a presentation Te mission was instrumental in driving my resilience of the systems impacted would also of fndings to the World Conference on research. It confrmed to me the criticality add value to the currently ongoing transition Earthquake Engineering shortly after the and current gap in stakeholders’ dynamics from risk to resilience thinking. mission (Franco et al., WCEE16); and a chapter in a forthcoming book. Te mission Nina Jirouskova is a fnal year PhD student, in the Department was also a clear success in terms of logistics and of Civil and Environmental Engineering, dedicated to improving synergies with local and international partners. the resilience of communities to natural disasters, and On a personal level, I believe the mission reducing resilience and protection gaps globally. Her special made me overall a better engineer and interest in earthquakes, is evidenced by her background as natural disaster analyst by enhancing my an earthquake engineer at Arup. Her PhD aims to develop understanding of what disasters actually an integrated approach to the vulnerability assessment of represent in reality and how theory and models container terminals to natural disasters, with the objective can diverge from, or meet, observations. I of optimising it and improving, through stakeholder had the opportunity of developing skills such collaboration, the associated operational risk and resilience as those associated with the microtremor management frameworks. Her research and professional efforts are underpinned by testing which were new to me and developed the strong belief that it is through better understanding the three pillars: nature, people observational acuteness in the surveys I and engineered system, as well as the interactions among them, that true integration carried out. An important added value for and harmonisation of our societies and associated socio-economic systems will be me came from the on-site interviews and the achieved, ultimately resulting in resilience and positive evolution of humankind. Natural meetings for preliminary data gathering in disasters are the ultimate stress points of the equilibrium between these three pillars, Quito. Encountering such a wide variety of and the EEFIT Ecuador mission presented a unique opportunity to observe this.

Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 25 FEATURES Ironman success In October 2018, Anna Lawson (Chem Eng 2014-18) competed in the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii, with some support from the OC Trust. She sent us a report of her experience.

On the 13th of October, 2018, to cycle the 112 miles in I competed in the Ironman 6 hours so, when I hit World Championships in Kona, the second transition in Hawaii. For those of you who ~5.45, I was beaming. aren’t familiar with Ironman, it’s Just a marathon to go… a race involving a 3.8 km swim, Te heat was pretty 180 km bike and 42.2 km run, horrible at this point; it consecutively. I fnished the race was 2pm and the sun was in 7th place for my age category at its worst. Every mile (18-24 years) which, two weeks was a station with water, later, I’m still in disbelief about. ice, coke, gatorade, wet For those with a free fve sponges and food. My minutes, here’s my story. So arms were lathered where did it begin? in suncream but my It was only at university that legs were cooking like I started running/triathlon, so drumsticks and my skin I really began from level zero. I was sore from the layers was soon hooked and by 3rd year of salt that had built over I did my frst marathon and a half the day. Within 5 km I Ironman. I love a challenge and knew I was in 13th and 6 in August of last year I signed up minutes behind 8th place. to my frst full Ironman (Nice, Te heat had exhausted France), as a way of rounding of an amazing gofundme page around the tri community, me and at every step my body wanted to stop four years of uni. my friends, family and lecturers, and their but being that close gave me the motivation Admittedly, I’m not the smartest cookie; generosity was staggering. Now I just needed I needed. I’m not the fastest cyclist but training for such a huge endurance event to train bloody hard. generally I’m faster on my feet and every whilst also completing Final Year probably I started my frst full-time job just a month person I went past gave me an extra spark of isn’t something I’d advise… before the race and, as I was determined to energy. I couldn’t tell if I was passing people in In Nice, I fnished in a time of 11:02 – I was maintain a semi-social life, the balance with my age category, but I’d gone past enough to over the moon and I’d won my age category, training was tricky. I squeezed in about 13 know I was probably in the top ten. which qualifed me for the Ironman World hours of training a week with a few early Te fnal 100m of an Ironman are the Championships (IM WCs). sessions and double days – for IM level this is best. You run down a red carpet, lined with Te most prestigious race in triathlon, actually pretty modest, but it was all I could screaming fans, family members, ex-pros and this is held in Hawaii, where conditions are ft in. admiring children. My name was called out unforgiving: high winds, relentless sun and Kona is astounding: crystal clear blue waters over the speakers, “Anna Lawson, you are an humidity. Tis was truly a once in a lifetime with fsh swimming beneath you, and felds Ironman”. experience and something many athletes flled with rugged black lava rocks formed by I’d made it. At the time, I didn’t care if I was dream of for years – I had to go. the island’s volcano. Te heat was so intense 1st or 2500th. I’d crossed the line in a time of Sadly, qualifcation doesn’t equal a free and hit about 30 degrees at midday. I was 10:41, knocking 20 minutes of my personal race, IM is incredibly expensive, and Hawaii amongst the elite; the best triathletes in the best in a race that was every bit harder than my even more so. I am incredibly fortunate and world were all in this one little Hawaiian frst. It’s humbling, emotional and inspiring proud to say that IC Chemical Engineering town, walking around in string vests with and flled with relief that it’s over but also gives department and the Old Centralians’ Trust, rippling biceps, Ironman tattoos on every calf you a life-long thrill of achievement. a charitable body from the CGCA, ofered and bikes fying past that probably cost more I’d fnished in 7th place for my age group – to sponsor my trip and made a crazy dream, than my car. I was in awe. will I ever get used to saying that? a very real reality. My closest friends sent a Te youngest competitor was 18, the oldest So what now? I’ve already signed up to 85 and triathletes come in every shape and compete in my next Ironman in 2019, it’s all size. I spoke to as many veterans as I could, going to begin again… But for now, I’m due gathered tips and asked question after question some celebration and some serious rest. and gradually calmed my nerves. Tri has introduced me to some amazing Race day: Te race is an early start at 7.20, people and given me a chance to travel the so prep begins from about 4 am. Te swim is world. It’s been hard, given me a porridge- a mass start – you all line up in the water and addiction and meant that I’ll never have when the gun goes of, a chaos of fying feet enough money to buy nice clothes, nor time to and fsts ensues. I’m an average swimmer and wear anything but lycra, but I wouldn’t change I came in at a respectable time of 1:10. it for the world. Now for the fun. Te bike was spectacular; To my tri friends, my family, Iain, the intense sun with no sections of shade. Tere Chemical Engineering department and the were stations of volunteers every 10 miles, Old Centralians’ Trust; I owe a lifetime of handing out bottles of various drinks and gratitude for making this possible. foods to grab as you few past. My aim was

26 Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 ALUMNI NEWS & VIEWS New Year Honours Imperial celebrates growing ties with South Africa Chemical engineer Professor Geoff South African alumni gathered in Johannesburg. He said: “It was so Maitland was awarded a CBE for Cape Town and Johannesburg to exciting to meet with our alumni services to chemical engineering in hear how Imperial is strengthening and to hear what they have achieved. the New Year Honours list. its ties with the country. I was very pleased to tell them Professor Maitland’s work on Nearly 100 alumni met with about our lunar mining research – interactions at the molecular President and other I don’t think any of them thought and colloidal level and the Imperial academics to share their that’s what they were going to hear bulk properties of materials is post-study experiences and discuss about.” Photo: Imperial College Photo: contributing to the development of Imperial’s growing partnerships in Imperial has a growing alumni affordable, high capacity, renewable, Professor Maitland said: “It is a South Africa. network in South Africa. Academic

