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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Speaker Highlight - The 3rd Annual Future of Medicine – The Role of Doctors in 2027

    We are delighted to announce Professor Martin Cowie, Professor of Cardiology, Imperial College London, will be speaking at the next Future of Medicine event. Join us to hear Professor Cowie speaking on “Technology and the Physician: Hope or Hype?” This talk will review the evidence that technological advances improve health outcomes for people with heart disease, focusing on the role of remote monitoring. In theory this should improve outcomes and be a better experience for the patient and the family: expertise goes to the patient rather than the other way round. A lot has been learned in the past two decades on what the key elements for success are, and some of these lessons will be highlighted in this short presentation. Technology has always been key to the way the healthcare team works…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • CyberUK 2017

    This is a fascinating conference and exhibition running in Liverpool over three days this week.  At lunchtime today I made a short presentation on Security Lessons from the Pay Television Industry.  A copy of the presentation will shortly be posted on the IET CyberSecurity community page.

    Graham Turner
    Graham Turner

  • New IET Network To Lead On Internet Of Things

    The concept of the Internet of Things (IoT) touches upon every sector and almost every engineering discipline. It is clear that the IET should have a presence in this area, so the development of a new IoT Technical and Professional Network (TPN) has begun. A scoping event late last year identified a number of opportunities for the IET to support the sector. These include providing a forum for developers and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), spreading awareness and adoption, creating a working group and developing partnerships. “There are a great many initiatives and organisations already underway producing excellent guidance, standardisation and technology. We have a clear guiding principle that we will not attempt to be ‘me too’ and duplicate these efforts,” says IoT TPN volunteer…

    Former Staff Member
    Former Staff Member

  • The IET International Engineering Photography Competition

    How are your photography skills? The IET has launched a new photography competition to members - and non-members - in a bid to challenge misconceptions of engineering and to demonstrate the ingenuity, breadth and vibrancy of the profession.   The IET International Engineering Photography Competition is open to any photograph of an engineering-related subject that captures the dynamic, creative and progressive face of engineering and engineers today.   It would be great to see some participation from the Control & Automation community so what are you waiting for? Participants can enter up to five photos to the following five categories: Digital Environment & Energy Structures & Transport Robotics Design & Production The great thing is this competition is also open to anyone from the ages of…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

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