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  • Speaker Highlight - Annual Event 2021 - Mike Nunn - Progress Towards High Integrity RF Cavity Manufacture In The UK

    Speaker highlight this week features Mike Nunn from TWI. Synopsis  TWI primarily works in research, development and consultancy, but also regularly steps into the manufacturing domain. We have bridged supply chain deficiencies for low volume applications, where high value adding processes are required, many times for a range of industry sectors. This presentation will include details of ongoing work to put in place a viable manufacture route for large superconducting niobium RF cavities.  Bio Mike Nunn is the Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Group, Operations Manager, at TWI Limited. Mike is a Fellow of both the IMechE and the Welding Institute, a Chartered and European Engineer. TWI supports industry and collaborates with academia to address a wide range of engineering and materials science…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Manufacturers’ Plain Language Guide – Events And Webinars Update

    Following the successful launch of the guide to digitisation at UK Construction Week in October, the Editorial Board have been invited to speak at a number of trade association and manufacturers events over the coming months. Here is our summary of the launch and what’s coming up. Press Release The IET have published a press release about the guide featuring endorsements from Dame Judith Hackitt and James Talman (CEO of the National Federation of Roofing Contractors). Read it here: Manufacturers must embrace digitisation to ensure safer construction industry Guide Launch Event 6 November UK Construction Week The Guide was launched at an oversubscribed session at UK Construction Week at the NEC on 6th October. You can download it here. The guide is available in a full 40-page version and as…

    ManufacturersPLG Team
    ManufacturersPLG Team

  • Sussex Local Network Events Programme 2021/22

    Upcoming events can be found on our Sussex LN home page , but if you would like to see our full programme of events, along with some events from other Professional Engineering Institutions, then we have a joint events programme booklet in pdf form. You can look ahead and mark those that you don't want to miss. You can download or view it by clicking on View below.

    David James
    David James

  • The IET Queensland Local Network / Engineers Australia Student Presentation Competition

    Congratulations for successful event????! The IET Queensland Local Network / Engineers Australia Student Presentation Competition was held in Engineers Australia Brisbane Office last night. The winner is Russell Withers from James Cook University? The other students gave great presentations, that included: - Somayeh Hussaini from QUT (Queensland University of Technology) - Macaulay Renaud from CQUniversity  - Kieran Reitano from University of Southern Queensland The annual IET technical competition has young engineers in the industry and engineering students from the six Queensland universities use their presentation skills in relation to engineering projects and ideas. The candidates gave a fifteen-minute presentation on the engineering or technology subject of their choice, followed by a…

    Alison Siu
    Alison Siu

  • CPD Certificate For Bucks LN Presentation On Leonhard Euler Given By Robin Wilson (Open University)

    Go to Bucks LN "Files" for the CPD certificate for the Bucks LN presentation on Leonhard Euler given by Robin Wilson (Open University)CPD certificate for Bucks LN presentation on Leonhard Euler given by Robin Wilson (Open University)

    Andrew Dodd
    Andrew Dodd

  • Schrodinger's Car YouTube recording

    The recording of last week's webinar - 'Schrodinger's Car - are Hybrids a real or imaginary solution ?' will be available to view on YouTube from 08.00 on October 25th. The link is :  https://youtu.be/U0llNUOp844

    A.C. Cunningham (Colin)
    A.C. Cunningham (Colin)

  • NVIDIA Powers The AI Revolution (IET Cambridge Local Network)

    Timothy Lanfear, NVIDIA’s European solution architecture and engineering team, gave an account of what Artificial Intelligence means for hardware processing and how it will be pivotal going forward to all industries, at the IET Cambridge Local Network webinar evening lecture. He started the lecture by explaining how from the starting point of computer graphics for single computer use, we are all now in a position where we have multiple digital devices that we expect to do multiple different things. Our digital requirements and experiences have changed, all the way from, gaming, health care, robotics, smart cities, automation and IOT that all are ready for hardware enhancement with the use of A.I. He spoke about how beyond hardware, and by moving further up the stack can we fully take advantage…

    Rimesh Patel
    Rimesh Patel

  • CPD Certificate - To 5G And Beyond

    Go to Bucks LN "Files" for the CPD Certificate for "To 5G and beyond ..." Bucks LN 21/10/2021CPD Certificate - To 5G and beyond; a Bucks LN talk held on 21st October 2021

    Andrew Dodd
    Andrew Dodd

  • Keynote Speaker - Annual Event 2021 - "Present State Of The Engineering Design And Challenges For The Electron Ion Collider" By Joseph E. Tuozzolo PE

