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  • The Micro:bit By Ian Martin And Paul Robinson

    A couple of years ago, the Swindon Local Network received a significant Education Award from the IET to organise a STEM event. With Ian Martin as the lead , Paul Robinson and the committee developed the  Brunel Challenge   Rail Competition for an inter/intra school challenge. Working with the IMECHE Rail Division to use the BBC Microbit Controller to drive railway points and signals, Ian introduced the event to St. Johns in Marlborough, and a successful event was held at the STEAM museum in Swindon.  This blog highlights Swindon Local Network committee members Ian and Paul and their achievements in the engineering industry.  About Ian and Paul Ian is a Chartered Engineer, now retired, who spent most of his career in the aerospace and defence engineering industry, working on products for land…

    Elizabeth T M
    Elizabeth T M

  • SCSC Survey Of Assessing And Improving Safety Culture

    Help organisations understand how to assess and improve Safety Culture. The Safety Critical Systems Club's Safety Culture Working Group is running a survey on Assessing and Improving Safety Culture.  They are seeking feedback on organisations' experience of assessing and improving Safety Culture and have produced a short questionnaire: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SCWGsurvey Could you spare a few minutes to complete the survey ? The aim of the survey is to help organisations understand how to assess and improve Safety Culture. The Safety Culture WG will analyse the responses and share findings anonymously on the SCSC website.  You can find out more about the Working Group and ask any questions via their homepage . Thank you in advance for your time and help.   Please note: You cannot save…

    James Inge
    James Inge

  • IET Skills For Net Zero And A Green Recovery

    The latest IET annual skills survey of engineering employers in the UK focuses on the skills requirements for delivering the UK Government’s net-zero target by 2050, the subsequent impacts of COVID-19 on engineering employers, difficulties in recruiting engineers, and employer perceptions of the engineering skills gap. The responsibility to drastically reduce our impact on the climate falls on us all, but engineering has an important role to play, and it is vital that we have the right knowledge and skills to address the complex engineering challenges we will face as a result. Our survey outlines the need for industry, government and academia to collaborate to identify the essential skills required to provide a workforce that’s fit for purpose. The results of our survey are broken down into…

  • Achievement Awards

    The IET Achievement Awards exist to celebrate the incredible talent within engineering and technology, with a wide range of categories to recognise people who have made a real impact in their industry. Whether they are just starting out as a passionate apprentice or technician, or right the way through to their mid-to-late career, there is something to truly recognise the impact of anyone. The IET Achievement Awards exist to celebrate the incredible talent within engineering and technology, with a wide range of categories to recognise people who have made a real impact in their industry. Whether they are just starting out as a passionate apprentice or technician, or right the way through to their mid-to-late career, there is something to truly recognise the impact of anyone. Full details at…

    David Blake
    David Blake

  • Happy Chinese New Year

    G'Day all I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family good health, wealth, happiness and success in the year of the Ox. For those celebrating Chinese New Year, I would like to wish you GONG XI FA CAI. CCAP meeting kicked off on the 27th January 2021. We had a very productive CCAP meeting and were able to discuss the CCAP strategy. Once approved by the CRC, we will be contacting all LNs. In the meantime, please stay safe and healthy. If you have any questions or suggestions to CCAP, please do not hesitate to contact any of the CCAP members. Thank you. Best wishes CCAP Chair

    Siong Tang
    Siong Tang

  • COVID-19 Vaccine Logistics: How Have Digital Hotspots Supported The Rollout?

