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  • Meet the women using 'miracle material' graphene to inspire girls into science

    If you haven’t been keeping up with science, you’ll be forgiven for not knowing: graphene is going to change the world. Discovered in Manchester in 2004, graphene is a two-dimensional material that's stronger than steel, but also incredibly light. It canconduct electricity and heat. What's more, one sheet - around a metre squared in size and a single atom thick (so thin it can't be seen with the naked eye) - can support the weight of a 4kg cat.  No wonder many have called it a ‘miracle material’. Now, graphene is the subject of an exciting new exhibition at The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester called Wonder Materials: Graphene and Beyond. Read more...

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • 26 of the most powerful female engineers in 2016

    Nearly every element of our modern lives is a result of the work done by some engineer: running water, electricity, and the internet, as well as our buildings, cars, phones, computers, televisions — even our dating apps. Read more...

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Dartmouth graduated more women than men in engineering this year

    Dartmouth just became the first national research university to graduate more women than men in the engineering department. More women have been going into engineering in the last several years, according to theAmerican Society for Engineering Education (AASE), and women made up 37 percent of the class in Dartmouth’s engineering school in 2015. But women tipped the scales this year at a whopping 54 percent at Dartmouth — 34 percent higher than the national average. Read more...

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    Former Community Member

  • Japan and Hong Kong on a whirlwind tour!

    Last month I had a busy few days with CCAP meetings in Japan and Hong Kong.  If you'd like to read about it, check out my blog post here .

    Karla Smith
    Karla Smith

  • Automation And Factories Of The Future - Where Next? - 14th September - Further Speaker Update

    We have another speaker update for you for our  Automation And Factories Of The Future - Where Next? event Today we are concentrating on Oliver Glub who joined Siemens in 1995. Since then he has worked in different functions e.g. Commissioning Engineer, Software Developer, Project Manager and Sales Manager. These roles have been in different places in Germany as well as in other countries across the globe like the United Kingdom, China and Libya. His current role is Sales Manager for the UK market for Siemens Manufacturing Execution in Chippenham Abstract of Oliver's talk Siemens Manufacturing Operations Management – The Siemens Digital Enterprise Software Suite provides a holistic solution to integrate, optimize and digitalize the complete value chain including suppliers in order to significantly…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Royal Institute Of Navigation - International Navigation Conference 2016, Glasgow

    The Royal Institute of Navigation is pleased to announce plans for the International Navigation Conference 2016 , which will address the most cutting-edge issues in Positioning, Navigation and Timing . Of global importance, INC 16 will feature the very latest developments in topics such as GNSS, indoor positioning, autonomous transport, security against cyber attack, resilience, and quantum technology . The conference will include both peer-reviewed and non peer-reviewed tracks, and will cater for academic, industrial and end-user interests. The conference proceedings will be made available online in a digital repository in the weeks following the conference.    Conference Themes The Conference programme and speakers are still being developed but INC2016 will feature the hottest topics, including…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Hinkley Point for Cyber Security: how safe is the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure?

    My previous post covered the key challenges that engineers face in order to insure defence of the UK’s National Critical Infrastructure and stability of crucial Safety-Critical Systems in the context of Cyber Security threats such as armed conflicts around the world. This time we can consider how international politics could have impact on homeland security as well.   As the UK Government put the Hinkley Point nuclear power station project under review, China’s ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming warned that wider relationships between the two countries are at risk: “Right now, the China-UK relationship is at a critical historical juncture… I hope the UK will keep its door open to China”. His Excellency Liu of course meant the open door to massive (up to 40 billion pounds) investment from China…

  • The BBC Micro:bit is Available to Purchase

    The  BBC micro:bit  is the spiritual successor of the BBC Micro of the 1980s, which itself introduced a generation of children to computing. The BBC micro:bit carries on this 30 year tradition and does it 18 times faster and is 70 times smaller than its predecessor. This powerful handheld, fully programmable, computer designed by the BBC and a number of partners to encourage children to get actively involved in writing software and building new things that will be controlled by it.   Read more...

