Online Publications

The Institution is currently cataloguing and preparing electronic copies of papers, which it intends to make available to members to download or for purchase and download by non-members.

Visitors to this page should therefore check back in the future when this facility becomes available.

Examples of more recent papers are:

  • A Transport Policy for Scotland by the Millennium - IESIS Essay Competition; Dodds, Graeme, K ESIS for young members.
  • An Artist's View of Structural Design Macleod, Professor Ian A, PhD, FICE, FIStrE, CEng, and McCulloch, M, Dip Art An engineer and an artist discuss the vital interface between their disciplines.
  • Application of Hydraulic Drive Downhole Pumping Systems to Subsea Production Systems Esson, Andrew L, BSc, MTM, CEng, MIMechE Modern practice in offshore oil and gas pumping described by an engineer who has been concerned in developing advanced equipment
  • Aspects of Submarine Design Rydill, Professor Louis, OBE, FEng, FRINA, RCNC Submarine design discussed by a prominent naval architect
  • Clydebank, The Shipyard that Named a Town - Macmillan Memorial Lecture Brown, Dr John, BSc, LLD, CEng, FIES, Macmillan Lecture - by an engineer who designed the Queen Mary and who was managing director of the yard that built the Queen Elizabeth and Queen Elizabeth 2.
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) - Is it more than "Colourful Fluid Dynamics?" Fraser, Professor S M, (University of Strathclyde) About a branch of engineering that is still largely unfamiliar
  • Detail Design for Double Hull Oil Tankers - No Room for Complacency Ferguson, J M, (Lloyd's Register) Marine Engineering with special reference to the work of LLoyds on double-hulled oli tankers.
  • Development of Naval Machinery and YARD Ltd Neumann, Jan, CBE, FEng The development of a major firm of consulting engineers by a former managing director
  • Explosives Handling Jetty RNAD Coulport: Joint Meeting with MIMarE Hornby, S P, FRICS, MSc, BSc; Abel, J P, CEng, MICE, MSc, BSc; Plato, A J, Eur Eng, CEng, MICE, BSc Developing a special jetty for handling explosive materials
  • Forensic Engineering and Expert Advice Reid, Robin C, BSc, CEng Forensic Engineering applied to the detection of maritime crime and fraud.
  • Fracture Avoidance in Welded Steel Structures. Are Recent Test Standards Useful to Industry? Sumpter, Dr J D, BSc, MSc, PhD, Modern welding techniques and standards.
  • Future of Manufacturing in Scotland - Macmillan Memorial Lecture Bain, Professor Andrew, (Dept of Political Economy, Glasgow University) Macmillan Lecture on Scottish manufacturing. The Macmillan Lecture was set up in 19?? as a forum for the study of industry in Scotland.
  • Future of Nuclear Energy in Scotland: Parsons Memorial Lecture: Jeffrey, Dr Robin, FEng, MIChemE Aspects of nuclear power generation.
  • Government, Finance and Industry: Making Sense of Creating Wealth Yates, Professor Ivan, CBE, Feng, DSc, Marlow Lecture Marlow Lecture: the bonds between industry and prosperity.
  • Heavy Lift Operations - Piper PUD Module Williams, Hugh M, (Heerema Engineering Services, London) The recovery of heavy objects from the sea bed.
  • Hugh Macmillan Memorial Lecture: Beaty, Professor Robert T, FEng (IBM, Greenock) On the growth of Information Technology
  • Industry - Society's Power Plant: Marlow Lecture Lithgow, Sir William, DL, CEng, LLD, 1 Marlow Lecture: a distinguished Scottish engineer and industrialist discusses the place of industry in society.
  • Launch of the Great Eastern and the Aftermath: Forbes, Donald A, BSc, CEng, The launch of the Great Eastern, in its time the largest ship afloat.
  • Long Term Slipping of the Clipper Ship Carrick, ex City of Adelaide Walker, Fred M, BSc, CEng, FIES, "MacCalman, Crawford, CEng, Sparkes, Roger K, BSc, CEng, and The clipper ship Carrick, formerly City of Adelaide, sank at her moorings but was later recovered and is now being restored. Fred Walker, IESIS member was responsible for brimging her ashore by slipway.
  • Measurement Advances Related to the Pneumatic Conveying of Bulk Solids Pugh, Professor J R, (Dept of Physical Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University) The measurement and handling of bulk solids for transport by sea
  • Methodology of Mechatronics Milne, John S, BSc(Hons), CEng, FIMechE Mechatronics,
  • Multimedia and the Information Superhighway - Hugh Macmillan Memorial Lecture Rudge, Dr Alan, OBE, PhD, FRS, FEng Developments in Information Technology, discussed by one of its most prominent practitioners
  • MV Derbyshire - Search, Assessment and Survey Faulkner, Professor D, WhSch, PhD, DSc, FEng, FRINA, FIStructE, FSNAME, FRSA, The search for the wreck of the containership Derbyshire, in which Professor Faulkner, IESIS President, played a prominent part.
  • Oil Tankers and the Environment (Joint Paper with RINA Spyrou, Dr A G, BSc, LLD, CEng The operation of large oil tankers and their effects on the environment.
  • Production Facilities Selection for Deep Water Oil and Gas Field Development Inglis, Robert B, BSc, PhD, CEng, FRINA Producing oil and gas from deep water sites.
  • Railroad to the Seabed Crawford, Moya Deepwater Recovery and Exploration
  • Safety of Bulk Carriers Ferguson, John M, 5 Ship safety discussed from the point of view of Lloyd's Register.
  • Ship Safety and Public Concern - Presidential Address Faulkner, Professor D, DSc, FEng More about the Derbyshire. Professor Faulkner, President of IESIS, was also technical advisor (?) to the Commission investigating the disaster.
  • Sinking of SS Titanic - Investigated by Modern Techniques Hackett, C, BA(Hons), CEng, MRINA and Bedford, J G, BSc(Hons), CEng, FRINA 31 Studies of the Titanic using modern methods throw new light on the disaster.
  • Sizewell B and the Future Smith, Paul, BSc, CEng, MIMechE Power Generation at Sizewell B Nuclear power station.
  • Skye Bridge, The Carson, John R T, BSc, CEng Construction of the controversial bridge.
  • Telford Dock, Aberdeen Harbour Still, R D, BSc, CEng, FICE, Desdription of the new dock facility by a civil engineer who took part in the operation.
  • The Challenges of Change: Marlow Lecture Preston, Dr Ian M H, CBE, FEng The wider implications of nuclear power power generation
  • Tomorrow's Company - "Work, Worth and Wealth: Macmillan Memorial Lecture Goyder, Mark, (Director, Centre for Tomorrow's Company) Macmillan Lecture: Economics
  • Upgrading of the A74 to Motorway Blackwood, Hugh, BSc, MSc, FICE, FIHT, MConsE Detailed description of the civil engineering carried out in a major roadbuilding project.
  • Water - The Scottish Dimension Davidson, Donald (West of Scotland Water) A wide-ranging Paper on future water supply requirements in Scotland.
  • Why I Chose to Study Engineering - IESIS Essay Competition Jeffers, Matthew J F, IESIS Essay Competition; a young engineer gives his interesting views on engineering as a career.
  • Why Use Bucket Dredges and What Developments Are Taking the Mining Industry into the 21st Century MacVicar, A, (Alluvial Dredges Ltd) Dredging in the 21st Century.