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Award Presentation At Sheridan College

Sheridan College Faculty of Applied Science & Technology Academic Awards Ceremony was held on 24th September 2015. Jenny Yu presented the Stan Thurger Award on behalf on the IET. The award was named after the late Stan Thurger who played a vital role in the birth and growth of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering.The award started in 2005, the funds were endowed and the interest is awarded annually. The award is for Sheridan students only. The criteria for this award is "Academic excellence in the first year of a 3 year Engineering Technology Program with a manufacturing bias." The 2014 award recipient is Jonathan Andrew Luong. Johnathan is in the Mechanical Engineering Technician/Technology Design and Drafting Program.

Phoebe Houssein
Want to know more about "Engineer your Why" 2014?

"Engineer your Why" was held in April 2014? Here is the link . You can also start a discussion about the event on-line here after login with your IET account.

Phoebe Houssein
Message from the Chair of your Toronto LN

Dear IET Toronto Local Network Members, I am contacting you to announce the IET Toronto LN Event Calendar for the 2014-15 Session and the final technical presentation event and Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the 2013-14 Session. The final technical presentation event and AGM for the 2013-14 Session will take place on 18th September 2014 at the McMaster Automotive Resource Centre (MARC), McMaster University, Hamilton, 105-175 Longwood Road South, Hamilton, Ontario L8P 0A1. You will receive a flyer for the event, or can download it via the network portal. The agenda for the evening is as follows: 1. The technical presentation is titled: “Challenges for the Future of Power Electronics, the UK Power Electronics Strategy”, and will be presented by Prof. Volker Pickert from Newcastle University…

Phoebe Houssein
Pictures - Formula North 2014

Pictures from Formula North 2014 Day 1 , Day 2 , Day 3 , Day 4

Phoebe Houssein
Formula North 2014

IET Toronto has sponsored the Formula North 2014 event. Technical lectures about Formula Noth is held on May 22 from 9:30 am to 4 pm. Contact iet.toronto@theiet.org for tickets.

Phoebe Houssein
UPDATE: Engineer Your Why 2013

The Engineer Your Why event was a resounding success and the audience enjoyed an entertaining, fun afternoon and left totally inspired and energized by the experience. We were fortunate to have a mixture of High School students, University under-grads, Young & Mature Engineers, plus one retired C Eng. The organizing team for the Event comprised: Nigel Schofield (C Eng, Chair of IET Toronto) George Chelvanayagam (C Eng, IPRA Ontario) Shawn Wassermann (MIET, Secretary) Jenny Yu (MIET, Treasurer & Web-master) Jim McConnach (FIET). We were fortunate to have http://www.engineering.com/ as the Platinum Media Sponsor for the event.

Phoebe Houssein
Engineer Your Why

On April 26, come to Gravenhurst, Muskoka to experience the Energy & Inspiration from participating in one of Gerry Visca’s WHY sessions. Also find out how the IET can help Engineers and Technologists Live their WHY. To get a flavour of the session, see Sample . For information and to Register see: EngineerYourWhy

Phoebe Houssein
Putting Toronto On The Map

Here's the IET Americas newsletter!

Phoebe Houssein
WATCH 2013 Hearn Lecture Strengthening Confidence In Engineering

Strengthening Confidence in Engineering Kim Allen From: Hearn Lecture 2013, 10 August 2013, Toronto, Canada 2013-09-10 >> go to webcast >> recommend to friend

Phoebe Houssein
Hearn Lecture is in PEO's magazine Engineering Dimensions!

Hearn Lecture is in PEO's magazine Engineering Dimensions!

Phoebe Houssein
Watch The Global Energy Challenge Lecture at Villanova

Watch "The Global Energy Challenge Lecture at Villanova - by Daniel Nocera"

Phoebe Houssein
Toronto Ranked Top MyCommunity Group In 2013

Toronto MyCommunity was ranked as a top on-line community in IET in 2013. This could not have been possible without your support. Thank you! Please come back often to keep updated about us. We have also set up a blog to have your opinion and suggestion. Go to https://communities.theiet.org/groups/blogs/250 to have your voice. Let us know your opinion!

Phoebe Houssein
2013 Hearn Dinner And Lecture

Thank you to Mr Kim Allen, CEO of Engineers Canada for his presentation "Strengthening Confidence in Engineering" at the 2013 Hearn Dinner and Lecture on 10 August. It was an excellent evening and we appreciate the support of our sponsors IEEE, Morrison Hershfield, Ontario Power Authority, Ontario Power Generation, IMechE, CIBSE, CREE, Cooper Lighting,Rutenberg Sales, and Salex. Thank you to the members of the Hearn Planning Committee: Jenny Yu, Mohamed Nizam, Jim McConnach, and Tony Cutner (not shown in photo George Chelvanayagam). Click to view feedbacks from event participants. Here are more photos from the evening. Greg Duggan, Tony Cutner, and Alyssa Randall were recognized for their assistance with the planning of the volunteers conference. There was a special award to longstanding members…

