Cleveland Institution of Engineers
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| Abbreviation | CIE |
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| Motto | Uniting and Educating Teesside's Engineering and Technical Community Since 1864 |
| Formation | 1864 |
| Legal status | Non-profit organization |
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Region served
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Teesside |
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Membership
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Academics and industrialists across the regional Science and Engineering sectors with a strong focus on Materials, Minerals and Mining |
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President
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Vince Ludlow |
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Main organ
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CIE Council |
| Affiliations | Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining |
| Website | CIE |
The Cleveland Institution of Engineers (CIE) is a regional engineering institution in the Teesside region of England. It aims to serve the regional scientific and engineering community through a wide range of technical lectures and visits and by acting as the professional body for materials scientists and engineers. The CIE is one of the oldest institutions of its kind in the world and has been in continuous existence since it was founded in 1864. It is affiliated to the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and a founder members of the Cleveland Scientific Institution
The Cleveland Institution of Engineers is possibly the oldest Institution of its kind in the World. It was founded in 1864 by a small group of Engineering pioneers from the Steel and Railway Industries of the Cleveland area. The first meeting was held in the home of the first secretary, Thomas Whitwell, on September 21, 1864 and the motion was carried that:-
"A society be formed, the object of which shall be meeting together at regular intervals, of the Engineers of the Cleveland District for the furtherance of the Science of Engineering"
42 members of the Engineering community joined the Institution at the outset with a membership fee of one Guinea.
The Institution was instrumental in the industrial and academic growth of the area, and in helping to set up the then Constantine College which is now Teesside University. Throughout both World Wars and the Depression, the Institution continued to provide a regular programme of lectures and scientific excursions and to this day provides the Engineering and Scientific community of the Teesside area with a wide and varied lecture programme on all aspects of engineering.
From 1864 until 1942 the proceedings of the institution's technical meetings were published. Copies of the complete series of proceedings and the institution's minute books until 2001 are kept at the Teesside Archives in Middlesbrough.
In the 2013/2014 session the institution celebrated its 150th anniversary, with the main events taking place in the autumn of 2014. To mark the occasion a stained glass window with the institution's emblem was unveiled in St Cuthbert's Church in Marton, Middlesbrough during a dedication service on the 23rd of November 2014, led by the Very Reverend Paul Ferguson, Bishop of Whitby. St Cuthbert's churchyard contains the vaults of the Bolckow and Vaughan families.
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