Society
HISTORY
Founded in 1901, the Cambridge University Engineering Society is Cambridge University’s most active academic society and one of the largest, with over 1300 current student members.
Mission
Our mission is to deliver the very best opportunities to students to enhance their skills and develop their employability. To our partners, our mission is to be their indispensable route to interaction with some of the greatest talent in the world.
Events
We make regular contact with our network of high achieving students through numerous channels including presentations from industry, events (including the university’s largest student-run careers fair), our grants scheme and regular social activities. We are proud of how this has always resulted in very high exposure for our partners, not only to our members but also to the wider Cambridge community.
Members
Recently, CUES has undergone a shift in focus and is rapidly expanding its reach to an increasing number of STEM and non-STEM students, as well as the postgraduate community. Membership is open to anyone at the University with an interest in technology and industry, giving us a strong membership base that is growing and diversifying.
Committee 2020-21
Executive Team
Ryan Lin
President - president@cues.org.uk
Welcome to our new CUES website! I’m Ryan, and I am a finalist at Trinity College, specialising in Information and Bioengineering. I’m an avid curler, and enjoy exploring architecture and music in my spare time. Despite the unusual situation, we look forward to bringing you a wonderful CUES experience this year and help brighten up 2020-21. That’s enough about me, go check out the rest of our fabulous team!
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Vice President - vp@cues.org.uk
Hi, I’m Kiseki and I am the Vice President for CUES. I’m a 4th year at Christ’s specialising in Information Engineering. I’ve been in CUES for nearly 3 years now and I was previously the Secretary and Socials Officer. My role is to manage the internal operation of the committee and the CUES grants. In my free time, I love to play squash and shogi (Japanese chess)!
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Treasurer - treasurer@cues.org.uk
Hey I’m James and I’m this year’s treasurer! I’m a third year at Emma, specialising in info. I’ve been at CUES a while now, having been freshers’ rep and presentations officer - outside of the society, I like going to the Cambridge Union and playing guitar and drums. :)
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Sponsorship Officer - sponsors@cues.org.uk
Hi, I’m Sri and I am the Sponsorship Officer for CUES! I work to manage our partnerships with our sponsors, who run a number of talks and events with us. I’m a third year Engineer at Emma, and I love working on CUES committee, but also cooking, music, and rowing!
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Events Director - eventsdirector@cues.org.uk
Hi everyone, Connor here! I am a 3rd year engineer from Magdalene College, majoring in Information & Bioengineering. I am a student photographer and take bop and events photos for colleges from time to time, so I really want to bring those vibes to the CUES events this year. As the events director of CUES this year, I would like to bridge the gap between the companies and our members by organising both career-oriented events and skill-enhancing workshops. Can’t wait to see you at the CUES events!
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Operations Director - opsdirector@cues.org.uk
Hi everyone! I’m Ethan, a current second-year at Girton. I’m the CUES Operations Director for this year, which means I oversee our website and magazine as well as our diversity, welfare, and access efforts. Outside of CUES, I’m interested in robotics, swimming, politics and economics. I’m really excited to expand our reach with students and also make CUES content accessible online. Looking forward to a great year!
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Strategy Lead - strategylead@cuengineeringsociety.org.uk
Hello! My name is Sam and I am a third year Engineer at Queens’, specialising in Info. I am the strategy lead, which means that it is my job, along with the Strategy Officers, to make sure that CUES is running in the best way possible. I am in charge of the three Strategy Officers and together our main aim is to ensure our members are able to get the most out of CUES. I also love playing the piano, as well as table tennis and badminton during term time.
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Events Team
Connor Wang
Events Director - eventsdirector@cues.org.uk
Hi everyone, Connor here! I am a 3rd year engineer from Magdalene College, majoring in Information & Bioengineering. I am a student photographer and take bop and events photos for colleges from time to time, so I really want to bring those vibes to the CUES events this year. As the events director of CUES this year, I would like to bridge the gap between the companies and our members by organising both career-oriented events and skill-enhancing workshops. Can’t wait to see you at the CUES events!
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Events Officer - events@cues.org.uk
Hi everyone! I am Tisal, a third-year PhD Engineering student specialiasing in ground-borne and structural vibration. Since matriculating at Trinity College in 2014, I have been able to see the leaps forward CUES have made, and continue to make, in delivering exciting events for their members. I will be working with the rest of Events Officers to organise both virtual and socially distanced events through-out the year where you can meet company representatives. In my free time, I enjoy watching a movie, playing my guitar or hanging out with friends (socially distanced of course!).
