Society of Engineers UK

The Society of Engineers was a learned society that was integrated with the Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE) in 2005,[1] with both societies later being incorporated into the Institution of Engineering and Technology. It was the first society to issue the professional title of Incorporated Engineer.

History

Establishment

Established in May 1854 in The Strand, London, the Society of Engineers was the third oldest professional engineering body in the UK. It promoted the interests of members worldwide and was concerned with all branches of engineering. It was founded by Henry Palfrey Stephenson and Robert Monro Christie as a means of reunion for former students of Putney College[2][3] — one of few institutions then giving technical and scientific training for engineers — with Stephenson serving as chairman in 1856 and 1859.[2]

Examinations

To become a member the candidate was subjected to an examination divided into three parts:[4]

• Part I: General Engineering
• Part II: Design Paper (Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical/ Electronics Project).
• Part III: Management

Membership qualifications

• ASE: Associate Engineering (Non-Corporate Member)

minimum age 21 years, a qualification BTEC, HND, HNC or GNVQ/NVQ/SNQ Level 4 in engineering or similar approved qualification and 3 years of engineering training. Pass Part I of SoE's Exams.

• AMSE: Associate Member (Non-Corporate Member)

minimum age 23 years, ASE plus CertEng or BEng / BSc or GNVQ / NVQ / SNVO Level 5 in engineering or similar approved qualification and 5 years of engineering training /experience including 2 years practical or site work. Pass Part II of SoE's Exams.

• MSE: Member (Corporate Member)

minimum age 26 years AMSE plus DipEng or BEng(Hons)or similar approved qualification or MEng with approved project study at a participating university and 5 years engineering training/experience including 2 years practical or site work plus holding a position of professional responsibility for at least 3 years. Pass Part III of SoE's Exams.

Sample of the Membership Certificate: The sensible data of the holder have been deleted for privacy reasons.

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See slides 7-42-43-44 http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/aSGuest141513-1498327-technicians-engineers-challenges-possibilities/ The Society of Professional Engineers-SPE (UK) is a direct emanation of the Society of Engineers ( 1969 ). See links at the bottom of the page.

• FSE: Fellow (Corporate Member) - No Direct Entry

minimum age 33 years, Corporate Members of at least 7 years standing, who in the opinion of the Membership Elections Committee endorsed by the directors are deemed to have had sufficient experience (including major responsibility in the design, research or execution of engineering works) and who can also demonstrate continued career development. Services rendered to The Society in particular or to the profession of engineering generally are also taken into account.

• HonFSE: Honorary Fellow (Corporate Member) - No Direct Entry

Honorary Fellows shall be persons of distinguished position or scientific attainments nominated and elected by the directors who shall consent to become Members of The Society.

Timeline

• 1854 Society of Engineers (SoE) founded
• 1884 Junior Institution of Engineers founded
• Date unknown Junior Institution of Engineers renamed the Institution of Mechanical & General Technician Engineers (IMGTechE)
• Early 20th century Association of Supervisory Electrical Engineers (ASEE) founded
• 1928 Cumann na nInnealtoiri (The Engineers Society) is founded in Ireland
• Early 20th century Institute of Engineers and Technicians (IET) founded
• Mid 20th century Institution of Incorporated Executive Engineers (IIExE) founded
• Mid 20th century The Institution of Electronics and Radio Engineers (IERE) founded
• 1965 Institution of Electrical and Electronics Technician Engineers (IEETE) founded, incorporating ASEE (with support from the IEE)
• 1965 The Society of Electronics and Radio Technicians (SERT) founded by amalgamation of IERE with Radio Trades Examination Board (RTEB). SERT then supported RTEB renamed as the Electronics Examination Board (EEB)
• 1969 A number of Corporate Members of the Society of Engineers founded on the 27 October 1969 The Society of Professional Engineers (SPE) that maintains a register of Engineers who have proved their competence and can be accurately described as Professional Engineers and who on Registration can use the designation "P.Eng.";
• 1969 The Institution of Civil Engineers and Cumann na nInnealtóirí merged to form the Institution of Engineers of Ireland, now known as Engineers Ireland.
• 1978 The Institution of Technician Engineers in Mechanical Engineering (ITEME) founded (with support from IMechE)
• 1982 The IMGTechE and ITEME merged to form the Institution of Mechanical Incorporated Engineers (IMechIE)
• 1982 IEETE renamed the Institution of Electrical and Electronics Incorporated Engineers
• 1990 IEEIE and SERT merged to form the Institution of Electronics and Electrical Incorporated Engineers (IEEIE)
• 1998 IEEIE, IMechIE and IET merged to form the Institution of Incorporated Engineers in electronic, electrical and mechanical Engineering (IIE)
• 1999 IEExE merged with IIE
• 2001 IIE granted Royal Charter and renamed The Institution of Incorporated Engineers
• 2004 Inst.of British Engineers(IBE)wound up
• 2005 EEB wound up
• 2005 SoE absorbed into IIE
• 2006 IIE and IEE (Institution of Electrical Engineers) joined together to form the IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology).
• 2018 SPE absorbed into IET
• 2019 The Society of Environmental Engineers (SEE) wound up

