Would Planes Be Better If They Were More Like Birds?

The Hammersmith section of the London Network is mounting its first face to face event in over two years at our usual venue - Novotel London West. This is a talk by Professor Richard Bomphrey of the Royal Veterinary College entitled "Would planes be better If they were more like birds?" Novotel London West on Tuesday 15th March at 7pm. You will not be admitted unless you register before the event here: https://events.theiet.org/events/solutions-to-engineering-challenges-from-bioscience-research/ Richard’s research blends biology and engineering. He uses biomechanics as a tool to investigate evolutionary biology and how the physical environment determines the morphology and control systems of flying animals. He has worked on the sensory mechanisms of insects and birds, including flow…

How do we get to Building Safety? Making the case for Transparency and Integrity

This June will mark five years since the Grenfell tragedy, which shocked everyone and challenged us to think again about how our industry works. But how far have we come, and what is stopping us? This article argues that there can be no building safety without transparency and integrity, and we need to take a different approach. Call Reschedule: Due to technical issues we had to postpone our call to discuss this article. The call will now take place on Teams on Friday 4th March at 2.30pm GMT. Please register here to join us. The Context The Grenfell Inquiry, now in module 6 of phase 2, is looking at the role of regulators and government in the failures which led to the tragedy. Week after week the Inquiry reveals more about what led to the catastrophic results of failure. It is…

Want to shape government and industry views on key topics within design and manufacturing?

Our panels bring together IET members with fellow engineering practitioners from industry, academia, and professionals from disciplines beyond engineering. On the Design and Manufacturing Panel at the IET, current topics include: Manufacturing digital net zero – united action on digital and sustainability. Creating a Vision for Manufacturing 2040. Horizontal Innovation. Design is everything. The future manufacturing engineer. Do you have an interest or expertise in any of these manufacturing topics? Would you be interested in joining a working group to help the IET champion one of these topics? If you have experience, energy and want to join others to help shape the future of the profession, this is the perfect opportunity for you. We are keen to hear from diverse backgrounds…

Prince of Wales - Britain's most powerful steam locomotive

Thanks to all who attended Rob Morland's great talk on the project to construct a new Gresley P2 locomotive from scratch. Prince of Wales is being built by the P2 Steam Locomotive Company and will be the seventh member of a class of six originally built by the LNER to the designs of Sir Nigel Gresley, none of which survived into the preservation era. The presentation was mounted jointly by the Hammersmith Section of the IET London Network and the I.Mech.E. and took place on 4th April 2022 in the I.Mech.E. Manufacturing Room in Birdcage Walk.

Interested in making the Internet a better place? Join us during Women at Imperial week to find out more

Want to find out how to change the Internet so everyone can discover women in science, engineering and technology? Imperial College is organising an online workshop on 9 March 2022 , to show you how to edit and create content on Wikipedia and help tell the hidden stories of women in STEM. Everyone is welcome: you don’t need any previous experience, and you don’t need to be an expert. We’ll demonstrate how to add forgotten women to the database and improve Wikipedia content by adding more information and links. And we’ll show you how to create new pages when you’re ready to do so. To find out more and register, please visit the Eventbrite page. The theme for Women at Imperial Week 2022 is #BreakTheBias, which looks forward to “a world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination". There…

Any events happening in Association for Project Management I hear you ask?

Well as it happens, there's a lot coming up, organised by colleagues in the APM, and I'm happy to share below. The Association for Project Management is delighted to welcome back face to face project management events. These events will provide key knowledge and networking opportunities with your fellow community members and project professionals. You'll find further details by following the URL links below. Overcoming imposter syndrome through the power of team work 08 March 2022 - London https://www.apm.org.uk/event/overcoming-imposter-syndrome-through-the-power-of-team-work/ From Audit to Assurance – a journey to establish a new PMO 16 March 2022 - Bristol https://www.apm.org.uk/event/from-audit-to-assurance-a-journey-to-establish-a-new-pmo/ Project Professionals & Career Switchers…

South Yorkshire Skills Accelerator Workshop - 2nd March 2022.

