The Centre committee presented Ernest Lilleker with some cut glass to mark his retirement from the committee after 37 years service.
The John Freeman Memorial lecture was "Policing in Arizona". There were 114 active members in the Centre during the session.
Changed North Lincs District Convener title to North Lincs District Chairman.
1991/92
The John Freeman Memorial lecture was "The English Idyll". There were 125 active members in the Centre during the session and 66 guests/visitors.
1992/93
Richard Lee starts a term as Honorary Secretary. The Faraday lecture at the City Hall on 10th February, presented by British Gas, was titled "The Seventh Sense".
25th November, at committee meeting suggestion of forming a "Twinning" link between the Sheffield Centre and Eastern Europe raised by Prof Peter McEwan. It was agreed to prepare a proposal for the International Board.
3rd February, Brigadier Rawlins (deputy secretary) invited to address the Centre committee on the background and implications of establishing a "Centre in Development" link with Eastern Europe.
The John Freeman Memorial lecture was "Diamonds - From Earth to Finger". There were 179 active members in the Centre during the session and 140 guests/visitors.
1993/94
3rd February, Ukrainian Development Forum held at the Sheffield Hallam University. Approval given by Savoy Place to establish a Centre in Development in the Ukraine, Kiyev with a Lviv Section. Support for 30 members would be provided and the British Council Offices in both Cities would be used to house the library stock.
2nd March, one day colloquium on "Total Quality Management: Concept and Reality" held at the Royal Victoria Hotel attended by 23 delegates.
The Faraday lecture at the City Hall on 23rd March, presented by Northern Telecom (Europe), was titled "The Magic of Communications, Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime".
The John Freeman Memorial lecture was "Hall marking in Sheffield" There were 179 active members in the Centre during the session and 140 guests/visitors.
17th May Ken Hardwick attended the 358th Cutler's Feast as a guest of the Master Cutler, Derek Willingham.
10th November, the fourth Prestige Lecture and exhibition at the Sheffield Octagon Centre "The South Yorkshire Supertram" attended by 850 people.
The membership of the Centre at the start of the session was 1,871. This comprised of the following.
Fellows - 120
1994/95
Peter's Chairmans Address was entitled "Management: Past, Present and Future"
A critical and amusing look at the chairman's experiences over a number of decades in a variety of industrial applications leading into a philosphical prediction of the management applications for the future. A number of new initiatives were undertaken some of which are outlined below: In October five members from the Centre committee attended the first Centre Congress in Bristol. All the 25 UK Centres were represented and individual Centre Action Plans were developed as part of the IEE Millennium Strategy. The first Centre newsletter was published in April 1995 one aspect of the Action Plan to improve contact with members. Three newsletters were planned for the next session (September-December-April). A formal IEE CD link (Centre in Development) was established between the Sheffield Centre and the cities of Kiev and L'viv in the Ukraine. The History of the IEE Sheffield Centre, the basis for these web pages, was published in April 1995 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the first IEE committee meeting held in Sheffield. The 30th November 1995 would be the actual 75th Anniversary of the first Sheffield Sub-Centre meeting and a suitable event was to be organised. Preparations were well advanced for the circulation of a Centre membership questionnaire to seek views of local members needs. The Annual Golf Tournament was held on a dry but windy 9th September 1994 at Rotherham Golf Club. A good day was enjoyed by 84 golfers who attended and a total of £536 was raised from the raffle after the Dinner for the Benevolent Fund.
The Annual Dinner held at the Holiday Inn on 21st October 1994 was attended by 89 a disappointing reduction on the 106 attending in 1993.
The North Lincs Annual Dinner Dance held on 4th November 1994 at the Royal Hotel, Scunthorpe was once again very well attended by 171 people. A magnificent total of £720 was raised for the Benevolent Fund.
The Faraday lecture, "Making Waves", was attended by over 5,000 people over three sessions at the City Hall on the 1st March 1995.
The Annual Dinner Dance held at the Holiday Inn on 28th April 1995 was attended by 142, a good improvement on last years disappointing 119. The total amount raised by the raffle for the Benevolent Fund was an astonishing £1015.
The Younger Members committee was re-established. A student recruitment event was held at Sheffield Hallam University and two very successful lectures were arranged. A full Younger Members programme had been planned for the next session.