Eminent members

The Society has had many eminent engineers among its membership and in receipt of its prestigious awards — the most recent being the Churchill Medal. In 1946 Sir Winston Churchill became an Honorary Fellow and approved the use of his name for the Society's senior award. Recipients have since included Sir Frank Whittle for jet engine design, Sir Christopher Hinton and Sir John Cockcroft for their work on atomic energy, Sir Geoffrey de Havilland for aircraft design, Sir Bernard Lovell for radio astronomy and Professor Alan Wells for the Wells turbine for wave power. The presentation of the Society's Certificate of Honorary Fellowship to the Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill ( https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill ) took place at the House of Commons on 27 November 1946 in the company of the Society's President for that year, Mr. Albert Edward Turner, together with the Vice-Presidents and immediate Past-President. A photograph exists of this occasion, signed by those present. Eminent Honorary Fellow was Sir Guglielmo Marconi, the father of the Radio.

Past presidents

2004 Allan Cooper Wright 2003 S John C Gale 2002 David McLaren 2001 David W Purnell 1999 Brian Rhys Masterston 1998 Alan D Crowhurst 1997 Alan D Crowhurst 1996 John H Wilkinson 1995 Dennis F B Gibbard 1994 Eric S Long 1993 David McLaren 1992 Thomas Kenneth-Duncan 1991 T E Geldart 1990 J H Roderick Haswell 1989 Iain Cooper Wright 1988 Iain Cooper Wright 1987 Alan John Curzon 1986 Raymond Charles Yarnell 1985 David Vaughan Richards 1984 Victor Charles Ealey 1983 Charles Kenneth Haswell 1982 Colin Cruickshanks Bates 1981 John Alfred Gardner 1980 David John Hardcastle 1979 Richard Charles Wykes 1978 Albert Edward Witchlow 1977 Peter Michael Rex Olley 1976 Thomas Morgan Scanlon 1975 John David Burrows 1974 The Earl of Ilchester 1973 Douglas John Ayres 1972 Stanley Nash Bruce Gairn 1971 Brian Joseph Bell 1970 Frank Wilsenham Hyde 1969 William Godfrey Taylor 1968 Leo Giulio Culleton 1967 Robert Carey 1966 Gilbert Robert Charles Bunn 1965 Charles Leslie Nichol Laing 1964 Donald William Tull 1963 Donald William Tull 1962 John Charles Maxwell-Cook 1961 William Edward Humphrey 1960 Eric Godfrey Massey Collier 1959 Iain Cyril Cocking 1958 Robert Clark 1957 Edward Charles Lejeune 1956 Captain Harry Francis Jackson 1955 Henry George Taylor 1954 Walter Robert Howard

