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Colum McNally, 17, told IET Northern Ireland Policy Grp his scholarship has reaffirmed his wish to become an engineer pic.twitter.com/TVCIdBp81E — IET (@TheIET) January 31, 2014
The IET’s Power Systems and Equipment Technology Network hosted a Smart Grids Poster Session in October 2013. The evening reception brought the community together to foster new collaborations, encourage multi-disciplinary interactions and showcase the latest developments in Smart Grids. The evening included 17 posters on Smart Grids. The posters were peer reviewed and accepted following a call for abstracts from individuals, academia, companies, and various institutions to showcase their products and how these products fit into this future system along with the visions, anticipated problems, expected solutions, and the commercial overview of the future of the system. Adapting to a Sustainable Future Authors: A Tosetti, R Spencer Applications of Wide Area Monitoring Technology Authors: Mohsen…
This event not only showcases the rail industry, but also demonstrates the science and apprenticeship and graduate engineering opportunities available in this growing area. It provides the rail industry with the opportunity to promote its activity, network with other key players and interact with young people. There's an excellent programme of activities planned for the 2014 event which will be held on Thursday, 20 March 2014 at the Roundhouse in Derby. Further details of the programme and how to get involved, can be seen here .
Good news for staff at Augusta Westland, 1000 UK engineering jobs have just been secured as a result of them being awarded government contracts to upgrade the Apache and Merlin helicopters .
The programme for the 10th Infrarail event on 20-22 May 2014 at Earls Court has just been announced. The keynote speakers will be the Minister of State for Transport and Simon Kirby from Network Rail. There will also be project updates on: London Underground - Northern Line Extension, London Underground - Lean Transformation Programme Network Rail - Thameslink Network Rail - Northern Hub Network Rail - Electrification HS2 - update and business opportunities Further details on the event and how to register can be found here .
There's some interesting articles in the latest issue of the magazine, including details of the UK Rail Industry Awards on 20 February 2014 at the Brewery, City of London. See here for further details.
Have you ever considered an aero engineering career? With record revenue and growth in each of the last 3 years, the UK’s commercial aerospace industry urgently needs well qualified graduates to spearhead its continued growth. That is why UK government and 9 major aerospace employers are jointly funding 500 MSc tuition fee bursaries , each worth up to £9.5k. For further details on the AeroMSc Bursary Scheme and how to apply please click here .
MOS-AK Meetings are organised with aims to strengthen a network and discussion forum among experts in the field, enhance open platform for information exchange related to compact/Spice modeling and Verilog-A standardization, bring people in the compact modeling field together, as well as obtain feedback from technology developers, circuit designers, and CAD tool vendors. The topics cover all important aspects of compact model development, implementation, deployment and standardization within the main theme - frontiers of the compact modeling for nm-scale MEMS designs and CMOS/SOI circuit simulation. The next workshop will take place at London Metropolitan University, London UK - if you're interested in attending then please visit the website . Is anyone here planning to attend? You can register…
TRL are asking all community members to help out with a new and exciting research into wireless charging of electric vehicles. It would be greatly appreciated if you could please take about 10-15 minutes to respond to this questionnaire . This survey is part of a task led by TRL and in collaboration with VUB in a European research project to investigate the socio-economic impacts of WPT charging of electric vehicles and more specifically the social acceptance elements. Your participation in this survey can help to shape future implementation of wireless charging for electric vehicles.
TRL are asking all community members to help out with a new and exciting research into wireless charging of electric vehicles. It would be greatly appreciated if you could please take about 10-15 minutes to respond to this questionnaire . This survey is part of a task led by TRL and in collaboration with VUB in a European research project to investigate the socio-economic impacts of WPT charging of electric vehicles and more specifically the social acceptance elements. Your participation in this survey can help to shape future implementation of wireless charging for electric vehicles.
The new IET Knowledge Packs offer a flexible way to access the IET Digital Library – a global repository of science, engineering and technology content including: 400 eBooks, 1,300 Conference publications and 70,000 Journal Articles. The IET Digital Library is packed full of high-quality technical documents, eBooks and journal articles – and as an IET member you can now access this knowledge in bite-size chunks using the all-new Knowledge Packs. 5 free credits for members As part of this new membership benefit, you can now log on to obtain 5 free credits in order to download content from the IET Digital Library, whilst contributing towards your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) as part of the IET's CPD Monitoring Scheme. Find out more… Watch the Knowledge Pack video and Knowledge Pack…
Read what one of the attendees at our recent event had to say: The recent IET Event RFID principals and the Internet of Things was the first to be hosted at Balluff and was a great success. With the venue filled almost to capacity we were treated to two lectures on RFID principles, applications and the Internet of Things and Data capture software and real-time visibility within manufacturing and the supply chain The first lecture delivered by Oliver Puetz-Gerbig of Balluff covered the principles of RFID, and the differences between various frequencies of systems before moving onto future developments of RFID. We heard how large multi-national companies are researching the use of RFID as part of 'Industry 4.0' which appears to be another name for 'the internet of things'. At one stage we were…
On 24 th October 2013 the IET Italy Network in collaboration with the University of Bologna and the IET Multimedia Communications Network, were proud to host a lecture by Dr Leonardo Chiariglione (Founder of MPEG) on the ‘Prospects of Multimedia technologies and applications. If you were not able to attend in person, you can now view the presentation on IET.tv below and give us your feedback . Prospects of multimedia technologies and applications Dr Leonardo Chiariglione From: Prospects of multimedia technologies and applications, 24 October 2013, Bologna, Italy >> go to webcast >> recommend to friend Dr Chiariglione was also interviewed by Philip Clayson from the IET Multimedia Communications Network. You can watch the interview below:
