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Booking is now open for a thrilling Hi Fi and audio engineering evening double bill, from world-class nearby companies Origin Live and Naim Audio . Thursday 23rd May, Whiteley, 7pm. Register for a place now via the event page . From Valves & Vinyl to WiFi & Silicon - the engineering behind how we listen to music While we put in place the final event details, we wanted to inform our Online Community about this exciting event in May. Speakers from world renowned, regional audio companies will share some insights about the engineering and technology behind how we listen to music. Both modern and classic technologies will be covered, from those allowing us to enjoy modern streaming services like Spotify, Tidal and Apple Music to vinyl replay, which is enjoying a resurgence. There is also the prospect…
Rebuilding our support for early career 'young professionals', strengthening our university links, learning from other networks and possibly supporting a future Hack Pompey event. The local network committee met in February - one of typically around 3 meetings per year. Having reviewed how well we are delivering against our plans, much of the rest of the meeting was devoted to considering priorities for possible additional activity going forward. Collectively, this was determined to be (in order of priority): Rebuilding a team focused on supporting early career 'young professionals'. Engaging with IET bursars and scholars at local universities and on accredited apprenticeship schemes (as part of strengthening higher education links). Learning from other IET local networks Possibly supporting…
The results of the IET Northumbria 2019 local universities' final year students' projects competitionThe local universities’ final year engineering projects competition took place on the 13th of March in the impressive new Building Sciences block of Newcastle University. The annual event which is sponsored by IET Northumbria drew a wide variety of entries from Northumbria, Newcastle, Sunderland and Durham universities. The projects detailed in the posters section of the event ranged from ‘Device Detection Using Machine Learning Techniques’ to ‘Metal oxide characterisation for high temperature transistors’. In the presentations event the topics included ‘Development of a Signature Analyser Test System’ and an ‘An analysis of helicopter propulsion through Biomimicry’ All of the entries were…
Professor Daniel Bulte Associate Professor in Engineering Science at the University of Oxford spoke at the "Modern Mesmerism: The history and future of medical magnetism in the brain" event held at the IET Savoy Place organised by the IET Central London Network. He gave a very entertaining talk on how Franz Mesmer was able to use magnetic energies and animal-magnetism to promote wellbeing in the Victorian age. From the talk, it sounded like the approach was genuinely ground breaking, in that, it probably created the first franchise model in the Victorian age where his theories even warranted a Royal commission which created one of the first ever peer review processes for clinical trials. The scientists that reviewed his theories included Benjamin Franklin. Charles Dickins and Mozart were fans…
"The average proton does not know the difference when inside a submarine or human brain" is where his intrigue started explained Professor Daniel Bulte Associate Professor in Engineering Science at the University of Oxford at the "Modern Mesmerism: The history and future of medical magnetism in the brain" event held at the IET Savoy Place organised by the IET Central London Network – March 2019. Professor Bulte gave an engaging and entertaining account of how mesmerism prompted the creation of modern MRI scanners used in hospitals today. Professor explained how Franz Mesmer himself was fascinated with magnets and energy fields which led him to eventually franchise the Mesmeric Procedure where folk in the Victorian area, would want to gather and receive mesmeric treatments!! The appeal of mesmerism…
I recently attended the UKSEDS Space Conference up in Edinburgh on 2 March 2019. It’s the first conference I’ve ever been to and I had a great time meeting all the other exhibitors, together with lots of amazing students. There was a lot of interest in the sponsored stand that the IET Satellite Systems & Applications Network organised and I was pleased that some of our wonderful volunteers were able to help out over the two days of the conference. I also managed to spend some time having a go in the simulator docking the Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station. I was surprised that even with my slightly numb fingers I managed it first time and have the certificate to prove it. That will be a great memento of an excellent conference. I was just so disappointed to have to leave…
I’m looking forward to our New Challenges in Tribology Conference coming up on 27-28 March 2019 in Birmingham. We’ve a great programme of speakers over the two days and have just finished finalising our programme. You can see further details here and how to register if you’ve not yet secured your place. Two of our speakers who’ve recently been confirmed are Professor Anne Neville, Director of the newly formed Institute of Functional Surfaces (iFS) which comprises 80 researchers. The Institute has a funding portfolio that spans many agencies and industrial sectors including medical, oil and gas & automotive. Anne was also elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2005 and FREng 2010. She was awarded the Donald Julius Groen Prize for Tribology in 2012, the 2014 STLE Wilbert…
