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Wireless Charging of Electric Vehicles

TRL are asking all community members to help out with a new and exciting research into wireless charging of electric vehicles. It would be greatly appreciated if you could please take about 10-15 minutes to respond to this questionnaire . This survey is part of a task led by TRL and in collaboration with VUB in a European research project to investigate the socio-economic impacts of WPT charging of electric vehicles and more specifically the social acceptance elements. Your participation in this survey can help to shape future implementation of wireless charging for electric vehicles.

Deborah-Claire McKenzie
IET Knowledge Packs - a new member benefit to support your CPD

The new IET Knowledge Packs offer a flexible way to access the IET Digital Library – a global repository of science, engineering and technology content including: 400 eBooks, 1,300 Conference publications and 70,000 Journal Articles. The IET Digital Library is packed full of high-quality technical documents, eBooks and journal articles – and as an IET member you can now access this knowledge in bite-size chunks using the all-new Knowledge Packs. 5 free credits for members As part of this new membership benefit, you can now log on to obtain 5 free credits in order to download content from the IET Digital Library, whilst contributing towards your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) as part of the IET's CPD Monitoring Scheme. Find out more… Watch the Knowledge Pack video and Knowledge Pack…

Former Community Member
RFID principals and the Internet of Things

Read what one of the attendees at our recent event had to say: The recent IET Event RFID principals and the Internet of Things was the first to be hosted at Balluff and was a great success. With the venue filled almost to capacity we were treated to two lectures on RFID principles, applications and the Internet of Things and Data capture software and real-time visibility within manufacturing and the supply chain The first lecture delivered by Oliver Puetz-Gerbig of Balluff covered the principles of RFID, and the differences between various frequencies of systems before moving onto future developments of RFID. We heard how large multi-national companies are researching the use of RFID as part of 'Industry 4.0' which appears to be another name for 'the internet of things'. At one stage we were…

Joanne Longton
Prospects Of Multimedia Technologies And Applications.

On 24 th October 2013 the IET Italy Network in collaboration with the University of Bologna and the IET Multimedia Communications Network, were proud to host a lecture by Dr Leonardo Chiariglione (Founder of MPEG) on the ‘Prospects of Multimedia technologies and applications. If you were not able to attend in person, you can now view the presentation on IET.tv below and give us your feedback . Prospects of multimedia technologies and applications Dr Leonardo Chiariglione From: Prospects of multimedia technologies and applications, 24 October 2013, Bologna, Italy >> go to webcast >> recommend to friend Dr Chiariglione was also interviewed by Philip Clayson from the IET Multimedia Communications Network. You can watch the interview below:

Lisa Miles
Joseph Baddeley awarded prize for Student Excellence

Joseph Baddeley, a foundation degree engineering student from Birches Head has been awarded a certificate for student excellence and a cheque for £250.00 by the Institution of Engineering and Technology. After leaving school Joe studied at Stoke-on-Trent College and obtained a BTEC L3 in Electrical/Electronic Engineering. After a period working for JCB he returned to college to study for a Foundation Degree in Electrical/Electronic Technology and has passed with merit. Paul Bloor, course leader at Stoke-on-Trent College, said, “Joseph has put a lot of effort into his studies, is very well organised and respected by his peers. I had no hesitation in nominating him for the award.” The prize was presented during an IET event at Staffordshire University by Angelika Kavvalaki, Chair of the IET North…

Joanne Longton
Where Next For Digital Media?

The MPEG standards have made a monumental impact to the way the World consumes digital media. But where next?On 24 th October 2013 the IET Multimedia Communications Network in collaboration with the IET’s Local Network in Italy and the University of Bologna were proud to host a presentation by Dr Leonardo Chiariglione (Founder of MPEG) on the ‘Prospects of Multimedia technologies and applications'. You can now watch the presentation on IET.tv and add your comments and feedback to the event review after viewing. Prospects of multimedia technologies and applications Dr Leonardo Chiariglione From: Prospects of multimedia technologies and applications, 24 October 2013, Bologna, Italy >> go to webcast >> recommend to friend Dr Chiariglione also spoke to Philip Clayson from the IET Multimedia…

Lisa Miles
IET London Network Committee

The IET London Network organises an extensive programme of activities in and around London. We have volunteer groups arranging events in Harrow, Hammersmith, Teddington, Central London, Bromley and East London as well the Young Professionals and Friday Lunch and Lecture groups. We also have a group dedicated to organising technical visits to places of engineering interest. 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 our committees, or would like to be a volunteer for us, please get in touch with any of the volunteers listed here. IET London Committee Femi Olushola - Chairman Xen Christodoulou - Vice Chair David Tabor - Secretary Vacancy - Treasurer Li-Wen Yip - Event Co-ordinator Maurice Greenberg…

