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  • Executive Committee 2019

    The IET Media Technical Network Executive Committee organises a programme of activities for engineers working within the Media, Broadcasting and Communications Industries .   All of these events and activities are made possible by the efforts of this dedicated group of volunteers.   If you would like to know more about the committee or volunteer time to help with our activities, please  get in touch .   Ian Nock Chair David Short Vice Chair Martin Russ Member  Phil Haggar Member Tsz Fei Lee Member Adriana Whiteley  Member, PR & comms Janet Greco Member Allan McLennan Stephen Plunkett  Member Keivan Navaie Member Dominic Law Member Lynda Murchie Member Stephen Cheung Member Phoebe Houssein   Community Manager

    Former Staff Member
    Former Staff Member

  • The IET North Yorkshire Network is now on Tumblr too

    Yes, we've taken the plunge and the IET North Yorkshire Network is now on Tumblr too so we're spreading our social networking wings. Twitter:  https://twitter.com/iet_Yorkshire Tumblr: http://iet-ny.tumblr.com You Tube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRxycqKtzn3RQ1FICXx0xMw Why not subscribe or follow us along with your other social network followings?

    Paul Smith, RPS
    Paul Smith, RPS

  • IET Innovation Awards - Cyber Security Award Winner 2016

    Well done to Glasswall Solutions, the winners of the 2016 IET Innovation Cyber Security Award!  The judging panel had this to say about them: “Glasswall has developed an innovative technology that provides protection against inbound cyber threats. While the general concept of whitelisting is not new, Glasswall’s novel application of it should prove to be a beneficial step forward in protecting systems from attack by previously unseen malware. It is potentially a very valuable weapon against document-based zero day attacks.”   To read more about Glasswall Solutions and the other nominnees, please visit the Innovation Awards website

  • Solar card through time

    The multiple faces of our Solar Card in photos.

    Alkis Spyrou
    Alkis Spyrou

  • School presentation at PASCAL Primary School and PASCAL English Schools

    Like every year, we visited  PASCAL Primary School and PASCAL English Schools to speak with the students about engineering, the IET and how it can help them with their studies and professional development. The students were very interested and intrigued on the subject and asked many questions at the end. %u200BPhotos are attached.

    Alkis Spyrou
    Alkis Spyrou

  • Electromagnetic Modelling And Simulations - Event Review

    Earlier this week I attended my first RF & Microwave event – the Electromagnetic Modelling and Simulations event held at Nottingham University. We gathered on a sunny but frosty morning at the University of Nottingham for a day of presentations from a variety of different speakers. Chris Dodds, one of the organisers, kicked off the day with a short video before introducing out first keynote speaker, Alexandros Feresidis from the University of Birmingham.   Our second keynote, which launched the afternoon session, was Professor Dave Thomas from the University of Nottingham. He gave an interesting and informative talk on TLM.   In between our keynotes we heard from a number of speakers from different backgrounds; please see the photos in this blog for details of the speakers we heard from on…

    Former Staff Member
    Former Staff Member

  • Electric Motorsports Are Go For The ARTS TPN!

    After many months of planning we’ve now finalised our plans for the Electrification in Motorsports – Design and Technology’ seminar which we’ll be hosting at Coventry Transport Museum   One of my colleagues has just returned from a site visit and has come back with some great feedback about the venue, so together with our line-up of speakers, we look to be in for an excellent event.   Click here to find out further information about the programme and how to register.   On the subject of Motorsports, we’re still looking for volunteers from this sector to join our ARTS TPN Executive team.  Please have a look at this information sheet which gives more information about the role and if you’re interested drop me an email Deborah-Claire McKenzie .     As I mentioned last month, Matthew Clarke has…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Keeping On Track With The Railway Network

    I’m looking forward to the Railway Lecture and Dinner on 30 November, which will be back this year, for the first time since the refurbishment at Savoy Place.    We’ll also be showcasing the winning poster from our Best Posters competition at the Railway Lecture and Dinner and I’m delighted to announce that the winner is Deji Balogun.  Deji is a graduate Communications and Control Engineer at WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff with a background in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He studied at the University of Bradford and at the University of Hull where he further developed on his passion for technology and innovation. He is very excited to be part of an industry that is continuously growing with much more improvements to be made and he aspires to forge the tracks connecting the rail industry…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • The Skies Are Not The Limit!

    Its been a busy few weeks for the TPN, first off  we had an excellent seminar on ‘Addressing Ageing Aircraft Sustainment Issues’ on 26 October 2016.  Air Marshal Julian Young was the keynote speaker and we’ll be publishing the link soon to the presentations that were filmed for IET.tv soon, so if you weren’t able to come along then you’ll have an opportunity to listen to some excellent speakers.  Following the event I took the opportunity to have a catch-up and record a short podcast with Kevin ‘Taff’ Stone from the Vulcan project.  Since then I've recorded a couple of additional podcasts with Steve Reed from DTSL which you can listen to here for the first one and the second one here .   Lee Murton, Chairman of our Young Professionals group recently attended an International Cross Safety Conference…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Come to join our HKLN!