1953 Gerald Norman Swayne 1952 Ronald Samuel Vernon Barber 1951 Paul Sison Ham 1950 Cyril Lett Boucher 1949 Edward Sugden Waddington 1948 Ernest Edward Turner 1947 Victor Stephen Wigmore 1946 Albert Edward Turner 1945 Frank Parfett 1944 Frank Parfett 1943 Edward John Spiller Lamport 1942 Sir Henry Percy Maybury 1941 Sir Henry Percy Maybury 1940 Sir Henry Percy Maybury 1939 Sir Henry Percy Maybury 1938 H Bentham 1937 Bateman Brown Tarring OBE 1935 Hervey Carlton Hawkins 1934 Arthur Marinus Alexander Struben OBE 1933 James Douglas Haworth 1932 Frederick William Mackenzie-Skues 1931 Harry William Towse 1930 William Marrow Beckett MBE 1929 Archibald Kirkwood Dobbs 1928 Charles Henry James Clayton 1927 Douglas Charles Fidler 1926 Gerald Otley Case 1925 Archibald Stewart Buckle 1924 George Arthur Becks 1923 Arthur Marshall Arter 1922 Alfred Tony Jules Gueritte 1921 Lord Headley 1920 Burnard Geen 1919 Walter Noble Twelvetrees 1918 William Beedie Esson 1917 Henry Charles Adams 1916 Percy Griffith 1915 Norman Scorgie 1914 Henry Chawner Hine Shelton 1913 Arthur Valon 1912 John Kennedy 1911 Francis George Bloyd 1910 Diogo A Symons 1909 Edward John Silcock 1908 Joseph William Wilson 1907 Richard St George Moore 1906 Maurice Wilson 1905 Nicholas James West 1904 David Butler Butler 1902 Percy Griffith

1901 Charles Mason 1900 Henry O’Connor 1899 John Cory Fell 1898 William Worby Beaumont 1897 George Maxwell Lawford 1896 Samuel Herbert Cox 1895 William George Peirce 1894 George Abraham Goodwin 1893 William Andrew McIntosh Valon 1892 Joseph William Wilson Junior 1891 William Newby Colam 1890 Henry Adams 1889 Jonathan R Baillie 1888 Arthur T Walmisley 1887 Professor Henry Robinson 1886 Perry Fairfax Nursey 1885 Charles Gandon 1884 Arthur Rigg 1883 Jabez Church 1882 Jabez Church 1881 Charles Horsley 1880 Joseph Bernays 1879 Robert Paulson Spice 1878 Robert Paulson Spice 1877 Thomas Cargill 1876 Vaughan Pendred 1875 John Henry Adams 1874 William MacGeorge 1873 Jabez Church 1872 Jabez Church 1871 Baldwin Latham 1870 William Adams 1869 Frederick William Bryant 1868 Baldwin Latham 1867 William Henry Le Feuvre 1866 Zerah Colburn 1865 William Thomas Carrington 1864 Charles Llewellyn Light 1863 Robert Monro Christie 1862 Edward Riley 1861 James C Amos 1860 Rowland Mason Ordish 1859 Henry Palfrey Stephenson 1858 Robert Monro Christie 1857 George William Allan 1856 Henry Palfrey Stephenson 1855 No official President 1854 No official President[5]

Mergers

The merger with the IIE ensured continued recognition of The Society of Engineers name as its members retained their post nominal letters (MSE or MSEng.), also securing a broader membership base for IIE.

Present status within the IET

The Institution of Engineering and Technology was formed in 2006 by the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) and the Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE) and now has more than 150,000 members worldwide. This new Institution now incorporates all the Members of the Society of Engineers.

See also

• Engineering
• Glossary of engineering
• Engineering ethics

References

1. Engineering Technology. 2005-04-29.
2. Society of Engineers: Committee and Officers for 1861. Retrieved: 30 September 2015
3. Journal of the Society of Engineers: Transactions for 1867. Retrieved: 30 September 2015.
4. Examinations & Membership Structure: Qualifying Examinations Syllabus, January 1998. Retrieved: 30 September 2015.
5. A list of Past Presidents of the Society of Engineers and the Civil and Mechanical Engineers’ Society - Institution of Incorporated Engineers website

British Qualifications 34th Edition A Complete Guide to Educational, Technical Professional and Academic Qualifications in Britain . https://books.google.it/books?id=-CA2-PM2OKYC&pg=PA591&lpg=PA591&dq=British+Qualifications+,the+society+of+engineers+one&source=bl&ots=t8A2gi1qUv&sig=8aIcmYMfZyguO1Qo3AMtcm8rtYQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwil0J3ZsO3KAhVFCiwKHfHmCIsQ6AEINTAC#v=onepage&q=British%20Qualifications%20%2Cthe%20society%20of%20engineers%20one&f=true

External links

• The IET, The Institution of Engineering and Technology
• http://www.theiet.org/resources/library/archives/research/guides-iet.cfm
• SPE - the Society of Professional Engineers
• ABEI, the Association of British Engineers in Italy