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  • Innovative Robotic Solutions For Industrial Applications - IET Central London 12-Dec-2018

    Exoskeletons, Robots working in the dark, Digital Gamers, Industry 4.0 and automation of services. Just some of the topics that Richard Weston and George Thompson from Comau UK discussed in the Innovative Robotic Solutions For Industrial Applications event organised by the IET London Network held at the IET London - Savoy PlaceThis event demonstrated how Industry 4.0 is a turning point for the world which is driven by robot based automation. Imagine, smart car manufacturing plants that can have 18 weld machines in one build station - this approach brings your manufacturing plant size down by 35% and lets you get a more focused production rate. It’s not only investment optimisation, it is also about the ability to customise and value add using these new robots which reduce the need to stock…

    David Tabor
    David Tabor

  • Your Local Network Needs You!

    The South Yorkshire Local Network (SYLN) is looking for new members to join and support the group of volunteers on the main committee. Can you help?The committee meets every 6 weeks at venues in the Sheffield region to review its planned activities throughout the year. We are looking for new volunteers with fresh ideas, who are enthusiastic and willing to engage and promote the profession across a wide section of the public. We're also looking for help to engage with youngsters on STEM related activities to engage and inspire the next generation of engineers, and to change the image of the profession across a wide range of the public who to often see engineering as people  in overalls, hard hats with spanners and not the highly regarded and skilled profession it really is. We understand that…

    Alan Chater
    Alan Chater

  • Monitoring Plastic, Pollution And Pirates From Space

    The IET Satellite Network recently had the opportunity to provide technical sponsorship for the 5th Arab ICT Forum in Bahrain and were pleased to be able to send Anthony Baker, CEO @SatelliteVu and a member of their Executive Team to present the key note speech at the Forum.The IET Satellite Network recently provided technical sponsorship for the 5th Arab ICT Forum in Bahrain.  This was at the kind invitation of the Chairman of the Forum organising committee,  Dr Raida Al-Alawi. Anthony Baker, CEO @SatelliteVu and a member of the IET Satellite Network presented the Key note speech.  The presentation at the Arab ICT event focused on the importance of satellites in our society and their evolving role and applications in Smart Cities.  The event brought together many professional societies including…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • IET Networking Cruise 2018

    On the 23rd of November, the IET Young Professionals of Western Australia set sail on their end-of-year "Welcome Aboard Networking Cruise". The cruise brought together members of the senior committee, industry professionals, young professionals, and engineering students for a night to celebrate the IET WA community’s achievements over the past two years. It also offered the students and young professionals a chance to network with senior engineers and members of the IET community. The cruise began with light refreshments, drinks and a memorable speech from Martin King which encouraged everyone to get into the ‘pirate’ theme of the night and cheer every time someone mentioned a pirate or boat reference. The speech did a great job of setting the tone for the night, which was a networking opportunity…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Robots & Industry 4.0 (IET London Network)

    The theme for this year’s blog was field based devices, and throughout the year all the seminars, lectures and events attended has had an embedded trend towards smart enablement - beyond just smart device integration. We are starting to see the foundations of industry 4.0 shaping not only industries, but now digital economies too, block chain technology is now being built into most ecosystems as standard making the Industry 4.0 journey more acceptable. 2019 will more than likely continue the trend of industry 4.0 and how all our smart devices will integrate our day to day lives into new ecosystems. To see where the yellow brick road of Industry 4.0 might lead us in 2019, you'll need to navigate to the IET London Network's portal (link below) to see what was discussed at this year’s xmas lecture…

  • IET Brunei LN Committee Members 2018-2019

    1. Lt Col (U) Schufin bin Hj Brahim, Honorary Chairman 2. Hj Jailani bin Hj Buntar, Honorary Vice Chairman 3. Muhd Aminuddin bin Mohd Yussof, Honorary Secretary 4. Hj Amrinal bin Hj Amir, Honorary Treasurer 5. Maj Wan Farhan bin Hj Ibrahim, Honorary Assistant Secretary 6. Dr William Voon, Past Chairman 7. Simon Leong Kian Ann, Past Chairman 8. Pg Hj Masle bin Pg Hj Hamid 9. Dr Tang Shi Siong 10. Zainidi bin Hj Abd Hamid 11. Lt Nurul Khartini binti Akui 12. Dk Roselawati binti Pg Hj Halus 13. Lo Yuan Sheng @ Ben 14. Tay Shieh Cherng, YPS Chairman Present 15. Jevons Quiambao Penaflor, YPS Vice Chairman

