Thoughts after attending the Project Controls 2016 - Delivering Smart Cities Event - IET, Savoy House, London

The event went well and I left with some interesting thoughts. It is really refreshing to witness the start of what I believe will be a paradigm shift in many aspects of everyday life. The move from purchase of the asset to purchase of the use was very interesting an I do feel that the benefits of this direction is now starting to reach technology facilitators and system integrators. This is key. If this model is to gain traction and not fail or fall short due to development within silos then a system integration approach is essential. Smart Cities are not just about eco-driven buildings and smart metering for energy albeit that these are very important. With the prospect of a totally new development in London where Cross Rail meets HS2 there is the prospect of a fully integrated transport…

ET CC-AP DINNER WITH IET MEMBERS FROM SINGAPORE LOCAL NETWORK

It was a pleasant experience meeting some IET members from Singapore Local Network. Truly enjoyed the dinner and the conversation. Thank you Yvonne, Isabel and Tom for the arrangement.

Communities Committee Asia Pacific (CC-AP), 27th February 2016, Singapore

A total of fifteen (15) agenda items were discussed during the CCAP meeting in Singapore. During the meeting members present obtained updates and discussed among others about CRC, finance, matters arising from each Local Networks, regional PATW 2016, Global CVC 2016 as well as the CCAP Strategy . The meeting chaired by Dr Karla Smith, from New Zealand. Also in attendance were, Mr Thomas Yi [Senior Staff Member], Ms Isabel Hui [Staff Member, Secretary], Dr Derek Boardman (Australia), Dr Bicky Bhangu (Singapore), Dr Edmund Lai (New Zealand), Dr Tang Shi Siong (Brunei), Mr Wee Ser Tan (Malaysia, YP representative) and Mr David Yiu (Hong Kong, YP representative).

GETRAG Transmissions GmbH - Technical Visit: Energy, Safety And Environment

We have a great event coming up on the 23rd March with a visit to GETRAG Transmissions GmbH - Technical Visit, Halewood focusing on Energy, Safety and Environment issues.  Please see the attached pdf of the poster for this event.

Fergusons Shipyard to take on 150 apprentices

Interesting article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-35668035

Call for Papers: Telecommunications in the Aftermath of WW1

A call for papers has been issued for the event Telecommunications in the Aftermath of WW1: Civilian and Military Perspectives The First World War was the first multinational conflict which engaged substantially with electrical communication. It saw extensive use of telephony on the battlefield as well as significant early technological developments in and military use of wireless systems; it is now well recognized that the War had a deep impact on the technology and practice of telecommunications. However, beyond the broadest contours, much remains to be understood about the complex and multifaceted nature of that impact as well as the evolution of telecommunications  between the wars. The interwar years arguably witnessed the maturing of wireless technology with the completion of the transition…

Diamond Light Source

Professor Andrew Harrison from the Diamond Light Source , gave an excellent IET Cambridge Network Prestige Lecture at Churchill College on Thursday 25/2/16.  Andrew's interesting and informative talk covered both the Diamond facility and the use of the synchrotron for research and other applications.  The talk, which was organsied by the IET, IoP and the I Mech E, attracted 200 attendees who participated in an active Q&A session.  Thanks go to Andrew for his talk.

2015 GLOBAL PATW WINNER Presentation Video

And the winner is.......Robert Mayall! Congratulations Robert! video link:    https://tv.theiet.org/?videoid=7601

February News

At the end of January, we were fortunate enough to have Arup sponsor a Present Around the World information session at Loyola Marymount University where we were able to give advice and guidance to potential competitors for our event on the 26th March. If you (or anybody you know) is aged 18-30 and fancy your chances at winning an all-expenses paid trip to Toronto for being able to give a ten-minute technical presentation and answer questions on it for five minutes, please get in touch with Richard Tregaskes .   While we were there we were also able to let the students know about our next event, a tour of WET Design at 1pm on the 10th March, more details and registration is available in the upcoming events block. If you have seen the fountains at Bellagio, the Mirage Volcano, The Dubai Fountain…

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day

''Girl Day is a movement that shows girls how creative engineering is and how engineers are changing our world. As an engineer or engineering student, you are a powerful role model. In just a single visit you can inspire them to pursue engineering. Get started today'' Read more...

