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  • Railway TPN Young Professional Visit To The Traffic Management Facility At Romford

    The Young Professionals latest technical visit was to Network Rail’s new Traffic Management facility at the Romford Rail Operating Centre to see the UK’s first deployment of Traffic Management.  Through the Digital Railway programme Network Rail, alongside industry partners, are creating a digital future for Britain’s railway. Their aim is to benefit passengers and support economic growth. As part of this programme of works a Traffic Management System is being developed and deployed. This system will help to reduce passenger delay at times when the service is in perturbation. Network Rail’s Traffic Management system interfaces with the signalling system, business systems and telephony systems to automatically schedule and route trains. We met on the platform at Romford and were guided to the…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Introducing the New Railway TPN YP Chair, David Lawes

    At the January 2017 meeting of the Railway TPN YP Group, the position of Chair was handed to David Lawes.  David would like to pass on his Chair message. Message from David Lawes, Railway TPN YP Chair. I am truly excited to be the next Chair of the IET Young Professionals Rail Network, having been part of various rail committees for the past 4 years.   Firstly, I’d like to say a huge thank you to my predecessor Matthew Bagshawe, who has looked after the committee for the past three years. Matthew grew the committee and its success and I aspire to build on what he’s achieved.   For me what is most important about chairing this network is actively contributing to the promotion of the rail industry to young professionals. It’s key to our industry to inspire, employ and retain talent; providing…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Speaker Highlight - The 3rd Annual Future Of Medicine – The Role Of Doctors In 2027

    We are delighted that Denis Gilhooly, will be opening The 3rd Annual Future of Medicine – The Role of Doctors in 2027 event, jointly organised by the IET Healthcare Technologies Network and the royal Society of Medicine. The event is taking place on the 18 May 2017 at BMA House, London. Denis will be talking on "Panaceas and Pandora's Box: Digital Health and the Digital Doctor 2027" The mantra of  Silicon Valley guru and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla that 80% of what doctors do today will be done by digital technology tomorrow is most likely inevitable.  However, it is important to recognize that just three decades into the new digital age, we still have only a partial understanding of the nascent and complex nature of digital or network dynamics .  The perennial complexity of health and…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • UTC Reading Computing Students Get Creative At The IET Arduino Club

    Following the partnership between IET and UTC Reading, UTC Reading have been running a weekly “IET Arduino Club” for computing students. For one hour per week, 20 students are able to build something of their choice using Arduino kits. The club is aimed at delivering an immersive and creative experience for students and offering them the opportunity to use technology in innovative ways. Students have made fantastic use of the arduino kits funded by the IET and demonstrated how the technology can be applied practically. Read all about it here!

    Dooshiant Dyall
    Dooshiant Dyall

  • How IET PSB Academy On Campus Group Become A Strong Group - Tips From Dr Liau, PSB Academy

    Dr Liau, Head, School of Engineering and Technology, PSB Academy shared some tips about how to help PSB On Campus (OC) group become a strong and vibrant team.  Number of committee members almost doubled 6 members to 10 members currently) in just four months after it's being set up. Mentoring – Maintain good relationship with students and mentor them Inspire students – Invited Engineers to share about their Engineering journey  Good events with Networking opportunities – Rolls Royce visit, Cisco visits that provide networking opportunities with industries Social media – Use social media to engage students and promote about OC groups  Volunteering – Invite them to be part of committee or to volunteer at the activities, they will see the benefits of joining the IET/OC group Support from Singapore…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Cyber Trends Seminar - Augmentation Of The CISO

    Attending a breakfast seminar on cyber trends it was reviewed that CISO roles may change from champion roles into coach based roles. No longer are the CISO's of a company expected to be the internal security champion, but instead they will be empowering other security team members with tools to achieve company objectives. The discussion was made that CISO’s perhaps might have less of an executive focus than originally thought and with that, it was reviewed how Cyber & Security are now maturing into 2 separate ontologies. To say, Cyber focuses on assurance elements, whilst Security focuses on build-by design elements.  This might have merit for Security Analysts to focus on malware , mitigation or detection whilst architects focus on security by design. IoT was touched on to mention that if…