Skills Accelerator Interactive Workshop. 2nd March 2022 - 9:00am to 12:00pm Skills - you know what you need – come and tell us! On Wednesday 2nd March, South Yorkshire Chambers are hosting the second interactive workshop for employers to tell us what support you need to develop in your workforce for your company’s future growth and development. We will be sharing the feedback we have received so far, and our suggested actions to go into our report to the DfE. We want to know if you agree, or if you have other experiences or ideas to include that could make all the difference to your business. Your feedback will help us deliver: A report to Government with clear and robust recommendations on how they can help South Yorkshire build the UK’s most agile skills system. A strong, evidence…

Skills Accelerator South Yorkshire Interactive Workshop - 2nd March 2022

As a member of the South Yorkshire 'Skills Accelerator Board' (SAB), I'm representing the Joint PEI committee based in South Yorkshire and wish to alert members and their companies to the following interactive workshop promotion. Skills - you know what you need – come and tell us! On Wednesday 2nd March, South Yorkshire Chambers are hosting the second interactive workshop for employers to tell us what support you need to develop in your workforce for your company’s future growth and development. We will be sharing the feedback we have received so far, and our suggested actions to go into our report to the DfE. We want to know if you agree, or if you have other experiences or ideas to include that could make all the difference to your business. Your feedback will help us deliver: A report…

All about Election of IET Hong Kong

Please take a look on the IET Hong Kong Election Procedures . Election for Session 2025 Notice of Annual General Meeting Session 2024 Notice of Younger Members Section Annual General Meeting Session 2024 Results of Election of Officers for Session 2025 Results of Election of Ordinary Members for Session 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) in adult social care: case studies in the UK

The NHSX AI Lab has spoken to technology businesses and care providers throughout the country and found that social care is lagging health in developing and adopting AI. The provider landscape is generally more fragmented, and many organisations still collect data manually. It may also be due to a lack of technical professionals. Many of the issues raised by these case studies are being addressed by NHSX, such as funding and promoting more simplified data sharing between health and care organisations. Below you will find three case study examples in the UK which demonstrate AI and data-driven healthcare. You can find more information about further case studies and funding on NHSX AI Lab. Case study 1: Birdie , intelligent monitoring for preventative care Solving the challenge A care…

STEM resources about communication

These free education resources are to inspire children aged 5-11 as they explore the different communication methods of the past and present. There are so many ways to communicate and we explore a few methods in these downloadable, fun and easy learning activities for parents or teachers to do in class or at home. Communication and language barriers become a thing of the past as we go on a journey using symbols, drawings, paintings and letters to send messages. From cave paintings and medieval manuscripts to morse code and semaphore (visual signals) - you can teach a whole range of communication techniques with commonly found items at home. Download worksheets and step-by-step activity plans here: Books and illuminated letters Cave paintings Clay tokens and tablets Morse code…

5 amazing ways quantum tech could improve your world

Quantum technologies harness quantum physics to gain a functionality or performance which is otherwise unattainable - the functions of quantum technologies are derived from science that cannot be explained by classical physics, such as Newton’s Laws of motion, thermodynamics, or Maxwell’s equations of electromagnetism. Quantum City recently created a series of posters for schools on Quantum Technologies and the 5 amazing ways that quantum tech could improve our world. All posters are available to download from the York Quantum Hub and Quantum City website

Addressing the challenges and opportunities of an ageing population with artificial intelligence

Increasing lifespan, along with decreased fertility, is causing the population of older adults to expand at a greater rate than any other age group, and it is expected to reach more than 1.5 million by 2050. Given the expected expansion in the older population, which will occur in practically every country in the world, governments, health systems, and the private sector should plan ahead of time to meet the demands of the ageing population, according to the World Health Organization. Is ageing a looming disaster or a booming opportunity? In the next few decades, the global elderly population will rise from 7% to 20%. In terms of social, economic, and political change in our day, this growth will be one of the most significant. Systems and families will be affected, and new solutions…

Call Recording: Why isn’t the Construction Sector implementing Digital Transformation?

Over the coming months, the Plain Language Guide Editorial Board will be publishing a series of opinion pieces and hosting open online calls to discuss them. In March we will be holding an exclusive in-person event for senior executives to address the issues these articles cover. Our first article was called 'Why isn’t the Construction Sector implementing Digital Transformation?' and you can read it here . A week later we held an open online call which was recorded - watch the video below. We invited participants to tell us what reasons may be missing from our article and they added: We then moved onto a Miro board to collect these thoughts and ideas about how change might be effected. A pdf of the board output can be downloaded from the link below. What do you think? Why…

6th IET GCC Robotics Challenge - 2022

6th IET GCC Robotics Challenge - 2022 2022 - Challenge Theme: To Present (Ideas) Related to Robotics Based Solutions/Systems to Battle Against Coronavirus TEAMS FINAL ROUND Saturday 26th of March 2022 - A Virtual Challenge Presentation Duration (25 minutes, with Q/A) for details .... visit the below link https://sites.google.com/view/6-iet-gcc-robotics-challenge/home