Join us as a volunteer for Scotland South West Retired Members

We're looking for you if you've got the drive and enthusiasm to join the team and help organise IET events in Scotland South West in the Retired Members Network. It's not onerous and the rewards? They are many: meeting like minded individuals, learning beyond your immediate sphere and the satisfaction of active involvement., and key, is that your involvement will help shape what we do. We need least two or three members to become volunteers- but the more we can get the better the programme of events.   Shape what your community does and the events and visits we do. Please contact Lynsay Callaghan for more information lcallaghan@theiet.org

Scotland South West YP - Present Around the World 2016

Scotland South West YP - Present Around the World 2016 10th March 2016, 18.00 - 20.30, IET Glasgow:  Teacher Building Do you have what it takes to win £1000? The Present Around the World (PATW) competition is organised by the IET to develop and improve the presenting and public speaking skill of Young Professional Engineers and Engineering Students globally. The Present Around the World (PATW) competition is organised by the IET to develop and improve the presenting and public speaking skill of Young Professional Engineers and Engineering Students globally.     The competition is a very simple concept; deliver a 10 minute presentation on any engineering or technology subject of your choice (followed by 5 minutes of questions) to win up to £100! It's that simple!  Register

Students Section (Sub-Degree) 2015/16

Students Section (Sub-Degree) Committee List (Session 2015-2016)   Committee Position Name Coordinator Cheung Ho Yeung, Tommy Chairman Wong Wai Sing, Wilson Vice Chairman Tam Chung Kong Honorary Treasurer Fung Chu Hei Honorary Secretary Kwong Kit Lun Kelvin Internal Affairs Coordinator Cheung Ching Ho Liu Wing Kin External Affairs Coordinator Wong Ka Wing Visits Coordinator Law Ming Fai Ng Chung Hin Membership Drive Coordinator Wong Chuen Wing Ng Wai Ho Workshops Coordinator Law Kin Man Webmaster Wong Hon Yiu Lai Kin Long Contact Us: Tommy ( tommy.chy@theiet.org  / 852-63910067 )

YMS Hong Kong Upcoming Events

Technical Visit to IVE Solar Vehicle - SOPHIE Saturday 27 February 2016 9:00 am Members Day - Seminar of "Professional Audio Equipment"... Saturday 12 March 2016 10:30 am IET Career and Professional Congress Saturday 9 April 2016 2:00 pm

YMS Chairman Message 2015/2016

Free Content From The Technologies From Active And Assisted Living (TechAAL) Conference

The first IET International Conference on Technologies for Active and Assisted Living organised by the Vision & Imaging Network and led by Dr Francisco Florez Revuelta brought together industry and academic researchers and experts from across Europe to present and discuss advances and ethics in ambient and assisted living technologies.  The conference included two keynotes, 8 technical presentations and 8 posters that are all available online free of charge to read and watch . Malcolm Fisk, Du Montford University, opened the conference with an insightful keynote: Protection from abuse? Resolving the privacy dilemma with cameras and other surveillance technology discussing how technology can be used to protect individuals - and staff - from abuse and allegations in care settings. There was a…

Committee List - Younger Members Section (Session 2015/16)

Chairman Mr T.F. LEE Vice Chairman Mr Mark K.Y. TSANG Honorary Secretary Miss Christy Y.W. FUNG Honorary Treasurer Mr Henry T.L. CHAN Immediate Past Chairlady Miss Heather W.Y. LAM Past Chairman Mr Alex C.F. LAI Internal Affairs Coordinator/Webmaster/Newsletter Editor Mr Peter S.F. SUEN External Affairs Coordinator Mr Victor W.H. CHAN Section Committee Coordinator Miss Elaine S.L. CHOW 25th Anniversary Event Coordinator Mr William K.C. YIP Young Professionals Exhibition&Competition Coordinator Mr Olaf T.Y. LI Future Engineers Coordinator            Miss Viola C.Y. CHOY Career Development Coordinator Mr Steve Y.F. CHU Programme Coordinator Mr W.K. LEE Programme Coordinator Mr Brain T.S. WONG Students Section Coordinator (Hong Kong) Mr Herman T.Y. MAN Students Section (Hong Kong) Chairman Mr…

