The University of Strathclyde is a public research university located in Glasgow,Scotland. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute,it is Glasgow's second-oldest university,having received its royal charter in 1964 as the first technological university in the United Kingdom. Taking its name from the historic Kingdom of Strathclyde,its combined enrollment of 25,000 undergraduate and graduate students ranks it Scotland's third-largest university,drawn with its staff from over 100 countries.
The New York University Tandon School of Engineering is the engineering and applied sciences school of New York University. Tandon is the second oldest private engineering and technology school in the United States.
Sir Harold Montague "Monty" Finniston FRS FRSE was a Scottish industrialist.
Allan Glen's School was,for most of its existence,a local authority,selective secondary school for boys in Glasgow,Scotland,charging nominal fees for tuition.
The Institution of Engineers in Scotland (IES) is a multi-disciplinary professional body and learned society,founded in Scotland,for professional engineers in all disciplines and for those associated with or taking an interest in their work. Its main activities are an annual series of evening talks on engineering,open to all,and a range of school events aimed at encouraging young people to consider engineering careers. Between 1870 and 2020 the institution was known as the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland (IESIS).
Thomas Orr Leith OBE,FRAE was a Scottish mechanical engineer and industrialist.
Sir Alistair George James MacFarlane was a Scottish electrical engineer and leading academic who served as Principal and Vice Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University,Edinburgh,and Rector,University of the Highlands and Islands.
Archibald Anderson Bethel is a British businessman. He is CEO of Babcock International,and a main board director. He is president of the Society of Maritime Industries (SMI),and vice-president and treasurer of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in Great Britain. He is a lay member of the Court of the University of Strathclyde. Bethel is the former president of Scottish Engineering,and former CEO of the Lanarkshire Development Agency.
John Samuel Forrest FRS was a Scottish-born physicist,writer and Professor Emeritus,University of Strathclyde.
Sir Kenneth John Wilson Alexander was a Scottish economist and university administrator. He also had strong links to the Scottish steel and shipbuilding industries.
Professor Robert T Beaty OBE FREng FIEE,FIProdE,engineer,is a former chairman of Renfrewshire Enterprise,Chairman of the Court of the University of Paisley and the University of the West of Scotland,and member of the Scottish Industrial Development Advisory Board.
Sir Alan Walter Rudge is a British electrical engineer. He was Chairman of the ERA Foundation from its formation until December 2012,after which he was appointed as the Foundation's President. In 2012 he also stepped down as Chairman of the Board of Management of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851,a position he had held for eleven years;he had succeeded Sir Denis Rooke and was himself succeeded by Bernard Taylor.
Sir Horace William Alexander Francis CBE FREng is a British civil engineer.
Ronald Nathan Arnold PhD (Sheffield) MS (Illinois) DSc DEng MIMechE MICivilE was a distinguished British engineer.
Sir James Sharp Tait was a Scottish electrical engineer who was the first Vice-Chancellor of the City University,London.
Sir Iain Maxwell Stewart (1916–1985) LLD (Strathclyde),BSc,MINA,MINE,MIMEch.E was a Scottish industrialist with a strong interest in modernising industrial relations.
Adam Simpson Turnbull Thomson was a Scottish engineer and university administrator,serving as the first Vice Principal of Strathclyde University. As an engineer he was involved in rocket research.
Sir Donald John Miller was a Scottish electrical engineer and former chairman of the South of Scotland Electricity Board and Scottish Power.