low CO2 emission energy systems. great honour to be recognised by Speaking to the gathered alumni, Dr Michael Inggs (Electrical At Imperial, he has helped develop HM The Queen in this way. I feel it is President Gast highlighted some Engineering 1977) and his son, the College’s world-leading work also recognition of the contributions of Imperial’s major research Gordon Inggs (PhD 2016, Electrical in carbon capture and storage, and support I have received projects in the region, including Engineering), joined the event in exploitation of non-conventional throughout my career from a wide the new MIT Africa Imperial seed Cape Town. sources of hydrocarbons and range of superb students, colleagues fund – which has awarded funding Other notable Imperial renewable production of hydrogen and collaborators, as well as from to three projects in South Africa, engineering alumni in South Africa using green algae and cyanobacteria. my family and close friends.” including: a collaboration with include James Campbell (Geology Professor Maitland has also played the University of Cape Town to 1985) who is Managing Director of a key role in Greening Imperial, Two alumni were honoured understand how tuberculosis is Botswana Diamonds, and Ghanaian a cross-campus and community with MBEs: Dr Adrian Bowyer spread; a project with the University national Sir Sam Jonah (MSc initiative to improve the College’s (Mechanical Engineering 1973, PhD of Pretoria investigating eco-friendly Resources Engineering 1979), the performance in sustainability and 1977) for services to 3D Printing, refrigerants; and a project with the Executive Chairman of Jonah Capital. enhance its actions on tackling and Alan Stoyel (DIC Geology 1961) University of the Witwatersrand that environmental challenges and for services to Water Mill Heritage. aims to improve our understanding climate change. http://bit.ly/IE30-Honours of high energy physics, particularly the area of string theory. South Africa is Imperial’s biggest First Egyptian alumni event held in Cairo African collaborator – publishing more than 200 joint research papers ever year. President Gast said: “We

are trying to look at our many Imperial College Photos: collaborations and partnerships and Imperial’s Professor Jan think how we could work better in Cilliers (centre), Chair in Africa.” Mineral Processing from the President Gast also spoke about Department of Earth Science internationalism – the theme of this & Engineering, met with

Photo: Imperial College Photo: year’s President’s address – and the alumni including Richard need for international mobility. Gundersen (right), Chairman The frst Imperial alumni event in The Egyptian Minister spoke of Professor Jan Cilliers, Chair in of the South African branch Egypt was held in Cairo in January. his happiness to be at the event Mineral Processing at Imperial’s of CGCA The reception was hosted by and meet old friends and colleagues Department of Earth Science & Imperial’s Dr Mona El-Bahrawy (PhD who he had not met for many years. Engineering, spoke at the event in http://bit.ly/IE30-SouthAfrica Clinical Medicine Research 2001), He also spoke about the major Adjunct Reader and Consultant advances and developments Egypt Histopathologist, and was attended has made in recent years in the feld by the Egyptian Minister of of electricity and how there is a will Electricity and Energy and Imperial to build further on that. alumnus, Dr Mohamed Shaker El Professor Shaker Helmi, Markabi (PhD Electrical Engineering Professor of Environmental Studies 1977). at the Institute of Graduate Studies Dr El-Bahrawy, also an Imperial and Research, Alexandria, shared his alumna, updated the gathered memories of being a PhD student at alumni on the College’s future plans Imperial. He spoke about the balance and strategy before moderating a between work and personal and question and answer session. family obligations, including helping In her opening remarks, Dr El- one another to get through it all on Bahrawy said: “I am most privileged a very tight budget, and how they and delighted to be hosting this were challenging, but happy, years. frst Egyptian Alumni gathering on Maha Wagdy Hamada (MSc behalf of Imperial College and to Surgery and Cancer 2015) said: meet fellow alumni. I hope that this “It was great to meet with fellow meeting ignites a new or rekindles alumni who I’d otherwise never have an existing passion to reconnect had the chance to meet.” with Imperial College and with one Egypt is Imperial’s second biggest another.” collaborator in Africa – publishing Dr El-Bahrawy also updated the around 170 research papers gathered alumni on Imperial’s new together every year. White City campus. Dr El-Bahrawy There are around 300 alumni said: “This centre hosts different living in Egypt and over 700 alumni hubs and programs that all work of Egyptian nationality around the on providing support to transform world. ideas to reality.” http://bit.ly/IE30-Egypt

Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 27 ALUMNI NEWS & VIEWS 50th Triode meeting, 4th January 2019

From left to right: Sid Seth, Rut Patel, Hari Singh, Peter Chung, Tony Godber, Peter Wright, Pete Marlow, Chris Gaukroger, Nick Hiscock, Sue Hiscock and Martyn Hart. Ideas for the 50th Year after reunion; well attended, though not Goltermann/Acterna/JSU, (the name days vetting despite being offcially graduation quite as many as our 48th, but will we kept changing) and now he is with retired. Daughter Jenny continues Ten Triodes (Electrical Engineering break the record next year? Bombardier in Plymouth working to build her Supra-Molecular graduates of 1973) and one partner on embedded software for track Chemistry research team at the appeared at The George for our 50th The next two Triode Yearly circuits in the railway industry. University of Kent and Pippa is still reunion/meeting (we always meet Reunions Tony Godber: Tony made it to at Roke Manor Research, mostly on the frst Friday after 1st January. The next yearly Triode reunion London for the third time in a row; seconded to the Home Offce to Most of the Triodes, arriving early, (it will be our 51st as we had two so far he has covered some 36,000 supply mathematical rigour. had taken over the Fleet Street end meetings in year one, two in 2003, miles ‘commuting’ to us from Perth, Peter Marlow: Peter and wife of the pub making it a bit easier to two in 2013 and 2 in 2018!) will be Australia, a record surely! He’s Sally are really enjoying retirement; circulate this year. Set out below is on Friday 3rd January, 2020 at The working on interesting automation this year they visited South Africa – what the Triodes have been up to George, Fleet Street, from about 7 projects within Rio Tinto rail Blue Train, Cape Town, Winelands & over the last year. pm. The following year’s reunion operations in Perth but is defnitely Garden Route – and will be returning Much discussion was had about (52nd) will be on Friday 8th January moving towards retirement, now next summer to go on safari and the CGCA 5&10 Reunion Lunch 2021 (2020 is a leap year). So mark only working 4 days a week and visit Victoria Falls. For summer which was held on 17th November up your diaries now! that will reduce again soon. Though 2018, they ambled through France 2018, which was our 49th reunion given the international spread of to the Pyrenees via the Dordogne. in our 45 years. Twelve Triodes Those who came on the 4th his children, their partners and Nearer to home, Peter and fellow (including Triode partners) came January (10 of us!) their kids, it looks like Tony will be Triode, Pete Wright, completed the and it was a fun event, especially the Peter Cheung: Since early 2018, commuting for a long time to come! Capital Ring (see below). Peter reminisces from other years! Peter has split his time between IC’s Martyn Hart: Martyn works & Sally both sing in a chamber 2023 will be the 50th year since EEE and the Dyson School of Design two days a week (often four or choir (six to a part) which gives we graduated so, as that will be a Engineering. He is also working as fve) in the public sector, mainly concerts around Gloucestershire, bit special, we should do something a ‘normal’ professor 4 days a week in the commercial area on large and went on a choir tour to Bruges different. It’s been suggested that we but will probably return to full-time outsourcing/framework contracts. at Easter. Peter is on the board book a function room somewhere in summer 2019. How does he do Now settled in the Triangle House of PM4NGOs (www.pm4ngos. (perhaps in London); or have a it? As always, if you are near IC, let in Ingatestone in Essex, he’s involved org), an international organisation very special party with (or after) Peter know and, if he is free, he’d with the local cycling, photography that promotes and sustains the the CGCA 5&10 Reunion Lunch in love to show you what he’s doing. and other clubs and even the Parish professionalism of programme November 2023; or even combine it Chris Gaukroger: We haven’t Council he says! and project management in the with the 100th Birthday of Professor seen Chris since 1985! He has Nick and Sue Hiscock: Nick international development sector. Brown (‘our’ Head of Department worked in IT – at ICL (remember reports a frantic year as the Hon. Rut Patel: Rut had a very busy start in 1973) in July 2023 (Prof Brown’s them?), ESTEC in the Netherlands, Sec. of Warsash Sailing Club, to the New Year as he was on jury family willing of course). We need to Vickers in Eastleigh (the division that but hopes to have more time service for two weeks in Croydon agree soon on what we should do. designed the Spitfre) and Xenotron refurbishing weapons in 2019. This Magistrates Court. The case was After catching up in the pub we (newspaper display ad composition) year he will again be seen at the UK rather odd as the defendant did a moved on to have dinner at the usual amongst others – on hardware and ‘Battle Proms’ supporting the cavalry runner on the last day of the trial nearby Thai restaurant (who else software for Minis but mainly Micros demonstrations as their armourer. so sentencing was delayed. Perhaps would have so many seats spare on (computers that is). After 11 years in However, after being enthused by he knew the outcome? Most of Rut’s a Friday night?). As tradition dictates industry, he went back to IC to play Peter Cheung, Nick has also got his time is devoted to the duties of being we stopped at the now dimly lit badminton again and study Robotics. rusty old soldering iron out (bought a granddad which he says is stressful Triode Loo and got a passer-by to Then he moved to Cornwall (where whilst at IC in the early 70s) and and pleasurable in equal measures. photograph us! (See above). At the he still lives) and worked for ECC claims he has been soldering micro- This year he took the grandkids restaurant we (as always) opted for (the mining company) on robots controllers, transistors, etc to circuit to Center Parcs in Suffolk and to the set menu and continued on until and for MA Instruments on EMC boards in his study! His wife, Sue Abu Dhabi. But he did manage a late in the night. Another excellent test equipment. Then Wandel & (who joined us) still does a few week without them in Lisbon for a