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Events Officer - events@cues.org.uk
Hello, I am a 3rd year engineer from Christ’s College specialising in Information & Computer Engineering. As one of the Events Officers, I am responsible for organising hackathons and technical workshops. It will be slightly difficult this year due to the COVID-19, most of the events will be online but they will be equally helpful to equip you with the useful knowledge and skills. Really looking forward to the coming term, drop me a message if you have any thoughts or ideas.
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Socials Officer - socials@cues.org.uk
Hi I’m a 2nd year engineer at John’s and one of the socials officers. Obviously social events look very different from previous years, so this year we are planning to focus on virtual events for engineers of different year groups, organising quizzes and games evenings that hopefully should be good fun. Aside from this, I am a very keen rower and have recently got into baking with varying degrees of success.
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Jasmine Shao
Presentations Officer - presentations@cues.org.uk
Hi everyone, I’m a fourth-year Selwyn Engineer and one of the Presentations Officers. This year we want to introduce general career aspiration talks and engage our members in the wider issues surrounding Engineering. Outside CUES my greatest pleasures are to annoy my neighbours with persistently loud saxophone playing and be ultra-competitive with my (often questionable) spicy cooking :)
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Presentations Officer - presentations@cues.org.uk
I’m a 2nd year engineer at Girton and one of the two Presentations officers this year. We’re in charge of inviting external companies and speakers to give talks at CUES. This year, we’re looking to introduce some workshop - style events, and include more startups in our events. Outside of Engineering, I’m an active rackets sports player: especially badminton, tennis and squash. In addition to a side interest in graphite drawing and digital art , I’m an enthusiastic violinist, pianist and singer (in the shower).
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Alfie Collins
Secretary - secretary@cues.org.uk
Hey guys! My name’s Alfie and I am a second year Girton (yeah I know) engineer. I am so privileged to be your secretary this year and am thoroughly enjoying writing the bulletins this year and letting everyone know about the brilliant things the CUES have been arranging and have on offer. Outside of engineering, I swim on the blues team and am the bike rep for Girton, yep we have a bike rep. Can’t wait for the rest of the year in this role and look forward to hearing a bit more from and about our members.
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Content Designer - design@cues.org.uk
Hai, I’m a third year Pembroke engineer and content designer for CUES. I create some of the beautiful posters, banners and booklets you see posted on platforms like facebook and instagram to advertise presentations and various other events organised by our society. I try to make visual content as engaging and exciting as possible! Alongside my creative duties, I play university badminton and am part of the uni ShowChoir.
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Content Designer - design@cues.org.uk
Hello, I am a third-year engineering student at Newnham and content designer for CUES. I love designing and my job is to create publicity materials for society events. Aside from CUES, I play viola in Cambridge University Orchestra, and enjoy sailing as well as gliding.
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Publicity Officer - publicity@cues.org.uk
I’m a second year tringineer (Trinity engineer) and I’m one of the three publicity officers at CUES this year. For this role, I manage and create posts on our social media platforms, to promote the talks, socials and other events we organise. Aside from CUES, I am also the Vice President of Trinity College Engineering Society, a member of Cambridge University Spaceflight, and a player for Trinity’s badminton team.
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Publicity Officer - publicity@cues.org.uk
Hi, I’m Naresh, a third-year engineer at Trinity specialising in Aerospace and I’m one of the three publicity officers at CUES this year. My role involves creating the posts and events that you may see on Facebook or Instagram and I’m looking to introduce some more creative publicity elements to the society such as Thursday Takeovers. Outside of my course I play cricket at the University level and enjoy scuba diving, travelling (pre-pandemic) and cooking!
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Operations Team
Ethan Mak
Operations Director - opsdirector@cues.org.uk
Hi everyone! I’m Ethan, a current second-year at Girton. I’m the CUES Operations Director for this year, which means I oversee our website and magazine as well as our diversity, welfare, and access efforts. Outside of CUES, I’m interested in robotics, swimming, politics and economics. I’m really excited to expand our reach with students and also make CUES content accessible online. Looking forward to a great year!
