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  • Improving your Management Skills: Finance and Accounting

    As your career changes and develops, you will need a wider and more diverse set of skills to ensure you succeed in your chosen field and whether this means deepening your technical knowledge or improving your soft and management skills, it is important to ensure you have the right information in order to progress. Whether you are pursuing IEng or CEng and looking to develop your management skills for your C Competences, or whether you are already professionally registered and looking to maintain your competence for your CPD, the IET offer courses to help you develop and maintain your skills. Management is not just about managing people and resources, but also about planning and budgeting to use these effectively. This is not always easy to do, so if you are thinking about developin in this…

  • The Future of e-aircraft

    One of my volunteers in the Wales South East Network has sent me a link to an interesting article on the future of electric aircraft. Airbus Group is currently involved in a numebr of technological programmes, whose breakthrough could eventually also be applied to an all-electric helicopter and a 90 seat passenger regional aircraft with fully electric or hybrid propulsion. For further details of this article click here . Photo and article from the Airbus Group site. The Call for Papers for our All Electric Aircraft Seminar to be held in January 2016 will be uploaded soon.

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Optical Fibres in Oil and Gas: Monitoring at the Speed of Light.

    Optical fibres have been available since the 1970s and are well known for their applications in telecommunications. Less well known are their abilities to perform measurements and to sense a wide range of physical parameters . Andrew Strong, CEng, FIET, MInstP from Cambridge Consultants, will describe the fundamentals of optical fibres and their fabrication. He will also review a number of measurement techniques and how they are used in a broad range of applications in the Oil and Gas Industry. Andrew's talk will be on Thursday 21 May 2015 at 1830 hrs in the Cambridge University Engineering Department, Trumpington Street, Cambridge.

    David Blake
    David Blake

  • What is the Point of Maths?

    Local Network volunteer, Derek Newport, has recently written a book about mathematics entitled “ Savour the Fruits of Mathematics…not just HOW mathematics works, but WHY is it important, especially in Engineering ?” Derek has visited schools regularly over the past 15 years, nine years under the Young Enterprise Initiative, followed by 6 years as a STEM ambassador, and during this time has sought the feelings of students on mathematics. Answers generally fell into one of two ‘boxes’, “I don’t like maths” and “I don’t see the point of maths”! Concerned about these responses, Derek decided to write the book, with two aims: Gaining students’ enthusiasm for mathematics; To gain teachers’ awareness of the different educational paths applicable to students opting for a career as a craft technician…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Orange County Vital Link STEAM Event

    If we are going to inspire, Inform, and influence the global engineering community, it's always good to get the imagination of young minds, and so for the second year in a row we supported the http://vitallinkoc.org/ STEM and Arts Career Showcase held over 3 days at the end of April. This event is a collaboration of corporate, education, and non-profit sponsors and exhibitors coming together to create an engaging and interactive career exploration experience emphasizing careers in science, technology, engineering, math (STEM), and the arts. The showcase, to be held in partnership with OC Fair Imaginology, is focused on providing students with opportunities to explore, discover, and connect to their future careers. As we wanted to do something different and give the young minds something to…

    Richard Tregaskes
    Richard Tregaskes

  • 2015 PATW

    At the end of March we had a great local heat for the PATW, with 4 presentations on water filtering, the USC Rocketry club, the second place " Simulating Colliding Black Holes to Predict Gravitational Waves" and the winning "Math, Engineering, and Technology of Non-circular Bicycle Chain Rings" by Adrian Rodriguez. Adrian is a LMU student and the LMU Seaver School of Engineering wrote an article about his success http://seavernews.lmu.edu/2015/04/09/sophomore-wins-engineering-presentation-contest/

    Richard Tregaskes
    Richard Tregaskes

  • Broads Outdoors Festival

    The Outdoors Festival brings you more than two weeks of activities celebrating the Broads National Park. The programme for the fifth birthday edition boasts a record number of events covering a huge range of activities with nearly 200 opportunities to explore the great outdoors. Running from 2 to 17 May, the festival showcases the wealth of things to do in the Broads. With more than a quarter of the rarest wildlife in the UK, 300 kilometres of footpaths and 122 miles of rivers the park provides a wonderful playground for everyone who loves to get out and about, whether on water or dry land. Search through the calendar below or browse the online flipbook programme.