28 Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 ALUMNI NEWS & VIEWS wedding which included a visit to was booked in for a two night stay rock music show is now being us perhaps?). He said he didn’t the most westerly point in mainland but the ‘Beast from the East’ arrived developed too! On the home front, have much to report other than Europe. He enjoyed the summer as and he was snowed-in and ‘forced’ walking, cycling and line dancing are he is continuing to teach A-level India’s cricket team visited England to stay on for another night. He says still to the fore, with WEA courses Maths 3 days per week with half but sadly India lost the Test Series it is well recommended, by the way! and ancestry tracing to keep the old the workload being Further Maths. even though they put on a spirited Paul Cheung: Paul wasn’t able to brain ticking over. The only thing he doesn’t touch is performance. This year Rut turned make it, but offered to invite any of George Gabrielczyk: George Stats: he understands the principles 66, it reminds him of US Route 66 us (and family) to dinner if we visit resigned the chairmanship of one but doesn’t like all the formulae and which he had travelled in Arizona (in Hong Kong (provided that he is of his public companies in summer, the impossibility of deriving stuff 2000). Maybe he will complete it? around at the time of course). He leaving him with one left. He just from basics! He is already being Sid Seth: Sid is now working on a said he will defnitely retire in June needs to sell the shares in that canvassed by the school on whether new ‘secret’ project. He still won’t and will travel a lot more and maybe business then he will be clear of he’d be willing to continue next year tell us what it is, but it’s something even see us again! anything resembling work! George teaching a reduced timetable of to do with cyber and IoT. He is Joan Clemow: Joan has been can then focus on restoring the exclusively Further Maths given the keen to use the latest technology, a National Trust volunteer at Jelenino manor house, renegotiating shortage of teachers at that level. particularly AI, to help improve lives. Montacute House for six years now deer breeding legislation in Brussels But he says, “I’ll be 68 that year, will Maybe he’ll be a multi-millionaire by and they have given her a badge and rebuilding Land Rovers. He and it never end?” the next reunion? to prove it! She sees her four his son fnished the rebuild of his Patrick Mason: Patrick is still Hari Singh: Hari and his wife spent grandchildren regularly; she collects son’s classic 1999 County Defender very involved with his company six weeks in India and also did the her daughter’s two from school one this year (nearly 3 years’ work, a ‘nut GlobalWebPay (www.globalwebpay. famous Triangle tour. He says it was day a week and helps with some + bolt job’ including a new chassis). com), which allows consumers to very informative. In addition, he had maths at their school one morning a George says it looks smashing and send money abroad quickly and golfng holidays with his buddies in week. Joan enjoys travelling and has he ferried the bridesmaids in it to cheaply. Pat is investing in completing France. This is his fourth year as plans to visit Iceland and India in the his son’s wedding last summer. the major re-write of their systems Captain of the Seniors at Downshire near future. Chris and Daphne Giles: Chris to take advantage of developments Golf Club and he enjoys managing Martin Clemow: Martin says that & Daphne Giles are both fne and in consumer connectivity to the and running the seniors section of he has very little ‘new news’as things Chris has scheduled his 4th attempt internet (e.g. devices and social the Club. Any spare time is spent are much the same now as they were at retirement for March 2019. This media). He re-iterated his offer to playing with his four grandsons. last year. He has fnally managed to time it should work! Having given Triodes of great rates for anyone Peter Wright : Peter is still heavily semi-retire, the agreement being to up boat and vintage diesel engine looking to move a sizeable amount involved in running his local Scout work three days a week. The good re-building, he is now constructing overseas – please contact him direct. District as Secretary, Appointments side is that he works from home analogue computers. Dave Mansfeld: Dave says he Chair and various other roles and, to a degree, can choose when Steve Glenn: Steve had planned has fnished his two-year building including caretaker and handyman, he works. The trouble is that the to attend the reunion, even had a project on the East London property some of which involves brushing new owner of the company has hotel room, but at the last minute his he inherited from his father; it’s now up on wiring regulations! This year, moved it to St Clears in South Wales daughter was rushed into hospital been successfully converted to with Peter Marlow, he completed and cannot fnd suitable staff. There with a problem appendix, leaving fve fats. Healthwise, it’s not been the Capital Ring – a walk around is defnitely a shortage of qualifed, Steve and Anne to look after the a good year; his wife, aged 66, has London of over 75 miles! He has or even competent, engineers and grandchildren! He is still working recently been diagnosed with early a new hobby: learning Python so he those that do exist don’t want to at the MOD, three to fve days per stage Alzheimer’s, and he’s been can programme his Raspberry Pi. relocate to the end of the world. So week, Anne has actually retired, and waiting in an NHS queue for surgery they have more work than they can a sixth grandchild will arrive in April! for the last six months! His younger Those that couldn’t make it cope with, but not enough resource. John Harding: John sent his son got married to his long-standing and we’ve heard from: Other than that, he spent quite a lot apologies for absence. He is still Indian girlfriend in the summer with Addy Adesara: Addy was working of time at his place in France last working with CACI, mainly on a full Indian wedding in Ilkley, Yorks – away from London and couldn’t join year and is hoping to live over there process improvement work for it sounds fantastic! us, due to a major customer issue. during the summer this year and its many telecoms clients. He says Alice Spain: Alice’s news is that He wished everyone a happy new put it on the market. He sent best retirement will happen, though not work on the house and garden has year and said he was extremely sad wishes to everyone and he hopes to necessarily this year because he is continued and she is about to get that he missed the get-together. He see us next year. really enjoying his work and is still heating in the house. “Being warm is still working at Vodafone and he Hugh Culverhouse: Hugh says learning new things about telecoms. will be a great step forward!” she runs his own business too. He plans that although he is retired he still Phil Harris: Phil and Lina continue says. The utility room now has its to scale down working soon, he said, teaches Business English, giving a their quiet retirement; Phil said units so they’re beginning to be able “You never know, but maybe by next max of four lessons a week, which “We’re grateful to have had fairly to sort through ‘stuff’ that’s been year I may have actually have time at present are all on one day at the good health over our mostly quiet in boxes for fve years. Most of it to put my feet up and come to our same company, so he has effectively year. The main excitement was seems to be rubbish, but there are next reunion.” one full day of work per week. the arrival and growth of a new a few gems in there they’d forgotten Geoff Banks: Geoff is sorry he Another full day is taken up every granddaughter. We also continue to about. Alice’s middle daughter got missed the reunion. He is feeling week with physio and associated enjoy the company of her brother, married in October and the day was much ftter now (though still not exercises and on Fridays, he has who’s now at school. My daughter amazing. Alice really enjoyed being 100%) after a pulmonary embolism French Conversation lessons. In the is now a ‘Newly Qualifed Teacher’ Mother of the Bride! struck him in October, but he was rest of the time sport remains very of Design Technology and one of advised to stick to local travel for important, with training every day: her GCSE courses is Electronics. I And those that didn’t make a while yet. He defnitely hopes to cycling or running or both. Races have to think really hard to answer it and we haven’t heard from make it next year. are now few and far between, as he some of the questions that she (Can anyone help?): Graham Castellano: Graham is defnitely getting slower (surprise, passes to me from her pupils! Also • John Baird missed the reunion this year, but surprise!). He did a 10km race last I can recommend an award-winning • Jacquie Buzzard hopes to be back next year. Not a December in 48m58s, taking second place for craft beer and cider in • Paul Chung, lot has changed for him, but it will place in the M65 class. He is much Southampton – see ” (It’s • Ian Heap birth of his frst grandchild! The Tim Dye: Tim is still pottering Phil’s son’s, but he doesn’t get • John Macfarlane work continues at ‘re-modelling’ about quietly in Norfolk, although commission!) • Keith Marshall both sons’ houses. Apart from this year the TV studio he helps out Richard Lewis: Richard couldn’t • Alistair Rogers skiing, sailing and Italian holidays, one at hit the big time by producing ten make it because he was in his house • Richard Wysome. of Graham’s highlights last year was one-hour wrestling programmes in the Pyrenees, sitting in front of Have a great 2019. visiting Rick Stein’s in Padstow. He that were transmitted on ITV. A a blazing wood fre (thinking about Martyn, Arch Triode

Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 29 ALUMNI NEWS & VIEWS 5&10 Reunion Lunch, 2018 The traditional CGCA ‘5&10’ wonder where it all went so wrong Reunion Lunch took place on for the country. Three day weeks, Saturday 17th November 2018, at strikes, and no electricity half the the Polish Club. Held in a private time made for quite a contrast. dining room with views over Just before leaving College at both Exhibition Road and Princes the end of their course, the triodes Gardens, the event was very well apparently agreed to meet every attended, with 53 alumni, partners year on the frst Friday of January in and guests present, including six a specifc pub in central London. It students, our President Professor is thanks to this that, over the years, Dick Kitney, and Nicola Pogson their cohort has held together. At from Imperial’s Alumni Relations times, some have disappeared for a department. while, only to pop up again at the The oldest member present appointed pub several years after was Malcolm ‘Ben’ Bennett, an having last been seen. What a thrill Aeronautics graduate of 1953. that must be! He showed us some fascinating After dessert, Cathy Hunsley photographs of his time at College. spoke to us of her time as a These included some where a party mechanical engineer who left in of him and his comrades snaffed the 1978. She was then the only girl RSC mascot, which in those days on her course, and the start of a was a drum. This was duly returned, slow but inexorable improvement but full of concrete! in the male/female ratio. Even so, Between courses, as is customary she explained, some lecturers still at these lunches, several alumni didn’t ‘agree’ with young women spoke of life in their time at College. being in their lectures, and attitudes Haroon Ahmed entertained us were still very male-dominated. She frst, about life at Imperial in the and her husband Colin – a fellow late ffties. Back in those days, the MechEng student of the same year quality of teaching was not quite as – had come as part of a group of good as one might have wished. He eight, making another of the several commented that the fabled Dennis groups of old friends attending. Gabor, despite being a Nobel prize Matters were brought to a close, winner for inventing holography, and very much up to date, by this was completely incomprehensible. year’s CGCU President Andrew Hill. I was also particularly taken with He proudly told us of their recent his dry remark that some brown- exploits to steal mascots from RSM baggers (those known to be rather and RCS, and indeed the proof was nerdy, and so-called because they there for us all to see – Spanner and tended to carry brown leather Bolt alongside Davy and Theta. Most briefcases) were so good at maths satisfactory! that sometimes their score in tests He ended the lunch by calling was as high as 113%! a Boomalaka – enjoyed by all – After our main course, Peter before some then departed to Garratt (ex CGCA President and Princes Gardens to admire our a civils graduate of 1968) drew most illustrious mascot of all, Bo. attention to the terrible imbalance Recently restored to full health of the sexes at Imperial in days after a cracked crankcase sustained of yore. Only two things tended in the 2017 Brighton Run, Bo was to occupy the minds of the male fring on all (two) cylinders and had student population in those days: completed this year’s Brighton Run their studies and girls. As there in fne style in around eight-and-a- were so few of the latter at College, half hours. many local schools for nurses and It was, as ever, wonderful to see teachers tended to be the ‘target’ old friends reunited and enjoying on a Saturday evening. Some of each other’s company. It is strange the wives with us at the lunch were to observe that after those who left testament to these ‘hunting trips’, in the late seventies, people seem having now been happily married to not to be so interested in reunions. Imperial chaps for many years! I really do not understand why. The Peter also asked us to raise a joy of seeing old classmates come glass to absent friends. This was a together, sometimes after many nice touch, given the passage of time years, to refect on times gone by, has permanently robbed us of the is clearly deeply felt. I am also sure company of some old classmates. that it is more meaningful to meet Martyn Hart, who had assembled as a group than any number of one- a marvellous group of no less than to-one letters, calls or emails can 12 electrical engineers and wives achieve (good though it is to stay from 1973 – wonderfully named the Photos: Chris Lumb in touch). Younger readers please ‘triodes’ – built on some of Peter note! If it’s ‘your’ year next year (i.e. Garratt’s themes. But the difference you left in a year ending 4 or 9) then between the swinging sixties and his why not come along? days of the early seventies made you Peter Chase