    On 29 October 2016, IET Hong Kong organized the Branch Volunteer Conference for Session 2016-2017. The new Office Bearers and Section Charimen presented their vision and plannings for the upcoming year. We had an informative and happy afternoon.  Share our happiness and see our photos -  https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B756ajN0v3LVYkJrZ205QUpsZkE In session 2016-2017, IET Hong Kong would development a Volunteer Service Scheme, details will be announced soon. If you are interersted, please follow us! Nympha Community Relationship Manager

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Energy University

    The Communities Committee - Asia Pacific (CC-AP) has been made aware of an initiative called Energy University. This is available free to IET members, and I have attached information about it to this blog post. Please share it with anyone that you think would be interested in it.   A couple of caveats - the IET does not endorse this product, nor does it take responsibility for data collected by the initiative.

    Karla Smith
    Karla Smith

  • IET Annual Healthcare Lecture 2016

    On 22 November 2016 the IET's Healthcare Technologies Technical and Professional Network held the network's flagship event, the Annual Healthcare Lecture. The network's two 2016 Healthcare award winners gave their fantastic winning presentations followed by a fascinating keynote talk by Chris Lewis of Lewis Insight on the 'Hyper-Connected individual meets the Healthcare system'. Here's a snapshot of some of the online tweets and photos from the event.   [ View the story "IET Healthcare Technologies Annual Healthcare Lecture 2016" on Storify ]

    Gemma Hadley
    Gemma Hadley

  • Start Your Story: The EngiMake Story

    A few weeks ago we launched the Start Your Story campaign which aims to tell more young engineering and tech entrepreneurs about how the IET can help them in their journey to innovation and commercial success. Following the launch of the campaign, two engineering graduates from the University of Manchester got in touch because they have just launched a Kickstarter campaign to develop QuadBot: a DIY 3D printable walking robot.  Both IET members, Jack Scott-Reeve and Josh Elijah developed Quadbot to help users with little or no prior engineering experience to understand electronics, coding, 3D design and printing, and maths for robotics. “Really the big problem we’re trying to solve is giving anyone the opportunity to learn robotics,” explains Jack. “We want to address this by creating a robotics…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Join the Cyber Security Executive Team

    Join the Cyber Security TPN Executive Team Are you working or studying in Cyber Security? Are you passionate about supporting the community? Do you have 3-4 days per year that you can volunteer to attend committee meetings and organise activities? We’d love to hear from you! The  IET Cyber Security Network  is seeking professional engineers working in this field to join our Executive Team. We’re trying to make the Executive Committee representative of as wide a cross-section of the Cyber Security community as we can, so whatever your role in the industry, we’d love to hear from you. What is the role of the Network?  The role of the Network is to provide a platform that enables the exchange of knowledge and information amongst the community through a variety of networking opportunities.  This…

    Former Staff Member
    Former Staff Member

  • IET Surrey 2017-18 Main Lecture Programme

    The following is a list of the proposed events for 2017-18. These events should not be considered as confirmed until they appear on the IET calander of events on the front page of the Surrey web site. Most events will be taking place in the main lecture theatre in the Rik Medlik Building (BSOM), on the third Wednesday of the month but there may be exceptions. If anyone has any ideas for a lecture for the 2018-19 session that starts on 1 October 2018, then please sign in and post a comment below, or email surrey@theiet.org   .   Date Event (abbreviated title) Attended 2017     19 Oct Real world uses for virtual reality   15 Nov Autonomous vehicles: The rise of the machines      6 Dec Childrens Christmas Lecture: Drones          2018     18 Jan Space Travel   21 Feb Horizontal Innovation    21…

  • Access to the Library online catalogue

    We are having issues with accessing the online Library catalogue. If you would like to renew, borrow or search for books and journals, please contact the Library Desk on 020 73445461 or libdesk@theiet.org. We are working on the problem and hope to restore access as soon as possible. Anne Locker Library and Archives Manager

    Anne Locker
    Anne Locker

  • New Community Manager for the Cyber Security community

    My name is Natalia D’Lima and I am the new Community Manager for the Cyber Security network I am new to the IET, based in the Stevenage office. I’ll confess now that I’m not an engineer; I have come from a project management background, most recently working at a market research agency in Hertfordshire. Over the past few weeks, I have been immersing myself in the IET; it is a big company with lots of different strands, so there is a lot to learn! As Community Manager, I will also looking after the Humber and North , West and South Yorkshire local networks and the Antennas and Propagation , Electromagnetics RF and Microwave and Internet of Things technical networks. Everyone I’ve met so far has been so welcoming and I am looking forward to meeting all the network’s members and volunteers! As…

