Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame

http://www.engineeringhalloffame.org/ The Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame is now active and has several inductees. It is hoped that this excellent resource will prove not only useful as an educational tool for school children and other learners but will also prove a dynamic cultural resource for the Engineering Community in Scotland and beyond. There are also plans to set-up some permanent displays at various physical locations. To keep the Hall fresh and inclusive we are asking members to suggest who they think should be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Just send your outline case to as the IET’s representative on the judging panel, Paul McKenna ( p.mckenna@gcal.ac.uk ) and the case for your nominee will be put forward . Sir William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824-1907), engineer and scientist…

IET Scotland Manufacturing TN Newsletter

Welcome to the first IET Scotland Manufacturing e-Newsletter . This reviews the technical visits from 2012-13 and highlights the first visit for 2013-14. Issue 1: September 2013 The newsletter is intended as short update complied by the IET Scotland Manufacturing TN that summarises our events in each session and highlights upcoming events. Welcome to this session . I hope that you find that we have an interesting programme of events covering a wide area of our Network. Please look at the website as there may be additional events that will be notified by e-mail and shown on the website. If you have any comments please do not hesitate to contact Jack Lord (Honorary Secretary) at jacklord@theiet.org or on 07870 666917 . Overview of 2012-13 Visits FMC Technologies, Tuesday 28th May 2013 Life Technologies…

IET Scotland Engineer's Question Time 2012

IET Scotland and EC&I present ‘Engineers Question Time. Part of the Engineers Question Time UK 2012 Series. View footage from the IET Scotland Engineer's Question Time A panel of industry leaders, Members of the Scottish Parliament, and engineers, chaired by an experienced TV News presenter, debates controversial questions from engineers in the audience. Main topics: - Getting Engineering going again in Scotland - Renewables vs conventional sources - Potential effects of Independence on Engineering in Scotland Panel Chairperson - Mike Edwards , STV senior news reporter Arlene McConnell , Young Woman Engineer of the Year 2010-11, and member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland - a Radar and Advanced Targeting Systems Engineer at SELEX Galileo Niall Stuart , Chief Executive…

IET Scotland Booklet of Events 2013-14

For many years ‘The White Book’ has been distributed to all IET members in Scotland as the vehicle to disseminate information regarding events and contacts within the Scottish network. It has in the past been a very successful way to disseminate information. Things have of course moved on in the online age and for several years within the various committees there has been discussion of how to try and disseminate information more efficiently to our members. Web pages and email alerts have become the more standard way to inform members of events. Although cost was a factor in our deliberations it was not the only factor that was considered in the decision to stop sending out a hard copy to each member. We also had to take into account the amount of members who can access this information online…

Scotland South West Retired Members Newsletter February 2014

Find out what has been happening in the Scotland South West Retired Members Group by viewing the Newsletter.

International Women's Day 8th March 2014 - Join Our Crusade To Promote Women In STEM

In honor of International Women's Day 2014, the IET Women's Network would like to invite you to join our crusade to promote women in Science,engineering,technology and maths (STEM). Just e-mail in a picture of yourself, holding a plaque that states: What field of STEM are you in?; What you do; (something interesting and enticing - example I write code for... or I work on...) Why you became an engineer?; The funniest thing that they have been told / asked about being a female engineer i.e - funny assumptions or reactions that you get when telling people you are in fact, an engineer; An inspirational message; Make it as colourful and as fun as you wish - get creative and draw images to accompany your slide; Your message can be a combination of all of the above or a selection of one or two. The…

Screens instead of windows on supersonic jet

Spike Aerospace who are designing the S-512 supersonic jet says it plans to replace the cabin windows with thin display screens embedded in the wall of the fuselage. It will certainly make long haul flights more interesting, although those people who suffer from claustrophobia may find it stressful.

Introducing the Newcastle University IET on campus group

Founding members discuss the creation of the new on campus group and how it will help the university’s engineering students through lectures, workshops and networking opportunities. The Newcastle University IET on campus group was the idea of a PhD student Chris Spargo, after he chaired the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering’s Annual Research Conference, attended by the IET’s academic account manager, Victoria Critchlow and IET president Barry Brooks. Read more...