    Siong Tang
    Siong Tang

  • Annual Dinner in Paris

    The Joint Institutions Annual Dinner will be held in Paris on 25th January 2019 This year it is the turn of the IMechE to organise the annual Dinner. The Dinner will be held on Friday 25th January at 19:00 at the Maison des Arts et Métiers. Members and guests are welcome.  See the Files section for further details.

    Phil Dunbar
    Phil Dunbar

  • McLaren's Superfast Cars (IET Surrey)

    Neil Johnston, CEO & Founder of Vector Suite demonstrated, at the University of Surrey, how using Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) initial design concepts are now being created in half the time. He showed how in minutes, using VR & VR headsets and controllers, he could create a brand new car design not only from the outside (2D) but also using VR he could sit inside the car and design its interior too. The platform demonstrated allows you to draw in 2D and 3D in real time - he described it like ' laying down wires in space ' as he created the car's body.  Speaking with Neil, I asked him his thoughts on how AR and VR might be impacted by Cyber Security, we discussed how security by design will become as important as innovation itself. During the session, he mentioned that Toy…

    Rimesh Patel
    Rimesh Patel

  • Project Controls In Exploring Space - Meet The Speakers

    Meet our two speakers for our event on 29th January at IET London: Savoy Place Bernardo Martins and Lucy Edge Lucy Edge Biography As Chief Operating Officer of the Satellite Applications Catapult Lucy is responsible for supporting enterprises across the UK in understanding and exploiting the potential of space and satellites to create opportunities and transform businesses. With a background in Physics and Engineering, Lucy’s career highlights include launching two satellites that now provide communications for much of Europe, the Middle East and Africa and building a satellite operations centre in West Cornwall that operates a fleet of communications satellites. Lucy serves as a non-executive director on the boards of the Eden Project, Truro & Penwith College and the Cornwall and Isles of…

  • Engineering, Science & Technology International Conference 2018 (ESTIC'18)

    The Institution of Engineering and Technology Malaysia Local Network in collaboration with the Faculty of Engineering & IT, MAHSA University, has successfully organised the Engineering, Science & Technology International Conference 2018 (ESTIC'18) , from 26 – 27 November 2018 at MAHSA University, Selangor. The aim of ESTIC'18 is to provide a platform for academicians, researchers, industry players and postgraduates from Malaysia and all over the world to present their research highlights and technical activities in Engineering, Science and Technology. This conference has attracted more than 100 paper submissions and provided opportunities for the delegates to exchange new ideas and practical experiences, to establish networking and to explore global partners for future collaborations. The delegates…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Announcing The Winner Of Our PhD Award 2018

    Drum roll please...... Our 2018 winner is  Alberto Padoan .   Alberto was born in Ferrara, Italy, in 1989. He received the Laurea Magistrale degree (M.Sc. equivalent) cum laude in automation engineering from the University of Padova, Italy, in 2013. He then joined the Control and Power Group at the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, Imperial College London, U.K., from which he received the Ph.D. degree in 2018.  Alberto is currently a Research Associate in the Control Group, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, U.K., and a Research Associate of Sidney Sussex College. His research interests are in the area of dynamical systems and control theory, with special emphasis on modelling and approximation of nonlinear systems and applications in computational neuroscience…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • IET Western Australia Young Professionals Committee 2019

    The IET Western Australia Young Professionals Committee organise a programme of activities for Young Professional Engineers in Western AustraliaAll 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 committee, or would like to volunteer for us, please get in touch with one of our current volunteers below: Tynan Schweitzer , Chairperson Ben Arazo, Deputy Chairperson Charles Babalola . Secretary Mitch Taveira, Treasurer Umar Khan, Committee Member Hugh Yu, Committee Member Zheng Zeng, Committee Member Ian Manton, Committee Member Emmanuel Iloh,, Committee Member Matthew Connell, Committee Member Gary Iwansantoso,  Committee Member Lachlan Strickland, Committee Member Justin Hager, Committee Member Israa…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Game Changer Awards 2018

