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A futuristic trainline dreamed up by the man behind Tesla could slash UK journey times and is connect cities in the north to the south. The supersonic rail system, dubbed Hyperloop, is the brainchild of U.S. billionaire Elon Musk and is currently in the early stages of development. Tests in the Nevada desert have seen speeds reach 116mph, but it is hoped they will one day get as high as 760mph. Read more...
Hywel the key volunteer for this group first came up with the vision to form a community around Functional Safety in mid-2015 and the group has recently been set up. Purpose of the group is to promote sharing and understanding of Functional Safety to foster learning and development. The have formed a committee and the group is based in New Plymouth, Taranaki, the activities will mainly take place there. The group is attached to the IET Auckland Network so they will work closely with each other. The technical group plan to organise a series of presentations by members or vendor with a variety of topics such as Alarm Management, SIL Determination and Machinery Functional Safety..etc Watch out for their events and we will keep you posted through the IET NZ Networks webpage and IET event notice
We are excited to announce that we have one more speaker confirmed for the Intelligent Imaging event! A joint event between the IET Vision and Imaging Network and the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), the Intelligent Imaging event will be taking place at IET London: Savoy Place on the 14 October 2016. Our sixth confirmed speaker for the day is: Miguel R.D Rodrigues , Reader, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London. About Miguel: Miguel Rodrigues is a Reader in Information Theory and Processing with the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, UK, currently working in the general fields of information theory and processing with applications to the sensing, analysis and processing of high-dimensional data. He was previously…
The fifth speaker for the joint IET Vision and Imaging Network and the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), Intelligent Imaging , 14 October 2016 at IET London: Savoy Place is confirmed! We are delighted to introduce: Professor Jared Tanner , University of Oxford About Jared: Professor Jared Tanner is University Liaison Director (Oxford) at The Alan Turing Institute. He obtained his PhD (2002) in applied mathematics at the University of California at Los Angeles, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California at Davis (Maths) and Stanford University (Stats.) where he worked with David L. Donoho. Prior to joining the University of Oxford in 2012 he was Professor of the Mathematics of Information at the University of Edinburgh (2007-2012). He is founding editor-in-chief of Information…
One of motorsport's most acclaimed designers, Gordon Murray, has produced a vehicle that "ranks above anything else I've ever done". The Ox is billed as "the world's first flat-pack van" - a two-wheel drive, off-roader made of marine plywood that can be assembled by non-experts in under 12 hours and travel 1,000km (620 miles) without filling up. It's aimed at remote areas of, say Africa, where transporting food or equipment over difficult terrain is a problem - BBC Read more...
Patients will be able to diagnose themselves on their smartphones under plans to modernise the health service to be announced today. The new one-stop NHS website will enable patients in England to enter their symptoms online and get tailored advice or a call-back from a health care professional. - ITV Read more...
IET flagship event - Present Around The World Asia (PATW) Pacific Finals 2016 has been successfully held in Sydney on 27 th August 2016. There were in total 8 university students and young professionals, who came from Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan, having already won their local competition. Present Around The World is the Institution of Engineering and Technology's global competition for Young Professionals and Students within engineering to develop and showcase presentation skills on their innovation ideas and projects on engineering. During the presentations, all national winners took it in turns to present their chosen technical subjects to the audience and a panel of honorable judges: Mr. Paul Furniss, Prof. Eliatharmby Ambikairajah…
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The IET Northumbria Network would like to draw your attention to two forthcoming events that we will be sponsoring: International Conference for Students of Applied Engineering (ICSAE), 20-21 October 2016 at Newcastle University, heavily supported by our On Campus group. Prestige Higginson Lecture - "Simulating smoke for Hollywood" , 16 November 2016 at Durham University, delivered by guest speaker Rob Pieké, Head of Software at MPC, a world-leading visual effects studio in London. The Northumbria Local Network are currently finalising the event programme for the 2016-17 session. Talks this session will be looking at: Autonomous vehicles, SMart Meters, IEE Regulations amongst many other subjects. Keep up-to-date via the IET Northumbria Network's Engineering Communities page here .
Ms Ayesha Shelleh representing Brunei Network was awarded the third place at the IET PATW Asia Pacific Final. She presented the topic: "Synthetic Blood".
We are delighted to share that Professor Hamid Aghvami FREng, FIEEE, FIET will be a keynote speaker speaking at the Radio Propagation andd Technologies for 5G . Hamid Aghvami joined the academic staff at King’s in 1984. In 1989 he was promoted to Reader, and in 1993 was promoted Professor in Telecommunications Engineering. He was the Director of the Centre for Telecommunications Research at King’s from 1994 to 2014. Professor Aghvami carries out consulting work on Digital Radio Communications Systems for British and International companies; he has published over 550 technical journal and conference papers, and given invited talks and courses the world over on various aspects of Personal and Mobile Radio Communications. He was Visiting Professor at NTT Radio Communication Systems Laboratories…
We are delighted to announce that Reza Arefi will be speaking at the Radio Propagation and Technologies for 5G . Reza Arefi leads spectrum strategies and global radiocommunication standards at Next Generation systems & Standards division of Intel’s Communications & Devices Group. As Director of Spectrum Strategy, he develops market-driven strategies in support of Intel’s existing and future wireless products and assists with global public policy efforts. Reza has been actively contributing to standards and various industry groups on wireless systems since 1999, often in leadership positions (ITU-R, IEEE, WiGig Alliance, etc.). Since 2004, Reza has regularly represented Intel in regional and international regulatory standards organizations including in ITU-R’s World Radio Conferences (WRC…
Congratulations to IET Singapore Network!! Amos Heng from Singapore is the runner up of the IET PATW Asia Pacific Regional Final! He presented on "Smart Drones: A paradox". The PATW Regional Final took place at Sydney, Australia 27 August 2016.