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Diversity Officer - diversity@cues.org.uk
Hi, My name is Tse (pronounced Shay)! I am going into my third year studying Engineering at Catz. I am also one of your Diversity Officers for this year. Before coming to university, I wasn’t too conscious of the fact that black women were under-represented in STEM fields in the UK so coming to university was a bit of a shock to me to say the least. Initially it felt quite isolating but I am definitely learning to be a lot more confident: putting myself out there and grabbing opportunities with both hands. My hope as Diversity Officer is to help other students from underrepresented backgrounds in engineering make that transition or better still eliminate the need for them to have to make that transition at all.
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Diversity Officer - diversity@cues.org.uk
Hi everyone! I am Egle a third-year Engineering student at Girton. I am one of the two diversity officers for the CUES. I really wish to make the engineering department as inclusive and diverse as possible so that everyone no matter of ethnicity, gender, religion, sexuality, disability would feel that engineering is for them and that they belong in this field and this department. In my free time, I enjoy doing sports, ski racing, going to the gym, and attending interesting events, talks, meetings. I am always excited to meet new people, so please feel free to talk to me whenever or send me any concerns that you have with the department and I will try my best to resolve them!
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Access Officer - access@cues.org.uk
Hi everyone! I’m Cara, a third year at Emmanuel. As Access Officer, my role involves working with the CUED outreach team to promote the Engineering course to prospective students from underrepresented backgrounds. I’m excited to work on projects involving current undergrads as well as prospective students this year! The Access officer is a relatively new role so I’m always grateful for any suggestions that anyone may have for what I could do.
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Welfare Officer - welfare@cues.org.uk
Hello! I’m Anna, a third year student at Emmanuel. I am one of the CUES Welfare Officers this year. Our role includes arranging welfare events such as engineering café, directing students to where they can get help if it is needed and being a friendly face around the department. Our time at Cambridge can be a lot of fun but also a stressful few years so I am keen to improve the welfare facilities at the department and help other students enjoy their time there as much as possible. Everyone’s experience of Cambridge is different so I am eager to listen to anyone who has concerns and will do my best to help.
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Welfare Officer - welfare@cues.org.uk
Hello! I’m Nikhil, a third year student at Pembroke. I am one of the CUES Welfare Officers this year (along with Anna). We are focused on the welfare of all students in the engineering department. Our major initiative is the engineering cafe where students can have time and space to relax. We are also here to help students make use of the support given by the department and the university. Whether you need help or just a chat, my door is always open.
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Webmaster - webmaster@cues.org.uk
Hello! I am Antros, a second year engineer at Trinity. In these uncertain and unprecedented times it is essential that CUES can continue to operate online for the benefit of its members. Therefore, Miruna and I have worked together to prepare a revamped website with many new features that you’ll hopefully enjoy using.
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Webmaster - webmaster@cues.org.uk
Hi everyone! I'm Miruna, a fourth-year aerospace engineering student at Churchill. Apart from engineering, I’ve always been interested in the ins and outs of publicity and web design, which is why I've decided to join CUES, first as publicity officer, and now as webmaster. My responsibilities include making sure the website is always in top shape and adding new features to it together with Antros.
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Sam Phillips
Strategy Lead - strategylead@cuengineeringsociety.org.uk
Hello! My name is Sam and I am a third year Engineer at Queens’, specialising in Info. I am the strategy lead, which means that it is my job, along with the Strategy Officers, to make sure that CUES is running in the best way possible. I am in charge of the three Strategy Officers and together our main aim is to ensure our members are able to get the most out of CUES. I also love playing the piano, as well as table tennis and badminton during term time.
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Strategy Officer - strategy@cues.org.uk
Hi! I’m Marcin, a final year Engineer from St John’s College. I am one of the strategy officers and work on the changes that CUES has to implement to adapt to the new environment defined by social distancing. Aside from CUES I work for a non-profit organisation helping high school students from disadvantaged backgrounds apply for university abroad. I also like economics and foreign languages.