Understanding the concerns of an ageing population to guide artificial intelligence-based solutions

By 2050, the worldwide population of adults over the age of 65 will have more than doubled, reaching a staggering 1.6 billion people, with the majority of the increase occurring in emerging countries. This growth will be one of the most significant social, economic, and political transformations of our time. This will have a significant impact on existing healthcare, government, and social systems, which are currently either not designed to accommodate an ageing population or are not built to the scale required to accommodate it. However, we can begin to make investments in our support systems (which are enabled and scaled by technology) that include a coordinated response from governments, society, academia, and the commercial sector, as well as a coordinated reaction and action from the…

IET T&T/IEEE - Seminar Series- “Key Elements of Safe to Work Practices (STOW) for Graduates of Tertiary Education entering in Industry”

2022 E-Seminar Series- Seminar 1

The Route to Zero Emission Buses

I’m attaching a recording of the excellent webinar give by Jane Wright of Transport for London hosted by the London Hammersmith Network on 21 st October 2021. In it Jane describes TfL's journey towards a zero-emission fleet by the early 2030's. The journey includes a retro-fit programme to a better-than Emission 6 standard fleet, trials on hydrogen fuel cell buses, the introduction of efficient hybrid buses and ultimately an all electric bus fleet. She also explains the operating and infrastructure constraints and TfL's solutions to dealing with these.

Supporting Event: International Coding Education Festival (ICE Festival)

Organized by: International Coding Education Foundation; The Hong Kong Association for Computer Education; Cyberport Hong Kong Supported by: IET Hong Kong; Centre for Information Technology in Education, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong; Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong; EdUHK Department of Mathematics and Information Technology; Hong Kong Metropolitan University; School of Science and Technology; Hong Kong Metropolitan University; School of Science and Technology; Hong Kong Metropolitan University School of Science and Technology; Hong Kong Education City; The Academy for Bright Future Young Engineers, HKUST; InnoSapce, Hong Kong Productivity Council; Hour of Code Hong Kong; Office of the Government Chief Information Officer; The Association of Hong Kong…

Call for Paper - The 12th APSCOM Conference 2022

The 12th IET International Conference on Advances in Power System Control, Operation and Management (APSCOM 2022) Call For Paper Invitation On behalf of The Institution of Engineering and Technology Hong Kong (IET Hong Kong) APSCOM Organizing Committee, we are delighted to inform you that APSCOM 2022 will be held on 6-10 November 2022 and you are cordially invited to submit paper for the conference. Since the conference’s inception in 1990, APSCOM has been the flagship event of IET Hong Kong and serves as a forum for professionals and specialists to share ideas, innovations and experiences on promoting the high performance & resilience power grid. To address wide range of challenges faced by power and energy industry around the world, papers of quality are invited to present original…

Soft Robotics and AI are driving a Revolution in Agriculture

In this talk, Professor Fumiya Iida will introduce some of the research projects in his laboratory in Cambridge that make use of soft robotics and machine learning techniques, for addressing the complex problems in robotic applications such as those in agriculture. Soft robotics research has made considerable progress in many areas of robotics technologies based on deformable functional materials, including locomotion, manipulation, and other morphological adaptation such as self-healing, self-morphing, and mechanical growth. While these technologies open up many new robotics applications, they also introduce a number of challenging problems in terms of sensing, modelling, planning and control. Because of the general complexity of the system based on flexible and continuum mechanics and a wide…

Heat Pump Choices Video Recording

The talk by Warren Pope to the Cambridge Network on 21 January was an excellent introduction to heat pumps and other forms of electrical heating. There were over 1150 registrations and 850 attended. A recording of the talk is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfhy1MLiuJM ./ Slides which include links to various suppliers and opotions for graants are on Google Drive at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j7dPlq9UaPf4pzd37MWiZoCFaJMw7_c4/view?usp=sharing

Amazing 60 years membership of ICE

It gives me great pleasure to share the news that one of our Project Controls Technical committee member, Roger Batten , has recently achieved 60 years membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). The Project Controls Network is a collaboration between the IET and the ACostE with the joint aim of advancing the knowledge and understanding of Project Control to as wide an audience as possible. During 2020 and 2021, we produced a series of 8 webinars that covered the basics of Project Controls. These webinars are still available on demand – you can view them on our Technical Webinar Hub . Roger has been a long standing supporter of the committee, and alongside 60 years in the ICE, he has also been a member of the Association of Cost Engineers for nearly fifty years and a member…