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Ottawa LN sponsors three teams at the IEEE Ottawa Robotics Competition.

In three years the IET sponsored group of Lego Robotics enthusiasts has quadrupled in size (from three members to twelve!). This year three teams entered the IEEE Robotics Competition, pitting their skills against over 120 other teams with all kinds of amazing talents. Our teams entered a nifty robot in the SUMO wrestling match. Here is a link to show how they did: http://bit.ly/BackStreetSumo. There was an interesting fault in one of the three rounds when it looked as if the robot was bemused by the iPhone the referee was using to time the match, and we lost that round and conceded the match. And two of the teams entered the DragRace. Getting to the second and third place was a fantastic achievement. Here is the photofinish of the final race: http://bit.ly/BackStreetDragRace The scoring…

Former Community Member
50 Years On A Local Network Committee

At our Ottawa LN AGM on Wednesday the 24th of May, 2017 we celebrated 50 years of service by Colin Billowes. Colin's name is the first on our plaque of Presidents since 1967 which in Colin's honour is now named the Colin Billowes Presidents Plaque. Colin has been an active member on the committee in all of his terms. Those who know him will tell you that he always comes up with good suggestions, will work to make them happen and can ask the really awkward but always relevant question when needed! Colin also works with our younger members, offering support and mentorship and when they help him when computers dont work, he gives thm real credit but he also wants to know what went wrong. On the 50th anniversary AGM, Colin gave the meeting a good and humerous description of a his work in Tanzania…

David Mann
By keeping a record of your goals, you're more likely to complete them - but, How Smart Are Your Goals?

As we head toward the middle of the year, you'll find yourself thinking about the plans for the next few months - you might be thinking about a Summer holiday or looking forward to a particular sporting event - but how many of you can say that you're putting as much thought into your career goals? I've mentioned in a previous blog the importance of recording your development (for which we recommend Career Manager ). By keeping a record of your goals, you're more likely to complete them. The very act of committing them to paper (or in this case adding them to Career Manager) will act as a reminder of what you want to do and allow you to keep track of your goals as you progress. If you want to be even more certain that you'll achieve your goals then you should aim to make them smart. SMART…

Kathryn Bain
CM Blog: Get To Know More About The Australia Networks (Western Australia)

An interesting fact about WA: Perth is the most isolated capital in Australia, it takes less time to fly to Bali, Indonesia (3 hours) than to any other capital cities in Australia (more than 3 hours). Hot sectors: Mining, Oil and Gas. About IET WA Network: They have a strong YPS team , about 20 members. One of their flagship activity/program: Leadership program . They have just set up their first On Campus group at Curtin University. Their "How to win a job" workshop is a best practice event that other Aussie Young Professionals sections are now orgainising at their LNs copied from WA. Great to meet up with the WA Network members earlier and good to hear that they have just started running Leadership Programme 2017. They have just set up an On Campus group in Curtin University ,…

Former Community Member
CM Blog: Get To Know More About The Australia Networks (Victoria)

An interesting fact about Victoria : Longest train track in Australia (>800km) The volunteers also said that they have the best coffee in Australia. Hot sectors : Railway, Renewable Energy, IoT. About Victoria Network: Leadership programme which first started in Victoria 2014 and is now back to Victoria Network. LP VIC 2017 ranked No. 1 in the month of March 2017 in the list of landing pages on Engineering Communities from social media. Main committee organised a very successful Channel 7 Site visit and watch out for other upcoming events of VIC Network such as Professional Registration Workshop by their IPRA Sashi.

Former Community Member
CM Blog: Get To Know More About The Australia Networks (South Australia)

SA & NT Network main committee An interesting fact about SA : Most Festival state in Australia, one volunteer told me that they have the second largest Fringe Festival in the world. Hot sectors: Biomedical, Aerospace, Defence. SA & NT YPS About IET SA & NT Network : YPS was established in 2014 with just 2 members (Ben and James) and currently they have 10 members. They organised events such as the life skills workshops, their first Women Engineers event took place earlier this year (3 talks and networking event) this year. Main committee organised a very successful Networking event with the Australia Minister of Defence as keynote speaker. It is the first time I’ve met two volunteers (father and son: John and Conor Noonan) who joined the Main committee and YPs. I’ve also met Maged (YP…

Former Community Member
What IET Lifeskills course would you like to attend in Norwich?

Help us to choose what Lifeskills session we run in Norwich next, by completing this short survey .

