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  • NorCal Attends The Americas CVC

    This past weekend, Allan Casey, John Manville and Sonia Travaglini of the IET NorCal committee attended the Americas Community Volunteers Conference (CVC) in Orlando, Florida. This event is held every two to three years and brings all of the Local Networks (LNs) together to learn what has happened in each of the areas and to hear about each other’s plans for the future. The specific goals of the meeting are to: 1. To inspire: provide an interactive platform for members to become more engaged with the IET 2. To inform: educate on new tools, best practice, latest developments and successes 3. To interact: provide a two-way forum for sharing ideas This year’s conference started on Friday with the Americas’ final of the Present around the World (PATW) competition. NorCal was represented by Jane…

    Allan Casey
    Allan Casey

  • Vehicle-to-Grid - Technology, Challenges And Benefits

    For this month's guest posting for the Automotive and Road Transport Network, Bunmi Adefajo from the Software Innovation Team at TNEI explains the concept of Vehicle to Grid technology and the benefits it can provide . With the increased government and private funding in research and development in battery technology for electric vehicles, the Innovation team at TNEI has reviewed V2G technology, the challenges it faces, and explored ongoing V2G trials and potential applications. What is Vehicle-to-Grid Technology? Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) is the technology which allows battery powered electric vehicles (EVs) to act as mobile energy storage units. This means that as well as importing, electric vehicles can export power onto the electrical network when required, via a bidirectional charging unit…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Society Insights: August 2017 - Mining The Seafloor And Cognitive Intelligence

    This month we feature two interesting subjects covered by IET Local Networks recently. How can transparency be improved in the sustainable use of natural resources that society demands and how cognitive intelligence is being used to replicate human behaviour in complex situations like war and diagnosis of cancer...   Mining the seafloor East Midlands Local Network   The demand for metals and minerals continues to grow. This is in part thanks to the continued popularity of high-tech consumer devices as well as the expanding renewable energy sector; both large consumers of these materials. This popularity has necessitated researching alternative means of securing more of these natural resources, and one possible solution has been to mine the deep sea.   Currently most work is focusing on deep…

  • Have you seen the E&T Functional Safety and System Safety pages?

    E&T Magazine Have you seen the E&T Functional Safety and System Safety pages?    You can find the latest issue, view webinars and see whitepapers, so have a look.

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Congratulations To Brunei LN: Winner Of The Asia Pacific Awards (CVC Asia Pacific)!!!

    The CVC AP took place together with the PATW AP Regional Final and ANZ YP meeting in Auckland. 19 - 20 August 2017  Over 50 representatives from 10 countries including our guests from UK:  Alex and Tom joined the Conference.  We all enjoyed the inspiring talk by Professor Simpson not to mention having lots of fun when competing for the “Funniest table” Award at the dinner. Simon receiving the best Presentation Award from Karla CC-AP Chairperson with Alex cheering for the Network CONGRATULATIONS to the Networks who won the awards below and the PATW AP winner Rovik from Western Australia: Best Budget Plan in AP:  Brunei Network Most Innovative Event/Initiative:  NSW Network – Volunteer Squad Most Improved Network:  Singapore Network and WA Network Most Used Engineering Community:  Victoria Network…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Humans Of The IET - Winnie Lee

    Last week we met  Ghazel , Chairperson and founder of UWA IET On Campus. This week I'd like to introduce  Winnie Lee , someone most of you have never heard of. She works for the IET and is the Community Manager for our sector. Always engaging, always gung-ho, she inspires our marketing team to greater heights and promotes the WA network to the wider IET community. Winnie, despite being employed by the IET, studied Psychology and Counselling. She likes the nature of her job as it allows her to meet people from all over the region and beyond, enjoy their different cultures. Let's get to know Winnie. Dogs or cats (or Ducks? Naked mole rats?)? Teddy bears?? What is your guilty pleasure? Travel to Seoul, South Korea a few times a year (shopping). I'd want to go there for the Starcraft II scene …

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • IET Merseyside and Western Cheshire Newsletter - September 2017 to January 2018 now available as an on-line flip book

    The latest Merseyside and Western Cheshire Newsletter is now available as an on-line flip book and pdf file Please click the link  Merseyside and Western Cheshire Newsletter September 2017 to January 2018   The newsletter is attached to this blog as pdf file.   The file size is 2Mb.

    Rob McDonald
    Rob McDonald

  • Cyber Security: Hollywood vs Real Life

    I found this interesting article about the few times when film and TV has gotten hacking right. As the article explains, most of the time, realistic cybersecurity and hacking aren’t visually very exciting subjects, meaning they tend to change it to amp up the drama The NCIS and CSI franchises get it hilariously wrong and as the article points out, films like War Game and shows like Mr Robot have got it right. http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/6-times-hollywood-got-security-right/d/d-id/1328696     What films and TV have got it right and which are getting it oh-so wrong? Let me know in the comments section below.

