Bristol Engineering Design Society

Welcome back everyone!

We hope you’ve had a lovely summer and are ready to slide back into the new year. Join us from 1pm on Sunday 8th of September at the Downs for the annual Eng Des Slip n’ Slide 🏄‍♂️

What to expect:
🛝 A slippery, soapy tarpaulin to slide down
🍕 Snacks and food provided by the society
🌞 A much needed, post-summer catch up with friends in the sun

There will be no drinks provided but feel more than happy to bring your own 🍻

We can’t wait to see you there!

We’re delighted to share that we have been awarded gold accreditation by Bristol SU! Thanks to everyone who has helped us get there!

Join us to celebrate the Eng Des society's 10th birthday at Cosy Club in the city centre!



Tickets are £28 per person for a three-course meal, get yours at the link in our bio.

Nominations close on Friday to be on next year's committee! Nominate yourself or your friends and then come along to vote on Friday the 26th!

Thank you to everyone who completed the Rate My Group survey over the last few weeks! We're over the moon with the result and delighted to see that you're happy with what we've been doing this year. We'll also work on picking up the feedback from the survey to strengthen for next year!

Committee applications will be opening in the next week or so. If you would like to help build an ever bigger and better society for next year then please consider applying!

Enjoy the rest of the spring vacation!

The Engineering Design Society’s 2024 Winter Newsletter is finally here, and it’s snow-packed with exciting updates!

In this frosty new edition, you'll find photos of our first society trip overseas, articles by inspiring students and alumni who forged their own paths, insights from the beginnings of Engineering Design, and much more! We’re also delighted to be continuing our partnership with . Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed to making this newsletter special.

So, grab a mug of hot cocoa and dive into the Winter Newsletter!

Join us this Thursday for a bit of fun and lots of competitiveness! We will be doing Pub Golf, beginning the night at Steam at 7:30! Looking forward to seeing everyone there ⛳️🏌️

The Rate My Group Survey is now out !! ⭐️

If you have been a member of Eng Des Society this year please go complete the survey (swipe for the QR code) and tell us how you’ve found the society!

Please take a few minutes to fill it out as it really helps the society improve!

This week's talk may seem a bit familiar and it is all about international development engineering! Frances graduated from Eng Des in 2020 and now works for the Smart Villages Research Group. Her talk focuses on water and energy projects in international development.

As always, free pizza available for your lunch!

At the slightly later time of 5pm, come and get a pizza dinner and listen to Eng Des alum George Cave talk about experience prototyping as a method for rapid early-stage prototyping.

… and the results for the Strava Competition are in! Well done Eng Des for a strong second place stance🥈

We’ve had a great month of sporting events so thank you to everyone who was taken part and contributed!

Congratulations to for taking the win and and for their participation.

We hope everyone will continue to stay active and keep looking after your mental and physical wellbeing!😊

Free cheese and wine!? Absolutely! Sign up at the link in our bio and join us on Thursday night!

(Eng Des membership required to sign up)

With the end of February comes the wrap of our Strava Month in aid of . Thank you to everyone who has participated in our events throughout - we hope it has encouraged you to stay active this month!

If you can, please donate to from our linktree

Total counts from the end of last week! Strava Month looking strong, not long to go let’s keep pushing👏

All sports count so join our Eng Des Strava group to contribute ⚽️🎾🏈

This week's talk is by Enrico Varano, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Zurich, machine learning engineer and data scientist! Enrico will run through his diverse career path and share some of the lessons he has learned along the way!

As always, free pizza up for grabs!

Join us this Sunday! As part of Strava month we will be cycling to Bath. We will be starting at 11am from castle park and cycling along cycle paths, the journey is around 20km and people will have the option of getting the train back to Bristol. Send us a message if you have any questions!

This Saturday we're heading out to meet up with Paul for a hike around the scenic Wye Valley! This is part of our Strava month activities and all ticket proceeds go towards Mind, the mental health charity.

Don't forget to grab your ticket from the link in our bio and please volunteer to drive if you can! We may even have hike snacks...

Here are the results after Week 1 of the Strava Challenge and we have a new team joining us from BEMS! Let’s see who can travel the furthest away from the university this February!

We’ve still got plenty of time so join our Strava Page to log your hours! 🤽‍♀️🤺🏄‍♀️

This Tuesday's talk is a little different! We will have four short talks over the hour, each by one of Eng Des' Year in Industry returners. Our four speakers are Emmet Richardson - Wood Thilsted, Lucy Turnbull - Graham, Isabel Dodd - Rolls Royce, & Joe Crabtree - Daimler Trucks AG.

As always, free pizza will be available!

Join us TONIGHT to roam the city centre and explore three delights of the Bristol Light Festival, all whilst getting Eng Des to the top of the Strava Challenge leaderboard!

This is a non-alcoholic social.

The Eng Des curry night returns for 2024! Come join us for a classic BYOB curry at Indian Fast Food🥘 Tickets are £10 and provide you with a meal (choice on the night). To purchase tickets head to our linktree in our bio!

Join us on the 15th of February for the Eng Des curry night 🥘 The event is BYOB. To purchase tickets head to our linktree in Bio! See you all there!

Today marks the first day of the annual February Strava challenge in aid of !

Join the Eng Des Strava Group (link in bio) to log your hours and race against the other Engineering societies!

Don't forget that tomorrow is the back to term family picnics with a trip to the Hope & Anchor afterwards!

See you and your finest cooking tomorrow!

Next Tuesday's talk will be delivered by Bethan Charles, lecturer in renewable energy at the University of Bristol. This talk will focus on the forgotten women engineers of history including the "mother of the greenhouse effect" and the women missing from the Oppenheimer film.

As always, free pizza available for your lunch!

As a bonus to our Tuesday lunchtime talk, we have another talk next Wednesday in collaboration with the ICE Early Careers Network Bristol & Bath!

Osprey's graduate and Year in Industry roles are now open! The roles available are an exciting blend of desk-based and on-site experience and offer the chance to get help deliver some of the UK's largest infrastructure!

Links for more info and to apply are in our bio!

Join us for our first family social of the term! 👉

Further details in your family group chats... let us know if you don't have one yet and want to get involved.

For the first talk of TB2, Eng Des alum Frances James will be discussing her experiences in international development engineering since her graduation in 2020.

This talk is a collaboration with and as always, free pizza will be provided!

The Bristol SU Activity Hardship Fund is now open for applications again!

Applications must:
- Be from University of Bristol students, submitted by the individual student, not on their behalf
- Apply for funding to enable their participation in a Bristol SU student group e.g. membership fees, trip costs or the purchase of equipment or kit specifically required for the activity
- Show evidence of financial hardship and being unable to participate without the assistance of the Activity Hardship Fund