History Weekend Conference Prague May 2017 - deadline extended for Call for Papers

40th IEE/IET HISTORY WEEKEND CONFERENCE : PRAGUE 6-7 th  MAY 2017 CALL FOR PAPERS - DEADLINE EXTENDED Papers are invited on the history of engineering and technology for presentation at the 40th IEE/ IET weekend history conference to be held in Prague in the Czech Republic 6-7th May 2017. Papers which discuss the history, early or recent, of any engineering or technology specialism relevant to the IET , or the personalities and companies who have contributed to the rich heritage of the engineering profession will be considered. The organisers hope to attract papers relating not just to Central Europe but, recognising the global reach of the IET, any area of the world. Selected papers will be presented on Saturday 6 th  May, with optional technical visits on Sunday 7 th  May. For those who plan…

Exploring the future challenges and opportunities for Engineering Manufacture

"The challenges faced by manufacturing research, education and skills requirements, and our knowledge capability base in 2075 will be influenced and informed by organic and disruptive technologies and systems, new materials, changes in our life styles and values, and global political and societal developments. To be suitably prepared, we need to imagine the future to plan the present. A new global forum to discuss very long term manufacturing challenges (i.e. Manufacturing Futures) for the UK and other countries is essential for prosperity and sustainability. Our collective views on Manufacturing Futures will shape our research direction in the short and long term, better understand our user requirements and drivers, ensure tailored and timely practical solutions, and support innovation in…

Jaguar Landrover - Technical Specialist Conference 2016 - British Motor Museum

Jaguar Landrover continues to be a UK manufacturing success story as it develops its vehicle range employing state of the art technologies relative to engineering systems which include: Body Structures Joint and bonding Technology Aluminium Body Structures Composities and Laminates Carbon Fibre Novel manufacturing technologies Propulsion Hybrid and electric research Compition relating to Formula E Autonomy Sensors, systems, algorthims  Chassis and Suspension/Braking Systems Brakes and electrified Powertrian Interfaces The one day event brings together key technical engineering specialists within JLR from across the organisation to discuss the current state of the art in the above (not exhaustive) and presents benchmarked positions. I will be particularly interested in the Project Management…

Manufacturing 2075 Symposia - Cranfield University 7th December 2016

Manufacturing is facing ever greater challenges as the UK seeks to retain and build upon its competive position.  I am looking forward to attending this symposia and to hear what leading academics think are some of the key major challenges and opportuniites that present themselves.  The findings of the workshops in the afternoon will be or particular interest and will form part of a paper that I am writing which will be submitted to peer review early in January 2017 Confirmed Speakers Professor Rajkumar Roy - Director of Manufacturing, Cranfield University Professor Akihisa Inoue - Director of the International Institute for Green Materials, Josai University, Japan Dr. Bernard H. Foing - Executive director ILEWG, ESA ESTEC, The Netherlands Professor Steve Evans - Institute for Manufacturing…

Crash and learn: Why it’s safety first when it comes to testing vehicles and preventing accidents – Emma Wilding, Vehicle Safety Engineer (Degree Apprentice) at Jaguar Land Rover

Emma Wilding is a Vehicle Safety Engineer (Degree Apprentice) at Jaguar Land Rover who has been shortlisted for the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards 2016. She crashes cars for a living, testing the latest car safety features. Emma studied for a foundation degree at Coventry University before going on to start her Bachelor of Engineering at the University of Warwick. Read more...

Engineer a Better World

The IET's campaign to inspire more parents to encourage their children to become engineers. For more information and to watch the video...

Technical colleges flop as they fail to recruit pupils

Pioneering schools set up to improve technical education are facing closure because they cannot recruit enough students Read more...

UK engineering can benefit from Brexit - but skills are in short supply, industry warns

Brexit offers Britain’s engineering sector the chance to reinforce its position as an industrial powerhouse but the UK’s exit must be carefully negotiated not to harm the industry, according to a leading trade body. The Royal Academy of the Engineering has unveiled a heavyweight analysis of the opportunities and threats presented by the result of the referendum on Britain’s EU membership - including the need to maintain a supply of skilled labour. Professor Dame Ann Dowling, president of the academy, said: “This is a critical time for Britain’s engineering sector. Plans for a new industrial strategy announced after the referendum are a really positive indication that government ‘gets’ how important engineering is to the economy. - The Telegraph Read more...