Alex Barrett
Present Around The World Australia Final 2017

Clash of the giants! It was definitely the clash of the giants at the Australia for the Present Around The World (PATW) Australia Final! 6 champions who won the PATW in their local network were representing their networks in the Australia Final. I had the opportunity to watch these champions present their research finding and to keep myself updated with the latest happenings around the engineering community. The topics presented ranged from recycled polymers in the civil engineering field to groundbreaking researches in the biomedical engineering field to better mankind. We were all invited to a formal dinner on Friday evening after the competition. Apart from the delicious three course meals on the top floor of the hotel, the spectacular Brisbane city view illuminated with colourful lights…

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IET On Campus GIKI Volunteer Committee (2017 To 2018)

Assistant Professor Dr.Husnul Maab On Campus Facilitator (Supporting University Faculty Member) Mr.Muhammad Umar Shaikh President I Official OnCampus GIKI Network email id: liaison.iet@gmail.com Mr.Shahrukh Shaikh Vice President Mr.Muhammad Haris Naseem Secretary Ms.Mahjabeen Baig Treasurer Mr.Gulbaz Khan Event Coordinator for GIKI Innovation Summit Mr.Shahryar Baloch Event Coordinator Mr.Akhundzada Zaheer Ahmed Director Outreach Mr.Omer Farooq Shah Director Support Ms Gemma Tuck IET OnCampus Student Coodinator (IET Staff at UK) oncampus@theiet.org

Nouman Abid Chuhan
IET OnCampus CIIT Abbottabad Volunteer Committee (2017 To 2018)

Assistant Professor Dr.Jawad Saleem On Campus Facilitator (Supporting University Faculty Member) Mr.Saad Shafqat Chaudhry President I Official OnCampus CIIT Abbottabad Network email id: oncampusiet @gmail.com Mr.Zeshan Ajmal Secretary Mr.Haris Ahmad Treasurer Mr.Muhammad ilyas Malik Social Media and Online PR Manager Ms Gemma Tuck IET OnCampus Student Coodinator (IET Staff at UK) OnCampus@theiet.org

Nouman Abid Chuhan
News from the Community

Ideas! The TPN’s are currently in the midst of planning for the next year and the IoT TPN, though still in its infancy, is no exception. We have a few activities in the pipeline, but we want to hear from you and if there are any ideas, speakers, initiatives we need to get involved in. Let us know in the discussion area and we’ll do our best to incorporate your ideas into our planning The 100 We now have 100 member of this community! This is a great achievement – the community was only created at the end of last year and I am looking forward to watching it grow even further We want you! As we have many new members I thought this would be a good opportunity to appeal for new members for the committee. We have a small committee already and would love to have new members on board. We hold…

Former Staff Member
IET OnCampus CIIT Attock Volunteer Committee (2017 To 2018)

Assistant Professor Akbar Ali Khan On Campus Facilitator (Supporting University Faculty Member) Mr.Ali Shan President Mr.Talha Nadeem Secretary Mr.Faisal Saeed Treasurer Ms.Sumbal Iqbal Social Media and Online PR Manager Ms Gemma Tuck IET OnCampus Student Coodinator (IET Staff at UK) OnCampus@theiet.org

Nouman Abid Chuhan
Professional Registration Talk At Kertih 4 May 2017

A professional Registration Talk was organised at Gas Processing Kertih. There were around 3o particiapnts from Petronas Gas Berhad (PGB), Petronas Penapisan Terengganu (PPTSB and Petronas Carigali (PCSB). There were engineers from Instrument, Electrical, Mechanical and Process. Our Committee Member Fauzan organised the event Regards Chris Chew

Chris SF Chew
1 Day Leadership Program

From the perspective of the volunteer who helped make this event a reality! My name is Julian Goh and I am a recent chemical engineering graduate from Curtin University. Despite going through four years of university and hearing about the IET, it was only a month ago when I attended my first IET WA YP committee meeting in April. From there I volunteered to undergo a trial by fire which was to organise a day of Lifeskills workshops designed to engage and provide values to unsuccessful Leadership Program 2017 candidates. At the end of the meeting, I was given a succinct summary from Peta Blight of the rough steps I had to take to get everything together and from that point onwards it was up to me to make it happen. A challenge arose in the final week when there were less than 3 sign ups. I decided…

Former Community Member
Leadership Program 2017 Workshop #2

This workshop focussed on project management and how to effectively collaborate with team members. It was presented by Rob Moore who was an engaging and experienced presenter who could relate his material to real-world examples. I had no knowledge of the programs Slack or Trello prior to this workshop but have now learnt that they are very useful tools when trying to manage people in group projects! We were seated in groups that we later found would be our groups for the IET projects and events, these being the IET Quiz Night, Present Around the World (PATW), World Record Breaker and the Can Structure challenge. Groups were organised based on our Myer-Briggs results and mixed a range of different personality types. This will no doubt be an opportunity to put into action what we all learnt…

Former Community Member
Australia New Zealand (ANZ) Young Professionals Campaign (YPC) Workshop

