December 2010

Up at EAGLERISE

For the last week ..................up to 600mm SNOW...........we are not used to this REALLY

All part of "GLOBAL WARMING"

The Blogmeister

Why not have a look at ....

Hi why not have a look   HERE

Recently fotos

Cumbernauld House in Danger 2010

PR Team with IRN BRU

Doug's Initial Movie

New (group of) Web-sites for Cumbernauld / Environmental

I as the Webmaster have created a prototype version of a website for the

Environmental Sub-group of the Cumbernauld Community Forum

There are a series of Interlinked sites (to allow for Multi-pages dealing with the various subsections .. but not making Navigation too difficult)

goto www.cumbernauld-environs.org

Cumbernauld-environs

A combination of ENVIRON AND environs

In the sense of ENVIRONMENTAL and Surrounding Areas arrounf the Town Centre

From Dullatur : Westerwood : Carrickstone to Westfield on NORTHERN AREA
to
ABRONHILL : PALACERIGG on the South side

New web site for CCF

Setting up Cumbernauld-environs

Hi This is the Blog of Doug Logan

I am a retired Academic Structural Engineer from University of Strathclyde Glasgow Scotland UK {1970-1990}

Living now in Eaglerise : Westerwood Green

Helping with Anniversary events at Dept of Civil Eng at U of Strathclyde
Interested in Family History and Local H and Engineering H

CASA SEMEAR Event

The WESTERWOOD event on Friday 19th Feb 2010 raised some £1,600 less costs ...keep up the good work

Brief History of Civil

The History of Civil Engineering at Strathclyde University

 

It is tied up with Engineering in general at the Tech, G and W S Tech

RTC, RCST etc

 

Initial professorship was that in 1877 (APPLIED MECHANICS)

First students to take diplomas started in 1887

 

By 1911 Professor in Mechanical Eng and Prof in Civil Eng

              Date of appointment of Geo Moncur was 10^th Nov 1910

              According to court minutes in SU Archive

 

              But after Prof Moncur became a joint chair of

                Prof of Civil and Mechanical Eng

             

              On Moncur’s death in mid 1930’s the Chair lapsed

 

Then when Prof William Frazer was appointed to Chair of

Civil Engineering in about 1953

 

Link between Glasgow and Tech Graduates of Civil Eng

Who became members of staff at Tech/Strathclyde

 

Name                                          Undergrad              Division                                                        PhD

 

Matt Blair                                  g 1938                            (Structures)

Bobby Kenedi                            g 1941                            became Prof in Bio-eng

D G McKinlay                            g 1944                            (Soil Mechanics)                                          *

A C Paterson                            g 1945                            (Visiting Prof)

D I H Barr                            g 1949                            (Hydraulics)                                                        *

W M Kirkpatrick              g 1950                            (Soil Mechanics)                                          *

W Cranston                            g 1950                            (Visiting Prof)

A G B Ritchie                            g 1950                            (Structures)                                                        *

Bob Dykes                            g 1950                            (Structures)                                                        *

Alan A Smith                            g 1955                            (Hydraulics)                                                        *

I A MacLeod                            g 1960                            (Structures)                                                        *

W Duncan                            g 1960                            (Structures)                                                        *

J J Sharp                            g 1960                            (Hydraulics)                                                        *

J Marshall                            g 1962                            (Structures)                                                        *

A McGown                            g 1962                            (Soil Mechanics)                                          *

J S Younger                            g 1962                            (Soil Mechanics)

Nick Dekker                            g 1962                            (Soil Mechanics)

P H Milne                            g 1963                            (Survey)                                                        *

J D Allan                            g 1965                            (Structures)

D M Logan                            g 1967                            (Structures)

John Ellis                            g 1967                            (Hydraulics)                                                        *

J F Riddell                            g 1967                            (Hydraulics)                                                        *

Ken Collins                                                        (Soil Mechanics)                                          *

Geo Morris                                                        (Enviro)

Nigel Mansfield                                          (Construct)                                                        *              MBA

Alan Stanbury                                                        (Construct)                                                                      MBA

Lorne Woodrow                                          (Soil Mechanics)

David Buchanan                                          (Hydraulics)

Neil Ferguson                                                        (Traffic)

Bimal Kumar                                                        (Structures)

G Masterton                                                        (Hon Structures)

 

 

D M Logan joined RCST as Mechanical Engineering student but after 1^st year

Transferred to associateship in Civil Engineering, was top student in 3^rd year

And awarded attendance at British Association of Science meeting in

Nottingham and finished as top student in the final year (1967) when awarded

First Class Honours in Civil Engineering

 

Started to do research in the Simulation of Curved Bridge Decks using Finite

Element and other methods but in December 1969 was appointed as a Lecturer

In Structural Engineer and started this in Jan. 1970

 

Continued in this post until Jan. 1990 when had to retire on ill health grounds

 

Professional Qualifications

 

MBCS in about 1974                            teaching Computing Methods

CEng in about 1999                            (MBCS became valid for Chartered Engineer Status)

CITP    in about 2005                            (MBCS               Chartered IT Professional)

 

 

Involved with setting up              ingdmlogan.net

With web site being built

Email                                                        ingdmlogang68uk@googlemail.com

 

 

 

Initial page

Welcome to the Initial Posting from Doug Logan Jan 6th 2010

Looking for information on the NEW TECHNOLOGIES re SUB-SEA Grids etc. and other aspects of the Potential RENEWABLE ENERGY Revolution in Scotland

a) Micro Generation (Aero Generators .. Solar Water and Photo-voltaic)
b) Wave Power
c) Off-shore Wind
and all other Potential technologies

And also wanting information about CONVERTORS (AC to DC) at High ENERGY range (of the order of Giga Watt Transmission)

Web Sites include : www.3sgroup.vpweb.co.uk
: www.caba-ecosse.vpweb.co.uk


Douglas M Logan .......................... Retired Structural Engineering Lecturer