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  • Inmarsat-5 F2 successfully deployed into geostationary orbit

    Inmarsat-5 F2 (I-5 F2), the second Global Xpress (GX) satellite, has successfully completed its orbital deployment stages on schedule. The satellite’s two thermal radiator panels have been successfully deployed and the payload has been switched on marking the beginning of payload testing which will take place from Inmarsat’s GX gateway site in Nemea, Greece. The testing, expected to take three weeks, marks the final phase in the mission for I-5 F2. “These were the final deployments to be performed, signalling the last significant mission risk for the I-5 F2 spacecraft,” said Michele Franci, CTO, Inmarsat. “Once fully tested, the satellite will be moved into its final orbital location where it will become ready for commercial service. We’re very happy with how the mission has progressed and…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Our Visit To The Etzelwerk Hydro Power Plant

    We had a great visit to the Etzelwerk Hydro power plant (Altendorf / Einsiedeln) Check out the visitor report to hear how it went... Jeff IET CH Chair

    Jeff Hunter
    Jeff Hunter

  • IET Leadership Seminar - Date Change

    The IET Leadership Seminar that was scheduled for 6th May 2015 will now be held on 7th July 2015 at Sci-Tech Daresbury.

    Rob McDonald
    Rob McDonald

  • Manufacturing Quality Event Held On 14 April 2015

    It was a good event and nice to see IET non-Committee member attended the event. An opportunity to meet with members from other professional institutions, such as BCS. The ISO Quality Management System standard under revision being discussed is about calculated risk

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • IET Open Meeting In Munich March 2015

    The IET Germany LN held an open meeting on March 29th in Munich. The picture shows Mr. Udo Behrendt from the company eos, who kindly gave a talk at the open meeting entitled "Building 3D Models for industrial use - the challenges". LN committee chairman Alistair Gill is shown thanking Mr. Behrendt Mr. Udo Behrendt (Photo courtesy of Alec Clelland)

    Howard Gray
    Howard Gray

  • Chartered Security Model

    Memorandum: Abstract of Mba; Routes to Security Chartership. [Patel, Rimesh (2013)]. Attached Blog Diagram. Explanation: 4 Hexagons represent any Technology facet such as Storage, Networks, Servers, Devices, Security platform skills. 3 Pentagons represent vendor, client and internal project interactions enhancing pre-fix security experiences. Star represents chosen seniority in IT vendor facet achieved with pre-fix security experience, to create for example, Security-Storage, Security-Network, Security-Servers, Security-Devices and Security-Cyber Chartered Engineer. Figure represents the Charter Security Model.  Patel, Rimesh (2013). Strategic Management (2013). Thesis – Management of Cyber Security, University of Wales. Immediate benefits: This would naturally complement any companies internal…

    Rimesh Patel
    Rimesh Patel

  • 17th International Congress Of Metrology - Paris Sept 21-24

    Industry meets Science! This is a three-day conference to discover state-of-the-art technologies in measurement, explore industrial challenges and uncover the latest innovations for increased performance through a varied programme and round tables sessions, an exhibition showcasing solutions and technical site visits. The conference aims to explore the most recent developments in measurement techniques and their application for industry; and realize the added value of measurement as a quality assurance function for products and processes. The themes of the conference are: • Control of measurement, analysis and testing processes • Physical and chemical measurements • Regulation, legal metrology, international recognition • New metrology and new sectors Key themes emerging are - Energy and environment…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • Conference on Key Technologies for All Electric Aircraft

    As incoming Chairman of the IET Aerospace Network, I’d like to update you on one of the key activities that the Network is currently developing for our 2015-16 event programme. We’re looking at the Key Enabling Technologies that will support and drive the commercial viability of all More-Electric-Airplane with the aim of ultimately achieving an All Electric Aircraft (AEA) for military and commercial passenger/freight use. In order for the Network to further assess and support the development of More-Electric-Airplanes, we will be inviting aviation experts from all areas of the industry to submit papers in support of the 1 St IET Aerospace Network International Conference on All Electric Aircraft. We are planning to hold the event at our prestigious Savoy Place building in late January 2016…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Big Data Week Discount For IET Members