  • Australia's Federal Minister Of Defence Industry Speaking At The Defence Networking Event By SA&NT Network

    South Australia & Northern Territory Network hosted a very successful Networking Event on 11 Nov with Hon Christopher Pyne MP, Australia's Minister for Defence Industry as the key note speaker and three key sponsors: ASC, DTC and WSP/PB.  75 people attended the event and some example of the very positive feedback for the event according to Rob Pitelan, Vice Chairman of the Network: "a director from a Customs Agency said that he would recommend his nephew joined the IET. 2 senior members of local organisations were so impressed with the PATW, they offered to be judges in the future. All sponsors felt that they received sufficient value for their investment. There were many comments expressing how impressed they were that we had secured Christopher Pyne as our speaker." Check out some pictures…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • STEM Opportunity

    Form the Future will be working with Marshall Group to expand the Cambridge Launchpad programme into more schools and there are opportunities for other engineering firms to get involved. The programme is about opening young eyes to the wonders of technology and showing engineering, science and technology in all its applications. If you’d like to learn more about the programme and opportunities for getting involved contact events@formthefuture.org.uk .   In addition, Marshall AeroAcademy which delivers Marshall’s highly respected apprenticeship training programme will be speaking at Form the Future’s upcoming event Apprenticeships for Small Businesses. There may be opportunities for engineering firms to run an apprenticeship programme in partnership with Marshall AeroAcademy, sharing the responsibility…

    David Blake
    David Blake

  • Society Insights: December 2016 - Trains, Planes And Power

    The IET Society Insights Blog summarises some of the key areas identified by Local Networks at their events that will have an impact on society now or in the future. This month we tackle the latest from the engineering community on trains, planes and power... The GB electricity network: keeping the lights on Berkshire Local Network   The UK’s electricity transmission system is facing one of the most challenging periods of change with the growth of renewable generations, climate change targets, emission reductions and investment required to upgrade the network. “Most key issues revolve around the 'energy trilemma' – the unenviable task of balancing security of supply and keeping the costs as low as possible, while mitigating environmental impact,” explains Marouf Pirouti, a Senior Power Systems…

  • Local Network Members visit BT Riverside Tower

    “Informative, rewarding, enjoyable and overall excellent.”   The IET NI local network recently hosted a very successful technical visit to the BT Riverside Tower in Belfast, receiving excellent reviews from attendees.   BT is a global provider of communications solutions and IT services with annual revenues of more than £800m, with close to 3,000 employees in Ireland. BT Technology, Service and Operations employs over 200 IT graduates in Belfast designing and building BT’s global networks, systems and services.   The visit began with an introductory presentation followed by demonstrations on active projects. The group heard directly from those who are working on these projects and developing solutions which will used in the BT Sport, BT Broadband and BT TV products. On display was cutting edge…

    Eoin McGread
    Eoin McGread

  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEWS: What Is SFIA?

    SFIA is the Skills Framework for the Information Age and applies to those who are in the Information Communications Technology business and can be applied to not just individuals but to Organisations, Recruiters, Educational Bodies, Universities, and Professional Bodies. SFIA provides the framework for information systems related roles of any type and is a common language for those involved in the digital world. The benefit of using the SFIA framework is that it allows you to assess your current capabilities against relevant competences so that you can set targets and goals for yourself to achieve maximum knowledge in your chosen profession. Staying relevant is a large part of engineering and maintaining ICTTech and CITP  status. SFIA allows you to stay up to date with changing technologies…

  • Spotlight On Project Controls Network Exec Member: David Perton

    November's blog posting is given over to David Perton. David has a BSc.(hons) in Industrial Engineering from  Hatfield Polytechnic, and originally joined the IProdE as a student member.  His current role is as a project manager working for a Commissioning Support Unit that is delivering a Continuing Healthcare Assessment service. The project is to introduce a new standard operating process against a background of organisation restructuring and IT changes. After being made redundant in 1999, David began doing contract and interim management, including data quality work for Plaxton’s Busses & Coaches, creating prototype parts lists for the Bentley GT, from the first concept car, programme coordination of the base engine for the Aston Martin V8 Vantage at Jaguar. The next 18 months were spent…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Best Application Paper Award at DARS 2016

    IET Robotics & Mechatronics TPN recently sponsored the Best Application Paper Award at DARS 2016.  I'm delighted to announce that the winner was Rui Fukui.   Read what Rui had to say: "It's our honor and pleasure to receive this great award. Our study tries to develop a novel robotic system to overcome the accident of Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, Japan. As you know, the accident might be one of the worst accidents that humans have experienced. Though it is not easy for us to address this problem, this award motivates us to go forward and deploy our developing system to the real accident site as soon as possible". Our congratulations to Rui and his colleagues.

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

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