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Intelligent Imaging 2017

There aren’t many events where you can discuss such diverse topics as space imaging, the future of robotic vision and how to identify damaged engineering building materials, but if all of these topics interest you then you’ll want to read on about this year’s Intelligent Imaging event. Delivered in collaboration between the KTN and IET’s Vision & Imaging Technical Network, the event brought together speakers and guests from across industry and academia to hear from equally varied background to give guests an overview of current technologies being developed across the vision field. Guests gathered at Savoy Place, London to hear from industry speakers such as Paul Jerram, e2v, on Imaging from Space ; Robert Lamb, Leonardo, on Image Processing for Long-Range Targeting ; Ken Primrose,…

Former Staff Member
Volunteers Wanted For Careers Awareness Day : Friday 17 March 2017

Host: The Institution of Mechanical Engineers Venue: One Birdcage Walk, London, SW1H 9JJ Enquiries and Registration are given in the event brochure available from the Engineering Your Future (EYF) web-site . This is a long-running careers event for 6th formers, to help inform them about the variety of engineering careers available. As well as interactive sessions run by engineering companies based on their work, we also have a 'speed networking' session, where individual engineers speak about their own career experiences and field random questions from the students. [More background information is available on the web-site ] Partly due to a volunteer having to withdraw at short notice, EYF are still very short of engineers to cover the Electronic and Electrical Engineering discipline at the…

Robert Heaton
Accelerating The Cloud For IoT & Immersive Data (IET London Network Event).

Focusing on the theme of field based technologies, I took opportunity to attend a comprehensive event hosted by IET London Network where Dr Tasos Dagiuklas a leading researcher as LSBU spoke about how cloud based offerings are today maturing as commercial solutions specifically to support the needs of field based users. In addition, how future cloud offerings would provide commodity services these users. Cloudlets, Fog and Edge – These 3 words sound too abstractive to describe technology , however, when considered with 5G services as the end goal, these 3 cloud offerings discussed by Dr Tasos Dagiuklas make clear on how cloud solutions will help deliver on the phenomenon of 5G services. All cloud offerings typically had field users categorised as Machine-to-Machine, Machine-to-Person or Person…

Rimesh Patel
Get Ready For EUCAP17!

It’s that time of year again – EUCAP17! If you’re not sure what EUCAP is, it stands for the European Conference of Antennas and Propagation. It is the main conference in Europe for antennas and propagation, organised by EurAAP. The first EUCAP took place in 2006 in Nice, France. The conference will be held in beautiful Paris this year. The full programme and more details about the conference can be found here ; there is still time to register if you haven’t already. You may notice that the IET Antennas and Propagation TPN will be hosting a convened session on Tuesday morning: CS29 New Antenna Systems Involving Application of Metamaterials and Metasurfaces (IET) . The session will be chaired by Hisamatsu Nakano and the TPN’s own chair, Rob Lewis – come along and join us for what’s sure to…

Former Staff Member
A Mind Blowing Technical Site Visit To Seven Network’s Broadcast Centre In Docklands Organised By IET Victoria

The site visit was hosted by the very welcoming John Albiston, Head of Broadcast Engineering and Development. John has been with the Network’s Operations for 30 years and during this time he has introduced and led all technology developments from project conception through to execution, including the design, installation, testing and commissioning of the Network’s broadcast centre in Docklands, back in 2002. John’s engineering knowledge and passion showed very quickly and got the group engaged right to the last minute of the tour! This exclusive ‘behind the scenes’ tour provided a unique opportunity to the limited group of 15 engineers to see and hear about the new and exciting developments in the broadcasting space that the 7 Network is pioneering. We had the opportunity to see the technology…

Former Community Member
Celebrating International Women's Day

To mark #InternationalWomensDay our Young Woman Engineer (YWE) of the Year awards are now open for entries! Applications are now open for the launch of the prestigious IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards 2017 which look for the best young women engineers in the UK. There are three prizes avaialable which aim to celebrate success and highlight the accomplishments of young women engineers, working in the UK today. To further celebrate the day and the launch the YWE Awards, we also gained the support of IET President; Professor Jeremy Watson, MPs and previous YWE winners to take part in a parliamentary photo call. w ww.theiet.org/ywe #9PercentIsNotEnough