Now is the time for organisations operating in developed markets to sit up and pay attention to the Internet of Things (IoT), says expert Dr Rishi Mohan Bhatnagar.Dr Bhatnagar is President of IoT solutions company Aeris Communications and also chairs the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s specialist panel, which organises an annual IoT Congress in India. Having seen the evolution of connected technology in India, Dr Bhatnagar insists that in 2019, “IoT is business as usual and will be the driver of significant competitive advantage.” In the past few years, it’s been emerging markets such as India that have invested heavily in IoT, but Dr Bhatnagar thinks that times are changing. He considers where IoT is in the ‘hype cycle’, the life cycle that a technology goes through from initial…
I'm delighted to announce below, the speakers for our April event in Malaysia Dr. Tan Chee Pin (Edwin) is an Associate Professor at the School of Engineering, Monash University Malaysia. His research interest lies mainly in the use of observers to estimate states and faults in dynamic systems. He has published widely in the top Control theory journals such as Automatica, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, and IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. He is also a member of the Conference Editorial Board of the IEEE Control Systems Society. At Monash University, he heads the Mechatronics Engineering program, which is heavily involved in technologies of the 4th Industrial Revolution, both in teaching and research. Under his leadership, the Mechatronics…
The IET Cyprus Network hosts its annual global competition for Young Professionals and Students within engineering to develop and showcase their presentation skills. All you have to do is give a 10-minute presentation on an engineering or technology related subject, followed by a short question and answer session. The participants should be between 18 – 30 years of age to enter and is open to both IET members and non-members. There are prizes for the winners and the runner ups and certificates for all participants. To enter you will need to write a short abstract (maximum 1 side of A4 page) describing the proposed subject of your paper; your talk can be about anything related to the field of technology or engineering. All these must be in the English language. More information…
Saturday, 9 th March 2019, Bandar Seri Begawan – The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Brunei Local Network has recently organized a technical visit to Kingston Beverage & Creamery Sdn. Bhd. The objectives of the visit are to learn on the function of the company, the services provided and products produced, the technology being used in running the businesses and to learn about the manufacturing activities etc. A total of 19 IET Members joined the technical visit. The group was first being given a video presentation, which explained on the technology and equipments that are being used on the production line of the company. Kingston Beverage & Creamery Sdn. Bhd.’s main product is ice cream. The video presentation also shows the procedure and steps in producing various types and…
On Thursday 2nd May 2019 the IET Scotland Dinner will be held at the Radison Blu Hotel in Glasgow. Reception drinks will be held from 6:30pm and the dinner will begin at 7pm. The theme of the dinner this year is Women in Engineering to celebrate the 100th Birthday of the Women's Engineering Society (WES). The event will be hosted by the IET Scotland Chair, Dr Carol Marsh and the speaker will be Dr Nina Baker, Engineering Historian. Book a place at the IET Scotland Dinner today to ensure your team/ organisation join us at this prestigious event.
This is a reminder of the following upcoming IET Northumbria event. Event Digitalisation of the Energy System - Impacts on traditional networks operation. Talk Focus What is Digitalisation and what are the technologies that support the transition into a more digitalized system? Speaker Dale Geach (The Technology and Innovation Manager for the Siemens Digital Grid Systems business in the UK) Date Monday 25th March, 2019 Time 18:15 (Tea/coffee/biscuits from 17:30) Venue Room ELA002 Ellison Building, University of Northumbria Ellison Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST Registration https://localevents.theiet.org/78808c Additional Information Please note that registration is free and all are welcome. On-line registration in advance would be appreciated. Highlights The 3D’s of the energy system…
This brand new event took place at the end of February in Birmingham. With 5G a hot topic at the moment, the TPN wanted to provide a look at the work being done in this field. We had speakers coming from NPL, University of Birmingham and the University of Bradford, amongst many others. Communications were high on the list of topics being discussed with presenters from the University of Kent and NPL providing updates on what their institutions were doing. Dr Matthew Higgins from the University of Warwick presented results from trials at the WMG Meridian Midlands Future Mobility CAV Testbed, adding a more practical element to proceedings. If you weren’t able to attend, some of the talks are now available to view on iet.tv Thanks to all the speakers and those who attended! The next TPN event…
