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  • 2020 IET Buckinghamshire Local Network Prize

    Vitor Cardoso, a graduate of Buckinghamshire New University, receiving the 2020 IET Buckinghamshire Local Network Prize Vitor Cardoso, a graduate of Buckinghamshire New University, receiving the 2020 IET Buckinghamshire Local Network Prize immediately after the deferred 2020 graduation ceremony in September 2021.  The IET Buckinghamshire Local Network Prize is a cash prize awarded annually to a graduate of the Bucks New University in High Wycombe.  Handing over the commemorative certificate to Vitor is Andrew Dodd, one of the committee members for the IET Local Network.   The 2020 prize was given in recognition of Vítor's excellent and consistently high standard of work during his studies, academic performance on his course, and Outstanding Performance in his Final Year project.  He was taking…

    Andrew Dodd
    Andrew Dodd

  • Speaker Highlight - Annual Event 2021 - Rob Edgecock - "The ESS RF Distribution System - Completion Of One Of The First Large In-kind Contributions"

    Today's speaker highlight features Professor Rob EdgecockThe European Spallation Source (ESS) is currently under construction in Lund, Sweden, and is one of the largest scientific infrastructure projects in the world. About 30% of the total construction cost is being supplied as in-kind contributions from more than 40 European partners, including the UK, and from others world-wide. This presentation will give an overview of the ESS and its purpose and describe the current construction status. It will also describe one of the UK in-kind contributions, the RF distribution system. This is now finished and is one of the largest in-kind contributions to complete so far. Speaker Bio Rob Edgecock is Professor of Accelerator Applications at the University of Huddersfield, having previously also worked…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Achieving Net Zero and more equitable transport systems by 2030 16th October 2021, Glasgow Caledonian University

    Mobility Camp (previously Transport Planning Camp) is an annual unconference that brings together transport planners, modellers, engineers, technologists, social activists, academics and others interested in discussing and coming up with solutions to ongoing challenges in the transport sector. Tickets -  https://mobilitycamp.co.uk/  2021 Theme This years theme is  'Achieving Net Zero and more equitable transport systems by 2030.'  The transport sector knows what it needs to do in order to achieve Net Zero emissions, and more equitable outcomes for society. The COVID-19 pandemic has put the current challenges our world faces in a more urgent light - we have no more time for talk about doing something. So at this years Mobility Camp we want to look at  radical decarbonisation of how we get around…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • A Message From Our Patron, Her Majesty The Queen.

    We are honoured to have received a congratulatory letter from Her Majesty The Queen, on the event of our 150th anniversary year.HM The Queen is a keen supporter of the industry, and has described the role of engineer as a ‘noble profession’.

    EngX Editorial
    EngX Editorial

  • The IET Manufacturing Technical Network (TN) is hosting three webinar events on 6th, 13th and 20th October on the topic of Sustainable Manufacturing.

    The IET Manufacturing Technical Network (TN) is hosting three webinar events on 6 th , 13 th  and 20 th  October on the topic of Sustainable Manufacturing. The events cover:   Additive Manufacturing Metrology Design for Sustainability Registration for all 3 events can be done using the following link: https://lnkd.in/drAp3ki7

    Rob McDonald
    Rob McDonald

  • Plain Language Guide To Digitisation For Manufacturers Published

    Find out how you can get hold of the guide and its summary documents today, and join us at the launch events at UK Construction Week. We’re delighted to let you know that Digitisation for Construction Product Manufacturers: A Plain Language Guide has been published. You can download your copy here. Alongside the full guide we have also produced an 8 page summary (ideal for sharing with senior colleagues) and a 2-page key facts document. If construction is to meet the challenges of a digital future and respond to the requirements of a new building safety regulatory system, it needs manufacturers to structure and share their data safely and sustainably. The Plain Language Guide will help them make the right decisions. Launch Event – 6 October 2021 A launch event will be held at UK Construction…

    ManufacturersPLG Team
    ManufacturersPLG Team

  • YHRN Regional Event covering the IET's 150th year Celebrations, held on the 22nd September 2021

    The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) recently celebrated their 150th anniversary. The Yorkshire and Humberside regional network made a series of presentations on Engineering in the region which was delivered online, however this was all recorded and can be accessed online through the IET.  Following several months of discussion and development, the YHRN pulled together four presentations to celebrate this significant milestone. Presentations were delivered by the North, South, West and Humberside Local Networks. West Yorks covered 'AI' by Professor Rami Qahwaji  from the University of Bradford;  Humberside covered the Decarbonisation work ongoing in the Humber area by Dr Geraint Evans. North Yorks delivered an overview about the career of one of their members Richard Gibbon OBE…

    Alan Chater
    Alan Chater

  • Securing remote access to operational technology (OT) (E&T Webinar Team)

    "In an Operational Technology environment, JML processes are different compared to a regular operations" explained Alistair Macrae, ICS Cyber Security Consultant at Claroty during the 'Securing remote access to operational technology (OT)' webinar organised by the E&T Webinar Team. He explained that in an OT environment, role-based access controls are time bound and solutions need to be able to keep up swiftly to changing access requests. Typically, when third party engineers access an OT environment, their access needs to be controlled to ensure ingress/egress traffic is accurately monitored. Reverse-tunnel concepts help can help play a role session integrity against and when used alongside frameworks like the perdu-model, you can better analyse where gateway/entry nodes should be placed on…

