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  • Thunderbolts and Lightning

    About 45 IET members, members of other engineering groups and guests were thoroughly entertained and informed by Rhys Philips, an IET member and a research engineer with Airbus, part of EADS.  He works for the division of the company that designs and tests methods that ensure aircraft that are struck by lightning stay in the air.   We were lucky that Rhys had just happened to be travelling to Ottawa after attending the CCA meeting and Volunteer conference in Orlando a couple of weeks ago.   Following the opening bars of Queens "Bohemian Rhapsody", Rhys spent a good hour and a half thoroughly explaining how lightning is formed, whether or not is dangerous and thoroughly demystifying some of the myths we have all heard about this phenomenon.   Lightning is formed when two surfaces build up sufficient…

    Former Community Member
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  • Humans Of The IET YP - Peta Blight

    A fortnight ago we met  Winnie , Community Manager for our Region. This  week I'd like to introduce  Peta Blight ,  a former IET YP Chairperson , Leadership Programme mentor , current IET Senior Committee Treasurer and a member of more committees than I care to recall. Always on the go, almost always right, she is an inspirational member of the IET that has represented us at conferences around the world, most recently at the New Zealand Student Recruitment and Retention Committee summit. Peta is a Mechanical Engineer who accidentally joined the IET YP. Peta showed up to her first meeting as moral support and walked out as the secretary. since then she's been on the up and up becoming one of the most respect of the YP. Let's get to know Peta. Why did you join the Committee? I came along to a…

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  • September Events- CPD Explained & Professional Registration (CEng/IEng) Workshop

    Hi Folks, As we kick off our calendar of events for the next year we have two very useful events to kick off with- CPD explained  will be held on the  Thurs 21 Sept 2017  in the  Titanic Pumphouse . We will have some CPD experts on hand to explain all things CPD and also demonstrate how to use Career Manager to record your CPD. Please bring along your laptops in order to get the best from the session!  Food and drinks will be provided and we will also squeeze in a tour of the titanic pumphouse and dock afterwards! We are already experiencing high demand for the event so please make sure you register ASAP @  https://goo.gl/gC7Lrj  in order to avoid disappointment! We will then follow the CPD explained event with a  Professional registration  event for our colleagues in the  North West  of the…

  • New Code Of Practice For Electrical Energy Storage Systems Published From IET Standards

    IET Standards recently announced the publication of the new Code of Practice for Electrical Energy Storage Systems . See  here:  https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6300280334915248128  -  please like/share this update, so that we can reach as many eyes as possible! This Code of Practice is an excellent reference for practioners on the safe, effective and competent application of electrical energy storage systems. It provides detailed information on the specification, design, installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance of an energy storage system. It will be of particular interest to renewable energy developers, electrical contractors and building technicians, M&E and design consultants and energy and facility managers. It would also appeal to manufacturers, building…

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  • Health Hack event at Earlham Institute, 19-20 October

    The Medtech Accelerator Health Hack in Norwich is the first of a series of three workshops across the region designed to engage a wide community of stakeholders, focused on stimulating innovation within the NHS, through the identification and development of innovative new products and services with the potential to meet unmet clinical needs and generate commercial benefit. Full details here .

    Alex Barrett
    Alex Barrett

  • Visit Report --> Zürich FabLab, Tuesday 29th September, 2017

    ...firstly many thanks to Fabrizio, Marie for welcoming us to the ZH FabLab - we got a great impression of the facilities and we could take-away many creative ideas :-) Thanks also to all the participants who turned out on this hot, sweltering evening - it was nice to see some old and new faces - some young as well... The event started with Fabrizio giving us a short presentation of the FabLab before then giving us a guided tour of the Fablab itself.  Fabrizio began with their prized "Laser Cutter", which we quickly discovered was his favourite (as for many other FabLab'ers).  He explained that although the lab had many other delights, this was usually the most heavily utilised, because of it's speed and versatility.  We quickly saw why - the intricate (3D) objects we held in our hands, which…

    Jeff Hunter
    Jeff Hunter

  • Winners Of The Healthcare Technologies Student And Early Career Awards 2017 Announced!