IET TT LN 2016 To 2019 Executive Members Elections

Trinidad and Tobago IET Local Network Board will be elected for the 2016-2019 term at the next Annual General Meeting (AGM). The AGM will be held at Grand Bazaar, Food Court, Trinidad 10 AM on Saturday 19th November 2016 . Offices: Chair Vice-Chair, 2 posts, 1 Senior Vice Chair and 1 Junior Vice Chair Treasurer Secretary Ordinary Members (2) Proposals for offices: A member can only be proposed for one office. The member being proposed must be a member in good standing and must sign the nomination form agreeing to hold the office if elected. There must be a proposer and seconder, they must sign the nomination form and must be members in good standing . Each member proposed to hold office must provide a brief CV detailing their experience that qualifies the member to hold the particular office…

Steering Group Members 2016/17

The Functional Safety TPN Steering Group was confirmed at the Annual Open Meeting on 12 October 2016.  The Group is always interested to hear from other individuals who are keen to volunteer to help organise activities with the TPN.  We are also looking for individuals who would be interested in joining the Technical Advisory Panel for the Network.   Brian Penfold  Chairman James Inge (MoD) Deputy Chairman, Webmaster John Canning IET Policy Panel / ISA Working Group Graham Jolliffe (Jolliffe Associates) SCSC representative Ron Bell (ESC)   Andy German (Atkins)   Mark Nicholson (University of York)   Carl Sandom   Space is available for other Steering Group Members and Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) members. Contact Lynsay Callaghan for more details ( lcallaghan@theiet.org ).

Who are the YWE Finalists for 2016?

Gemma Dalziel, Nadia Johnson, Bethan Murray, Jenni Sidey and Emma Wilding have all been selected as finalists. Read more...

How To Win A Job Reflection

"How to Win a Job" was a social event rounding speakers to bring insight into the gruelling task of tackling job interviews. The event was organised by the Young Professional section of IET VIC and targeted at students looking at the job market. Speakers included recruitment consultants and industry professionals with vast experiences in recruitment sector.   Whether starting out looking for internships, vac work or your first industry job, where do you begin? Con Moraitis (Senior Co-Ord, Student Career Services) suggested to students explore resources at their universities. Career counselling, resume development services and skills development workshops are some of the resources student might find handy. Additionally Career Expos and Employer presentations are also likely stops to narrow down…

Railway Network - Welcome To The New 2016-17 Session From The Community Manager

We started the new 2016-17 session with a change of leadership in the Railway Network.  Jon Hemsley,  Head of Fleet Project Engineering (Services), WMA Engineering, Bombardier Transportation has recently handed over the Chairman’s role to Dr Martyn Chymera ,  Maintenance Performance and Reliability Manager, Crossrail Operations Team, London Rail, Transport for London. I'd like to thank Jon for the help and support he has given me during his time in office and welcome Martyn to his term as Chairman.    During September, we had a couple of excellent visits, one to the South West Trains-Network Rail Training Campus at Basingstoke, organised by Peter Sheppard     Peter and the other participants on the visit seem to have had an excellent time on the simulators and exploring the other training facilities…

IET Wellington Network 2019 Committee

Paul Bagg, Chair Darren Baxter, Vice Chair Keegan Hampshire, YPS Chair Neil Haydon, Treasurer Roger Brady, Committee Member David Owen, Committee Member Ranmal Wilson, Committee Member Murray Milner, Committee Member Quinn Ho, Committee Member Norbert Nziramasanga, (Privacy and Media Coordinator) Chris Lambell, Committee Member

Welcome the 2016-17 YPS Committee & Congratulations to Swinburne Sarawak (Best On Campus group Malaysia)