Phoebe Houssein
Newsbit

Click here for May 2013 Toronto NewsBit

Phoebe Houssein
IET Hong Kong YMS Feb-15 Blogging

Run for IET Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2015 The 19th Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon, Hong Kong's largest participatory annual sporting event, is scheduled on 25 January 2015 (Sunday). Similar to previous years, an IET Hong Kong running team is formed to participate in the “10km” race route. It includes 8 runners and 14 cheering team members from Branch Committee, Management Section, Younger Members Section and Students Sections. On Marathon day, with high spirit, sufficient warm up and support from cheering team, our running team finished the “10km” race successfully in one and a half hour. The team was warmly greeted when passing through the finishing line. All of us enjoyed this annual event very much with a lot of photos taken during the race and fun of course. Apart from…

Julia Chan
Architecting Mergers & Acquisitions.

A while back I researched how m&a’s are used or architected even, to bring success to a partnership or benefit a company through division or expansion and still be able to effect the market place. Using industry examples I was able to review how a few m&a’s were used to support strategy for growth and recovery across many industry sectors. There are many business justifications for mergers and acquisitions. A technology company may want to acquire medium level skilled Engineers so may purchase a generic IT Company or stakeholders may wish to create more wealth based off capital, may be looking for a customer user base to acquire or economic analysis may also show that the market entered by the company is no longer attractive and as such needs to change their growth strategy or contemplate M&A…

Rimesh Patel in Outsourcing
Technical Forum For Engineers Comes To Cambridge In March

There will be a LED & Lighting / RF & Wireless Design forum on March 24th at The Moller Centre, next to Churchill College. Supported by Cambridge Nanotherm, Binder, Coilcraft, Ineltek, Linear Technologies, Outsource Electronics, Rutronik, Yokogawa, EBV, Analog Devices, APC Hero, TUV SUD, Microchip, Solid State Supplies, Institute of Engineering Designers and the Women’s Engineering Society, entry is free. The event is for Engineers only and will include, breakfast, lunch, and all day refreshments. There will be free wifi and parking. To attend a proven format of morning Technical Presentations, afternoon Technical Workshops and all day networking and desktop exhibition area, go to http://www.motiv8forums.com/attendee-2015.html

David Blake
Women In STEM Statistics And Facts

Take a look at our fabulous info-graphic depicting statistics and facts of women in STEM For the full info-graphic... http://bit.ly/1EzUjPj

Former Community Member
Science Festival

The IET's Cambridge Network will be manning a stand in the small hall at the Guildhall on Saturday 14 March. The objective is to communicate engineering and technology to a wide audience. There will be kits for young children to build and take away torches, education packs for teachers and interactive equipment for children and young adults to use. Come and meet the IET Cambridge Network of Engineers - we would be pleased to meet you.

David Blake
IET and IMechE Healthcare Awards 2015

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Former Community Member
Our Largest PATW Competition!

On Saturday 28th February 2015, the YPS and LN executive hosted the IET 2015 PATW competition at the NESC Drilling Academy to fourteen excited and competent students. The competitors ranged from various institutions as UWI, UTT and the Drilling Academy. (The YPS with the 2015 PATW finalists) The newly formed Young Professional Section was instrumental in producing an effective event that provided a forum for students to demonstrate their presentation styles, their current research in various engineering and technology topics as well as highlight their interests in these fields. As thanks for contributing to the development of engineering and technology as well as participating in the event, each person received a token from the IET Trinidad and Tobago Local Network. The judges table before…

Jason Robert Rameshwar
Porsche Museum - another try?

We would like to try again to organise a visit to the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, probably in early May 2015. We also have the possibility to take a works tour, but not on weekends and not with children under 16 years of age (not allowed by Porsche). Of course, families with children would be welcome to join the museum part. We would like to know if you are likely to attend and whether you would prefer: (A) works tour museum tour (Friday) or (B) just museum tour (Saturday). Please indicate your preference(s) using the Doodle poll here: http://doodle.com/px8itk7quuwf8fmf Thank you. -- Howard

Howard Gray
Spring 2015 Yorkshire and Humber Newsletter

The Spring 2015 Yorkshire and Humber Newsletter (No.18) was delivered in the February issue of E&T Magazine. A virtual version of the Newsletter is available on the link below. http://online.fliphtml5.com/npft/cwie/#p=1 Please still check the main IET Events page for the latest information regarding events in the West Yorkshire region.

Oliver Clarke
Black Friday: The Avro Arrow tragedy

There's nothing fun about having an exciting and challenging project you've put your heart and soul into cancelled, especially just as it's coming to fruition. But that's exactly what happened to the Avro Canada team on Black Friday, February 20, 1959, as it was ramping production of its stunning new bird, the Arrow. Aviation enthusiasts the world over and many an average Canadian know the sad story of the Avro Arrow project. In the early 1950s, ambitious requirements were put forward by the government for the design of a supersonic defence interceptor, and Avro Canada obtained the contract.

Alex Barrett

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