Naomi Climer, IET President spoke on BBC Radio 4 this morning about the celebration of the history of Waterloo Bridge, part of the Totally Thames Festival. Focusing on women in engineering and the celebration of the group of women who built one of London’s most important bridges in wartime. Here is a link to listen to Naomi on BBC Radio 4 – begin at 2 hrs 49 mins 40 secs The IET is pleased to continue to support and promote the history behind the Ladies Bridge on 23rd & 24th September - further information to follow.
There is also an exhibition, which features artworks and technological interactives, is the outcome of a collaboration between Kilmarnock Engineering & Science Society, Bellsbank Primary School, Doon Academy, the Dark Skies Observatory and local engineer Mark Klimek.
It's time for another speaker highlight! This week, we are delighted to confirm that our fourth speaker for the Intelligent Imaging event, 14 October 2016 at IET London: Savoy Place is: Alexandru Drimbarean , Vice President of Advanced Research at FotoNation, Ireland. About Alexandru: Alexandru Drimbarean is the Vice President of Advanced Research team at FotoNation Ireland focusing on developing computer vision and machine learning technologies for mobile, biometrics and automotive applications. He and his group aim at identifying, researching and providing novel innovative techniques and features to enhance, extend and simplify the adoption of imaging technologies. Alexandru received his B.S in Electronic Engineering in Brasov Romania followed by an M.Sc. in Electronic Science at N.U.I…
If you live in the Herts & Beds area you may be interested in joining the Hertfordshire Engineers Luncheon Club - check them out by clicking here ..
The speaker Dr Pham Tien Dat talked about the following at the workshop: mobile fronthaul/backhaul for small and moving cells, convergence of fiber and wireless, fiber-wireless systems for mobile fronthaul, systems for highspeed trains and systems for resilient access networks. Read more...
Speaker for the workshop: Dr Jiang Liu from Waseda University shared about the establishment of Global Energy Interconnection for a sutainable and efficient energy future, applications and case introduction of ICT in Globe Energy Interconnection in Japan as well as the challenges and solutions for residential Energy Management System. Find out more
IET Japan Network AGM was held at Research Institute of Science and Engineering, Waseda University led by IET Japan Network Chairman: Professor Mitsuji Matsumoto. Four talks were delivered at the AGM meeting including the below: 1) Fiber and Wireless Convergence for Future Mobile Networks by Dr. Pham Tien Dat The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) 2) Satellite Laser Communication Activities in NICT by Dr. Dimitar Kolev The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) 3) Trend for smart-grid home systems in China by Dr.Jiang Liu, Fulltime Lecturer International Center for Science and Engineering Programs (ICSEP) 4) Title: Evolution for e-mobility charging in Europe, China and Japan by Mr. Yukio Yokoi, Researcher Research Institute…
Today, we have for you, the final two speakers details for our event taking place on 14th September: "Intelligent Industrial Automation in Factories and Elsewhere ” by Professor Duncan McFarlane. Professor McFarlane has been involved in the design and operation of industrial automation and information systems for twenty five years. His research work has been in distributed, intelligent industrial automation, reconfigurable control systems, resilient control, RFID integration, track and trace systems, IoT and valuing industrial information. In 1993 he was a founding member of the Holonic Manufacturing Systems consortium examining the role of distributed AI in manufacturing control for the first time. Since 2000 he has been Director of the Auto ID Centre [2000-3] and Auto ID Labs [2003-…
A visit to GE Engine Services, Malaysia has been organised by IET Control and Automation Technical Professional Network (TPN) and IET Malaysia Network (LN) Thursday, 29th September 2016 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 noon MAS Engineering Complex A-AA1802 SAAS Airport, 47200 Subang, Selangor, Malaysia GE Engine Services Malaysia Sdn Bhd (GEESM) provides overhauling, maintenance, and repair services for aircraft engines, namely CFM56 engines models. The company’s clients include Malaysian Airline Systems, Air Asia and other Asia-Pacific airlines including US and Europe’s airlines. GE Engine Services Malaysia Sdn Bhd was founded in 1997 and is based in Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Subang, Malaysia. The company operates as a subsidiary of GE Engine Services Malaysia. The facility is around 195,000 square…
Together with David Lindley, Chairman of the Aerospace TPN, I represented the TPN at the Farnborough International Air Show 2016, Futures Day on 15 July 2016. Futures Day has been designed by the ADS (Aerospace, Defence, Security & Space) organisation to give groups of young people aged 11 – 21 a chance to find out about the exciting career opportunities available in the dynamic sectors of Aerospace and Defence. Throughout the day, groups from schools, universities and youth associations visited the Innovation Zone where they were able to experience the aerospace technology of the future and meet with academic institutions. A steady stream of celebrities and officials also visited the Zone during the day, including the Secretary of State for Defence, Commandant Air Cadets, the Red…
So, it's September already and with just slightly less than two weeks to go to our event, we are delighted to provide more speaker details: Steven Carter - Manufacturing System Specialist - SMART Factories for Rolls-Royce Plc Steve's presentation is entitled "Industry 4.0, an end-user’s perspective” and will focus on Industry 4.0 from a Rolls-Royce Plc prospective and what we see as current state capabilities, challenges & future developments. Steve also sites on the the IET Controls & Automation Exec Panel Team. He is a professional accredited engineer with over 18 years’ experience as a technical specialist of delivering integrated automation-manufacturing systems and developing manufacturing processes, within the Aerospace & Automotive industrial sectors. Having worked for an array…
