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STEM Seeds Planted Early

For younger learners, the key to capturing and maintaining this interest is to engage them in STEM learning daily. Finding math and science connections in everyday life and using those instances to demonstrate basic principles can be an effective way of building a lifelong interest in STEM subjects, inside and outside of the classroom. Playing with blocks might be the gateway to an engineering career, taking on a simple coding exercise may lead to a lifetime fascination with technology. The possibilities are endless if we can help young learners access the appropriate resources. Learn more...

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Astronomers unveil most detailed map of the Milky Way to date

Astronomers have unveiled the most detailed map to date of the Milky Way, after charting the positions of more than 1bn stars with stunning precision. The map, based on observations from the European Space Agency’s Gaia probe, still only represents about 1% of the Milky Way’s stars, but is already 20 times more complete than any previous observations of the night sky. Learn more...

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Hinkley Point to be given 'green light' by Theresa May

The Hinkley Point nuclear power station looks set to be given the go ahead within days after the French firm EDF was reportedly told it has been approved. Read more...

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Amazon Echo: What can Alexa do and what services are compatible?

Amazon Echo is a hands-free speaker controlled with your voice. It features a personal assistant called Alexa, who will perform various tasks for you and control various systems. Read more...

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Speaker Highlight - Intelligent Imaging (Part Eight)

The joint IET Vision and Imaging Network and Knowledge Transfer Network event Intelligent Imaging is soon to take place on the 14 October 2016 at IET London: Savoy Place . We are excited to announce that our eighth speaker for the day is: Andrew Schofield , Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham. About Andrew: Andrew Schofield has a BEng in Electronics, a PhD in Neuroscience and a PG-Diploma in Psychology. He is a multidisciplinary thinker whose work crosses the boundaries between Psychology and Computer Science. After receiving his PhD Andrew completed a Research Fellowship in Computer Vision and Neural Networks at Brunel University and then worked for a year in the Civil Service as an Image Processing expert before returning to academia as a Research Fellow in Psychology…

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEWS: Have You Downloaded The CPD TWAVES Poster Yet?

From January 2017, IET members with designatory letters may be chosen to have their previous year’s records reviewed. In the lead up to this time, we want to ensure that everyone understands the different types of activities that can contribute toward their CPD. We have produced a poster which explains the simple acronym TWAVES which represents the different categories of CPD recognised by the IET. What are TWAVES? The IET categorise CPD activities in to six main categories: T raining courses; W ork experience; A cademic study; V olunteering; E vents and seminars; S elf-study. The new TWAVES poster, available in two sizes, is now available to download. To help you share this knowledge the poster below can be downloaded from our website and placed on work notice boards, handed out at…

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Calling innovative SMEs to solve real-life NHS issues

A new R&D Horizontal Innovation Programme for SMEs to the value of £35,000 has launched by the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) and IET. This innovative programme will fund and assist an SME (from any industry sector) in adapting its own existing technology solution from design to commercialisation in the healthcare sector.* Application forms and more details are available online. The opportunity will be awarded to the business that best demonstrates a technology solution in the healthcare sector, in particular one that addresses the current NHS challenges within Emergency Care - Critical Care and Intensive Care Units. The proposal should aim to solve a real-life issue within NHS patient care, which could include anything from initial patient transportation through to recovery.

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Calling Innovative SMEs To Solve Real-life NHS Issues

A new R&D Horizontal Innovation Programme for SMEs to the value of £35,000 has launched by the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) and IET. This innovative programme will fund and assist an SME (from any industry sector) in adapting its own existing technology solution from design to commercialisation in the healthcare sector.* Application forms and more details are available online . The opportunity will be awarded to the business that best demonstrates a technology solution in the healthcare sector, in particular one that addresses the current NHS challenges within Emergency Care - Critical Care and Intensive Care Units. The proposal should aim to solve a real-life issue within NHS patient care, which could include anything from initial patient transportation through to recovery.

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Speaker Highlight - Challenges In Tribology (Part Two)

The second confirmed speaker for the two day event Challenges in Tribology , produced by the IET Tribology Network has been announced! Doctor Henry Begg , Senior Project Leader, Surface Engineering at TWI Ltd. Henry will be speaking as part of the second day of the event 'Materials and Coatings for extreme environments' on the 17 March 2017. About Henry: Dr Henry Begg is a Senior Project Leader within the Surface Engineering section at TWI Ltd, where he manages a variety of thermal and cold spray projects on behalf of TWI’s industrial members. Having studied for an undergraduate degree in materials science at Cambridge University and completed a PhD at the University of Oxford looking into novel processing of aluminium alloys (including manufacture via thermal spraying), he is now involved…

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Highlights of IET NSW Events Part 2: Presentation Dinner & ANZ SRRC Meeting

