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  • IET EngTalk: Rihanna Changed My Life: Inspiring A New Generation Of Cyber Security Professionals

    "Don't wait for people to ask you about Cyber Security" discussed Raj Samani, chief scientist at McAfee, at the IET Eng Talk lecture held at IET Savoy Place in London. The NSCS are a good example of how the message of Cyber Security should be spread into all places of education, their Cyber First strategy allows school children to increase their knowledge on cyber security and also look to it as a professional career path. Raj discussed that the yesteryear of career development has completely different connotations to what is actually required today and as our sprawling metropolis moves to a digital society it is up to every one of us to do more to encourage career development. Dr Maria Bada, a research associate at the Cambridge Cybercrime Centre took to the stage to explain how human activities…

  • Railway Electrification ~ Not Scalextric ! (IET Central London Network)

    Sticking to the theme of Transformation, I attended the IET Central London Network lecture on Railway Electrification which demonstrated that the lack of future proofing the use of any technology means not only will innovation be slowed down, but also, it increases the chances of missed opportunity for economic development. Will Railway Electrification create eco-friendly profitable self-sustaining ecosystems? Is the UK on track? (Couldn’t resist) – Are new Novel innovations on the horizon? Read the blog and watch the live streamed-video here to understand how current Government policy is being applied to Railway Electrification.  Read about Mind Control Of Scalextric on the E&T site here

    Rimesh Patel
    Rimesh Patel

  • Railway Electrification: Time For A Policy Reset? (IET Central London Network)

    ‘The Railway Electrification: Time for a policy reset?’ Evening lecture held by the IET Central London Network at the IET Savoy Place gave good debatable insights into how Government policies should now consider approaches like Electrification. The event was presented in collaboration with the Railway Association and the IMeche. Speakers included Andy Mellors Managing Director of South Western Railway, David Clarke Technical Director of Railway Industry Association and Iain Flynn Technical Director of Synergy Rail Limited. The evening was a thought provoking attempt by the Railway Industry Association and Professional Institutions to persuade Government to change its policy on Electrification on the basis that it can be delivered at a lower cost if there is a long term investment plan that…

    Rimesh Patel
    Rimesh Patel

  • The Future of Medicine - Is this short video still relevant in 2019?

    On 11th June 2019 we are hosting the 5th Annual Future of Medicine event with a host of expert speakers covering healthcare data, Artificial Intelligence, robotics and healthcare devices.  We filmed this in 2017 so has the past two years advanced us further than expected?  Join us to find out.   https://events.theiet.org/the-5th-annual-future-of-medicine-conference/

  • Speaker Highlight - Professor Kaspar Althoefer, Director Of The Centre Of Advanced Robotics @ Queen Mary (ARQ). The 5th Future Of Medicine – The Role Of Doctors In 2029

    Our next speaker highlight for the 5th Future of Medicine - The Role of Doctors in 2029 is Professor Kaspar Althoefer, Director of the Centre of Advanced Robotics @ Queen Mary (ARQ).  Register to hear Professor Althoefer present on 'Advances in soft robotics for minimally invasive surgery' Register now to attend. Professor Althoefer is an experienced roboticist leading competitively funded research on soft robotics, intelligent micro-sensing systems and interaction dynamics modelling with applications in minimally invasive surgery, assistive technologies and human-robot interaction at Queen Mary University of London. He acquired in excess of £5.7M as Principal Investigator from national/international funding bodies and successfully completed 22 PhD projects. Professor Althoefer’s research team…

  • MEMBERSHIP & ACCREDITATION DRIVE AT SCHOOL OF BUS. & COMP. SCIENCE (SBCS) TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

    A membership and accreditation forum was held n Tuesday April 16, 2019 with students of the School of Business and computer Science (SBCS), Mt. Hope. This forum sought to engage students to participate in the IET PATW competition held annually as well as to encourage them in the Global Challenge competition.Special emphasis was also the proposed formation of an On Campus Group at the educational facility. This forum also sought to educate these students about the IET Global standards as well as membership with the IET. The students were very eager and showed keen interest in being part of the IET as members. The IET Trinidad and Tobago Local Network (IET TT LN) look forward to working together with the SBCS to further the IET global initiatives.

