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  • Your Community needs you!

    OK, so you joined the IET and you receive E&T every month and you read a bit about what the IET is doing via the press or social media. Wouldn't you like to be more involved, even influence your profession? It needn't take up too much of your time and you'll find it fantastically rewarding for yourself and your career. We're looking for keen people to join the North Yorkshire Local Network committee of the IET; we're the ones that arrange the events, post on social networks (follow us on @IET_Yorkshire on Twitter), keep the web site alive and influence IET strategy through our involvement with your institution. We're doing really interesting things this year - like creating web-only events for You Tube and the North Yorkshire Community web site - and we'd like you to help us continue our mission…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Autumn 2013 event reviews

    AUTUMN 2013 A lecture on "Military R & D: Is it helping or hindering our security?" was presented by Dr Stuart Parkinson in October in the University of York. The lecture was an informative, thought-provoking and challenging presentation whcih questioned why the UK should spend so much resources on destructive weapons while the expertise and ingenuity of the engineering communicty could be much better focussed on conflict avoidance. Many questions and discussion followed from a receptive audience. The lecture can be viewed on IET TV at http://tv.theiet.org/technology/communications/17919.cfm Dr Iain Mosely presented a lecture in November covering various aspects of "Smart Home" and "Smart Grid" technologies including proposals for domestic DC distribution systems and intelligent power converters…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • College of North West London Skills Show

    The local London IET will have a table at the College of North West London's Skills Show (formerly known as Industry Day). This is on 26th March, 09:00 - 15:00. If anyone would like to attend or help please let David ( dtandy@iee.org ) know. The location details can be found here .

    Robert Heaton
    Robert Heaton

  • Caithness International Science Festival 2014

    The Caithness International Science Festival is a festival of education, enlightenment and entertainment, where all Caithness youngsters are given the opportunity to experience science in work shops, shows and much more. The Festival has been organized every spring since 2003. Science Festival 18th to 22nd March 2014 This year marks the 12th Science Festival and as well as involving all the schools in Caithness, it will also include an expanded programme of public activities and workshops. The 2014 Festival will include performances and workshops including: Dynamic Earth "Scotland's Time Lords" Generation Science's "Ella's Wobble" and "Power from the People" TechFest Aberdeen's "Investigating Ink" and "Plant Munch" Sphere Science "Band Rollers" and "Carousel/Circus" Glasgow Science Centre's…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Here Is How We Celebrated International Women's Day 8th March 2014

    Here is a snap shot of all of the activity that the IET Women's Network has produced in the run up to International Women's Day! Webinars To celebrate International Women's Day the IET Women's Network has produced a series of four webinars, in the lead up to the day, enabling you to plug in at any time from your desk or from the comfort of your own home! The topics covered: Understanding Unconscious Bias Stereotype Threat The Art of Ethical Persuasion - Asking for a Payrise Stand Up! Be Assertive! Confidence Buoilding for Professionals Event In addition to the series of webinars that we produced, we also held an event in London to mark the day! The event covered Understanding Unconscious bias - ''People who are viewed through a stereotypical lens often adapt their behaviour to the stereotype…

  • 11 year old ambassador

    Olivia's news in @dorkingnews keeping up awareness for #dyslexics pic.twitter.com/AkHQTlA2bL — Tim Loder (@LoderTim) March 7, 2014

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Science Museum collaboration brings robotics to the forefront of the public’s imagination

    Science Museum collaboration brings robotics to the forefront of the public’s imagination The IET Robotics and Mechatronics Network has been working closely with the Science Museum to host a number of high profile talks and workshops. The network is building a strong relationship with the Science Museum through collaborative events that aim to inform and inspire the public about robotics. Claire Rocks, the network’s chair, has been working closely with the museum over the last few years and so when it began to plan several robotics-based activities to build up momentum for its forthcoming six-month You Robot exhibition (set to launch in 2015 or 2106), it turned to the IET. The museum explained that it was looking to run a series of events focused on robotics entitled Robot Safari and the IET…

  • Healthcare Awards Most Successful On Record

    Healthcare Awards Most Successful On Record The Annual Healthcare Technologies Awards and Lecture took place in London last November, where delegates had the opportunity to hear from guest speaker Douglas Crombie Anderson OBE, who relayed the story of the creation of a new medical technology that saves patients sight and produced a successful public floated company. The evening also saw the winners of the William James and J.A Lodge awards present a synopsis of their work. The event, which has been hosted and organised by the IET Healthcare Technologies Network for over ten years, saw a leap in interest in 2013, with applicants for the awards reaching an all time high. Coordinating the awards and speakers Network member Dr Daniel Abásolo oversaw and coordinated the whole awards process and…

