On A Hot Summers Evening...

One of the reasons I moved from my old home was the increase in the level of general background noise. I’d lived there for around 20 years, 15 of them very happily but as always, the needs of modern life always take over and you just have to accept it…or not…   I was always used to the feint rumble of traffic from the motorway that skirts around the east side of the town and the 'clickity-clak' of the trains as they head off through the fields towards the North East.   But, a few years ago, a new noise generator appeared in the form of an ‘A’ road bypass which follows a path through the fields at the back of my old home and effectively squeezed me into the middle of a triangle of noise pollution between the railway, the motorway and the new bypass. The noise level of cars roaring past at 5am…

What would be your Engineering or Technology Dream Talk - and who would give it?

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Control PhD Award 2016

So, once again, it's time to seek nominations for our Control & Automation PhD Award.   Do you know any students who deserve recognition for their achievement?   In its 7th 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 who were awarded their PhD in the general area of Control and Automation, at a UK university between 1st October 2014 up to 30 September 2016. Winning the award will,  no doubt,  offer an invaluable credential to the winner’s CV who will also receive a £500 cash prize.  We plan to present the award at our first high profile event of the session which will take place in Brunel University on Tuesday…

Inspiring Engineering Open House Day returns in July

After the success of last year's inaugural event, the IET Engineering Open House Day returns this summer. Taking place at venues across the UK on Friday 29 July, the aim of Engineering Open House Day is to help young people and their parents understand what it’s like to work as an engineer by giving special, behind-the-scenes access to a wide variety of organisations to demonstrate how creative and innovative a career in engineering could be.

Control 2016 - 11th International Conference on Control 31st August - 2nd September 2016

The IET Contol & Automation network is organising the IET Mini Symposium: Applications of Biomedical Modelling and Control at the Control Conference at the end of August at Queen's University Belfast.   Chaired by Dr C. James Taylor, Lancaster University, the talks will cover diverse areas such as Application of Modelling in Medicine and The Cerebellar Algorithm and its Application to Robotic Control, to name but two.   Further details of all the talks can be found here  Although the symposium is mainly aimed at those attending the conference, it takes place on “industry day” with a particular focus on academic/industry links, and attendees can pay a reduced day rate to only attend that one day. You can register online and pay the day rate    The programme for the entire conference is now available

DJ Duo NERVO’s New Song Encourages Women To Get Into Engineering

Popular DJ duo NERVO just released a new song today, but the video clip has been made with a difference: to encourage girls to get into engineering. The clip for the new song, titled ‘People Grinnin’ shows a whole bunch of female engineers creating android versions of the NERVO twins, and aims to draw attention to how much engineering is required in everyday life. Read more...

Recent Changes To The Executive Committee

The 2018-2019 NEN Executive Committee is now as follows:- Chair:            Charles Rubenstein Vice Chair:    Andrew McDonald Secretary/Treasurer:   Kerrine Bryan Member at Large:  John Houldsworth Member at Large:  James Hall Member at Large:  Jordan Bourilkov ***************************************** Past Young Professionals Chair: Danielle Antonellis Past Chair:       Julian Astbury Past Chair:       Tony McGrail

Toronto Local Network Received An Award!

This is inspiring! Toronto LN is selected as the network with the most original and innovative events organized in the Americas. This is a regional award presented by the Community Committee - Americas Chair, Kevin Murray.

Technical Visit: Backnang – Impressive Industrial History In Provincial Swabia

Michael Faraday Institution e.V.   Technical Visit: 24 th . September 2016   Backnang – Impressive industrial history in provincial Swabia   Germans generally regard Swabians as an industrious people, but you would be wrong to think that you have to visit Stuttgart to see examples of technical masterpieces. The town of Backnang lies around 30 km north-east of Stuttgart and can boast an impressive industrial legacy stretching back more than 150 years. But Backnang has more – it still has a strong connection with modern engineering and, in particular, with satellite technology. Why not join us for a technical visit that combines elements of both worlds? The German Centre for Satellite Communication Centre ( Deutsche s Zentrum für Satelliten-Kommunikation ) , or DeSK, maintains a showroom illustrating…

IET London: Savoy Place CoderDojo - Volunteers Required **Urgent**

Good afternoon, The IET is organising an event for youngsters called ' Coding the Future with the BBC micro:bit  - London' on Friday 29th July from 10:30 - 15:00. We are hoping to organise a CoderDojo session during the event but we need volunteers with some coding experience to help us.  We will be focusing on Scratch and HTML, so if you have knowlegde in this area and you are available to attend, please contact  womensnetwork@theiet.org   Read more Thank you, Jo

Talks by Brilliant Women in STEM

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Women in Science You Should Be Following On Social Media

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Conductive Pen Ink

This pen makes drawings that conduct electricity. Watch the video...