    By: Dr Liz Breen, Director of the Digital Health Enterprise Zone (DHEZ), Reader in Health Service Operations, University of Bradford and Dr Sarah Schiffling, Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management, Liverpool John Moores UniversityThe COVID-19 outbreak in late 2019 has affected everyone around the globe. Digital solutions have been integral to the sourcing, connecting, and sharing of information in an accurate, timely, and responsible manner. This has enabled healthcare, education, businesses, governments, and individuals to respond to ever-changing challenges. Reflecting on the vaccine rollout to date, there are key points (‘hotspots’) where digital solutions have been integral to the interconnectedness of the delivery programme. Below are ten areas where digital technology has supported…

    IET Policy Editorial
    IET Policy Editorial

  • Looking For Online Resources On A Specific Subject? Check Out Our New Reading Lists

    The Library and Archives team are publishing monthly reading lists on a wide range of topics, to help our members find the content they need. To find out more, visit our website .Our Reading Lists have been specially curated by the IET Library team to aid your research and introduce you to our collections. Current reading lists cover career development, electric vehicles, communications and renewable energy, as well as a highlight list of our most popular resources. The lists link directly to content in the Virtual Library . You will need to be logged on to the IET website as a member in order to access these resources and when you log on for the first time, you may be asked to set up an account. This is a straightforward process that enables you to save your searches and find useful content…

    Anne Locker
    Anne Locker

  • MSc Electrical And Electronic Engineering Industrial Placement

    "I am an international student here in the UK, currently completing an MSc Electrical and Electronic Engineering degree at Sheffield Hallam University. 2021 is my placement year in which I am required to undertake a full-year industrial placement as an integral part of my degree" - can anyone in our region offer a placement?

    Alex Barrett
    Alex Barrett

  • IET Railway Young Professionals ;Railway Engineering a New Horizon to Successful Future Career' Webinar, 4 December 2020

    This event focus is primarily on students, early career, young professionals with the presentation focus being aimed at this audience.  Andrew Boagey who is an expert in railway systems engineering with more than 25 years of experience in managing railway projects and leading engineering programmes will introduce the concept of railway engineering. Andrew will shed the light on the interesting aspects of railway engineering, the technical expertise required, working opportunities, challenges, adventures and fields of innovation. The session is planned to help young students to get familiar with railway engineering and its engineering branches and provide them with the job opportunities and technical innovation opportunities.  These online events are to help us inspire, inform and influence…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Four Fun And Educational Tech Activities For You And Your Families During Lockdown

    Two weeks into lockdown and home schooling may have lost its novelty, but there’s still a whole host of fun learning activities to discover.Catherine Allen, member of the IET Digital Panel, has four ideas for you that use the devices you already own to both entertain and educate. From planets to Pisa, Brussels to bones – we’re sure the brilliant minds of our next generation can be sparked with these accessible digital experiences. Reach for the stars Who needs a planetarium when all you need to do is step outdoors and look up? Stars, constellations and planet names – the  Sky Guide  app will fill your phone screen with amazing astrology. Simply point it up to the sky at night and the app will tell you what you are seeing, using augmented reality. It is stargazing made simple. You could even…

    EngX Editorial
    EngX Editorial

  • Early Career Researchers

    The transport sectors present the antenna and propagation engineering community with numerous challenges stemming from the peculiarities of the road, rail and air environments and their shaping of the propagation channel, to constraints on antenna form, size, weight and placement, to diverse applications spanning communications, sensing and positioning. As part of our online event, we are inviting early career researchers to submit their work. We are looking for a short presentation (6 slides maximum) on any of the topics below: Antennas and propagation Radio channels RF engineering Communications and sensing Wireless networking Remote sensing Positioning systems Telematics Intelligent transportation systems Why you should get involved? Networking across application domains in which researchers…

    Tori Rooke
    Tori Rooke

  • Quality Management In Support Of Projects - Introducting The Quality Guru's

    This post introduces the Quality Gurus who collectively have defined significant foundations of the Quality Management Body of Knowledge.  By introducing them it is hoped that it will direct the reader to sections of the Body of Knowledge which may be applicable to their tasks in hand.When seeking the identity of the Quality Gurus one observes that they fall into two categories, those originating in the West and those from Japan.  The Gurus are as follows: 1. Western Gurus 1.1. W. Edwards Deming Improved Quality through reduction of Statistical Variance All employees should be trained in Statistics. [Post Author notes: therefore a solely quantitative approach implied] Promotes Quality professionals and Statisticians Introduces the Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) cycle for continuous improvement…