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Strategy Officer - strategy@cues.org.uk
Hello!! My name is Namnueng and I am a third year Engineer at Queens’. I am a strategy officer leading the Marketing and Communications team. My role is to coordinate publications and increase engagement and attendance to our events, especially during this uncertain time. This year, our aim is to increase attendance by 20% while reducing cost per event by 40%. Aside from CUES, I enjoy designing and painting! Feel free to contact me if you have any questions :)
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Strategy Officer - strategy@cues.org.uk
Hi! I’m Selina, a third year Engineer at Newnham College. In my spare time, I love playing squash and sometimes the guitar. As one of the strategy officers, I work with our wonderful operations team and bring my expertise of contributing innovative ideas and new strategies to CUES, a society I have personally benefited a lot from over the past two years. Look out for more amazing opportunities offered by CUES this year! ;)
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Cambridge University Engineering Society
Constitution
1. NAME
The name of the Society shall be The Cambridge University Engineering Society, hereafter referred to as “the Society”.
2. DEFINITIONS
2.1. Full Tenure: The tenure of a committee; from one election to the next, usually 12 months.
2.2. Society members: Individuals who meet the criteria in Article 4.
2.3. Society Handbook: A compilation of the handover documents from previous committees.
3. OBJECTIVES
3.1. The aims of the Society shall be:
3.1.(a) To provide a link between the Cambridge University and the industry
3.1.(b) To provide engineering-related educational opportunities that are not covered by the formal course.
3.1.(c) To inform members of the Society of relevant industrial developments and various career opportunities.
3.1.(d) To provide social functions for the Cambridge engineering students and those who are interested in engineering.
3.2. In pursuance of its aims the Society accepts sponsorship from companies, bodies and individuals of an engineering or otherwise technical nature.
4. MEMBERSHIP
4.1. Membership of the Society shall be open to all members of the University and any others who are interested in engineering.
4.2. The Society offers Life Membership or shorter fixed period membership. There shall be a membership fee payable on joining the Society. The membership fee shall be determined by the Committee.
4.3. The Committee has the right to decide whether it accepts an application for membership. It shall not reject an application for membership on the grounds of race, sexual orientation, religion or political views. It may, however, expel any member for behaviour likely to bring the Society into disrepute. All members shall have full voting rights at Society general meetings and elections.
5. THE COMMITTEE
5.1. The Executive Committee
5.1.(a) The day-to-day management of the Society’s affairs shall be in the hands of the Executive Committee.
5.1.(b) The Executive Committee shall consist of the President, the Vice-President, the Committee Director and the Junior Treasurer.
5.1.(c) There shall be a Senior Treasurer, who shall be a member of the Regent House or other person approved by the Junior Proctor. The Senior Treasurer shall be appointed by the elected members of the Executive Committee and shall be ex officio a member of the Executive Committee.
5.1.(d) The elected members of the Executive Committee shall all be full-time undergraduate or postgraduate students of the University of Cambridge.
5.1.(e) Meetings of the Committee shall be chaired by the President or in his or her absence the Vice-President. If neither the President nor Vice-President is present, the remaining members shall elect a chairperson for that meeting. The quorum for a meeting of the Committee shall be more than 80% of the Committee members and a written record of each meeting shall be kept.
5.2. The General Committee
5.2.(a) The roles and the responsibilities of each role of the Committee Members are subjected to changes every year in accordance to the Society’s need. The details are kept in the Society Handbook and must be followed.
5.3. The Elections
5.3.(a) The Executive Committee, except for the post of Senior Treasurer, shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting (AGM), which should be held at the end of Lent Term. Nominations for the Executive Committee must be submitted to the President.
5.3.(b) The election shall be conducted using the Single Transferable Vote System.
5.3.(c) The posts of the Executive Committee (except for the Junior Treasurer) are only open to officers of the two most recent Committees and must have served a Full Tenure.
5.3.(d) The candidates for posts in the Executive Committee must obtain two nominations from the outgoing Committee, and at least one nomination must come from the outgoing Executive Committee. Each outgoing Executive Committee member can nominate only one candidate for each Executive Committee post.
5.3.(e) Should none of the Committee stand for one of the positions or the election result be a call for reopening of nominations, that position will be made open to the remaining members of the Society. The candidate for Executive Committee post still needs to be nominated in accordance with Article 5.3.(d) above.
5.3.(f) The Executive Committee members elected in the annual Lent election shall take office at the Board of Advisors meeting or by the end of Easter Full Term, whichever is sooner.
5.3.(g) The posts of the Executive Committee are only open to members of the Society.
5.4. Induction of General Committee members
5.4.(a) The posts in the General Committee, as defined in the Society Handbook, shall be open the Society members only.