    The Healthcare Technologies Student and Early Career Awards We're delighted to announce the winners of our Healthcare Technologies Student and Early Career Awards 2017! Congratulations to: IET William James Award Ghazal Ghazaei, Newcastle University   IET Dennis Hill Award Jessica Barnes, Newcastle University Presentation: Abstract Muscle Synergy for the control of Hand Prostheses   IET J.A.Lodge Award Syed Anas Imtiaz, Newcastle University Presentation: Wearable Devices for Sleep Monitoring and Diagnosis   All our winners will be presenting their work at our Annual Healthcare Lecture taking place on 27 September 2017 at IET Savoy Place, London. Why not come along and show your support?  After the winners' presentations, Professor Kevin Warwick will be delivering his keynote talk on Neural…

    Gemma Hadley
    Gemma Hadley

  • LAPC 17 - Early Bird registration

    You have just two weeks to take advantage of the Early Bird discounts for LAPC 17 – why not book today?!   The programme has been confirmed and speakers include:   Lluis Jofre, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) Yi Huang, University of Liverpool, UK Marcio Aquino, University of Nottingham, UK   The poster session is course back with research from all around the world being represented over the two days The IET will be there with a stand along with many other leading organisations in antennas and propagation   So don’t miss out - make sure you register your place before 18 September!

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  • Living In The Internet Of Things Cybersecurity Of The IoT - Call For Abstracts

    The IET, the PETRAS Research Hub and IoTUK are seeking abstract submissions for the  Living in the Internet of Things conference and exhibition  which is taking place at IET London: Savoy Place on 28-29 March 2018.  The conference scope focuses on cybersecurity of the Internet of Things and is distinctively concerned with a range of sociotechnical issues across all industry sectors and applications including:        Submit your abstract by 10 November 2017 . Your work will be peer reviewed by the  Programme Committee and successful authors will be invited to provide a full paper for publication, a presentation slot in the programme and a reduced fee to attend the entire event.  1.  Visit the author information page   2.  Download the abstract template  3.  Submit your abstract online by Friday…

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  • Four Reasons To Attend IBC 2017

    Are you going to IBC 2017? The Conference lasts from 14-18 September and the Exhibition from 15-19 September and there is still time to register ! If you have not made up your mind yet then here are four reasons why you may want to go... 1. A new IET Journal will be launched On Friday 15 September please join us in the IBC Future Zone at 15:00 for a panel debate and reception to launch the new journal ‘IBC – Open Access Proceedings Journal’ which will go live online in November 2017. The print version ‘Best of IBC 2017’ including selected best papers will be available at the conference. 2. The MMC Network will be hosting a series of free short taster courses On Sunday 17 September there will be a number of free courses that will be delivered by Graham Turner and Mark Mulready, Irdeto Senior…

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  • Things To Look At When You Get Back Home From IBC 2017...

    For several years, the MMC has augmented the academic papers in the IBC Conference ‘Best of’ publication, with a selection of accompanying material from Electronics Letters. This year, the ‘Best of’ publication has become a full Journal, and so the MMC is making the selection available here.    IBC covers all aspects of multimedia, video, audio, radio, and related communications. Electronics Letters covers a broader range, and so the MMC has selected some of the most relevant material on technologies and research that we think will be of interest to IBC attendees (and MMC members!). We have tried to choose leading-edge, innovative and potentially disruptive content, and we hope you enjoy exploring it.    EL.2017.1473 Towards multispectral, multi-sensor indoor positioning and target identification…

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  • 2017 Americas PATW Venue - Wildlife

    There is a warning sign for wildlife at the resort. There was a discussion if there are alligators and snakes in the pond at the resort. Plenty of baby lizards were running along all pathways for sure! Can you spot the warning sign for wild life in the picture? (It is located in front of the pond near the middle) I was lucky to spot a swimming baby alligator later. Children rushed to the spot when they saw me video-tapping the alligator!

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  • STEM Event

    IET Toronto LN supports interests in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). We have access to kits that can be used at fairs, schools and careers events. These kits covered all age groups, from flashlight kits for the younger children to MicroBits for the youth. We nuture Engineers for tomorrow. You will find fun if you like to play with technology. It will be a fun event for families as well. You will spend quality time with your children while working with the kit. Any members interested in organizing STEM events, please send an email to iet.toronto@theiet.org for further information.