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Thu, 2 May, 17:30 – 19:30 Thu, 30 May, 17:30 – 18:30 Fri, 6 Sep, 17:30 – 21:30 The Centre for Smart Connected Futures Peter Lindsay Memorial Lecture RSMA Perth, Australia Towards next generation smart IoT The AI revolution: Hype vs Reality Monthly Sundowner Professor Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ. Professor Chris Bishop, University of Edinburgh; The Celtic Club, 48 Ord St, West Perth, WA, 6005 Lecture theatre 311, Huxley Building, South Kensington Director of the Microsoft Research Lab in Cambridge Alan Dickson – [email protected] Campus, Imperial College Lecture theatre G16, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, John Sykes – [email protected] http://bit.ly/IE30-IoT South Kensington Campus, Imperial College http://bit.ly/IE30-Bishop Fri, 27 Sep, 12:00 Fri, 3 May, 17:30 – 21:30 RSMA Toronto, Canada RSMA Perth, Australia Sun, 2 Jun Informal RSM meeting, noon, Last Friday of every month. Monthly Sundowner Ringing of the Alexandra Peal of bells in Jason George Pub, 100 Front Street East, Toronto The Celtic Club, 48 Ord St, West Perth, WA, 6005 Queen’s Tower Alan Dickson – [email protected] Alexandra Peal of bells in Queen’s Tower rung to Fri, 4 Oct, 17:30 – 21:30 RSMA Perth, Australia John Sykes – [email protected] celebrate Coronation Day Monthly Sundowner Thu, 9 May, 14:00 – 15:00 Fri, 7 Jun, 17:30 – 21:30 The Celtic Club, 48 Ord St, West Perth, WA, 6005 IMSE Highlight Seminar RSMA Perth, Australia Alan Dickson – [email protected] Molecular engineering of precision nanomedicines Monthly Sundowner John Sykes – [email protected] Professor Giuseppe Battaglia, Chair of the Molecular The Celtic Club, 48 Ord St, West Perth, WA, 6005 Bionics group, University College London Alan Dickson – [email protected] Fri, 25 Oct, 12:00 RSMA Toronto, Canada RSM G20 (G35 refreshments), South Kensington John Sykes – [email protected] Campus, Imperial College Informal RSM meeting, noon, Last Friday of every month. Mon, 10 Jun Jason George Pub, 100 Front Street East, Toronto http://bit.ly/IE30-Nanomedicines Ringing of the Alexandra Peal of bells in Queen’s Tower Tue, 14 May, 19:00-20:00 Fri, 1 Nov, 17:30 – 21:30 Friends of Imperial College Alexandra Peal of bells in Queen’s Tower rung to RSMA Perth, Australia celebrate the birthday of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh What can stem cells do for us? Monthly Sundowner Professor Melanie Welham, CEO Biotechnology and The Celtic Club, 48 Ord St, West Perth, WA, 6005 Mon, 10 Jun, 17:00 – 19:00 Alan Dickson – [email protected] Biological Science Research Council, Imperial Alumna CGCA AGM John Sykes – [email protected] Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington Followed by talk: Campus, Imperial College Systems Thinking – taking an engineering approach to Thu, 14 Nov http://bit.ly/IE30-FOI-Stems reviewing regulatory failure – Dame Judith Hackitt Ringing of the Alexandra Peal of bells in Queen’s Tower Wed, 15 May, 12:30 – 14:30 58 Princes Gate, South Kensington Campus, Imperial Imperial Engineering Alumni College Alexandra Peal of bells in Queen’s Tower rung to celebrate the birthday of HRH The Prince of Wales Quarterly Johannesburg Lunch Followed by President’s Evening Supper from 19:00 Baron & Quail, Woodmead, Johannesburg, South Africa Booking details for the supper in the IE Mailing or at http://cgca.org.uk/ Wed, 20 Nov, 12:30 – 14:30 Contact Richard [email protected] Imperial Engineering Alumni Quarterly Johannesburg Lunch Mon 20 May, 19:00 – 21:30 Thu, 13 Jun, 17:30 – 18:30 Pint of Science Festival Inaugural IMSE Annual Lecture Baron & Quail, Woodmead, Johannesburg, South Africa Tony Wood, Senior Vice President, Medicinal Science & Contact Richard [email protected] Keep the rabbit going: Opportunities and risks Technology, GSK in future energy production Venue: TBC Wed, 20 Nov The Stane Street Syndicate, 196 Clapham High St, http://bit.ly/IE30-IMSE Ringing of the Alexandra Peal of bells in Clapham, London SW4 7UD Queen’s Tower Moving ground: On the relations between earthquakes and Thu, 13 Jun, 19:00-20:00 Alexandra Peal of bells in Queen’s Tower rung to fracking Friends of Imperial College celebrate the wedding anniversary of HM Queen Dr Stephen Hicks (Research Associate, Department of Life on Mars Elizabeth II and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh Sanjeev Gupta Professor of Earth Sciences Earth Science & Engineering, Imperial) Fri, 22 Nov, 12:00 Can we print solar energy? Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington RSMA Toronto, Canada Dr. Piers Barnes (Lecturer in Experimental Solid State Campus, Imperial College http://bit.ly/IE30-FOI-Mars Informal RSM meeting, noon, Last Friday of every month. Physics, Department of Physics, Imperial) Jason George Pub, 100 Front Street East, Toronto http://bit.ly/IE30-Pint-Energy Thu, 27 Jun RSMA Summer BBQ Fri, 22 Nov Wed 22 May, 19:00 – 21:00 th Union Bar, Beit Quad, Imperial College RSMA 135 Annual Dinner Pint of Science Festival Details to be confrmed Studying our Restless Planet Fri, 28 Jun, 12:00 The Stane Street Syndicate, 196 Clapham High St, RSMA Toronto, Canada Fri, 6 Dec, 17:30 – 21:30 RSMA Perth, Australia Clapham, London SW4 7UD Informal RSM meeting, noon, Last Friday of every month. Slip, sliding away: Submarine landslides and associated Jason George Pub, 100 Front Street East, Toronto Monthly Sundowner geohazards The Celtic Club, 48 Ord St, West Perth, WA, 6005 Professor Chris Jackson (Professor of Basin Analysis, Sat-Sun, 29-30 Jun, 11:00 – 17:00 Alan Dickson – [email protected] Department of Earth Science & Engineering, Imperial) The Great Exhibition Road Festival 2019 John Sykes – [email protected] A journey to the East African Rift Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2QG http://bit.ly/IE30-Festival Fri, 27 Dec, 12:00 Dr Ian Bastow (Senior Lecturer in Geophysics, RSMA Toronto, Canada Department of Earth Science & Engineering, Imperial) Fri, 26 Jul, 12:00 Informal RSM meeting, noon, Last Friday of every month. http://bit.ly/IE30-Pint-Planet RSMA Toronto, Canada Jason George Pub, 100 Front Street East, Toronto Wed 22 May, 19:00 – 21:30 Informal RSM meeting, noon, Last Friday of every month. Pint of Science Festival Jason George Pub, 100 Front Street East, Toronto All the small things: ‘Small’ tech leads to big Fri, 2 Aug, 17:30 – 21:30 advances in renewable fuels RSMA Perth, Australia The Crabtree, Rainville Road, London W6 9HA Monthly Sundowner Chirality: Through the Looking Glass The Celtic Club, 48 Ord St, West Perth, WA, 6005 Dr Jochen Brandt (Research Associate, Imperial) Alan Dickson – [email protected] A quest for the perfect defects John Sykes – [email protected] Dr Stefano Mezzavilla (Research Fellow, Imperial) What can sunshine do for hydrogen? Thu, 15 Aug Dr Anna Hankin (Research Associate, Imperial) Ringing of the Alexandra Peal of bells in An up-to-date calendar of events of interest to CGCA Queen’s Tower http://bit.ly/IE30-Pint-Small and RSMA members is always available on the CGCA Alexandra Peal of bells in Queen’s Tower rung to and RSMA websites. 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Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 31 OBITUARIES Respected engineer and Education, experience and engineering historian intuition RICHARD HERBERT TRAIN GARNETT (Min Eng 1954-57, 57-62) Richard was born on 7 August, 1936 in Leeds. During his 55-year career as a mining engineer and geologist, he was instrumental in the discovery and expansion of several deposits, including Voisey’s Bay, Donlin Creek and the Geevor Tin Mine in Cornwall. At age 10, he was awarded a scholarship to Hymers College, Hull, a success which, he later claimed, 1n 1987, Richard and Valerie opened career opportunities he moved to Alaska with responsibilities would not otherwise have dreamt centred on Anglo American’s gold of. In 1954, Richard entered interests in Canada and the USA. In LAWRANCE HURST knowledge as widely as possible the Royal School of Mines on a 1988, Richard successfully applied (Civ Eng 1952-56) through articles and book chapters, state scholarship to study Mining his experienced intuition to the Bertram Lawrance Hurst (always and for many years – as a co-opted Engineering. He graduated with frst successful guidance of his team in known as Lawrance), has been member of the Royal Albert Hall’s class honours in 1957, aged 20. the Donlin Creek 40-million-ounce described as ‘one of the most highly fabric committee – he advised on His newly acquired degree gold deposit in Alaska. He was respected engineers and engineering care of that iconic building. He also exempted Richard from two years recognized internationally for his historians of his generation’. He served on the estates and buildings of otherwise compulsory national role in this successful venture. The was a life member of CGCA and advisory committee for the Natural military service and he decided deposit is now being brought into a Fellow of the City and Guilds of History Museum. to put the time to good use by production by a US company. London Institute (FCGI). Through much experience, gaining a further degree in Mineral In the early nineties, Richard He was the youngest of four Lawrance became an acknowledged Exploration and, fnally, in 1962, settled in Canada and became an children, and his engineer father, also expert in structural aspects of party his PhD in Economic Geological independent consultant. As the named Bertram Lawrance Hurst, walls, and he became a member Engineering. Simultaneously, he rose Technical Director of Diamond Field set up in 1910 a consultancy called of the ‘Pyramus and Thisbe Club’ through the ranks of the Student’s Resources, he was instrumental Hurst, Peirce + Malcolm, which for party wall surveyors. On his Union to become President of the in the early recognition and earned an excellent reputation and retirement in 1999, amongst other Union in 1958/59. exploration of the Voisey’s Bay nickel which is still active today. projects, he was still advising more deposit. Lawrance was born in February than 120 surveyors in respect of 93 Richard’s approach to life, and 1934 and, in 1939, was evacuated different party walls. to business, was to gain a full to a Prep School in Devon, and then As an active member of both understanding of any problem to Eastbourne for a further period. the ICE and the IStructE, Lawrance before making a major decision. He In 1943 – the same year that his gave long service on various of employed this approach with great father died – Lawrance started at their committees, including the success in the practical search for Oundle School, where he came to Professional Conduct Committees mineral deposits. His education, be inspired by the school workshops of both, and for 14 years was experience and intuition were all and the printing press. In 1952 he convenor of the IStructE’s History brought to bear on any investment came to City & Guilds College, and Study Group. In 1999, he gave or development decision. graduated with BSc(Eng) and ACGI the prestigious James Sutherland Richard became recognised as in Civil Engineering. During National History Lecture at the IStructE, and a world expert on the exploration Service with the Royal Air Force, he in 2006 was awarded the Institution’s and exploitation of marine placer was soon involved in building and Lewis Kent Award. deposits after working on them in maintaining airfelds – primarily in In their spare time, Lawrance and Alaska, Malaysia and Namibia. North Africa and the Middle East. his brother Michael both shared Richard fully embraced his On demobilisation, Lawrance an interest in clocks, and were chosen career and was enormously took up employment with Andrews founder members of the Antiquarian His PhD led to his tin ore successful and well respected by his Kent and Stone, spending ten years Horological Society. Lawrance also discovery at the Geevor Tin Mine, colleagues in the mining industry. with them until 1967 before joining became closely involved with the Cornwall, adding 30 years to the He had a breadth of knowledge his father’s frm. In 1969 he was Clockmakers’ Livery Company, Life-of-Mine. While in Cornwall that spanned asbestos to zinc made a partner, and in 1991 became and was chair of their Museum Richard met his wife, Valerie, whom and became a valuable source of Senior Partner, a position he held and Educational Trust. Perhaps he married in 1961. knowledge and experience to many until retirement in 1999, after unsurprisingly, he was elected to His impressive career included younger professionals joining the which he remained as a consultant. its Court in 2001, and he was still employment with Rio Tinto, Anglo industry. His core values of integrity, The family presence within Hurst, serving in this role and attending American, Hudson Bay Mining fairness, dedication and pure hard Peirce + Malcolm is still ongoing, as meetings until shortly before his and Diamond Field Resources, as work were manifest wherever he Lawrance’s son Philip is currently death. well as becoming a sought-after was employed. one of the Partners. Lawrance died in November industry consultant until the age of As a result of ill-health Richard During his long career Lawrance 2018, at the age of 84, after a short 79. During his career, he worked on retired in 2016, but not before he worked on numerous projects all illness, and is deeply mourned by fve continents, spending fve years in had played a major role in bringing around the country, many in Central his wife of 54 years, Pam, by their South East Asia, two in Spain, two in into production South America’s London. Throughout his long working children Philip & Jo, daughter- and the , 12 in Southern frst successful hard rock diamond life, Lawrance also maintained a son-in-law Hil and Jim, and by four Africa and the remainder of his mine in Brazil. strong interest in the history of grandchildren, as well as niece career in North America. He began Richard passed away on 26th 19th & 20th Century engineering and and nephew, Rosey and Edward. as a geologist and rose through of January, 2019, at his home in building construction and materials, Lawrance is also sorely missed by the mining industry ranks to join a Oakville, Ontario. He leaves his wife, building up a substantial library. very many friends, business contacts number of corporate Boards as a Valerie, three daughters, three sons- He believed in sharing his acquired and associates. director. in-law and six grandchildren.

