European co-operation in Environmental Engineering
Confederation of European Environmental Engineering Societies, CEEES, is a forum for international cooperation and information
exchange regarding the resistance and integrity of products and systems against environmental influences. It was created as a
co-operative body for the European societies in this field and as a partner organization to the U.S. Institute of Environmental
Science and Technology.
CEEES welcomes and encourages participation from all organizations and individuals with an interest in environmental engineering and in working with design and testing methods to enhance the integrity, performance and service life of products and systems. Activities are channelled through the national societies, and it is recommended that such societies are founded in countries, which at present do not have a national society for environmental engineering.
57Th Meeting of CEEES
The Spring meeting of CEEES will occur on Thursday 16th February 2012 at the Alliance Hotel Liege Belgium. The CEEES meeting will be preceded, on the Wednesday afternoon, by a EUREKA meeting and followed by a conference and visit to the Centre Spatial de Liège
Wednesday 15th February 2012.
Afternoon: EUREKA meeting
Thursday 16th February 2012.
Morning: TAB meetings (Reliability & ESS, Mechanical Environment, Climatic and Air pollution Effects)
Afternoon: CEEES General Assembly
Evening: Dinner at the "Palais des Congrès"
Friday 17th February 2012.
Technical Conference "Spatial Environmental Testing Engineering" and visit of the Centre Spatial de Liège
Call for Papers for GUS Symposium on Product Qualification.
To be held at Maritim Hotel, Nürnberg on 9th & 10th May 2012
This GUS organised symposium will present and discuss issues related to different approaches, strategies and technologies related to the product qualification process. The symposium will examined how environmental influences must be considered during product development in order to ensure sustainable and reliability products, to ensure satisfied customer.
The characterization of materials and products plays a significant role in the assessment of the of the product quality. The symposium will address how environmental influences must be measured and subsequently reproduced under controlled conditions. In order to undertake a comprehensive assessment of the effects of the environment on the product, as well as the products effect on the environment.
Product qualification and associated environmental simulation has an interdisciplinary character. As such this symposium is intended to be a communication and discussion platform for partners from a wide variety of industries. It will focus on the scientific and technical associated with product qualification. It is designed to help people from industry, research and development and the application to bring together.
Swiss Society Take Over Presidency of CEEES
The 54th CEEES (Confederation of European Environmental Engineering Societies) meeting took place at hotel Metropole, Interlaken, Switzerland in October, 2010. At that meeting Werner Wittberger (shown on the right), from SSEE (Swiss Society of Environmental Engineering), assumed the presidency of CEEES until September 2012. Werner takes over the Presidency from Markku Juntunen, (shown on the left) KOTEL, Finland.
Alongside the CEEES meetings, SSEE organised their annual conference (in German) as well as their annual symposium. More than 40 persons
from seven European countries participate in the meetings. The presentations at the annual symposium were made by participants from both
CEEES and the SSEE. The presentations included an interesting mix of various environmental topics. The keynote presentation, shown in the
accompanying photograph was given by Dr Karl Friedrick Ziegahn, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT, a past President of CEEES.
The CEEES and SSEE participants attended a dinner at Harder Kulm (more than 1300 m above sea level) by means of the over 100 years old
funicular. Thanks to the marvellous weather during the whole meeting, the splendid view of Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau, and the sensational
sunset, the outdoors aperitif becomes an unforgettable experience. The attendant Swiss folk music band entertains the guests not only during
the aperitif, but also during the typical Swiss dinner in the homely restaurant. During the dinner Markku Juntunen handed over the Presidency
from KOTEL to Werner Wittberger and the SSEE.
CEEES ANNOUNCES A NEW PUBLICATION.
A new publication is available to download from the CEEES website site on Reliability - For A Mature Product From The Beginning Of Useful Life.
This Recommended Practices document has been generated by the Reliability and Environmental Stress Screening (R & ESS) Technical Advisory Board (TAB) of the Confederation of European Environmental Engineering Societies (CEEES). The co-ordination of this work by the R & ESS TAB of CEEES allowed the participation of a wide range of specialists from all over Europe encompassing both a wide range of expertise as well as experiences in a broad range of industrial sectors.
Winning Photographs in CEEES Photographic Competition
CEEES are pleased to announce the winner of the CEEES photographic competition as the photograph titled "Ci5000 interior". The photographs were judged on content and technical quality. The judges considered the winning photograph to be "colourful and interesting". The photograph was submitted by Atlas Material Testing Technology GmbH . The second prize was for the photograph "MTT Emma QUA system" and was judged "intriguing and technically reasonable". The third prize was for the photograph "Fisheye Static Florida" as "impressive in scale and unusual".
The photographs were judged for technical quality by Professor Mervyn L de Calcina-Goff * and Professor Raymond P Clark**. The environmental content was judged by a CEEES from each National Society.
First Prize
Image Title: Ci 5000 interior
The image shows a rotating three-tier specimen rack of an Atlas Weather-Ometer with samples prepared for accelerated
laboratory weathering testing. The image was taken at the Atlas weathering testing laboratory.
Second Prize
Image Title: EMMAQUA Systems
The image shows a fresnel solar concentrator which is most widely recognized and used for accelerated outdoor weathering testing.
The name is an acronym for: Equatorial Mount with Mirrors for Acceleration, with Water(Aqua). The fresnel-reflecting
system with 10 flat mirrors concentrate natural sunlight onto specimens. The high-quality, first-surface mirrors uniformly
focus sunlight onto the samples at an intensity of approximately eight times that of global daylight and approximately five times
the global radiation in the UV portion of the spectrum. The image was taken in Arizona.
Third Prize
Image Title: FishEye
The image shows racks for the direct weathering procedure in a test field for outdoor weathering. The image was taken in Florida.
*Professor Mervyn L de Calcina-Goff, CEnv ASIS FSEE FRPS FBP. Accredited Senior Imaging Scientist, Honorary Member and
Fenton Medalist of The Royal Photographic Society and previously Trustee and Past Chairman of The Imaging Science Qualification
Board.
**Professor Raymond P Clark, OBE CEng ASIS, Hon.FSEE, Hon FRPS Honorary Fellow, Fellow & Accredited Senior Imaging
Scientist of The Royal Photographic Society and Past President.
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