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  • 30th Anniversary of The IET Satellite Communications Systems Course

    A note from David Bookham CEng MIET Course Chairman As the satellite communications industry has evolved, each new technology has provided increased throughput and flexibility. This has resulted in highly sophisticated Broadband satellite terminals becoming a commercially viable proposition to both commercial and domestic users alike. The evolution started with the development of advanced Forward Error Correction (FEC) algorithms ensuring quasi error free links which were well suited to packet switched traffic. Since IP traffic could now be carried with almost zero packet loss, the use of ACM (using high order modulation schemes and flexible FEC codes) resulted in the commercial exploitation of Ka band and the use of small beam sizes and more efficient spectrum usage. Now in its 30th year,…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • PicknPack Workshop 4th September 2015

    The Robotics & Mechatronics TPN is very pleased to support the PicknPack Workshop that is being run at the launch of Innovate UK's Northern Robotic Network on 4th September at University of Salford, Media City. Sponsored by FMEG , the workshop includes the following speakers: Alan Norbury, Siemens Chief Technology Officer; Edwin Booth, Chairman of Booths Supermarket Group; Erik Pekkeriet, Wageningen UR; Mike Dudbridge, National Centre for Food Manufacturing; Professor Wouter Saeys, KU Leurven; Professor Zhipeng Wu, University of Manchester Professor Samia Nefti-Meziani, University of Salford - SMART-E Project The event includes a panel debate and an extensive robotics exhibition. You can get more information on the downloadable flyer Attendance is free but you do need to register

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Nigeria Celebrates One Year Without Polio case

    Nigeria Celebrates One Year Without Polio case Health officials in Nigeria are celebrating an impressive milestone: The country has gone one year without a single case of polio. The world is now one step closer to making polio the second human infectious disease – after smallpox – to be eradicated with an effective vaccination campaign. Nigeria will need to go another two years without a recorded case of the disease before the WHO declares it polio-free

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Sacred Cows - Challenging Fundamental Safety Principles

    Sacred Cows - Challenging Fundamental Safety Principles Most of the UK transport systems are operating at or above capacity, what has been done to increase capacity has already been done, for example longer trains, managed motorways and efficient air traffic control on the air corridors around the UK. However, we still need more! This evening seminar will look at whether we would now start challenging what we could call "Fundamental Safety Principles" in these three industries. Can we operate trains, cars and planes at closer headways if we take a very hard look at some of these tablets of stone? Do we have to increase the risk of an accident (will we be allowed to) if even by a small margin in order increase the throughout (and thus reduce other risks e.g. overcrowding etc.) I am sure there…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • The IET Hong Kong Committee Election For Session 2015-2016

    The IET Hong Kong Committee Election for Session 2015-2016 Notice of The IET Hong Kong Annual General Meeting 2015 Notice of Younger Members Section Annual General Meeting 2015 Notice of Election of Ordinary Members for Session 2015-2016 Notice of Younger Members Section Election of Ordinary Members for Session 2015-2016 Nomination Form for Ordinary Member for Session 2015-2016 Notice of Election Result of Officers for Session 2015-2016 Notice of Election Result of Younger Members Section Officers for Session 2015-2016

    Dodi Mak
    Dodi Mak

  • IET Malaysia YPS Newsletter

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    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Supporting Event - Technical Forum on “The Current Status of Global BIM Standards”

    Organized by: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and the Construction Industry Council (CIC) Date: 18 August 2015 (Tuesday) Time: 8:45am – 12:30pm Venue: The Construction Industry Council Resource Center, Kowloon Bay (Address: G/F, CIC Kowloon Bay Training Center, 44 Tai Yip Street, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong) Enquiry: Dr. Jack Cheng Email: cejcheng@ust.hk Building information modeling (BIM) is changing the global architecture, engineering, construction, owner and operator (AECOO) industry. For successful BIM adoption, common understanding and approaches to BIM implementations is needed. Public BIM standards have been developed around the world to ensure consistency for BIM implementation. This technical forum aims to provide a platform to discuss and share experience…

    Dodi Mak
    Dodi Mak

  • Help Needed

    Do we have any **Disaster Relief Engineers** viewing this post? We are keen to find a female volunteer who who works in this area that would be willing to be featured on a educational poster for the IET. If you fit this description then please e-mail me at womensnetwork@theiet.org for further details. Thanks!

