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  • International Cross-Industry Safety Conference - So safe it actually becomes dangerous?

    The IET Aerospace Network recently attended the ICSC conference in Amsterdam.  There was a range of particularly diverse topics covering safety process analytics, quantification and some of the topics were pertinant to the FS TPN - measurement of safety through to alternative approaches and attitudes to safety across different industries. Read the event write up , listen to the podcasts and see the presentations .

  • The IET Malaysia Network Session 2016-2018 Committee

    The IET Malaysia Network 10th Annual General Meeting held on 10th December 2016 has elected a new session local network committee for Session 2016-2018. We would like to congratulate this new committee, and wishing them all will have a joyful volunteering memories with IET Malaysia Network. The above is the new committee photo taken with Ms Winnie Lee who visited the IET Malaysia Network AGM on 10 December 2016. Sitting (from left to right) : Ir. Amir Farid Abdul Majid (Assist. Hon. Secretary), Eur Ing Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lai Weng Kin (Hon. Secretary), Mr Lawrence Lai (Past Chairman),  Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Leong Wai Yie (Vice Chairman), Ir. Chirs Chew (Chairman), Ir. Dr. Matthew Teow (Immediate Past Chairman), Ms Winnie Lee ( Community Relationship Manager, Asia Pacific), Ms Leow Shoun Ying (IET…

    Matthew Teow
    Matthew Teow

  • IET 6th Hybrid And Electric Vehicles Conference Blog

    The IET 6th Hybrid and Electric Vehicles Conference, HEVC 2016, was held on 2 – 3 November 2016, at the recently refurbished Savoy Place in London – an excellent venue for a Conference. As a newcomer to the field of HEVC – my objectives being to learn about hybrid and electric vehicles and also, in my capacity as Editor-in-Chief of the IET series of books on Transportation, to identify and sign up potential authors - I was very impressed.   Adrian Vinsome, Head of Energy Research, Cenex, opened the conference, followed by the first Keynote presentation, “HEV – Advanced technology for real world users”, by Andy Eastlake, Managing Director of the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership, “ a unique public-private membership organisation building evidence and creating robust policies and innovation support…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • UTC post 16 Taster Event and Arduino kit presentation

    7th December saw the last UTC Taster Event of the year, with prospective KS5 students and their parents visiting the college to meet teachers, industry partners and students, and find out more about the specialist courses available for computer science and engineering. With a turnout of over 280, the event was a huge success, with Kevin Lewis from IET Berkshire supporting in presenting the A level curriculum, and briefing visitors on the input and support that the IET provides. Current UTC students also took advantage of the new Arduino project packs that the IET recently funded and presented to UTC Reading on the evening. (Arduino is an open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software, intended for anyone making interactive projects). Ashcon, a Year 13 student, commented…

    Dooshiant Dyall
    Dooshiant Dyall

  • Cyber Response Triage Process

    Its Christmas time. The Elves want to process your gift list for Santa to deliver. They are almost prepared and ready to deliver. Similarly, you’ve already signed off for the holiday season or just about finishing getting projects and activities in order.  Your organisation is likely staggering change activities over the festive season so you actually feel content that all is in order; including the out of hours response framework. Elves are pretty good over the eons to select a repsonse model that ensures Santa has no down time in delivering presents. Selecting the right framework for your business is crucial. It needs to address your forensic needs, legal response requirements, and more importantly, an approach on how the cyber incident will be triaged. Commonly, a security incident follows…

  • Greenpower Electric Racing Car Design

    Please register and come along to suppoert young engineers and prospective engineers in talking about the design and build of Greenpower Electric racing Cars at Bournemout University on 20th December.    If you are not aware the IET is one of the Main sponsors of the Greenpower Trust who promote engineering and science as a career for young people by orgaining races of the electric cars that they have designed and built.   So come and support the next generation of engineers.   Full detail click here

    John Savage
    John Savage

  • Lynsay's Weekly Digest - Functional Safety. 28th November – 4th December

    Another quite week -  Where can I keep up to date with the latest news on Functional Safety?  Which trade press are relevant, news feeds, blogs, etc can I review to find some inspiration for this page?  Where are your go to places for up to date information? ETRI Develops High Performance, Autonomous Vehicle Processor ACN Newswire (press release) It consists of four superscalar processors and an object recognition vision engine integrated to meet all functional safety requirements as specified by   ISO 26262

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Radio TechCon 2016

    Radio... What images does that word conjure up in your mind?  For me it’s Robert’s Radios, BB4, local adverts and jingles.  It’s not a technology I find myself talking about and it’s certainly not headline news; that’s reserved for 4K TVs and VR headsets. The future’s visual, immersive.  We all know video killed the radio star thirty years ago.   But did it? Certainly not for those who attended the Conference, better known as Radio TechCon.   Radio technology is as important now as it ever was, and is an exciting engineering industry with world wide appeal and growth. This year, the IET’s Multimedia Communications Network jumped at the opportunity to be one of the conference sponsors and so that’s where myself and fellow Network Executive member Tilly Casson found ourselves being warmly welcomed…

    Former Staff Member
    Former Staff Member

  • Christmas lecture cancellation

    Unfortunately the Christmas lecture that we had pencilled in on our calendar of events has had to be postponed.  Not to worry though, as we have a jam-packed calendar of other interesting and entertaining events continuing throughout next year!  Including a few spaces left for our tour of SERC's The Space next Tuesday evening in Bangor:  goo.gl/HoQWOq  (It's a big hi-tech sound engineering facility- register quick, demand is high!!) and also some fantastic events in the North West!