    Joseph will present a snap shot of the engineering effort to design the new collider and some of the engineering, cost, and schedule challenges. Joseph Tuozzolo is the Technical System Division Head for the Electron Ion Collider (EIC), Chief Mechanical Engineer for Collider-Accelerator Department (C-AD), and the Level 2 Cost Account Manager for EIC Accelerator Systems.  During his 41 years at Brookhaven National Laboratory, he has been involved in the design, development, and installation of vacuum, magnet, and instrumentation systems for all of the accelerators in the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider/C-AD complex.  Joseph was the BNL mechanical engineering lead for the Spallation Neutron Source project responsible for the accumulator ring and beam transfer lines.  Recently, he has been the…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Join Us Live On YouTube: The Upper World Q&A With Author Femi Fadugba

    On 2 November, we will be joined by Femi Fadugba to talk about his debut novel The Upper World, a sci-fi thriller that was inspired by Femi’s own experiences of holding a Quantum Physics Masters juxtaposed with living on a London estate. Book your place now. Brought together through the love of reading, the IET's new virtual club looks at STEM related books written by contemporary authors. With each episode, host Mark Reynard speaks with the author to go beyond their book and find out what inspired them. Join the live Q&A session for you, the audience, to ask your questions and find out what you want to know. For the next episode on 2 November, we will be joined by Femi Fadugba to talk about his debut novel The Upper World, a sci-fi thriller that was inspired by Femi’s own experiences of holding…

    Matt Smith
    Matt Smith

  • What's in a Borehole ?

    The recording of our latest webinar, 'What's in a Borehole ?' presented by Ian Pigram on September 15th is now available on YouTube. The link is :- https://youtu.be/sufuAQzXvsg "What's in a Borehole? From hydrocarbon to low carbon - Petroleum and Energy Supply"

    A.C. Cunningham (Colin)
    A.C. Cunningham (Colin)

  • Phil Corbishley and 5G

    We are holding our first "live" event (since February 2020) this Thursday, 21st October. Book via IET Events, or IET Buckinghamshire to hear Phil Corbishley speak about "5G and beyond"

    Andrew Dodd
    Andrew Dodd

  • 2020 IET Buckinghamshire Local Network Prize

    Vitor Cardoso, a graduate of Buckinghamshire New University, receiving the 2020 IET Buckinghamshire Local Network Prize Vitor Cardoso, a graduate of Buckinghamshire New University, receiving the 2020 IET Buckinghamshire Local Network Prize immediately after the deferred 2020 graduation ceremony in September 2021.  The IET Buckinghamshire Local Network Prize is a cash prize awarded annually to a graduate of the Bucks New University in High Wycombe.  Handing over the commemorative certificate to Vitor is Andrew Dodd, one of the committee members for the IET Local Network.   The 2020 prize was given in recognition of Vítor's excellent and consistently high standard of work during his studies, academic performance on his course, and Outstanding Performance in his Final Year project.  He was taking…

    Andrew Dodd
    Andrew Dodd

  • Speaker Highlight - Annual Event 2021 - Rob Edgecock - "The ESS RF Distribution System - Completion Of One Of The First Large In-kind Contributions"

    Today's speaker highlight features Professor Rob EdgecockThe European Spallation Source (ESS) is currently under construction in Lund, Sweden, and is one of the largest scientific infrastructure projects in the world. About 30% of the total construction cost is being supplied as in-kind contributions from more than 40 European partners, including the UK, and from others world-wide. This presentation will give an overview of the ESS and its purpose and describe the current construction status. It will also describe one of the UK in-kind contributions, the RF distribution system. This is now finished and is one of the largest in-kind contributions to complete so far. Speaker Bio Rob Edgecock is Professor of Accelerator Applications at the University of Huddersfield, having previously also worked…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Achieving Net Zero and more equitable transport systems by 2030 16th October 2021, Glasgow Caledonian University

    Mobility Camp (previously Transport Planning Camp) is an annual unconference that brings together transport planners, modellers, engineers, technologists, social activists, academics and others interested in discussing and coming up with solutions to ongoing challenges in the transport sector. Tickets -  https://mobilitycamp.co.uk/  2021 Theme This years theme is  'Achieving Net Zero and more equitable transport systems by 2030.'  The transport sector knows what it needs to do in order to achieve Net Zero emissions, and more equitable outcomes for society. The COVID-19 pandemic has put the current challenges our world faces in a more urgent light - we have no more time for talk about doing something. So at this years Mobility Camp we want to look at  radical decarbonisation of how we get around…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • A Message From Our Patron, Her Majesty The Queen.

    We are honoured to have received a congratulatory letter from Her Majesty The Queen, on the event of our 150th anniversary year.HM The Queen is a keen supporter of the industry, and has described the role of engineer as a ‘noble profession’.

    EngX Editorial
    EngX Editorial

  • The IET Manufacturing Technical Network (TN) is hosting three webinar events on 6th, 13th and 20th October on the topic of Sustainable Manufacturing.