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  • Americas PATW 2017

    The IET Americas PATW 2017 competetion was held at Disneyland, Orlando. Contestants (from left to right) are Gideon Mentie; Sayana Saithu; Vanessa Di Battista; Karan Sharma; Macy Kuang (Toronto LN); Seles Bhola; Jane Xiang; Rohullah Latif.  Congratulations to Rohullah Latif (Southern California LN) with his presentation “Regenerative Medicine: Restoring Hope”; and runner-up Vanessa Di Battista with her presentstion “Geosynthetics and Antarctica: Applications and Performance of Geosynthetic Technologies in Antarctica Soil Remediation”. Rohullah Latif will attend the PATW final in UK in November. Americas have been winner of PATW final in UK for the past two years. Hooray! Keep it!

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  • CM Blog: Congratulations Victoria Network for winning the Asia Pacific Award!!!!

    The Volunteers Conference Asia Pacirfic took place together with the PATW AP Regional Final and ANZ YP meeting in Auckland 19th - 20th August 2017.  Over 50 representatives from 10 countries including our guests from UK:  Alex, Head of Communities and Events and Tom, Board of Trustees Treasurer joined the Conference.  Raj and Jeff from Victoria represented Victoria Network to attend the Conference.  We all enjoyed the inspiring talk by Professor Simpson not to mention having lots of fun when competing for the “Funniest table” Award at Annual Dinner.   Thanks Auckland Network’s volunteers and CC-AP team for their hard work!! CVC Asia Pacific in Auckland During the Award Ceremony during the CVC dinner, the following were awarded to the Asia Pacific for the outstanding achievements in different…

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  • The AP Communities Volunteers Conference - Thoughts From The Chair Of CCAP

    On the weekend of the 19/20 August, CCAP held a Communities Volunteer Conference (CVC) in Auckland, New Zealand.  For those who were there - thank you very much for your attendance.  I really appreciate you giving up your weekend, and I hope you found it useful.   For those who weren't there, unfortunately we were limited on the numbers we could invite, but each Local Network (LN) should have had at least one attendee, and they will be talking to rest of the committee about what they learned over the weekend.  To help them do this, I created a PDF of my slides on CCAP and the CCAP Strategy, and have attached them to this blog post - there's nothing secret in there!  If you're interested in what I talked about, then please take a look  . I'd like to offer my hearty congratulations to those people…

    Karla Smith
    Karla Smith

  • IET Hong Kong Youth Development Programme - Youth Mentoring Programme (YMP) 2018 - Mentor Recruitment

    On behalf of the Students Section (Hong Kong) of the Institution of Engineering and Technology Hong Kong (IET Hong Kong), I am writing to invite you to be one of our mentors in the upcoming IET Youth Mentoring Programme. We are looking for mentors who are passionate about inspiring young engineers, and have more than five years of work experience in engineering industries.   Since 2011, YMP has helped hundreds of mentees develop professional relationships, strengthen technical knowledge, and improve personal skills.   Being one of our YMP mentors, you will be grouped with five mentees, who are engineering undergraduates from local universities (including international students), to share your valuable life experience and expertise. Your patient guidance and sharing will certainly broaden mentees…

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    Former Community Member

  • WA Shines At Asia Pacific (Part II) - Winner Of The Asia Pacific Network Awards

    The Volunteers Conference Asia Pacirfic took place together with the PATW AP Regional Final and ANZ YP meeting in Auckland 19 - 20 August 2017.  Over 50 representatives from 10 countries including our guests from UK:  Alex , Head of Communities and Events and Tom, Board of Trustees Treasurer joined the Conference.  We all enjoyed the inspiring talk by Professor Simpson not to mention having lots of fun when competing for the “Funniest table” Award at Annual Dinner.   Thanks Auckland Network’s volunteers and CC-AP team for their hard work!! AP CVC delegates Dinner at CVC: Fun time! Attendees' feedback: “Was an absolute privilege to be apart of and to meet so many giving, stupidly talented hustling young professionals that have these incredible ideas. It was awesome to see the work you've done…

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  • Congratulations Singapore Network: Winner Of The Asia Pacific Award!!!