The IET YPS AGM for 2016-17 was successfully held on 15th October 2016 at Armada Hotel, Petaling Jaya. A new YPS board of committees for the new term 16/17 was then elected as per table below (scrolled down to the bottom). (pic:  IET Malaysia YPS AGM 2016 group pic) Annual Dinner whereby was held after the AGM in the evening. The event started off with the welcoming address by Ir. Dr. Matthew Teow, IET Malaysia Chairperson and YPS opening keynote by Mr. Yong Boon Heng, outgoing IET YPS Malaysia Chairperson. (Immediate Past Chairman Michael) During the Annual Dinner, the Best IET On Campus Award 2016 was awarded to the Swinburne Sarawak IET On Campus, winner of this award for the 2nd consecutive year. UTAR IET On Campus won the 1st runner up place while University of Southampton Malaysia Campus…

International Academic Accreditation

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is one of the world’s leading professional societies for the engineering and technology community and IET accreditation is recognised around the world as an indicator of quality. More information can be found in the attached file and this link

Highlights from IBC 2016

Graham Turner, Chairman of the IET Multimedia Communications Network has provided us with some insights from the International Broadcasting Convention. From the point of view of our time at IBC, and the recordings, here are some of the major points that arose:   The fact that most media (and other) enterprises don’t realise they’ve been the subject of a cyberattack until after 80 days on average (and of course we know it was much, much longer than that for Yahoo).   The amazing stack of 50 or so different types of set top boxes delivering pirated television services that we saw.   The strong presence, and perhaps hype, for VR, but without too much of a clear view as to how it could be used (except perhaps for Dolby’s virtual cinema / theatre concept).   Great acceleration for the introduction…

‘Google Map of body’ will fight disease

A programme backed by the founder of Facebook aims to create a “Google Maps of the human body” to sketch out the workings of every type of cell. Read more...

The power of parity: Advancing women’s equality in the United Kingdom

Bridging the gender gap in the United Kingdom could increase GDP by billions of pounds over the next decade and add 840,000 female employees to the workforce.  - McKinsey & Company Read more...

Apply now to Join the WISE Young Women’s Board and help to make a difference

The WISE Young Women's Board (WYWB) make a real difference to WISE achieving its purpose to enable and energise people who increase the participation, contribution and success of women in the UK's STEM workforce from classroom to boardroom. Read more...

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Planning

In early October, the Southern California Local Network was treated to a talk by Ian G Mills on his career in Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity, including some examples based on what to do when you are helping run the IT infrastructure in a government ministry when your country is invaded… The Insurance Information Institute suggests that about 25% of businesses that close following a disaster do not open their doors again, and as a disaster could befall a business directly, or its partners. Ian explained that businesses should prepare contingency plans for scenarios both within, and outside each companies control, as a supply or distribution chain disruption can also cause problems so businesses need to plan for their failure too. For example, the road to a distribution center might…

Air Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS) Event

On the 13th of October, a group of members and non members attended the Wales North LN Annual Safety Lecture which was held at Glyndwr Optic. This year, our speaker was Ron Pierce a Safety Consultant who gave a fascinating talk about "Air Collision Avoidance Systems". This started with the first air collision in 1922, developments in World War 2, use of VHF Radio, the hazard rating scale used by Air Traffic Controllers before moving on to modern communications systems. We heard about TCAS operating principles, audible alerts in the cockpit plus many other features. There are, at any one time, five million people flying in passenger aircraft and we were all reassured about the safety of this for of transport. We are very grateful to Ron and judging by the depth and quality of the questions,…

The Cyber Peak; Expectations Of Market Size And Projections.

I recently researched the potential growth of the Cyber Security market;   1.The Europe Cyber Security Market is expected to grow to $35.53 billion by 2019 and will contribute to 27 % of the global market by 2019. 2.The Middle East and Africa Cyber Security Market is expected to grow to $13.43 billion by 2019 and will contribute 7.19% of the global market by 2019. 3.The Asia Pacific Cyber Security Market is expected to group to $13.43 billion by 2019 and is expected to contribute to 17.21% of the global market by 2019. For something to peak, it is implied that there has been a shift from a baseline. A modern day laboratory would take a specimen sample (something unknown) and identify peaks. The peaks contain functional groups and the lab would identify the chemical makeup of its compounds.…

IET-UK New President: Professor Jeremy Watson