WATCH the SOLD OUT 2016 JLB Lecture: From Concept to Screen

SMPTE and Nagravision took to the podium back in June to deliver the 2016 Multimedia Communications Network John Logie Baird (JLB) lecture: from Concept to Screen. The sold-out lecture took place at Savoy Place, London and featured presentations from SMPTE President, Barbara Lange and Nagra Kudelski’s SVP of Marketing, Ivan Verbesselt.  If you missed out on securing a ticket for the event you can now watch the event for free. WATCH John Logie Baird Lecture 2016: From Concept to Screen   Also, check out our photographs from the evening , including John Logie Baird's grandson, Iain Logie Baird, accepting John Logie Baird into SMPTE’s Roll of Honor and the birthday cake the Network presented to SMPTE to celebrate their centenary birthday.

The IET Digital Library

Assalam o Alaikum and Hello to All One of the main IET Membership Benefit to have access to the IET Digital Library.  Following is the web link of it. http://digital-library.theiet.org/ Here you can not only get latest knowledge about IET Journal, IET Magazines, IET eBooks, IET Conferences, IET Reference (Articles) and other collection on various Engineering and Technology Sectors.  Some are free and some are on discounted rate for IET Members. You can visit above link and share your thoughts in the comments.  Moreover, you can also be a volunteer Author for the IET Reference and Books etc. Thank you.

Streamlining of technical education to help plug skills gaps

A plan to declutter the UK’s system of technical education for over-16s has been revealed today with the aim of attracting more teenagers to technical careers in order to plug skills gaps. The Skills Plan, announced by the government today, is based on a review of technical education and the apprenticeship system carried out by a committee chaired by Lord Sainsbury. Read more...

Engineering students reject hard hat as symbol of their industry

Despite the fact that leading figures in the engineering community have called for the hard hat to be banned from promotional and educational material, it remains dominant, giving the wrong impression of the role according to Sainsbury Management Fellows' (SMF) 2016 Hard Hat Index. The Index was compiled by tracking the number of advertisements and articles that feature hard hats in 17 engineering publications from May 2015 to April 2016. Although this is the fourth year in a row that the data has been tracked, the use of hard hats in the engineering media is as high as the previous year's Index, with 257 images appearing in the 17 titles monitored over 12 months. This figure is the highest since the Index was launched in 2013. Read more...

The most promising innovation in Robots - IET Robotics & Mechatronics TPN Prize

At the TAROS 2016 conference, alongside the IET/TAROS public lecture  , the IET also sponsored a prize for " The most promising innovation in Robots ".  The award was presented to Paolo Angeles and here, Paolo tells us more about himself and winning the prize: Hello, my name is Paolo Angeles. I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Imperial College London surrounding the quantification of Parkinson’s disease symptoms using sensors built at our lab, the Biomechatronics lab here in Imperial College London. I recently had a paper accepted at the TAROS 2016 conference to then present to the academic audience there. The paper involved a pilot study on healthy patients mimicking Parkinson’s disease symptoms wearing a prototype of a sensor system that I have designed to quantify these said symptoms. My…

The Lecture: The Internet of Me By Robert Shokai

Who Would Deliver Your Dream Engineering Talk?

A question that always seems to initiate a good discussion in the engineering community is what would make the ideal guest list for dinner. Obviously within an engineering and technology context… However, I can announce that the IET will not be branching out into hosting exclusive dinners for engineers. BUT we do host a Prestige Lecture Series that showcases the latest ideas and technologies within the engineering world.   These lectures cover many engineering disciplines, ranging from general interest to the more technical.   An example was the Turing Lecture given by Robert Schukai who is Head of Applied Innovation for Thomson Reuters. His talk called  ‘The Internet of Me: It’s all about my screens’ explored our future in a hyperconnected environment, and how our lives will seamlessly drift…

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