32 Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 OBITUARIES the American Institute of Mining making; and collaborated in 1983 A polymath with wide- Engineers; and Member of the on the compilation/revision of a Institution of Metallurgists. Slovenian metallurgical/technical ranging interests Whilst lecturing in Middlesbrough, dictionary. Jake studied part-time at Durham The sheer breadth of Jake’s University for a Master of Education interests was legendary, and he of British Titan Products). Duties degree, that he was awarded in 1982. became a hub for information included recruitment and training By then, he had become frmly exchange on matters of industrial of local staff, and safety. Whilst in involved in industrial archaeology archaeology, not only relating to Gambia, he married Honor Powell becoming, for example, a committee mining and metallurgy but to the with whom he spent the next 47 member of the Teesside, soon to industrial history of the nation. His happy years. be renamed Cleveland Industrial collection of books, papers and There followed nearly three Archaeology Society (CIAS) in manuscript notes is so large and years as technical manager in 1971, Chairman in 1973, Treasurer detailed that it will be conserved Kerala, South India for Hopkin from 1976-86, and Editorial Board and form the basis of a J K Almond and Williams (Travancore) Ltd, Member from 1974 to the time of archive graciously housed at the processing beachsands at two plants. his death. As Editor also of TIAS and Materials Processing Institute, Jake designed and commissioned CIAS Newsletters (118 editions in Middlesbrough, where it will be equipment for rutile recovery, total) from 1973 until his death, Jake available for researchers. Jake implemented a mechanisation insisted on producing them on an was passionate about conserving programme, and for six months had antique typewriter until September records of past industrial activities overall responsibility for the entire 2011. He became a leading light in and discoveries; and this will be Indian operation. CIAS and a long-time member and an excellent memorial. He was a In 1960, Jake joined the valued contributor to many other polymath and his interests included Government of Uganda Geological societies including The Historical wireless radio construction, from Survey and Mines Department, Metallurgy Society. He was also his early days in the RAF. He was a JOHN KENNETH ALMOND Entebbe, in charge of their involved with the Newcomen keen member of the British Vintage (Metallurgy 1949-52, 52-55) laboratory unit and responsible for Society, Cleveland Institute of Wireless Society and collected a Born in Colchester, Essex on advising miners and prospectors on Engineers, Yorkshire Archaeological vast array of spare parts of radios 12 October 1928, to John William, physical and chemical processing and Historical Society, Association and other electrical equipment! He a Methodist minister, and Evelyn methods. Jake prepared trial for Industrial Archaeology, Teesside was also a music lover, and shared May (née Wilton). John – known batches of minerals in a programme Ships Society and the National with Honor a passion particularly to all his friends as Jake – spent to promote growth of the Ugandan Traction Engine Club. for organ music, refected in his his early years in Chelmsford and mineral economy and contributed His deep interest in mining membership of the Electronic Hartley Witney, attending secondary to the frst national growth plan. extended to the Pennines, where he Organ Constructors Society and schools in Ramsgate, Southwell and After a disastrous fooding from had spent time as a student. From the Cleveland Organists and Choir the Holme Valley, before serving two Lake Victoria in 1964, Jake designed 1996 through to 2011, he was a Masters Association. Until age years’ conscription (1947-49) in the and commissioned an entirely new Trustee of the North Pennines and frailty reduced his mobility, he Royal Air Force; training as a Leading facility including versatile, small-scale, Heritage Trust at Nenthead. This was a keen gardener and delighted Aircraftsman wireless ftter and water-effcient, continuous plant required working collaboratively in his orchard, spending many enjoying the experience. that he described in an article in the with archaeologists, enthusiasts, hours researching old varieties of Jake then studied for three years Transactions of the Institution of Trust employees and business apples and recipes for the annual at the Royal School of Mines in Mining and Metallurgy. He entered people to conserve and interpret harvest. He never lost his interest London as an undergraduate in the cultural life too, for some years this important site. In 2003, he and concern for Africa and the Metallurgy, with mineralogy lectures was Committee Member and collaborated in the production development of its mineral economy; from the legendary Prof H H Read. Editor for the Uganda Literary and of a book covering the fuorspar and kept up-to-date with current Jake won the Nuffeld Vacation Scientifc Society, and took a great industry of the North Pennines. He issues of politics, unfair division of Scholarship in 1951, spending three interest in local wildlife studies. was a keen member of The Friends wealth, and the role played by illegal months with the Rhodesia Broken His career was interrupted in of Killhope, Peak District Mines mining in funding paramilitary groups. Hill Development Company. He 1968 by a thyroid problem. Returning Historical Society, and Northern Nor was he solely interested in the also spent four months in 1952 at to the UK, he took a course of Mines Research Society. past with respect to energy. He was Stanhope, Co. Durham, working as technical-teacher training, obtaining His papers and scientifc articles certainly expert on the history of a mill shift operator for Fluorspar a distinction in teaching practice in number over 30, plus many mining and fossil fuels, but was also Ltd in their gravity and fotation the Metallurgy Department of Sir unpublished technical reports from deeply interested in nuclear power plant; an experience he wrote John Cass College. his time in Africa. He wrote a and in the prospects for renewables. up as the winning entry to RSM’s In 1970, Jake took up a post as detailed section on zinc production Despite his Methodist upbringing, 1952 Students’ Competition, and lecturer in extractive metallurgy technology in the British Museum in later life Jake was a committed subsequently published in Mine & at Teesside Polytechnic (later publication about zinc and brass in humanist and member of the Quarry Engineering in 1953. This University. In 1971, he was appointed 1990, and other papers followed on Northeast Humanists. was followed by another three years to senior lecturer; a post he held such subjects as the history of steel His cruel and untimely death in the same school as a postgraduate until retirement in 1994. The main making, steam locomotives, and the on 13 December 2018 following research student in Mineral thrusts of his teaching work were early history of froth fotation. a fall at home robbed us of a kind, Engineering, in 1955 submitting his hydrometallurgy, electrometallurgy, Always a popular speaker, Jake gentle, generous, and intelligent successful thesis for his PhD. He and mineral processing for degree was invited to lecture to the Royal man with incisive wit, encyclopaedic won the Arthur Claudet Prize of level students, together with iron Society of Chemistry, won an Iron knowledge and remarkable the IMM for an article resulting & steelmaking and raw material and Steel Institute prize for a lecture perspective on how the past forged from his PhD studies. Thus he left resources, for various levels ranging given in Sheffeld, and delivered to our today and will shape our future. London with the qualifcations BSc from technician to post-graduate. local history and specialist groups Jake’s wife Honor died in 2002 (Eng) in Metallurgy, Associateship of Jake also undertook teaching work frequent talks that were always and they had no children. He is the Royal School of Mines, PhD in for the Open University for over well-attended. His particular skills survived by niece Rosalind, and Mineral Engineering, and Diploma of 25 years, participating in summer and training put him in demand nephews Martin and Colin. Imperial College. schools and feld trips. for help with research studies. He His professional employment During his long career, he was also reviewed books for the IMM Dr F W Smith started in 1955 in Gambia where he elected Member of the Institution Bulletin; contributed to books on with contributions by E Birch, spent 18 months as mill shift boss for of Mining and Metallurgy, and a Victorian technical education, 19th P Jackson, and C Morris Gambian Minerals Ltd (a subsidiary Chartered Engineer; Member of Century steelmaking, and on alum