  • Swindon’s success story

    Swindon’s success story The IET Swindon Local Network (LN) has grown to become one of the most active in the UK, thanks in part to MyCommunity bringing fresh blood into the committee. The Swindon LN is based in a non-university town covering a relatively small area, but currently has in the region of 1,500 members. A long-standing network, it was originally set up back in the late 1960’s by engineers Ken Sherwin and Derek Bateman. The latter may be one of the longest serving IET committee members as Derek continues to be an active committee member even in his mid eighties, acting as its CONNECT representative and a professional registration advisor (PRA). “We want the Swindon LN to be the number one in the UK,” says Mubbisher Ahmed, the network’s Publicity Officer. “We have a responsibility…

  • Geneva Motor Show - Driverless Cars

    Various driverless car concepts are on display at the Geneva Motor Show. I like this one of the Rinspeed Xchange concept car. Its almost like being ina private executive jet.

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • How Does The IET Support Apprentices?

    This week (3-7 March) is National Apprenticeship Week – a great chance to celebrate the UK’s apprentices and how important they are to society. The IET continues to champion apprentices and support companies in approving apprenticeships for professional registration. In the last year a number of initiatives have helped boost the profile of apprentices and apprenticeships. Read more about how the IET supports and promotes apprentices and apprenticeships . In addition to the on-going work the IET do to support apprentices an IET led electrotechnical trailblazer apprenticeship standard has received Government approval and been launched during National Apprenticeship week. Read more about the Trailblazer initiative and how the IET is working with employers to increase the standard of apprentices…

  • Call for Papers: 15th Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS 2014)

    September 1-3 2014 University of Birmingham, U.K. www.taros.org.uk Call for papers - Paper Submission Deadline: 21 April 2014 TAROS (Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems) is aimed at the presentation and discussion of the latest results and methods in autonomous robotics research and applications. TAROS offers a friendly environment for robotics researchers and industry to take stock and plan future progress. TAROS 2014 will be held in the new Library of Birmingham. TAROS welcomes senior researchers and research students alike, and specifically provides opportunities for research students and young research scientists to present their work to the scientific community. As in previous years, all accepted papers will be included in the printed proceedings. Authors of selected papers will be invited…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • The Mawdsley Story

    In 2010 Gloucestershire IET Member, Lionel Jones, published a short history of the Mawdsley Electrical Manufacturing Company of Dursley, Glos. He is selling copies in aid of IET Connect funds and the book is priced at £15 including £5 postage and packing. The Mawdsley firm no longer exists but in its time was a main supplier of electrical machines to the Royal Navy and Merchant Ships as well as special educational machines to universities and technical colleges. If you are interested in buying a copy and supporting IET Connect, your Benevolent Fund, please contact Caroline Hobden. IET Connect assists past and present members of the IET and their immediate families with a wide range of confidential advice and support including a free legal helpline, financial needs, unemployment support and…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Thameslink - Achieving Metro headways on the mainline

    The Railway will be holding their next event at Broadway House in London. This talk will be presented by Paul Bates , Project Director at Network Rail. The presentation will explore the need for high capacity signalling systems, why ATO and ETCS were selected for Thameslink, how the project has developed the scheme based on lessons learned from the Cambrian ERTMS early deployment scheme and how traffic management will be deployed across the Thameslink Route to support the operation. An A4 poster for this event can be downloaded online . Please share with friends, colleagues or anyone else you feel may be interested in attending. For more information and to register for this event please visit the event calendar page .

    Gemma Hadley
    Gemma Hadley

  • IET East Midlands Network Logo Competition

    Your local community needs you, the IET East Midlands Network is running a competition to create its community logo. You may also find some inspiration from our and other communities… and the winning entry gets a £25 Amazon Voucher! We request that you become a member of our community in order to enter, other than that anyone is free to enter… Sign in using your usual IET login details, or register if you are not registered when loaded click ‘join’ at https://communities.theiet.org/communities/home/168 Logo Requirements : Professional: This logo will be featured on our website, with the potential to be used on other media platforms. As a result, while we want the logo to be eye-catching, it must still be legible. Theme: The logo must be individual and promote the IET East Midlands Network.…

    Roland-EM
    Roland-EM

  • F1 energy storage technology will support island grids

    F1 energy storage technology will support island grids - E & T Magazine http://t.co/BPn301njeg — Lynsay Callaghan (@IETLCallaghan) March 4, 2014

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Nominate Your Peers For A Prestigious Award!