    Big Data Week is returning to Belfast from the 20-26th April 2015. The Main Conference will be taking place on Thursday 23rd April hosted by Analytics Engines and featuring speakers from: HP, Amazon Web Services, Skyscanner, Royal Mail and more! Did you know that IET members wishing to attend can avail of a huge 40% discount on tickets? Just go to www.bdwbelfast.com/tickets and use the discount code " IET2015 " to avail of this

    Caron Malone
    Caron Malone

  • Agrihammer inventor named Young Engineer of the Year

    Colum McNally - An 18-year old inventor from Northern Ireland succeeded in this year’s National Science and Engineering Competition with his log-splitting fence-building machine. http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2015/mar/agri-hammer.cfm

    Richard Furey
    Richard Furey

  • Meet Dr Michael Taylor: a healthcare case study

    In a recent case study IET Fellow Dr Michael Taylor highlights the value of the IET Healthcare TPN and how members can benefit from the community’s personal and professional support. Although he’s not an active volunteer, he’s built a strong relationship with the network and in turn has gained a lot of support and encouragement for his own work. This resulted in the “ Mobile Computing and the E-Trike ” event that took place in December 2014. To find out more about Michael’s experience of working with the TPN, download the full case study here . Propose your own event You don’t have to be an existing volunteer to propose an event. If you are inspired by this case study and are a member of the IET with a great idea for an event, you can apply for funding by completing our online event proposal…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • The IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards - **Headline Sponsorship Package**

    Read more about becoming a headline sponsor ''The IET is working with industry, government and academia to engage and influence young women with the purpose of promoting careers in science, engineering and technology. Sponsorship of this award allows your company the opportunity to address the shortage of female engineers, show support in diversity recruitment and gender equality, and actively recruit female engineers.'' Read more about becoming a headline sponsor

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • The IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards - **Headline Sponsorship Package**

    Read more about becoming a headline sponsor ''The IET is working with industry, government and academia to engage and influence young women with the purpose of promoting careers in science, engineering and technology. Sponsorship of this award allows your company the opportunity to address the shortage of female engineers, show support in diversity recruitment and gender equality, and actively recruit female engineers.'' Read more about becoming a headline sponsor

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • ICE France Spring Lecture : Building Project Management

    For those who have not received the details direct from our ICE friends. Dear ICE members and friends in, or who visit, Paris, I would also like to remind you that our Spring Lecture will be held downstairs at Carr's on Thursday 16th April 2015. William Powles has kindly agreed to present a lecture on Building Project Management , drawing on his 29 years experience working in the French building sector. Full details are included in the attached flyer . There are still places available so place reservations to me please at the email address above. We will do our best to accommodate those who don't reserve, but obviously priority will be given to reservations. William's lecture will start at 19h00 so that this month the Institutions' (ICE, IET, IMechE, IStructE) joint social evening will precede…

    Phil Dunbar
    Phil Dunbar

  • Videos to Inspire You

    Take a look at some of the webinars that we have recorded. They cover things like unconscious bias in the workplace, stereotype threat, the art of ethical persuasion and more. Videos to Inspire You

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Inspiring the Future - Campaign

    Inspiring the Future launched the national Inspiring Women Campaign at an event hosted by Miriam González Durántez, Partner, Dechert and wife of Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg with girls from 11 state secondary schools in London talking about careers with 10 high profile women - including Mumsnet founder Carrie Longton, broadcaster Fiona Bruce and EasyJet CEO Carolyn McCall. The Inspiring Women Campaign will see 15,000 women from a wide range of occupations going into state schools over the next year, talking to 250,000 young women. For more information...