Lisa Miles
IET Career Manager Online Training

IET Career Manager is our online professional development planning and recording tool. IET Career Manager is very intuitive to use and training isn’t necessary in order to use it. However, to help you use the tool to its full potential we provide regular online webinar training sessions on various areas of the tool’s functionality and provide an opportunity to ask questions. Each webinar lasts approximately one hour. Webinar Topics Using IET Career Manager for Initial Professional Development (IPD) If you are graduate engineer or working towards professional registration, this session includes: - Intent to Register - IPD schemes - Competence assessments - Archived assessments and verification - IPD reporting Using IET Career Manager for Professional Registration If you are starting to or are…

Former Community Member
5G Technology Gets 2014 Off To A Cracking Start

The first IET Surrey network event of 2014 on the development of 5G mobility turned out a huge success for the capacity audience who braved a wet night to visit the University of Surrey on January 15. Feedback to the lecture by Prof Rahim Tafozolli, Director of the Centre for Communications Systems Research and the 5G Innovation centre at the University of Surrey received high praise for content and presentation. Prof Tafozolli explained the story behind the project, and underlined the importance of innovation in finding ways of coping with the rising levels of mobile communications. The University of Surrey will play a major role in the development of the 5G network of the future. Together with a consortium of major industry players it will build the world's first research centre on campus…

Mike Prewett
Wireless Charging of Electric Vehicles

TRL are asking all community members to help out with a new and exciting research into wireless charging of electric vehicles. It would be greatly appreciated if you could please take about 10-15 minutes to respond to this questionnaire . This survey is part of a task led by TRL and in collaboration with VUB in a European research project to investigate the socio-economic impacts of WPT charging of electric vehicles and more specifically the social acceptance elements. Your participation in this survey can help to shape future implementation of wireless charging for electric vehicles.

Deborah-Claire McKenzie
Chairman's Message

It is a great privilege to chair the Institution of Engineering and Technology in the East Midlands. The East Midlands Network has strong links with local academic institutions, businesses and professional organisations across the region. Being a member of the IET offers lifelong benefits, from support and advice to those just starting their engineering career, to mentoring towards professional registration. Others may seek the assistance of IET Connect or access to an international network of professionals and immense centre of knowledge, to name a few. Our Young Professionals Section offers excellent support to those new to industry. For the more established engineer, the East Midlands Engineering and Science Professionals (EMESP) has cultivated a network across the engineering spectrum throughout…

Joanne Longton
Energy Storage-Latest Developments To Capitalize, Optimize And Complement Developments In Renewable Energy

Energy storage is an essential component in the successful realization of renewable energy systems. While there is a lot of visibility about renewable energy initiatives worldwide, developments in the corresponding energy storage systems do not appear to enjoy a similar level of publicity. This lecture will present some of the latest developments in energy storage, outlining the level of preparedness to capitalize, optimize and complement efforts within the overall renewable energy drive. Speaker: John Baker - Manager - New Energy Technologies, EA Technology Consulting Venue: Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI), Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester, M3 4FP Date: 19 February 2013

Lynsay Callaghan
East Coast Franchise Bidders Announced

The shortlisted bidders for the East Coast franchise have been announced by the government. To see whose been issued with invitations to tender for the new franchise which begins in Feburary 2015, please click here .

Deborah-Claire McKenzie
One for the European Power community

31 March – 3 April 2014. Tivoli Hotel and Congress Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark Attend DPSP 2014 to hear over 150 technical presentations from 38 countries, addressing the latest research and developments in system protection and control systems. Plus you will hear keynote talks from the Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) and Network Rail (UK), further your learning at a tutorial on the protection of DC and associated networks; and meet and interact with leading suppliers at the exhibition. Key themes covered at DPSP 2014 Utility experience Smart grids and microgrids Renewable energy protection New algorithms Wide area and system protection HVDC grids Testing and procedures for IEC61850 Distribution and LV networks See the full programme and register your place online at www.theiet.org/…

Former Community Member
New IPRAs

At the end of 2013, the EMEA CC arranged a training session for 10 new IPRAs to be trained. We now have new IPRAs in Qatar, UAE, Bahrain and Oman This is good news for the region and if you're thinking about becoming professionally registered then I recommend get in contact with an IPRA and get the process started. Have you already done this? We'd love to hear from you!