1995/96
4th October his chairmans address was entitled "3D Displays".
Real world information which we gain using our own eyes is 3 dimensional. Therefore it is not surprising that there is a desire to produce imaging systems which create a natural perception of the world around us. Our fascination to create the third dimension over the last century has extended from the use of the Whetstone stereoscopy to more recent virtual reality systems. These fall short of being truly 3 dimensional and advanced research into truly 3D systems, offers exciting possibilities. The lecture reviewed the techniques available to present 3D images and examined both static and dynamic displays which are likely to be part of our daily experience during the next decade. Malcoms lecture was to be developed and re-delivered as "3D TV - A virtual reality" as one of the Silvanus P. Thompson lectures in 1998/99 at Sheffield and elsewhere nationally. A number of new initiatives were undertaken by the Sheffield Centre:
In September a Questionnaire was sent to all members of the Centre. An analysis of the responses was incorporated into an Action Plan for the Centre to form the basis of our initiatives over the next few years and was linked to the IEE Millennium Strategy. Four newsletters were published and a copy sent to every Centre member during the session. Plans were developed to issue five newsletters during the next session. A formal IEE CD link (Centre in Development) was established between the Sheffield Centre and the cities of Kiev and L'viv in the Ukraine as a result approximately twenty Ukrainian engineers joined the lEE. On Thursday 30th November 1995 an event was held to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the inaugural meeting of the IEE in Sheffield. 130 members and guests, including many past Chairmen viewed various stands depicting the history of the IEE in Sheffield. Prior to an excellent buffet an entertaining series of short speeches were given by our Centre Chairman, Dr John Parnaby (the IEE President) and our principal guest Harry Ford (retired Managing Director of the Tubes Division of the British Steel Corporation).
The Annual Golf Tournament was held on the 5th September 1995 at Rotherham Golf Club. A good day was enjoyed by the 84 golfers who attended and a total of £528 was raised from the raffle after the Dinner for the Benevolent Fund.
The Faraday lecture 'from a to b without c' presented by EuroTunnel was attended by over 5,000 people over three sessions at the City Hall on the 9th November 1995.
The Annual Dinner Dance held at the Holiday Inn 26th April 1996 was attended by 149, a slight improvement on the previous years 142. The total amount raised by the raffle for the Benevolent fund was an astonishing £1015, the highest figure raised by the Centre from a single event.
The year saw continued re-establishment of the Younger Members activities within the Centre. Two successful recruitment evenings were held at Sheffield Hallam University. The Silvanus P Thompson lecture, 'The Cost of Computer Crime' was held on the 16th November 1995 and a visit was made to the Sheffield Hallam University clean rooms.
1996/97
Nigel's chairmans address on the 25th September 1996 was entitled "Laser Profile Gauge in the Scunthorpe Medium Section Mill"
His lecture described how the extremely laborious and costly manual method of checking hot section gauge had been replaced by an in-line optical solution giving direct feedback to the production team. A summary Action Plan drafted from the responses to the previous sessions questionnaire was circulated to the membership. This Action plan was to form the basis of our initiatives over the next few years and was linked to the IEE Millennium Strategy. The following changes were a direct result of responses to the questionnaire.
Five newsletters were published and a copy sent to every Centre member during the session. Visits were introduced again into the programme and four were well attended by the membership. Events were held outside of Sheffield in both Barnsley and Doncaster. Four new members were attracted to serve on the Centre committee. Nineteen Sheffield and seven North Lincs based lecture meetings were held during the session. The average attendance for the lectures was 37, slightly less than last year.
The Annual Golf Tournament was held on Friday 5th September 1996 at Rotherham Golf Club. A good day was enjoyed by the 76 golfers who attended and a total of £480 was raised from the raffle after the Dinner for the Benevolent Fund.
The Annual Dinner held at the Holiday Inn on Friday 18th October 1996 was attended by 103, a significant improvement on the 71 who attended in 1995. The main speaker was the Chairman of Yorkshire Electricity.
The Centre again co-sponsored the annual Sheffield Hallam University Family Christmas lecture, 'Fantastic Science & Maths' presented by Johnny Ball. A total of 750 children and parents attended the three performances on the 16th December 1996.