  • Posters to Download and Print

    Take a look at our posters depicting women's contrbution to engineering during WW1 and careers into engineering to influence, children, parents and teachers! You can download, print, use as a screen saver in addition to sharing on social media! ' 'You and Engineering'' - Routes to your engineering career ''Celebrating Women Engineers'' - How women contributed to engineering during WW1 If you would like a professional printed copy, please e-mail womensnetwork@theiet.org with the poster you want, name and address for it to be sent to.

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Webinar With Marie Adeyemi - Integrated Design

    Marie Adeyemi talks about Integrated Design in this webinar. View the webinar.. .

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Growing membership in Kazakhstan

    New IET communities are at the forefront of work to grow membership throughout the world, especially in areas where there is no staff support on the ground. The rapid growth of an IET student community at Kazakhstan’s Nazarbayev University shows what can be done where little activity existed previously. Founded in February 2014, the student community is thriving and has achieved much in its first 12 months. Established by the university’s Assistant Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Dr Yau Hee Kho, along with a group of proactive engineering students, it’s already held 15 events and has close to 200 members. As a long-term IET member, Dr Kho felt that the students had a lot to gain from involvement in the organisation, such as gaining professional registration, and so took…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Learning a whole new way of thinking to design and build the world around us – Naomi Mitchison, 2014 IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year

    Naomi Mitchison is a Senior Hardware Engineer at Selex ES, specialising in laser warning systems for military aircraft. She grew up in Italy and moved to Edinburgh for university, graduating with an MEng in Electronic and Electrical Engineering in 2009. Her first role was with Thales in its cyber security department. Following this she returned to Edinburgh and joined Selex ES. Read more...

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Burgess Hill School for Girls is looking for female engineers to support a workshop, can you help?

    Date: Wednesday 1 st July 2015 Time: 9am-1pm approx. Venue: Burgess Hill School for Girls, Keymer Rd, West Sussex RH16 1LH Target: 80 girls, age 11-14. Format: WISE “It’s a girl thing” discussion workshop. We are seeking 3-4 female engineering role models who can be allocated to small groups during the workshop. Ideally the engineers could bring some ‘props’ (eg photos, video clips, models, materials etc) to help describe their work to the students. We want to get across the idea that engineering is for people who are imaginative, artistic, practical, visionary, questioning, enthusiastic, caring…… to combat the commonly held misconceptions! More details to follow. Contact: Katren Bishop, katrenbishop@burgesshill-school.com , 01444 241050 Posted on behalf of Burgess Hill School for Girls

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • EU Looking To Reward Amazing Women Innovators

    With the aim of encouraging other people to follow in their footsteps, the European Commission wants to give public recognition to outstanding women entrepreneurs who brought their innovative ideas to the market. Launched in 2011, this is the third edition of the EU Prize for Women Innovators . The news was announced this week on International Women’s Day and the prize aims to raise awareness of the need for more female entrepreneurs. Read more...

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Free one-day event on the history of power and engineering 6 June 2015

    Conference on the history of power and engineering, Discovery Museum, Newcastle 6 June 2015 Register now for this free one-day event on the history of engineering, held at Newcastle’s Discovery Museum. The programme includes papers on a range of subjects, such as the history of power in the North East, Oliver Heaviside and Nikola Tesla. There will also be an opportunity to see the ‘Arcs and Sparks’ exhibition at the museum. For those who wish to stay or the weekend, we have an optional visit on Sunday 7 th June to Cragside, the first private property in the UK to employ hydroelectric power. More information on the event, along with the registration link, can be found here: http://www.theiet.org/events/local/218392.cfm

    Anne Locker
    Anne Locker

  • Scarborough Engineering Week

    The Video : https://communities.theiet.org/communities/videos/210/960 The Aim : To stimulate young minds to become Engineers. The Method : Present an insight into 21st century technology; show, not tell. Where : Scarborough, Yorkshire You have children or grandchildren or starting a career ? Watch this, or have the children watch this - if they aren't motivated then they're not engineering material. Why would anyone want to do anything other than science and engineering as a career? Beats me! Engineering, for girls and for boys. Great video from Ewan in York.

    Paul Smith, RPS
    Paul Smith, RPS

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