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Intelligent hive aims to boost honeybee population

    An intelligent beehive designed by a Loughborough University student is hoping to make beekeeping simpler and more accessible. Ellie MacLeod has developed a self-monitoring hive aimed at novices, in the hope that it will inspire more people to take up beekeeping and help boost the number of honey bees, which has declined massively in recent years. Read more...

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    Former Community Member

  • IET events this August – engineering and technology dates for your diary

    The IET calendar may get a little quieter over the summer months as Local Networks slow down for summer holidays but, even so, there are still many interesting events taking place throughout August.

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Cambridge Rock Festival

    The IET and the I Mech E arranged a joint visit to the Cambridge Rock Festival on Thursday 4 August for a behind the scenes tour.  Although not everyone who attended was a rock fan, the visit was a great success providing an opportunity to view the sound and power systems and the outside displays.  Radio Caroline and Cambridge 105 gave a walk around their recording and broadcast facilities. Enthusiastic volunteers help construct the facilities each year which are extensive and complex.  The "Green Room" providing a rest and preparation area for the bands was not as glamorous as envisaged but helped to demonstrate the commitment of those who deliver the festival. Thanks go to Dave Roberts, the Festival Director, and his staff who took the time to escort us around the site.

    David Blake
    David Blake

  • NorCal's 2016 PATW winner wins in Toronto!

    Congratulations to Sean Lubner who won the  IET PATW America’s Final yesterday in Toronto. He now moves on the to the Global final in London! Well done Sean!

    Allan Casey
    Allan Casey

  • IET SWITZERLAND LN - SRF Studio Tour Event July 2016

    IMAGES FROM THE VISIT In the Commnities Photo Galeery section https://communities.theiet.org/communities/photos/205

    Christos Christou
    Christos Christou

  • Airlander 10

    The Airlander 10 came out of its hangar for the first time yesterday ! %u200BHere is a link to the story : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-36997711

    A.C. Cunningham (Colin)
    A.C. Cunningham (Colin)

  • Congratulations To Toronto LN!

    Congratulations to Omar Boursalie (top picture left) from McMaster University for being the runner-up of 2016 Americas PATW! The Americas event was a successful one with 28 attendees.  Keep it up, Toronto YPs! Congratulations also go to the winner, Sean Lubner (top picture middle), from North California LN. Have a good trip to London, U.K. for the next level PATW global competetion in the fall! Thank you for the support from the Toronto committee and members for being there.

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Bahrain IET LN Workshop I To [WREC 17]: 17th World Renewable Energy Congress.

    [ Designing of Solar and Wind Energy Systems: Principles, Constituents, and Sizing Steps]. Bahrain IET LN Workshop I to [WREC 17]:  17th World Renewable Energy Congress. http://www.wrec2016-bahrain.com/ (Desing of Solar and Wind Energy Systems: Principles, Constituents, and Sizing Steps). 4-8 December 2016,  Crowne Plaza,  Manama,  Kingdom of Bahrain The present course will expose its attendees to the needed material to understand the  background of two renewable energy resources namely: Solar and Wind Energy systems. The course compiles and incorporates  the two previous resources with other additional power systems components to come up with a ready, compact and clean energy supplier. The course will guide the attendees to the different phases of sizing  renewable energy systems to fulfill…

    Prof. Ebrahim Mattar
    Prof. Ebrahim Mattar

  • The IET EMEA PATW Regional Final - 23rd July 2016

    Congratulations to Marcel Schoemaker representing the Switzerland Local Network on being crowned the winner of the EMEA final of the 2016 PATW competition, with a fantastic presentation  on A technology that creates abundance: An ocean of opportunities  For more information on the PATW Final, read this blog post.