    Alex Barrett
    Alex Barrett

  • Healthcare Network Update - 26 April 2015

    Hello to all IET and Network members. This latest community update arrives at the busiest time of the year for the HTN: several major events have just taken place and more are on the immediate horizon. Before I go into any more detail, I would like to ask for suggestions by email for our programme of events for the twelve months from October 2015. The committee will be meeting in a few weeks to map out the events and activities which we intend to offer for the coming year and as always we want to ensure that these reflect the needs of the healthcare TPN and wider biomedical engineering community. We have prepared a case study of this process on the myCommunity site and I would urge you all to read it to understand how the community can drive the events we put on: https://communities.theiet…

    Peter Bannister
    Peter Bannister

  • Iterations Of Security

    Known to pracitioners as Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability, CIA, is forever-green in its understanding, making it a constant talking point in any technology platform. As the phases of the project expand, so does its needs. Its not a responsive method so a crash course understanding wont give any more depth when compared to reading whitepapers found though search enging results. The business sets the soft tone of security requirements and its the practitioner that enages the known CIA triage model through hands on experiences of People, Technology and Process.   GP knows patient records must be confidential, Hospital knows equipment must be available to treat patients, Drug manufacturer knows scientific reaserch must have its integrity kept intact when creating drugs for patients.…

  • Photo Archives

    24 February 2012 - Networking Nite 15 March 2012 - AGM 12 12 May 2012 - LN PATW 18 Aug 2012 - Regional PATW 12 - Host Singapore 7 December 2011 - Evening Talks

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • TPN Aerospace Conference

    Event Photos: LINK Event Videos: Dr Bicky Bhangu -  Welcome & Opening Speech Prof Peter Malkin - From More Electric to Hybrid Electric Aircraft Dr Hamid Saeedipour -  Thrust Vectoring Effects on Jet Transport Aircraft Design Professor Geoff Gibson -  The Challenge of Developing Non-Invasive Repairs for Modern Composite Passenger Aircraft

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • ICalendar Link For Yorkshire & The Humber IET Events

    Yorks & Humber Events are available for your Outlook, Google, Smartphone or other calendar via iCalendar - simply link your calendar to http://www.iet-members.org/apps/php/icalendar.php and the events and visits we organise will appear within your calendar.

    Paul Smith, RPS
    Paul Smith, RPS

  • Events List

    Upcoming Events 2 Oct 2015 1st Annual Debate: We don't need any more Engineers Past Events 19 Sep 2015 Technical Visit: DreamWorks Animation 1 Sep 2015 IET Energy Section Presents: Data Center Power Systems Design Philosophy 25 Aug 2015 Networking Nite with Two Presentations on <Data Protection Act> and <Space, The Final Frontier> 26 Jun 2015 IET Young Professional Section (YPS) Presents: Benefits Of Professional Registration And A Visit To A Compact Fermentation Plant 16 May 2015 PATW 2015 7 May 2015 IET Rail Section Presents: Communication Backbone Networks for MRT Applications

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Yearly Newsletter

    Check out all our interesting activities organised. 2013/14 2012/13

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Committee Member 2014 - 2015

    Here's the list of the current committee member Chairman Mr David Griffiths Deputy Chair Dr Bikramjit Bhangu Honorary Secretary Mr Mike Henry Honorary Treasurer Mr Dennis Lin IET Council Member, IPRA Mr Richard KT Fong Data Protection Officer Mr Jolyon Caplin Committee Member Prof Joseph Kasser Dr Jiang Hao Mr Lim Meng Yong Mr Michael Wan Mr Tan Teck Lee Mr Loi Boon Toon Mr Tan Eng Hwa Mr Manoj C Abeysundara IET Administrator Yvonne Ko

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • About IET Singapore

    IET Singapore consist of the following sub-commitee Power Section Senior Section Transport Section Young Professionals Section

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Volunteer For The Retired Members Network

