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  • A Sussex Railway Pioneer

    During August we had the delight (and exhaustion) of having our Daughter and two Grandchildren from California stay with us for three weeks. During their stay they rode on quite a number of trains, from the South Downs Light Railway to the Eurostar to Rotterdam to visit their cousin. Included in that list was the Volk’s Electric Railway (VER) that runs along Brighton seafront from the Palace Pier to the Marina, a distance of about one and a half kilometres. The Volk’s Electric Railway is claimed to be the oldest electric railway in the world. It is certainly still transporting people (with a high percentage of children) along the seafront, between the promenade and the beach. I did notice that a suitable shingle bank screens the day-trippers on the train from the naturists beach!   Magnus Volk…

    David James
    David James

  • Congratulations To IET Brunei Network 20th Anniversary

    20th Anniversary Dinner was held on 18 August, it was a big success with over 168 guests attended, including the following guests:1) Guest of Honour: Minister of Development: Yang Berhormat Dato Seri Paduka Awang Haji Suhaimi bin Haji Gafar, 2) Deputy Minister of Development Architect: Haji Marzuke bin Haji Mohsin,  3) Legislative Council member and President of Institution of Surveyors, Engineering and Architects (PUJA) Brunei: Yang Berhormat Siti Rozaimeriyanty binti Dato Seri Laila Jasa Haji Abdul Rahman;  4) Permanent Secretaries and Deputy Permanent Secretaries at the Ministry of Development and many others such as Head of OGDC and Honorable Chairman of IMechE. 5) Members and those who volunteered for the IET Brunei in different years for the past 20 years. Schufin, IET Brunei Chairman…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Payment Links (For Extra Ticket And Additional Paper) - APSCOM 2018

    The 11th IET International Conference On Advances In Power System Control, Operation And Management Description  Theme of Conference - Future Grid: The Reality, Challenges, and Opportunities Date 11 – 15 November 2018 Venue  Hong Kong - Hyatt Regency, 18 Hanoi Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong More info - (extra cocktail ticket) - (extra banquet ticket) - (present up to 4 paper) - (present up to 5 paper) - (present up to 6 paper)

    Dodi Mak
    Dodi Mak

  • AWAKE achieves first ever acceleration of electrons in a proton-driven plasma wave

    Lancaster researchers have contributed to a major break-through at CERN. In a paper published in the journal Nature, the AWAKE collaboration at CERN reports the first ever successful acceleration of electrons using a wave generated by protons zipping through a plasma.  The acceleration obtained over a given distance is already several times higher than that of conventional technologies currently available for particle accelerators.  First proposed in the 1970s, the use of plasma waves, or ‘wakefields’, has the potential to drastically reduce the size of accelerators in the next several decades.  AWAKE, which stands for “Advanced WAKEfield Experiment”, is a proof-of-principle compact accelerator project for accelerating electrons to very high energies over short distances. Accelerating particles…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • MotoE Racing And IET ARTS TPN Rocking It At Donington Park

    Or should that be rocketing  it?  Certainly seemed that way standing on the pit wall watching the electric bikes in action ten days ago, as the 4th series of MotoE Racing got underway at Donington Park. This is the electric motorcycle racing championship that the ARTS TPN support. Competing over the two days were new teams  Duffy Motorsport   and Electric Superbike Twente We also welcomed University of Nottingham  back after a year’s absence, with a world class electric motorcycle and a new motor.  The Nova team from Delft University  Duffy Motorsport are a small private team and its excellent that they’ve been able to join the series, as Ryan Duffy has had an ambition to set up his own team for a number of years.  The team’s inaugural race was at the TTZero this year, before they joined up…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Registration Payment Links - The 11th IET International Conference On Advances In Power System Control, Operation And Management

    Description Theme of Conference - Future Grid: The Reality, Challenges, and Opportunities Date 11 – 15 November 2018 Venue Hong Kong - Hyatt Regency, 18 Hanoi Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong More info Payment Links for APSCOM 2018: -  Registration fees for member - Registration fees for member with Hong Kong Visit  - Registration fees for non-member   - Registration fees for non-member with Hong Kong Visit   - Registration fees for student   - Registration fees for student with Hong Kong Visit

    Dodi Mak
    Dodi Mak

  • STEMxConsulting: An Intro for Beginners

    In Week 2 of Semester 2, UWA IET On Campus held its very first event in collaboration with UWA Consulting Society, 180 Degree Consulting WA and Ernst & Young. The event was developed to answer one question: “Have you ever wondered where else a STEM degree can take you?” In Week 2 of Semester 2, UWA IET On Campus held its very first event in collaboration with UWA Consulting Society, 180 Degree Consulting WA and Ernst & Young. The event was developed to answer one question: “Have you ever wondered where else a STEM degree can take you?” Often many STEM students choose a career path that is aligned with their specific degree. As an engineering student myself, I used to think that engineering is the only way to go. However, STEM students tend to disregard the career possibilities in other sectors…