Former Community Member
IT@F1 Speed

One of the ARTS TPN volunteers, John Saville, gave an excellent presentation to the Mersey & Western Cheshire Network just recently, which I was lucky enough to hear. John worked in the F1 industry for several years and, until retiring, was the Chief Information Officer (IT Director) for the Jaguar Racing F1 team. We started the evening with a bit of fun i.e. John asked: Who had been to an F1 Race – a few hands went up Who had watched an F1 Race on TV – lots of hands in the air Who watches regularly e.g. more than 6 races a year – about a 30% drop off on the previous question Who will be getting up to watch the Australian Grand Prix at 6am on 26 March – that will be me and about six other people then! To set the scene John gave us a bit of background on the development of the Jaguar Racing…

Deborah-Claire McKenzie
IT@F1 Speed

One of the ARTS TPN volunteers, John Saville, gave an excellent presentation to the Mersey & Western Cheshire Network just recently, which I was lucky enough to hear. John worked in the F1 industry for several years and, until retiring, was the Chief Information Officer (IT Director) for the Jaguar Racing F1 team. We started the evening with a bit of fun i.e. John asked: Who had been to an F1 Race – a few hands went up Who had watched an F1 Race on TV – lots of hands in the air Who watches regularly e.g. more than 6 races a year – about a 30% drop off on the previous question Who will be getting up to watch the Australian Grand Prix at 6am on 26 March – that will be me and about six other people then! To set the scene John gave us a bit of background on the development of the Jaguar Racing…

Deborah-Claire McKenzie
Your Journey To Professional Development (CPDs)

As you know, IET has introduced a policy of random reviewing of Professionally Active Registrants’ CPD returns starting from January 2017. Members will need to undertake a minimum of 30 hours of CPD a year. Useful links about CPD : What counts as CPDs/What should I do What’s the difference between CPDs and IPDs CPD Resources CPD video CPD poster Join the IET Professional Development online group (most of the links above can be found at their online group): find out more… (Site Visit to Telekom Malaysia) For early career engineers – building your career Working towards and gaining Professional registration qualifications is an example of CPD Volunteer at Malaysia Network Attending events organised by Malaysia Network, find out more .. (Prestige Lecture) For established engineers – building…

Former Community Member
Upcoming Events For IET NorCal

Hi all, It has been a while since the NorCal committee last posted and while we have been away, we have been planning the next series of events for our Local Network. This weekend, the 11th to be exact, we will be staging our PATW heat to find out who represents us in Boston in the summer. If you would like to join us and see our awesome presenters in action, we will be at: Etcheverry Hall, Univerisity of Berkeley @ 1pm on March 11th. Sean Lubner, our 2016 PATW heat winner, went on to win the whole competition last year and in the process, show cased the engineering talent that we have in the area. If you can spare an hour or two on Saturday, it would be great to see you! Our other confirmed seminars are: April 29 th a presentation about Dropbox and working in the cloud. June 10 th a presentation…

Allan Casey
Healthcare Technology Letters FREE Open Access Publishing In 2017

Healthcare Technology Letters is now fully open access since January 2017. The journal has also increased in frequency from 4 issues to 6 issues per year. Launched in 2014, HTL was developed to provide a home for peer-reviewed, innovative and timely research in the multi-disciplinary area of healthcare technology. The switch to a fully open access model enables essential research in this fast moving field to be made freely available to anyone who wishes to read it and use it. Articles are also deposited immediately in PubMed Central, further increasing visibility and discoverability of research. Speaking of the open access announcement, Vincent Cassidy, Head of Academic Markets at the IET: said, “Open access continues to grow in popularity and is becoming increasingly mandated by both funding…

Gemma Hadley
Planning The AGM (2017) And The Crisis Command And Control Event....