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • 2016 MotoE Series - University Of Nottingham Get Off To A Flying Start

    The 2016 series of MotoE started a few weeks ago with races at the Zolder Circuit in Belgium. We will be highlighting updates from the races, including blog posts, reviews, race results and images in successive blogs.  Rupal Patel - Series promoter sent in this report: "The opening round of the MotoE 2016 has proved to be challenging for the majority of teams. None more so than last years champions University of Nottingham (UoN) who arrived at the circuit with a mamouth task ahead of them. No only content at running two separate bikes this season the team had also employed wholly prototype technology." Marco Degano, UoN team power electronic engineer went onto say: “This season we are using our own drive; from design to manufacture to coding, everything is of our own making. In addition, for…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Keynote Speaker Announced For Automation And Factories Of The Future - Where Next? - 14th September

    Today, we have great pleasure in announcing our keynote speaker for the Automation and Factories of the future - where next? event taking place in September.     Dr Graeme Philp , Chief Executive Gambica will deliver his keynote address on The Digital Landscape. After completing his PhD in optical fibre sensors in 1984, Dr Philp became Technical Director of the UK Industrial Instruments division of what is now ABB. In 1995 he moved to the Hazardous Area equipment specialist the MTL Instruments Group plc, becoming Chief Executive in 1995. After selling MTL in 2008,  Dr  Philp became Chief Executive of Gambica, the industry organisation representing the Instrumentation, automation and laboratory technology industries in the UK. His current areas of focus include Industry 4.0 and Trailblazer Apprenticeships…

  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEWS: CPD logo now featured on IET.tv

    Most of us are now familiar with the IET’s CPD policy but not everyone is aware that watching relevant videos on IET.tv counts towards your annual continuing professional development target. How does IET.tv relate to CPD? Watching IET.tv videos is one of the many free member benefits that can be used to provide CPD engagement. The Professional Development department has worked with IET.tv to emphasise the value of incorporating watching IET.tv videos within their CPD activities.  A huge amount of material is available on the IET.tv platform containing over 8,000 videos, some of which have direct CPD value. How is CPD shown on IET.tv? Currently there are over 2,000 videos on IET.tv with the CPD logo, that’s over 1,000 hours of potential CPD. There are 3 main ways to refer to the CPD logo on…

    Kathryn Bain
    Kathryn Bain

  • Royal Academy Ingenious Awads

    The latest round of Royal Academy of Engineering Ingenious Awards is now open and the closing date for applications is Monday 17 th  October at 4.00pm.   If anyone has an imaginative idea that could help engineers to communicate their expertise and passion for engineering to a wider audience, the Royal Academy want to hear from them. They could be an engineer interested in running their own project, or a science/ engineering public awareness professional keen to explore ways to provide public engagement training and opportunities. The aims of  Ingenious  are to: -  inspire  creative public engagement with engineering  -  stimulate  engineers to share their stories, passion and expertise in innovative ways with wider audiences -  develop  engineers' communication and engagement skills -  create…

    David S Crawford
    David S Crawford

  • Speaker update: Automation and Factories of the Future - where next?

    This is the second in a series of postings highlighting our fantastic line up of speakers for our September event:   Automation and Factories of the Future - where next? Today, I am focusing on Jeremy Haddall - Jeremy is Chief Technologist – Digital Engineering, at the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry - and is also the Chairman of the IET Design and Production Sector exec team. Jeremy has been working in the field of automation for manufacturing since leaving University, either as an Applications Engineer for ABB Robotics or as Senior Systems Engineer for Vanderlande Industries. Having joined the Manufacturing Technology Centre at its inception in 2010, he was responsible for the creation and development of the Intelligent Automation research theme. As the Manufacturing Technology…

  • The Robots are Coming!

    Recently one of our TPN exec team members, Nick Hawes ,  visited the North Yorkshire Local Network to give a talk on "The Robots are Coming" as part of the York Festival of Ideas 2016.   Head on over to their community area to read more about it and watch the video.

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • The Robots are Coming - A Video using content from the York Festival of Ideas

    The Robots are Coming – a video featuring a lecture from Nick Hawes held at York University Festival of Ideas, 2016, an event sponsored by the IET North Yorkshire Network. Dr Nick Hawes is a Reader in Autonomous Intelligent Robotics in the School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham. His research applies techniques from artificial intelligence to allow robots to perform useful tasks for, or with, humans in everyday environments. He is particularly interested in how robots can understand the world around them, how it changes over time  and how robots can exploit this knowledge to perform tasks with more “intelligence”. View it from our Engineering Community vidoes (click on the "Videos" link, left) or directly from You Tube

    Paul Smith, RPS
    Paul Smith, RPS

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