How often do we get a sneaky short getaway from our busy schedules? Thanks to the IET I had the privilege and experience of meeting other like-minded volunteers from across Australia and New Zealand in Brisbane, a city which I had yet to set foot in. Brisbane is charming and we were lucky to be situated on the picturesque South Bank river front. On occasion I pondered why I was stuck in the conference room when I could see the amazing day it was outside. I attended the ANZ YPC workshop where I had the joy to reconnect with familiar faces and meet new ones. In the conference, we exchanged ideas and shared our best practices allowing all the Local Networks to further develop the plan for their LN and the YPC objectives. Everyone present was motivated and passionate. On Saturday, we all met…

Karla Smith
Augmented and Virtual Reality technologies in industry

The West Yorkshire region recently held an event at the Rose Bowl in Leeds on the subject of augmented and virtual reality technologies in industry. The event, which highlighted the use of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies in industry, attracted interested members of the public, IET colleagues, and professional engineers from companies such as BAE Systems, NG Bailey, and global design firm, Arup. Leeds Beckett University CCTE Senior Lecturer, Balbir Singh gave an exciting presentation describing a work in progress - an ongoing project that makes use of both AR and VR technologies in the construction industry. Together with contributions from developer (and former LBU student) James Fenwick, Balbir also discussed some of his successful knowledge transfer partnerships…

Oliver Clarke
Artificial Intelligence: Priceless or Perilous?

Over the coming months, we hope to help promote events from other organisations that IET members may find of interest. What is the 4th Industrial Revolution Challenge? The 4th Industrial Revolution Challenge is an annual series of ten headline debates on how the following sectors: health, finance, energy, transport, government and society and food will be disrupted by accelerations in the following platform technologies: IoT, Analytics / AI, 3D printing, robotics, materials, VR, genomics, quantum computing etc. Each year Connect invites Northern Ireland’s top academic research professors, most innovative corporations and leaders from our startup community to nominate the Connect Shapers; people who have demonstrated brilliance in their field and a restless curiosity to find answers to the…

Eoin McGread
STEM In Primary Schools - St. Mary's And Stranmillis University Colleges

In February 2017, Primary 7 classes from six primary schools in Belfast and Bangor participated in events hosted by St Mary’s and Stranmillis university colleges which included “Strictly Come Dancing with Robots”and “Game of Drones”. In the second of the two-day events, held as part of the STEM in Primary Schools research project, over one hundred and sixty Primary 7 pupils completed a series of STEM open-ended problem-solving challenges, which included programming the drones to complete coordinated aerial acrobatics. These events were influenced by the results of research conducted last year as a joint venture between St Mary’s and Stranmillis. The aim of the research was to ascertain if engaging in “hands-on” practical activities could assist pupils better to understand elements of mathematics…

Eoin McGread
STEM Ambassadors Programme - HUB NI

If you have a passion for Science, Technology, Engineering or Maths and would like to help inspire the next generation of engineers; then the STEM Ambassador Programme is for you. STEM Ambassadors Programme - HUB NI The STEM Ambassador Programme is a UK-wide initiative which aims to encourage young people to have an interest in studying and following a career in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). W5 is the contract holder (STEM HUB) for the programme in Northern Ireland and currently have a database of over 1300 professionals with STEM skills who have volunteered to promote STEM across local schools and youth groups etc. The STEM Ambassador Programme is aimed at inspiring young people to investigate STEM more closely and works at raising awareness of STEM subjects as well…

Eoin McGread
NCSC Glossary Infographic

I found the below infographic on the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) website and I wanted to share it. There are a lot of terms talked about when discussing cyber security and the below is a really useful explanation of some of them; I highly recommend sharing them with those you think would benefit:

Former Staff Member in Cybersecurity
Midlands Power Group Event - Changing The Counterfactual

On the 16th May, delegates at the Midlands Power Group evening lecture were invited to consider what "changing the counterfactual" means in the U.K. energy scene. Matthew Knight, Director of Energy Strategy and Government Affairs with Siemens, presented his view of this rather unusual topic. In a far ranging talk, Matthew looked at the factors that have influenced the power industry of today and gave us a perspective on how the consumers' behaviours are increasingly influencing the future shape of the sector. The rapid growth in domestic solar power and electric vehicles are both symptomatic of the rapidly changing environment in which the end user is the counterfactual to the long held assumption that government and big business determine the shape of the power sector. Delegates were…

Former Community Member
fULLY BOOKED - Railway Quiz 2017

THE RAILWAY QUIZ IS NOW FULLY BOOKED The IET Railway Network Quiz challenges your knowledge of all aspects of the railway industry. No matter your area of interest there's a question for you! Find out more and register your team.

Lynsay Callaghan
Nuclear Subs Event a Hit

Emma O'Mara gave a enthusiastic insight into Nuclear subs, starting with a basic history, details on uk current and future fleet, how their cycle of maintenance/MOT works, where/how they park the subs, overview of a nuclear reactor and layout of the dockyard down in Plymouth! A jam packed agenda delivered excellently to the largest audience we have seen for a local community lecture. A real crowd puller.

Anna Gilbert

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