    Last Saturday, Game Changer Awards brought together bright, young innovators from Years 3 to 10 from across Perth and beyond in the hope of inspiring STEM in WA schools. At the event, the students got the chance to present and show off their creative STEM-powered solutions to real-world problems.On the day, several of our very own IET members joined other volunteers to help ensure tables were set up, teachers and students knew where to go, and the entire event ran as smoothly as possible. As a judge volunteer myself, I got to see the Year 3/4 STEM projects up close and was amazed at some of the ideas and creativity of their projects. It was especially interesting to see how they used the application of STEM in their proposed solutions. One project that stood out was an augmented walking stick…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • North Yorkshire Sponsors the debate: Towards a Zero Carbon Future

    The highlights from a debate held at the Pavilions in Harrogate on 17th October 2018 have been captured in a You Tube Video . Featuring from the University of Leeds, James Mckay, Manager EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Bioenergy, Professor Peter Taylor, Chair in Sustainable Energy Systems, Professor Piers Forster, Chair in Climate Physics and fresh from the IPCC meeting in South Korea plus Jemima Parker of Zero Carbon, Harrogate and Paul Smith, Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. The latest from the IPCC and the need for the world to do something to keep global temperature from rising above one and a half degrees, an insight into zero carbon possibility and a local perspective from Harrogate's zero carbon organisation.

    Paul Smith, RPS
    Paul Smith, RPS

  • November newsletter - correction

    November newsletter - slight errorPlease note there is a slight error in the November newsletter. The newsletter says you have to register for next week's talk on Management Science (Wednesday 5 November). However, you do not have to register , but doing so helps us estimate our coffee and biscuits requirements. I look forward to seeing may of you at what I expect to be a very interesting talk. Jim Gaw

    Samuel Gaw (Jim)
    Samuel Gaw (Jim)

  • IET Malaysia Network Committee 2018 - 2020

    Chairperson: Ir Dr. Leong Wai Yie Vice-Chairperson: Ir Amir Farid Abdul Majid Hon Secretary : Dr Leong Hung Yang Hon Treasurer : Dr. David Chuah Joon Huang Assist Secretary: Jaysern Pang Jia Yew Immediate Past Chair : Ir Chris Chew Past Chair: Ir Dr Matthew Teow Committee Eur Ing Fauzan Baharudin Lawrence Lai Kun Hoong Dr. Syuhaida Binti Ismail Eur Ing Ir Jimmy Fam Deng Fong Dr Kok Swee Leong Dr Ker Pin Jern Lim Li Li Indiran (YPS Chair)  co-opted

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Functional Safety Webinars From Exida

    Leading on from the 'IET Software Tools in the Development of a Safety System' event that took place on 20th November, one of our excellent speakers at exida, Loren Stewart,  mentioned that they do a regular recorded webinars covering various fields, but that there were specific ones on Functional Safety, Certification and Software.     These may be a useful to those of you out there working in these areas.

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • IET Sussex Network STEM Activities

    Things are always quiet on the STEM front during the Autumn term. I guess the children are finding their feet in their new year group and before they know it they are preparing for the Christmas activities. The schedule of events doesn't really seem to start picking up until the spring, once potential bad weather has passed. The Sussex Network are fairly active in their support of STEM events. Over the past few years we've attended about a dozen events each year, consisting of either STEM fairs, often referred to as 'Big Bang' or 'STEMFest', or workshops in schools. The Big Bang events attract groups of students from a variety of schools, spread throughout the day and are either local events ('Big Ban @ Somewhere' and 'STEMFest Elsewhere') or Big Bang South East, run over two days and attracting…

    David James
    David James

  • Date For Your Diaries!