Imperial ENGINEER Spring 2019 33 OBITUARIES A brilliant teacher The very best of ‘old school’ advanced ground transport. After Engineers, serving as President of that, he concentrated on power the ICE in 1980-81 and as President electronics, supervising several DPhil of the Smeatonian Society of Civil students on projects in advanced Engineers for 1999. He initiated electrical drive systems. He was the Infrastructure Policy Group of able to combine his love of electrical the ICE and also chaired its Legal engineering and the theatre when he Affairs Committee for several years. helped design a novel new lighting He served as a Board member of system for Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Dover Harbour Board, and of British musical Starlight Express. Maritime Technology Ltd. He was Peter had many interests outside a Fellow of the Royal Academy of the University. He was a frst- Engineering. class administrator and made an Peter was an active member of exceptional contribution to the PETER ARTHUR COX the General Committee of the Old community through his work in the (Civ Eng 1940-42) Centralians, and in 1989-90 served NHS for over 20 years. He was Peter Cox was born in London as President of the Association. appointed Chairman of East Sussex on 30 October, 1922, and attended He spent a number of years as a Area Health Authority in 1977 and Westcliff High School in Essex. He member of Council at the City later became Vice Chairman of studied at City & Guilds College and Guilds of London Institute, PETER LINDON Hastings and Rother NHS Trust. 1940-42, attaining a BSc(Eng) and something that CGCA and Imperial (Elec Eng 1957-60, 60-61) He also became Chairman of the ACGI in Civil Engineering. He College have cause to be extremely Peter was born in January, 1939. New Sussex Opera Society, and this was renowned for his Morphy Day grateful for, since in the 1990s Peter He studied Electrical Engineering at latter role refected his deep love of activities, and as a member of the argued strongly to persuade the City & Guilds College, graduating classical music associated with the College’s Tug-of-War team. Institute not to proceed with a in 1960 with a First, and then musical heritage from his violinist From 1942 to 1947 Peter served plan to open up the ACGI award to continued studying for a further father. In performing all of these as a commissioned offcer in the anyone who had studied for City & year to attain his MSc and DIC. In roles, Peter showed exemplary Royal Engineers in Europe and Guilds qualifcations. In the event, 1961, he moved to the University of charm, effciency and tact. Palestine, and was mentioned in the Associateship was preserved as Glasgow, receiving his PhD in 1966. After he retired in 2001, Peter’s dispatches. After de-mobilisation solely for graduates in engineering On leaving university, Peter musical interest came to the fore he joined Lewis and Duvivier, at City & Guilds College, and the considered following in the family and he became determined to learn Consulting Engineers, spending two Institute introduced a new class tradition, having come from a gifted to play the French Horn. This he did years from 1952-54 in the offces of Graduate (GCGI) for the other artistic musical family (his father was successfully and he was able to play of Rendel Palmer and Tritton (RTP). candidates. the Principal Violinist and Leader for with the Lewes Concert Orchestra. Then, after periods with Peter Lind & In retirement, Peter moved from the London Symphony Orchestra). Sadly, towards the end of his Co. Ltd. and Sir Bruce White, Wolfe Croydon to Pewsey, Wiltshire, still Peter worked for a short period in life he suffered the devastating Barry and Partners, he re-joined RTP attending Dinners and reunions adult education as a Director and consequences of Alzheimer’s, dying as Resident Engineer for a marine in London until a few years ago, Producer for BBC Television, but of a brain tumour in January, 2018. project in Iran. On his return to although latterly he moved to then returned to his main interest Peter was dearly loved by his the UK, he was responsible for sheltered accommodation. He is of electrical engineering and joined devoted wife, Jill, by four children port and maritime works at home remembered warmly by Prof David the fedgling University of Sussex as and stepchildren, nine grandchildren and overseas, the most noteworthy Nethercot, also a Past President of a founding member of the School of and one great grandchild. being the Thames Barrier. He CGCA: “Peter was always the same Engineering and Applied Sciences. retired as the last senior partner of – calm, courteous, interested in what At Sussex, Peter proved to be a With thanks to Jill, Rendel, Palmer and Tritton, before it was going on and unafraid to make a brilliant teacher loved by his students. and to Colin Finn, merged with High-Point to become suggestion, always expressed in the During the 1970s, he worked with Emeritus Reader in High-Point Rendel in 1985. most polite of terms. The very best Experimental Physics, others on a Research Council- Peter sat on the Councils of of ‘old school’.” University of Sussex. funded project to investigate a novel the Association of Consulting Peter died on 17 November 2018, form of linear electric motor for Engineers and the Institution of Civil aged 96. Avid rugby player – and historian JAMES PATRICK (JIM) KEHOE 96). Between 2002 and 2004 he On retirement in 2005 he took working on a History of Rugby at (Mech Eng 1958-62) studied for the degree of MLitt up a part-time teaching appointment Imperial College. Jim Kehoe was born on 24 in History from the University of with TAFE NSW (Technical and From 1990, Jim served as the November, 1939 in Bristol, England. Central Queensland, and in 2007 Further Education), continuing until Honorary Secretary for the Sydney He arrived at City & Guilds College he obtained a Master of Project 2012, when he was advised that and NSW Branch of CGCA, in in October 1958 after attending Management from the University of TAFE wished to have only full-time which rôle he will be sorely missed St Brendans, Bristol to study for a Southern Queensland. teaching staff. by many members both in Australia degree in Mechanical Engineering, After graduation he spent some Concurrently he set up his own and in the UK. graduating in 1962. Whilst at college time working for AEI in Manchester consultancy - JONAKE Consulting - Jim died suddenly on 9 August he was an avid member of the Rugby and Larne, Northern Ireland. In in 2006, and in due course published 2018, after a fall whilst on holiday in Club and was Captain of the Imperial 1964 he moved to Australia to a book entitled “From Whites to New Caledonia. He is survived by College 1st XV in 1961-62. He also take up a position at the newly Muddies” a history of Rugby Union his wife Muriel and daughters Fiona played for the University of London commissioned Poatina Power in the Royal Australian Navy. This and Penny. 1st XV. He remained an avid rugby Station, located in the central book was published by Ian Gordon fan throughout his life. highland region of Tasmania. He at Barrallier Books in Canberra. We included an obituary for Jim in IE29, Later degrees included an went on to spend over 25 years with From 2004 he also acted as a but due to gremlins the version that MBA in General Business from IBM Australia in Adelaide and Sydney. Historian for Services Rugby and was printed included some errors. We the University of New South He later worked as a consultant having completed a history of Navy have therefore taken this opportunity Wales (1967-70), and a further with Communication Design & Rugby was researching ‘Australian to print the corrected version of that MBA in Technology Management Management, and subsequently with Services Rugby Union’. obituary and apologise unreservedly to from Deakin University (1993- Aspect Computing Pty Ltd. At the time of his death he was Jim’s family for any distress caused.

