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  • Join The Control & Automation TPN Executive Team

    Are you working or studying in Control & Automation? 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 Control & Automation 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 Control and Automation community as we can, so we’d especially like to hear from people working in areas where we don’t have enough representation just now. We’d like to hear from people involved in manufacturing, power generation and distribution, water…… We need some good representation from the ‘Automation’ part of C&A and we need some people…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Cyber In Bristol

    With the world becoming ever more connected, crime is moving into the cyber domain and cyber security is becoming a concern for individuals, companies and nations. This season, the IET will be hosting a range cyber themed events in Bristol: Cyber Security for Critical Infrastructure (CSCI) . 21-24 Sep 2015, Holiday Inn Bristol City Centre. 4-day IET Professional Development course providing a comprehensive overview of the different stages of a cyber incident. 10th IET System Safety and Cyber Security Conference . 20-22 Oct 2015, Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel. Selected presentations from the conference will be available afterwards via IET.tv . Cyber Security for Smart Buildings . 23 Nov 2015. Free event. Could your new building get hacked or catch a virus? Hugh Boyes, IET Cyber Security lead…

    James Inge
    James Inge

  • Looking Back: Highlights From IBC 2009 - 3D TVs

    With IBC 2015 fast approaching, we're taking a look back at IBC 2009. A sight for sore eyes . The big buzz at IBC in 2009 was 3D TV technology! E&T magazine spoke to David Wood, deputy director general, European Broadcasting Union about some concerns he had with the technology in relation to anecdotal tales of eye strain. 2009 saw the launch of the Best of IET and IBC publication that contains papers and articles on electronic media technology from IBC, presented with selected papers from the IET’s flagship publication Electronics Letters . Mark Waddell won the Best Conference paper award for Compatibility Challenges for Broadcast Networks and White Space Devices .

    Former Staff Member
    Former Staff Member

  • Opportunities and Challenges for Cyber-Physical System Design

    At the beginning of June, the Control & Automation TPN held an event on the subject of Opportunities and Challenges for Cyber-Physical System Design . More than 30 delegates attended this technical event, which included two presentations - giving both an academic and industrial perspective. The speakers were Dr Eric Kerrigan , who is a Reader in Control Engineering and Optimization at Imperial College London, where he has a joint appointment in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering as well as the Department of Aeronautics, and Dr Andy Chang , National Instruments. Dr Chang is a senior manager for academic research at National Instruments in Austin, Texas. He is currently a PhD candidate in the department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas, Austin. Delegates…

  • Online Careers Solution

    The Railway Network would like to draw your attention to a new project that is being developed by the Young Railway Professionals (YRP) in collaboration with Routes into Rail . One of the Routes into Rail strategic projects is the development of an Online Careers Solution to promote rail careers to students and feedback on the idea from the Railway industry would be appreciated whilst they are still considering what this solution should be like. The YRP have prepared this survey (just 6 questions) which they’d be grateful if you could please respond to. Please send all responses to Guilia Lorenzini by 6th August 2015 to help the YRP meet their challenging delivery timescales.

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Pledge to Support the IET Open House Day on Thunderclap!

    http://bit.ly/1I97mox “A career in engineering can be creative and fascinating. Support #IETOpenHouse Day to inspire the next generation! http://bit.ly/1I97mox

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    Former Community Member

  • Join The Robotics & Mechatronics Network Executive Team

    Are you working or studying in Robotics and Mechatronics? 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? If so, we would be delighted to hear from you! The IET Robotics & Mechatronics TPN is appealing to members with an interest in these areas to join the Executive Team and represent the interests of this technical community. What is the role of the Network? The role of the Network is to create an environment where its members can: learn about and extend their existing knowledge of the topic network with like-minded individuals receive information via the web share knowledge and experience with others This is done through a number of physical and online activities. What is expected…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Present and Future Robotics In Space Applications 29-30 October 2015

    It is an exciting time for robotics. Robotic systems are increasingly being used in dealing with the challenges of space and other extreme environments where it is impossible to have a human presence or where robots can accomplish new tasks that humans cannot. This Space Robotics Symposium sponsored by IET Robotics & Mechatronics TPN and IMechE, organised by Strathclyde Space Institute and SMeSTech provides a platform for researchers to share innovative research and application findings in this rapidly-evolving field. This Symposium aims to provide a platform for researchers, academics, industrialists and engineers to share the latest developments and future ideas or position papers in robotics. It is intended to run this Symposium by inviting researchers, industrialists and other who are interested…

  • Autonomous Vehicles: From Theory To Full Scale Applications

    18th June saw the Control & Automation TPN's flagship event on Autonomous Vehicles: from theory to full scale applications. This was a full day event, held in a magnificent venue in central Paris and was a joint venture between the TPN and CNRS, GdR Robotique and Renault. We were also very pleased to welcome a couple of our colleagues from the IET France network to the event and managed to film a quick chat with them both. Over 70 delegates attended and heard from some fantastic speakers, including Shad Laws from Renault, Serge Lambermont, Automated Driving Director, Delphi US Silicon Valley, Axel Fuchs from Quanergy, and Professor Michael Fisher, University of Liverpool, to name but a few. A good range of topics kept the delegates attention throughout the day, covering such subjects as Addressing…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • 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!

    Former Community Member
    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.

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    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

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