  • IET Brunei celebrates 20th Anniversary

    THE Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Brunei Darussalam Local Network celebrated its 20 th  anniversary with a dinner at the Radisson Hotel, Bandar Seri Begawan. The guest of honour was Minister of Development Dato Seri Setia Engineer Awang Haji Suhaimi bin Haji Gafar. Deputy Minister of Development Haji Marzuke bin Haji Mohsin; Legislative Council member and President of Institution of Surveyors, Engineering and Architects (PUJA) Brunei Yang Berhormat Siti Rozaimeriyanty binti Dato Seri Laila Jasa Haji Abdul Rahman; permanent secretaries; deputy permanent secretaries at the Ministry of Development; senior government officials; and sponsors were also present. In his speech, Minister of Development highlighted the need of increasing collaboration for innovation and research between…

    Siong Tang
    Siong Tang

  • New Antennas And Propagation Event

    The A&P TPN are organising an exciting new event for 2019: Antennas and Propagation for 5G and Beyond.   The event will provide a look at this fast moving field. The topics to be discussed are applicable across a wide range of applications that exploit the radio spectrum, including energy, transport (rail, connected and autonomous vehicles), healthcare, agriculture, broadcasting, utilities, etc. The Call for Contributions for this event is open – no formal abstract is required. This is a great opportunity for students and researchers in both academia and industry to present your research and have a have a chance to network with leaders in the field.   The deadline for the Call for Contributions is 9 December 2019 For more information on the Call for Contributions, the event itself and to register…

    Former Staff Member
    Former Staff Member

  • The IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards 2018

    The IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards 2018 are to be held at Savoy Place on 6 December 2018 between 1800 hrs and 2200 hrs.  Rachel Riley of Countdown and Strictly fame will be the host of the event.  For full details and to book a place please go to please go to YWE

    David Blake
    David Blake

  • IET Aerospace TPN Reaches For The Sky At The Royal Air Tattoo At RAF Fairford

    Back in July, together with some of the Aerospace Technical Professional Network volunteers I helped out on the IET stand at the RAF Tattoo at Fairford.  The stand which is organised by the Swindon Local Network, has evolved over the years from a 3’x3’ space to the point where this year, it was one of the largest in terms of floor space in the Innovation Zone marquee. In addition to the STEM activities that the Swindon LN had provided, which consisted of some excellent quality hands-on activities that they’d acquired for the weekend, there were a number of IET Education 5-19 items such as ‘Build a Torch’ and new for this year ‘Build a Glider’.  The Aerospace TPN volunteers had fun being competitive in seeing whose glider could go the furthest!  Sadly despite being the daughter of a former Aeronautical…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • The Election Of Ordinary Members In Session 2022

    As the number of valid nominations is more than the number of vacancies, a poll for the election of Ordinary Members for the Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Section Committee is scheduled. Biography of each candidate is given as below: Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Section Committee Candidate Biography: Law Wing Ting, BEng MSc MIET Law Wing Ting is currently an Engineering Manager in the Smart City Division at Hong Kong Productivity Council. She leads a diverse engineering team focusing on autonomous mobile robots and A.I. solutions, including sensor fusion, machine learning, and computer vision. She received her BSc and MSc degrees in Product Engineering with Marketing in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2015 and Systems Engineering & Engineering Management in The…

    Dodi Mak
    Dodi Mak

  • Satellite TPN Achieves Orbit In India!

    Just recently Aravind Kilaru and S. Purushothaman, volunteers on the Satellite Systems & Applications Executive team and Techical Advisory Panel respectively, organised the TPN’s inaugural event in India, with the assistance of the IET Bangalore Local Network and the India office.  The 1 st technical talk on “Satellite Technology - Trends, Developments and Prospects” attracted an audience of 38 members/non-members, consisting of a mix of students, academics and industry aligned to the Satellite sector. The invited speakers introduced the brief history of Indian Space program and the private industry contribution to the Indian space program and the range of products developed under Make in India initiative by Govt of India. One of the invited speakers Shri. S Hiriyanna, Group Head, GEOSAT Programme…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • My Smartphone Thinks I Drive To The KFC Restaurant Every Morning, Should I Be Concerned?

    There’s no doubt that smartphones have revolutionised the way we work, play, communicate with others etc but sometimes I do wonder if it’s all a bit too much…I have a map app on my phone (nothing new there, so do most smartphone users) and most of the time I find it really useful as it can tell me where I am if I’m a bit lost and, most importantly, where I’ve parked my car!  But sometimes its knowledge of my travel habits concerns me. I recently became aware that my phone also knows quite a lot about me, where I travel to and from, at what time and interestingly on which days. My phone is connected to my car stereo via Bluetooth technology which means I can use the phone completely hands free whilst in the car.  #noexcuses for handling the phone as I can do everything on voice commands “Siri…

  • IET Merseyside and Western Cheshire Events Newsletter - September 2018 to January 2019 is now available as an on-line flip book.

    IET Merseyside and Western Cheshire Events Newsletter - September 2018 to January 2019 is now available as an on-line flip book, please click the link   On-line flip book . The newsletter is also attached to this blog as a pdf file, the file size is 2.2Mb.