Former Community Member in CEng
IET Scotland North Chairman’s Welcome 2013/14

It is both an honour and a privilege to welcome you as the Chair of the IET North Scotland Network (SN) to our 2013/2014 programme. I hope that this year’s programme can build on the success of last years. The IET covers an extremely wide range of disciplines and the above programme’s breadth reflects this. No matter your background, we hope the session provides a range of events that will be of relevance and interest to you. The network already has a full programme of events in place with a wide range of lectures and events including: Community Energy Schemes in Western Isles Hydrogen Fuel Cells update North Sea Enhanced Oil Recovery Through CCS Powering the Commonwealth Games Present Around The World (PATW) competition Various Lifeskill events across the regions PRA events We are also in…

Lynsay Callaghan
Design Development Of The Emirates Arena And The Sir Chris Hoy Veladrome

Glasgow's Commonwealth Arena, incorporating the Indoor Sports Arena & Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, is the only major new sports facility planned to be used as part of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The complex is also designed for its legacy use as both a centre for sporting excellence, providing a local, regional and national training centre and competition venue, and as a community sports facility. The talk by Gordon McGhie, Director of Glasgow Architects 3DReid, explains the design development of this unique facility, its impact on the East End of Glasgow and the challenges of creating and constructing a facility which both meets the requirements for Commonwealth Games events and is suitable for intense everyday use by a wide range of participants, spectators and sporting bodies. About the speaker…

Lynsay Callaghan
Joint Institutions Annual Dinner

I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that the closing date for bookings for the Joint Institutions Annual Dinner on 24th January is this Wednesday, 15th January 2014 . See the flyer for details of the restaurant, booking form. I can allow some leeway on the booking date up to the end of the weekend.

Phil Dunbar
Joint institutions Networking and Social evening

I would like to remind those of you who are in Paris this month that the first Institutions' (ICE, IET, IMechE, IStructE) joint networking and social evening of 2014 will be held next Thursday 16th January 2014 from 19h00 at Carr's bar and restaurant, 1 rue Mont Thabor, Paris 75001 (Métro Line 1 Tuileries) . Spouses,partners and friends welcome. This regular event takes place the 3rd Thursday of each month. There will be an optional group dinner from about 20h30. Ian Dewsbury will be hosting the evening for the ICE French LA and he looks forward to seeing you there for a drink and chat about past and future Institution events in 2014.

Phil Dunbar
IET France Network Committee

The IET France Network Committee organises programme of activities for IET members, engineers and members of the public in France . 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 volunteer your time to help with our activities, please get in touch with any of the current committee volunteers listed below. Phil Dunbar Chairman K Rao Vice Chairman Timothy Lorkin Secretary Vacant position Treasurer Peter Morgan Member Robert McCann Member Ian Gillis Member Brian Wyld Member Hugues De Saint Acheul Member

Lisa Miles
EMEA PATW Finalist Interview

Here's an interview with Hassan Al Ismail, our PATW finalist from EMEA. If your LN have not done a PATW competition , then please do get in contact so that we can help you make it happen! Follow @IETAwards on Twitter.

Former Community Member
An Idea For Running Professional Registration Events....

The PCEUAE (Professional Chartered Enginners in theUnited Arab Emirates) group have kindly shared their method of running Professional Registration workshops. Please have a read through the attached file as you might find it useful! If you're interested in learning more, or would like to see mroe professional registration activity in your area, then please do contact me.

Former Community Member in CEng
Providing All The Inspiration You Need During The Gloomy Winter Months…!

With the risk of bordering on being late: Happy New Year everybody! For the majority of us, this Monday will be the second working week but probably the first week we are getting our head around work, friends and the IET again. The Christmas break is now well and truly over and for some, it might even seem like a distant memory. The two months after the festive break are always considered the most dark of them all: cold, wet and dark with no real break to look forward to…. Not if we can help it! Our Network in London has an inspiring programme of events to see you through the winter months! The Central London group will kick-off events this Wednesday with one of their well-established evening lectures, followed by the group in Hammersmith the week after: How do we manage safety and risk in…

Davy Thielens
Feedback from the ROS Workshop, November 2013

Feedback from one of the attendees at the ROS workshop Thanks for the event. As a new Robotics PhD student who knows a lot about programming and not very much about robots, this has really helped me gain confidence that ROS is indeed very helpful to abstract the controls and focus on the what, not the how. When I used the simulator I got a vague idea of how the system operates, but testing it on real robots made me aware of practical implications, connectivity issues, etc and reassured me that I can indeed "make it work". It has also been very valuable for me to talk to and work with people that are also exploring this -potentially revolutionary- piece of software. It opened my mind to the fact that not just academics but also small and large companies and independent individuals are indeed…

Joanne Longton

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