Malware - does it really matter?

For those that weren't able to make it to this week's talk on Malware, we're providing the slides below, as well as links to a few videos that were shown during the presentation. Download Slides Links to videos from the lecture: Malware infection the new Pearl Harbour Symantec STUXNET demonstration Malware attacking a Power Plant

IET Sri Lanka Network: 20th Annual Technical Conference

The IET Sri Lanka Network eminently held its twentieth Annual Conference at Hotel Galadari on 12 th October, 2013. The conference focused on both theory and applications and provided a forum for the presentation of papers, and to foster interaction between persons from industry and the universities by covering topics related to Electrical, Electronic, Communications, Computer Engineering, Information Technology and Manufacturing. Here we are pleased to announce the 1 st and 2 nd Place winners for the best papers of 20 th IET Annual Technical Conference among the number of presenters for submission of their valuable effort. Congratulations! For them 1 st Place: Paper: Augmentative and Alternative Communication learning platform and therapeutic device Authors: A P Dissanayaka, K G S S Gnanathilaka…

Road User Charging In The UK, Europe And The United States

We had a successful event at the BCS in London on the 28 January. For those of you who were unable to make the event you can watch the presentations online . You can also download the powerpoint versions of the presentations from the files area . Did you attend the event? If you have any reviews we'd love to hear them!

IET release free knowledge pack for all members

Everybody loves free stuff, right? The IET are granting all their members a free knowledge pack every year which enables you to download journals, conference articles and eBook chapters at no cost. The pack will incorporate a collection of five credits which will allow five free downloads from over 400 eBooks, over 1,300 conference publications and over 70,000 journal articles. Don’t just limit yourself to the five downloads however, by purchasing an extra pack for only £30 you will be entitled to another 25 downloads working out at just over £1 per transaction! For non-members we have a set price at £75 which will grant access to 10 downloads. To download an article simply logon to the IET’s digital library using your login details http://digital-library.theiet.org/ Browse the vast collection…

IET release free knowledge pack for all members

Everybody loves free stuff, right? The IET are granting all their members a free knowledge pack every year which enables you to download journals, conference articles and eBook chapters at no cost. The pack will incorporate a collection of five credits which will allow five free downloads from over 400 eBooks, over 1,300 conference publications and over 70,000 journal articles. Don’t just limit yourself to the five downloads however, by purchasing an extra pack for only £30 you will be entitled to another 25 downloads working out at just over £1 per transaction! For non-members we have a set price at £75 which will grant access to 10 downloads. To download an article simply logon to the IET’s digital library using your login details http://digital-library.theiet.org/ Browse the vast collection…

IET release free knowledge pack for all members

Everybody loves free stuff, right? The IET are granting all their members a free knowledge pack every year which enables you to download journals, conference articles and eBook chapters at no cost. The pack will incorporate a collection of five credits which will allow five free downloads from over 400 eBooks, over 1,300 conference publications and over 70,000 journal articles. Don’t just limit yourself to the five downloads however, by purchasing an extra pack for only £30 you will be entitled to another 25 downloads working out at just over £1 per transaction! For non-members we have a set price at £75 which will grant access to 10 downloads. To download an article simply logon to the IET’s digital library using your login details http://digital-library.theiet.org/ Browse the vast collection…

IET release free knowledge pack for all members

Everybody loves free stuff, right? The IET are granting all their members a free knowledge pack every year which enables you to download journals, conference articles and eBook chapters at no cost. The pack will incorporate a collection of five credits which will allow five free downloads from over 400 eBooks, over 1,300 conference publications and over 70,000 journal articles. Don’t just limit yourself to the five downloads however, by purchasing an extra pack for only £30 you will be entitled to another 25 downloads working out at just over £1 per transaction! For non-members we have a set price at £75 which will grant access to 10 downloads. To download an article simply logon to the IET’s digital library using your login details http://digital-library.theiet.org/ Browse the vast collection…

