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  • UPDATE: Engineer Your Why 2013

    The Engineer Your Why event was a resounding success and the audience enjoyed an entertaining, fun afternoon and left totally inspired and energized by the experience. We were fortunate to have a mixture of High School students, University under-grads, Young & Mature Engineers, plus one retired C Eng. The organizing team for the Event comprised: Nigel Schofield (C Eng, Chair of IET Toronto) George Chelvanayagam (C Eng, IPRA Ontario) Shawn Wassermann (MIET, Secretary) Jenny Yu (MIET, Treasurer & Web-master) Jim McConnach (FIET). We were fortunate to have http://www.engineering.com/ as the Platinum Media Sponsor for the event.

    Former Staff Member
    Former Staff Member

  • Engineer Your Why

    On April 26, come to Gravenhurst, Muskoka to experience the Energy & Inspiration from participating in one of Gerry Visca’s WHY sessions. Also find out how the IET can help Engineers and Technologists Live their WHY. To get a flavour of the session, see Sample . For information and to Register see: EngineerYourWhy

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    Former Staff Member

  • Putting Toronto On The Map

    Here's the IET Americas newsletter!

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    Former Staff Member

  • WATCH 2013 Hearn Lecture Strengthening Confidence In Engineering

    Strengthening Confidence in Engineering Kim Allen From: Hearn Lecture 2013, 10 August 2013, Toronto, Canada 2013-09-10 >> go to webcast >> recommend to friend

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    Former Staff Member

  • Hearn Lecture is in PEO's magazine Engineering Dimensions!

    Hearn Lecture is in PEO's magazine Engineering Dimensions!

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    Former Staff Member

  • Watch The Global Energy Challenge Lecture at Villanova

    Watch "The Global Energy Challenge Lecture at Villanova - by Daniel Nocera"

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    Former Staff Member

  • Toronto Ranked Top MyCommunity Group In 2013

    Toronto MyCommunity was ranked as a top on-line community in IET in 2013. This could not have been possible without your support. Thank you! Please come back often to keep updated about us. We have also set up a blog to have your opinion and suggestion. Go to https://communities.theiet.org/groups/blogs/250 to have your voice. Let us know your opinion!

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    Former Staff Member

  • 2013 Hearn Dinner And Lecture

    Thank you to Mr Kim Allen, CEO of Engineers Canada for his presentation "Strengthening Confidence in Engineering" at the 2013 Hearn Dinner and Lecture on 10 August. It was an excellent evening and we appreciate the support of our sponsors IEEE, Morrison Hershfield, Ontario Power Authority, Ontario Power Generation, IMechE, CIBSE, CREE, Cooper Lighting,Rutenberg Sales, and Salex. Thank you to the members of the Hearn Planning Committee: Jenny Yu, Mohamed Nizam, Jim McConnach, and Tony Cutner (not shown in photo George Chelvanayagam). Click to view feedbacks from event participants. Here are more photos from the evening. Greg Duggan, Tony Cutner, and Alyssa Randall were recognized for their assistance with the planning of the volunteers conference. There was a special award to longstanding members…

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    Former Staff Member

  • Newsbit

    Click here for May 2013 Toronto NewsBit

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    Former Staff Member

  • IET Hong Kong YMS Feb-15 Blogging

    Run for IET Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2015 The 19th Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon, Hong Kong's largest participatory annual sporting event, is scheduled on 25 January 2015 (Sunday). Similar to previous years, an IET Hong Kong running team is formed to participate in the “10km” race route. It includes 8 runners and 14 cheering team members from Branch Committee, Management Section, Younger Members Section and Students Sections. On Marathon day, with high spirit, sufficient warm up and support from cheering team, our running team finished the “10km” race successfully in one and a half hour. The team was warmly greeted when passing through the finishing line. All of us enjoyed this annual event very much with a lot of photos taken during the race and fun of course. Apart from…

    Julia Chan
    Julia Chan

  • Architecting Mergers & Acquisitions.

    A while back I researched how m&a’s are used or architected even, to bring success to a partnership or benefit a company through division or expansion and still be able to effect the market place. Using industry examples I was able to review how a few m&a’s were used to support strategy for growth and recovery across many industry sectors. There are many business justifications for mergers and acquisitions. A technology company may want to acquire medium level skilled Engineers so may purchase a generic IT Company or stakeholders may wish to create more wealth based off capital, may be looking for a customer user base to acquire or economic analysis may also show that the market entered by the company is no longer attractive and as such needs to change their growth strategy or contemplate M&A…

  • Technical Forum For Engineers Comes To Cambridge In March

    There will be a LED & Lighting / RF & Wireless Design forum on March 24th at The Moller Centre, next to Churchill College. Supported by Cambridge Nanotherm, Binder, Coilcraft, Ineltek, Linear Technologies, Outsource Electronics, Rutronik, Yokogawa, EBV, Analog Devices, APC Hero, TUV SUD, Microchip, Solid State Supplies, Institute of Engineering Designers and the Women’s Engineering Society, entry is free. The event is for Engineers only and will include, breakfast, lunch, and all day refreshments. There will be free wifi and parking. To attend a proven format of morning Technical Presentations, afternoon Technical Workshops and all day networking and desktop exhibition area, go to http://www.motiv8forums.com/attendee-2015.html

    David Blake
    David Blake

  • Women In STEM Statistics And Facts

    Take a look at our fabulous info-graphic depicting statistics and facts of women in STEM For the full info-graphic... http://bit.ly/1EzUjPj

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    Former Community Member

  • Science Festival

    The IET's Cambridge Network will be manning a stand in the small hall at the Guildhall on Saturday 14 March. The objective is to communicate engineering and technology to a wide audience. There will be kits for young children to build and take away torches, education packs for teachers and interactive equipment for children and young adults to use. Come and meet the IET Cambridge Network of Engineers - we would be pleased to meet you.