    Rimesh Patel
    Rimesh Patel

  • Important information - Changes to the 11th April North West Electrification Programme

    This event is currenlty fully booked, but for anyone who has registered to attend, please see the email that was sent out to you on Tuesday 21st March regarding the changes. North West Electrification Programme 11 April 2017 in Crewe There have been some changes that I need to bring to your attention: Due to unforeseen circumstances the lecture is unable to take place at the Bombardier site and will now be held at Manchester Metropolitan University Cheshire Campus, Campus map attached. For further information please see online. We are unable to provide transport following the Bombardier site visit to the University and for those without their own vehicle,  it will be a 45 minute walk. Parking will be available at the university. If you still wish to attend the tour you will need to:  %uF0A7…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Call For Speakers For The 12th System Safety And Cyber Security Event (30 October – 1 November, 2017) Now Open

    SSCS is the largest conference for system safety specialists held in the UK; and the only conference where both safety and security engineers from around the world can meet and share ideas, new research and network. The 12th edition of the IET System Safety and Cyber Security conference, addressing key cyber challenges for the critical safety systems will take place on in October 2017 at the IET London: Savoy Place. Sessions at this year’s conference will focus on integrating safety and cyber security, implementing and adopting security approaches, system / software safety  and  will cover four over-arching  themes: -  Integrating safety and cyber security -  Vulnerabilities, threats and solutions to cyber security in safety-critical systems -  The human factors of cyber security and safety…

  • Speaker Highlight - The 3rd Annual Future Of Medicine – The Role Of Doctors In 2027

    “ Free at the Point of use – Medtech Meets Moore’s Law ” join us at our popular The 3rd Annual Future of Medicine – The Role of Doctors in 2027 to hear Dr Chris Elliott , speak.   We are used to carrying with us at all times a 20MP zoom camera, a satnav, a calendar and a compass. Oh, and it makes ‘phone calls as well. We didn’t go out to buy those things; they were bundled with the latest Smartphone. The next generation Smartphones will come equipped with medical-grade hardware and software to measure our vital signs and other diagnostics. These won’t be toys that measure (inaccurately) the inputs, like how many steps we’ve taken, or easy targets like pulse rate. They will be regulated medical devices that measure blood pressure, temperature, heart valve functions and blood constituents to…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Ever Wondered About Our Volunteers?

    Have you ever wondered about the volunteers who work behind the scenes putting our programme of activities together?    The current exec team comprises 11 members from diverse backgrounds, both industry and academia, and together with staff they work extremely hard coming up with ideas for our activity programme and answering myriad queries. So, I thought it would be interesting to showcase our volunteers directly  and first up is Simon Hart our Chairman: Dr Simon Hart , Chair of the Control & Automation TPN, is passionate about creating networks where engineers can discuss, learn and drive technology forward.  He is a former IET Trustee and is also currently the Chair and a Trustee of IET Connect, the IET benevolent fund.  Based in  mid-Wales, Oxfordshire and London he enjoys organising events…

  • Cambridge Science Festival

    The IET Cambridge Network manned a stand at the Science Festival in the Guildhall over the weekend of 18 and 19 March.  With a model train system powered by a hand cranked generator, torches to build and displays to examine, children of all ages were able to get hands-on immersed in aspects of engineering.  Judging by the number attending the stand, it was a great success and hopefully sparked some to take up Engineering in the future.  Many thanks to the Cambridge Diamond Scholars and Network Members that attended and fielded the many questions.