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    Former Community Member

  • Latest from our Communities: SoCal Network takes a tour of Google

    This was originally an article in IET Member News The IET Southern California (SoCal) Local Network (LN) was recently given the opportunity to have a tour of Google Irvine. Since its reformation in early 2012, the SoCal LN has gone from strength to strength. It now averages eight meetings/tours a year and interest continues to grow – so much so that it now often has more guests than IET members in attendance! This may be due in part to the range of special events it offers, as LN volunteer Julian Harvey highlighted: “We’re concentrating on one off, difficult to organise events, which started in January 2014 with a tour of Space X. Later we arranged a meeting on radio astronomy at CalTech, which was another first for us. The Google meeting was the highest attended event since the LN reformed…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • IET Brunei Darussalam Network Committee 2014-15

    IPRA (International Professional Registration Advisor) Chairman Vice-Chairman Mr. Lim Sam Lee BSc (Hons), CEng, FIET Simon Leong Kian Ann BEng(Hons), CEng, MIET, MIMechE, MPUJA(B), TechIOSH Major (U) Schufin bin Hj Brahim Secretary Assistant Secretary Treasurer Hj Jailani bin Hj Buntar Captain Wan Farhan bin Hj Ibrahim Dr Tang Shi Siong Chairman, Young Professional Section Secretary, Young Professional Section Ordinary member, Young Professional Section Md Khairul Anwar bin Bakar Muhammad Ali-Muiz bin Hj Mohd Alipah Hafizah binti Anuar Committee members Hj Amrinal bin Hj Amir BEng(Hons), MSc, MIET Freddie Stephen Tong Talib bin Sulaiman Ong Boon Jing Sivajothi Deivasagayam Past Chairman (1997 – 2001) Past Chairman (2001 – 2002) Past Chairman (2002 – 2004) Mr Lim Sam Lee BSc (Hons), CEng, FIET…

    Julie
    Julie

  • IET President-elect Naomi Climer listed as one of the 50 most influential women in UK IT

    IET President-elect Naomi Climer listed as one of the 50 most influential women in UK IT Computer Weekly has revealed the 50 most influential women in UK IT who are making a difference to the digital economy. Among those recognised in its fourth annual listing is our President-elect, Naomi Climer, who joins other female role models from companies such as Microsoft, Shell, Dell, TalkTalk and TechUK. Naomi has had an illustrious career in engineering, having trained as an Engi neer at the BBC before taking on technical roles across the BBC as well as at ITV. Naomi joined Sony Europe in 2002 and ultimately headed Sony Europe's B2B business, leading 700 staff across Europe operating in sectors from Broadcast and Digital Cinema to Security and Healthcare. Most recently Naomi was President of Sony…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • ET TechBite: The Future Of Medicine

    Key insights and resources taken from the IET Healthcare Technologies Technical and Professional Network and Royal Society of Medicine The Future of Medicine seminar in May 2015 It is predicted that medical practices will change dramatically during the next ten years. At an IET and Royal Society of Medicine event in May 2015, sector experts discussed how far technology has developed and in what ways patient care could evolve.

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Historical Photos Circulating Depict Women Medical Pioneers

    You may have seen the shot: it’s of a group of medical students and they’re all women. One’s from Japan, one’s from India and the third from Syria. They’re all wearing traditional clothes from their home countries. Nothing too remarkable in that, you might say. Until you see the date. 1885. These women were students at the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania (WMCP). The original image resides in the archives of Drexel University which eventually absorbed the successor to the WMCP in 2003. Archivist Matt Herbison was able to dig up much more about the women as well. These women were nothing short of medical pioneers. All three graduated and each of them thus became the first woman from their respective countries to get a degree in western medicine. Read more...