    Rimesh Patel
    Rimesh Patel

  • Speaker Highlight - Annual Event 2021 - Dr Francis Lockwood Estrin - "Superconducting Thin Films For Accelerators"

    Today's update focuses on  Dr. Francis Lockwood Estrin. Dr. Francis Lockwood Estrin is a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant working as part of the University of Liverpool and part ASTeC in Daresbury Laboratory. His role is to research the A-Symmetrical HiPIMS and its application for superconducting thin films, this is split between work In Daresbury producing thin films and work at Liverpool investigating the plasma conditions. Prior to this Francis worked at QinetiQ on Ion Thrusters a space propulsion technology. During this period, he worked on the BepiColombo mission mercury among other projects.Bulk niobium has been the material of choice for superconducting RF-accelerators as it is the highest critical temperature (Tc = 9.25 K) and highest lower critical field (Hc1 = 0.18 T) of the pure…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Explore the Solar System - Q&A from Webinar

    Explore the Solar System - Q&A from Webinar

    Andrew Dodd
    Andrew Dodd

  • Eat, Sleep, Engineer, Repeat: Join Air Marshal Sir Julian Young For This Year’s President’s Address

    Get ready to “Eat, sleep, engineer, repeat” on 14 October, as Air Marshal Sir Julian Young takes the stage for the international online broadcast of his President’s Address.The main address is at 1pm BST, and he will challenge you to think about how we keep inspiring generation after generation of engineers. What is the role of engineers as influencers and drivers of a sustainable, digital world? How do we ensure that we learn from and mentor each generation of engineers – both ahead of us and following on? And what can engineers do more of to support 21st century society, promote an ethical and diverse profession and help solve the big societal challenges? Then at 6.30pm BST, Julian will be joined by our 2020-21 President, Danielle George, and 2020 Young Woman Engineer of the Year Ella Podmore…

    EngX Editorial
    EngX Editorial

  • Speaker Highlight: Annual Event 2021

    Today's speaker highlight focuses on Rita Morgado da Silva MEng CEng Rita Morgado da Silva is a Mechanical Engineer, currently working as Lead Systems Engineer, MR Linac Beam Generation, Elekta Ltd where she has worked for the past 8 years. Her current area of professional experience/interest include Beam Generation, Reliability, Hardware & Infrastructure and Covers & User Interfaces, Environmentally Conscious Design- circular economy and eco design. Prior to working at Elekta, Rita has worked for Pfizer, Volkswagen and University of Surrey Medical Engineering Department. Out of work, Rita enjoys playing competitive volleyball (indoor and beach), travelling the globe, snowboarding, cooking (and eating), hiking, reading and listening to music. Rita will deliver her presentation on Designing…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Cambridge Eco Homes

    If you are interested in how home owners have improved their homes and energy efficiency take a look at a series of talks run by Cambridge Eco Homes. cambridgecarbonfootprint.org/.../

    David Blake
    David Blake

  • Upcoming Webinar - Industrial Decarbonisation: The HyNet response: Tuesday 21st September at 7:00 p.m. BST

    Professor Joe Howe, Executive Director Of Energy Research Institute at the University of Chester will provide an overview of recent UK energy related policy initiatives that have emerged over the last year.   He will considering the emerging initiatives from the UK's industrial clusters and provide a detailed insight into the HyNet North West proposition. HyNet North West is an innovative low carbon and hydrogen energy project that will unlock a low carbon economy for the North West and North Wales and put the region at the forefront of the UK’s drive to net zero. Come and join us for a webinar on building the Hydrogen Network in the northwest of England. To register for the event, please click REGISTER NOW!   It would be great on if you could join us for this free to attend webinar on an important…

    Rob McDonald
    Rob McDonald

  • Particle Accelerator Engineering Network Annual Event 2021

    Our Annual event is coming soon - 9th and 10th November The online event will take place over two half days and will be delivered via Zoom.  Over the next few weeks I will highlight some of our amazing speakers, so do please keep checking back  9th November 2pm - 5pm 10th November - 9.30am - 12.30pm  The first speaker highlight is on Carl Andrews who will be presenting for us, covering "Modifications and limitations of the DCF beamline hot cell to allow for high temperature irradiations". There has been an increased focus into simulating damage in advanced materials including potential structural materials for use in fusion/fission reactors. These materials are often subjected to high levels of radiation damage at high temperatures (upwards of 1000°C). In order to meet the constantly changing…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • CPD Certificate for "Wow that's bright!!"