    Brian Moorhead
    Brian Moorhead

  • IoT Security Foundation launches Security Compliance Framework

    The IoT Security Foundation Conference was held yesterday (6th December) at Savoy Place, London and during the conference, the Foundation released the Security Compliance Framework, which you can download from  here . This article  gives more information about why the framework was created and what they hope to achieve with it Once you've read the framework, come back and let the community know what you thought. Is it comprehensive? Or is there anything missing?

    Former Staff Member
    Former Staff Member

  • IoT Security Foundation launches Security Compliance Framework

    The IoT Security Foundation Conference was held yesterday (6th December) at Savoy Place, London and the Foundation released the Security Compliance Framework, which you can download for free from here . This article gives more information about why the framework was created and what they hope to achieve with it Once you've read the framework, come back and let the community know what you thought. Is it comprehensive? Anything missing?

  • Community Manager Update

    With the start of our 2016/17 session now underway, I’d like to take a moment to welcome our new Chair, Dr Daniel Abasolo. Daniel has been volunteering with the Healthcare Technologies Network (HTN) for a few years now and, having been Vice Chair for the past 3 years is now taking on the Chair position from Dr Peter Bannister. I’m sure you will all join me in thanking Peter for all his fantastic work as Chair over the past three years and also in giving Daniel a warm welcome to the role! So, what else have I been up to over the past few weeks? Well, I attended the second day of 2nd IET Conference on Technologies for Active and Assitive Living  on 25 October. This two day conference was held by the Vision and Imaging (V&I) Network but had a strong healthcare overlap with the subject matter being…

    Gemma Hadley
    Gemma Hadley

  • IET Singapore Network 40th Anniversary Celebrations

    It's 1.23am in Singapore as i'm typing this but with the adrenaline rush still kicking in, I can say I'm all wide awake and excited to get this blog out as soon as possible. It's amazing how IET Singapore managed to be where it is today. Although I have only contributed 2 out of the 40 years of history, the giants who's shoulder i'm stepping on today have help me achieved more than I ever can. As i reflect upon the many events, visits, policies, and legacy left behind by our pioneers, i feel that i need to contribute even more in order to make the dreams that were laid by them become a reality. The pioneers have put in their heart and soul into the IET to make the world a better place through engineering and we as the current batch of volunteers should now dream greater dreams having full faith…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • International Cross-Industry Safety Conference

    A few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to attend the International Cross-Industry Safety Conference at the University of Applied Sciences in Amsterdam. An engaging couple of days with speakers and guests from around the world. There was a range of particularly diverse topics covering safety process analytics, quantification and measurement of safety through to alternative approaches and attitudes to safety across different industries. Below are some of the key discussion points arising from the conference that got me thinking. Have a read and be sure to check out the three podcasts  from Simon Whiteley on the STAMP method and approach to safety.   So safe it actually becomes dangerous?   A question that really stood out to me. This was stated by speaker Ray Master in reference to an incident…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Useful Links

    Below is a list of useful links  I will be adding to the list regularly  - so please feel free to let me have your suggestions in the comments box below: CERN What is the universe made of? How did it start? Physicists at CERN are seeking answers, using some of the world's most powerful particle accelerators The Cockcroft Institute The Cockcroft Institute is an international centre for Accelerator Science and Technology (AST) in the UK. It was proposed in September 2003 and officially opened by the UK Minister for Science, Lord Sainsbury, in September 2006. It is a joint venture between the Universities of Lancaster, Liverpool and Manchester, and the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC at the Daresbury and Rutherford Appleton Laboratories).  The Institute is located in a purpose…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Are you CPD ready for 2017?

    Many of us complete CPD without even realising we are doing so. The new piece of software you used, the seminar you attended or the article you read are all forms of CPD when relevant to your career. With this is mind completing the required annual amount of 30 hours is easily attainable.  What is changing and why? The IET has chosen to adhere to The Engineering Council’s aspiration that by January 2017 all Professional Engineering Institutions will have introduced a policy of random reviewing of Professionally Active Registrants’ CPD returns.  The IET’s Board of Trustees extended this as a benefit to all IET Members. As an IET member you have already committed to keeping your knowledge up-to-date through Professional Development as part of the rules of conduct. Therefore the only change is…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Are you CPD ready for 2017?