    David Blake
    David Blake

  • Speaker Highlight - The 3rd Annual Future Of Medicine – The Role Of Doctors In 2027

    We are pleased to announce Professor David Newby, will be speaking in the first half of the day at The 3rd Annual Future of Medicine – The Role of Doctors in 2027 . Professor David Newby graduated from the University of Southampton with a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Medicine degree in 1991. He has worked in Edinburgh for over 20 years and obtained Doctorates in Medicine, Philosophy and Science. Professor Newby is British Heart Foundation John Wheatley Chair of Cardiology at the University of Edinburgh, Director of Research and Development for NHS Lothian, Director of the Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, Director of the Clinical Research Imaging Centre, and a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. He is the recipient of a Wellcome Trust Senior…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • IET Present Around The World (PATW) Competition

    Competition at Essex University on 16th May, UEA on 17th May

    Alex Barrett
    Alex Barrett

  • Speaker Highlight - The 3rd Annual Future Of Medicine – The Role Of Doctors In 2027

    Wearable technology is increasingly positioning itself in the role of a 24/7 health monitor, with AI in the cloud taking over the role of the traditional GP.  Nick Hunn, WiFore Consulting , will be at The 3rd Annual Future Of Medicine – The Role Of Doctors In 2027 speaking on “Wear me – I’m a Doctor” This talk looks at whether this desire to help our health is well founded and considers whether technology for technology’s sake may have positive or negative implication on the way we live our lives. Nick Hunn is the founder and CTO of WiFore Consulting. For the past twenty years he has been closely involved with short range wireless and communications, designing technology that helps to bring mobility to products, particularly in the areas of telematics, M2M, smart energy, wearables and mobile…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEWS: Systems Engineering

    Our systems engineering courses provide both practical and tangible skills that can be used day-to-day in the design of engineering systems. We offer two different courses focusing around Systems Engineering; ‘Mastering Requirements using MBSE’ and ‘A Model Based Approach to Systems Engineering’. These courses are both based around the IET book ‘ SysML for Systems Engineering: A model-based approach ’, with a copy of the book being given to delegates who attend the courses. In addition to this, the authors of the book, Jon Holt and Simon Perry, are also the trainers for this course, meaning you will receive high quality training from the experts in the field. Below gives a brief outline of the two different courses that we offer at the IET in terms of Systems Engineering:   Mastering Requirements…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Vulcan Bomber Update

    Now that the Vulcan Bomber is in storage along with the Canberra and Swift aircraft at Doncaster Sheffield airport until such time as a new hangar is built to house the aircraft, I thought I'd share this video with community members.  Hopefully if developments go to plan it could be the end of the year when the new hangar is ready.   See here for more details on the current status.  If you've not yet had a chance to catch up with the presentations from our 'Addressing Ageing Aircraft Sustainment Issues' seminar, then click here.

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Present Around The World Manchester Heat 2017

    Present Around the World Manchester Heat 2017 took place in Manchester Metropolitan University on the 15th March. Six presenters presented a range of engineering disciplines, and all were of very high standard. All scores were very close and unfortunately we could only have one winner! Congratulations to our winner, Paul Gavin, who will represent the Manchester Network to compete in the next heat, the Northern Area Final, at UCLan Preston in June, he will also receive his certificate and prize at our North West Excellence Awards 2017 dinner on the 31st March. Also congratulations to our runner up, Christian Bridge. Final thanks to all presenters and audience, and judges in no particular order Eddie Welch, Andrew Tickle and Lisa Simmons, without you all the event wouldn't have been so successful…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Speaker Highlight - The 3rd Annual Future Of Medicine – The Role Of Doctors In 2027

    Dr Ali Parsa will be kicking off the second half of the day at the next 3rd Annual Future of Medicine – The Role of Doctors in 2027  event.  Ali is an engineer and healthcare entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of babylon.  Babylon is the UK’s leading digital healthcare service. Its purpose is to democratise healthcare by putting an accessible and affordable health service into the hands of every person on earth. In order to achieve this the company is bringing together one of the largest teams of scientists, clinicians, mathematicians and engineers to focus on combining the ever-growing computing power of machines with the best medical expertise of humans to create a comprehensive, immediate and personalised health service and make it universally available.   Founded in January 2013 and…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Mmwave and Thz - 2 weeks to go

    In two weeks we’ll be heading to Glasgow University for the IET Colloquium on Millimetre-wave and Terahertz Engineering & Technology 2017 event. This is a joint event between the Antennas & Propagation, RF and Microwave and Electromagnetics TPN’s. The event is a chance to hear from researchers presenting the latest research on the areas of millimetre-wave and terahertz engineering and technology.   We have a full programme and poster session planned for the day including presentations from our invited speakers, Dr Sherif Sayed Ahmed and Dr. Khaled Elgaid , University of Glasgow, UK.   Are you registered? If not, go to the registration page and book your FREE place. There aren’t many places left, so book quickly!   See you in Glasgow!

