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  • An Evening with Dame Stephanie Shirley

    The IET Women's Network is proud to have been given an opportunity to film the Women in Telecoms and Technology and Maggie Berry's Women in Technology event: An Evening with Dame Stephanie Shirley: To view the video Women in Telecoms and Technology and Maggie Berry's Women in Technology Network are pleased to announce that our first joint meeting, and first meeting of 2014, featuring a conversation with Dame Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley, one of the UK's most influential and inspirational women in technology. Stephanie Shirley arrived in Britain in 1939 as an unaccompanied child refugee. In 1962, she founded the IT company now known as Xansa. An ardent philanthropist, she has given away over 50 million pounds via the Shirley Foundation. This evening provided an opportunity to hear some of Dame…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • The Oxford RobotCar - Driving Driverless Car Research

    The Oxford RobotCar - Driving Driverless Car Research Professor Paul Newman From: TAROS 2013, 29th August 2013, Oxford 2013-08-29 00:00:00.0 Transport Channel >> go to webcast >> recommend to friend

  • UK Storms destroy Key railway line

    Sad to see the images of the suspended railway line at Dawlish and other parts of the South West route. I travel along that line when I go to visit the Devon & Cornwall Network Committee and its a lovely train journey. Here's hoping that the Network Rail team get the line back on track, although looking at the appalling destruction caused by the weather, its going to be many months of sheer hard work and brilliant engineering to achieve that.

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • New Bionic hand

    New bionic hand gives an amputee a grip -- and a sense of touch http://t.co/JfAvh2H8s6 pic.twitter.com/XOBE6R8zva — WIRED (@WIRED) February 6, 2014

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Bombardier wins £1bn Crossrail deal

    Bombardier has won a £1bn contract to provide trains for the Crossrail project, the government has announced .

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • The problem with engineers

    The problem...with engineers Prof S Grainger From: The problem...with engineers, 14th January 2014, Stafford 2014-01-14 00:00:00.0 News Channel >> go to webcast >> recommend to friend

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • B17 Steam Locomotive Trust

    The IET has been approached by John Peat, one of the Directors of the B17 Steam Locomotive Trust to ascertain if any members are interested in getting involved with the project. For further details and John's contact details please see here. You can also view a copy of the Trust's Newsletter here . This is an exciting project to rebuild a locomotive that played a great role in our railway heritage and its hoped that IET members will consider getting involved with the Trust.

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Skills Factory subsidy supports BEng degree at University of Wolverhampton

    Latest Industry News Skills Factory subsidy supports BEng degree at University of Wolverhampton: The Black Cou... http://t.co/5HS24Y0CtH — Made in the Midlands (@madeinthemids) February 5, 2014

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • IET Young Professionals Event - 3D Printing - The Future Of Manufacturing?

    3D Printing The Future of Manufacturing? Richard Hague From: Young Professionals Event, 24th October 2013, London 2013-10-24 00:00:00.0 News Channel >> go to webcast >> recommend to friend

  • HTN Community Update - 5 February 2014

    Happy New Year to all IET and Healthcare Technology Network members. I hope that many of you received an email newsletter in January which included a summary of my previous network update as well as an events planner for 2014. (If you didn't, go to MyIET and select the Healthcare marketing option so that you can receive future updates.) This newsletter is the latest step in our programme of community engagement and I was delighted that it prompted many long-standing network members to get in touch, both to suggest new ways in which we can support our membership and also to provide feedback our current activities. The mailing has led to a significant increase in membership of the network. The network has begun to consult with some of its younger members to devise events and resources that are…

    Peter Bannister
    Peter Bannister

  • Opening paths for women in engineering

    Opening paths for women in engineering - The Star http://t.co/oJD8VGqB5b — Joanne Longton (@IETJoanneLongt) February 5, 2014

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • LAPC 2013 Review

    November 2013 saw the 9 th annual LAPC take place at Burleigh Court conference centre in Loughborough University. With over 150 papers submitted and the majority of those from non-UK authors LAPC remains a truly international forum to discuss the most recent developments in antennas and propagation. Keeping to our tried and tested single track format with the usual relaxed and informal approach, LAPC 2013 was the ideal place to network and exchange ideas with those from academia, industry and government. Each session featured highly respected invited speakers covering topics in Space Antennas, Radio Propagation, Antenna Modelling, Emerging Technologies in Antennas and the Latest Developments in Antenna Measurements and Simulations. Videos of these oral presentations are available on IET.tv…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • LAPC 2013 Review

    November 2013 saw the 9 th annual LAPC take place at Burleigh Court conference centre in Loughborough University. With over 150 papers submitted and the majority of those from non-UK authors LAPC remains a truly international forum to discuss the most recent developments in antennas and propagation. Keeping to our tried and tested single track format with the usual relaxed and informal approach, LAPC 2013 was the ideal place to network and exchange ideas with those from academia, industry and government. Each session featured highly respected invited speakers covering topics in Space Antennas, Radio Propagation, Antenna Modelling, Emerging Technologies in Antennas and the Latest Developments in Antenna Measurements and Simulations. Videos of these oral presentations are available on IET.tv…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • IET Scotland Annual Dinner 2014