5.4.(b) The posts of the General Committee shall be advertised publicly and university-wide, by the end of Lent term.
5.4.(c) Applications for the posts of the General Committee shall be submitted to the outgoing President.
5.4.(d) The applicants for the posts of the General Committee shall be interviewed by the end of Lent Term. The interviewers must include, but are not limited to: the outgoing President, the incoming President, and an outgoing Officer of that role.
5.4.(e) Interview outcomes should be communicated to the applicants by the end of Lent Term.
5.4.(f) After the interview outcomes, should any post remain unfilled, the unfilled posts are to be advertised publicly and university-wide. Subsequent applicants should be interviewed according to Article (4)d above.
5.4.(g) If any of the posts of the General Committee remain unfilled or become vacant after the Board of Advisors meeting or the end of Easter Full Term, the said post must advertised publicly and university-wide. The subsequent applicants should be interviewed by at least two members of the serving Executive Committee and appointed with consensus of all members of the serving Executive Committee.
6. GENERAL MEETINGS
6.1. The Society shall hold an Annual General Meeting (AGM) during each Academic year. The AGM shall be held in Cambridge at the end of the Lent Full Term. All Members shall be entitled to attend and vote at any General Meeting.
6.2. The AGM shall approve Minutes of the last General Meeting and the Society’s Accounts for the preceding year, elect the Committee for the year ahead and conduct such other business as is necessary.
6.2. An Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) may be held at any time during Full Term. It shall be held in Cambridge and may be called by the Executive Committee or at the written request of at least ten members. An EGM shall have the same powers as an AGM.
7. FINANCIAL MATTERS
7.1. The Society shall maintain a banking account with a suitable Bank or Building Society to hold the Society’s funds.
7.2. It shall be the responsibility of the Junior Treasurer to ensure that monies received are properly accounted for and that the Society’s financial records are kept in good order.
7.3. Any authorised signatory of the banking account will be allowed to possess a debit/credit card on behalf of the Society.
7.4. The Senior Treasurer shall make arrangements for the Society’s accounts to be properly audited, either by himself or herself, or by some other person approved under University Ordinances.
7.5. The Senior Treasurer shall not be liable for any financial debt or other obligation of the Society unless he or she has personally authorised such a debt in writing.
7.6. For so long as the Society shall be Registered with the Junior Proctor, it shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to ensure that the Society complies with the requirements for Registration as a University Society.
8. CHANGES TO THE CONSTITUTION
8.1. The procedure for the amendment of the Constitution shall be that an appropriate motion must be passed by a General Meeting and ratified at a referendum. Where the amendment would remove an executive post, that change shall not come into effect until the end of the term of office of the current holder of the post.
8.2. No amendment to this Constitution intended to remove the position of Senior Treasurer, to alter its prerogatives and duties, or to change the criteria and procedure for the appointment of a Senior Treasurer can be put to a vote without the prior written agreement of the Junior Proctor of the University of Cambridge.
9. DISCIPLINARY PROCESSES
9.1. The Society’s only disciplinary sanctions are to expel or to suspend a member whose actions are felt to be such as to bring the Society into disrepute, or to adversely affect the smooth running of the Society in a major way. Such expulsion or suspension can only be effected by a majority vote of all Executive Committee members, excluding the Senior Treasurer. In the event of an expulsion, the excluded member is required to return all equipment, documents and finances belonging to the Society within 7 days. He/she will not be entitled to any full or partial refund of annual subscriptions.
9.2. If the excluded or suspended member wishes to appeal the decision, that appeal should be made to the Senior Treasurer, who will consider all the facts, and whose decision will be final. An appeal as to the process of exclusion, but not a further investigation into the facts, may be lodged with the Junior Proctor.
10. DISSOLUTION
10.1. The Society may be dissolved at a General Meeting provided that at least Twenty-one days’ written notice of the intention to dissolve the Society has been given to the members. At least two thirds of those present and voting at the General Meeting must vote in favour of the motion for Dissolution for it to be effective.
10.2. On dissolution all assets of the Society shall be transferred to Engineers Without Borders, EWB U.K.
11. WEBSITE MAINTENANCE
The Committee is responsible for publishing the following articles on the CUES website:
11.1. Names of the Committee members
11.2. The Constitution
11.3. Minutes of all meetings