2019 Executive Committee

The IET’s Vision & Imaging Technical Network Executive Committee is made up of a group of dedicated individuals from academia and industry, brought together to organise a programme of activities for professionals working in and researching the fields of Vision & Imaging.    If you would like to know more about the committee or volunteer your time to help with our activities, please get in touch VisionImagingTPN@ietvolunteer.org      Chair Prof. Dimitrios Makris Kingston University London Vice-Chair Dr Jason Lepley BAE Systems    Past Chair Prof. Sergio Velastin Cortexica Vision Systems  Members  Dr Mark Bray BAE Systems Dr Tomas Piatrik Queen Mary University of London  Dr Yulia Hicks (BMVA Liaison)  Cardif University  Dr Panagiotis Sidiropoulos Hummingbird Technologies  Dr Constantino Carlos…

Young Professionals visit Fane Valley Feeds

With an annual production capacity in excess of 300,000 tonnes Fane Valley Feeds is one of the largest feed manufacturers in Northern Ireland and on the afternoon of the 18 th November 2015 the local IET Young Professionals made a visit to their Bankmore mill in Omagh. Fane Valleys history in Omagh stems from their purchase of the old Scots Feeds mill located in the centre of the town. Our tour guide, ex Production Director William McAusland, picked up the story of how this mill was no longer fit for purpose and Fane Valley made the decision to invest £18 million building what is their current mill. This background proved a perfect recipe for a brilliant tour, as having been responsible for leading the process of designing the mill William gave an excellent insight into its construction. In…

Young Professionals Visit Andor Technology

Andor Technology Ltd (now a part of Oxford Instruments) was setup in 1989 out of Queen's University Belfast and operates at the high-value end of the global scientific digital camera market. Employing over 400 people in 16 offices worldwide, it distributes its products to 10,000 customers in 55 countries. On the afternoon of 11 th November 2015 the IET Young Professionals made a visit to its facility in West Belfast. As a purpose-built 50,000sq. ft premises with state of the art optical, electronic and mechanical workshops, a 3000sq. ft clean room, vacuum and electronic processing facilities Andor formulates an impressive tour. Upon entering the foyer and to the right a glass pane exists, which is quite literally a window into Andor’s operation, there in a brightly lit clean room people in…

Joint Institutions Lecture 2016 - High Speed Rail, led by ICE

This presentation will explore the successful promotion and delivery of high speed rail projects, and lessons learnt for the current HS2 project, which will be Europe's largest construction project. The main speaker will be Colin Stewart, Global Rail Leader at Arup. Colin was Technical Director for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (HS1), and has been involved in HS2 since its inception in 2009. In addition, he has been involved in numerous High Speed Rail projects worldwide over the past 20 years, including Holland, China, California, Texas, Malaysia, and Sweden. Registration and refreshments from 5.30pm for a 6.15pm start. Join online You can join this event up to 15 minutes before the start time of 6.15pm with the link below: https://ice-org.webex.com/ice-org/onstage/g.php?MTID=eec59674c9479cc5771b023c93d391b70…

CHAIN 2016

Chain event took place on the 13th February 2016.  CHAIN is a new one day conference designed specifically to engage, inform and inspire early career engineers based in Greater Manchester. Speakers from Bloodhound SSC, IMechE, The IET and others gave fascinating lectures on the latest developments in Engineering and Science. The event was very successful with a large number of audience attended. All talks have been recorded and now available to watch. #chain16 @chainmcr CHAIN2016 YouTube Playlist

IET Regional Prestige Lecture, Rose Bowl Theatre, Leeds Beckett University, 16th March 2016

Please note, the Annual Regional Prestige lecture this year is on the topic of 'Graphene'. Information already exists on the SYLN website which gives more details about the lecture and how to register. If you can attend that would be excellent or if not maybe you could promote the event with your colleagues. The event is free to attend, is sponsored by 'Elevation Recruitment' our Regional sponsor and is preceded by refeshments for all those attending. Hope to see you there

The IET Tribology Tour Visits Northern Ireland

Rich Baker and Geoff Kermode presented the latest instalment of the IET Tribology Tour in the Innovation Centre of the Northern Ireland Science Park last month. The Tribology Tour  bringing Tribology to life  by showing how Tribology underpins so many essential aspects of our technology and quality of life. It also provides an introduction to the concepts and principles underpinning Tribology and shows how modern techniques can be used to optimise a wide variety of mechanical interfaces, from hard drives to wind turbines and hip joints.   The audience reacted very positively to the interactive challenges posed during the presentation. This led on to an invigorating open discussion on many aspects of Tribology which continued after 9pm! A real highlight was that several audience members formed…