The Faraday lecture, 'But what's the use of it Mr Faraday?' presented by a team from Sheffield University, was attended by over 5000 people over three sessions at the City Hall on the 4th March 1997. This was the first time that the Faraday lecture had been presented by a local organisation. The Faraday Dinner after the lecture was held at the Cutlers Hall and attended by 125. All six lecturers were presented with the traditional "made in Sheffield" pen knives to commemorate their magnificent lecture.
The Annual Dinner Dance held at the Holiday Inn 25th April 1997 was attended by 165, a good improvement on the previous year's 149. The total amount raised by the raffle for the Benevolent fund was an excellent £980.
On Tuesday 18th March 1997 the Centre hosted its second Science Engineering and Technology Week quiz. It attracted 15 teams and was considered a very successful social event.
1997/98
Brian's chairmans address presented on 8th October 1997 was entitled "Engineering Your Retirement"
An account was given of his own experiences leading up to retirement from engineering in Sheffield, where he was Managing Director of a major automotive company. Five committee members attended the second Centres Congress held in Birmingham in February. A new three year 'Action Plan' was formulated
The Annual Golf Tournament was held on Friday 12th September at Rotherham Golf Club. Numbers were down on the previous year, which resulted in a small loss on the event, the first for many years. A good day was enjoyed however and a total of £430 was raised by the after Dinner raffle in aid of the Benevolent Fund.
The Annual Dinner held at the Holiday inn on Friday 17th October was attended by 98, a slight reduction on the 103 who attended in 1996. The President of the lEE was in attendance. The main speaker, Johnny Ball, was well received and gave a memorable speech illustrated by various teaching aids!
In the abscence of the Faraday Lecture in Sheffield, the Centre organised it's own Prestige lecture. This was held on the 24th February and was presented by Dr Peter Watson, Chief executive of AEA Technology Ltd. The event was attended by 350 people at the Octagon Centre.
The Centre again co-sponsored the annual Sheffield Hallam University Family Christmas lecture, 'Fantastic Christmas Puddings' presented by Richard Walton over three sessions to a total of 750 children and parents on the 15th December.
The Annual Dinner Dance held at the Holiday Inn on the 17th April was attended by 112, a significant reduction on the 165 that attended the previous year. The total amount raised by the raffle for the Benevolent Fund was £730.
On Tuesday 17th March the Centre hosted its second Science Engineering and Technology Week Quiz. It attracted a disappointing 9 teams due to it clashing with Sheffield United's FA Cup quarter final replay with Coventry.
1998/99
Bob's chairmans address was delivered 7th October 1998 entitled "Dowsing with (micro) Waves - Moisture Measurement in Bulk Materials"
In his talk Bob discussed how the measurement of moisture content is fundamental to product quality in many industrial processes. He reviewed techniques and applications drawing especially from work in the construction industry where a small British company was enjoying world wide success with its products. Good progress was made during the session on the three year '10 Point Action Plan' that was formulated at the March 1998 Centre Congress in Birmingham. Five points of the plan were completed.
The major item was the successful petition for elevation to Sub-Centre status by the North Lincolnshire District. (at the first attempt). This followed an excellent presentation to Centres Board and Council by Paul Walker and the North Lincs District committee. It was hoped that the new status would ensure greater representation within the IEE nationally for activities of the new Sub-Centre. The Centre's Web site was launched at the start of the session. During the year, a number of enhancements were made including the addition of the Centre history booklet. The content of the booklet was considerably expanded and a number of corrections made following the appointment of Geoff Lilleker to the new post of Centre Archivist. A survey of the Centre's Associate Members was undertaken to ascertain why they had not applied for Chartered Membership. There was a magnificent response rate of over 40% and a significant increase in membership applications had resulted. Under the direction of Tom Holmes a Senior Members section was established, their first visit was to the Dema Glass factory in Chesterfield. A number of family events were arranged during the session, and more family orientated events were to be planned. Although attendance's were not considered good it was intended to pursue the objective of trying to engage more Younger Members at such events. 1999/00
David's chairmans address was delivered 6th October 1999 entitled "Electricity in Everyday Life"
In his talk David discussed his extensive career in the water supply and treatment industry particularly his experiences overseas in places such as Pakistan and the Middle East.
Members - 637
Companions - 2
Associate Members - 506
Associates - 279
Students - 327
Created: 25th February 1999
Last Update: 8th October 1999