    Louis Redding
    Louis Redding

  • Save The Date For The First International Engineering Open House Day – 23 July 2021

    On Friday 23 July organisations across the UK are opening their doors (physically or virtually) to young children and their parents as we welcome back the sixth Engineering Open House Day to inspire tomorrow’s engineers.2021 marks the  IET’s 150th anniversary  and we want to make Engineering Open House Day the biggest and most successful event yet – with even more events run by innovative companies in the UK and internationally. With schools currently closed and exams cancelled this summer, we feel it is even more important than ever to give children and their families a fun and exciting event that gives them an insight into what careers in engineering and technology can offer. Amazon, Tower Bridge, Royal Mail, Dumfries House, EDF, Armagh Observatory and Planetarium and BBC Birmingham are a…

    EngX Editorial
    EngX Editorial

  • Quality Management in support of Projects - Introducting the Quality Guru's

    This post introduces the Quality Gurus who collectively have defined significant foundations of the Quality Management Body of Knowledge.  By introducing them it is hoped that it will direct the reader to sections of the Body of Knowledge which may be applicable to their tasks in hand.

    Louis Redding
    Louis Redding

  • Impact Of Artificial Intelligence And Deep Learning (IET Trinidad And Tobago Local Network)

    The advances in Graphics Processing Units are providing better artificial intelligence experiences and their effects are already giving healthier life styles, enabling digital empathy, enhancing vehicle automation and creating better greener solutions” explained Dr. Mrinal Bachute, Associate Professor and Industry Liaison Officer Department of the Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, Symbiosis Institute of Technology in Pune/India, at the ‘Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning’ webinar hosted by Dr Tagore Ramlal, Ahmad Mohammed and David Drakes of the IET Trinidad and Tobago Local Network (IET Caribbean Communities). She explained with practical examples the impact that A.I and deep learning is already having and more importantly the science behind it as;   Artificial…

    Rimesh Patel
    Rimesh Patel

  • Announcing The Winner Of Our PhD Award 2020

    After receiving more submissions this year than any previous year, the IET Control and Automation judges had a hard task scoring and reviewing the papers and  finally choosing the 2020 winner. It gives me great pleasure to announce that our 2020 winner is Marta Zagorowska. Marta received her master’s degree from AGH University of Science and Technology in Poland. She obtained her PhD in 2020 at Imperial College London under the supervision of Prof Nina Thornhill and Dr Charlotte Skourup from ABB in Oslo. During her studies, she spent 20 months with ABB in Oslo, the industrial partner of her PhD. Marta is currently a Research Associate at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Imperial College London. Her interests lie in optimisation and control of industrial systems, focusing…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Technology Transfer: Addressing The Challenges And Accelerating Opportunities For Knowledge Flow. (IET Central London Network)

    This panel session hosted by Dimitrios Loumanis, the vice chair of the IET Central London Network, reviewed the concept of 'Technology Transfer' as the movement of technical knowledge, including data, innovations, software and hardware from one organisation to another or from one practice to another. The technology transfer process is guided by policies and agreements set by central governments between participating parties. Professor Timothy Dafforn, Professor of Biotechnology at the University of Birmingham, discussed that he has seen traditional interactions with knowledge transfer networks evolve within academia that now allows companies to bring ideas together bidirectionally, through collaborative communication methods. Chrissy Thom, Senior Vice President of Growth, Strategy & Solutions…

    Rimesh Patel
    Rimesh Patel

  • 2020 Online Event Replays And Resources

    This article lists all available replays and resources from Berkshire's online events during 2020. Topics include 5G, AI, IoT, Renewable energy and Robotic surgery. Robotic Surgery on 12th November, 2020 Click here to see a replay of the webinar Presenting with impact workshop on 22nd October, 2020 Click here to download the slides from the presentation Busting the Internet of Things Myth on 15th October, 2020 Click here to download the slides from the presentation Aerials in Wireless Communications and Sensor Systems - A History and Perspective on 1st October, 2020 Click here to see a replay of the webinar The value of spectrum in a 5G world on 24th September, 2020 Click here to see a replay of the webinar …

    Keith Blackmun
    Keith Blackmun

  • Young Professional Volunteers Needed!

