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  • IET Global Volunteer Conference 2016

    The IET Global Volunteer Conference 2016 was held at the seat of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, in Savoy Place, London on Friday 17th and Saturday 18th June 2016. As Chairman of the Local Network, I attended the Conference together with Mr. Hisham Rojoa from Mauritius in his capacity as Chair of the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Communities Committee. Thanks to receive a résumé of the programme and activities carried out: Day 1: •     Plenary session – morning.   o    Welcome and Introduction by Naomi Climer – President of the IET o    Presentation by below persons on the theme: "Inspire – Growing engagement".        Eur Ing R (Gordon) Dixon BSc CEng FIET FRSA       Joseph Dunn MIET The Solent Network’s Young Professional team was show-cased. The speakers also talked…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • What’s To Be Gained From An Integrated Threat Management Approach?

    Further to the Engineering Council’s recent guidance for engineers entitled Principles for Security, the IET has joined forces with the Register of Security Engineers and Specialists (RSES) to host an inaugural evening lecture , in London on the 14th July, on integrating threat management in the digital built environment . The event will demonstrate  that there is global access to vulnerable systems and  national infrastructure systems and will highlight the synergies  to be gained from an integrated threat management approach.     Highlights of the evening include a live demonstration of on-line global penetration assessment and testing of control systems, followed by a discussion on solutions; two integrated teams of physical counter-terrorism and cyber specialists will demonstrate, with…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Impostor Phenomenon - Questionnaire

    This questionnaire was developed by Dr Pauline Rose Clance as part of her work on the Impostor Phenomenon (more information can be found via the links at the end of this questionnaire).   Read more...

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  • Rosetta Spacecraft Mission Update

    Although meteorological conditions badly disrupted travel in the city on the day of the seminar, a very interested and involved audience travelled across London to hear about the Rosetta mission and its 10-year journey to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from two very knowledgeable and engaging speakers.    First, Dr Paolo Ferri from ESA’s European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Germany gave a presentation entitled ‘Rosetta – how to catch a Comet’ in which he described the mission operations challenges, with particular emphasis on the difficulties of orbiting the comet nucleus.    Secondly, Dr Mark Bentley from the Space Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of  Sciences gave a presentation on ‘A snapshot of the science from Rosetta’ which contained an overview of the science findings…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Rosetta Spacecraft Mission

    Although meteorological conditions badly disrupted travel in the city on the day of the seminar, a very interested and involved audience travelled across London to hear about the Rosetta mission and its 10-year journey to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from two very knowledgeable and engaging speakers.   First, Dr Paolo Ferri from ESA’s European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Germany gave a presentation entitled ‘Rosetta – how to catch a Comet’ in which he described the mission operations challenges, with particular emphasis on the difficulties of orbiting the comet nucleus.   Secondly, Dr Mark Bentley from the Space Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences gave a presentation on ‘A snapshot of the science from Rosetta’ which contained an overview of the science findings from…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • IET Shropshire wins an award!

    At the Global Volunteers Conference held in Savoy Place on 17th and 18th June, IET Shropshire received an award from CC-UK for being the most operationally excellent Local Network in the UK. Here, Dr Simon Hart accepts the certificate from Davy Thielens, CC-UK Chairman.

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • NWED IET - Ask an Engineer - Video now Available

    The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) and Royal Institution of Charted Surveyors (RICS) are pleased to invite you to a live chat about existing jobs in engineering, facilitated by a wide range of speakers across industry, on 23rd June to celebrate National Women in Engineering Day (NWED). More information ...

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  • IET/TAROS Public Lecture 2016

    Developmental robotics for embodied language learning was the subject of the IET/TAROS Lecture 2016 and Professor Angelo Cangelosi gave a fascinating presentation to an appreciative audience of roboticists, engineers and members of the general public. Developmental robotics is a collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to robotics that is directly inspired by the developmental principles and mechanisms observed in children’s cognitive development. The theme of the talk was the growing theoretical and experimental research on action and language processing and on number learning and gestures.  During the talk Professor Cangelosi presented examples of developmental robotics models and experimental results from iCub experiments on the embodiment biases in early word acquisition and grammar…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Engineering taster day at Swansea University

    Would you be able to spare a morning, afternoon, or whole day, to help out at an Engineering Taster Day on Thursday 7th July?   Venue: School of Engineering, Swansea University, School of Engineering, Fabian way, Skewen, SA1 8EN   Time: Full day is 8.00am to 3.30pm.  People that want to do morning only or afternoon only are welcome. Morning session will be 8.00 am to 12.00pm, afternoon session will be 12.00pm to 3.30pm   Sort of thing you will be doing: Volunteers will help pupils build a straw pylon subject to wind load, a motorised car and a self-propelling boat. In addition they will answer questions that may arise during the question and answer session. The aim of the taster session is to inform year 9 and 10 pupils about the different options available within Engineering and possible routes…

    Julie
    Julie

  • Present Around the World (PATW) 2016

    The local heats of the Present Around The World (PATW) contest was held on Saturday 04th June 2016 in the Lecture room at Pro-Five Consulting Ltd, Ebène. Some sixteen (16) participants registered for the competition during which we discovered a whole array of interesting presentations and projects as well as eloquent presenters. On behalf of the IET Local Network, I extend my heartiest congratulations to all of the participants. We are pleased to inform you that the Winner for the PATW 2016 for the Mauritius Local Network is Mr. Sandesh Mihdidin for his presentation on "Assessing the sustainability of fuel ethanol production in Mauritius". He will be representing Mauritius at the Regional Finals in Barcelona by end of July 2016. He also receives a cash prize of £150 and a winner certificate…

  • Adventures in AI

    To coincide with Women in Engineering Day, Dr Patricia Shaw, an EPSRC -supported researcher at Aberystwyth University, describes her passion for robots, and explains how robotics is helping her research into how humans start learning from the moment they are born Read more...