    David Blake
    David Blake

  • IET and IMechE Healthcare Awards 2015

    [ View the story "IET & IMechE Healthcare Awards 2015" on Storify ]

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  • Our Largest PATW Competition!

    On Saturday 28th February 2015, the YPS and LN executive hosted the IET 2015 PATW competition at the NESC Drilling Academy to fourteen excited and competent students. The competitors ranged from various institutions as UWI, UTT and the Drilling Academy. (The YPS with the 2015 PATW finalists) The newly formed Young Professional Section was instrumental in producing an effective event that provided a forum for students to demonstrate their presentation styles, their current research in various engineering and technology topics as well as highlight their interests in these fields. As thanks for contributing to the development of engineering and technology as well as participating in the event, each person received a token from the IET Trinidad and Tobago Local Network. The judges table before…

    Jason Robert Rameshwar
    Jason Robert Rameshwar

  • Porsche Museum - another try?

    We would like to try again to organise a visit to the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, probably in early May 2015. We also have the possibility to take a works tour, but not on weekends and not with children under 16 years of age (not allowed by Porsche). Of course, families with children would be welcome to join the museum part. We would like to know if you are likely to attend and whether you would prefer: (A) works tour museum tour (Friday) or (B) just museum tour (Saturday). Please indicate your preference(s) using the Doodle poll here: http://doodle.com/px8itk7quuwf8fmf Thank you. -- Howard

    Howard Gray
    Howard Gray

  • Spring 2015 Yorkshire and Humber Newsletter

    The Spring 2015 Yorkshire and Humber Newsletter (No.18) was delivered in the February issue of E&T Magazine. A virtual version of the Newsletter is available on the link below. http://online.fliphtml5.com/npft/cwie/#p=1 Please still check the main IET Events page for the latest information regarding events in the West Yorkshire region.

    Oliver Clarke
    Oliver Clarke

  • Black Friday: The Avro Arrow tragedy

    There's nothing fun about having an exciting and challenging project you've put your heart and soul into cancelled, especially just as it's coming to fruition. But that's exactly what happened to the Avro Canada team on Black Friday, February 20, 1959, as it was ramping production of its stunning new bird, the Arrow. Aviation enthusiasts the world over and many an average Canadian know the sad story of the Avro Arrow project. In the early 1950s, ambitious requirements were put forward by the government for the design of a supersonic defence interceptor, and Avro Canada obtained the contract.

    Alex Barrett
    Alex Barrett

  • IET Scotland Recognition Event

    IET Scotland hosted its annual recognition event for engineers who have recently achieved FIET, CEng, IEng and Eng Tech. Recipients and their guests attended a networking session and were presented with a certificate of achievement. Speakers included IET Vice President, Dr David Evans, IET Scotland Executive Chair David Richie, Senior Vice Chair Derek Little and Knowledge Management Board member Michael Cotterell. Presentations were received on volunteering and the IET in Scotland. Congratulations to those who have achieved FIET, CEng, IEng and Eng Tech and were not able to make it. The evening was enjoyed by all and we hope to see more engineers next year!

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  • IET NI IngeNIous Female Student Award 2015

    The IET Northern Ireland Local Network is delighted to announce the launch of the second annual IngeNIous Female Student Award. The competition is to identify and reward Northern Ireland’s most promising female student. Details on eligbility and how to apply can be found on the poster. For more infomrtaion contact kcreighton@theiet.org Submissions should be received by the 9th March 2015, and the winner will be announced on 18th March 2015 at the NISP Generation Innovation Night.

    Caron Malone
    Caron Malone

  • IET Champions Female-friendly Recruitment And Retention

    Welcome to our new campaign to share best practice for organisations making sure recruitment and retention is helping them to attract more women engineers. Only 6% of the engineers in the UK are women, which means that engineering companies are not accessing half of their potential talent pool. Given the impending skills crisis in engineering and technology, this makes poor business sense – and yet 43% of organisation are taking no action to tackle this lack of gender diversity in their workforce. The IET wants to help address this issue by showcasing organisations who are taking action to make their recruitment and retention more female friendly. Championing the campaign is IET Deputy President, Naomi Climer, who is also President of Sony Media Cloud Services. Naomi led a 50:50 campaign (add…

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    Former Community Member

  • Dogger Bank offshore wind farm

    Of interest to those who attended our Sheringham Shoal talks... Consent granted for 2.4GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm Read more: http://www.theengineer.co.uk/news/consent-granted-for-24gw-dogger-bank-offshore-wind-farm/1019917.article#ixzz3SZcke9lj

    Alex Barrett
    Alex Barrett

  • Railway Network Quiz Night - 11 June 2015

    Looking ahead to this year's event, those of you who attend regularly will know that our Quiz Master Peter Sheppard, never fails to turn out in a different TOC uniform each year. This year is no exception and Peter has supplied the following anagram to solve which is “Thrills In Raceway” which applies to the TOC who is supplying it. For further details on this years event to be held on 11 June 2015 and how to register please click here. Please note that team size is limited to a maximum of 8 people per team.

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

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