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THOMAS ALAN WYATT to teach Structural Design to both (Civ Eng 1949-52, 52-55) fnal year and MSc students well into Professor Tom Wyatt died in his 80s, inculcating in the students January 2018, at the age of 85. his own high standards of rigour and Although not a member of CGCA, respect. Despite being described he will be remembered by many. to me by a former colleague as ‘the The following obituary has been best brain in the Department’, Tom provided by CGCA Past President, was unfailingly modest, reluctant to Professor David Nethercot. criticise and ‘a real gentleman’. Tom Wyatt graduated as the top student in the Civil class of 1952, following this with a PhD 3 years later. He then proceeded ROGER SARGENT working with researchers in felds to a highly successful career with (Chem Eng 1944-47, 47-51) including control engineering, the consulting frm Freeman Fox – The founding father of process numerical analysis and computer arguably the world’s leading designer systems engineering, Roger’s career science. of long span bridges. Included in this spanned 50 years and had an To this end, he established was working as a key member of the immeasurable impact on chemical the Centre for Process Systems team responsible for the ground- engineers across the globe. Engineering (CPSE) at Imperial breaking Severn Bridge. Tom was Born in Bedford on October College in 1989 and was director one of the 5 named recipients when 14, 1926, Sargent was a bright until his retirement in 1992. Current that project won the frst McRobert student, winning a scholarship to CPSE director, Claire Adjiman Award from the Royal Academy attend Bedford School. He went paid tribute to its founder: “Roger of Engineering. Tom’s specialism on to begin his career with Imperial foresaw early on the potential was wind loading and dynamics Two comments from his teaching College in 1944 as one of 14 students impact of computers on the process – a topic of great importance for colleagues are worth repeating: admitted to the highly selective BSc industries. In working to realise that slender structures, especially those “I will never forget when, on in Chemical Engineering. After impact, he instilled in people a desire located on exposed sites. But Tom more than one occasion, Tom put graduating in 1947, he completed his to pursue research excellence while was a ‘real scholar’, as evidenced up a slide on foor dynamics to our PhD on low temperature separation developing solutions of relevance to by his taking a lecturer post back 4th years and I couldn’t help thinking techniques at Imperial under the industry and practice. He founded at Imperial. Research on dynamics there was about 5 lectures worth supervision of Dudley Newitt. the CPSE with this ethos in mind continued, conducted alongside of material on that one slide!” – Dr In 1951 he moved with his wife and we are deeply grateful for this many commissions to provide expert Luke Louca. Shirley to Paris where he joined Air legacy.” advice on the most challenging and “A friendly helpful gentleman of Liquide and further explored the use Ignacio Grossmann said: high profle projects worldwide. the old school. A genius with it, and of computers in solving a wide range “Professor Roger Sargent meant He was one of those who solved someone who was always keen to of industrial air separation problems. a lot to me. He had a tremendous the mystery of the vibration of the help colleagues and students alike. His frst major paper was published impact on my career. I was truly Millennium footbridge across the Someone that we will all miss.” – in 1958 and concluded that “design fortunate and privileged for having Thames and, only last year, produced Emeritus Professor Roger Hobbs. methods have been developed to him as my PhD advisor. He was a prompt, cogent and correct Tom is survived by his wife such a point that any plant design can a true inspiration, a visionary explanation for the fatigue damage Eileen and daughter Marie-Claire, be carried through with confdence, scholar with very high standards to some temporary works on the together with son-in-law Michael provided the requisite basic data is who believed in the power of Queensferry Bridge. He continued and grandchildren Thomas and John. available”. mathematical optimisation. He was Sargent returned to Imperial in a true gentleman, and above all, a 1958 as senior lecturer in Chemical very kind human being. I will sorely Engineering, and was promoted to miss him.” professor (1962), then chair, and Roger passed away on 11 Courtaulds chair of Engineering September, 2018, at the age of (1962 and 1966 respectively), dean of 91, following a short illness. He is the City and Guilds College (1973- survived by his wife Shirley, sons Tony 96), and head of department for and Philip, and four grandchildren. chemical engineering (1975-88). In 1964, he became a Fellow of IChemE Prof Nilay Shah, Head of and in 1973 was elected president. Department of Chemical Engineering In 2014, the organisation established the Sargent Medal to recognise major contributions to research in IN BRIEF the area of computer-aided product PETER EDWARD ROBSON and process engineering. (Mech Eng 1965-68) Sargent’s work has often been Peter Robson, a CGCA member, described as visionary and ahead who was born in 1947 and studied of its time. Outlining his vision for Mechanical Engineering at City & PSE in a 1967 article, he highlighted Guilds College between 1965 and the need for the development of 1968, sadly died in December 2016, sophisticated mathematical and at the age of 69. computational tools for the design, Peter had been in membership control, operations, and optimisation for over 16 years, and lived in Stoke The Department are collating a booklet of reminiscences about Tom. If you would of chemical processes, and advocated Gabriel, Devon. He worked for like to contribute a paragraph please contact Fionnuala Ni Dhonnabhain at for an interdisciplinary approach some time with Docking Systems [email protected] which would see chemical engineers Limited and Baltic Wharf Limited.

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