    Rob McDonald
    Rob McDonald

  • PBOC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2018 - 16TH AUGUST 2018

    Thursday, 16th August 2018, Lumut - IET Politeknik Brunei On Campus (IET-PBOC) held an Annual General Meeting in Lumut Campus. Presented in the meeting and the On Campus progress and growth in terms of student membership, which had increased to 15% for the past 1 year term.Within the attendees, the meeting was honoured to be within the presence of PBOC advisors, Dr. Tang Shi Siong, Pg. Mohd. Aziz Pg. Hj. Hassan, and Nadzuan Bin Narawi. At the end of the meeting, the election of new PBOC committees was completed. The committees were comprised of Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer, Public Relation/Media Officer and Assistant Public Relation/Media Officer.

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Enter Your Photo Contest Today!

    Submitting your entry couldn't be easier: 1. Visit the website at  www.theiet.org/photo-competition 2. Download the entry form 3. Send the completed and signed entry form and your photo(s) to  Photography@theiet.org .

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Upcoming Events In Safety & Cyber Security In 2018

    We have a series of Safety and Cyber related events planned for the remaining quarter of 2018 covering safety critical systems and human factors, system safety and cyber security, software tools in the development of safety systems and cyber security in transport.Download the flyer to find out about all these events in one place or follow the links below: Operating beyond the edge: Safety critical systems and human factors, 29th October, Barrow. SSCS2018,30th - 31st October, London Software Tools in the Development of Safety Systems, 20th November, Birmingham Cyber Security in Transport, 6th December, Birmingham We have sponsorship options available for all of the above events, so if you are interested, please get in touch with Lynsay Callaghan, IET Community Manager (lcallaghan@theiet.org…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Formula North 2018- Post Event Report

    Dear Sponsor, Formula North 2018 took place at Barrie Molson Centre, Barrie, Ontario for the seventh consecutive year from May 31st to June 3rd 2018. The event was supported by dedicated volunteers, staff and sponsors who invested their energies into facilitating teams from across North America, and the world, for this four day event featuring both electric and combustion vehicles. Our farthest travelled participants came from South Asia, respectively the teams Technoaviators from Chandigarh Group of Colleges in India and the NED Racers from the NED University of Engineering and Technology in Pakistan. Each year a growing interest is expressed in Formula North through a steady increase in the number of registering teams. Owing to an increase in our infrastructural capacity we opened our electric…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Salient Features - Password Policy

    Passing Bletchley, I thought how password techniques have progressed over the years.   I recently had opportunity to review salient features applicable to a password policy - This blog post will review some of the features : 1) Enforce the use of unique accounts: A unique user ID should be mandatory to gain access to a network resource. Shared or generic user accounts should not be used. 2) Enforce the use of complex passwords: Password should be alphanumeric, include upper and lower case letter and some special characters. 3) Enforce Minimum Password Lengths:  A minimum of at least 8 characters should be used. 4) Enforce Password Changes: Password changes should occur every 90 days. 5) Disallow Reusing Passwords: One time use will ensure a lower chance of compromise. Password history policy…

    Rimesh Patel
    Rimesh Patel

  • 2018-19 Toronto LN Committee

    Committee Members and Executives for the 2018/19 Chair: Jenny Yu Treasurer: Anni Feng (left Toronto in May 2019) Secretary: Timothy So Committee Members: Richard Inglis Lolo Adigwe Rong Yang George Chelvanayagam (IPRA) Jim McConnach (Advisor) Preetam Singh (Advisor) As the Chair of the LN, I am to create networking opportunity for like-minded or similar people to share and promote common interests in technology; and to encourage younger members to get involved.

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Message from 2018 Stan Thurger Award Recipient at Sheridan College

    “I am honoured to have been awarded the Stan Thurger award for the 2017 -2018 academic year at Sheridan College. Thanks to your generous support, I feel that I am one step closer to achieve my goal to become a top notch Mechanical Designer and to someday inspire students the way your award has inspired me. This award is meaningful not only financially, but emotionally as well, as it has strengthened my belief in myself. Thank you for helping Sheridan College students like me achieve their dreams.” - Gabriel Gomes Dettogni, Mechanical Engineering Technology – Design and Drafting

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Attention For Those Under The Age Of 30 On 1st October 2018

    Volunteering Opportunity For Communities Committee Americas (CC-A) Finance Lead.  Email  iet.toronto@theiet.org to show your interest and details will be provided. Respond fast before the position is filled.  CC-A supports all IET activities throughout North, Central, and South America, the Caribbean, and Greenland.

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Program For The 12th UKACC International Conference On Control And IET Industry Special Session On Autonomous Transport

    The provisional program for the 12th UKACC International Conference on Control, 5-7th September, Sheffield, is now out. The C&A network is hosting an industry special session on Friday 7th with a planned theme of Control Challenges in an Increasingly Autonomous Transport Sector. For more information... Program: https://controls.papercept.net/conferences/conferences/UKACC18/program/ Registration and other information: https://control2018.group.shef.ac.uk/

    James Taylor
    James Taylor

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