    We're looking for young professionals to join the Vision and Imaging committee! About The IET   We are one of the world’s largest engineering institutions with over 168,000 members in 150 countries. Our mission is to inspire, inform and influence the global engineering community, supporting technology innovation to meet the needs of society.   What are Technical Networks   TN’s are typically driven by an executive committee of volunteer experts, who are responsible for delivering knowledge-sharing activities. TN’s are an integral part of the IET’s strategy. Their aims include: providing high-level technical content; supporting the IET’s knowledge portfolio; and giving members important networking opportunities.   About the Vision and Imaging Technical Network   Covering all aspects relating…

    Former Staff Member
    Former Staff Member

  • IET TT LN WEBINAR ON - Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning - Jan 20,2021 from 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.

    IET Trinidad and Tobago Local Network (IET TT LN)  invites you to a free Public Webinar titled:   “Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning” Target Group: Executives, Managers, Engineers, Technicians, Industry Practitioners, Academics, Students and others interested persons Date: Jan 20 2121 Time: 7.30 p.m to 9.30 p.m. Link to Register:   https://localevents.theiet.org/ecf0fc Upon registering, you will be provided with the Zoom App ID and Passcode to view the presentation. PRESENTER: Dr. Mrinal Bachute, Associate Professor and Industry Liason Officer Department of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Pune India.   TIME EVENT 7:30 - 7:40 pm Opening Remarks and Introduction of Presenter by Dr. Tagore Ramlal, Vice-Chair, IET 7:40 - 8:40…

    J. Maraj
    J. Maraj

  • Q&A Session from 'The Differences Between DCSs, PLCs, SCADA, and Telemetry and Why They Diverge From IT' webinar

    During our highly popular webinar that we held on 25th November 2020 on 'The Differences Between DCSs, PLCs, SCADA, and Telemetry and Why They Diverge From IT' our speaker, Peter Hazell has gone through all of the questions that we did not have time for and kindly collated them into a pdf that is attached.If you were unable to watch the webinar, then the On Demand content can be found here

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • With New And Improved CPD Recording – Are You Missing Out On Career Manager?

    We know that 2020 was a challenging year for many of us, and whilst early 2021 may feel like more of the same we can see the glimmer of hope for the future in the vaccine roll outs and with brighter days ahead it may be time to start thinking about the future.January is often a time for new beginnings, and as we head into a new year people will start to think about new years’ resolutions, or plans for the year ahead.  Whether you're just starting out with professional registration and not sure what to do, or are a more seasoned career professional who is maintaining a broad engineering knowledge, the IET can support your development. Your plans may have changed from those set in 2020 and you may want to consider consolidating or updating your CV having been furloughed, or may be seeking to…

    EngX Editorial
    EngX Editorial

  • Call for papers: IEEE HISTELCON 2021, Moscow

    Call for papers now open for the IEEE HISTELCON conference on the history of technology, to be held in Moscow, Russia 18-20 August 2021. HISTELCON is an IEEE Region 8 conference covering topics in the area of Technology History, held about every two years. The theme for HISTELCON 2021 is: "The evolution of computer architectures and system software, the influence of social aspects on the development of computers". However, this is only the main theme and papers on all other aspects of the History of Technology relevant to IEEE scope will be welcomed. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 12 June 2021. Papers accepted and presented by an author at HISTELCON 2021 may be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore and in some cases, the author(s) may be invited to prepare a revised or extended…

    Anne Locker
    Anne Locker

  • Wonders Beyond Numbers

    Wonders Beyond Numbers - Johnny Ball Christmas Lecture Please see https://youtu.be/8iChFzWl5Uo   for the lecture and the Q&A session afterwards. We hope you enjoy the event Derrick

    Derrick Willer
    Derrick Willer

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