IET release free knowledge pack for all members

Everybody loves free stuff, right? The IET are granting all their members a free knowledge pack every year which enables you to download journals, conference articles and eBook chapters at no cost. The pack will incorporate a collection of five credits which will allow five free downloads from over 400 eBooks, over 1,300 conference publications and over 70,000 journal articles. Don’t just limit yourself to the five downloads however, by purchasing an extra pack for only £30 you will be entitled to another 25 downloads working out at just over £1 per transaction! For non-members we have a set price at £75 which will grant access to 10 downloads. To download an article simply logon to the IET’s digital library using your login details http://digital-library.theiet.org/ Browse the vast collection…

IET release free knowledge pack for all members

Everybody loves free stuff, right? The IET are granting all their members a free knowledge pack every year which enables you to download journals, conference articles and eBook chapters at no cost. The pack will incorporate a collection of five credits which will allow five free downloads from over 400 eBooks, over 1,300 conference publications and over 70,000 journal articles. Don’t just limit yourself to the five downloads however, by purchasing an extra pack for only £30 you will be entitled to another 25 downloads working out at just over £1 per transaction! For non-members we have a set price at £75 which will grant access to 10 downloads. To download an article simply logon to the IET’s digital library using your login details http://digital-library.theiet.org/ Browse the vast collection…

IET release free knowledge pack for all members

Everybody loves free stuff, right? The IET are granting all their members a free knowledge pack every year which enables you to download journals, conference articles and eBook chapters at no cost. The pack will incorporate a collection of five credits which will allow five free downloads from over 400 eBooks, over 1,300 conference publications and over 70,000 journal articles. Don’t just limit yourself to the five downloads however, by purchasing an extra pack for only £30 you will be entitled to another 25 downloads working out at just over £1 per transaction! For non-members we have a set price at £75 which will grant access to 10 downloads. To download an article simply logon to the IET’s digital library using your login details http://digital-library.theiet.org/ Browse the vast collection…

IET release free knowledge pack for all members

Everybody loves free stuff, right? The IET are granting all their members a free knowledge pack every year which enables you to download journals, conference articles and eBook chapters at no cost. The pack will incorporate a collection of five credits which will allow five free downloads from over 400 eBooks, over 1,300 conference publications and over 70,000 journal articles. Don’t just limit yourself to the five downloads however, by purchasing an extra pack for only £30 you will be entitled to another 25 downloads working out at just over £1 per transaction! For non-members we have a set price at £75 which will grant access to 10 downloads. To download an article simply logon to the IET’s digital library using your login details http://digital-library.theiet.org/ Browse the vast collection…

IET release free knowledge pack for all members

Everybody loves free stuff, right? The IET are granting all their members a free knowledge pack every year which enables you to download journals, conference articles and eBook chapters at no cost. The pack will incorporate a collection of five credits which will allow five free downloads from over 400 eBooks, over 1,300 conference publications and over 70,000 journal articles. Don’t just limit yourself to the five downloads however, by purchasing an extra pack for only £30 you will be entitled to another 25 downloads working out at just over £1 per transaction! For non-members we have a set price at £75 which will grant access to 10 downloads. To download an article simply logon to the IET’s digital library using your login details http://digital-library.theiet.org/ Browse the vast collection…

IET release free knowledge pack for all members

Everybody loves free stuff, right? The IET are granting all their members a free knowledge pack every year which enables you to download journals, conference articles and eBook chapters at no cost. The pack will incorporate a collection of five credits which will allow five free downloads from over 400 eBooks, over 1,300 conference publications and over 70,000 journal articles. Don’t just limit yourself to the five downloads however, by purchasing an extra pack for only £30 you will be entitled to another 25 downloads working out at just over £1 per transaction! For non-members we have a set price at £75 which will grant access to 10 downloads. To download an article simply logon to the IET’s digital library using your login details http://digital-library.theiet.org/ Browse the vast collection…

Industrial robot to play ping pong against German champion

German ping pong champion to play against industrial robot next month http://t.co/rgY7AtVrNz - this will be an interesting match! — BBC Click (@BBCClick) February 18, 2014

What Is It Like To Have Dyslexia

I recently came across this excellent short video by Coventry University about what it is like to have dyslexia. it's a very good visual representation - certainly made me think.

Stop Climbing, start swimming - the hidden advantages of dyslexia