Joseph Baddeley, a foundation degree engineering student from Birches Head has been awarded a certificate for student excellence and a cheque for £250.00 by the Institution of Engineering and Technology. After leaving school Joe studied at Stoke-on-Trent College and obtained a BTEC L3 in Electrical/Electronic Engineering. After a period working for JCB he returned to college to study for a Foundation Degree in Electrical/Electronic Technology and has passed with merit. Paul Bloor, course leader at Stoke-on-Trent College, said, “Joseph has put a lot of effort into his studies, is very well organised and respected by his peers. I had no hesitation in nominating him for the award.” The prize was presented during an IET event at Staffordshire University by Angelika Kavvalaki, Chair of the IET North…
The MPEG standards have made a monumental impact to the way the World consumes digital media. But where next?On 24 th October 2013 the IET Multimedia Communications Network in collaboration with the IET’s Local Network in Italy and the University of Bologna were proud to host a presentation by Dr Leonardo Chiariglione (Founder of MPEG) on the ‘Prospects of Multimedia technologies and applications'. You can now watch the presentation on IET.tv and add your comments and feedback to the event review after viewing. Prospects of multimedia technologies and applications Dr Leonardo Chiariglione From: Prospects of multimedia technologies and applications, 24 October 2013, Bologna, Italy >> go to webcast >> recommend to friend Dr Chiariglione also spoke to Philip Clayson from the IET Multimedia…
The IET London Network organises an extensive programme of activities in and around London. We have volunteer groups arranging events in Harrow, Hammersmith, Teddington, Central London, Bromley and East London as well the Young Professionals and Friday Lunch and Lecture groups. We also have a group dedicated to organising technical visits to places of engineering interest. All of these events and activities are made possible by the efforts of a dedicated group of volunteers. If you would like to know more about our committees, or would like to be a volunteer for us, please get in touch with any of the volunteers listed here. IET London Committee Femi Olushola - Chairman Xen Christodoulou - Vice Chair David Tabor - Secretary Vacancy - Treasurer Li-Wen Yip - Event Co-ordinator Maurice Greenberg…
IET Career Manager is our online professional development planning and recording tool. IET Career Manager is very intuitive to use and training isn’t necessary in order to use it. However, to help you use the tool to its full potential we provide regular online webinar training sessions on various areas of the tool’s functionality and provide an opportunity to ask questions. Each webinar lasts approximately one hour. Webinar Topics Using IET Career Manager for Initial Professional Development (IPD) If you are graduate engineer or working towards professional registration, this session includes: - Intent to Register - IPD schemes - Competence assessments - Archived assessments and verification - IPD reporting Using IET Career Manager for Professional Registration If you are starting to or are…
The first IET Surrey network event of 2014 on the development of 5G mobility turned out a huge success for the capacity audience who braved a wet night to visit the University of Surrey on January 15. Feedback to the lecture by Prof Rahim Tafozolli, Director of the Centre for Communications Systems Research and the 5G Innovation centre at the University of Surrey received high praise for content and presentation. Prof Tafozolli explained the story behind the project, and underlined the importance of innovation in finding ways of coping with the rising levels of mobile communications. The University of Surrey will play a major role in the development of the 5G network of the future. Together with a consortium of major industry players it will build the world's first research centre on campus…
TRL are asking all community members to help out with a new and exciting research into wireless charging of electric vehicles. It would be greatly appreciated if you could please take about 10-15 minutes to respond to this questionnaire . This survey is part of a task led by TRL and in collaboration with VUB in a European research project to investigate the socio-economic impacts of WPT charging of electric vehicles and more specifically the social acceptance elements. Your participation in this survey can help to shape future implementation of wireless charging for electric vehicles.
It is a great privilege to chair the Institution of Engineering and Technology in the East Midlands. The East Midlands Network has strong links with local academic institutions, businesses and professional organisations across the region. Being a member of the IET offers lifelong benefits, from support and advice to those just starting their engineering career, to mentoring towards professional registration. Others may seek the assistance of IET Connect or access to an international network of professionals and immense centre of knowledge, to name a few. Our Young Professionals Section offers excellent support to those new to industry. For the more established engineer, the East Midlands Engineering and Science Professionals (EMESP) has cultivated a network across the engineering spectrum throughout…
Energy storage is an essential component in the successful realization of renewable energy systems. While there is a lot of visibility about renewable energy initiatives worldwide, developments in the corresponding energy storage systems do not appear to enjoy a similar level of publicity. This lecture will present some of the latest developments in energy storage, outlining the level of preparedness to capitalize, optimize and complement efforts within the overall renewable energy drive. Speaker: John Baker - Manager - New Energy Technologies, EA Technology Consulting Venue: Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI), Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester, M3 4FP Date: 19 February 2013
The shortlisted bidders for the East Coast franchise have been announced by the government. To see whose been issued with invitations to tender for the new franchise which begins in Feburary 2015, please click here .
31 March – 3 April 2014. Tivoli Hotel and Congress Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark Attend DPSP 2014 to hear over 150 technical presentations from 38 countries, addressing the latest research and developments in system protection and control systems. Plus you will hear keynote talks from the Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) and Network Rail (UK), further your learning at a tutorial on the protection of DC and associated networks; and meet and interact with leading suppliers at the exhibition. Key themes covered at DPSP 2014 Utility experience Smart grids and microgrids Renewable energy protection New algorithms Wide area and system protection HVDC grids Testing and procedures for IEC61850 Distribution and LV networks See the full programme and register your place online at www.theiet.org/…
At the end of 2013, the EMEA CC arranged a training session for 10 new IPRAs to be trained. We now have new IPRAs in Qatar, UAE, Bahrain and Oman This is good news for the region and if you're thinking about becoming professionally registered then I recommend get in contact with an IPRA and get the process started. Have you already done this? We'd love to hear from you!