    The IET Australia Forum would like to invite you to nominate your peers for a Prestigious Award! There are three awards up for nomination (until March 25, 2014) as follows : The Jack Finlay Award is presented to an engineer who, by virtue of their dedication, character and professional achievements has made a significant contribution to manufacturing. The Sir Lionel Hooke Award is presented to an engineer who, by virtue of their degree of dedication, character and professional achievements has made a significant contribution to the wider profession of electrical engineering. The James N Kirby Award is presented to someone who has achieved; outstanding eminence, distinction, public recognition in any sphere of activity, not necessarily engineering. Candidates for this Award do not have to be…

    Rowan P
    Rowan P

  • Mobile World Congress 2014

    Mobile World Congress is the worlds largest conference and exhibition for the mobile industry. Philip Clayson, from the IET's Multimedia and Communications Network, shares his highlights from MWC2014 below: "Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014 was alive with exciting new developments and product launches across every sector, led by an outstanding Keynote from Marc Zuckerberg talking about the WhatsApp acquisition and much more. Across MWC connected devices were widespread, from in-car systems to a massive increase in wearable technology since the Consumer Electronics Show back in January alone. The latest Samsung phone was launched during MWC, further cementing Samsung’s growing market share in the convergence of voice and video in the consumer and professional space. MWC14 had something interesting…

    Lisa Miles
    Lisa Miles

  • JLB 2012: The Biggest Change In Television For A Generation.

    As the analogue switchover nears completion and HD starts to gain an increasing prominence in the many UK homes where does television go next? Will 3D become the next must have technology or will ever larger affordable TVs drive the need for “ultra HD”? Or is television as we know it a dying medium to be eclipsed by online and mobile media consumption? In the 2012 IET John Logie Baird lecture we welcomed Peter Heslop, Director of Digital Switchover at Arqiva, José Luis Vázquez, CEO, Miranda PLC and Neil Maycock, Chief Architect, Snell. This lecture intended to capture the spirit and excitement of 2012 in the TV industry, from the launch of Youview, to L2012 and DSO. This year is a pivotal year in the UK for TV. However, the event will also look at the rapid growth and changes in TV around the…

  • A Look Back At IBC 2009

    Presentations from IBC 2009 Mark Waddell, Senior Research Engineer, BBC Research, presents his award winning paper on white space devices. Mark received the 2009 IBC award for the best conference paper for this contribution. Mark Waddell presents his award winning paper on white space devices Mark Waddell, Senior Research Engineer, BBC Research From: IBC 2009 2009-09-21 01:42:45.0 Communications Channel >> go to webcast >> recommend to friend

    Lisa Miles
    Lisa Miles

  • Chairman Handover and Thank You For David At Teddington Lecture - 5th March (topic: Internet For Everyone)

    Fellow IET Londoners,   After years of leading the Teddington section of our London Network, David Lindsley has decided to hand over the reins to Cathryn. Rest assured, he will remain an active participant of the Teddington team, so you will not have seen the last of him. Coming Wednesday the 5 th before their event we will have a moment to thank David for all his efforts as chair and to officially welcome as new chair.   I would like to invite you all to their invite to join the celebrations and stay for their exciting lecture on ‘Internet For Everyone’. It's a delightful pub with good food, so if you arrive early you can join other members for a bite to eat as well.   I hope you see you there (don’t forget to register!),   Kind regards,   Davy Thielens IET London chairman     Internet for…

    Davy Thielens
    Davy Thielens

  • March Events

    The Northumbria Network has two great events coming up in March... 17/03/14 Battlefield Surgery This talk will look at the ways technology has supported military trauma care over the past 10 years. A poster is available to download online . 31/03/2013 Identifying problems in renewable energy networks This event will discuss a novel approach to identifying the location of power disturbances in order to ensure a high power quality supply. A poster is available to download online . Please display and share the posters where you can to help spread awareness. Don't forget to register to guarantee your place!

    Gemma Hadley
    Gemma Hadley

  • B17 Steam Locomotive Trust

    The IET has been approached by John Peat, one of the Directors of the B17 Steam Locomotive Trust to ascertain if any members are interested in getting involved with the project. For further details and John's contact details please see here. You can also view a copy of the Trust's Newsletter here . This is an exciting project to rebuild a locomotive that played a great role in our railway heritage and its hoped that IET members will consider getting involved with the Trust.

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Your benevolent fund needs you!

    Dimitris Loumanis, Vice Chairman of the Central London Network is running the London Marathon on 14 April to raise money for IET Connect. We need your help to get him to his target. Without your support, IET Connect would not be able to make a difference to the lives of the IET members we support each year. If you can spare a couple of pounds please give generously . On behalf of Emily Hopkins, External Relations Manager, IET Connect

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

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