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  • Exclusive: Watch An Interview With Trunki Founder Rob Law

    Trunki founder Rob Law loves a challenge, or so it would seem. Undeterred after being rejected by the Dragon’s Den panel, he went on to make his funky suitcases for children a huge success. Rob took on another challenge when he started looking into re-shoring the manufacturing of Trunki suitcases back to the UK. Despite no Government assistance being available at the time, Rob worked with the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) to ensure efficiency and the manufacturing of Trunki was successfully moved to Devon, UK. In this exclusive video Rob gives an insight into how to approach the idea of re-shoring, and how clever re-engineering of the product has allowed the company to match UK production output with Chinese output through cutting labour costs. Government support for re-shoring has since…

    Former Staff Member
    Former Staff Member

  • female engineers' & scientists' advice to the next generation

    Girls can't what? Our female engineers' & scientists' advice to the next generation http://t.co/6QeYOqGmKp #NWED pic.twitter.com/fCMwLWP4u9 — Malvern Instruments (@malvern_news) June 23, 2014

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Social Media

    In an attempt to reach those potential members and guests at our events, the Local Network for Southern California can be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/IETinSoCal or on twitter at @IET_SoCal

    Richard Tregaskes
    Richard Tregaskes

  • IET Tribology Tour 2014-15 Bringing Tribology To Life

    Bringing Tribology to life The science and engineering of friction, wear and lubrication – collectively known as Tribology – is fundamental to energy production, manufacturing, transport, healthcare and many other industries. Tribology can be applied wherever there are mechanical interfaces in relative motion and there is a desire to improve efficiency, reliability or cost-effectiveness. Tribology can open up exciting and powerful paths to new technological solutions. It improves the sustainability of products and systems, benefits the environment and increases economic competitiveness. In association with IET Local Networks, the IET Tribology Network will visit eight locations for a series of evening talks, aiming to bring Tribology to life through real examples and case studies. The IET Tribology…

  • Cities in the sky

    Housing crisis? You ain't seen nothing yet. So how will the cities of tomorrow cope with an exploding population? Or with mass flooding caused by global warming? Or even when there is no space left to build on? Today's forward-thinking architects are already on the case, devising everything from horizontal skyscrapers providing midair communal areas and forests in the sky, to a floating metropolis and new cities built on the spires of the last. Welcome to the future. Now we just have to build it. Article in full: http://bit.ly/1pHpFvE

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member in Space

  • Spotlight On Recruitment And Retention

    National Women in Engineering Day (NWED) is fast approaching and to mark this important day, we wanted to let you know that the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is launching a new campaign to encourage companies of all sizes to revisit their approach to recruitment and retention – to make sure they are doing everything possible to attract more women into engineering roles. Only 7% of the total UK engineering workforce is female. This effectively means that engineering companies are not accessing half of the potential talent pool which, given the impending skills crisis in engineering and technology, makes poor business sense. Championing the campaign is IET Deputy President, Naomi Climer, who is also President of Sony Media Cloud Services. Naomi led a 50:50 campaign for Sony…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Virgin West Coast Contract Extended

    Pleased to hear that Virgin have just been awarded the West Coast Main Line Contract for a further two years and nine months. As a result they've promised to invest a further £35m updating the trains and providing more standard class seats. Plus they will also invest more than £20m modernising stations and improving the waiting rooms, seats and shelters. More information on the announcement ca n be found here.

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Inmarsat to lead EU-wide rollout of in-flight passenger broadband services

    Inmarsat plc has recently announced its aim to deploy an integrated telecommunications network to deliver aviation passengers connectivity services on an EU-wide basis. To achieve this ambition, Inmarsat confirmed its order for a new S-band satellite , to be called Europasat, and expects to complement this satellite with a fully integrated air-to-ground network across the EU.

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • New Jet Hangar at Seletar Aerospace Park - Singapore

    A state-of-art jet maintenance hanger has been officially opened at the Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore. The new hanger will meet the maintenance requirements for Boeing, Bombardier, Gulfstream and Nextant business aircraft is an excellent example of Building Information Modelling.

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Rail Innovation & Development Centre - Voucher Scheme

    We’ve been asked to help publicise the following scheme, a joint initiative for Network Rail who with the Enabling Innovation Team (EIT) which is itself funded by RSSB, to provide subsidised testing at the Rail Innovation & Development Centre (RIDC) Tuxford and Melton. For a fee of £750 qualifying companies and Academic Institutions get up to 2 days of Network Rail Engineering experts’ time and up to 5 days of testing in a safe, controlled, representative environment. The benefits of this cost effective and realistic approach is quick response and low risk collaboration with Network Rail providing an honest view of viability of a product or service. For non-qualifying companies or if testing exceeds the parameters of the scheme they offer testing in the same environment at commercial rates…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • FREE Workshops & Lecture 'Risk Strategies To Protect The Built Environment From Malicious Attack & Nature's Fury'

    Join us at the London Transport Museum on 3 July for your choice of an afternoon of free workshops and / or a free to attend evening lecture on ‘Catastrophic events: resilience of and recovery from incidents in the built environment.’ Event topics will look at risk strategies to protect the built environment from malicious attack and nature's fury. Topics to be covered include: Holistic planning for Triple Threat mitigation for UK Grid Compiling threat assessments Mitigation during an event Delivering post-event recovery Supply chain critical issues for sustainability Complimentary access to tour the London Transport Museum 12.00 - 14.30 is included with registration for the Afternoon Workshops. Online registration is essential. Afternoon Workshops Programme 12:00 – 14:30 Complimentary Museum…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Cockpit complete for 1,000mph Bloodhound Car

    Just spotted this on the BBC News . Looks like Bloodhound have now built and fitted out Andy Green's cockpit for the World Land Speed Record bid. The car is now approximately a year away from full aseembly, ahead of the plan to break the record in the Autumn of 2015.

