Welcome to SAIMechE! The pre-eminent body for the Mechanical Engineering profession. SAIMechE exists to serve the interests and needs of its members, to advance the science and practise of mechanical engineering, and to promote high standards in the profession. Our website is the primary vehicle to deliver on our objectives. Click here to join...
Website FAQ We’ve added a number of FAQs on the website to aid in better utilising our website. These include accessing and managing your profile, usernames and passwords, networking and careers, automatic site updates as well as some general FAQ. The FAQs can be viewed by clicking here - or go to the menu and select: Community Blogs & Forums/Forums/Website FAQ. While you're there, check out our other Community Blogs & Forums, as well as the specialist groups under Branches & Groups.	SAIMechE in 2012 Compliments of the season to you all.  I trust you have survived another silly season, and by now you are probably back in the swing of things and looking forward to the year ahead.  That's where I find myself and so I thought I would share my wish list with you concerning some of the bigger SAIMechE issues which I hope will see some action in 2012. At the top of my wish list is to see more SAIMechE members using the SAIMechE web platform for their own benefit...  Click here to read the full blog by our CEO, Vaughan Rimbault.
SAIMechE and Bloodhound SSC SAIMechE recently hosted yet another successful John Orr Lecture tour. This year the Lecture was delivered by Wing Commander Andy Green, the ‘Fastest Man on Earth’. Wg Cdr Green, Bloodhound SSC's driver, holds the current World Land Speed Record (1227 kph). Driving the Thrust SSC in 1997, Andy set the world’s first and only supersonic land speed record at an astonishing 763 mph, driving literally ‘faster than a speeding bullet’. Through SAIMechE, a number of prominent meetings, interviews and presentations were held. Click here to read more…	SAIMechE Website Community SAIMechE members are automatically members of our website community. If you are not a SAIMechE member, you can still join our website community as a Site Community member and enjoy limited access to site content and features. The process is quick, simple and free. Click here to register online or to find out more about our site community membership...
About SAIMechE The South African Institution of Mechanical Engineering (SAIMechE) is the senior body representing the discipline of mechanical engineering in South Africa. It covers all fields of application as diverse as automobile, energy generation, process engineering, heavy manufacture, design, management, research, mining and education. The Institution was established in 1892. The SAIMechE motto is ‘Scientia Progredimur’ - By Knowledge We Advance. Click here to read more about SAIMechE...	SAIMechE Training Events SAIMechE short course events are designed to satisfy the ongoing developmental needs of pracitsing professionals, both as delegates and event presenters. SAIMechE's training events are a mechanism to benefit all stakeholders: SAIMechE members, the Institution itself, and the general mechanical engineering community. All SAIMechE training events are CPD validated. Click here for more info on our training events including the events calendar...