Annual Presentation Dinner was a big success with over 100 guests from industries and local universities. Winner of the PATW Regional Final winner was announced at the dinner. Congratulations to Yasir Naveed from HK Network. Guest speaker Andrew Dzurak spoke on the topic: Quantum Computing and Nano Electronics. Very exciting news is 20 students signed up as student members as a result of the event. I spoke to some of the guests including a student who thought IET organize great events and is interested to get invited to more IET events!! IET NSW members and guests ANZ Student Recruitment and Retention Campaign meeting was held, 11 SRRC representatives from 8 ANZ Networks joined the meeting to share best practices, discuss and implement strategies to recruit students and retain YPs. …

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Highlights of IET NSW Events Part 1: IET PATW Asia Pacific Regional Final 27 August 2016

8 presenters from countries or Networks such as: Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan joined the Regional Final organised by IET NSW Network. Always excited to see all the young talents including the Australia Final winner: Will Henham and other presenters to present on a variety of topics from Synthetic Blood to Smart Drones. Judges are Paul Furniss, dedicated IET volunteer and a Fellow member, Professor Ambikairajah from UNSW and Gary Knox from Daikin. Judges had a hard time deciding who’s the winner. Winners was announced at Annual Dinner (Check out Highlight of the IET NSW Events Part 2). Pic: IET PATW Asia Pacific Final presenters CC-AP committee members held their meeting at Sydney and attended the events on 27 Aug to show their support for the…

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Speaker Highlight - Intelligent Imaging (Part Seven)

With one month to go until the joint IET Vision and Imaging Network and the Knowledge Transfer Network event ' Intelligent Imaging ', at IET London: Savoy Place on the 14 October 2016, we are delighted to announce our programme is fully confirmed! Our seventh speaker of the day has been announced as.. Paul Jerram , Chief Engineer, Space Imaging at e2v. About Paul: Paul Jerram is Chief Engineer and is responsible for new design and development activities for image sensors for Space and Astronomy applications at e2v. This includes design of both CMOS sensors and CCDs as well as the development of processing technology to optimise the device performance. Paul has worked in the imaging division of e2v for over 20 years following a Ph.D. at University College London and a number of roles in different…

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Speaker Highlight - Challenges In Tribology (Part One)

Earlier this year, the IET Tribology Network held their flagship event ‘New challenges in Tribology’ on the 05 April 2016 at IET Birmingham: Austin Court. Following the success of the event, the IET Tribology Network have decided to run the event again as a two day event ‘ Challenges in Tribology ’ on the 16 and 17 March 2017 at IET Birmingham: Austin Court . The two day conference will be divided into two topic areas: 16 March 2017: ‘Transport Challenges’ 17 March 2017: ‘Materials and Coatings for extreme environments’ We are delighted to announce that our first confirmed speaker for the 17 March is: Professor Christian Mitterer, Professor for Functional Materials and Materials Systems, Head of the Nano Surface Engineering Center at Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria. About Christian: Christian…

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Robot operates inside eye in world first

Surgeons have used a robot to operate inside the eye and restore sight - in a world first. A team at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital used the device, controlled via a joystick, to remove a membrane one hundredth of a millimetre thick. Patient Bill Beaver, 70, a curate in Oxford, said it was "a fairytale". Surgeons hope the procedure will pave the way for more complex eye surgery than is currently possible with the human hand. The BBC had exclusive access to the procedure. Read more...

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Important Notice For IET Members - Faraday Centre Limited Service and Space on 06 October

The Faraday Centre at IET London: Savoy Place will be partially closed on Thursday 6th October 2016 for the IET’s Festival of Engineering. This special event will bring together both the current and next generation of engineers and technologists for a day of events and activities in the building. Over 400 engineers and 300 school children will be in attendance. - The Faraday Centre Lounge, Faraday Kitchen and Knowledge Centre will be closed all day for the event. There will be no food served from the Faraday Kitchen, although a reduced menu of sandwiches and snacks will be available in the Nuffield and Tesla Rooms - The Ayrton member meeting room will be available as well as the 4 member meeting booths on a first come, first served basis. Pre-booking of these spaces will be suspended…

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How To Map The Earth (or What Was The Shuttle For Anyway)

How to Map the Earth (or what was the shuttle for) was the title of an excellent talk to the IET in Southern California by Dr Kobrick, a scientist from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. The first manned mission for the space shuttle, and it’s second flight overall, STS-2 had a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) loaded in the payload bay to capture images of earth. To create a SAR image, signal processing of the echoes of the pulses transmitted by the single beam forming antenna is combined with the position of shuttle in orbiting to allow the generation of topographic information. Since a synthetic aperture radar captures detail by moving over the target it is possible to get a higher level of resolution compared to a beam scanning radar and as the wavelengths are not blocked by clouds…