    Hopefully over the years you will have been to some IET events in Northumbria and Durham. These events are only possible due to the hard work of dedicated volunteers – but now we really need your help. If you are a retired engineer or technician, have you thought about volunteering for the Local Network in Northumbria and Durham? Here are just some reasons why we think you should. Being a volunteer for a Local Network can be a great way of: networking with likeminded people in your industry; finding out more about all of the opportunities that the IET can bring; developing the skills needed to achieve your goals We are looking for retired members and welcome applications to help with Developing the networks annual strategy Engaging in physical and virtual executive team meetings Using your…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • ROS Workshop 2015

    Over twenty people participated in a ROS Workshop over 16 th and 17 th April at University of Strathclyde. The workshop was organised by the Robotics & Mechatronics TPN exec group and is the second in what hopefully will become a regular feature in the programme of activities. The workshop attracted a group of mixed ability and experience – and rather impressively some folks travelled from London and Bath to attend! Some participants had never touched programming or Linux before, and were looking for only a general introduction, and some were experienced in both and wanted to know ROS in a hurry, and in that respect got more out of the second day than the first. Everyone in the group ended up being able to compile their own C program to publish and subscribe topics, and modify the program so…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • The IET Women's Network Newsletters

    Take a look back at some of our newsletter from 2014 February 2014 March 2014 April 2014 May 2014 June 2014 July 2014 August 2014 September 2014 October 2014 November 2014 December 2014

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • IET Germany LN: "Present Around the World" in Munich, 26.03.2015

    IET Germany LN: "Present Around the World" in Munich, 26.03.2015 The chairman of the IET German Local Network (LN), Alistair Gill, opened the Munich round of "Present Around The World" not just with a speech, but also with a plank of wood. On it were the words: "You don't get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate", which emphasised the importance of presenting effectively, certainly in the engineering world. This heat of the PATW competition was organised by the IET's Germany LN and was held at the Aviation Electronics Europe trade fair in Munich, to an audience consisting of LN volunteers, exhibitors, visiting engineers and other industry guests. Two contestants participated, both from Achaffenburg, both presentations having a common theme: Renewable Energy. Leon Keller presented first…

    Howard Gray
    Howard Gray

  • Rolls-Royce receives record £6bn engine order

    Rolls-Royce has received its largest order to date, worth £6.1bn ($9.2bn), to supply engines for 50 Emirates A380 planes. It will be the first time the engineering giant has made engines for the Gulf carrier's super-jumbo fleet. The news boosted Rolls-Royce's share price after a year of profit warnings. Emirates said the deal gave further support to trade ties between the UK and the United Arab Emirates and would have a "significant economic impact". Announcing the deal in London, Emirates president Sir Tim Clark said: "Today's announcement is significant not only because it cements the partnership between Emirates and Rolls-Royce, but also because of the significant economic impact that this will have on aviation manufacturing in the UK and Europe." Rolls Royce currently employs 24,500 people…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Inmarsat-5 F2 successfully deployed into geostationary orbit

    Inmarsat-5 F2 (I-5 F2), the second Global Xpress (GX) satellite, has successfully completed its orbital deployment stages on schedule. The satellite’s two thermal radiator panels have been successfully deployed and the payload has been switched on marking the beginning of payload testing which will take place from Inmarsat’s GX gateway site in Nemea, Greece. The testing, expected to take three weeks, marks the final phase in the mission for I-5 F2. “These were the final deployments to be performed, signalling the last significant mission risk for the I-5 F2 spacecraft,” said Michele Franci, CTO, Inmarsat. “Once fully tested, the satellite will be moved into its final orbital location where it will become ready for commercial service. We’re very happy with how the mission has progressed and…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Our Visit To The Etzelwerk Hydro Power Plant

    We had a great visit to the Etzelwerk Hydro power plant (Altendorf / Einsiedeln) Check out the visitor report to hear how it went... Jeff IET CH Chair

    Jeff Hunter
    Jeff Hunter

  • IET Leadership Seminar - Date Change

    The IET Leadership Seminar that was scheduled for 6th May 2015 will now be held on 7th July 2015 at Sci-Tech Daresbury.

    Rob McDonald
    Rob McDonald

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