    CPD Certificate for "Wow that's bright!!" an IET Buckinghamshire LN Webinar on Tuesday 14th September 2021

    Andrew Dodd
    Andrew Dodd

  • Honorary Fellowship Awarded To Former NASA Engineer And YouTube Sensation Mark Rober

    YouTube STEM sensation Mark Rober has become the newest IET Honorary Fellow for his outstanding contribution to aerospace engineering.Mark is an American YouTuber, engineer and inventor. He is known for his YouTube videos on popular science and do-it-yourself gadgets and has over 18 million subscribers. Before YouTube, Mark was an engineer with NASA for nine years where he worked on the Curiosity rover at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Mark also worked for Apple in their Special Projects Group undertaking Product Design as Mechanical Engineer. He recently received the IET’s STEM Personality of the Year award in a worldwide competition that celebrates an inspiring individual who is changing the narrative on what it really means to be an engineer or technologist. On receiving Honorary Fellowship…

    EngX Editorial
    EngX Editorial

  • Explore the Solar System

    Here are some links that Ross Hockham referred to during his excellent presentation on Tuesday 7th September 2021. Two links to sites that are good for dark sky hunting: https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=6.89&lat=52.0669&lon=-0.1286&layers=B0FFFFFFTFFFFFFFFFF https://www.darksky.org/our-work/conservation/idsp/finder/ Another app that Ross mentioned is called ScopeNights for smart devices and it tells you if the weather is good for stargazing and has a dark sky map:  https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/scope-nights-astronomy-weather/id540120977 This is the YouTube channel play lists for UK Astronomy: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQperDOkTrm2FhXwfx55Q9w/playlists

    Andrew Dodd
    Andrew Dodd

  • ICMS 3

    With the construction environment responsible for around 40% of the global carbon emissions, it is crucial that sustainable practices are adopted to achieve net-zero ambitions. The Project Controls Network (PCN) has worked with 49 globally prominent organisations to develop ICMS 3 - a world first for cost and carbon management in engineering and construction from concept to completion and beyond.ICMS 3 is pioneering sustainable practices that assist the engineering and construction industry to manage and mitigate climate-related risk.  ICMS 3 will contribute positively to efforts to decarbonise the engineering and construction sector in the most cost-effective way. Through ICMS 3, professionals will for the first time be empowered to deliver a globally consistent method for carbon life cycle…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • CPD certificate for 7th September

    Here is the CPD certificate for 7th September, a Bucks LN Webinar "Explore the Solar System" presented by Ross Hockham

    Andrew Dodd
    Andrew Dodd

  • Sustainability - A Smash-hit **** TV Series?

    If reality was a TV series, when is the big reveal going to happen? If this was a TV series, then the end of the previous season would have ended with the news that Climate Change was confirmed after all, and the closing shot would be all the main characters looking shocked: believers and deniers alike. The next, and final, season would start with the usual TV trick of not addressing the cliff-hanger at all, and instead, would show some flashbacks of the main characters, from which we piece together that there is a smart solution, and that’s what then happens in this season, neatly finishing with a grand resolution.  Unfortunately, and sorry for the spoiler in the run up to the long-awaited 4th ‘Matrix’ movie, but this is reality, and so there isn’t a neat twist waiting in the wings. Unlike…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Manufacturers’ Plain Language Guide Set To Publish

    As publication nears for the Plain Language Guide we thought we’d share with you a quick update on what is happening this Autumn. Scroll down to see details and how you can get involved.The Plain Language Guide will be entitled: Digitisation for construction product manufacturers: a plain language guide How manufacturers can structure and share data safely and sustainably. If construction is to meet the challenges of a digital future and respond to the requirements of a new building safety regulatory system, it needs manufacturers to structure and share their data safely and sustainably. The Plain Language Guide will help them make the right decisions. The guide aims to help decision makers in manufacturing identify: Why structured data is important. How to avoid poor investment decisions.…

    ManufacturersPLG Team
    ManufacturersPLG Team

  • TV’s Sustainability Challenge – Engineering A Better World

    The recent IPCC report (Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change) makes clear that we now face a “ Code Red for Humanity” and if you are not convinced by mere words, pictures of wildfires from the Mediterranean to Siberia and “ heat domes” over the Pacific Northwest should be enough. Climate change is just one of the areas where humanity is pushing at natural environmental limits. Pollution and reductions in biodiversity are other examples where our collective abuse of the environment is now only too apparent. While governments need to act, we as media engineers, technologists and practitioners can and must play our part. The IET Media Technical Network is running a year long series of events designed to help our members, fellow engineers and colleagues understand these issues, analyse the…

    David Short
    David Short

  • Perspectives On Audio (IET Cambridge Local Network)

    Bob Stuart from MQA, gave deep-insights in understanding if digital audio is as good as it can be, during an online lecture jointly organised by the AES UK Section Cambridge Group and IET Cambridge Local Network. His talk explained that by better defining objects we can achieve better sound recording and playback abilities. He started by explaining how the fundamentals of psychoacoustics and neuroscience from auditory sciences help us understand pure tone frequencies/harmonics and contrast them against vocalisation and stimulated sound. Advances in neurosciences, is now letting us do more, like dealing with more natural signals. When humans encode, for example, the intensity of sound to 'loudness', it is nonlinear, like when we encode frequency to the subjective element of 'pitch'. Our frequency…

    Rimesh Patel
    Rimesh Patel

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