    Many of us complete CPD without even realising we are doing so. The new piece of software you used, the seminar you attended or the article you read are all forms of CPD when relevant to your career. With this is mind completing the required annual amount of 30 hours is easily attainable.  What is changing and why? The IET has chosen to adhere to The Engineering Council’s aspiration that by January 2017 all Professional Engineering Institutions will have introduced a policy of random reviewing of Professionally Active Registrants’ CPD returns.  The IET’s Board of Trustees extended this as a benefit to all IET Members. As an IET member you have already committed to keeping your knowledge up-to-date through Professional Development as part of the rules of conduct. Therefore the only change is…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • IET Election 2017 - Call for Nomination

    In case you/your members are interested, would like to remind you about the IET Election 2017. The closing date for nominations is 6 January 2017. More details including vacancies, ballot form and others can be found by clicking the link below: http://www.theiet.org/about/governance/elections/ Call For Nominations will be published at IET Magazine Dec issue.

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Congratulations for the upcoming 20th Anniversary and thanks to the IET Brunei Network Volunteers

    Congratulations for the upcoming 20th Anniversary in 2017, thanks for all the hard work of the Brunei Network volunteers both the main committee and YPS!!  Existing committee members such as Simon, Siong and Mr Lim were part of the committee 20 years ago who established the IET Brunei Network. Well done IET Brunei YPS for the big success organising the Faraday Challenge (with great support from main committee) and efforts in recruiting more YPs.  Committee members increased from about 5 last year to 10 this year!!   Fun picture with YPS : )

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • IET Talk At UTB

    IET Brunei YPS invited me to speak about the IET to the students at UTB and PB.  Special thanks to guest speakers: Simon Leong, IET Brunei Network Chairman, IET Professional Registrations by Mr Lim Sam Lee, IPRA, introduction of On Campus Group’s activities:  Jevon, President of UTB On Campus group and Wee Kiat, upcoming President of UTB On Campus group. About 20 students from UTB and PB joined the talk.  Good interactions between students and speakers.  Active participation from students especially for Jevon's talk about On Campus group activities. IET Brunei Network Chairman Mr Lim and Winnie's sharing at UTB Jevon and Wee Kiat sharing at UTB

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • IET Singapore 40th Anniversary Celebrations

    It's 1.23am in Singapore as i'm typing this but with the adrenaline rush still kicking in, I can say I'm all wide awake and excited to get this blog out as soon as possible. It's amazing how IET Singapore managed to be where it is today. Although I have only contributed 2 out of the 40 years of history, the giants who's shoulder i'm stepping on today have help me achieved more than I ever can. As i reflect upon the many events, visits, policies, and legacy left behind by our pioneers, i feel that i need to contribute even more in order to make the dreams that were laid by them become a reality. The pioneers have put in their heart and soul into the IET to make the world a better place through engineering and we as the current batch of volunteers should now dream greater dreams having full faith…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • IET Cyprus Network Activities

    The IET Cyprus Network in its continues efforts to: (A) Inspire the next generation of engineers and technicians (B) Inform the wider engineering community (C) Influence government and standards to advance society   Organised the following events (A) A School Presentation (for young students) at Pascal Private Education in Nicosia on December 1 st (B) A Seminar for professionals of the field of power industry entitled  Wiring Regulations-Latest Amendments and the Way Forward on December 1 st https://communities.theiet.org/communities/events/item/28/28/15329   Sponsored an International Conference (C) Organized by the Cyprus Safety and Health Association entitled "Health and Safety in Facilities' Management" on December 3 rd http://www.cysha.org.cy/

    Christos Christou
    Christos Christou

  • Thank You To All That Attended The Inaugural Chairman's Reception On Thursday, 1 December 2016

    I would like to thank everyone who attended the Inaugural Chairman's Reception last Thursday, 1 December 2016 at The Metropolitan Hotel on William Street in the Melbourne CBD. I was very pleased to see that we had a good attendance on the evening. There was  representation from across industry, academia, other kindred professional organisations, recent presenters and workshop presenters, students and of course our committee members including the YPS. I was also very pleased to see that everyone took the opportunity to network with the guests that included students, young engineers as well as seasoned and retired engineers. A great deal of knowledge and experience was happily exchanged around the room! Judging from the excitement and satisfaction that everyone's expectations were met gives the…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Visit To University Of California San Diego – Triton Racing Team

    The Southern Californian Local Network (SoCal LN) is always looking for new and different ways to reach out to Young Professionals and other than the PATW competition there has been limited success in recruiting YPs in an environment where there is a misperception that membership of the IET is of limited benefit to those living in the US.  In an effort to change this and with having an economically “conservative” year when compared with recent years we decided to make a donation to the UCSD Triton Racing Team, who compete in the Formula SAE student racing series.  This is engineering design competition for undergraduate and graduate students organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International, also known as Formula Student in the UK, Austria and Germany.   A recent YP recruit…

    Richard Tregaskes
    Richard Tregaskes

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