    Former Staff Member
    Former Staff Member

  • Automation and Control Engineering Innovation Competition (ACEiC2017)

    Below, Ir. Chang Yew Cheong reports on the day.   In conjunction with IET C&A (Control and Automation) TPN, IET Malaysia Local Network and Center for System Engineering Studies (CSES), Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FKE), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, Malaysia organized the “Automation and Control Engineering Innovation Competition (ACEiC2017)” on 27 July 2017 at Tuanku Abdul Halim Sultan Mu’adzam Shah, Engineering Complex Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam Selangor. Ten teams from Universiti Teknologi MARA, International Islamic University Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi Petronas took part in this ACEiC2017 competition. There are ten teams competing under seven different categories, which are Health, Instrumentation, PID, Environmental, Agriculture, Forecasting…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Are Electric Motorbikes Better Than Petrol Ones?

    They certainly were at Anglesey Circuit on 13 August.  Its one of my favourite circuits, a great location with the sea right up by the circuit and the views of the Snowdonia mountain range in the background and looking towards South Stack from another viewpoint as well. You get a good crowd of riders and spectators and the race officials at NG Racing who run the races are always friendly.  Plus the weather was good, relatively warm, but not too bright and sunny for the riders.  It was the first round of the 2017 MotoE Racing championship, an innovative race series for electric motorcycles, which the IET’s Automotive & Road Transport Systems Technical Professional Network support, as its aimed at university teams, plus all the Technical Commission are IET members. Normally there are around 5…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Humans Of The IET WA YP - Ghazel Monir

    Last week we met Victor , Chairperson and founder of Curtin IET On Campus. This week I'd like to introduce Ghazel Monir , the last of our Open Day MVPs. She is an alumnus of the 2016 Leadership Programme, joining the committee as a Leadership Programme mentor and UWA student representative. She is the mentor for the student group heading up the IET Quiz Night this September. Over the mid-semester break, she has singlehandedly brought the UWA IET On Campus club to fruition and is the incumbent chairperson. Ghazel is studying a Masters of Civil Engineering at UWA. She joined the IET YP Committee to become a part of a community of like-minded people and learn from them. Let's get to know Ghazel. Why did you join the Committee? I joined the committee so that I could help run awesome events and…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • IET Cambridge 2017/18

    All events for the 2017/18 season are now included in the events section of this site.  All IET Cambridge events have titles in capitals and are preceeded by CAMBS.  There are other events, primarily from other IET groups, which are included to enable you to have access to a wide spread of subject.  A programme card, venue maps and posters have been added to the files section.  Please take a look at the range of events that have been arranged and make a booking if you are interested in attending. Our Prestige lecture this year is by the Vice President of Technology at ARM.  Please book early to ensure you get a place.

    David Blake
    David Blake

  • Speaker Announcement: Bringing Manufacturing Technologies to Life - Christopher Simpson

    Christopher Simpson is Managing Director of Simpson Associates, an international engineering consultancy providing advice and support to companies in the UK, USA, Germany and other European countries on strategy, performance improvement, project management, acquisitions and other business development.  He currently holds a number of non-executive directorships in the UK and Germany. He has been Chief Executive with major manufacturing corporations in the UK, USA and Germany.  He has in depth knowledge of Germany and is fluent in the language.  His specialist areas are advanced manufacturing and financial management.  He has a first degree in engineering and is a Sloan Fellow at the London Business School. Apart from his direct business activities, he is past Chairman of the UK Manufacturing…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Five ways particle accelerators have changed the world

    Have you ever wondered about the part particle accelerators play in our every day lives? Take a look at this article by community member Graeme Burt for The Conversation:   Got any questions for Graeme?  Post them below in the comments box.

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Humans Of The IET WA YP - Victor Olet

    Last week we met Nick , Murdoch's student representative. Keeping with our theme of Open Day MVPs this week I'd like to introduce Victor Olet, our Curtin student representative, founder of Curtin IET On Campus and the incumbent chairperson. At the Curtin Open Day, he organised our stall and had members of IET On Campus helping out while he did engineering outreach for Curtin. Victor is a Chemical Engineering student at Curtin University who joined the IET through the 2016 IET YP Leadership Programme. Victor then went on to exemplify himself through his tireless work as Chairperson of Curtin IET on Campus with a particularly successful BBQ organised only a few weeks ago. Let's get to know Victor. Why did you join the Committee? I liked how the IET created a community of engineers, scientists…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Zurich FabLab Technical Visit - Tuesday 29th August, 18:00

    ...come along and see how the Zurich FabLab operates. Checkout the 3D Printers and other latest Design & Fabrication equipment, before maybe having a go yourself.   http://zurich.fablab.ch/   The Zurich FabLab is a workshop where you can make your own creations. The concept is best explained by visiting the Fablab one time.... Register your free place: https://localevents.theiet.org/619be6     Address: Zimmerlistrasse 6 8004 Zürich Map: https://goo.gl/maps/ZFRi9Q8tYyR2   Directions Bus or Tram to Zimmerlistrasse 6, 8004 Zurich (Close to Zurich Hardplatz) See you there... Your IET Switzerland Committee