    The CVC AP took place together with the PATW AP Regional Final and ANZ YP meeting in Auckland 19 – 20 August 2017.  Over 50 representatives from 10 countries including our guests from UK:  Alex , Head of Communities and Events and Tom, Board of Trustees Treasurer joined the Conference.  Chia Loon, Edward, Ren You and Alan Li (PATW & YP) are the Singapore representatives who joined the Conference.  Edward did an excellent presentation introducing Singapore Network and Ren You learnt a lot from the Auckland organizer how to organise the next PATW Regional Final 2018 which wil be held in Singapore. AP CVC group picture CONGRATULATIONS to Singapore Network for winning the following awards: Most Improved Network for Asia Pacific – Singapore Network along with WA Network PATW AP Regional Final Audience…

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  • CM Blog: Auckland Volunteers Conference AP 2017

    The CVC AP took place together with the PATW AP Regional Final and ANZ YP meeting in Auckland: 19th - 20th August 2017.  Over 50 representatives from 10 countries including our guests from UK:  Alex, Head of Communities and Events and Tom, Board of Trustees Treasurer joined the Conference.  During the Conference, the Networks shared about their best practices: CVC Programme  and Karla, CC-AP Chairperson talked about Asia Pacific strategies.  During the CVC dinner, IET President and CES greeted us through their video messages.  We were all inspired by Professor Cather Simpson's fascinating talk about her path from a purely fundatmental laser spectroscopy scientist to becoming fully-fledged entrepreneurial academic followed by the Award ceremony of PATW Regional Final and AP LN Awards.   We had…

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    Former Community Member

  • WA Shines at Asia Pacific!

    Rovik Olsen from the Western Australia Young Professionals committee has taken home the grand prize on 19 August 2017 (Saturday) when he was crowned the  CHAMPION  of Present Around The World Asia Pacific Final. Rovik will be representing the Asia Pacific region at the grand final in London this year. Rovik is currently a fourth year student at the Edith Cowan University (ECU) here in Perth. If you have missed the live stream of Rovik's presentation, you can watch it here . Once again, congratulations Rovik!

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  • NorCal Attends The Americas CVC

    This past weekend, Allan Casey, John Manville and Sonia Travaglini of the IET NorCal committee attended the Americas Community Volunteers Conference (CVC) in Orlando, Florida. This event is held every two to three years and brings all of the Local Networks (LNs) together to learn what has happened in each of the areas and to hear about each other’s plans for the future. The specific goals of the meeting are to: 1. To inspire: provide an interactive platform for members to become more engaged with the IET 2. To inform: educate on new tools, best practice, latest developments and successes 3. To interact: provide a two-way forum for sharing ideas This year’s conference started on Friday with the Americas’ final of the Present around the World (PATW) competition. NorCal was represented by Jane…

    Allan Casey
    Allan Casey

  • Vehicle-to-Grid - Technology, Challenges And Benefits

    For this month's guest posting for the Automotive and Road Transport Network, Bunmi Adefajo from the Software Innovation Team at TNEI explains the concept of Vehicle to Grid technology and the benefits it can provide . With the increased government and private funding in research and development in battery technology for electric vehicles, the Innovation team at TNEI has reviewed V2G technology, the challenges it faces, and explored ongoing V2G trials and potential applications. What is Vehicle-to-Grid Technology? Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) is the technology which allows battery powered electric vehicles (EVs) to act as mobile energy storage units. This means that as well as importing, electric vehicles can export power onto the electrical network when required, via a bidirectional charging unit…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Society Insights: August 2017 - Mining The Seafloor And Cognitive Intelligence

    This month we feature two interesting subjects covered by IET Local Networks recently. How can transparency be improved in the sustainable use of natural resources that society demands and how cognitive intelligence is being used to replicate human behaviour in complex situations like war and diagnosis of cancer...   Mining the seafloor East Midlands Local Network   The demand for metals and minerals continues to grow. This is in part thanks to the continued popularity of high-tech consumer devices as well as the expanding renewable energy sector; both large consumers of these materials. This popularity has necessitated researching alternative means of securing more of these natural resources, and one possible solution has been to mine the deep sea.   Currently most work is focusing on deep…

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