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  • Community Manager December Message

    For my last Community Manager  blog posting of 2016, I thought I would take a look back at some of our achievements during the last year. In September we held a very successful event on Factories of the Future where next?   This event took place at the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry and the seminar room was completely full.   Feedback after the event included comments such as: " This was my first IET event and I must say, I am impressed! I enjoyed most of the speakers, the food and the facilities were fantastic and the overall experience was outstanding! Cant wait for the next event Thank you " " The first IET event I have attended, very impressed with the professional organisation, both pre-event and on the day. Thanks " " well-structured event supported by good range of knowledgeable…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • End Of Year Look Back

    As 2016 draws to a close, I wanted to reflect back on the year. The TPN hosted a quite a few successful events including Active and Passive RF Devices Seminar in February and more recently Electromagnetic modelling and simulations for RF and Microwave Applications . For those who attended we hope that you found them interesting and informative and got a lot out of them. For the IET as a whole, Savoy Place completed its first year of use since the refurbishment, culminating in the official opening by HRH The Princess Royal. What were your highlights of 2016, both culturally and in engineering? Was 2016 a golden year in RF and microwaves?   Looking ahead to 2017, which is rapidly approaching, I am really looking to Towards 5G Mobile Technology – Vision to Reality in London in January. The event…

    Former Staff Member
    Former Staff Member

  • The IET says #9PercentIsNotEnough

    Over the last couple of months The IET has been leading a campaign on Twitter to draw attention to the fact that only 9% of engineers in the UK are women.  Hundreds of engineers have posted photos with the hashtag 9PercentIsNotEnough aiming to inspire the next generation of female engineers. A handful of the most recent tweets are brought together in this post. In the Women's Network we'd love to hear what you think, in the year after The IET had our first female President, what will it take to get more women into engineering?  And what will the engineering industry have to do to keep them?   [ View the story "#9percentisnotenough" on Storify ]

    Fiona Dew
    Fiona Dew

  • Community Manager Update - November 2016

    As we settle in to the 2016/17 session I felt it would be good opportunity for me to introduce myself. We have recently had a bit of a portfolio shuffle here at our Stevenage office and I am now the Community Manager for the Robotics and Mechatronics TPN.   To get to know the Robotics network I recently joined their November committee meeting and was very excited by some of the upcoming activities the network has planned. Firstly in February we will be holding an evening lecture on the topic of  Robot Ethics: Advances and Challenges in Medical Robotics .  Professor Guang-Zhong Yang from Imperial College and Dr Catherine Easton from Lancaster University will discuss aspects of state of the art and future research directions in medical robotics as well as the ethical concerns involved when cognitively…

    Gemma Hadley
    Gemma Hadley

  • Welcome The Malaysia Network New Committee!!

    Welcome the new committee both main committee and YPS, Chris Chew being the Chair of the Main Committee and S.Y Leow being the Chairperson for the YPS. Meeting with main committee was held after the AGM, we had a good meeting and discussion about what areas to focus and they shared about some of the hot topics of the Network such as Railway, Power, IoT, Smart grid..etc.   Since the CEng applications have been increasing in the past few years so one of the the key discussion points was we all agreed that Professional Registration and CPDs should be one of the key focuses for the Network. I had a good meeting with YPS.  Great to meet the energetic On Campus representatives from Uniten, UTAR, UCSI and MMU.   I gave an update about the IET news highlighted Global Challenge, On Campus Group of the…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Thanks To The 2014 -16 Malaysia Network Volunteers For All The Great Work You've Done

    Thanks for all the great work you've done! 2014 - 16 committee with CM  A few highlights of 2014 - 16 Malaysia Network: Malaysia YPS won the IET Global and Asia Pacific award for “Best engagement with the under 40s or students” On Campus /students groups in 17 universities with 10 very active OC groups, new OC groups set up for the past year. Malaysia Network hosted visits for Past President Sir Robin Saxby and organized Professional Registrations events with Colin, IET Manager, Registrations and Standards A number of CEng talks (5 talks done by Matthew, Immediate Past Chair) had been conducted at different regions/cities in Malaysia such as in East Malaysia (Sibu and Sarawak) and at Ipoh which have attracted many students, young engineers and attendees from Government department (Public Works…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Speaker Highlight - Predictive Medicine

    We are delighted to announce our keynote speaker for the evening lecture Predictive Medicine joint with the Institution of Engineering Technology, Institute of Mechanical Engineers (Biomedical Engineering Association (BmEA), and the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine. Marco will be speaking on “Predictive Medicine: The Role of Subject-Specific Modelling and Simulation in Healthcare”. Marco Viceconti holds the chair of Biomechanics at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Sheffield, UK, and serves as Executive Director of the Insigneo Institute for in silico Medicine (www.insigneo.org), a joint initiative of the University of Sheffield and the Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. He is also professor associate in the department of Oncology and…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • 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

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