    J. Maraj
    J. Maraj

  • IMechE Local Area MP Engagement Lecture & Debate

    Event Title:  Plastics - Falling out of love with the wonder material? 6pm to 9pm, Friday 10th May, Portsmouth University Tickets £6 (£2 for U18 school & college pupils)In the IET Solent Local Network we like to bring attention to events organised by other local STEM society's and institutions. To kick of this IMechE event, Dr Jeremy Woods will give a talk about developing a sustainable bio-economy to deliver food, energy, environmental and social development security. He will discuss our historic use of plastics and alternatives for the future, before Mr Tarquin Crouch presents the case for a more sustainable use of plastics through the application of modern technology and engineering. To book and find out more, visit the event Webpage at   http://nearyou.imeche.org/near-you/UK/Wessex/Portsmouth…

    Ian MacGillivray
    Ian MacGillivray

  • Learning at Work Week - 13th to 19th May

    This year's theme is: 'Shaping the Future'Although not an IET initiative, the annual Learning at Work Week  provides an opportunity to promote work based learning and opportunities to work, so I thought I would write a blog about some of the opportunities available for informal learning as many of our members undertake work based learning rather than the more traditional training courses or lectures (although these do have a places in CPD, they're only 1/6 of the potential activities available). Any number of day to day activities can involve learning, especially if you are doing something for the first time or working closely under the supervision of a line manager or mentor.  Examples could include:   Talking to suppliers, customers or specialists and working with them to determine their…

    Kathryn Bain
    Kathryn Bain

  • New Speaker Announced For The 5th Future Of Medicine – The Role Of Doctors In 2029 - Christian Moroy, Edge Health

    Our next speaker highlight for the 5th Future of Medicine - The Role of Doctors in 2029 is Christian Moroy from Edge Health . After finishing advanced degrees in Economics in Canada (McGill University) and the UK (LSE) Christian worked as an economist for NERA Economic Consulting in Berlin and London where he specialised in technical healthcare advisory and delivered both change management and data-driven projects that delivered cost savings and operational improvements to several NHS trusts. He then co-founded Edge health, the first company developing and deploying AI based decision-support software for back-office efficiency into NHS trusts. The products Edge deploys have measurably improved use of theatre utilisation, reliability of bed planning and delivered documented cost savings to hospitals…

  • CAWE 2019 - Meet The Speakers!

    CAWE 2019 is in just a couple of weeks! This will be 7 th event bringing together engineers and scientists to share the latest technical knowledge about electromagnetic devices, systems and the propagation of electromagnetic fields   The programme has now been announced and you can check it out here .  We have two invited speakers on the day: Mike Warrington Mike Warrington is professor of Radio Communications Engineering at the University of Leicester. His research interests have centred (and continue to do so) on long range radio propagation, particularly within the HF band. Current focus is on communications with civil aircraft on routes crossing the polar regions and on OTHR systems within the arctic regions. Tony Brown Professor Tony Brown was the Chair in Communication Engineering at…

    Former Staff Member
    Former Staff Member

  • South Island Committee 2019

    South Island Committee 2019 Joe Conolly, Chair IPRA Allan Clarke, Treasurer Jason Hall, Committee member  Robert Cooke, Committee member Alisdair Reid, Committee member, IPRA Sandra Isaacs, Committee member Mark Toira, Committee member Aran Warren, YP Rep Karla Smith, Ex AP Chair

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • City of STEM Science Festival, 6 April 2019

    The SoCal network volunteers exhibited at the City of STEM science festival on Saturday, April 6, at the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey, CA, as one of nearly 100 STEM exhibitors and hands-on activities from dozens of organizations around Southern California.  "City of STEM" is LA's largest celebration of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math and takes place for the entire month of April with a series of amazing events and awesome activities throughout Los Angeles County.  The community events highlight the ongoing importance that science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) have in the Los Angeles region. Throughout April, City of STEM partners present science-themed happenings in communities around Southern CA, bringing STEM to the people of LA. The kick-off event for the…

    David
    David

  • Speaker Highlight - Dr Murray Ellender MRCGP MRCEM, EConsult Health Ltd. The 5th Future Of Medicine – The Role Of Doctors In 2029