Hi All Happy to say that we have just finalised our event planning for the AGM (2017) and the Crisis Command and Control Event... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Agenda 13:00 IET Switzerland AGM 2017 ( For Members of the IET ) 14:00 Networking and Coffee ( On the Balcony ) 14:30 Crisis Command & Control Workshop ( Seminar room Passio ) 17:00 Finish Workshop, then Apéro (If you would like to stay-on and enjoy an Evening Meal at the Hotel Uto Kulm, then please leave a comment when making your event reservation. All Evening Meal costs must be paid for separately) The AGM is for IET Members, but the Crisis Command & Control Workshop is and…

Jeff Hunter
IET AND YOU Talk

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Brunei Network organised a talk entitled “IET and You” on March 3rd 2017. The talk was attended by fifty eight non-members and seven IET members. The talk was delivered by the International Professional Registration Advisor, Mr. Lim Sam Lee. After his presentation, Mr. Lim also demonstrated to all attendees on how and where to register as a member of the IET. Mr Simon Leong, the Chairman of IET Brunei also gave a welcoming remarks and together with Mr. Lim, answered several questions raised by the attendees which benefited all. Supporting the event were the management committee members of the IET Brunei Darussalam Local Network. IET Brunei was founded in November 1997 with a vision of sharing and advancing knowledge throughout the global science…

Siong Tang
IET and You talk - by IET Brunei Local Network

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Brunei Network organised a talk entitled “IET and You” on March 3rd 2017. The talk was attended by fifty eight non-members and seven IET members. The talk was delivered by the International Professional Registration Advisor, Mr. Lim Sam Lee. After his presentation, Mr. Lim also demonstrated to all attendees on how and where to register as a member of the IET. Mr Simon Leong, the Chairman of IET Brunei also gave a welcoming remarks and together with Mr. Lim, answered several questions raised by the attendees which benefited all. Supporting the event were the management committee members of the IET Brunei Darussalam Local Network. IET Brunei was founded in November 1997 with a vision of sharing and advancing knowledge throughout the global science…

Siong Tang
Second joint IET/IEEE GCC Robotics Competition.

Second joint IET/IEEE GCC robotics competition, http://gccroboticschallenge.com/ . Bahrain IET Local Network will be on 25th of March 2017, 11 am, at BSE, Manama. It is with great pleasure that we announce the launching of the second joint IET/IEEE GCC robotics competition, http://gccroboticschallenge.com/ . This competition is an outstanding vehicle to promote and demonstrate state-of-the-art technologies in robotics and their applications. The competition is open for young students and engineers. Local rounds will be held in each GCC country and the final round will take place in Qatar. In addition to the robotics challenge this will present an opportunity to gather all experts and young engineers to an open interaction event to discuss and promote recent advances in robotics. We are honored…

Prof. Ebrahim Mattar in Tribology
Association for Project Management (APM) versus Project Management Institute (PMI) - Opinions Sought

As I sit in Savoy house enjoying a rather nice breakfast and the view over the Thames prior to attending today's Exec Meeting I muse over the question above. Over the last couple of months I have been tidying up my professional accreditations with various Institutions and have come to this long awaited rhetorical question. In the field of Project Management which of the two organisations above should I join. What are the benefits (and negatives) of joining either body. Do we as members of IET have a formal stance relative to this? What is the Recognition of each within (i) The UK, and (ii) International? How do these bodies align to Cost Engineering Bodies? In posing this question I hope it will trigger some discussion from other members that will both inform the reader and also aid me…

Louis Redding
Young Professionals Programme (YPP)

The Younger Members Section (YMS) of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Hong Kong is now organising Young Professionals Programme (YPP) as a half-year elite programme for local young engineers. Selected candidates would be meeting each other on one Saturday afternoon per month for seminars and workshops on engineering management. In YPP, we would like to provide a casual environment for candidates to learn about management and offer opportunities to implement through team projects. Meanwhile, candidates could connect with each other and the guests who come from various engineering disciplines. The skillset and professional network candidates acquire in YPP would definitely bring synergy to work performance. For more details about YPP, or for online application, kindly visit…