    Former Staff Member
    Former Staff Member

  • IET Northumbria Students' Projects Competition 2017

    The annual IET Northumbria students' projects competition, organised by Dr Peter Minns, IET Northumbria Network Chairman, was held this year on 8th March at Northumbria University. The entries from all three of the local universities, Newcastle, Sunderland and Northumbria were of a very high standard  with topics including ‘Biometric recognition’ and ‘Reduction in operational CO2 emissions of buildings’. After extensive discussions with the candidates, the judges Sheng Yuan and Paul Cordes arrived at their decisions as shown in the attached spreadsheet.

    Tom Fry
    Tom Fry

  • Why Not Nominate An Outstanding IET Volunteer For The IET Volunteer Medal?

    Do you know an outstanding volunteer? The IET Volunteer Medal was awarded for the first time in  2015  and recognises the importance of volunteers to the IET in its mission to inspire, inform and influence the global engineering community. The award is open to all individuals who have been engaged in an IET volunteering role for  at least one year  and nominees are normally expected to be over the age of 35. To put some context, the volunteering contributions that would constitute outstanding achievement might include: Insight in development of new initiatives to achieve IET aims Successfully adapting initiatives to work in a specific context or region Leadership shown in development and growth of IET initiatives Being an exceptional ambassador in engaging or recruiting a large number of new…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Why Not Nominate An Outstanding IET Volunteer For The IET Volunteer Medal?

    Do you know an outstanding volunteer? The IET Volunteer Medal was awarded for the first time in  2015  and recognises the importance of volunteers to the IET in its mission to inspire, inform and influence the global engineering community. The award is open to all individuals who have been engaged in an IET volunteering role for  at least one year  and nominees are normally expected to be over the age of 35. To put some context, the volunteering contributions that would constitute outstanding achievement might include: Insight in development of new initiatives to achieve IET aims Successfully adapting initiatives to work in a specific context or region Leadership shown in development and growth of IET initiatives Being an exceptional ambassador in engaging or recruiting a large number of new…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Why Not Nominate An Outstanding IET Volunteer For The IET Volunteer Medal?

    Do you know an outstanding volunteer? The IET Volunteer Medal was awarded for the first time in  2015  and recognises the importance of volunteers to the IET in its mission to inspire, inform and influence the global engineering community. The award is open to all individuals who have been engaged in an IET volunteering role for  at least one year  and nominees are normally expected to be over the age of 35. To put some context, the volunteering contributions that would constitute outstanding achievement might include: Insight in development of new initiatives to achieve IET aims Successfully adapting initiatives to work in a specific context or region Leadership shown in development and growth of IET initiatives Being an exceptional ambassador in engaging or recruiting a large number of new…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • No Frameworks Please – It's Cloud. (Excel London - CloudExpo Europe Event).

    500 Exhibitors and 600 hundred speakers, all under one roof. The CloudExpo event taking place at the world class Excel Exhibition Center in London this week is full of revelations. The arena is broken into 4 ontologies; Cloud Security, Big Data, Smart IOT London and Data Center World. Vendors held their traditional stands and in addition, seated floor space was allocated for speakers to perform open style high octane seminars. Visitors had the choice to attend conferences on super fuelled scheduled topics within dedicated theatres. There were multiple seminars, talks and conferences all taking place at the same time. Including multiple live internet streams. A complete delight covering all flavours of cloud enabled technologies, from securing drones, network posture for cloud hacking, big data…

    Rimesh Patel
    Rimesh Patel

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