    Our next speaker highlight for the 5th Future of Medicine - The Role of Doctors in 2029 is Dr Murray Ellender from eConsult Health Ltd . Register now to attend eConsult's Chief Executive Dr Murray Ellender qualified from King’s College London in 1999 and trained in Emergency Medicine before starting his career in General Practice 14 years ago. He joined the Hurley Clinic in 2006 and still practices across the Hurley   Group, in both general practice and urgent care settings. Our focus is to bring all of NHS general practice into the digital age, offering patients the ability to consult with their own NHS GP online. Murray spends his spare time running around after his four children.   Dr Murray Ellender MRCEM, MRCGP, GP and Co-Founder eConsult eConsult Health Limited is a collection of digital…

  • Midlands Power Group Student Poster Event 2019

    On March 27th we held the annual MPG Student Poster event where students from our local universities present their ongoing project work to a panel of judges. This year the event was hosted by Birmingham University - our sincere thanks go to Pietro Tricoli for organising the event in Student Link of the Gisbert Knapp Building of the Faculty of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering. We had 18 excellent posters presented with both post-grad and under-grad submissions from Aston, Birmingham, Coventry, Staffordshire and Warwick. As in previous years, all the posters and accompanying presentations were of a very high standard which made the judging decisions particularly challenging. In total six prizes were awarded, some sponsored by the IET and others from one corporate sponsors - Wolong…

    David Swanson
    David Swanson

  • Travel Awards 2019

    Reference from  https://conferences.theiet.org/achievement/travel/index.cfm?utm_campaign=travelaward&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social   Travel Awards 2019 If you are a member of the IET, we can provide grants to help you present a paper or poster at conferences around the world, or participate in international research visits or projects. Grants are given out six times a year.  We award around two grants in each round.   How much are the grants worth?      We can award grants of up to £500.   Who is eligible? The awards are for individuals who: Have been a member for a minimum of one year up to the date of application Are IET members i.e. Student, TMIET, MIET and FIET (associate and lapsed members are not eligible) Reside in any country, as long as the travel is international How do I…

    Siong Tang
    Siong Tang

  • Visit To Liberty Speciality Steels Aldwarke Melting Shop Rotherham On 11th April 2019

    The annual visit to Liberty Speciality Steels this year, was to their Aldwarke Melting Shop based in Rotherham. Steel melting production is now all based on this major site and has gone through some difficult times in recent years with the major upheavals in Tata but then the fortunate acquisition of this plant  and its associated site at Stocksbridge NW Sheffield being bought by the business magnate Sanjeep Gupta. Last year Prince Charles was invited to the site to restart 'T' furnace which had been mothballed for quite some years and is now back in full production along with their 'N' furnace. Both units are 'Electric Arc Furnaces' with around 200 MVA capacity split between them Andrew Douglass their Engineering Director gave a short presentation and then a tour of the plant was undertaken…

    Alan Chater
    Alan Chater

  • Graduate opportunity

    Victrex are seeking graduate engineers in Control, Electrical and Mechanical specialismsWe have been asked to share this information with our young members, Please see image attached for further information or  https://www.victrex.com/en/company/careers Thanks  IET South Yorkshire YP committee

    Layla Asquith
    Layla Asquith

  • Regional IMechE Dinner 22nd March 2019

    IET SYLN were once again invited to the IMechE  Regional dinner held at the Cutlers Hall in Sheffield Attending on behalf of the IET SYLN were the Immediate Past Chair, Alan Chater and the Young Professionals Chair, Layla Graham Around 170 invited guests enjoyed the evening with Denis Healy their Regional  Business Development Manager once again undertaking the Master of Ceremonies role for the evening Key note speakers were Tony Roche the current IMechE President, the Master Cutler Nick Cragg and the Regional Chairman Alan Bratton. The event this year was organised by Elevation Recruitment from the Rotherham based office. Interesting speeches about the engineering professions were delivered by all three speakers followed by a series of individual presentations to new Chartered and Incorporated…