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Wilmington’s first passive house

    Lucien Ellison has felt a responsibility to live as sustainably as possible since an ecology course opened his eyes in college, but all it took was one beautiful view to inspire him to spend years building a house in line with one of the strictest green building standards in the world. Article in full: http://luminanews.com/2014/06/wilmingtons-first-passive-house-2/ Are you developing or installing passive house technologies?

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • WES Brilliant New Initiative

    Attched is the brochure from WES, promoting their new intiative!

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Control And Automation PhD Award

    Do you know any students who deserve to be recognised for their achievement? The deadline for the IET's Control and Automation PhD Award is fast approaching! In its 4 th year now, and developed by the IET’s Control & Automation Network, this free to enter award aims to recognise research excellence in the Control & Automation field at PhD level. The award is open to all relevant PhD students in the general area of control and automation who have undertaken research during the calendar year preceding the closing date for nominations. It will no doubt offer an invaluable credential to the winner’s CV who will also receive a £500 cash prize . Nominations are now open for the 2014 award. Nomination form Nominations need to be supported by references from three individuals The candidate's principal…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Winner Control PhD Award 2013

    Dr Juan Jerez's thesis was on Custom optimization algorithms for efficient hardware implementation and his PhD was awarded by Imperial College, London

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Winner - Control PhD Award 2012

    Dr Andrew Zammit Mangion was awarded a BEng by the University of Malta in 2007 and a PhD by the University of Sheffield in 2012. Currently a postdoc at the University of Bristol, his interests lie in spatiotemporal dynamic modelling and control and Bayesian inference in large-scale systems. Dr Andrew Zammit Mangion was awarded a BEng by the University of Malta in 2007 and a PhD by the University of Sheffield in 2012. Currently a postdoc at the University of Bristol, his interests lie in spatiotemporal dynamic modelling and control and Bayesian inference in large-scale systems. After receiving his award, Andrew said: Control systems theory has interested me ever since I began my undergraduate studies in engineering at the University of Malta. The subject intrigued me because of the open, inter…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Winner Control PhD Award 2011

    Dr Stefano Longo received an MSc from the University of Sheffield in 2007 and a PhD from the University of Bristol in 2011. He received the 2011 award for his work on "Optimal and Robust Scheduling for Networked Control Systems".

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Winner - Control PhD Awards 2010

    Dominic Buchstaller won the Control PhD Award 2010 for his submission based on his thesis entitled "Robust stability and performance for multiple model switched adaptive control"

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Online phonics games programme

    . @BDAdyslexia reviews Teach Monster: "an excellent online, free, early phonics games program for Windows and Mac" http://t.co/8lgP24rklO — Monsters Can Read (@MonstersCanRead) June 11, 2014

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Opportunities In Smart Innovation And Low Carbon Technologies Event 4 July

    The UK India Business Council , together with BT , is hosting an event on the ‘ Opportunities in Smart Innovation and Low Carbon Technologies ’ on 4 July 2014 at: BT Centre 81 Newgate Street London EC1A 7AJ This event will focus on the opportunities in India for UK companies operating in smart innovation and low carbon technologies. Expert speakers on the day will share their experiences of working in India, offer practical advice on how to do business in the country and how best to navigate the market. Topics that will be covered include: • Smart energy solutions • Grid balancing • Low carbon technologies For fees, a full programme and too register pelase visit: http://bit.ly/1jkmGCk

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • UK Fracking: Managing The Risks

    The IET North West Engineering Forum, held at Daresbury Laboratory on 20May 2014, brought together several speakers to give different perspectives on the controversial subject of “UK Fracking: Managing the Risks”. The presentations were: · Introduction and Opening Remarks by John Cowburn, Barry Brooks and Andrew Miller MP Opening Remarks Andrew Miller MP and Barry Brooks IET From: UK Fracking:Managing the Risks, 20 May 2014, Warrington 2014-05-20 00:00:00.0 Power Channel >> go to webcast >> recommend to friend Summary by Professor Paul Younger Royal Academy of Engineering and Royal Society Keynote address: Managing the risks of fracking in the UK. RS/RAEng Working Group Conclusions Professor Paul Younger From: UK Fracking:Managing the Risks, 20 May 2014, Warrington 2014-05-20 00:00:00.0 Power…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • June 2014 Savoy Place upgrade project video

    Take a look at our latest video on the Savoy Place upgrade project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNwbqCTa6eg

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • University Of Science Malaysia (USM) - Invitation As An Industrial Assessor For Capstone Project (EEM 425 Mechatronic System Design)

    Exec team member Lim Yew-Kee was recently invited to USM. Here he tells us a little more: University of Science Malaysia (USM) was established in 1969 and is the second oldest public university in Malaysia. There are three campuses: Penang island (main campus), Nibong Tebal (Engineering) and Kelantan (Health Sciences). USM is having an enrollment over 28,000 postgraduate and undergraduate students in 2009. On 28th May 2014, I was invited as an Industrial Assessor (in a panel of three assessors) for Capstone Projects by the Programme Chairman of Mechatronic Engineering from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, USM. The Capstone Projects are design projects with the theme,"Robotic Arm for Manufacturing, Education and Services", are undertaken by the fourth/final year undergraduate…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

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