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Blizzard Entertainment Tour

    Through the perseverence of Russ Burnham, memebers and geuest of the Southern California Local network were treated to an excelelnt tour of Blizzard Entertainment. Having been founded in the early 1990's Blizzard Entertainment is best known for it's fantasy genre of games, with Warcraft: orcs vs Humans becoming it's first breakthorugh hit, followed by the massively multi-player online role-playing game World of Warcraft, currently in its fifth expansion. At the center of their campus they have an Orc Statue surrounded on the eight sides by their eight core values, starting with Gameplay First, and including Play Nice Play Fair and Think Globally. From the talk we learned that Blizzard takes it's values, and care for their employees seriously, with a number of Blizzard themed gifts such as sword…

    Richard Tregaskes
    Richard Tregaskes

  • A note from the chairman, John Savage:

    As I sit and write this article it seems that summer has finally arrived with hot sun streaming through the window. So much has happened since I introduced the winter newsletter that it is difficult to know when to start so I think I will give just a few highlights of the key things. For those who came along to the RNLI talk in Poole in February, I am sure they will agree with me when I say that we were treated to an extremely good talk put on by a very enthusiastic team from the RNLI. I am pleased to say that Peter Eyre has agreed to repeat the talk in Weymouth (see below for details), and I would encourage those who have an interest in the sea or leading engineering and technology to go along. I hope that you are all aware of the TV channel IET.tv In October when the new RNLI Lifeboat production…

    John Savage
    John Savage

  • Trip to Butra Heidelberg Cement (BHC)

    FOURTEEN members of the Institution of Engineering and Technology-Institut Teknologi Brunei (I2SC) visited the Butra HeidelbergCement (BHC) recently. The group, led by Jevons Quaimbao Penaflor, aimed to get a first-hand experience on Brunei’s Cement Production Industry and learn about the processes involved. During the visit, BHC gave a brief presentation on the general processes and the technical aspects involved in cement production.The group were then given a tour around the main production sites such as the quality control lab, control centre, cement finish mill, the silo storage area, packing area and storage areas. They were also given the opportunity to oversee the BHC crew in action and even got to ask the operators questions relating to their work, and the skills needed to handle critical…

    Julie
    Julie

  • Concrete Canoe Wins PATW 2015 24 May 2015

    A PERSONNEL from the Ministry of Defence yesterday took home the first prize of the Present Around The World (PATW) 2015 competition for her creative idea on building a concrete canoe. Tieng Chwei Peng’s winning presentation covered intricate explanation about the engineering aspects of building a floating concrete canoe including material research, hull design, structural analysis, engineering construction and project management taking in example from the American Society of Civil Engineers’ National concrete canoe competition. She beat eight other competitors at the competition organised by the The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Brunei Darussalam and not only brought home $300, a certificate and a one-year free IET membership but she is also set to represent the nation at…

    Julie
    Julie

  • Talk highlights health risks of asbestos 28 May 2015

    A talk on raising awareness on the dangers of asbestos was held yesterday at the SEAMEO VOCTECH, Gadong. Organised jointly by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and Engineer division of the Brunei Institution of Surveyors, Engineers and Architects (PUJA), the event drew around 70 registered participants comprising personnel from the Public Works Department (JKR), Ministry of Defence (MinDef), Ministry of Development (MoD), consultants and contractors. The talk was divided into two sessions delivered by a British national, who is a United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA)- certified trainer with the National Asbestos and Environmental Training Institute (NAETI), USA, Colin Winning. During the morning session, Winning presented on the types of asbestos, its history…

    Julie
    Julie

  • IET-ITB Student Chapter (IISC) Visit To Bukit Panggal Power Station 2 June 2015