    Alan Chater
    Alan Chater

  • Get Up To Speed (GUTS) Event 27th MARCH 2019

    Another very successful event set up by Work-Wise and supported this year by over 90 exhibitors. Staged at the MAGNA Science & Adventure Centre in Rotherham again provides an excellent venue for this popular event attended by over 3000. Many schools in the SY region and beyond attend, making this a fantastic opportunity for schoolchildren to see first hand what Engineering and Manufacturing opportunities are out there. IET SYLN once again had a double stand and were able to exhibit a number of interesting activities alongside the opportunity to distribute a range of literature about the benefits of membership of the Institution and engineering in general. We also ran once again the  IET "Innovation Challenge" which had six schools for the SY region working alongside six companies to create…

    Alan Chater
    Alan Chater

  • IET Trinidad and Tobago LN assists the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) in achieving Accreditation programmes 2019

    It is with great pleasure to report that after the visit and discourses presented by the IET TT LN Executives ( Chairman David Drakes and Treasurer, Anthony Chadee) to the students and faculty members of the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT), the IET Panel has recommended that the UTT  programmes receive 5-year accreditation status.   The programmes presented for accreditation were: ·          B.A.Sc . Utilities Engineering, Mechanical Option ·          B.A.Sc . Utilities Engineering, Electrical Option ·          NETD Electrical/Electronic Engineering  ·          NETD Instrumentation Technician The IET Panel was extremely impressed with the quality of the programmes and hence will be recommending that the accreditation of  UTT programmes be backdated by 3 or 5 years. Great job and congratulations

    J. Maraj
    J. Maraj

  • Rail events happening in London

    The IET London Local Network and the IET Conference team are hosting a selection of Railway events in London that you may be interested in attending.       1st May, Teddington - Cutting the Loop to a new Extension.  How the Northern Line Extension cut into the existing Northern Line and the future signalling solution for the extension Register to attend 21 May, Hammersmith International Centre- Energy management at the Old Oak Common Railway Depot.   An insight into the challenges faced in the design and construction of the first underfloor heated and cooled railway depot. Register to attend 14th June, Call For Abstract Deadline For The IET Railway Young Professionals 'Early Career Call For Papers 2019 Topic - How Engineering and Technology is Improving the safety of the Railway.  Submit your…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • VISIT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (UTT)

    On March 20 th , The Chairman, David and Treasurer visited the UTT, Point Lisas Campus, at the invitation of Dr. Curtis Boodoo, who,  requested that  the IET LN  assist with the formation of an On Campus Network at the UTT. On this visit, presentations were made to both students and members of the UTT faculty outlining a brief overview of the IET and its many benefits. They spoke in particular about the formation of the On Campus Network, and the office holders required for the formation of the Network.   Eng. Anthony spoke about the importance of professional registration, and the benefits it brings to those on whom registered status is conferred. The session was very well attended, and it live streamed to the UTT campuses in Port of Spain (John S. Donaldson Technical Institute) and San Fernando…

    J. Maraj
    J. Maraj

  • Speaker Highlight - Dr Shane Lowe, Vitrue Health. The 5th Future Of Medicine – The Role Of Doctors In 2029

    Our next speaker highlight for the 5th Future of Medicine - The Role of Doctors in 2029 is Dr Shane Lowe from Vitrue Health .  Vitrue Health, providing quantitative motor function assessment technology for musculoskeletal healthcare   Shane Lowe is the CEO of Vitrue Health . His background is in biomedical electronics and PhD is in predicting degradations in the health of older adults based on activity patterns and motor function capacity. He spent several years developing motion capture devices for Vicon Motion Systems and has worked on multiple medical technologies. His current focus is developing and spreading Vitrue's products across healthcare particularly in Orthopaedic settings Register now to attend.

  • Speaker Announcement: Telemetry - 6 June, Manchester, UK

    Are you coming to our Telemetry event in June?   Read on for details of two of our speakers.   Toby Woolfe Toby has experience in creating business value for manufacturers delivering expertise in IBM’s portfolio of industrial solutions focused on highly disruptive business opportunities. Toby is a specialist in the use of analytics technologies in the automotive, metals, and related industries and in helping customers understand technology strategies to advance their use of data.  This ranges from projects to manufacture more efficiently, to become customer centric and to connect cars up so new services can be delivered to delight customers. With 12 years at IBM, Toby has acquired industry expertise and experience and has developed assets, strategies and PoC's while working with automotive…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

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