Richard Tregaskes
The IET Scotland South East Committee For 2016-2017

The IET Scotland South East Committee for 2016-17 elected in May 2016 comprises the following office bearers. Please address questions to the secretary Robert D'Arcy . To contact others on the committee, if there is a link, click to be taken to their MyCommunity page, then "Select add as contact". This will have to be approved by the person before you can re-visit and select "Send Message" to contact them. CHAIRMAN S Girdley BEng(Hons), MSc, MBA, CEng, MIET, MCMI SENIOR VICE-CHAIRMAN Dr. A. Aladeloba JUNIOR VICE-CHAIRMAN Tim Kerby HONORARY SECRETARY R. M. D'Arcy IEng, MIET, Tech IOSH ( MyCommunity ) HONORARY TREASURER B. Clarke

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25th Anniversary Celebration Event: Cocktail Reception - From Hong Kong Local Network

One of the major events of IET Hong Kong Younger Members Section (YMS) 25 Years Anniversary, The Cocktail Reception was successfully organised on 20 August 2016. All YMS committees and friends for celebrating the past achievement of YMS and anticipating the up-coming development as a group of energetic Young Professionals.Over 80 participants including ex-YMS and current IET Hong Kong committee members and representatives from academic institutions and engineering institutions joined this celebration and shared the happiness. The theme of YMS anniversary, “Breakthrough 25 Years”, is aiming to walk a step further from serving young professionals and connect with external societies and people in need. To signify our success throughout 25 years and sustain for the future, the Cocktail Reception…

Yiu Chi Wai
National Women in Engineering Day - The Big Discussion

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) and Royal Institution of Charted Surveyors (RICS) held a diversity event and discussion on 23rd June to celebrate National Women in Engineering Day (NWED). NWED is a national campaign created by Women’s Engineering Society (WES) to raise the profile and celebrate the achievements of women in engineering Watch the video

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Futuristic ‘Hyperloop’ Train Could Make London-Manchester Journeys In Just 18 Minutes

A futuristic trainline dreamed up by the man behind Tesla could slash UK journey times and is connect cities in the north to the south. The supersonic rail system, dubbed Hyperloop, is the brainchild of U.S. billionaire Elon Musk and is currently in the early stages of development. Tests in the Nevada desert have seen speeds reach 116mph, but it is hoped they will one day get as high as 760mph. Read more...

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Exciting news!! Set up of the IET Functional Safety Group in New Zealand!!

Hywel the key volunteer for this group first came up with the vision to form a community around Functional Safety in mid-2015 and the group has recently been set up. Purpose of the group is to promote sharing and understanding of Functional Safety to foster learning and development. The have formed a committee and the group is based in New Plymouth, Taranaki, the activities will mainly take place there. The group is attached to the IET Auckland Network so they will work closely with each other. The technical group plan to organise a series of presentations by members or vendor with a variety of topics such as Alarm Management, SIL Determination and Machinery Functional Safety..etc Watch out for their events and we will keep you posted through the IET NZ Networks webpage and IET event notice

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Speaker Highlight - Intelligent Imaging (Part Six)

We are excited to announce that we have one more speaker confirmed for the Intelligent Imaging event! A joint event between the IET Vision and Imaging Network and the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), the Intelligent Imaging event will be taking place at IET London: Savoy Place on the 14 October 2016. Our sixth confirmed speaker for the day is: Miguel R.D Rodrigues , Reader, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London. About Miguel: Miguel Rodrigues is a Reader in Information Theory and Processing with the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, UK, currently working in the general fields of information theory and processing with applications to the sensing, analysis and processing of high-dimensional data. He was previously…

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Speaker Highlights - Intelligent Imaging (Part Five)

The fifth speaker for the joint IET Vision and Imaging Network and the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), Intelligent Imaging , 14 October 2016 at IET London: Savoy Place is confirmed! We are delighted to introduce: Professor Jared Tanner , University of Oxford About Jared: Professor Jared Tanner is University Liaison Director (Oxford) at The Alan Turing Institute. He obtained his PhD (2002) in applied mathematics at the University of California at Los Angeles, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California at Davis (Maths) and Stanford University (Stats.) where he worked with David L. Donoho. Prior to joining the University of Oxford in 2012 he was Professor of the Mathematics of Information at the University of Edinburgh (2007-2012). He is founding editor-in-chief of Information…

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F1 engineer makes 'first flat-pack truck'

One of motorsport's most acclaimed designers, Gordon Murray, has produced a vehicle that "ranks above anything else I've ever done". The Ox is billed as "the world's first flat-pack van" - a two-wheel drive, off-roader made of marine plywood that can be assembled by non-experts in under 12 hours and travel 1,000km (620 miles) without filling up. It's aimed at remote areas of, say Africa, where transporting food or equipment over difficult terrain is a problem - BBC Read more...

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