    IET Scotland Annual Dinner 2014 Friday 4th April 2014 Radisson Blu, Argyll Street, Glasgow 19.00 start Join guests from industry and academia for this prestigious black tie event in the striking Radisson Blu in Glasgow City centre. The Annual Dinner is a must attend networking event in Scotland's engineering and technology calendar with great food, company and entertainment. Cost - £45 per ticket Tables of up to 12 people Booking Form

  • Present Around the World Competition (PATW) 2012

    Iyesomi Maureen Imomoh presentation on "Construction Robots: A Lasting Solution to Infrastructural Development" is the 2012 winner of the Nigera PATW. She will now attend the EMEA Regional Final taking place on 26 August in Paris. View more photographs from the 2012 PATW Competition

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • VMK launch ''first African - designed'' Smartphone and Tablet

    A smartphone and tablet said to be the first designed by an African company have been launched. The products, designed by Congolese entrepreneur Verone Mankou, are manufactured in China. His company VMK's devices run Google's Android software. They will retail at $170 (£105) for the smartphone and $300 (£185) for the tablet... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20850778 Please join Akin Akintoye's discussion on: ''Technology development in Africa'' in the 'Discussions' area of the Nigeria Network MyCommunity pages

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Nigeria PATW 2013 held for the first time on Campus!

    The Nigeria PATW was held at the weekend on Saturday 29 June 2013. The Delta State University played host providing the Institution's Electronic Library as Venue for the event. An excited group of engineering students were in attendance. Unfortunately not one of the 5 entrants from the University to the Competition made presentations as they were all recent graduates and called up to compulsory national service a few days to the event. Undaunted, University Management were ahead to support the event to success. All three presenations were from students of the neighbouring Federal University of Petroleum Resources. The local IET Committee are grateful for the support of Engr. Smith Otuagoma, HOD, Electrical Electronics Engineering who was University appointed fascilitator for the event.

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • A fading future for Nigeria's indigo traders

    BBC News looks at vanishing professions: Nigeria's indigo dyers http://t.co/hGGnKa1mkJ pic.twitter.com/fAoBjXbJ1O — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 3, 2014

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Do you think Robots are better than people?

    Are robots really better than people? http://t.co/Q82LB5qHzg — The Guardian (@guardian) February 3, 2014

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • IET Hereford & Worcester Network Committee

    The IET Hereford & Worcester Network organises a varied programme of activities in and around the Hereford & Worcester area. All of these events and activities are made possible by the efforts of a dedicated group of volunteers. If you would like to know more about the committee, or would like to volunteer, please get in touch with any of the committee members listed below: Clive Harding Treasurer Antony Knight Past Chairman Joanathan Isaacs Member Alison Hodge Member Janice Wallace Secretary James Sweetman Member Charles Henderson Member Colin Chandler Member Don Southey Chairman Richard Bowden Young Professional Joanne Longton Community Relationship Manager

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Visit to Control Tower of "El Prat"

    On Oct 3rd 2012, the Barcelona local network of the IET paid a visit to the Control tower of the main Barcelona city airport "El Prat". We were received by the tower supervisor, the staff member responsible for the IT system and by the person responsible for the radar system. We began the visit quite literally from the Top as we were led up to the top of the tower were the full extent of the airport can be seen. This includes the long runaway on the north side running east-west where aircraft land, a smaller parallel run away on the south where aircraft take off and a third one that crosses the two south-north mainly used for night operations that avoids excessive neighbourhood noise pollution since the aircraft approach the airport from the sea. As expected, procedures are quite strict and…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • PATW Competition 2013-14

    The Barcelona group recently organised their PATW competition which took place on 18th October at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. There were four competitors presenting on the following subject: • ³Cat-1: The CubeSat inititative at the UPC NanoSat Lab • Automatic design of an artificial neural network for Unreal Tournament 2004 • Design of an electronics device to measure audible hearing level • Engineering and all things "bio-" The day of the event, all was prepared at the graduation hall of the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, our hosting institution, with contenders ready with their full presentations and the audience interested to learn more on the announced topics. For starters, the local IET representative gave a brief description of the Institution of Engineering and Technology…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Solar Power using spheres over panels

    Spanish startup @RawLemon1 wants to change #solar power collection using spheres over panels: http://t.co/jeJgh1U1sI pic.twitter.com/pCssClaS3p — Engineering Council (@EngCouncil) February 3, 2014

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Nuclear New Build

    This talk concentrated on the application of Civil Nuclear Power in the United Kingdom from the first commercial power plant in Cumbria through to the the new fleet of Nuclear Power plant being planned over the next 20 years. View Presentation The development of the current UK Nuclear power plant in terms of size, complexity and operational characteristics will be discussed for the Magnox, Advanced Gas Cooled Reactors and the Pressurised Water Reactors The impact of Fukushima will be discussed for both Operational and New Nuclear Power plant. The talk concluded with a discussion of the Plans for new Nuclear power plant in the UK. This will look at the plans of the Utilities who will develop the plant and will describe the technologies which will be built in the UK over the next 20 years. The…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

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