    The deadline for the Colloquium on Millimetre-wave and Terahertz Engineering & Technology 2019 is fast approaching – don’t miss your chance to present at this event! Deadline for submissions is: Friday 7 December 2018 This annual event looks at the applications of this region of the electromagnetic spectrum including in c ommunications, security, non-destructive testing and medical imaging . Please see the event website for more info We have a number of great speakers already lined up and we’re looking for you (and your colleagues!) to join them Duncan Robertson, University of St Andrews Jan Stake, Chalmers University of Technology Chris Buck, Filtronic Broadband Ltd Tamara Monti, Dassault Systemes If you want to know a bit more about previous events check out blogs and programmes from the…

    Former Staff Member
    Former Staff Member

  • The Application Of Management Science - Maintenance At A Nuclear Power Station

    This is a reminder about our talk on Wednesday 5 December 2018. The talk takes place at 1400 at Napier University (Craiglockhart Campus) in Edinburgh.The talk is about using decision making tools with regard to maintenance activities in a nuclear power station outage in Canada. The speaker is Dr Matthew Revie of the Department of Management Science at the University of Strathclyde Business School (SBS). The talk will be of interest to anyone who is interested in nuclear engineering, power station maintenance or decision making. Please find below a link to the event in the IET calendar. This provides more information about the talk and the speaker. The event is free to attend and you do not have to register but doing so helps us to estimate the numbers for tea and coffee. https://www.theiet…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • The Application Of Management Science - Maintenance At A Nuclear Power Station

    This is a reminder about our talk on Wednesday 5 December 2018. The talk takes place at 1400 at Napier University (Craiglockhart Campus) in Edinburgh.  The talk is about using decision making tools with regard to maintenance activities in a nuclear power station outage in Canada. The speaker is Dr Matthew Revie of the Department of Management Science at the University of Strathclyde Business School (SBS). The talk will be of interest to anyone who is interested in nuclear engineering, power station maintenance or decision making. Please find below a link to the event in the IET calendar. This provides more information about the talk and the speaker. The event is free to attend and you do not have to register but doing so helps us to estimate the numbers for tea and coffee. https://www.theiet…

    Samuel Gaw (Jim)
    Samuel Gaw (Jim)

  • LAPC 2018!

    The Antennas and Propagation TPN attended LAPC 2018 last week in Burleigh Court, Loughborough, UK. The UK’s main antennas and propagation 2-day conference was another success with 150 delegates attending. The talks were divided into 2 antennas and 2 propagation sessions across the two days, looking at a variety of topics, including satellite communications and 5G. The poster sessions were busy with delegates getting the opportunity to talk to the authors and find out about their research in more depth. The IET's Antennas and Propagation TPN sponsors 3 prizes for the best student papers, which were awarded to the recipients at the close of the conference: During the conference dinner on the first evening, the James R James Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to Pat Foster , who happens to…

    Former Staff Member
    Former Staff Member

  • Translink NI Railways Adelaide Maintenance Facility Tour

    What does it take to keep Translink’s fleet of over 40 modern diesel trains on the tracks? What does it take to keep Translink’s fleet of over 40 modern diesel trains on the tracks? Well, on Wednesday 14 th November, a group from the IET Northern Ireland found out as they were welcomed into Translink’s £28M Maintenance Facility at Adelaide. Led by Richard Noble, Head of Rail Fleet Engineering at NI Railways, the group glimpsed inside the state of the art facilities that come to life each night to keep the wheels in motion on Translink’s Modern fleet of CAF 3000 and 4000 series DMUs. Built in 2012, the Adelaide facility has been designed exclusively for the maintenance of this fleet, and members were afforded a guided tour of all that is involved. From the main maintenance area where entire…

    Eoin McGread
    Eoin McGread

  • AGM - IET South Australia And Northern Territory Local Network

    Annual General Meeting (AGM) The Institution of Engineering and Technology  South Australia and Northern Territory Local Network The AGM will include the election for all 2019 Committee positions. Nominations are now open. For all nominations and questions please email theietsant@gmail.com Positions Below:   Local Network Chairperson Vice-Chairperson and Secretary Treasurer Immediate-Past Chairperson PATW Coordinator Event Planner and JTP Coordinator Young Professional Representative (Chairperson) Communications Manager Lifeskills Manager Professional Registration Coordinator Retired Engineers Group Member University Engagement Manager STEM Coordinator Women In Engineering Coordinator Professional Networking Event Coordinator     Young Professionals Committee Chairperson Vice-Chairperson Secretary…

    James Mitchell
    James Mitchell

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