The IET/MFI is sharing stand A65 at this exhibition. IMPORTANT! Register before the 10th. of March for free entry to the exhibition area. Please see Athol's mail below for more details.Dear Stammtischers, Here is something that might be of interest - Avionics Expo, 12th/13th March in the M.O.C.. Munich. The IET/MFI, in kind co-operation with the RAeS and DLG, is sharing stand A65. The following URL links to more info: https://www.aerospacetechweek.com/ Most importantly for those interested, visiting the exhibition area is free provided that one registers by 10th March. Registration after 10th March costs €50. Here is a link directly to the Visitor registration: https://eventdata.uk/Forms/Form.aspx?FormRef=ATW39Visitor&Analysis.10=A1 Scroll down to "Exhibition only" and tick the relevant box…
For many years Chris supported the then IEE and the MFI by organising events not only in Baden-Württemberg, but all over Germany. I particularly remember him at the regular Stammtisch in Stuttgart's VfB Clubheim in the early 1990's. More recently, he was my contact when it came to sharing information on the IET Germany and the MFI websites. He will be sorely missed by all of us involved in IET Germany and the MFI. You can read a full obituary for Chris on the MFI e.V. website. Howard Gray
Some information about the volunteers actively involved in the IET Germany local network. Howard Gray Student Member IEE: 1981. AMIEE: 1985. CEng / MIEE: 1995. Eur Ing: 1996 After graduation from Plymouth Polytechnic in 1985 I worked as a hardware and software design engineer developing radio modems and newspaper image storage systems in England before moving to Ulm in Germany in 1987. In 1988 I joined a 5 man start-up & still work for the same company, now with 100 employees and owned by a larger industrial automation company. We specialise in cameras and components for the image processing market. After a spell as a SCRUM "Product Owner" responsible for our "Intelligent Camera" product line, I have now moved back full-time into a development team as a "Senior Expert" - which is much more…
Saturday, 2 Mar 2019, Bandar Seri Begawan – The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Brunei Local Network has recently organized a technical visit to Bukit Panggal Power Station. The objectives of the visit are to observe the operation of the power station and to understand further how this power station generates electricity to the public especially to the Tutong District. A total of 14 IET Members and 3 non-IET members joined the technical visit. Upon arrival, the group was welcomed by the Head of Bukit Panggal Power Section, Muhd Syafiq bin Haji Badar. The group was first given safety briefing by the power station’s Head of Health, Safety and Environment Unit, followed by a technical presentation, which touched on various topics including the overview and facilities of the power…
Register now to take part in our Present Around the World Heat! Register now to take part in our Present Around the World Heat! Present Around The World is the Institution of Engineering and Technology's global competition for Young Professionals and Students within engineering to develop and showcase presentation skills. The Scotland South West Young Professionals Local Network are delighted to announce the details of this year's local heat, held in Glasgow! Students, Graduates, Apprentices and Young Professionals are invited to present for up to ten minutes on a subject related to engineering or technology, and answer questions for a further five minutes. This may be on a piece of work, a university project, or anything else of interest! This year we have a fantastic panel of judges, including…
Now is the time for organisations operating in developed markets to sit up and pay attention to the Internet of Things (IoT), says expert Dr Rishi Mohan Bhatnagar. Dr Bhatnagar is President of IoT solutions company Aeris Communications and also chairs the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s specialist panel, which organises an annual IoT Congress in India. Having seen the evolution of connected technology in India, Dr Bhatnagar insists that in 2019, “IoT is business as usual and will be the driver of significant competitive advantage.” In the past few years, it’s been emerging markets such as India that have invested heavily in IoT, but Dr Bhatnagar thinks that times are changing. He considers where IoT is in the ‘hype cycle’, the life cycle that a technology goes through from initial…
2019's prestige lecture is now available to watch on IET.tv.
Now is the time for organisations operating in developed markets to sit up and pay attention to the Internet of Things (IoT), says expert Dr Rishi Mohan Bhatnagar. Dr Bhatnagar is President of IoT solutions company Aeris Communications and also chairs the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s specialist panel, which organises an annual IoT Congress in India. Having seen the evolution of connected technology in India, Dr Bhatnagar insists that in 2019, “IoT is business as usual and will be the driver of significant competitive advantage.” In the past few years, it’s been emerging markets such as India that have invested heavily in IoT, but Dr Bhatnagar thinks that times are changing. He considers where IoT is in the ‘hype cycle’, the life cycle that a technology goes through from initial…
Cambridge is blessed with several Engineering and Science Museums and now one is being developed to demonstrate the work undertaken by Pye, which was based in the City for many years. The Pye Museum will open on 21 May. Further details will be published as they become available.