    The IET Manufacturing Technical Network (TN) is hosting three webinar events on 6 th , 13 th  and 20 th  October on the topic of Sustainable Manufacturing. The events cover:   Additive Manufacturing Metrology Design for Sustainability Registration for all 3 events can be done using the following link: https://lnkd.in/drAp3ki7

    Rob McDonald
    Rob McDonald

  • Plain Language Guide To Digitisation For Manufacturers Published

    Find out how you can get hold of the guide and its summary documents today, and join us at the launch events at UK Construction Week. We’re delighted to let you know that Digitisation for Construction Product Manufacturers: A Plain Language Guide has been published. You can download your copy here. Alongside the full guide we have also produced an 8 page summary (ideal for sharing with senior colleagues) and a 2-page key facts document. If construction is to meet the challenges of a digital future and respond to the requirements of a new building safety regulatory system, it needs manufacturers to structure and share their data safely and sustainably. The Plain Language Guide will help them make the right decisions. Launch Event – 6 October 2021 A launch event will be held at UK Construction…

    ManufacturersPLG Team
    ManufacturersPLG Team

  • YHRN Regional Event covering the IET's 150th year Celebrations, held on the 22nd September 2021

    The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) recently celebrated their 150th anniversary. The Yorkshire and Humberside regional network made a series of presentations on Engineering in the region which was delivered online, however this was all recorded and can be accessed online through the IET.  Following several months of discussion and development, the YHRN pulled together four presentations to celebrate this significant milestone. Presentations were delivered by the North, South, West and Humberside Local Networks. West Yorks covered 'AI' by Professor Rami Qahwaji  from the University of Bradford;  Humberside covered the Decarbonisation work ongoing in the Humber area by Dr Geraint Evans. North Yorks delivered an overview about the career of one of their members Richard Gibbon OBE…

    Alan Chater
    Alan Chater

  • Securing remote access to operational technology (OT) (E&T Webinar Team)

    "In an Operational Technology environment, JML processes are different compared to a regular operations" explained Alistair Macrae, ICS Cyber Security Consultant at Claroty during the 'Securing remote access to operational technology (OT)' webinar organised by the E&T Webinar Team. He explained that in an OT environment, role-based access controls are time bound and solutions need to be able to keep up swiftly to changing access requests. Typically, when third party engineers access an OT environment, their access needs to be controlled to ensure ingress/egress traffic is accurately monitored. Reverse-tunnel concepts help can help play a role session integrity against and when used alongside frameworks like the perdu-model, you can better analyse where gateway/entry nodes should be placed on…

    Rimesh Patel
    Rimesh Patel

  • Speaker Highlight - Annual Event 2021 - Dr Francis Lockwood Estrin - "Superconducting Thin Films For Accelerators"

    Today's update focuses on  Dr. Francis Lockwood Estrin. Dr. Francis Lockwood Estrin is a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant working as part of the University of Liverpool and part ASTeC in Daresbury Laboratory. His role is to research the A-Symmetrical HiPIMS and its application for superconducting thin films, this is split between work In Daresbury producing thin films and work at Liverpool investigating the plasma conditions. Prior to this Francis worked at QinetiQ on Ion Thrusters a space propulsion technology. During this period, he worked on the BepiColombo mission mercury among other projects.Bulk niobium has been the material of choice for superconducting RF-accelerators as it is the highest critical temperature (Tc = 9.25 K) and highest lower critical field (Hc1 = 0.18 T) of the pure…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Explore the Solar System - Q&A from Webinar

    Explore the Solar System - Q&A from Webinar

    Andrew Dodd
    Andrew Dodd

  • Eat, Sleep, Engineer, Repeat: Join Air Marshal Sir Julian Young For This Year’s President’s Address

    Get ready to “Eat, sleep, engineer, repeat” on 14 October, as Air Marshal Sir Julian Young takes the stage for the international online broadcast of his President’s Address.The main address is at 1pm BST, and he will challenge you to think about how we keep inspiring generation after generation of engineers. What is the role of engineers as influencers and drivers of a sustainable, digital world? How do we ensure that we learn from and mentor each generation of engineers – both ahead of us and following on? And what can engineers do more of to support 21st century society, promote an ethical and diverse profession and help solve the big societal challenges? Then at 6.30pm BST, Julian will be joined by our 2020-21 President, Danielle George, and 2020 Young Woman Engineer of the Year Ella Podmore…

    EngX Editorial
    EngX Editorial

  • Speaker Highlight: Annual Event 2021

    Today's speaker highlight focuses on Rita Morgado da Silva MEng CEng Rita Morgado da Silva is a Mechanical Engineer, currently working as Lead Systems Engineer, MR Linac Beam Generation, Elekta Ltd where she has worked for the past 8 years. Her current area of professional experience/interest include Beam Generation, Reliability, Hardware & Infrastructure and Covers & User Interfaces, Environmentally Conscious Design- circular economy and eco design. Prior to working at Elekta, Rita has worked for Pfizer, Volkswagen and University of Surrey Medical Engineering Department. Out of work, Rita enjoys playing competitive volleyball (indoor and beach), travelling the globe, snowboarding, cooking (and eating), hiking, reading and listening to music. Rita will deliver her presentation on Designing…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

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