  • Last Chance to Apply for the IET YWE Awards!

    You have until Thursday  to apply for the IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year  Award! Do you want to: win £2,500; boost your engineering career; inspire the next generation of engineers? Then why not apply for the Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award?    There are two other prizes to be won:  The Mary George Memorial Prize for Apprentices (£750) Women’s Engineering Society (WES) Prize (£750) All award winners will receive a trophy and a cash prize, which will be awarded at the prestigious YWE ceremony on  1 December 2016,  at IET London: Savoy Place . If you have started your application and wish to complete it, please do so here .

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  • Engineering skills: the building blocks of toy design

    Earning big bucks for playing with toys might seem like a pipe dream but it’s actually an integral part of the job description for an increasing number of engineers, computer scientists and industrial designers. Read more... The IET Women's Network collaborated with Debbie Sterling, founder and CEO of GoldieBlox - The construction toy for girls,  in 2014.  Check out the video here.

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  • Comment: Inspiring girls into engineering

    Liren Li works as a reservoir engineer for BP, ensuring maximum recovery from their oil and gas field operations. You would think this keeps her quite busy, but with National Women in Engineering Day 2016 upon us, she explains why it’s also important for her to spend time mentoring students at the Space Studio School in Feltham. Read more...

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  • Emily Swatton, UKAEA

    Emily Swatton, a second year mechanical engineering apprentice at UKAEA, is keen to show school pupils what life is like for today’s young female engineers! Read more...

  • Future engineering leaders win Academy awards

    Five young engineers who have made a major impact in their respective fields very early in their careers will each receive a prestigious award this week at the Royal Academy of Engineering Awards Dinner at the Tower of London on Thursday 23 June. IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award 2015 winner, Orla Murphy, was among those selected and was the only woman engineer out of the five winners! Well done, Orla :) Read more...

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  • Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering List 2016

    An inaugural list of the top 50 Women in Engineering will be published in the Daily Telegraph for the first time on 23 June 2016 to coincide with National Women in Engineering Day. Read more...

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  • IET Member and Structural Engineer, Roma Agrawal opens the Agrawal Building

    On Monday 20 th June Roma Agrawal opened a new building at Ark Chamberlain Primary Academy which pupils had chosen to name after The Shard structural engineer. Read more...

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  • Photos from the launch of the Top 50 Women in Engineering Event

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  • IET Appeals for Increase in Published Works by Female Engineers

    The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is calling for an increase in the number of female engineers who have their expertise published in industry journals on National Women in Engineering Day 2016. Read more...

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  • Did You Know That IET Glasgow: Teacher Building Has IET Member Facilities Available?

    Make the most of your membership and the Member facilities offered in Glasgow. As an IET Member, you can benefit from the following when visiting us at IET Glasgow: Teacher Building. Meeting rooms on a Monday or a Friday* at no cost As an IET Member you and up to five people can hire a room for a maximum of three hours, on a Monday or a Friday, for absolutely no cost.  Members’ private lounge An inspiring space designed exclusively for you, this professional, self-contained office environment is aimed at making your business meetings as productive as possible.  For priority use by our members, this dedicated meeting space allows you to do business without the stress. Flexible booking options You don’t have to reserve the facilities months in advance or even commit to weeks of usage. The Business…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Volunteers Wanted For STEM Week As Part Of The Scottish International Airshow

    Are you interested in becoming involved in the first ever Scottish International Airshow STEM Week? This event is on from Monday 29 August until Friday 2nd September and is open to schools from across the west and central Scotland and the IET are hoping to host a Career Stand in the Careers Zone and we are looking for members who will engage with the pupils to discuss careers / options / routes into engineering and personal careers observations.   More information on the event can be found at Scottish International Airshow STEM week.   What we are looking for is a call for volunteers to establish that we can provide stand cover and once we are confident that this can be done we would confirm the time slots, order the materials, pupils and teachers literature and stand dressing equipment, and…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • We Are The "Most Operationally Excellent Network"

    Congratulations to all of my colleagues on the TT LN executive as well as our local IET members and supporters for working as one team enabled us to be awarded the "Most Operationally Excellent Network" at the 2016 IET GVC. We also thank Sean and Gerald for representing us at the event. Our hard work being recognised! These pics from Sean highlight the grandour of the IET Savoy and those who contributed to engineering. Some of the past IEE presidents. A magnificent view from the IET! Thanks Sean! For more information about the event, click here 2016 Global Volunteers Conference and you can view pictures and tweets here .

    Jason Robert Rameshwar
    Jason Robert Rameshwar

  • A Tour Of The World’s First And Brightest Hard X-ray Laser

    On Wednesday June 22nd, IET NorCal members and guests had a fantastic tour of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Linac Coherent Light Source ( LCLS ). The group was given an initial 40 minute presentation by Dr Mike Dunne describing the history of SLAC and the introduction in 2009 of LCLS. The initial development of SLAC required some novel thinking and a significant leap in the physics of the day in order to make the accelerator a reality. This included the construction of a freeway bridge over the accelerator for the future I280! A view of SLAC from the air with a bridge waiting for a freeway to be built! Since its 2009 launch, LCLS has drawn researchers in a wide array of scientific fields from around the globe to explore the innermost workings and properties of common and exotic materials…

    Allan Casey
    Allan Casey

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