    ITB students from the IET-ITB Student Chapter (IISC) made a visit to the Bukit Panggal Power Station in the Tutong District to learn about its day-to-day operations and to gain a more in depth understanding of the individual processes involved in generating electricity. The students were welcomed and briefed by Mr Edwin Chong, the superintendent engineer at the power station. The briefing touched on topics such as the system being used to generate electricity, the different types of maintenance involved in a power station, how electricity is transmitted from the power station to their homes and how it is being monitored. Following the briefing, the students went on a tour of the power station; visiting the different buildings that houses the different machines and where the different processes…

    Julie
    Julie

  • Visit to Curtin and Eaton 18 and 19 June 2015

    On 18 and 19 June 2015, a delegation from the IET Brunei Network was at Curtin University and Offshore Industries Sdn. Bhd (a partner of Eaton Eletric) in Miri, Sarawak. The head of delegation was the International Professional Registration Advisor (IPRA), Mr Lim Sam Lee. At Curtin University, the IPRA supported by Honorary officers from IET Brunei Network (Captain Farhan and Dr. Siong) gave a talk to 21 lecturers and students from the Faculty of Engineering. Also in attendance was a member working in the shipping industry. The talk focused on “Route to Professional Registration”, on how to achieve Chartered Engineer status. At the Offshore Industries Sdn. Bhd (OISB), a total of 11 members from IET Brunei visited the factory. The members consisted of members of management committee from the…

    Julie
    Julie

  • Engineering Open House Day

    What is it like to work as an engineer? Why is engineering important to businesses, to society and in everyday life? What kind of important and creative careers are available to engineers today? This month, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), is calling on young people and their parents to visit the exciting venues taking part in its inaugural Engineering Open House Day. The events will be taking place at a number of prestigious venues and businesses across the UK, week commencing the 27 July. It will form part of the IET’s Engineer a Better World campaign which aims to showcase the exciting engineering career opportunities in the industry that are open to young people. The IET is working with a number of high profile venues where engineers play a central role in the running…

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    Former Community Member

  • Professional Registration & IET Membership Drive for BG TT

    (Gerald Mendes, IPRA, explains the professional registration process to the BGTT engineers) Jonathan Kacal and Jason Look Yee invited the Trinidad and Tobago Local Network to provide a brief seminar on the benefits of being professionally registered on the 14th June 2015. The seminar is the intitiative of both Jonathan and Jason as part of developing the engineers and technicians in their organisation. In addition to the interested persons present, other BG personnel from around the world were able to benefit from the presentation and discussions using teleconferencing, which highlighted the international appeal of being professional registered as Chartered Engineer, Incorported Engineer, Chartered Manager, Engineering Technician, Chartered IT Professional and ICT Technician. Gerald Mendes…

    Jason Robert Rameshwar
    Jason Robert Rameshwar

  • IET Volunteers Are Our Everyday Champions.

    Our volunteers are an important part of the IET. Volunteers make up our boards, committees, panels and other volunteer-led bodies that contribute both to the governance and general running of IET activities – we wouldn’t be here without them. That is what our Everyday Champions campaign is about. We want to hear from our volunteers about what they do because we think it’s work celebrating their contribution and we want to tell the world the great things they are doing and how they demonstrate the IET’s core values – Integrity, Excellence and Teamwork . If you’re an IET volunteer, h ere is your chance to tell us why you volunteered, why you love doing it, and why our core values are important to you. Why do you take the time to make a difference and how do you inspire, inform and influence others…

    Kathryn Bain
    Kathryn Bain

  • IET Brings British Aerospace Knowledge To Singapore

    In a move to organise more international events, the Aerospace Technical and Professional Network (TPN) recently held its 2015 conference in Singapore. In a move to organise more international events, the Aerospace Technical and Professional Network (TPN) recently held its 2015 conference in Singapore. The one-day event attracted a large number of students and professionals, and received sponsorship from the British High Commission in Singapore and from Abrasive Engineering, a local company. Joint welcome reception between IET and British High Commissioner – Singapore The conference was jointly developed by the TPN and the Singapore Local Network (LN), brought together by IET members including Dr Bicky Bhangu, who is closely involved in both communities. “I suggested Singapore primarily because…

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