Former Community Member
Visit to RAF Valley

On the 2nd March 2017, a group of members and non members visited RAF Valley on Anglesey. During our eventful afternoon, we saw how parachutes are maintained and deployed, life rafts are deployed along with emergency rations and other survival equipment. We then toured the hanger used to maintain Hawk T2 jet training aircraft and were impressed at the complexity of the aircraft and the skilled staff who maintain them. Many of the staff are now from outside companies who employ and train local staff as far as possible. Next we saw two rescue helicopters and were given an in depth guide to how the helicopter works and a demonstration of the hydraulics operating the rotor blades. Altogether a fascinating afternoon and we would like to thank the staff of RAF Valley who were so kind to take time…

David S Crawford
Visit to Swinton Electro Plating on Wednesday 15th March at 2:00 p.m.

We have a great visit to Swinton Electro Plating on Wedensday 15th March. There will be two speakers and a site tour of the production facility. For more information, please click the link below:- SWINTON ELECTRO PLATING

Rob McDonald
ARTS Network On Track For 2017

2017 geared up in style for the ARTS TPN with their Electrification in Motorsports Seminar which was held at Coventry Transport Museum. This location really complimented the event topic, with displays of cars from world rallying to F1. At the event itself we had our own exhibits as well to enjoy during the networking sessions, in the shape of a student formula electric car from University of Surrey and two electric bikes from Saietta and the University of Nottingham. Click here to read this excellent technical article that we've produced around the seminar topic and also a filmd Techbite which you can view below. The TPN also took the opportunity to present their 2016 MotoE Racing prizes to the University Bath and Nottingham teams. If you’ve not yet seen our videos that we produced…

Deborah-Claire McKenzie
Do You Know An Inspiring IET Volunteer?

IET Volunteers are the lifeblood of the institution and without them we would not be able to undertake the diversity of events, seminars and professional registration activities that make the IET our professional home for life. In 2015, the IET launched a new Achievement Medal for major and outstanding contributions voluntarily given to furthering the aims of the IET. The award recognises the importance of volunteers to the IET in its mission to inspire, inform and influence the global engineering community. 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…

Kathryn Bain
What Is Happening InThe Districts – Western Isles

Sorry I missed last week, but I have been out and about. So a little later than expected, I am looking at the Western Isles district. For those that don’t know the layout of the Scotland North Committee, the area is split into districts that each have a representative on the Scotland North Committee. The Committee pulls together the event plans for the year and submits the budget. The Scotland North Committee organises events in Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness, Perth, Thurso, Orkney, Shetland, Stornoway. These events cover a range of engineering, management and general interest. Bit of background for those on the community page who are not local. The Western Isles is a chain of islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the Northwest coast of Scotland. The Islands are also known as the Outer Hebrides…

Lynsay Callaghan
Robot Ethics

The 2017 Robot Ethics event took place on February 23rd at the IET Savoy Place. This year’s event focused on medical/surgical robotics and the ethical implications of their use. What are the degrees of autonomy of a medical robot? Is the company, the programmer, or the operator responsible for the robot’s performance? Can we program empathy on robots to make them feel guilty when they make a mistake? What regulations can governments impose to medical robots so that patient confidentiality, safety, and approved decision-making can be guaranteed? These were the topics addressed by two noted researchers, Prof. Guang-Zhong Yang from the Hamlyn Centre of Imperial College London, and Dr. Catherine Easton from Lancaster University. Prof. Yang, a renowned researcher in medical robotics, indicated where…

Gemma Hadley in Robotics
CPD monitoring

You may be selected for CPD monitoring The IET's CPD policy for mandatory CPD record monitoring is now live. Over the next few weeks, you may be requested to submit your CPD return for 2016. To help with this transition to the new policy, we have answered a few 'frequently asked questions'. Why have you changed the CPD policy? The IET have changed the policy to meet the Engineering Council’s aspirations. As an IET Member you have already committed to keeping your knowledge and skills up-to-date, the only change is that you may be chosen to have your previous year’s CPD records reviewed. How many hours CPD am I required to undertake per year? Professionally active members: minimum of 30 hours. Retired members who are acting as an IET volunteer: minimum of 30 hours. Semi-retired or partially…

Alex Barrett

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