    Jeff Hunter
    Jeff Hunter

  • IET FARADAY DO-IT-YOURSELF CHALLENGE - 3 Preliminary Round & 1 FINAL

    Executive summary:   PRELIMINARY ROUND 1 HELD ON 11 th MARCH 2017 : Participated by 8 teams – 48 students   PRELIMINARY ROUND 2 HELD ON 2 nd APRIL 2017 - Participated by 8 teams – 48 students   PRELIMINARY ROUND 3 HELD ON 13 th MAY 2017 - Participated by 7 teams – 42 students   FINAL to be held on 26August 2017     The IET Brunei Young Professional Section (YPS) with the support of the main committee organised the IET Faraday Do-It-Yourself Challenge for Schools’ students in Year 9. The aim of the activity is to give students the opportunity to research, design and make prototype solutions to genuinely tough engineering problems. This is in-line with the IET Brunei vision and mission in promoting the general advancement of science, engineering and technology and to facilitate the exchange of…

    Siong Tang
    Siong Tang

  • IET BRUNEI LN ORGANISED TECHNICAL VISIT AND TALK

    Technical vist on 4th August 2017 IET members, On campus group members from Politeknik Brunei and University Technology Brunei as well as some non members visited the Sinar Suria Bio-Center, MC Biotech Sdn Bhd on the 4th August 2017.  Participants had the opportunity to view the first class facility for the production of large scale cultivation of the Microalgae Haematococcus pluvialias.  The facility was completed in mid-2016 and concentrates on cultivation, drying and packaging of the dried algae biomass after which they are exported to Japan for extraction and further processing. The target product extracted from the Microalgae called Astaxanthin, a beta-carotenoid (same family as Vitamin A).  It is one of the strongest anti-oxidants in the market and gained international acclaim after being…

    Siong Tang
    Siong Tang

  • IET BRUNEI DARUSSALAM NETWORK ORGANISED TALK ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE - 11th AUGUST 2017

    Mr Ang Kian Guan, past IET Brunei LN Chairman shared with IET members on the following,  - Corporate Risk Management - Professional Indemnity Insurance - Wealth Management and Trust

    Siong Tang
    Siong Tang

  • National Initiative For Cyber Education (NICE)

    The NICE framework being introduced by nist.gov is pragmatic in its approach and offers understandings that can be adopted by any organisation. Specifically, it lets you identify what cyber designations are applicable to your organisation and which specific combination of academic, certifications and apprenticeship models are applicable to your company.   Current cyber qualifications are limited and somewhat restricted as they are based off TCP/IP technology ecosystems, the NICE framework, goes one step further and allows you to move beyond the client/server architecture to identify what combinations of any cyber activities will be applicable to your needs.  It lets you make qualitative and quantitative cyber assessments without any bias. Its framework uses a common body of knowledge (CBK)…

  • IET BRUNEI DARUSSALAM ORGANISED TECHNICAL VISIT TO SINAR SURIA BIO-CENTER, MC BIOTECH SDN BHD - 4th AUGUST 2017

    IET members, On campus group members from Politeknik Brunei and University Technology Brunei as well as some non members visited the Sinar Suria Bio-Center, MC Biotech Sdn Bhd on the 4th August 2017.  Participants had the opportunity to view the first class facility for the production of large scale cultivation of the Microalgae Haematococcus pluvialias.  The facility was completed in mid-2016 and concentrates on cultivation, drying and packaging of the dried algae biomass after which they are exported to Japan for extraction and further processing. The target product extracted from the Microalgae called Astaxanthin, a beta-carotenoid (same family as Vitamin A).  It is one of the strongest anti-oxidants in the market and gained international acclaim after being featured on the 2012 Dr. Oz show…

    Siong Tang
    Siong Tang

  • 2017 Amercias CVC

    Presentation by Toronto LN at 2017 Americas volunteer conference in Orlando.

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Come And See Behind The Scenes At MotoE Racing

    The 2017 season of MotoE gets underway for 2017 with races at: Anglesey circuit - 12-13 August 2017 Pembrey - 1-3 September 2017 Donington Park -  7-8 October 2017   MotoE is a dynamic Engineering Competition   that challenges teams from all over the world to design and build and race electric motorbikes. The series enables teams to test themselves them against the best competitors in the world on iconic race tracks throughout Europe. The teams form an inclusive club of manufacturers, technical institutions and privateer constructors who are racing on the same track at the same time to be at the cutting edge of clean technology that powers the next generation of motorsport. The field is level, and the same rules apply to all competitors making this the most open competition that exists today…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • IET WA YPS Leadership Programme Project: Bike Phone Charger

    Check out this amazing project by the IET WA Leadership Programme Team which promotes STEM and the IET during the open day of the four universities in Western Australia:  Curtin, Murdock, UWA and ECU. See how Kelly charged her mom's phone using the bike here Team’s Process Participating in the WA IET leadership programme presented us with a project that has never been attempted before. The team was faced with a challenge that had no clearly defined approach but had a single objective; to promote the IET to aspiring engineers on Universities around Western Australia. Initially, the project was oriented towards beating a World Record. However, after weeks of discussing world record ideas, the team decided to beat a world record using a self-powered bicycle that would charge the most electronic…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

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